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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:5H-23.1 - Uniform credential placard template to be issued by a transportation network company; rules, regulations.

39:5H-23.1 Uniform credential placard template to be issued by a transportation network company; rules, regulations.
3. a. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall design a uniform credential placard template to be issued by a transportation network company, pursuant to subsection d. of section 23 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-23), to every transportation network company driver that provides prearranged rides that originate in the State. The credential placard template, which may be removable, shall be designed to include the following information:
(1) the first name of the driver;
(2) a high resolution, color picture of the driver;
(3) the license plate number of each personal vehicle associated with the driver and the state that issued the license plate.
The commission shall not be required to provide a digitized picture of the driver to the transportation network company or driver for purposes of this section.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), within six months of the effective date of P.L.2019, c.128 (C.39:5H-23.1 et al.), the chief administrator shall adopt, immediately upon filing proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law, such temporary rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. The rules and regulations so adopted shall be effective for a period not to exceed one year from the date of the filing. The rules and regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted by the chief administrator in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
L.2019, c.128, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:5H-24 - Driver to not solicit non-prearranged rides.

39:5H-24 Driver to not solicit non-prearranged rides.
24. A transportation network company driver shall not solicit or accept any ride that is not prearranged through a transportation network company's digital network.
L.2017, c.26, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:5H-26 - Exclusive governing of company, driver.

39:5H-26 Exclusive governing of company, driver.
26. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transportation network company and a transportation network company driver shall be governed exclusively by P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-1 et seq.), any supplements or amendments thereto, and any rules promulgated by the commission or division pursuant to P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-1 et seq.).
A county or municipality shall not require a transportation network company or transportation network company driver to obtain a license or permit to provide a prearranged ride in that county or municipality, or require a driver to obtain a license or permit for the driver's personal vehicle in order to provide a prearranged ride in that county or municipality.
A county or municipality shall not impose a tax or fee that only applies to a transportation network company or transportation network company driver; provided that a transportation network company or driver shall be subject to a tax or fee that applies generally to all businesses or residents of the county or municipality.
Except for the initial and annual permit fee imposed pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-4) and the surcharge imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2018, c.47 (C.39:5H-4.1), the State shall not impose a tax or fee that only applies to a transportation network company or transportation network company driver; provided that, a transportation network company or driver shall be subject to a tax or fee that applies generally to all businesses or residents of the State.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, supersede, or prohibit a financial access agreement between a transportation network company and a city of the first class with an international airport terminal, provided the transportation network company complies with all other provisions of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-1 et seq.).
L.2017, c.26, s.26; amended 2018, c.47, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:5H-27 - Rules, regulations.

39:5H-27 Rules, regulations.
27. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety are authorized to adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to implement the provisions of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-1 et seq.).
L.2017, c.26, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-24 - Definitions

39:6-24. Definitions
The following words and phrases, when used in this act, shall, for the purposes of this act, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
"Director" --The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
"License" --Any license, temporary instruction permit or temporary license issued under the laws of this State pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles.
"Nonresident's operating privilege" --The privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this State pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by him, in this State.
"State" --Any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 548, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-26 - Inapplicability of requirements as to security and suspension

39:6-26. Inapplicability of requirements as to security and suspension
The requirements as to security and suspension in section 3 of this act shall not apply:
(a) to the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of any one other than such operator or owner;
(b) to the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle legally parked at the time of the accident;
(c) to the owner of a motor vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without his permission, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating such motor vehicle without such permission; or to the operator if he was a chauffeur or operator employed by the owner of the motor vehicle and was operating with the permission of the owner.
(d) if, prior to the date that the director would otherwise suspend license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege under section 3 of this act, there shall be filed with the director evidence satisfactory to him that the person who would otherwise have to file security has been released from liability or been finally adjudicated not to be liable or has executed a duly acknowledged written agreement providing for the payment of an agreed amount in installments, with respect to all claims for injuries or damages resulting from the accident and with respect to an accident involving an automobile, required to have coverage for personal injury protection benefits pursuant to P.L.1972, c. 70, has also reimbursed or executed a duly acknowledged written agreement to pay an agreed amount in installments to reimburse the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund for the payments it has made or shall make pursuant to section 7 or section 10 of P.L. , c. (Assembly Bill No. 803 presently pending in the Legislature) by reason of the failure of such person to have the requisite insurance coverage in effect.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 551, s. 4. Amended by L.1972, c. 199, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-27 - Duration of suspension; default in payment of installment

