Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Exempts persons with disabilities from parking meter fees under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning parking meter fees for persons with disabilities 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. As used in this section, “person with a disability” means the same as that term is defined in section 1 of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204).
b. A person with a disability shall be exempt from the payment of municipal parking meter fees when a motor vehicle displays a placard or wheelchair symbol license plate issued pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-206). The exemption established under this subsection shall only apply when the person with a disability to whom the placard or wheelchair symbol license plate has been issued is the driver or a passenger of the motor vehicle. The exemption shall not apply when the motor vehicle is parked for more than 24 hours at one location where the motor vehicle is subject to a municipal parking meter fee.
c. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill exempts a person with a disability from paying municipal parking meter fees when: (1) a motor vehicle displays a placard or wheelchair symbol license plate issued to a person with a disability pursuant to current law; and (2) the person with a disability to whom the placard or license plate has been issued is the driver or a passenger of the motor vehicle.