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C. 48:16-13.1





P.L. 1997, CHAPTER 356, approved January 15, 1998

Assembly, No. 2219 (First Reprint)

 

 

 

 

An Act concerning autocabs and amending 1and supplementing1 R.S.48:16-13.

 

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

 

    1. R.S.48:16-13 is amended to read as follows:

    48:16-13. 1[As] Except as provided in section 2 of P.L.19 , c. (C. ) (now before the Legislature as this bill), as1 used in this article:

    "Autocab" means and includes any automobile or motor car with a carrying capacity of not more than nine passengers, not including the driver, [used 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 which is hired by charter or for a particular contract, or by the day or hour or other fixed period, or to transport passengers to a specified place or places, or which charges a fare or price agreed upon in advance between the operator and the passenger.] 1[ which is issued special registration plates bearing the word "livery" pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1979, c.224 (C.39:3-19.5) and is 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 which is hired by charter or for a particular contract or by the day or hour or other fixed period, on a prearranged basis for proms, weddings, funerals, or to transport passengers to and from airports, other passenger stations or motels and hotels, and which a price is agreed upon in advance.] used 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 which is hired by charter or for a particular contract, or by the day or hour or other fixed period, or to transport passengers to a specified place or places, or which charges a fare or price agreed upon in advance between the operator and the passenger.1 Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to include taxicabs, hotel buses or buses employed solely in transporting school children or teachers or autobuses which are subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities, or interstate autobuses required by Federal or State law or rules of the Board of Public Utilities to carry insurance against loss from liability imposed by law on account of bodily injury or death.

    "Limousine or livery service" means and includes the business of carrying passengers for hire by autocabs.

    "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: P.L.1979, c.224, s.2)

 

    12. (New Section) In a county of the first class with a population density of over 10,000 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census, "autocab" means and includes any automobile or motor car with a carrying capacity of not more than nine passengers, not including the driver, which is issued special registration plates bearing the word "livery" pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1979, c.224 (C.39:3-19.5) and is 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 which is hired by charter or for a particular contract or by the day or hour or other fixed period, on a prearranged basis for proms, weddings, funerals, or to transport passengers to and from airports, other passenger stations or motels and hotels, and for which a price is agreed upon in advance.1

 

    1[2.] 3.1 This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                             

 

Revises definition of autocab in counties of the first class with a population density of over 10,000.