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LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
ASSEMBLY, No. 4765
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: DECEMBER 26, 2024
SUMMARY
Synopsis: Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when
approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles
and personal conveyances.
Type of Impact: Increase in annual State expenditures.
Agencies Affected: New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Office of Legislative Services Estimate
Fiscal Impact Annual
State Expenditure Increase Indeterminate
The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) determines that the bill will likely result in
indeterminate annual increased costs to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
attributable to updating and printing the informational brochure distributed to the parents and
guardians of new drivers. Additionally, the bill will result in increased one-time expenditures
for the commission attributable to updating the driver’s manual, curriculum, and written
knowledge examination for a driving permit with the required information outlined in the bill.
The OLS estimates that it may cost approximately $1,000 for a graphic designer to utilize
existing materials to produce a tri-fold brochure consistent with the requirements of the bill.
Online quotes suggest that a print run of 10,000 glossy color brochures would cost
approximately $1,000.
The OLS is unable to quantify the cost to update the driver’s manual and examination because
it is unclear whether the commission will need to hire a third party to produce new manuals
and examinations or make changes to its computer programing or technology to create new
driver’s manuals and exams.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill requires the informational brochure distributed to the parents and guardians of new
drivers, the curriculum approved for classroom driver education courses, and the written FE to A4765
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knowledge examination for a driving permit to be updated to include information pertaining to a
driver’s responsibilities when approaching and passing a pedestrian or person operating a bicycle
or personal conveyance on the roadway and the penalties for failing to comply with these
responsibilities.
The bill also requires the driver’s manual to include information pertaining to the importance
of operating a motor vehicle in a manner that safely shares the roadway with pedestrians, cyclists,
skaters, riders of motorized-scooters, and other non-motorized vehicles, which is required to
include a driver’s responsibilities under current law when approaching and passing a pedestrian or
person operating a bicycle or personal conveyance on the roadway and the penalties for failing to
comply with these responsibilities.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS determines that the bill will likely result in indeterminate annual increased costs to
the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission attributable to updating and printing the informational
brochure distributed to the parents and guardians of new drivers. Additionally, the bill will likely
result in increased one-time expenditures for the commission attributable to updating the drivers
manual and examinations with the required information outlined in the bill.
The commission may be able to use the existing “move over” law public awareness campaign
materials to assist in the creation of a new brochure. The OLS estimates that it may cost
approximately $1,000 for a graphic designer to utilize existing materials to construct a tri-fold
brochure consistent with the requirements of the bill. Online quotes suggest that a print run of
10,000 glossy color brochures would cost approximately $1,000. The OLS lacks the informational
basis to estimate how many brochures will be printed annually to determine a cost estimate.
The commission will likely also incur additional costs to update the current driver’s manual
and examinations to include information required by the bill. The OLS is unable to quantify this
increase because it is unclear whether the commission will need to hire a third party to produce
new manuals and examinations or make changes to its computer programing or technology to
create new driver’s manuals and examinations. Additional computer changes will be necessary to
update the written knowledge test with the required information.
Section: Authorities, Utilities, Transportation and Communications
Analyst: Michael D. Walker
Associate Fiscal Analyst
Approved: Thomas Koenig
Legislative Budget and Finance Officer
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the
failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).