39:4-207.8 - Issuance of handicapped nursing home resident identification card and windshield placard for nursing home vehicles - New Jersey Statutes

39:4-207.8.  Issuance of handicapped nursing home resident identification card and windshield placard for nursing home vehicles       The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall issue a handicapped nursing home resident identification card and corresponding windshield placard upon the application of a nursing home owner or operator for use in a vehicle owned or operated by the nursing home when that vehicle is used to transport handicapped nursing home residents.  The identification card and corresponding windshield placard shall identify the nursing home owner or operator and the registration number of the nursing home's vehicle for which the card is issued, and shall state that: the nursing home owner or operator is validly qualified to receive the identification card and corresponding windshield placard; the identification card and corresponding windshield placard are for the exclusive use of the nursing home's vehicle when transporting a handicapped nursing home resident; the identification card and corresponding windshield placard are not transferable and will be forfeited if used for purposes not authorized under this act; and an abuse of any privilege, benefit, precedence or consideration granted to a person to whom the identification card and corresponding windshield placard are issued will be sufficient cause for revocation of the identification card and corresponding windshield placard and the same may be forfeited or revoked accordingly, and in the absence of a forfeiture or revocation, the identification card and corresponding windshield placard are valid indefinitely. 

    The windshield placard shall be displayed on the vehicle when the vehicle is used to transport handicapped nursing home residents.  A vehicle displaying this windshield placard is authorized to park in a space appropriately marked for vehicles for the physically handicapped only when delivering or receiving handicapped nursing home residents from one location to another.  The vehicle is not permitted to park in designated handicapped parking spaces when it is not transporting handicapped nursing home residents. 

    The fee for the issuance of the identification card and corresponding windshield placard issued pursuant to this section is $4.00 and is payable to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles. 

    L.1989,c.201,s.6.