New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 53 - AUTOBUSES › Subchapter 1 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR VAN-TYPE AUTOBUSES › Section 16:53-1.29 - Maintenance and inspection

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The body,
				chassis, engine and all equipment shall be maintained in proper adjustment and
				safe operating condition.
(b) All
				equipment shall receive a specification inspection by New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission personnel in order to insure compliance with all of the Commission's
				specifications. All van-type autobuses that meet New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission specifications shall be issued a certificate of
				compliance.
(c) All van-type
				autobuses for which certificates of compliance have been issued by the New
				Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall receive a certification inspection at
				least twice annually. Nothing herein shall limit the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission's authority to require more frequent certification inspections of
				such vehicles by Commission personnel when the safety of the public so
				requires.
(d) A systematic
				maintenance record shall be kept for each van-type autobus showing the vehicle
				identification number, driver, dates of breakdowns, defects reported, and
				corrective measures taken. The records shall be retained by the operator for at
				least 12 months and shall be available for review by the New Jersey Motor
				Vehicle Commission.
(e) Each
				van-type autobus shall receive a complete inspection at regular time and/or
				mileage intervals for mechanical or structural defects. All necessary repairs
				shall be completed and a certificate of inspection affixed in accordance with
				16:53-1.3 0 before the van-type
				autobus is returned to service. An itemized record of each inspection showing
				the date, vehicle identification number, lubrication record, adjustments and
				repairs, and signed by the person making such inspection, shall be available at
				the inspection site at the time of inspection and for at least 12 months
				thereafter, and shall be available for review by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission.
(f) The maintenance
				facilities shall be adequate to assure compliance with specifications herein
				and shall include either a suitable pit or lift or an arrangement for the use
				of such facilities.
(g) The entire
				van-type autobus shall be kept clean and sanitary.
(h) All van-type autobuses directly operated
				by the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall be on a six-month full New Jersey
				Motor Vehicle Commission inspection program in accordance with the August 2000
				Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the New Jersey Transit
				Corporation and the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The Memorandum of
				Understanding is available for inspection at the Office of the Chief
				Administrator, Motor Vehicle Commission, 225 East State Street, 9th Floor,
				Trenton, New Jersey. All van-type autobuses operated by private operators shall
				receive an in-terminal inspection at six-month intervals; once by New Jersey
				Motor Vehicle Commission personnel during the first six months, and then a
				self-inspection by the private operator once during the second six-month
				period. A record of each six-month certification inspection shall be submitted
				to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission on the maintenance inspection report
				(MC-26) as set forth in chapter Appendix A, incorporated herein by
				reference.
(i) The self-inspection
				certification shall not apply to van-type autobuses certified for school use.
				Such vehicles shall be inspected biannually by New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission personnel.
(j) New
				Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission personnel shall perform unannounced audit
				inspections of self-inspected van-type autobuses to insure compliance with the
				self-inspection program.