39:3-27.127 Issuance of "Be An Organ Donor" license plates; application; fees.
1. a. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may issue for a motor vehicle owned or leased and registered in the State special license plates bearing, in addition to the marking or identification otherwise required by law, the slogan "Be An Organ Donor." These plates shall be designed by the director, in consultation with the New Jersey Transplant Association, to educate the public about the urgent need for organ donation and the life saving benefits of organ transplants. Opportunity for comment on the design of the plates shall be afforded to the organ procurement organizations designated by the federal government to provide services in this State.
b. Application for issuance of "Be An Organ Donor" license plates shall be made to the director on such forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the director. The director shall collect for each set of plates issued an application fee of $50 and an annual renewal fee of $10, in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of motor vehicles.
c. Monies collected from the additional application and renewal fees for organ donor license plates shall be deposited in the Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Education Fund established by P.L.1999, c.386 (C.54A:9-25.17 et seq.).
These monies shall be allocated from the fund in the following order of priority:
(1) to reimburse the amount of contributions provided pursuant to section 2 of this act;
(2) to reimburse the Division of Motor Vehicles for any additional costs, including computer programming changes, incurred in producing, issuing, reviewing and publicizing the availability of organ donor license plates; and
(3) for the purposes of the fund as designated in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.386 (C.54A:9-25.18).
L.2001,c.164,s.1.
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