New Jersey Statutes 39:14-1. Definitions relative to motor carrier transportation contracts
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:14-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
“Motor carrier” means a person contracted to transport goods or property by motor vehicle.
“Motor carrier transportation contract” means a contract, agreement, or understanding concerning: (1) the transportation of property for compensation or hire by a motor carrier; (2) the entrance on property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire; or (3) a service incidental to the transportation of property for compensation or hire by a motor carrier, or to the entrance on property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire, including, but not limited to, the storage of property. “Motor carrier transportation contract” shall not include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use, or possession of intermodal chassis, containers, or other intermodal equipment.
“Promisee” means a promisee who is a party to a motor carrier transportation contract and includes any agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors directly responsible to the promisee, except for a motor carrier who is a party to a motor carrier transportation contract with the promisee, and the motor carrier’s agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors directly responsible to the motor carrier.
L.2015, c.112, s.1.