39:6-27. Duration of suspension; default in payment of installment
The license and registration and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided in section three of this act shall remain so suspended and shall not be renewed nor shall any such license or registration be issued to such person until:
(a) such person shall deposit or there shall be deposited on his behalf the security required under said section 3 of this act; or
(b) one year shall have elapsed following the date of such suspension and evidence satisfactory to the director has been filed with him that during such period no action for damages arising out of the accident has been instituted; or
(c) evidence satisfactory to the director has been filed with him of a release from liability, or a final adjudication of nonliability, or a duly acknowledged written agreement, in accordance with section 4(d) of P.L.1952, c. 173 (C. 39:6-26) and with respect to an automobile required to have coverage for personal injury protection benefits pursuant to P.L.1972, c. 70 has filed evidence satisfactory to the director that he has also met the additional requirements of section 4(d) of P.L.1952, c. 173 (C. 39:6-26) pertaining to such automobile; provided, however, in the event there shall be any default in the payment of any installment under any duly acknowledged written agreement, then, upon notice of such default, the director shall forthwith suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of such person defaulting which shall not be restored unless and until
(1) such person deposits and thereafter maintains security as required under said section 3 of this act in such amount as the director may then determine; or
(2) one year shall have elapsed following the date when such security was required and during such period no action upon such agreement has been instituted in a court in this State.
Subsections 5(b) and 5(c)(1) of this section shall not apply to amounts in reimbursement of the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund which remain unpaid after 1 year.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 552, s. 5. Amended by L.1972, c. 199, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-28 - Operator or owner involved in accident without license or a nonresident

39:6-28. Operator or owner involved in accident without license or a nonresident
(a) In case the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident within this State has no license or registration, or is a nonresident, he shall not be allowed a license or registration until he has complied with the requirements of this act to the same extent that would be necessary if, at the time of the accident, he had held a license and registration.
(b) When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended pursuant to section three or section five of this act, the director shall transmit a certified copy of the record of such action to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates in the State in which such nonresident resides, if the law of such other State provides for action in relation thereto similar to that provided for in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Upon receipt of such certification that the operating privilege of a resident of this State has been suspended or revoked in any such other State pursuant to a law providing for its suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of a motor vehicle accident, under circumstances which would require the director to suspend a nonresident's operating privilege had the accident occurred in this State, the director shall suspend the license of such resident if he was the operator, and all of his registrations if he was the owner of a motor vehicle involved in such accident. Such suspension shall continue until such resident furnishes evidence of his compliance with the law of such other State relating to the deposit of such security.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 552, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-29 - Security, requirements as to

39:6-29. Security, requirements as to
The security under this act shall be in such form and in such amount as the director may require but in no case in excess of the limits specified in section three of this act in reference to the acceptable limits of a policy or bond. The person depositing security shall specify in writing the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit is made and, at any time while such deposit is in the custody of the director or State Treasurer, the person depositing it may, in writing, amend the specification of the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit is made to include an additional person or persons; provided, however, that a single deposit of security shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the same accident.
The director may reduce the amount of security ordered in any case within six months after the date of the accident if, in his judgment, the amount ordered is excessive. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited the excess deposited over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or his personal representative forthwith, notwithstanding the provisions of section eight of this act.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 553, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-30 - Application of security; return of deposit or balance

39:6-30. Application of security; return of deposit or balance
Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of this act shall be applicable only to the payment of a judgment or judgments rendered against the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit was made, for damages arising out of the accident in question in a civil action, begun not later than 1 year after the date of such accident, or within 1 year after the date of deposit of any security under subparagraph (c) of section 5 of this act, or to the payment in settlement, agreed to by the depositor, of a claim or claims arising out of such accident or to the reimbursement of the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund for the payment of personal injury protection benefits pursuant to section 7 or section 10 of P.L. , c. (Assembly Bill No. 803 presently pending in the Legislature). Such deposit or any balance thereof shall be returned to the depositor or his personal representative when evidence satisfactory to the director has been filed with him that there has been a release from liability, or a final adjudication of nonliability, or a duly acknowledged agreement in accordance with subparagraph (d) of section 4 of this act, and in the event of an accident involving an automobile required to have coverage for personal injury protection benefits pursuant to P.L.1972, c. 70, if the depositor has also met the additional requirements of section 4(d) of P.L.1952, c. 173 (C. 39:6-26) pertaining to such automobile or whenever, after the expiration of 1 year (1) from the date of the accident, or (2) from the date of any security under subparagraph (c) of section 5 of this act, the director shall be given reasonable evidence that there is no such action pending and no judgment rendered in such action left unpaid and no amount in reimbursement, to the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund for payment of personal injury protection benefits, remains unpaid by such person.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 554, s. 8. Amended by L.1959, c. 146, p. 588, s. 1; L.1972, c. 199, s. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-30.1 - Remission of funds to state treasurer; investments

