NJ S4953

Municipal courts may suspend driving privileges when defendants fail to appear for scheduled court proceedings after receiving written notice for disorderly persons offenses, petty disorderly persons offenses, municipal ordinance violations, or other state law violations

Municipal courts may suspend driving privileges when defendants fail to comply with sentence conditions including paying fines/costs, making restitution, performing community service, or completing probation terms

Defendants must receive notice and an opportunity to contest any proposed license suspension before the court; courts must notify the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission of all suspension actions

Fees imposed on defendants with suspended licenses include $3 to the Motor Vehicle Commission, $10 for failure to appear notice, and $15 for the suspension order

Takes effect immediately but remains inoperative for six months to allow individuals to pay outstanding fines; retroactive to January 1, 2021, and formally acknowledges that N.J.S.2B:12-31 was repealed by P.L.2019, c.276 and was not revived by subsequent legislation