New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 53 - AUTOBUSES › Subchapter 4 - AUTOBUSES AND SMALL AUTOBUSES WITH MODIFIED INTERIORS › Section 16:53-4.1 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) This subchapter
				shall apply to autobuses as defined in
				16:53-3.1(f)  and
				small autobuses as defined in
				16:53-6.1(f)  in
				which conventional interior arrangements have been changed and special
				equipment installed.
(b) Except as
				otherwise provided in this subchapter, an autobus or small autobus in which the
				conventional interior has been modified prior to September 1, 2002 and for
				which the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission or the New Jersey Department of
				Transportation has issued a certificate of compliance or an amended certificate
				of compliance may continue in service as designed, constructed, and equipped at
				the time the certificate of compliance or amended certificate of compliance was
				issued. Any such modified autobus or small autobus in operation in a foreign
				jurisdiction or acquired prior to September 1, 2002 and for which the New
				Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission or the New Jersey Department of Transportation
				has not issued a certificate of compliance shall be certified in accordance
				with the specifications in effect prior to September 1, 2002. Any such modified
				autobus or small autobus for which a contract of sale or purchase order was
				entered into before September 1, 2002, and any such modified autobus or small
				autobus that was in manufacturer or dealer inventory before September 1, 2002,
				shall be certified in accordance with the specifications in effect prior to
				September 1, 2002.
(c) An autobus
				or small autobus in which the conventional interior has been modified between
				September 3, 2002 and March 31, 2008 and for which the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission or the New Jersey Department of Transportation has issued a
				certificate of compliance or an amended certificate of compliance may continue
				in service as designed, constructed, and equipped at the time the certificate
				of compliance or amended certificate of compliance was issued. Any such
				modified autobus or small autobus in operation in a foreign jurisdiction or
				acquired between September 3, 2002 and March 31, 2008 and for which the New
				Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission or the New Jersey Department of Transportation
				has not issued a certificate of compliance shall be certified in accordance
				with the specifications in effect from September 3, 2002 through March 31,
				2008. Any such modified autobus or small autobus for which a contract of sale
				or purchase order was entered into between September 3, 2002 and March 31,
				2008, and any such modified autobus or small autobus that was in manufacturer
				or dealer inventory between September 3, 2002 and March 31, 2008, shall be
				certified in accordance with the specifications in effect from September 3,
				2002 through March 31, 2008.
(d)
				Notwithstanding (b) and (c) above, this section shall not be deemed to exempt
				any autobus or small autobus in which the conventional interior has been
				modified from any applicable requirements imposed upon such vehicles by the
				Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Specifications For
				Transportation Vehicles as set forth in 49 CFR Part 37 and Part 38,
				incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented.