{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-16-23","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 48:16-23","heading":"Definitions","body":"The word  \"autobus\"  as used in this article shall mean and include any automobile or motor bus, commonly called jitney, with a carrying capacity of not more than 13 passengers, operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single municipality or with a carrying capacity of not more than 20 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of not more than four  contiguous municipalities within any county of the fifth or sixth class, which  route in either case does not, in whole or in part, parallel upon the same  street the line of any street railway or traction railway or any other autobus  route.\nThe word  \"person\"  as used in this article shall mean and include any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever.\nThe word  \"street\"  as used in this article shall mean and include any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public place.\nAmended by L.1952, c. 251, p. 838, s. 3, eff. May 10, 1952;  L.1971, c. 16, s. 4, eff. Jan. 29, 1971;  L.1973, c. 272, s. 3, eff. Nov. 29, 1973; L.1978, c. 72, s. 2, eff. July 7, 1978.","path":["TITLE 48 PUBLIC UTILITIES"],"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":"23bb6be36f79bcfcc739754621fe14f2a608947e74a867ad57ea4613e85fc679","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-16-22.6","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-16-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}