48:16-22.4 Regulations applicable to out-of State limousines, black cars; definition.

14. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a limousine registered in another state or the District of Columbia operating in interstate service which picks up or discharges passengers in New Jersey or a black car which picks up and discharges passengers wholly within the State of New Jersey shall comply with the provisions of article 2 of chapter 16 of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, provided that, with regard to the requirements of R.S.48:16-17, R.S.48:16-18, and R.S.48:16-22, the owner may have his principal place of business in a location other than a municipality in this State, in which case the owner may elect any municipality in the State of New Jersey in which he has a business address to file the required insurance policy and receive the license to operate.

b. A black car which picks up or discharges passengers in New Jersey in route to or from another state, shall only (1) comply with the provisions of subsection a. of section 11 of P.L.1999, c.356 (C.48:16-22.1) requiring a two-way communications system, which, at a minimum, shall provide for communication to a person outside the vehicle for a distance of not less than 100 miles and which requirement may be satisfied by a mobile telephone, (2) comply with the provisions of subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.1999, c.356 (C.48:16-22.1) requiring a removable first-aid kit and an operable fire extinguisher, which shall be placed in an accessible place within the vehicle and (3) in lieu of the insurance requirements in the amount of $1,500,000 set forth in R.S.48:16-14, and the requirements of R.S.48:16-17, have proof of insurance in the amounts of not less than $100,000 liability for bodily injury or death to one person in any one accident and, subject to such limit for any one person so injured or killed, not less than $300,000 liability for bodily injury or death to more than one person in any one accident. A black car operating in interstate service which picks up or discharges passengers in New Jersey, but does not operate wholly within the State of New Jersey, shall not be subject to any provisions of article 2 of chapter 16 of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, except the provisions of this subsection and the provisions of R.S.48:16-21 concerning the operation of automobiles in this State but not with reference to ownership and registration.

As used in this section, "black car" means any motor vehicle hired for transportation of passengers and which has a capacity of not more than six passengers that is licensed as a black car in another state, or political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia; and whose registered owner holds a franchise from the corporation or other business entity that dispatches such motor vehicle, or who is a member of a cooperative that operates such corporation or other business entity, where such corporation or other business entity has certified to the satisfaction of another state, or political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia that more than 90 percent of the corporation's or other business entity's business is on a payment basis other than direct cash payment by a passenger.

L.1999,c.356,s.14; amended 2001, c.416, s.7.