N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-51.2
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Accident" means:
1. A collision involving a school bus or vehicle that results in personal injury or death, or causes disabling damage to one or more motor vehicles requiring the vehicle(s) to be transported away by a tow truck or other vehicle;
2. A collision between a motor vehicle and a student at any time during the loading or unloading process of a school bus or school vehicle; or
3. An injury to a student inside a school bus or vehicle that results from negligent or unsafe acceleration, deceleration or other movement of a school bus.
"Chief Administrator" means the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
"Driver" means the authorized licensed driver of a Type S school vehicle.
"FMVSS" means the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as found in the Code of Federal Regulations ( 49 CFR Part 571). Copies of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as found in the Code of Federal Regulations may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202) 783-3238, or at http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/FMVSS.
"Gross vehicle weight rating" or "GVWR" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single vehicle.
"Motor Vehicle Commission" or "Commission" means the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission established by section 4 of P.L. 2003, c. 13 (N.J.S.A. 39:2A-4).
"Operator" means the owner or person responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of a Type S school vehicle.
"Passenger" means any person riding in a Type S school vehicle other than the driver.
"SAE" means the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. Copies of the Standards and Recommended Practices of the Society of Automotive Engineers may be purchased from the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096, (724) 776-4841.
"Type S school vehicle" means a motor vehicle with a GVWR of 3,000 pounds or more, originally designed by the manufacturer with a maximum seating capacity of nine passengers or less excluding the driver, operated by, or under contract with, a public or governmental agency, or religious or other charitable organization or corporation, or privately operated for the transportation of children to or from school for secular or religious education, school-connected activity, day camp, summer day camp, nursery school, child care center, preschool center, or other similar places of education.
"UL" means the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-51.2
See: 38 N.J.R. 386(b), 38 N.J.R. 2835(a).
Added definitions "Chief Administrator" and "Motor Vehicle Commission"; and deleted definitions "Director" and "Division".
Amended by R.2012 d.023, effective 2/6/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1831(a), 44 N.J.R. 287(b).
Added definition "Accident"; in definitions "Driver", "Operator" and "Passenger", substituted "vehicle" for "bus"; in definition "Driver", substituted "driver" for "operator"; in definition "FMVSS", inserted ", or at http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/FMVSS"; substituted definition "Type S school vehicle" for definition "Type S school bus"; and in definition "Type S school vehicle", deleted "for compensation" following "privately operated".