New Jersey A 3936: Authorizes issuance of classic NJ license plates.

Bill Text

A3936 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3936 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman� CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DiMaio

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes issuance of classic NJ license plates.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act 
authorizing the issuance of classic New Jersey license plates 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.� Upon proper 
application, the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission 
shall issue classic New Jersey license plates for any motor vehicle owned or 
leased and registered in the State.� In addition to the registration number and 
other markings or identification otherwise prescribed by law, the license 
plates shall display a design that replicates the classic New Jersey license 
plates issued by the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles between 1979 and 
1991.� The classic New Jersey license plates shall be subject to the provisions 
of chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, except as hereinafter 
otherwise specifically provided.

���� b.��� Application for issuance 
of classic New Jersey license plates shall be made to the chief administrator 
on forms and in a manner prescribed by the chief administrator.� In order to be 
deemed complete, an application shall be accompanied by a fee of $50, payable 
to the commission, which shall be in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed 
by law for the registration of a motor vehicle.� The chief administrator shall 
collect annually, subsequent to the year of issuance of the classic New Jersey 
license plates, a $10 fee for the license plates in addition to the fees 
otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of a motor vehicle.� The 
additional fees required by this subsection shall be deposited, pursuant to 
subsection c. of this section, in the "Special Transportation Fund" 
created pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21).

���� c.���� There shall be 
deposited in the �Special Transportation Fund,� established pursuant to section 
21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21), the amount collected from all license plate 
fees collected pursuant to subsection b. of this section, less the amounts 
necessary to reimburse the commission for administrative costs pursuant to 
subsection d. of this section.� Monies deposited in the fund shall be annually 
appropriated for expenditure on transportation projects in this State.� 

���� d.��� Prior to the deposit 
into the fund of the additional fees collected pursuant to subsection b. of 
this section, amounts thereof as are necessary shall be used to reimburse the 
commission for all costs reasonably and actually incurred, as stipulated by the 
chief administrator, for:

���� (1)�� designing, producing, 
issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of the classic New Jersey 
license plates; and 

���� (2)�� any computer programming 
changes that may be initially necessary to implement the classic New Jersey 
license plate program established by P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending 
before the Legislature as this bill), in an amount not to exceed $150,000.

���� The chief administrator shall 
annually certify to the State Treasurer the average cost per license plate 
incurred in the immediately preceding year by the commission in producing, 
issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of the classic New Jersey license 
plates.� The annual certification of the average cost per license plate shall 
be approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor. 

���� In the event that the average 
cost per license plate as certified by the chief administrator and approved by 
the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, is greater than the $50 
application fee established in subsection b. of this section in two consecutive 
fiscal years, the chief administrator may discontinue the issuance of classic 
New Jersey license plates.

���� e.���� The chief administrator 
shall notify eligible motorists of the opportunity to obtain classic New Jersey 
license plates by publicizing the availability of the license plates on the 
website of the commission. 

���� f.���� The chief administrator 
and the Commissioner of Transportation shall develop and enter into a 
memorandum of agreement setting forth the procedures to be followed in carrying 
out their respective responsibilities under P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� g.��� The Commissioner of 
Transportation shall appoint a representative who shall act as a liaison 
between the Department of Transportation and the commission.� The liaison shall 
represent the department