New Jersey A 1116: Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.

Bill Text

A1116 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1116 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes motor vehicle insurance compliance 
programs; allows law enforcement agencies to utilize license plate readers to 
enforce motor vehicle insurance requirements.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning motor vehicle insurance and automated 
license plate readers, supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, and 
amending P.L.1990, c.8.� 

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

���� 1.��� (New section)� a.� There 
is established an Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement and Compliance Program, which 
may be administered by each county and municipality in the State.� To implement 
this program, county and municipal governing bodies and law enforcement 
agencies shall have the authority to enter into contractual agreements with 
automated license plate reader providers to provide the necessary technology, 
equipment and maintenance thereof.� 

���� b.��� Under the program, each 
county and municipal prosecutor and participating law enforcement agencies may utilize individual 
automatic license plate reader 
systems to access and collect 
data for the investigation, 
detection, analysis, or enforcement of the compulsory motor 
vehicle insurance law, P.L.1972, c.197 (C.39:6B-1 et seq.).� A law enforcement 
agency that utilizes automated license plate readers pursuant to this section 
shall access the insurance information within the database established pursuant 
to subsection j. of section 50 of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-41).� 

���� Access to the database 
shall be restricted to authorized 
prosecutors and law enforcement 
agencies.�� Any entity with which a 
contract has been executed to provide or maintain the technology or equipment 
necessary to utilize automated license plate readers or the database shall be 
entitled to access the data collected exclusively for the purposes enforcing 
this act.� 

���� c.���� A law enforcement 
officer may verify by sworn 
affidavit that a photograph generated by an automatic 
license plate reader system unit identifies 
a particular vehicle operating on the public roads or highways of this 
State and that the database confirms that the 
vehicle was uninsured at the time such 
vehicle was being operated.� The affidavit shall constitute 
probable cause for prosecution under the compulsory 
motor vehicle insurance law.

���� d.��� Any 
data collected or retained 
through the use of an 
automated license plate reader 
system pursuant to the program 
shall be retained by 
the prosecuting authority and law enforcement agency when the data 
is being 
used as evidence of 
a violation of the compulsory 
motor vehicle insurance law; provided, when 
the data is no longer 
needed as evidence of a 
violation, the data 
shall be deleted or destroyed.

���� e.���� Any 
data collected or retained 
through the use of an 
automated license plate reader 
system shall not be used 
by an 
individual or agency for 
purposes other than enforcement of compulsory motor vehicle insurance law or as 
otherwise permitted by law. Images 
of the driver or motor vehicle occupants shall not be used or maintained as 
evidence by any prosecuting authority or law enforcement agency.� 

���� f.���� Any recorded image or 
information produced in connection with the automated license plate reader 
shall not be deemed a public record under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), 
P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), or the common law concerning access to 
public records. 

���� g.��� The provisions of this 
section shall not take effect until the Motor Vehicle Commission verifies that:

���� (1)�� at least 90 percent of 
the personal lines auto insurance market in the State submits insurance 
information to the database; and 

���� (2)�� the database is updated 
in a manner that allows the provisions of this section to be implemented.

���� h.��� As used in this act, 
�automated license plate reader� means a system consisting of one or more 
cameras and related equipment that automatically and without direct human 
control locates, focuses on, and photographs license plates and vehicles that 
come into range of the device; that automatically converts digital photographic 
images of scanned license plates into electronic text documents; that is 
capable of comparing scanned license plate text data with data files for 
vehicles on a list programmed into the device�s electronic memory; and that 
notifies law enforcement, whether by an audible alert or by other means, when a 
scanned license plate matches the license plate on the programmed list.� The 
term includes both devices that are placed at a stationary location and mobile 
devices affixed to a law enforcement vehicle that ar