Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules.

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2110

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain providers of transportation services
to develop and publish route schedules.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

requiring certain providers of transportation
services to develop and publish route schedules, amending R.S.48:8-2,
supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes and Title 32 of the Revised
Statutes, and amending and supplementing P.L.2013, c.224.�

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� R.S.48:8-2 is amended to
read as follows:�

���� 48:8-2.�
a.
�The owner
or
[
keeper
]

operator

of every ferry shall erect and maintain, where the ferry is kept, a post with a
table of the rates
and route schedule
fixed by the board, printed,
written or painted in large capitals, annexed thereto.� The post and table
shall be set up so that the table shall be visible to passengers entering the
boat used for the ferry.

����
In addition to posting at
the passenger entrance of the ferry, the owner or operator shall publish the
table of rates and the route schedule on the website of the owner or operator.

����
b.� In the event that the
table of rates or route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this
section, is changed by the owner or operator, the owner or operator shall
update all postings required pursuant to subsection a. of this section to
reflect the changes in the table of rates or route schedule within 30 days of
the changes taking effect.

����
c.
�For every day that
the owner or
[
keeper
]

operator

of any ferry shall fail or refuse to maintain
[
a
post and table of rates in the manner aforesaid, he
]

the postings required
pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the owner or operator
shall be
liable to
pay
a penalty of one dollar.

(cf: R.S.48:8-2)

���� 2.��� (New section) a.� In
addition to the powers and duties set forth under section 5 of P.L.1979, c.150
(C.27:25-5 et seq.), the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall develop a route
schedule for each motorbus regular route service route, rail passenger service
route, and ferry passenger service route operated by the corporation.�

���� b.��� The corporation shall
publish the route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this
section, on the corporation�s website and at each transportation facility and
station providing service to the motorbus regular route service route, rail
passenger service route, or ferry passenger service route. �

���� c.���� In the event that the
route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, is changed
by the corporation, the corporation shall update its website to reflect the
changes and post the new route schedule at each transportation facility and

station providing
service to the motorbus regular route service route, rail passenger service
route, or ferry passenger service route, within 30 days of the changes to the
route schedule taking effect.

���� 3. �(New section)� The
Governor is authorized to enter into a supplemental compact or agreement, on
behalf of the State of New Jersey, with the State of New York amending the
compact of April 30, 1921, between the states of New York and New Jersey, as
amended and supplemented, creating the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
as set forth in section 4 of P.L.��� , c. (C.���� )
(pending before the legislature as this bill).

���� 4.� (New section)� a.� The
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall develop a route schedule for
each commuter railroad route operated by the port authority or by any
subsidiary company owned by the port authority.

���� b.� The port authority shall
publish the route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this
section, on the port authority�s website and at each transportation facility,
station, stop, or stand providing service to the commuter railroad route
operated by the port authority or by any subsidiary company of the port
authority.

���� c.� In the event that the
route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, is changed
by the port authority, the port authority shall update its website to reflect
the changes and post the new route schedule at each transportation facility,
station, stop, or stand providing service to the commuter railroad route,
within 30 days of the changes to the route schedule taking effect.

���� 5.��� (New section)� The
Governor is authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the
Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to the amendments to
this compact or agreement provided in section 4 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill), but in the absence of consent and
approval, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey referred to in the
supplemental compact or agreement shall have all of the powers which the State
of New York and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent
and approval of Congress.

���� 6.��� (New section)� The
Governor is authorized to enter into a supplemental compact or agreement, on
behalf of the State of New Jersey, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
supplementing the compact or agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and the State of New Jersey entitled �Agreement Between the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint
Commission as a body corporate and politic and defining its powers and duties,�
as set forth in section 7 of
P.L. , c. (C.���� ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).

���� 7.��� (New section)� a. �The
Delaware River Port Authority shall develop a route schedule for each Port
Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) route operated by the authority or by any
subsidiary company owned by the authority.

���� b.��� The authority shall
publish the route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this
section, on the port authority�s website and at each transportation facility,
station, stop, or stand providing service to the PATCO route operated by the
authority or by any subsidiary company of the authority.

���� c.� In the event that the route
schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, is changed by
the authority, the authority shall update its website to reflect the changes
and post the new route schedule at each transportation facility, station, stop,
or stand providing service to the PATCO route, within 30 days of the changes to
the route schedule taking effect.

���� 8.��� (New section)� The
Governor is authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the
Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to the amendments to
this compact or agreement provided in section 7 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill), but in the absence of consent and
approval, the Delaware River Port Authority shall have all of the powers which
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it
without the consent and approval of Congress.

���� 9.��� Section 4 of P.L.2013,
c.224 (C.56:16-2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 4.� For the purposes of
sections 3 through 9 of P.L.2013, c.224 (C.56:16-1 et seq.)
and section 10
of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)
:

���� "Autobus" means a
privately-owned autobus operated over the public highways in this State for the
transportation of not more than 40 passengers for hire in intrastate or
interstate business except that "autobus" shall not include:

���� (1)�� a vehicle engaged in
motorbus regular route service as defined in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.150
(C.27:25-3);

���� (2)�� a vehicle engaged in the
transportation of passengers for hire in the manner and form commonly called
taxicab service unless that service becomes or is held out to be regular
service between stated termini;

���� (3)�� a hotel bus used
exclusively for the transportation of hotel patrons to or from local railroad
or other common carrier stations including local airports;

���� (4)�� a bus operated for the
transportation of enrolled children and adults only when serving as chaperones
to or from a school, school connected activity, day camp, summer day camp,
nursery school, child care center, pre-school center, or other similar places
of education, including "School Vehicle Type I" and "School
Vehicle Type II" as defined in R.S.39:1-1;

