Courts would suspend driving for offenses at pop-up parties

Courts would suspend driving privileges or delay a license for six months. It covers people 17 or older convicted or found responsible as minors for an offense during and at a pop-up party. That means at least 50 people gather in public after electronic planning or promotion, without advance notice to local officials. For nonresidents, it covers driving in New Jersey. A prosecutor must ask the court to impose the penalty. The penalty is added to any other penalty. This rule would take effect immediately if enacted.

Courts would delay a child's ability to get a driver's license. This covers children younger than 17 when sentenced for an offense during and at a pop-up party: a public gathering of at least 50 people arranged or promoted electronically without advance notice to local officials. A prosecutor must ask the court to impose the penalty. The child must be convicted or found responsible as a minor for the offense. If enacted, the delay would begin at sentencing and last until six months after the child turns 17.