39:2-2. Director of division of motor vehicles; appointment; term; salary; bond; oath
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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.
39:2-3.2. Cooperation by Division of Motor Vehicles to register voters
24. a. The Secretary of State, with the assistance and concurrence of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, shall formulate a means of permitting a person to simultaneously apply for a motor vehicle driver's license and to register to vote which satisfies both the requirements necessary to receive a license to operate a motor vehicle, pursuant to R.S.39:3-10, and to be permitted to register to vote, pursuant to R.S.19:4-1.
The Division of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of a completed voter registration application under this section, shall stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received and forward the document to the Secretary of State no later than the 10th day following the date of acceptance.
b. Each application for voter registration which is received by the Division of Motor Vehicles shall be considered and processed as the replacement for any pre-existing voter registration of the applicant.
c. Each change of address notification submitted to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of maintaining current information on a person's motor vehicle license shall be reported to the Secretary of State no later than the 10th day following its receipt by the Division of Motor Vehicles and shall serve as notification for the change of address process, unless the registrant indicates that the change of address is not for voter registration purposes.
L.1994,c.182,s.24.
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.
39:2-3.2. Cooperation by Division of Motor Vehicles to register voters
24. a. The Secretary of State, with the assistance and concurrence of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, shall formulate a means of permitting a person to simultaneously apply for a motor vehicle driver's license and to register to vote which satisfies both the requirements necessary to receive a license to operate a motor vehicle, pursuant to R.S.39:3-10, and to be permitted to register to vote, pursuant to R.S.19:4-1.
The Division of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of a completed voter registration application under this section, shall stamp or otherwise mark the lower right hand corner of the document with the date on which it was so received and forward the document to the Secretary of State no later than the 10th day following the date of acceptance.
b. Each application for voter registration which is received by the Division of Motor Vehicles shall be considered and processed as the replacement for any pre-existing voter registration of the applicant.
c. Each change of address notification submitted to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of maintaining current information on a person's motor vehicle license shall be reported to the Secretary of State no later than the 10th day following its receipt by the Division of Motor Vehicles and shall serve as notification for the change of address process, unless the registrant indicates that the change of address is not for voter registration purposes.
L.1994,c.182,s.24.