Title 48, Title 48: PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:16-13 Definitions. 48:16-13. Except as provided in section 2 of P.L.1997, c.356 (C.48:16-13.1), as used in this article: "Autocab" means a limousine. "Chief Administrator" means the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. "Commission" means the New Jers…

48:16-13.1 Limousine defined; county, certain. 2. In a county of the first class with a population density of over 10,000 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census, "limousine" means and includes any automobile or motor car which is issued special …

48:16-14 Insurance policy on limousine. 48:16-14. Except as provided in section 14 of P.L.1999, c.356 (C.48:16-22.4), no limousine shall be operated wholly or partly along any street in any municipality until the owner of the limousine shall have filed with the clerk of the munic…

48:16-16 Power of attorney executed by owner of limousine. 48:16-16. The owner of the limousine shall execute and deliver to the Division of Motor Vehicles, concurrently with the filing of a policy referred to in R.S.48:16-14, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner sh…

48:16-17 Issuance of license to operate limousine; fee. 48:16-17. The clerk of the municipality, in which the owner has his principal place of business, upon the filing of the required insurance policy and the payment of a fee which shall not exceed a total sum of $50 for each li…

48:16-18 Insurance policy filed where owner has principal place of business. 48:16-18. Where a limousine service operates in more than one municipality, the insurance policy required by R.S.48:16-14 shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality in which the owner has his prin…

48:16-18.1 Municipal licensing requirements for limousine service; fee. 6. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a municipality may require a limousine service to obtain a corporate license, permit, certificate or other form of authority if the limousine se…

48:16-2. Necessity of municipal consent before operating autocab; limitation on license fee No autocab shall be operated along any street in any municipality until the owner thereof shall obtain the consent of the elective governing body or member thereof having control of the pu…

48:16-2.1 Determination of number of taxi licenses available for issuance. 1. A municipality shall determine by ordinance the number of taxi licenses available for issuance. Whenever the governing body of a municipality determines to authorize the issuance of one or more new or a…

48:16-2.2 Construction of C.48:16-2.1 relative to issuance of license. 2. The provisions of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.135 (C.48:16-2.1) shall not be construed to require the issuance of any license or licenses with respect to which a notice has been published pursuant to that sect…

48:16-2.3 Issuance, qualification for license; reimbursement to municipality. 3. Whenever the governing body of a municipality determines by ordinance to issue one or more taxi licenses, the governing body may authorize that such license or licenses be issued to the highest quali…

48:16-2.4 Display of tax license number. 4. The owner of an autocab shall cause to be displayed on the body of the vehicle the taxi license number issued to that vehicle. The number shall be three inches in height and located in the center of the rear quarter panels on the driver…

48:16-21 Compliance with other laws. 48:16-21. Nothing in this article contained shall exempt any person owning or operating any limousine service from complying with the law relating to the ownership, registration and operation of automobiles in this State. Amended 1979, c.224, …

48:16-22 License required to operate limousine. 48:16-22. No person shall operate a limousine service in any street in this State without a license to operate issued by a municipality in which the owner has his principal place of business and without otherwise complying with the …

48:16-22.1 Requirements for operation of limousine. 11. No limousine shall be operated on the highways of this State unless it has a license issued pursuant to R.S.48:16-17 and the limousine is equipped, in accordance with minimum standards established by the Director of the Divi…

48:16-22.2 General examination of condition of limousine. 12. a. Prior to any operation of a limousine on the highways of this State for the purpose of picking up passengers, the driver of the limousine shall conduct a general examination of the condition of the vehicle to ascert…

48:16-22.3 Limousine service owner, one license, etc. required. 13. Neither the State nor any political subdivision of the State shall enact, adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, standard or other provision having the force and effect of law that w…

48:16-22.3a Requirements for applicants as driver of limousine, certain passenger vehicles. 9. a. Any person who owns a limousine service, or any other company or service which pairs a passenger automobile, as defined in R.S.39:1-1, and a driver with a private customer to provide…

48:16-22.3b Applicants to be tested for controlled dangerous substances; regulations. 10. Any person who owns a limousine service shall require an applicant for employment as a limousine operator or driver to be tested, at the applicant's expense, for dangerous controlled substan…

48:16-22.4 Regulations applicable to out-of State limousines, black cars; definition. 14. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a limousine registered in another state or the District of Columbia operating in interstate service which picks up or discharges passe…

48:16-22.5 Construction of act in regard to taxis, limousine fares. 15. Nothing in this act shall be construed in any way as altering the authority of municipalities to regulate taxis, nor as giving the State or any political subdivision thereof the authority to set or regulate l…

48:16-22.6 Construction of act in regard to filing complaint for consumer fraud. 16. Nothing in this act shall be construed as preventing the filing of a complaint concerning limousine service with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety with r…

48:16-23. Definitions The word "autobus" as used in this article shall mean and include any automobile or motor bus, commonly called jitney, with a carrying capacity of not more than 13 passengers, operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits…

48:16-24. Municipal consent to operation; insurance; power of attorney; revocation of consent No autobus as defined herein shall be operated wholly or partly along any street in any city until the owner or owners thereof shall obtain the consent of the board or body having contro…

48:16-25. Franchise tax; monthly statement of gross receipts; penalty for nonpayment; perjury Every person as herein defined, owning and operating an autobus as herein defined, in any city of this state shall, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, file with the city …

48:16-26. Other automobile laws applicable Nothing contained in sections 48:16-23 to 48:16-25 of this title shall exempt any person owning or operating any autobus from complying with existing statutes relating to the ownership, registration and operation of automobiles in this s…

48:16-27. Penalty Any person operating an autobus in any of the streets of any city in this state without complying with the provisions of sections 48:16-23 to 48:16-26 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

48:16-28. License fee in fourth-class cities In lieu of the monthly franchise tax provided for by section 48:16-25 of this title, any city of the fourth class of this state which may consent to the operation of autobusses along or over any of the streets of such municipality may,…

48:16-3 Insurance; amount; criminal history record background check. 48:16-3. No such consent shall become effective until the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section have been satisfied: a. The owner of the autocab shall have filed with the clerk of the municipality …

48:16-4. Blanket bond or insurance policy If such owner operates more than one autocab, he may file with the clerk of the municipality, in lieu of the policy required by section 48:16-3 of this title, a bond or insurance policy of a company duly licensed to transact business unde…

48:16-5. Power of attorney The owner of the autocab shall execute and deliver to the clerk of the municipality concurrently with the filing of a policy or bond referred to in sections 48:16-3 and 48:16-4 of this title, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appo…

48:16-6. Certificate of compliance; contents; filing and posting The clerk of the municipality, upon the filing of the required insurance policy or bond, shall issue a certificate in duplicate showing that the owner of the autocab has complied with the terms and provisions of thi…

48:16-7. Operation in more than one municipality; filing of insurance policy Where an autocab operates in more than one municipality, the insurance policy or bond required by sections 48:16-3 and 48:16-4 of this title shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality in which the…

48:16-8. Exemption from insurance Any corporation organized under the laws of this state having a paid up cash capital of not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars may carry its own liability insurance, if it can reasonably satisfy the commissioner of banking and insur…

48:16-9. Revocation of order of exemption If it shall appear to the commissioner of banking and insurance, after a hearing, that the company no longer has a paid up cash capital of at least one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and is no longer able to pay damages which may resu…