New Jersey Statutes 39:3B-20. Definitions relative to school bus safety
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:3B-20
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
“Director” means the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation;
“Division” means the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation;
“In-terminal inspection” means an inspection conducted by the Division of Motor Vehicles at the operator’s terminal of any motor vehicle required to meet the safety regulations for school buses adopted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to R.S.39:3B-5 and P.L.1986, c.92 (C. 18A:3B-5.4) and vehicle emissions standards established for engine type pursuant to R.S.39:8-2 and section 3 of P.L.1995, c.157 (C. 39:8-61);
“Operator” means the owner or person responsible for the day to day operation and maintenance of school buses;
“School bus” means all Type I and Type II school buses as defined in R.S.39:1-1 and school buses retired pursuant to P.L.1986, c.92 (C. 39:3B-5.4), under the jurisdiction of the division.
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