Title 48, Title 48: PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:4-2.24. Establishment in accordance with other provisions of law An owner or an operator of an autobus filing any rate, fare or charge for regular route autobus service pursuant to this act shall not be precluded from also establishing any rates, fares or charges in accordance…

48:4-2.25. Casino, charter, special bus operations The provisions of this act shall apply to the rates, fares and charges of autobuses for casino bus operations, charter bus operations and special bus operations in the same manner as they apply to the rates, fares and charges of …

48:4-2.26 Prohibiting certain individuals from use of autobus services. 5. a. An autobus company may, at its discretion, prohibit from using transportation services provided or operated by the autobus company any person who assaults an operator of an autobus or the operator's sup…

48:4-2.3. Receivers and trustees in bankruptcy operating autobusses to carry insurance; deposit with commissioner of banking and insurance Receivers appointed by the United States District Court for the district of New Jersey or by the Superior Court of this State, or trustees in…

48:4-20. Tax on interstate bus service; exemptions A person owning or operating an autobus which is operated over any highway in this State for the purpose of carrying passengers from a point outside the State to another point outside the State, or from a point outside the State …

48:4-21. Monthly report of mileage; payment of tax Every such owner or operator shall file with the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles on or before the twenty-fifth day of each month a report, under oath, on such form as the director shall prescribe, which report shall di…

48:4-22. Report of schedule of operations; contents; subsequent changes On or before May 7, 1934, every such owner or operator shall file with the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles a report of schedule of operations setting forth the routes traveled, their termini, the n…

48:4-23. Revenues used for highway purposes All moneys derived from the excise hereby imposed shall be paid over monthly by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles to the State Treasurer and such revenues are hereby appropriated to the State Highway Department for use by i…

48:4-24. Enforcement; bond The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall enforce the payment of the excise hereby imposed and for such purpose make and enforce such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary. He may require a bond or other surety for the payment of exc…

48:4-25. Examination of records of owners or operators; oaths The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall have power, whenever he deems it expedient, to make or cause to be made by deputy, auditor or investigator, an examination or investigation of the books, records, pa…

48:4-26. Hearings; examination of witnesses The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles or his deputy, auditors or investigators shall have power to conduct hearings and to administer oaths to, and to examine under oath, any such owner or operator and the directors, officers, …

48:4-27. Subpoenas; witnesses' fees The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall have power by subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts and documents of any such owner or operator, or of any other …

48:4-28. Refusal to obey subpoena; procedure before supreme court; contempt If a person subpoenaed to attend any hearing refuses to appear, be examined or answer any question or produce any books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts and documents when ordered so to do by the Dire…

48:4-29. Appointment of auditors, investigators, etc.; civil service The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may appoint one or more auditors and investigators and such clerical assistants as he may deem necessary, subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service. Amen…

48:4-3 Certificate of public convenience and necessity; penalties. 48:4-3. a. No autobus, charter bus operation or special bus operation which is engaged, wholly or partly, in intrastate commerce shall be operated or run while carrying passengers for hire within the State of New …

48:4-3.1. Conditions permitted Nothing in this act shall preclude the Commissioner of Transportation from limiting certificates of public convenience and necessity by imposing conditions as to the area of operation, route of operation, expiration of the certificate, equipment, ma…

48:4-30. Revocation of registration certificate; grounds Failure to file a report or bond in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, or to pay proper excise, or any legal penalties imposed by sections 48:4-20 to 48:4-34 of this Title, or to adhere…

48:4-31. Collection of excise; prior lien The excise imposed by section 48:4-20 of this Title, and interest and penalties thereon from the time the same shall be due and payable, shall be a personal debt due from such owner or operator to the State, recoverable in any court of co…

48:4-32. Failure to file report or pay excise; penalty Any such owner or operator who shall fail to file a report as required by section 48:4-20 to 48:4-34 of this Title, or bond when demanded, or fail to pay the excise imposed by said sections 48:4-20 to 48:4-34 within the time …

48:4-33. False report or statements; evasion of excise; misdemeanor Any person who shall make any false or fraudulent report, or any false statement in any report with intent to defraud the state, or to evade the payment of any excise, or any part thereof imposed by section 48:4-…

48:4-34. Perjury Any person who shall knowingly swear to, affirm or verify any false or fraudulent statement with intent to evade the payment of any excise hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

48:4-35. Definitions. 48:4-35. a. "Motor vehicle" as used in this article includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular power (excepting such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks exclusively) carrying passengers for hire now or hereafter operated by virtue of a …

