{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-39-20","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-20","heading":"Compliance required for assigning bus driver; violations; fine.","body":"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:\na.\tnot more than $5,000 for each driver unlawfully approved or assigned for the first offense;\nb.\tnot more than $10,000 for each driver unlawfully approved or assigned for the second offense; and\nc.\tnot more than $15,000 for each driver unlawfully approved or assigned for a third and each subsequent offense.\nIt 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.\nL.1967, c.271; amended 1989, c.104, s.3; 1998, c.31, s.11; 2003, c.66, s.5; 2021, c.306.","path":["TITLE 18A EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"b97d85dd48c99e3c53db0c33881028016eb07922900587b1c25a7954bb5ee9d4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-39-19.8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-39-20.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}