New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 20 - ENFORCEMENT SERVICE
Subchapter 26 - COMPLIANCE WITH DIESEL EMISSION STANDARDS AND EQUIPMENT, PERIODIC INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR DIESEL EMISSIONS AND SELF-INSPECTION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Section 13:20-26.2 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Chief Administrator" means the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
"Diesel bus" means a diesel bus as defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 1995, c. 157 (39:8-60 ), except that "diesel bus" shall include only diesel buses with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 14,000 pounds, and shall not include school buses or buses under the inspection jurisdiction of the Commission's Commercial Bus Inspection and Investigation Unit.
"Diesel-powered motor vehicle" means any diesel-powered motor vehicle 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 8,501 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or more;
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 solid waste vehicle" means any on-road diesel vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 14,000 pounds that is used for the purposes of collecting or transporting residential or commercial solid waste, including vehicles powered by a diesel engine used for transporting waste containers, including, but not necessarily limited to, open boxes, dumpsters or compactors, which may be removed from the tractor. "Diesel solid waste vehicle" shall include solid waste cabs and solid waste single-unit vehicles.
"Gross vehicle weight rating" or "GVWR" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or combination (articulated) vehicle.
"Heavy-duty diesel truck" means any diesel-powered motor vehicle 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. For purposes of this subchapter, 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 and used for first aid, emergency, ambulance, rescue, or fire-fighting purposes.
"Lessee" means any person who exercises control or who operates a motor vehicle under an agreement or contract for 30 days or more.
"Motor Vehicle Commission" or "Commission" means the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission established by section 4 of P.L. 2003, c. 13 (39:2A-4 ).
"Regulated diesel solid waste vehicle" means any diesel solid waste vehicle registered in the State that is owned by the State or any political subdivision thereof, or a county or municipality or any political subdivision thereof, or that is owned by a person who has entered into a contract in effect on or after the effective date of P.L. 2005, c. 219 (26:2C-8.2 6 et al.), with the State or any political subdivision thereof, or a county or municipality or any political subdivision thereof, to provide solid waste services.
"Vehicle" means every trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, truck having a GVWR of 8,501 pounds or more, truck tractor as defined in 39:1-1 and every vehicle registered in this State engaged in interstate commerce that is now or hereafter subject to regulation and license by the Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency and/or the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
