New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 53 - AUTOBUSES › Subchapter 9 - PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE › Section 16:53-9.1 - Certificate of insurance or evidence of self-insurance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An operator of
				an autobus carrying passengers for hire in accordance with Title 48 of the
				Revised Statutes or 49 CFR Part 393 shall file with the New Jersey Motor
				Vehicle Commission three copies of a certificate of insurance or evidence of
				self-insurance, which shall be in the form set forth in (i) below, designated
				"Form E--Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability
				Certificate of Insurance" and "Form F--Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and
				Property Damage Liability Insurance Endorsement."
(b) Such certificate or evidence shall be
				signed by the issuing insurance company or, in the case of a self-insurer, by
				an officer or agent thereof, and shall state that autobuses are insured in
				compliance with either Title 48 of the Revised Statutes or 49 CFR Part 387,
				incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, whichever is
				applicable.
(c) Every certificate
				of insurance shall contain a provision for continuing liability and shall
				provide that cancellation thereof shall not be effective unless at least 30
				days' notice in writing of intention to cancel has been delivered to the New
				Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
(d) Certificates of insurance that have been
				accepted by the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
				in accordance with this section may be replaced by other certificates of
				insurance. The liability of the retiring insurer under such certificates of
				insurance shall be considered as having been terminated as of the effective
				date of the replacement certificate of insurance.
(e) Every certificate of insurance shall
				contain a provision for a continuing liability notwithstanding any recovery
				thereunder.
(f) Every certificate
				of insurance shall provide that cancellation thereof shall not be effective
				until at least 30 days' notice in writing of intention to cancel has been
				delivered to the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				Commission; such cancellation notice shall be in the form set forth in (i)
				below, designated "Form K--Uniform Notice of Cancellation of Motor Carrier
				Insurance Policies." If such cancelled insurance policy is reinstated, a new
				certificate, in the form set forth in (i) below, designated "Form E--Uniform
				Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Certificate of
				Insurance" and "Form F--Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage
				Liability Insurance Endorsement," shall be filed with the Chief Administrator
				of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
(g) Certificates of insurance shall be in
				accordance with the forms set forth in (i) below, designated "Form E--Uniform
				Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Certificate of
				Insurance."
(h) When a certificate
				of insurance is filed as provided in (i) below, there shall be attached to the
				original certificate of insurance ("Form E--Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury
				and Property Damage Liability Certificate of Insurance"), an endorsement
				designated "Form F--Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage
				Liability Insurance Endorsement."
(i) All insurance filings in accordance with
				Title 48 of the Revised Statutes shall be made with the New Jersey Motor
				Vehicle Commission, Commercial Bus Inspection and Investigation Unit, PO Box
				680, Trenton, New Jersey 08666-0680, on the insurance industry forms specified
				below:
1. Form E--"Uniform Motor Carrier
				Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Certificate of Insurance," together
				with Form F below;
2. Form
				F--"Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Insurance
				Endorsement";
3. Form K--"Uniform
				Notice of Cancellation of Motor Carrier Insurance Policies."