New Jersey § 39:5g-2

the Motor Vehicle Automated Transaction System (MATRX) is capable of accommodating

the new chauffeur endorsement.> a. No person shall operate a limousine, or any other passenger automobile, as defined

in R.S.39:1-1 , provided through a company or service which pairs a passenger automobile and a driver

with a private customer to provide prearranged passenger transportation at a premium

fare on a dedicated, nonscheduled, charter basis that is not conducted on a regular

route, including, but not limited to, the use of authorized drivers of rental vehicles

to provide such passenger transportation, in this State unless the person has a chauffeur

endorsement. An owner of a limousine service, or any other company or service which pairs a passenger

automobile, as defined in R.S.39:1-1 , and a driver with a private customer to provide prearranged passenger transportation

at a premium fare on a dedicated, nonscheduled, charter basis that is not conducted

on a regular route, who permits the operation of a limousine, or any other passenger

automobile provided through a company or service which pairs a passenger automobile

and a driver with a private customer to provide prearranged passenger transportation

at a premium fare on a dedicated, nonscheduled, charter basis that is not conducted

on a regular route, by any person who does not hold a chauffeur endorsement shall

be subject to a penalty of $500. Actions to impose a penalty under this subsection shall be brought, and any such penalty

shall be collected, in a summary proceeding pursuant to the “Penalty Enforcement Law

of 1999,” P.L.1999, c. 274 ( C.2A:58-10 et seq. ). The Superior Court or any municipal court where the violation was detected, or where

the defendant was apprehended, shall have jurisdiction to hear any action brought

for violation of this subsection. Penalties imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be in addition to those otherwise

imposed according to law. All penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be forwarded

as provided in R.S.39:5-40 and subsection b . of R.S.39:5-41 . If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall

constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense. b. To qualify for a chauffeur endorsement, an applicant shall provide the New Jersey

Motor Vehicle Commission (hereinafter “the commission”) with the applicant's name,

home address, citizenship status, photographic identification, birth certificate,

and such other information as the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle

Commission (hereinafter the “chief administrator”) may require. c. The fee for the chauffeur endorsement shall be set by the chief administrator. d. An applicant shall be required to submit proof that the applicant meets the medical

standards for commercial drivers which are contained in 49 CFR 391.41 . e. An applicant shall submit to being fingerprinted by the Division of State Police

in the Department of Law and Public Safety or by agents appointed by, or under contract

to, the division and shall also provide written consent to the performance of a criminal

history record background check unless the applicant was previously fingerprinted

and had a criminal history background check conducted as part of an application for

a Commercial Driver License or a passenger endorsement under a Commercial Driver License

or both. The chief administrator is authorized to exchange fingerprint data and photographic

identification with and receive criminal history record background information results

from the Division of State Police. The division shall inform the chief administrator if an applicant's criminal history

record background check reveals a conviction of a disqualifying crime as specified

in subsection g. of this section. The applicant shall bear the cost of fingerprinting and the cost for the background

checks, including all costs of administering and processing the checks. As used in this section, “ criminal history record background check ” means a determination of whether a person has a criminal record by cross-referencing

that person's name and fingerprint data with those on file with the State Bureau of

Identification in the Division of State Police. f. No applicant shall be issued a chauffeur endorsement unless the applicant is 21

years of age or older. g. An applicant shall be disqualified from obtaining a chauffeur endorsement if the

applicant's criminal history record background check reveals a record of conviction

of any of the following crimes: (1) In New Jersey or elsewhere any crime as follows: aggravated assault, arson, burglary,

escape, extortion, homicide, kidnapping, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, sexual

assault or endangering the welfare of a child pursuant to N.J.S.2C:24-4 , whether or not armed with or having in his possession any weapon enumerated in subsection

r. of N.J.S.2C:39-1 , a crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:39-3 , N.J.S.2C:39-4 , or N.J.S.2C:39-9 , or other than a disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense for the unlawful

use, possession or sale of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in N.J.S.2C:35-2 . (2) In any other state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United

States, or any country in the world, as a result of a conviction in a court of competent

jurisdiction, a crime which in that other jurisdiction or country is comparable to

one of the crimes enumerated in paragraph (1) of this subsection. h. If an applicant who has been convicted of one of the crimes enumerated in paragraph

(1) of subsection g. of this section can produce a certificate of rehabilitation issued

pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2007, c. 327 ( C.2A:168A-8 ) or, if the criminal offense occurred outside New Jersey, an equivalent certificate

from the jurisdiction where the criminal offense occurred, the criminal offense will

not disqualify the applicant from obtaining a chauffeur endorsement. i. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require operators of taxicabs, hotel

buses, buses employed solely in transporting school children or teachers, vehicles

owned and operated directly or indirectly by businesses engaged in the practice of

mortuary science when those vehicles are used exclusively for providing transportation

related to the provision of funeral services, autobuses which are subject to the jurisdiction

of the Department of Transportation or interstate autobuses required by federal or

State law or regulations of the Department of Transportation to carry insurance against

loss from liability imposed by law on account of bodily injury or death to obtain

a chauffeur endorsement pursuant to subsection a. of this section. j. The chief administrator is authorized to adopt regulations, pursuant to the “Administrative

Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c. 410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq. ), to effectuate the purposes of this section. k. “ Certification date ” means the date on which the chief administrator certifies to the Governor that the

Motor Vehicle Automated Transaction System (MATRX) is capable of accommodating the

new chauffeur endorsement. The chief administrator shall make such certification when the MATRX system can

denote the existence of the endorsement and can monitor and track the status of the

endorsement on a person's driving record.