39:6-30.1. Remission of funds to state treasurer; investments
All sums deposited with the director in compliance with the requirements of the "Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law" shall be remitted forthwith to the State Treasurer and shall be kept separate and apart from all other State funds. The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of said funds and shall make all disbursements from said funds in the same manner as other State disbursements are made. Said funds may be invested and reinvested by the Director of the Division of Investment, Department of the Treasury, in the same manner as other State funds. All earnings received from the investment of such funds shall be paid into the General Treasury and become a part of the General State Fund.
L.1959, c. 146, p. 589, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-36 - Nonresident; judgment unsatisfied

39:6-36. Nonresident; judgment unsatisfied
While a final judgment against a nonresident motor vehicle owner or operator is so unstayed, unsatisfied and subsisting for more than 60 days, his privilege of operating a motor vehicle, whether owned by him or not, in this State, shall be withdrawn and shall not be renewed. No operator's or chauffeur's license shall be issued to him nor shall a motor vehicle be registered in his name until every such judgment is stayed, satisfied or discharged as herein provided.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 559, s. 14. Amended by L.1979, c. 169, s. 2, eff. Aug. 9, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-37 - Insolvent, bankrupt insurer

39:6-37. Insolvent, bankrupt insurer
Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the director that: at the time of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death of or injury to any person, or damage to property to the extent of $500.00, the judgment debtor, against whom a judgment has been obtained as a result of such accident, was insured in an insurance company, authorized to do business in this State, against public liability for injuries or death to one person to the extent of $15,000.00 and for injuries or death to more than one person to the extent of $30,000.00 and for damage to property to the extent of $5,000.00 arising out of a single motor vehicle accident and with respect to an automobile, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-2), registered or principally garaged in New Jersey; personal injury protection coverage as provided in the "New Jersey Automobile Reparation Reform Act," P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39 :6A-1 et seq.), and that the judgment has not been paid or the personal injury protection benefits have not been paid because, subsequent to the date of such accident, such insurance company has become insolvent or bankrupt, or the Commissioner of Insurance has undertaken control thereof for the purpose of liquidation, he shall not suspend the operator's license and the registration certificates of such judgment debtor.
L. 1952, c. 173, s. 15; amended 1958, c.95, s.3; 1972, c.199, s.7; 1979, c.1 69, s.3; 1988, c.119, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-38 - Partial payments which are deemed satisfaction of judgment

39:6-38. Partial payments which are deemed satisfaction of judgment
For the purposes of sections 9 to 14 of this act when:
(a) $10,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of 1 person as the result of 1 accident;
(b) Subject to the limit of $10,000.00 for 1 person so injured or killed, the sum of $20,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of more than 1 person as the result of 1 accident; or
(c) $5,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for damage to property as the result of 1 accident--
Such payment or payments shall be deemed a satisfaction of the judgment or judgments.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 559, s. 16. Amended by L.1958, c. 95, p. 545, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-39 - Payment of judgment in installments

39:6-39. Payment of judgment in installments
A judgment debtor to whom this chapter applies may, for the sole purpose of giving authority to the director to authorize the judgment debtor to operate a motor vehicle thereafter, on due notice to the judgment creditor, apply to the court in which the trial judgment was obtained for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments. The court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order, fixing the amounts and times of payment of the installments. The director may, in his discretion, while the judgment debtor is not in default in paying the installments, restore, or refrain from suspending his license or registration certificate or certificates, or either or both of them. The license or certificate or certificates, or either or both or all of them, shall be suspended as hereinbefore provided when the director is satisfied that the judgment debtor has failed to comply with the terms of the court order.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 560, s. 17. Amended by L.1979, c. 169, s. 4, eff. Aug. 9, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-42 - Certified abstract of operating record; fees

