New Jersey § 48:16-3

§ 48:16-3.

No such consent shall become effective until the provisions of subsections a. and

b. of this section have been satisfied: a. The owner of the autocab shall have filed with the clerk of the municipality in

which such operation is permitted, an insurance policy which shall be issued by an

admitted insurance company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance

laws of this State or a company registered to do business in the State, the policy

providing for not less than $1.5 million to satisfy all claims for damages, by reason of bodily injury to, or the death of,

any person or persons, resulting from, or on account of, an accident, by reason of

the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of such autocab upon any public street;

and to satisfy any claim for damages to property of any person or persons, resulting

from, or on account of, an accident, by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance,

or use of such autocab upon any public street. Nothing contained in this subsection shall prohibit the owner of an autocab from obtaining

any additional amount of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage from a company

licensed outside the State of New Jersey. The consent shall be effective and operation thereunder shall be permitted only so

long as the insurance policy shall remain in force to the full and collectible amounts

as aforesaid. The insurance policy shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered

by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the autocab or any

fault in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss,

damage or injury as aforesaid; and b. Each operator or driver of the autocab for which the owner thereof is seeking the

consent to operate in a municipality has submitted to the performance of a criminal

history record background check. The cost for the criminal history record background check, including all costs of

administering and processing the check, shall be borne by the operator or driver of

the autocab. A person shall be disqualified from operating or driving an autocab if a criminal

history record background check required pursuant to this subsection 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. If a person who has been convicted of one of the crimes enumerated in paragraphs (1)

and (2) of this subsection can produce a certificate of rehabilitation issued pursuant

to N.J.S.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 shall

not disqualify the applicant from operating or driving an autocab. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an operator or driver of an autocab

who has received the consent to operate in a municipality prior to the effective date

of P.L.2011, c. 135 ( C.48:16-2.1 et al.).