New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 53 - AUTOBUSES › Subchapter 7 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR SPECIAL AUTOBUS-TYPE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES › Section 16:53-7.23 - 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 special autobus-type recreational vehicles that meet New
				Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission specifications shall be issued a certificate of
				compliance.
(c) All special
				autobus-type recreational vehicles 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 special autobus-type recreational vehicle 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
				special autobus-type recreational vehicle 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
				16:53-7.1 7 before the special
				autobus-type recreational vehicle 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 special
				autobus-type recreational vehicle shall be kept clean and sanitary.
(h) The self-inspection certification does
				not apply to special autobus-type recreational vehicles certified for school
				use. Such vehicles shall be inspected biannually by New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission personnel.
(i) All
				special autobus-type recreational vehicles 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
				special autobus-type recreational vehicles 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 special autobus-type recreational vehicles to insure compliance
				with the self-inspection program.