The initial license and annual renewal fee for each limousine
service shall be $50 plus $25 for each limousine which is covered
under the required insurance policy. The license fee shall be payable
on or before January 1. The licensing period shall extend from January
1 until December 31.
A.
The owner of the limousine shall comply with the requirements of
N.J.S.A. 48:16-14 and file with the Municipal Clerk an insurance policy
of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance
laws of this state in the sum of at least $1,500,000 against loss
by reason of the liability imposed by law upon every limousine owner
for damages on account of bodily injury or death suffered by any person
as the result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership,
maintenance or use of the limousine upon any public street.
B.
The owner of the limousine shall comply with the execution and delivery
of the power of attorney requirement set forth in N.J.S.A. 48:16-16.
The power of attorney must be executed and delivered to the Division
of Motor Vehicles wherein the owner shall appoint the Director of
the Division of Motor Vehicles his true and lawful attorney for the
purpose of acknowledgement of service of process.
A.
No limousine shall be operated unless it is equipped, in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:16-22.1, with the following:
(1)
A
two-way communications system or mobile telephone which shall provide
for communication to a person outside the vehicle for a distance of
not less than 100 miles.
(2)
A
first-aid kit and operable fire extinguisher, which shall be accessible
inside the vehicle.
(3)
If
the height of the vehicle floor is 10 inches or more above ground
level, the vehicle shall be equipped with sideboards attached to the
permanent body construction of the vehicle.
B.
The owner of the limousine service shall maintain records of the
examination of the condition of each limousine in his service which
report shall be subject to inspection by the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Owners of limousine services and all applicants for employment
as drivers or operators of limousines shall comply with state law
regarding background and criminal investigation requirements as well
as testing for controlled dangerous substances.
The operator who is found guilty after a hearing in Penns Grove
Municipal Court of a violation of any of the following shall be subject
to the following fines:
