Bill Text: NJ S4078 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-08-26 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee [S4078 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S4078-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for the reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is authorized, consistent with federal law, to enter into a cooperative arrangement with a foreign country for the reciprocal recognition of driver licenses that authorize the operation of a non-commercial motor vehicle, provided that the:
(1) chief administrator and the foreign country have exchanged information allowing each jurisdiction to assess the other jurisdiction's non-commercial motor vehicle driver licensing standards;
(2) chief administrator determines that the non-commercial motor vehicle driver licensing standards of the foreign country correspond substantially to those of this State; and
(3) foreign country extends the same privileges within the foreign country to those persons licensed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to operate a non-commercial motor vehicle within this State.
b. For the purposes of this section, "non-commercial motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.11).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill authorizes the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (chief administrator), consistent with federal law, to enter into a cooperative arrangement with a foreign country for the reciprocal recognition of driver licenses that authorize the operation of a non-commercial motor vehicle, provided that: 1) the chief administrator and the foreign country have exchanged information allowing each jurisdiction to assess the other jurisdiction's non-commercial motor vehicle driver licensing standards; 2) the chief administrator determines that the non-commercial motor vehicle driver licensing standards of the foreign country correspond substantially to those of this State; and 3) the foreign country extends the same privileges within the foreign country to those persons licensed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to operate a non-commercial motor vehicle within this State.
