Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:39-20

  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
18A:39-20. No board of education or contractor shall approve or assign an individual, as a driver or substitute driver of a school bus, without first complying with the provisions of this chapter, and any person violating, or failing to comply with such provisions shall be subject to a fine of:

a. not more than $5,000 for each driver unlawfully approved or assigned for the first offense;

b. not more than $10,000 for each driver unlawfully approved or assigned for the second offense; and

c. not more than $15,000 for each driver unlawfully approved or assigned for a third and each subsequent offense.

It shall not be a defense to avoid liability under this section that a board of education or contractor unknowingly failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

L.1967, c.271; amended 1989, c.104, s.3; 1998, c.31, s.11; 2003, c.66, s.5; 2021, c.306.

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