New Jersey § 39:8-60

§ 39:8-60.

As used in this act: “ Diesel bus ” means any diesel-powered autobus or motorbus of any size or configuration, whether

registered in this State or elsewhere, that is designed or used for intrastate or

interstate transportation of passengers for hire or otherwise on a public road, street

or highway or any public or quasi-public property in this State, and shall include,

but need not be limited to: autobuses under the jurisdiction of the commission pursuant to Titles 27 or 48 of the Revised Statutes; autobuses of the New Jersey

Transit Corporation and its contract carriers that are under the inspection jurisdiction

of the commission ; autobuses that are subject to federal motor carrier safety regulations; autobuses

under the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency;

school buses, as defined pursuant to R.S.39:1-1 ; hotel, casino, charter, and special buses; and any other diesel-powered autobus

or motorbus as determined by rule or regulation adopted by the commission in consultation with the Department of Transportation; “ Diesel-powered motor vehicle ” means a vehicle, whether registered in this State or elsewhere, that is self-propelled

by a compression ignition type of internal combustion engine using diesel fuel and

that (1) is designed or used for transporting persons or property on any public road,

street or highway or any public or quasi-public property in this State, (2) is greater

than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight, (3) is not a diesel bus or heavy-duty diesel

truck, and (4) is not a heavy-duty diesel truck or other diesel-powered motor vehicle

owned and operated by a county, municipality, fire district, or duly incorporated

nonprofit organization for first aid, emergency, ambulance, rescue, or fire-fighting

purposes. Diesel-powered motor vehicle shall also mean a vehicle that is designed or used

for construction or farming purposes and is greater than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle

weight, except that the commission , in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, may exempt from

the requirements of this act diesel-powered motor vehicles that are registered as

construction vehicles under Titles 39 and 41 of the Revised Statutes or that are greater

than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight and are designed or used for construction or

farming purposes; “ EPA ” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency; “ Gross vehicle weight rating ” or “ GVWR ” means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single or

combination (articulated) vehicle. The GVWR of a combination (articulated) vehicle, commonly referred to as the “gross

combination weight rating” or “GCWR,” is the GVWR of the power unit plus the GVWR

of the towed unit or units; “ Heavy-duty diesel truck ” means any diesel-powered motor vehicle, whether registered in this State or elsewhere,

with a GVWR of 18,000 or more pounds that is designed or used for the transporting

of property on any public road, street or highway or any public or quasi-public property

in this State. Heavy-duty diesel truck shall not mean a heavy-duty diesel truck owned and operated

by a county, municipality, fire district, or duly incorporated nonprofit organization

for first aid, emergency, ambulance, rescue, or fire-fighting purposes; “ Periodic inspection program ” or “ periodic inspection ” means a program in which diesel buses, heavy-duty diesel trucks, and other diesel-powered

motor vehicles registered in this State are periodically inspected in accordance with

the provisions of this act; “ Person ” means a corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership, or joint

stock company, or an individual, and shall also include the State and all of its political

subdivisions and any agencies, authorities, corporations, or instrumentalities of

the State or any political subdivision thereof; and “ Roadside enforcement program ” or “ roadside inspection ” means a roadside examination program conducted pursuant to this act for the inspection

of exhaust emissions, emission control apparatus and such other items as the Department

of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the commission and the Commissioner of Transportation, prescribes, of diesel buses, heavy-duty diesel

trucks, and other diesel-powered motor vehicles along any public road, street or highway

or any public or quasi-public property in this State or at such other locations as

may be designated by the commission in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation.