ASSEMBLY, No. 1484

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 1996

 

 

By Assemblymen LeFERVE and BLEE

 

 

An Act concerning the registration of certain autocabs and amending R.S.48:16-2.

 

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

 

    1. R.S.48:16-2 is amended to read as follows:

    48:16-2. a. 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 public streets in the municipality. No municipality located in a county of the first class with a population of less than 20,000 persons shall enact an ordinance establishing fees or other charges in excess of $50.00 for the right to operate an autocab. The provisions of any existing ordinance establishing fees or other charges in excess of this amount for each cab operated are null and void and any excess fee or charge shall be returned to the owner of the autocab.

    b. No consent to operate along the streets of a municipality shall be given for any taxicab that is more than four model years old at the time the owner applies for such consent.

(cf: P.L. 1977, c.218, s.1)

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill would prohibit the registration and use of taxicabs that are more than four model years old.

    Under current law, taxicab owners must have municipal consent to operate their cabs in a municipality. The provisions of this bill prohibit municipalities from granting such consent for a taxicab that is more than four model years old at the time the owner of the vehicle applies for consent. Without such consent, the owner of the vehicle is unable to secure the special registration plates the Division of Motor Vehicles is authorized to issue for autocabs under the provisions of section 12 of P.L.1979, c.224 (C.39:3-19.5).

 

 

                             

 

Prohibits registration and use of taxicabs more than four model years old.