As part of the audits, the department may request the New Jersey State Police or, if the chassis is tendered at a port, the police of the authority operating that port, to accompany the department and to conduct a limited number of chassis inspections in order to determine that SMC inspection and identification requirements are being met. Any New Jersey State Police officer trained to inspect intermodal chassis is authorized to enter any intermodal equipment facility for the purposes of conducting inspections as part of an audit by the department. Nothing herein shall limit the authority of an authorized member of the State Police or the police of the authority operating the port to enter upon and perform inspections of vehicles in operation upon the highways of this State or at the premises or places of business of the owner or lessee of such vehicles.
N.J.S. § 39:3-79.18