39:6-42 Certified abstract of operating record; fees
20. Upon the request of any insurance company, any person furnishing any financial responsibility or any surety on a bond herein provided for, the director shall furnish such company person or surety a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this act. If there is no record of his conviction of a violation of a provision of law relating to the operation of motor vehicles or of an injury or damage caused by him as herein provided, the director shall so certify. The director shall collect a fee of $10 for each certified or uncertified abstract so issued. The director shall use the same schedule of fees established above for abstracts requested by persons authorized by law to receive them.
L.1952,c.173,s.20; amended 1975, c.180, s.12; 1994, c.60, s.25; 2002, c.34, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-49 - Transfer of registration while owner's registration suspended

39:6-49. Transfer of registration while owner's registration suspended
(a) The owner's registration of a vehicle involved in an accident to which this act applies shall not be transferred nor the vehicle, in respect to which such registration was issued, registered in any other name until the provisions of this act relating to the deposit of security are complied with, unless such provisions are inapplicable because of the exceptions stated in section three or because of other exceptions specified in this act, or until the director is satisfied that such transfer is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this act.
(b) If an owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the vehicle, in respect to which such registration was issued, registered in any other name until the director is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this act.
(c) Nothing in this section shall in anywise affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of such a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this act.
(d) The director shall suspend the registration of any vehicle transferred in violation of the provisions of this section.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 568, s. 27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-50 - Enforcement of act; rules and regulations; review

39:6-50. Enforcement of act; rules and regulations; review
(a) The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act and may make rules and regulations necessary for the administration thereof and shall provide for hearings upon request of persons aggrieved by orders or acts of the director under the provisions of this act.
(b) Any order or act of the director, under the provisions of this act, shall be subject to review by a proceeding in lieu of the prerogative writs.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 568, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-50.1 - Authority to commissioner

39:6-50.1. Authority to commissioner
The commissioner shall have the authority to issue any rules and regulations or exercise any power granted to him by Title 17 of the Revised Statutes with respect to vehicles which are self-insured pursuant to the provisions of sections 30, 31, and 32 of P.L. 1952, c. 173 (C. 39:6A-52, 39:6A-53, and 39:6A-54).
L. 1987, c. 428, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-51 - Informing persons as to contents of act

39:6-51. Informing persons as to contents of act
The director shall, by means of any printed form he provides, inform every person to whom a driver's license or registration certificate is issued of the contents of this act.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 568, s. 29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-53 - Not evidence at civil trial

39:6-53. Not evidence at civil trial
No action taken by the commissioner pursuant to this act, the findings, if any, of the commissioner upon which such action is based, nor the security filed, as provided by this act, shall be referred to in any way, nor be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party, at the trial of any civil action to recover damages.
L. 1952, c. 173, s. 31; amended 1987,c.428,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-54 - Public entities

39:6-54. Public entities
a. This act shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this State or any political subdivision of this State or any municipality therein; nor with respect to any motor vehicle which is subject to the requirements of law requiring insurance or other security on certain types of vehicles, other than the requirements of P.L. 1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-1 et seq.) or P.L. 1972, c. 197 (C. 39:6B-1 et seq.).
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. to the contrary, the commissioner may issue a certificate of self-insurance to any public entity or group of public entities upon receipt of a resolution from the public entity or group of public entities that they have established a self-insurance program or a group self-insurance program, as the case may be.
L. 1952, c. 173, s. 32; amended 1987,c.428,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-55 - Prohibited acts; violations; enforcement; remedies; procedure; revocation of license

39:6-55. Prohibited acts; violations; enforcement; remedies; procedure; revocation of license
(a) Any person who shall forge, or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility, or who files or offers for filing any such evidence of proof, knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(b) Any person willfully failing to return license or registration as required in section 22 of this act shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not to exceed 30 days, or both.
(c) Any person who shall violate any provision of this act for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.
The provisions of this act shall be enforced and all penalties for the violation thereof shall be recovered in accordance with the provisions of "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.), and in addition to the provisions and remedies therein contained, the following provisions and remedies shall be applicable in any proceeding brought for a violation of any of the provisions of this act:
a. The several municipal courts shall have jurisdiction of any such proceeding, in addition to the courts prescribed in "the penalty enforcement law" ;
b. The complaint in any such proceeding may be made on information and belief by the director, or the police or peace officer of any municipality, any county or the State;
c. A warrant may issue in lieu of summons;
d. Any police or peace officer shall be empowered to serve and execute process in any such proceeding;
e. The hearing in any such proceeding shall be without a jury;
f. Any such proceeding may be brought in the name of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety or in the name of the State of New Jersey;
g. Any sums received in payment of any fines imposed in any such proceeding shall be paid to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles and shall be paid by him into the State treasury;
h. The director or judge before whom any hearing under this act is had may revoke the license of any person to drive a motor vehicle or the registration certificate of any motor vehicle owned by any person, when such person shall have been guilty of such willful violation of any of the provisions of this act as shall in the discretion of the director or judge justify such revocation.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 569, s. 33. Amended by L.1954, c. 77, p. 448, s. 1; L.1983, c. 403, s. 25, eff. Dec. 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-56 - Repeal

