On Thursday, June 22, 2017 the Senate and the Assembly voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill No. 1750, and Assembly Bill No. 2729 to create a Veteran license plate for motorcycles. This establishes “U.S. VET” plates for any honorably discharged Veteran. There will be an annual $10 charge for these plates and all monies collected will be deposited in a fund to be used by the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs for the support of programs benefiting New Jersey military veterans.
When the Governor signs this legislation, it will end an over eight year campaign by ABATE for these plates. We should recognize and thank all of the Senate and Assembly Sponsors and Co-Sponsors of these bills:
SENATE
Madden, Fred H., Jr. as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 4)
Cruz-Perez, Nilsa as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 5)
Bucco, Anthony R. as Co-Sponsor (Dist. 25)
Van Drew, Jeff as Co-Sponsor (Dist. 1)
Beach, James as Co-Sponsor (Dist. 6)
Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr. as Co-Sponsor (Dist. 18)
ASSEMBLY
Bucco, Anthony M. as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 25)
DeAngelo, Wayne P. as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 14)
Space, Parker as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 24)
Mosquera, Gabriela M. as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 4)
Wisniewski, John S. as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 19)
DeCroce, BettyLou as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 26)
Mukherji, Raj as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 33)
Jones, Patricia Egan as Primary Sponsor (Dist. 5)
Rooney, Kevin J. as Co-Sponsor (Dist. 40)
Coughlin, Craig J. as Co-Sponsor (Dist. 19)
If any of the legislators listed above are from your District, please tell them thank you for passing this legislation.
And we also want to express our thanks and appreciation to all the legislators who voted to pass these bills.
