N.J.S. § 39:8-60 Definitions Relative to Emissions Inspections

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 194.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 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;