New Jersey A 752: Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.

Bill Text

A752 

ASSEMBLY, No. 752 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman AL ABDELAZIZ

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires blood sample to be obtained from driver 
involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death; designated as 
"Michelle Sous' Law."

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning motor vehicle accidents resulting in death, 
designated as �Michelle Sous� Law� and amending R.S.39:4-50, P.L.1966, c.142, 
and P.L.1981, c.512.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� R.S.39:4-50 is amended 
to read as follows:

���� 39:4-50.� (a)� A person who 
operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 
narcotic, hallucinogenic or habit-producing drug, or operates a motor vehicle 
with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% or more by weight of alcohol in the 
defendant's blood or permits another person who is under the influence of 
intoxicating liquor, narcotic, hallucinogenic or habit-producing drug to 
operate a motor vehicle the person owns or which is in the person's custody or 
control or permits another to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol 
concentration of 0.08% or more by weight of alcohol in the defendant's blood 
shall be subject:

���� (1)� For the first offense:

���� (i)�� if the person's blood 
alcohol concentration is 0.08% or higher but less than 0.10%, or the person 
operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or 
the person permits another person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor 
to operate a motor vehicle owned by him or in his custody or control or permits 
another person with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% or higher but less 
than 0.10% to operate a motor vehicle, to a fine of not less than $250 nor more 
than $400 and a period of detainment of not less than 12 hours nor more than 48 
hours spent during two consecutive days of not less than six hours each day and 
served as prescribed by the program requirements of the Intoxicated Driver 
Resource Centers established under subsection (f) of this section and, in the 
discretion of the court, a term of imprisonment of not more than 30 days. In 
addition, the court shall order the person to forfeit the right to operate a 
motor vehicle over the highways of this State until the person installs an 
ignition interlock device in one motor vehicle the person owns, leases, or 
principally operates, whichever the person most often operates, for the purpose 
of complying with the provisions of P.L.1999, c.417 (C.39:4-50.16 et al.); 

���� (ii)� if the person's blood 
alcohol concentration is 0.10% or higher, or the person operates a motor 
vehicle while under the influence of a narcotic, hallucinogenic or 
habit-producing drug, or the person permits another person who is under the 
influence of a narcotic, hallucinogenic or habit-producing drug to operate a 
motor vehicle owned by him or in his custody or control, or permits another 
person with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10% or more to operate a motor 
vehicle, to a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $500 and a period of 
detainment of not less than 12 hours nor more than 48 hours spent during two 
consecutive days of not less than six hours each day and served as prescribed 
by the program requirements of the Intoxicated Driver Resource Centers 
established under subsection (f) of this section and, in the discretion of the 
court, a term of imprisonment of not more than 30 days; 

���� in the case of a person who is 
convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a narcotic, 
hallucinogenic or habit-producing drug or permitting another person who is 
under the influence of a narcotic, hallucinogenic or habit-producing drug to 
operate a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person's custody or 
control, the person shall forfeit the right to operate a motor vehicle over the 
highways of this State for a period of not less than seven months nor more than 
one year; 

���� in the case of a person whose 
blood alcohol concentration is 0.10% or higher but less than 0.15%, the person 
shall forfeit the right to operate a motor vehicle over the highways of this 
State until the person installs an ignition interlock device in one motor 
vehicle the person owns, leases, or principally operates, whichever the person 
most often operates, for the purpose of complying with the provisions of 
P.L.1999, c.417 (C.39:4-50.16 et al.); 

���� in the case of a person whose 
blood alcohol concentration is 0.15% or higher, the person shall forfeit the 
right to operate a motor vehicle over the highways of this State for a period 
of not less than four months or more than six months following installation of 
an ignition interlock device in one motor vehicl