New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 53 - AUTOBUSES › Subchapter 6 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR SMALL AUTOBUSES › Section 16:53-6.31 - 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 small autobuses that meet New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission specifications shall be issued a certificate of
				compliance.
(c) All small 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 small 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 small 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
				N.J.A.C.
				16:53-6.2 2 before the small autobus is
				returned to service. An itemized record of each inspection showing the date,
				vehicle identification number, lubrication record, repairs and adjustments, 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
				small autobus shall be kept clean and sanitary.
(h) The self-inspection certification does
				not apply to small autobuses certified for school use. Such vehicles shall be
				inspected biannually by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
				personnel.
(i) All small 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 small 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.
(j) New Jersey Motor
				Vehicle Commission personnel shall perform unannounced audit inspections of
				self-inspected small autobuses to insure compliance with the self-inspection
				program.