{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-3b-11","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 39:3B-11","heading":"Seat belts, child restraint systems, wheelchair securement systems, use required; liability.","body":"2. a. Beginning on September 1 of the second year next following the year of enactment of P.L.1992, c.92 (C.39:3B-10 et seq.), each passenger on a school bus which is equipped with seat belts shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt or other child restraint system that is in conformity with applicable federal standards at all times while the bus is in operation.\nb.\tBeginning on September 1 of the second year next following the year of enactment of P.L.2017, c.349 (C.39:3B-10.1 et al.), a school bus operator shall secure or cause to be secured a passenger using a wheelchair on a school bus equipped to transport passengers using wheelchairs using a properly adjusted and fastened four-point securement system in conformity with applicable federal standards and section 1 of P P.L.2017, c.349 (C.39:3B-10.1) at all times while the bus is in operation.\nc.\tNothing in this section shall make the owner or operator of a school bus liable for failure to properly adjust and fasten a seat belt or other child restraint system or four-point securement system that is in conformity with applicable federal standards for a passenger who sustains injury as a direct result of the passenger's failure to comply with the requirement established by this section.\nL.1992, c.92, s.2; amended 2017, c.349, s.2.","path":["TITLE 39 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION"],"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":"e9f83842b550841c88690a1abc8da05bc7718dafdac8b94e10f32cb3eb4aa4e2","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-3b-10.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-3b-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}