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Bill Text

A2826 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2826 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes creation of New Jersey Maritime Museum 
license plates.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act authorizing the creation of New Jersey Maritime 
Museum 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 New Jersey Maritime Museum license plates for any motor vehicle 
owned or leased and registered in this State. In addition to the registration 
number and other markings or identification otherwise prescribed by law, the 
license plates shall display words or a slogan and an emblem indicating support 
for, or an interest in, the New Jersey Maritime Museum. The chief administrator 
shall, in consultation with the New Jersey Maritime Museum, select the design 
and color scheme of the New Jersey Maritime Museum license plates. New Jersey 
Maritime Museum license plates shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 3 
of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, except as hereinafter otherwise provided.

���� b.��� Application for issuance 
of New Jersey Maritime Museum 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 New Jersey Motor Vehicle 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 New Jersey Maritime Museum 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 in the �New Jersey Maritime Museum License Plate 
Fund� created pursuant to subsection c. of this section.

���� c.���� There is created in the 
Department of the Treasury a special non-lapsing fund to be known as the �New 
Jersey Maritime Museum License Plate Fund.� There shall be deposited in the 
fund 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 appropriated annually to the New Jersey Maritime 
Museum to be used to support and maintain the museum. Monies deposited in the 
fund shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in public depositories as 
defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-41), and may be 
invested or reinvested in securities approved by the State Treasurer. Interest 
or other income earned on monies deposited into the fund, and any monies which 
may be appropriated or otherwise become available for purposes of the fund, 
shall be credited to and deposited in the fund for use as set forth in P.L.��� 
, c.���� (C.�������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� d.��� Prior to the deposit of 
the additional fees collected pursuant to subsection b. of this section into 
the �New Jersey Maritime Museum License Plate Fund,� 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 New Jersey Maritime 
Museum license plates; and

���� (2)�� any computer programming 
changes that may be initially necessary to implement the New Jersey Maritime 
Museum license plate program 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 New Jersey Maritime 
Museum 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 New 
Jersey Maritime Museum license plates.

���� e.���� The chief administrator 
shall notify eligible motorists of the opportunity to obtain New