N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-20: Compliance required for assigning bus driver; violations; fine.

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.