N.J. Admin. Code § 16:87-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 16:87-2.2 - Violations

(a) It shall be a violation of the Act and this chapter for any person to use or attempt to use rail passenger service or enter a pre-paid fare area and to:

1. Fail or refuse to pay the prescribed fare;

2. Fail to properly validate the proof of payment receipt by date and time-stamping any single use ticket;

3. Evade or attempt to evade payment of the prescribed fare;

4. Fail to display proof of fare payment immediately upon request of an authorized employee or fare enforcement officer; or

5. Fail to cooperate, when a fare enforcement officer issues or attempts to issue a Special Complaint Summons, by failing or refusing to do such things, as providing the person's name and address, as well as written verification thereof. The following forms of written identification are acceptable: driver's license, student identification card, passport, military identification card, birth certificate or Medicare card.

(b) A person who uses rail transportation service for which payment is required in advance or who enters a pre-paid fare area and who fails to exhibit proof of fare payment upon request shall be in violation of the Act and this chapter and shall be subject to the issuance of a Special Complaint Summons.

N.J. Admin. Code § 16:87-2.2

Amended by R.2010 d.014, effective 1/19/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 3038(a), 42 N.J.R. 521(a).
In (a)5, substituted ", when a fare enforcement officer issues or attempts to issue" for "in the issuance of", inserted a comma following "Summons" and "address", and inserted "failing or refusing to do such things, as"; and in (b), substituted "rail" for "public" and deleted "by a fare enforcement officer" following "Summons".