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

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 3512, State of New Jersey, dated May 13, 2021, reporting the bill favorably with amendments. As amended, the bill lets a person who buys a passenger automobile in a private sale from someone who is not a dealer drive it in the State for three days if it is insured, temporarily registered through the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission website, and displays a printable temporary license plate. The commission must email a receipt as proof of registration and keep a database accessible to law enforcement officers. Violations carry a fine up to $100, and the chief administrator may expand the period to 10 days during the Coronavirus disease 2019 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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