SENATE, No. 721

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.