Provides for suspension of driver's license for certain offenses and acknowledges Legislature's prior repeal of N.J.S.2B:12-31.
S 2164 allows municipal courts to suspend a person's driver's license or nonresident driving privilege if they fail to appear in court after receiving written notice, fail to pay court-imposed fines/costs, or default on payment plans. It requires courts to provide notice and a hearing opportunity before suspension and adds fees ($3 to the Motor Vehicle Commission, $10 for notice, $15 for suspension) to fines. The bill also explicitly states that N.J.S.A. 2B:12-31 (which previously authorized license suspensions for non-driving offenses) was repealed in 2019 and was not revived by a 2021 amendment. The law takes effect immediately but includes a six-month grace period for paying outstanding fines, retroactive to January 1, 2021.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
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Paul Moriarty
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