New Jersey § 48:16-23 Definitions

New Jersey Statutes

§ 48:16-23 — Definitions

New Jersey § 48:16-23

Title 48PUBLIC UTILITIES

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 48:16-23 (2026).

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The word "autobus" as used in this article shall mean and include any automobile or motor bus, commonly called jitney, with a carrying capacity of not more than 13 passengers, operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single municipality or with a carrying capacity of not more than 20 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of not more than four contiguous municipalities within any county of the fifth or sixth class, which route in either case does not, in whole or in part, parallel upon the same street the line of any street railway or traction railway or any other autobus route. The word "person" as used in this article shall mean and include any individual, copartnership, association, cor

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The word "autobus" as used in this article shall mean and include any automobile or motor bus, commonly called jitney, with a carrying capacity of not more than 13 passengers, operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single municipality or with a carrying capacity of not more than 20 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of not more than four contiguous municipalities within any county of the fifth or sixth class, which route in either case does not, in whole or in part, parallel upon the same street the line of any street railway or traction railway or any other autobus route. The word "person" as used in this article shall mean and include any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever. The word "street" as used in this article shall mean and include any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public place. Amended by L.1952, c. 251, p. 838, s. 3, eff. May 10, 1952; L.1971, c. 16, s. 4, eff. Jan. 29, 1971; L.1973, c. 272, s. 3, eff. Nov. 29, 1973; L.1978, c. 72, s. 2, eff. July 7, 1978.