39:6-56. Repeal
Chapter six of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes is repealed so far as it relates to any motor vehicle accident within this State, or to any conviction or forfeiture of bail, occurring on or after the effective date of this act.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 570, s. 34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-58 - Expense of administering Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law; ascertainment; certifying annually

39:6-58. Expense of administering Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law; ascertainment; certifying annually
The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall, on or before September first in each year, ascertain and certify to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance the total amount of expense incurred by the State in connection with the administration of the Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law during the preceding fiscal year, which expenses shall include, in addition to the direct cost of personal service, the cost of maintenance and operation, the cost of retirement contributions made and workmen's compensation paid for and on account of personnel, rentals for space occupied in State owned or State leased buildings and all other direct and indirect costs of the administration thereof.
L.1952, c. 176, p. 598, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-59 - Apportionment of amount certified among liability insurers

39:6-59. Apportionment of amount certified among liability insurers
The commissioner shall, on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year, apportion the amount so certified to him among the mutual associations and stock companies writing motor vehicle liability insurance within this State or motor vehicle liability bonds, or both, in the proportion that the net premiums received by each of them for such insurance and bonds written or renewed on risks within this State during the calendar year immediately preceding, as reported to him, bears to the sum total of all such net premiums received by all mutual associations and stock companies writing such insurance or bonds, or both, within the State during such year, as so reported, and shall certify the sum so apportioned to each such mutual association and stock company on or before November fifteenth next ensuing, to the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury and each such mutual association and stock company shall pay the amount so certified as apportioned to it to the said Division of Taxation on or before the thirty-first day of December next ensuing, and the sum so paid shall be paid into the State Treasury in reimbursement to the State for the expenses so paid.
L.1952, c. 176, p. 598, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-62 - Definitions relative to New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association.

39:6-62 Definitions relative to New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association.
2. Definitions. As used in this act:
"Association" means the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association created pursuant to P.L.1974, c.17 (C.17:30A-1 et seq.).
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
"Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund" or "Fund" means the fund derived from the sources specified in this act.
"Qualified person" means a resident of this State or the owner of a motor vehicle registered in this State or a resident of another state, territory, or federal district of the United States or province of Canada or of a foreign country, in which recourse is afforded, to residents of this State, of substantially similar character to that provided for by this act; provided, however, that no person shall be a qualified person where such person is an insured under a policy provision providing coverage for damages sustained by the insured as a result of the operation of an uninsured motor vehicle in a form authorized to be included in automobile liability policies of insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this State, pursuant to the provisions of, or any supplement to, chapter 28 of Title 17 of the Revised Statutes or in a form substantially similar thereto.
"Uninsured motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as to which there is not in force a liability policy meeting the requirements of section 3 or 26 of the "Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law," P.L.1952, c.173 (C.39:6-25 or C.39:6-48), and which is not owned by a holder of a certificate of self-insurance under said law, but shall not include a motor vehicle with a policy in force which is insured pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1).
"Person" includes natural persons, firms, copartnerships, associations and corporations.
"Insurer" means any insurer authorized in this State to write the kinds of insurance specified in paragraphs d. and e. of R.S.17:17-1.
"Net direct written premiums" means direct gross premiums written on policies, insuring against legal liability for bodily injury or death and for damage to property arising out of the ownership, operation or maintenance of motor vehicles, which are principally garaged in this State, less return premiums thereon and dividends paid to policyholders on such direct business.
L.1952,c.174,s.2; amended 1955, c.1, s.1; 1956, c.22, s.1; 1968, c.323, s.1; 1968, c.385, s.4; 1985, c.148, s.3; 1998, c.21, s.21; 2003, c.89, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-63 - Creation, maintenance of fund.

