[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2823

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 20, 1997

 

 

By Assemblymen AZZOLINA and KELLY

 

 

An Act concerning the transportation of certain house type semitrailers or trailers and amending R.S.39:3-8 1and P.L.1973, c.3191.

 

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

 

    1. R.S.39:3-8 is amended to read as follows:

    39:3-8. The applicant for registration for any passenger automobile manufactured in any model year prior to the 1971 model year shall pay to the director for each registration a fee of $14.00 for each such vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight of less than 2,700 pounds, a fee of $23.00 for each such vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight of 2,700 pounds or more, but not greater than 3,800 pounds, and a fee of $44.00 for each vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight in excess of 3,800 pounds. The applicant for registration for any passenger automobile manufactured in model year 1971 and thereafter, except as determined hereinafter, shall pay to the director for each registration a fee of $17.00 for each such vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight of less than 2,700 pounds, a fee of $28.00 for each such vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight of 2,700 pounds or more, but not greater than 3,800 pounds, and a fee of $51.00 for each such vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight in excess of 3,800 pounds. The applicant for registration for any 1980 or thereafter model year passenger automobile registered on or after March 1, 1979 shall pay to the director for each registration a fee of $25.00 for each such vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight not greater than 3,500 pounds and a fee of $50.00 for each vehicle having a manufacturer's shipping weight in excess of 3,500 pounds. The director shall determine manufacturer's shipping weight and model year for each passenger automobile on the basis of the information contained in the certificate of origin, the application for registration or for renewal of registration, or the records of the division, or any or all of these; and any case in which the manufacturer's shipping weight of any particular passenger automobile is unavailable, or in doubt or dispute, the director may require that such automobile be weighed on a scale designated by him, and such actual weight shall be considered the manufacturer's shipping weight for the purposes of this section; but in all cases the director's determination of the manufacturer's shipping weight of any such automobile shall be final. The applicant for registration for passenger automobile shall also pay to the director the inspection fee fixed in R.S. 39:8-2 in addition to the fees described hereinabove.

    The director may also license private utility and house type semitrailers and trailers with a gross load not in excess of 2,000 pounds at a fee of $4.00 per annum and all other such utility and house-type semitrailers and trailers at $9.00 per annum. Application for such registration shall be made on a blank to be furnished by the division and the application shall contain a statement to the effect that the vehicle so registered will not be used for the commercial transportation of goods, wares and merchandise, or for hire.

    Except as provided in R.S.39:3-84 for recreation vehicles, no private utility or house type semitrailer or trailer with an outside width of more than 96 inches, a maximum height of 13 feet 6 inches, a maximum length for a single vehicle of more than 35 feet, a maximum length for a semitrailer and its towing vehicle of more than 45 feet, and a maximum length for a trailer and its towing vehicle of more than 50 feet, shall be operated on any highway in this State, except that a vehicle exceeding the above limitations may be operated when a special permit so to operate is secured in advance from the director.

A house type semitrailer or trailer with an outside width of no more than 16 feet shall be entitled to operate with such a special permit if the vehicle is a manufactured home on a transportation system that is designed in accordance with the "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards," 24 CFR part 3280.901 et seq., promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as amended and supplemented, provided that the operator complies with the provisions of this Title and the rules and regulations issued thereunder. If such a vehicle has an outside width of more than 16 feet, it shall be entitled to operate with such a special permit if it is transported on a commercial type low-bed trailer, semitrailer or properly registered dolly wheels pursuant to rules and regulations established by the director. The application for such permit shall be accompanied by a fee fixed by the director. A special permit issued by the director shall be in the possession of the operator of the vehicle for which such permit was issued. In computing any dimensions of a vehicle, for the purposes of this section, there shall not be included in the dimensional limitations safety equipment such as mirrors or lights, provided such appliances do not exceed the overall limitations established by the director by rule or regulation.

(cf: P.L.1995, c.397, s.2)

 

     12. Section 1 of P.L.1973, c.319 (C.39:3-20.1) is amended to read as follows:

    1. In addition to the motor vehicle registration provisions authorized pursuant to this chapter, the director may issue, upon application on a form prescribed by him, a registration certificate and registration plates for trucks, tractors, trailers and semitrailers that are empty and being transported from one terminal to another, or from the place of sale to the registrant's terminal or place of business, or are empty and being transported for the purpose of having additional equipment added or lettering affixed.

    The director may issue, upon application on the form prescribed by the director, a registration certificate and registration plates for mobile and manufactured homes being transported from the place of manufacture to the registrant's terminal or place of business, or being transported for the purpose of delivering the mobile or manufactured home to a final point of delivery.

    The annual fee for the issuance of each set of such plates shall be $25.00. Such plates are to be in the form prescribed by the director and shall be marked in a manner to indicate the vehicle is "in-transit empty."1

(cf: P.L.1973, c.319, s.1)

 

    1[2.] 3.1 (New section) The Department of Transportation shall, within 180 days of the effective date of this act, adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

    1[3.] 4.1 This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                             

 

Revises width restrictions for transportation of certain house type semitrailers or trailers.