39:3-19.3. Not applicable to certain buses.

The provisions of this act (39:3-19.3) shall not apply to buses used in common carrier line service and school transportation service whose owner meets the qualifications prescribed in R.S. 39:3-19 or to any vehicle with a seating capacity of 16 or less which is solely used to transport children to or from summer day camps or summer residence camps from May 15 to September 15 of any year.
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39:3-19.2. School vehicle registration; registration period; fees.

The director of motor vehicles shall have the authority to issue upon application therefor a license plate for school vehicles marked "School vehicle Type I" or "School Vehicle Type II" as the application may indicate is warranted in accordance with the definition of these vehicles contained in R.S. 39:1-1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every registration for a school vehicle shall expire and the certificate thereof shall become void on the last say of the eleventh calendar month following the month in which the certificate was issued.
No fee shall be charged to the United States government, the state of New Jersey, a local school district, a regional school district, or a county vocational or technical school upon application for a Type I or Type II school vehicle license plate.
All other applicants for license plates herein authorized of the "School Vehicle Type I" kind shall pay an annual registration fee of $140.00. All other applicants for license plates herein authorized of the "School Vehicle Type II" shall pay an annual registration fee of $40.00.
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39:3-19.1. Oenalty for violations of section 39:3-19.

Any person owning or operating a motor vehicle who shall use his motor vehicle for transportation of passengers for hire, without having an omnibus registration as provided for in section 39:3-19 of this title, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars or to imprisonment for a period of not exceeding thirty days. Any offender who shall be convicted of a second or any subsequent offense of the same violation shall be fined one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not exceeding ninety days.
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39:3-19. Omnibus registration; fees and markers; application for registration.

For each vehicle used as an omnibus for the transportation of passengers for hire the applicant for the registration thereof shall pay an annual fee as follows:
$30.00 for each vehicle having a seating capacity of 19 passengers of less;
$48.00 for each vehicle having a seating capacity of not less than 19 nor more than 30 passengers;
$48.00 for vehicles having a seating capacity of more than 30 passengers and an additional fee of $3.00 for each passenger measured by the seating capacity in excess of 30 passengers.

The director shall provide identification marks of the general style and kind provided for motor vehicle registrations, assigning a number to each identification mark, and before each number the letter "O" shall be placed.
Every applicant for omnibus registration shall make application, setting forth the fact that he is in the business of transporting passengers for hire; and the director, if satisfied of the correctness of the statements made in such application, may issue a registration certificate for omnibus license.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use by an omnibus operator of any automobile duty licensed by him as owner.
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39:3-18. General registration; plates; manufacturers; dealers; persons financing or loaning money on motor vehicles; violation of section; fine.

A manufacturer of motor vehicles, motor-drawn vehicles, motor vehicle bodies, motorized bicycles or motorcycles doing business in this state may, with regard to motor or motor-drawn vehicles, motorized bicycles or motorcycles owned or controlled by him, obtain general registration and registration places therefor of the style and kind provided for in this subtitle, with the letter "D" stated thereon. Such plates can be placed on any vehicle or cycle owned or controlled by such manufacturer, but only if it is operated only for shop, demonstration or delivery purposes.
Any person engaged in the business of financing the purchase of motor or motor-drawn vehicles or motorized bicycles or lending money thereon may, with regard to motor vehicles or motorized bicycles owned or controlled by him obtaining general registration and registration plates therefor of the style and kind provided for in this subtitle, with the word "temporary" stated thereon. Such plates can be placed on any such vehicle only when it is being transported from he place where it has been kept by the purchaser or borrower to the place where it is to be kept by the repossessor, or when the repossessor desires to operate it for the purpose of demonstration for sale.
The annual fee for the issuance of a certificate of registration, four duplicates thereof and one set of five single "D" or "temporary" plates bearing a number corresponding to the number on the certificate of registration shall be $100.00; but the annual fee for the issuance of a certificate of registration for motorcycles or motorized bicycles, two duplicates thereof and one set of three single "D" plates bearing a number on the certificate of registration shall be $20.00.
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39:3-17.1. Continuation of nonresident driving rights after becoming resident.

Except as provided in section 9 of P.L. 1990, c. 103 (C.38:3-10.17), any person who becomes a resident of this State and who immediately prior thereto was authorized to operate a drive a motor vehicle or motor vehicles in this State as a nonresident pursuant to R.S. 39:3-15 and R.S. 39:3-17, shall not lose his right to so operate and drive such motor vehicle or motor vehicles by becoming a resident of this State, but such right shall continue to be in full force and effect for 60 days, unless a longer period of reciprocity is otherwise provided by law, after the establishment of his residence in this State in the same manner and to the same extent as though he were a nonresident. The director shall not issue a driver's license to a person who is entitled to operate a motor vehicle in this State under a reciprocity privilege granted by any law.
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39:3-16. Enforcement;suspension of privilege.

The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of section 39:3-12, 39:3-13 and 39:3-15 to 39:3-17 of this title, and shall have the power to suspend the operating privilege of all, a class, or a part of any class of motor vehicles and motor-drawn vehicles registered in another state, territory, federal district of the United States or province of the dominion of Canada, or foreign country, when, in his judgment, Canada, or foreign country, when, in his judgment, any such state, territory, federal district or foreign country prohibits the free operation therein of a class or part of any class of motor vehicles or motor-drawn vehicles belonging to residents of this state and which have been properly registered in accordance with the laws of this state. The commissioner shall also have power to suspend, for violation of any of the provisions of this subtitle, or on other reasonable grounds, the operating privilege of any motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle belonging to a nonresident. In suspending any such operating privilege, the commissioner shall notify the official or body performing the registration duty in the state, territory, federal district of the United States or province of the dominion of Canada, or foreign country, in which the nonresident resides of such action, give public notice of the same and cause the police authorities to be notified. If any such motor or motor-drawn vehicle whose operating privilege has been suspended shall thereafter be driven in this state, such driving shall constitute a violation of section 39:3-4 of this title, and the driver of any such vehicle shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in said section 39:3-4.
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