39:6-63 Creation, maintenance of fund.
3. For the purpose of creating and maintaining the fund:
(a) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1968, c.323, s.3.)
(b) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1968, c.323, s.3.)
(c) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1968, c.323, s.3.)
(d) Commencing on or before December 30, 2003, and on or before December 30 in each year thereafter, the association shall calculate the probable amount which will be needed to carry out its responsibilities under section 35 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.39:6-86.7), section 9 of P.L.1952, c.174 (C.39:6-69) and section 7 of P.L.1972, c.198 (C.39:6-86.1) during the ensuing year. In that calculation, the association shall take into consideration the amount presently reserved for pending claims, anticipated payments from the fund during that year and during the two years after that year, anticipated amounts to be reserved for claims pending during that year, and the desirability of maintaining a surplus over and above those anticipated payments and present and anticipated reserves, which surplus shall not exceed the amount actually paid from the fund during the 12 full calendar months immediately preceding the date of calculation. The probable amount needed to carry out the provisions of this section shall be assessed against insurers for that year's contribution to the fund.
(e) Whenever any of the provisions concerning the method and sources of assessments on insurers, the maximum amounts payable from the fund, eligibility or qualifications of claimants, or amounts to be deducted from payments made from the fund are amended by law, the association may, if the association deems it necessary, rescind any assessment on insurers. The association shall then, within 30 days of the adoption of such amendment, recalculate the probable amount which will be needed to carry out the provisions of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.17:30A-2.1 et al.) during the ensuing fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section. If, in the judgment of the association, the estimated balance of the fund at the beginning of the next year will be sufficient to meet those needs, the association shall determine the contributions of insurers, if any, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section.
L.1952,c.174,s.3; amended 1955, c.1, s.2; 1956, c.22, s.2; 1958, c.99, s.1; 1965, c.72; 1968, c.323, s.2; 1972, c.198, s.1; 1977, c.310, s.3; 1983, c.125, s.1; 1985, c.148, s.4; 1988, c.119, s.2; 1990, c.8, s.85; 2003, c.89, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-63.1 - Assessment rescinded; registration of uninsured vehicles; fee

39:6-63.1. Assessment rescinded; registration of uninsured vehicles; fee
Any assessment made under the provisions of subparagraph (2), of paragraph (d) of section 3 of the act of which this act is amendatory which has not been collected prior to the effective date of this act, is hereby rescinded and shall not be collected. Every person registering an uninsured motor vehicle in this State, during the period commencing June 1, 1956 and ending May 31, 1957, shall pay at the time of registering the same, in addition to any other fee prescribed by any other law, a fee of $8.00.
L.1956, c. 22, p. 66, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-64c - Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund abolished, transfer to PLIGA.

39:6-64c Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund abolished, transfer to PLIGA.
7. The Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Board in the Department of Banking and Insurance, established pursuant to P.L.1952, c.174 (C.39:6-61 et seq.), is hereby abolished and all its functions, powers and duties, along with the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund, including all its assets, liabilities and balances, are transferred from the Department of Banking and Insurance to the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association, established pursuant to P.L.1974, c.17 (C.17:30A-1 et seq.). Wherever in any law, rule or regulation, reference is made to the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Board, the same shall mean and refer to the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association.
L.2003,c.89,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-64.1 - Plan of operation.

39:6-64.1 Plan of operation.
18. a. The association may from time to time, adopt and amend a plan of operation, subject to the approval of the commissioner, necessary or desirable in connection with its functions, duties and responsibilities in administering this act.
The plan of operation shall provide that the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund may (1) borrow and separately account for moneys from any source, including, but not limited to, the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association and the New Jersey Surplus Lines Insurance Guaranty Fund, in such amounts and on such terms as the board of directors may determine, are necessary or appropriate and (2) make loans, in such amounts and on such terms as the board of directors may determine are necessary or appropriate, to the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association and the New Jersey Surplus Lines Insurance Guaranty Fund.
b. There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against the association, its agents, employees, or the commissioner or his designees for any action taken by them in the performance of their powers and duties under P.L.2003, c.89 (C.17:30A-2.1 et al.).
L.1955,c.1,s.18; amended 1961, c.69, s.1; 1985, c.148, s.6; 2003, c.89, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-65 - Notice of intention to make claim.

