New Jersey A 4749: Establishes "Automotive Anti-Theft Systems Task Force."

Bill Text

A4749 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4749 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman� ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes �Automotive Anti-Theft Systems Task 
Force.� 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act establishing the �Automotive Anti-Theft Systems 
Task Force.�

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

���� 1.��� a.� There is established 
in the Department of Law and Public Safety the �Automotive Anti-Theft Systems 
Task Force.� The purpose of the task force shall be to study and make 
recommendations for manufacturers and dealers concerning motor vehicle design 
features and products meant to prevent theft of motor vehicles and motor 
vehicle parts.

���� b.��� The task force shall 
consist of 16 members as follows:

���� (1) the Attorney General, who 
shall serve ex officio, or a designee;

���� (2) the Commissioner of the 
Department of Banking and Insurance, who shall serve ex officio, or a designee;

���� (3) two representatives of the 
Auto Theft Task Force in the Division of State Police selected by the 
Superintendent of State Police;

���� (4) one representative of each 
of the following organizations selected by that organization: the New Jersey 
Manufacturing Extension Program; the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive 
Retailers; the Alliance for Automotive Innovation; the New Jersey Gasoline-Convenience-Automotive 
Association; the AAA Clubs of New Jersey; the National Insurance Crime Bureau; 
the Insurance Council of New Jersey; and the New Jersey Fraternal Order of 
Police; and

���� (5) four public members, 
appointed by the Governor, with experience in automotive manufacturing.

���� c.��� Appointments to the task 
force shall be made no later than 30 days following the effective date of 
P.L.�� , c.��� (pending before the Legislature as this bill). Vacancies shall 
be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. The members of the 
task force shall serve without compensation, but shall be eligible for 
reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance 
of their official duties within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the task force for its purposes.

���� d.��� The task force shall 
organize as soon as practicable following the appointment of its public members 
and shall select a chairperson from among its members, as well as a secretary 
who need not be a member of the task force. The task force may meet and hold 
hearings at the place or places the task force designates. The Department of 
Law and Public Safety shall provide staff support to the task force. The task 
force shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the 
services of the employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, 
bureau, commission, or agency as the task force may require and as may be 
available to the task force for its purposes.

���� e.��� No later than six months 
after its organization the task force shall prepare and submit to the Governor 
and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the 
Legislature a report detailing the task force's recommendations concerning 
improvements in motor vehicle theft prevention measures through motor vehicle 
design features and product availability. The report shall include any 
recommendations for legislative or regulatory action that are necessary to 
effectuate the improvements.� The task force shall 
expire upon submission of its written report.

��� 2.��� This act shall take effect immediately, and shall 
expire upon submission of the task force�s written report to the Governor and 
the Legislature, as provided by section 1 of P.L.��� , c.��� (pending before 
the Legislature as this bill).

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes the 
�Automotive Anti-Theft Systems Task Force� in the Department of Law and Public 
Safety.

���� Under the bill, the purpose of 
the task force is to study and make recommendations for manufacturers and 
dealers concerning motor vehicle design features and products meant to prevent 
theft of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts.

���� The bill provides that the 
task force will consist of 16 members as follows:

���� ������ the Attorney General 
and the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, serving ex officio, or their 
designees;

���� ������ two representatives of 
the Auto Theft Task Force in the Division of State Police selected by the 
Superintendent of State Police;

���� ������ one representative of 
each of the following organizations selected by that organization: the New 
Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program; the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive 
Retailers; the Alliance for Automotive Innovation; the New Jersey Gasoline-Convenience-Automot