ASSEMBLY, No. 1313

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblymen CHARLES and DORIA

An Act concerning livery service and amending R.S.48:16-1.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. R.S.48:16-1 is amended to read as follows:

    48:16-1. As used in this article:

    "Autocab" means and includes any automobile or motor car, commonly called taxi, engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire which is held out, announced or advertised to operate or run or which is operated or run over any of the streets or public highways of this state, and particularly accepts and discharges such persons as may offer themselves for transportation from points or places to points or places within or without the state, and includes any vehicle used to provide livery service when engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire which is held out, announced or advertised to operate or run or which is operated or run over any of the streets or public highways of this state, and particularly accepts and discharges such persons as may offer themselves for transportation from points or places to points or places within or without the state.

    "Person" means and includes any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever.

    "Street" means and includes any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public place.

(cf: R.S.48:16-1)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill amends current law to require vehicles used for livery services but in fact operating as a taxi service to obtain municipal consent prior to operating as such in a municipality.

    By requiring operators of livery services to obtain municipal consent, this bill enables municipalities to address more effectively the current problem where providers of livery services in fact operate as a taxi service, but are not subject to municipal regulation. Currently a livery operator is only required to register in the municipality in which the owner has his principal place of business.

Requires municipal consent to operate livery service vehicle as an autocab.