39:6-65 Notice of intention to make claim.
5. Any qualified person, or the personal representative of such person, who suffers damages resulting from bodily injury or death or damage to property arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this State on or after April 1, 1955, and whose damages may be satisfied in whole or in part from the fund, shall, except in cases in which the claim is asserted by actions brought under section 18 of this act pursuant to section 19 of this act, within 180 days after the accident, as a condition precedent to the right thereafter to apply for payment from the fund, give notice to the association, the form and contents of which shall be prescribed by the association, of his intention to make a claim thereon for such damages if otherwise uncollectible; provided, any such qualified person may, in lieu of giving said notice within said time, make proof to the court on the hearing of the application for the payment of a judgment (a) that he was physically incapable of giving said notice within said period and that he gave said notice within 180 days after he became physically capable to do so or in the event he did not become so capable, that a notice was given on his behalf within a reasonable period, or (b) that he gave notice to the association within 15 days of receiving notice that an insurer had disclaimed on a policy of insurance so as to remove or withdraw liability insurance coverage for his claim against a person or persons who allegedly caused him to suffer damages. A copy of the complaint shall be furnished to the association if an action has theretofore been brought for the enforcement of such claim. Such person shall also notify the association of any action thereafter instituted for the enforcement of such claim within 15 days after the institution thereof and such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the complaint.
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, the provisions of any other law relating to the confidential nature of any reports or information furnished to or filed with the division notwithstanding, to furnish to the association upon its request, for such use, utilization and purposes as the association may deem reasonably appropriate to administer this act and discharge its functions hereunder, any reports or information filed by any person or persons claiming benefits under the provisions of this act, that the director has with regard to any accident, and any operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in any accident, and as to any automobile or motor vehicle liability insurance or bond carried by an operator or owner of any motor vehicle.
L.1952,c.174,s.5; amended 1955, c.1, s.4; 1956, c.200; 1958, c.99, s.2; 1963, c.81, s.10; 1985, c.148, s.7; 2003, c.89, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-67 - Defense of actions against motorists.

39:6-67 Defense of actions against motorists.
7. The association may through counsel enter an appearance on behalf of the defendant, file a defense, appear at the trial or take such other steps as it may deem appropriate on the behalf and in the name of the defendant, and may thereupon, on the behalf and in the name of the defendant, conduct his defense, take recourse to any appropriate method of review on behalf of, and in the name of, the defendant, and all such acts shall be deemed to be the acts of such defendant; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall deprive the defendant of the right to also employ his own counsel and defend the action. All expense incurred by the association in connection with any review prosecuted or defended by it from a judgment rendered in such action, including its attorneys' fees in connection therewith, shall be borne by the fund.
L.1952,c.174,s.7; amended 1968, c.323, s.4; 2003, c.89, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-68 - Cooperation of defendant.

39:6-68 Cooperation of defendant.
8. In any case in which the association has assumed under this act, the defense of any action, the defendant shall co-operate with the association in the defense of such action. In the event of his failure to do so, the association may apply to the court for an order directing such co-operation.
L.1952,c.174,s.8; amended 2003, c.89, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-69 - Unpaid judgments.

39:6-69 Unpaid judgments.
9. When any qualified person recovers a valid judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State against any other person, who was the operator or owner of a motor vehicle, for injury to, death of, any person or persons, or a similar valid judgment in such court against such a defendant for an amount in excess of $500.00, exclusive of interest and costs, for damage to property, except property of others in charge of such operator or owner or such operator's or owner's employees, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of the motor vehicle in this State on or after April 1, 1955, and any amount remains unpaid thereon in the case of a judgment for bodily injury or death, or any amount in excess of $500.00 remains unpaid thereon in case of a judgment for damage to property, such judgment creditor may, upon the termination of all proceedings, including reviews and appeals in connection with such judgment, file a verified claim in the court in which the judgment was entered, and upon 10 days' written notice to the association may apply to the court for an order directing payment out of the fund, of the amount unpaid upon such judgment for bodily injury or death, which does not exceed, or upon such judgment for damage to property, which exceeds the sum of $500.00 and does not exceed--
(a) The maximum amount or limit of $15,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, one person, in any one accident, and
(b) The maximum amount or limit, subject to such limit for any one person so injured or killed, of $30,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, more than one person, in any one accident, and
(c) The maximum amount or limit of $5,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, for damage to property in any one accident.
L.1952,c.174,s.9; amended 1958, c.99, s.3; 1972, c.198, s.3; 1983, c.362, s.21; 1988, c.119, s.15; 2003, c.89.s.14.