���� (5)�� an autobus with a
carrying capacity of not more than 13 passengers operated under municipal
consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single
municipality or with a carrying capacity of not more than 20 passengers
operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the
limits of not more than four contiguous municipalities within any county of the
fifth or sixth class, which route in either case does not, in whole or in part,
parallel upon the same street the line of any street railway or traction
railway or any other autobus route;

���� (6)�� an autocab, limousine,
or livery service as defined in R.S.48:16-13
or section 2 of P.L.1997, c.356
(C.48:16-13.1)
, unless that service becomes or is held out to be regular
service between stated termini;

���� (7)�� a vehicle used in a
"ridesharing" arrangement, as defined by the "New Jersey
Ridesharing Act of 1981," P.L.1981, c.413 (C.27:26-1 et al.);

���� (8)�� a motor bus owned by, or
operated under a contract with, the New Jersey Transit Corporation;

���� (9)�� charter bus operations,
as defined in R.S.48:4-1;

���� (10) a vehicle designed to
transport eight or more, but fewer than 16, persons, including the driver,
which is used exclusively for the transportation of persons between an
off-airport parking facility and an airport;

���� (11) a special paratransit
vehicle, as defined in R.S.48:4-1; or

���� (12) a vehicle that is owned
or leased by a "boarding or nursing home," as defined by section 2 of
P.L.1977, c.238 (C.26:2H-37), by an "assisted living facility," as
defined by section 1 of P.L.2009, c.61 (C.26:2H-12.56), by an adult day health
care facility or pediatric day health care facility licensed pursuant to
P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), or by any facility or other entity licensed
or approved by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Health to
render services to New Jersey residents, and which is used to transport eight
or more, but fewer than 16 persons, including the driver, to and from
recreational and social activities, shopping, and other health care providers;
provided that no charge is assessed each time a patient, resident, or client
utilizes the transportation service.

���� "Bill of Rights for
Customers of Certain Autobuses" means the consumer protections,
obligations of the owners and operators of autobuses, and basic expectations
and guarantees of health, safety, and welfare established pursuant to section 6
of P.L.2013, c.224 (C.56:16-4).

���� "For hire" means for
direct or indirect hire, any service for which the driver of the vehicle is
compensated, or which is included in the duties of the person who renders
services for compensation, but shall not include transportation services that
are provided to patients or residents of a "boarding or nursing
home," as defined by section 2 of P.L.1977, c.238 (C.26:2H-37), an
"assisted living facility," as defined by section 1 of P.L.2009, c.61
(C.26:2H-12.56), an adult day health care facility or pediatric day health care
facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), or to
patients, residents, or clients of any facility or other entity that is
licensed or approved by the Department of Human Services or the Department of
Health to render services to New Jersey residents, unless a charge is assessed
each time a patient, resident, or client utilizes the transportation services.

���� "Operator" means a
person who is in actual physical control of an autobus.

���� "Owner" means a
person who holds the legal title of an autobus, or if an autobus is the subject
of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of
purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an
immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or if
a mortgagor of an autobus is entitled to possession, then the conditional
vendee, lessee or mortgagor shall be considered the owner.

(cf: P.L.2015, c.31, s.1)

���� 10.� (New section)� a.� The
owner of an autobus shall develop a route schedule for each autobus providing
fixed route service provided by the owner or operator.

���� b.��� The owner or operator
shall publish the route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this
section, on the website of the owner or operator and at each transportation
facility, station, stop, or stand where the autobus provides fixed route service.

���� c.���� In the event that the
route schedule, developed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, is changed
by the owner or operator, the owner or operator shall update the owner or
operator�s website to reflect the changes and post the new route schedule at each
transportation facility, station, stop, or stand where the autobus provides
fixed route service, within 30 days of the changes to the route schedule taking
effect.

���� 11.� a.� Sections 1 through 2
and sections 9 through 10 of this act shall take effect on the first day of the
sixth month following enactment.

���� b.� Sections 3 through 5 of
this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the State of New York
of legislation having an identical effect as sections 3 through 5 of this act;
but if the State of New York shall already have enacted such legislation,
sections 3 through 5 of this act shall take effect immediately.

���� c.���� Sections 6 through 8 of
this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania of legislation having an identical effect as sections 6 through 8
of this act; but if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall already have enacted
such legislation, sections 6 through 8 of this act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

����� This bill requires an owner
or operator of certain autobuses to develop a route schedule for each autobus
providing fixed route service and to publish the route schedule on the website
of the owner or operator and at each transportation facility, station, stop, or
stand where the autobus provides fixed route service.� The term �autobus�
applies to, with certain limited exceptions, a privately-owned autobus operated
in intrastate or interstate business over the public highways in this State for
the transportation of not more than 40 passengers for hire.

����� The owner or operator of a
ferry service is required to post a route schedule, along with the table of
rates, in a manner that is visible to passengers entering the boat and on the
website of the owner or operator of the ferry.

���� The bill also requires the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and the Delaware River Port
Authority (DRPA) to develop and publish route schedules for each commuter
railroad route or Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) route operated by
the respective agency at each transportation facility, station, stop, or stand
providing service to the route and on the agency�s website.�

���� Under the bill, the New Jersey
Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is required to develop and publish route
schedules for each motorbus regular route service route, rail passenger service
route, or ferry passenger service route that it operates at each transportation
facility and station providing service to the route and on NJ Transit�s
website.�

���� This bill requires an owner or
operator of ferries, certain owners or operators of autobuses, NJ Transit,
the PANYNJ, and the DRPA to update their respective websites with any changes
to a route schedule and to post the changes in the same manner as the original
route schedules were posted, within 30 days of the changes taking effect.