This bill exempts honorably discharged veterans who own passenger vehicles (not for hire) from New Jersey's motor vehicle registration fees. It directly affects eligible veterans residing in New Jersey, requiring them to provide proof of honorable discharge to qualify. The Motor Vehicle Commission Chief Administrator and the Adjutant General will establish application procedures and documentation requirements, while the Adjutant General must notify eligible veterans about the exemption. The exemption becomes effective six months after enactment, with administrative actions permitted in advance for implementation.
This bill proposes adding a $0.25 fee to the price of each alcoholic beverage sold in restaurants and bars located in New Jersey municipalities with 200 or more existing or inactive liquor licenses. The fee would be collected by license holders and deposited into the Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund (AEREF), which currently supports alcohol-related programs. The AEREF uses funds from existing sources (like manufacturer taxes and drunk driver fees) to allocate 75% to rehabilitation, 15% to enforcement, and 10% to education across the state’s 21 counties. This bill would create a new revenue stream for the AEREF by requiring the fee on drinks sold in high-density license areas. The bill is currently in committee review and not yet law.
This bill creates the Gold Star Family Scholarship Program, providing financial aid to family members of New Jersey military personnel who died while on active duty. Eligible recipients include spouses, parents, children, siblings, and legal guardians who attend approved colleges or universities. The program is funded through a $2 annual surcharge on personalized license plates, voluntary taxpayer contributions via state tax returns, and a $100,000 initial appropriation from the General Fund. Scholarships cover undergraduate costs up to the average tuition at New Jersey's four-year public universities, with the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority managing eligibility and award amounts.
This bill imposes new annual registration fees for electric vehicles in New Jersey: $300 for passenger EVs and $450 for commercial EVs starting July 2025, collected by the Motor Vehicle Commission. It reduces highway fuel tax rates from 10.5¢ to 7¢ per gallon for gasoline and 13.5¢ to 9¢ for diesel fuel. All fees and tax revenues will fund the state's Transportation Trust Fund. The bill also authorizes the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on alternative revenue sources for transportation infrastructure.
This bill requires New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to create and offer payment incentives to drivers who owe certain motor vehicle surcharges every three years. It specifically targets drivers who haven't paid surcharges for traffic violations (like accumulating penalty points) but excludes those with surcharges related to drunk driving convictions. The incentives may include waived down payments or interest on overdue amounts. The bill updates current law, which previously only required "periodic" offerings, to mandate a precise three-year cycle for these payment relief options.
This bill exempts federally chartered veterans' organizations from paying motor vehicle registration fees for vehicles not used for personal pleasure or commercial hire. It adds these organizations to an existing list of exempt entities, including government agencies, fire departments, and nonprofit groups like the Red Cross. The key provision modifies New Jersey's vehicle registration law (R.S.39:3-27) to include veterans' organizations as eligible for the fee exemption. This directly affects qualifying veterans' groups that operate vehicles for organizational purposes, not personal or commercial use. The exemption applies to standard registration or special plates for these vehicles, as defined in the amended statute.
This bill (S 2417) exempts volunteer fire companies in New Jersey from paying the annual charitable registration fee required under the state’s Charitable Registration and Investigation Act. Currently, such organizations must pay fees ranging from $30 to $250 yearly based on revenue, but this bill would remove that specific fee obligation. Volunteer fire companies would still need to register as nonprofits but would no longer pay the annual fee. The exemption applies to all volunteer fire companies registered under the existing law.
This bill (S 2895) requires counties containing cities of the first class (Newark and Jersey City, each with populations over 150,000) to impose a $3-$10 surcharge on real property documents filed in county offices. The surcharge funds are deposited quarterly into those cities' municipal affordable housing trust funds. The money must be used exclusively for rehabilitating or purchasing existing housing to create affordable units, or constructing new affordable housing. This provides a new revenue stream specifically for addressing housing affordability in these two largest New Jersey cities.
This bill imposes a $0.25 fee on each alcoholic beverage sold in restaurants and bars within New Jersey municipalities that have 200 or more active or inactive retail liquor licenses. The fee is added to the drink's price and collected by license holders, then deposited into the existing Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund (AEREF). The AEREF uses these funds - alongside existing revenue sources - to support alcohol-related programs, distributing 75% to rehabilitation, 15% to enforcement, and 10% to education across the state's 21 counties. This policy directly affects licensed beverage establishments in qualifying municipalities, with no changes to the fund's current allocation structure.
S 608, the Water Resources Protection Trust Fund Act, requires public water systems and large commercial/industrial users to pay a fee based on their water consumption or diversion (e.g., taking water from rivers or aquifers not returned to the source). Revenue from this fee will fund projects to improve water quality, supply reliability, and aging infrastructure, such as repairing broken pipes, reducing leaks, and addressing lead contamination in drinking water systems. The bill directly affects entities operating public water systems (serving 15+ connections) and businesses with significant water use. It creates a dedicated funding stream to address New Jersey's deteriorating water resources and infrastructure, replacing reliance on insufficient existing funding.
