Horses On The Highway: Ex-Wyckoff Mayor Pushes Equine License Plates

WYCKOFF, NJ — Wyckoff's former mayor wants to see more horses on the highway...on New Jersey license plates, that is.

Assemblyman Kevin Rooney (NJ-40) has sponsored a bill to raise funds for horse-riding therapy for New Jerseyans with special needs through special license plates honoring the state animal.

If the legislation is enacted, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission would collect $50 application fees per plate, and the cash collected would go to the state agriculture department to fund horse wellbeing and therapeutic riding, the assemblyman said.

Rooney is one of three primary sponsors for the bipartisan bill, which is scheduled for a committee hearing on Thursday.

The Republican Assembly member is sponsoring the legislation with Democrats from Districts 14 and 28, which cover Mercer, Middlesex and Essex counties.

Bill A203 is scheduled for discussion at this week's meeting of the state Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee.

This is the first step to getting the bill passed by the state Legislature, and elevated to the governor's desk to be signed into law.