SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1550

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 12, 2023

      The Senate Transportation Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1550.

      As reported, this bill authorizes the surviving spouse or other family member of a decedent to operate the decedent’s motor vehicle upon the public highways of this State under the decedent’s registration certificate until the expiration of that registration certificate.  New Jersey law currently provides a surviving spouse or other family member 30 days to operate a vehicle under a decedent’s registration certificate.

      As reported, Assembly Bill No. 1550 is identical to Senate Bill No. 3424, which was also reported by the committee on this date.