SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 360
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JANUARY 25, 2024
The Senate Transportation Committee reports favorably Senate
Bill No. 360.
As reported, this bill modifies the definition of “paratransit
service” under various sections of law to mean and include any
transportation service other than fixed route transportation service
or motorbus regular route service.
Under current law, the definition of “paratransit service”
generally excludes private or charter services provided by taxicabs,
limousines, or transportation network companies. The bill removes
this exclusion from the various definitions of this term.
The bill’s expanded definition of “paratransit service” may
enable paratransit service operators, including the New Jersey
Transit Corporation, to contract with certain paratransit service
providers that are otherwise disqualified under current law,
including, but not limited to, the providers of private or charter
services via taxicabs, limousines, or transportation network
companies.