Senate Commerce Committee Statement — Senate Bill No. 3512 (New Jersey, May 13, 2021)

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Senate Commerce Committee statement dated May 13, 2021, reporting Senate Bill No. 3512 of the State of New Jersey favorably and with amendments. As amended, the bill authorizes a person who purchases a passenger automobile through a private sale from a person who is not a dealer to operate it on State roadways for three days, provided it is properly insured, temporarily registered, and displays the temporary license plate. The purchaser submits information to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission through its website and receives an electronic mail receipt and a printable temporary license plate. A person violating the bill is subject to a fine up to $100. A temporary provision authorizes the chief administrator to expand the three-day period to a 10-day period during the public health emergency.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 3512
                   with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                       DATED: MAY 13, 2021

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
amendments Senate Bill No. 3512.
    As amended, this bill authorizes a person who purchases a
passenger automobile through a private sale from a person who is not a
dealer or used motor vehicle dealer to operate the automobile on the
roadways in the State for a period of three days, provided that the
automobile is properly insured and the person who purchased the
automobile temporarily registers the automobile pursuant to the bill
and displays on the automobile the temporary license plate provided
pursuant to the bill.
    In order to be authorized to operate an automobile in such a
manner, the automobile purchaser is required to submit information to
the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) through the
commission’s website. Once that information is submitted, the
commission is required to provide the person with a receipt by
electronic mail that proves that the person temporarily registered the
automobile with the commission, which may serve as proof of the
registration status of the automobile, and a printable temporary license
plate, which is to be displayed on the automobile. The commission is
required to maintain a record of the information submitted through the
website and the temporary license plates provided to applicants in a
database or registry, which is to be accessible to law enforcement
officers.
    Any person violating the provisions of the bill is to be subject to a
fine up to $100. Any person that provides an intentional misstatement
of any fact is subject to the penalties provided by law concerning the
provision of falsified information to the commission.
    The bill also includes a temporary provision that authorizes the
chief administrator to expand the three-day time period under the bill
to a 10-day time period during the Coronavirus disease 2019 public
health emergency.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to provide that an applicant for
temporary registration pursuant to the requirements of the bill will also
have access to a printable temporary license plate, to be displayed on
the automobile, at the same time the application for the temporary
registration is submitted.


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