STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Gordon
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes use of certain electric school buses.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning school buses and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the maximum overall width of an electric school bus operated in this State shall not exceed 102 inches, excluding accessories.
b. As used in this section, “electric school bus” means a school bus, as defined in R.S.39:1-1, charged and powered solely by electricity.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that the maximum overall width of an electric school bus operated in this State is not to exceed 102 inches, excluding accessories.
Current regulations restrict the width of all school buses to 96 inches, excluding accessories. The increased permissible width set forth in the bill would apply to electric school buses exclusively.
The bill defines an “electric school bus” as a school bus, as defined in R.S.39:1-1, charged and powered solely by electricity.