39:2-1. Department continued
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39:2-1. Department continued
The department of motor vehicles, created and established by an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and the licensing of the drivers thereof; fixing rules regulating the use and speed of motor vehicles; fixing the amount of license and registration fees; prescribing and regulating process and the service thereof and proceedings for the violation of the provisions of the act and penalties for said violations,' approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one," passed March twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six (L.1926, c. 147, p. 228), as amended and supplemented is continued. The department shall have full charge of the registration and regulation of all motor vehicles as provided by L.1921, c. 208, p. 643, entitled "An act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and the licensing of the drivers thereof; fixing rules regulating the use and speed of motor vehicles; fixing the amount of license and registration fees; prescribing and regulating process and the service thereof and proceedings for the violation of the provisions of the act and penalties for said violations" , effective January first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the amendments and supplements thereto. The department shall also have such other duties and powers as are described in said L.1921, c. 208, p. 643, or as may hereafter be provided by law.
39:2-2. Director of division of motor vehicles; appointment; term; salary; bond; oath
The division shall be administered by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
The director shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor during the Governor's term of office and until the director's successor is appointed and has qualified.
The director shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law.
The director shall give bond, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, in the sum of $50,000.00, which bond shall be approved by a justice of the supreme court or a judge of the superior court, and shall be filed with the State Treasurer.
The director shall take an oath before one of the supreme court justices or superior court judges, in form similar to that now required by the State Treasurer, which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
Amended by L.1944, c. 44, p. 100, s. 1; L.1953, c. 36, p. 617, s. 2; L.1962, c. 65, s. 8, eff. July 1, 1962; L.1971, c. 105, s. 1, eff. April 16, 1971; L.1975, c. 97, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1975.
39:2-3 Powers, duties of commission.
39:2-3. The commission shall:
a. Have all the powers and perform all the duties conferred or imposed upon it by this Title;
b. Have charge and supervision of the administration and enforcement of this Title and attend to the enforcement thereof, and for the purpose of enforcement may communicate with the police departments and police officers in the state;
c. Collect such data with respect to the proper restrictions to be placed upon motor vehicles and their use upon the public roads, turnpikes and thoroughfares as shall seem for the public good;
d. Execute all contracts entered into by the commission and approve all bills for disbursement of money under any provision of this chapter and chapter 3 of this title (R.S. 39:3-1 et seq.), which bills shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller out of any appropriation regularly made therefor.
Amended 2003, c.13, s.42.
The department of motor vehicles, created and established by an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and the licensing of the drivers thereof; fixing rules regulating the use and speed of motor vehicles; fixing the amount of license and registration fees; prescribing and regulating process and the service thereof and proceedings for the violation of the provisions of the act and penalties for said violations,' approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one," passed March twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six (L.1926, c. 147, p. 228), as amended and supplemented is continued. The department shall have full charge of the registration and regulation of all motor vehicles as provided by L.1921, c. 208, p. 643, entitled "An act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and the licensing of the drivers thereof; fixing rules regulating the use and speed of motor vehicles; fixing the amount of license and registration fees; prescribing and regulating process and the service thereof and proceedings for the violation of the provisions of the act and penalties for said violations" , effective January first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the amendments and supplements thereto. The department shall also have such other duties and powers as are described in said L.1921, c. 208, p. 643, or as may hereafter be provided by law.
39:2-2. Director of division of motor vehicles; appointment; term; salary; bond; oath
The division shall be administered by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
The director shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor during the Governor's term of office and until the director's successor is appointed and has qualified.
The director shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law.
The director shall give bond, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, in the sum of $50,000.00, which bond shall be approved by a justice of the supreme court or a judge of the superior court, and shall be filed with the State Treasurer.
The director shall take an oath before one of the supreme court justices or superior court judges, in form similar to that now required by the State Treasurer, which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
Amended by L.1944, c. 44, p. 100, s. 1; L.1953, c. 36, p. 617, s. 2; L.1962, c. 65, s. 8, eff. July 1, 1962; L.1971, c. 105, s. 1, eff. April 16, 1971; L.1975, c. 97, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1975.
39:2-3 Powers, duties of commission.
39:2-3. The commission shall:
a. Have all the powers and perform all the duties conferred or imposed upon it by this Title;
b. Have charge and supervision of the administration and enforcement of this Title and attend to the enforcement thereof, and for the purpose of enforcement may communicate with the police departments and police officers in the state;
c. Collect such data with respect to the proper restrictions to be placed upon motor vehicles and their use upon the public roads, turnpikes and thoroughfares as shall seem for the public good;
d. Execute all contracts entered into by the commission and approve all bills for disbursement of money under any provision of this chapter and chapter 3 of this title (R.S. 39:3-1 et seq.), which bills shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller out of any appropriation regularly made therefor.
Amended 2003, c.13, s.42.