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A2131
ASSEMBLY, No. 2131
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)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Morales and Assemblyman Sampson
SYNOPSIS
���� Concerns training curriculum for certain NJT motorbus
operators.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the training of motorbus regular
route service operators and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a. As used in this
section
���� �Corporation� means the New
Jersey Transit Corporation.
���� �Motorbus regular route
service� means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.150
(C.27:25-3).
���� �Person with a disability�
means any person who has lost the use of one or more limbs as a consequence of
paralysis, amputation, or other permanent disability or who has a permanent
disability as to be unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device
or whose mobility is otherwise limited; or any person with any sensory,
intellectual, and developmental disability.
���� b.��� The New Jersey Transit
Corporation shall provide to all operators of motorbus regular route service,
provided by the corporation or under contract to the corporation, a training
curriculum that includes, at a minimum, the following information pertaining to
providing motorbus regular route service to a person with a disability:
���� (1) basic information about
various types of disabilities, including physical, sensory, intellectual, and
developmental disabilities;
���� (2) practical guidance on how
to assist a person with a disability to ensure the person�s safety and comfort
during motorbus regular route service;
���� (3) emergency procedures for
assisting a person with a disability in the event of an accident or service
interruption; and
���� (4) information regarding
available disability organizations that can serve as resources for both
operators and passengers of motorbus regular route service.
���� c.���� The corporation shall,
prior to implementing or updating the curriculum created pursuant to subsection
b. of this section, solicit feedback from recognized disability organizations.
���� d.��� The corporation shall
display the elements of the training curriculum required pursuant to subsection
b. of this section on its Internet website and update the curriculum on the
website whenever changes or updates are made.
���� 2. This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Transit Corporation (corporation) to provide to all operators of
motorbus regular route service, provided by the corporation or under contract
to the corporation, a training curriculum that includes, at a minimum, the following
information pertaining to providing motorbus regular route service to a person
with a disability: (1) basic information about various types of disabilities;
(2) practical guidance on how to assist a person with a disability to ensure
the person�s safety and comfort during motorbus regular route service; (3)
emergency procedures for assisting a person with a disability in the event of
an accident or service interruption; and (4) information regarding available
disability organizations that can serve as resources for both operators and
passengers of motorbus regular route service.
���� Under the bill, the
corporation is required to, prior to implementing or updating the training
curriculum created pursuant to the bill, solicit feedback from recognized
disability organizations.
���� Finally, the corporation is
required to display the elements of the training curriculum on its Internet
website and update the curriculum on the website whenever changes or updates
are made.