48:4-36. Financial coverage required; insurance policy; filing with utility board; rejection; minimum and maximum liability for bodily injury or death Any person engaged in the operation of motor vehicles shall at all times have financial coverage. If such financial coverage shal…

48:4-37. Property damage; liability For damages because of injury to or destruction of property, for each motor vehicle an insurance policy with a minimum liability of $10,000.00 and a maximum liability of $25,000.00. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 83; L.1972, c. 182, s. 3, eff. J…

48:4-38. Provision for continuing liability Insurance policies filed under this article shall contain a provision for a continuing liability, notwithstanding any recovery thereon, until the expiration thereof according to their terms or until ten days after notice in writing of c…

48:4-39. Self-insurance unaffected Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to repeal any law permitting self-insurance of motor vehicles.

48:4-40. Evidence of financial coverage; driver to have in possession and exhibit upon request The driver of every motor vehicle shall have in his possession and exhibit for inspection when requested by any proper person (a) the original policy of insurance covering such vehicle;…

48:4-41. Rules and regulations The board of public utility commissioners is hereby empowered to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state with respect to financial coverage as herein provided.

48:4-42. Operating motor vehicle without financial coverage; misdemeanor Any person who shall knowingly operate or permit to be operated any motor vehicle not at the time of such use covered by insurance or other financial coverage as herein provided for shall be guilty of a misd…

48:4-43. Driver refusing to exhibit evidence of financial coverage; penalty Any driver of a motor vehicle who shall fail or refuse to exhibit upon request of a proper person the evidence of insurance or other financial coverage provided for in this article shall, upon conviction,…

48:4-44. Construction of article This article shall not be construed to repeal any act or portion of any act not wholly inconsistent therewith but all such acts shall be construed in pari materia herewith.

48:4-45. Certain autobusses excepted The provisions of this article shall not apply to autobusses with a carrying capacity of not more than 10 passengers now or hereafter operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single municipality, …

48:4-46. Definitions (a) As used in this article "motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire" is hereby defined as meaning any motor vehicle propelled otherwise than by muscular power (excepting such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks exclusively) carrying passengers for h…

48:4-47. Financial coverage required; insurance policy; filing with utility board; rejection; minimum and maximum liability for bodily injury or death Any person engaged in the business of operating motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire shall at all times have financial cov…

48:4-48. Property damage; liability For damages because of injury to or destruction of property, for each motor vehicle an insurance policy with a minimum liability of $10,000.00 and a maximum liability of $25,000.00. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 87; L.1972, c. 182, s. 5, eff. J…

48:4-49. Provision for continuing liability Insurance policies filed under this article shall contain a provision for a continuing liability, notwithstanding any recovery thereon, until the expiration thereof, according to their terms or until ten days after notice in writing of …

48:4-50. Self-insurance unaffected; nonresident owners and operators; certificate of self-insurance Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to repeal any law permitting self-insurance of motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire, nor shall the foregoing requirement…

48:4-51. Evidence of financial coverage; driver to have in possession and exhibit upon request The driver of every motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire shall have in his possession and exhibit for inspection when requested by any proper person, either (a) the original polic…

48:4-52. Rules and regulations The board of public utility commissioners is hereby empowered to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state with respect to financial coverage as herein provided.

48:4-53. Operating motor vehicle without financial coverage; misdemeanor Any person who shall knowingly operate or permit to be operated any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire not at the time of such use covered by insurance or other financial coverage as herein provided …

48:4-54. Refusal to exhibit evidence of financial coverage; penalty Any person who shall knowingly operate or permit to be operated a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire who shall fail to display or who refuses to exhibit upon request of a proper person the evidence of ins…

48:4-55. Construction of article This article shall not be construed to repeal any act or portion of any act not wholly inconsistent therewith, but all such acts shall be construed in paria materia herewith.

48:4-6. Transfer of certificate of public convenience and necessity; liability for outstanding debts Any such certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of an autobus, charter bus operation or special bus operation heretofore granted and now in effect or he…

48:4-7. Revocation of certificate of public convenience and necessity Any such certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of an autobus, charter bus operation or special bus operation heretofore granted and now in effect or hereafter granted and in effect, …

48:4-7.1 Notice of intent to change service; violations, penalty. 2. Any holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of an autobus who files a petition with the Motor Vehicle Commission for permission to discontinue, substantially curtail, or aba…

48:4-8. Substitution of busses The holder of any such certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of an autobus heretofore granted and now in effect or hereafter granted and in effect may replace any autobus operated under such certificate of public convenie…