N.J. Stat. § 27:7-53 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-53
Roads and parking areas; supervision by commissioner
Status: in_force

All roads, parking areas and driveways on land owned by the State shall be constructed under the supervision of the commissioner, and all improvements to roads, parking areas and driveways already constructed on land owned by the State shall be made under the supervision of the commissioner, who shall prepare all necessary plans and specifications and advertise for bids for the work. Amended by L.1968, c. 438, s. 1, eff. Feb. 19, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 27:2-2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2
Types of material and construction; alternative bids
Status: in_force

The body having charge of the work may adopt plans and specifications calling for more than one type of material and construction, and if more than one type is specified bids shall be asked for, on the types specified, in the alternative, but individual bidders shall not be required to submit bids on more than one type of material or construction.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-39 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-39
Motorcycle Safety Education Fund.
Status: in_force

4. There is established a Motorcycle Safety Education Fund in the Motor Vehicle Commission. Such registration fees as may be imposed at the discretion of the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission upon participants in a motorcycle safety education course, $5.00 of the fee collected by the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission for each motorcycle license or endorsement issued under the provisions of R.S.39:3-10, and any other moneys which may become available for motorcycle safety education shall be deposited in the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be used exclusively by the Motor Vehicle Commission to defray the costs of the motorcycle safety education program established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1991, c.452 (C.27:5F-36). In addition, moneys in the fund may be used to provide for a full or part-time motorcycle safety education program coordinator. L.1991, c.452, s.4; amended 2011, c.13, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 27:13A-3 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-3
Establishment of system; roads included
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Transportation shall establish a State aid road system consisting of county and municipal roads so situated as to form a comprehensive and integrated network of local roads designed to provide connections to and between major traffic arteries, residential, health, recreational, educational, cultural, agricultural, commercial and transportation centers, industrial areas and river and stream crossings. The county and municipal roads to be included in such system shall be selected by the commissioner in the manner hereinafter provided, and he may add or delete roads to or from the system from time to time as the best interests of the State shall require. L.1967, c. 86, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-24.2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-24.2
Partial invalidity; severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. L.1951, c. 286, p. 1032, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25A-3 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-3
Definitions
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Air passenger service" means any service which involves the carriage of persons for compensation or hire by aircraft. "Atlantic City Expressway" means the expressway project known as the Atlantic City Expressway constructed by the New Jersey Expressway Authority pursuant to section 40 of P.L.1962, c.10 (C.27:12C-40). "Atlantic City International Airport" means the airport authorized by section 24 of this act. "Atlantic County Transportation Authority" means the county transportation authority authorized pursuant to P.L.1980, c.44 (C.40:35B-1 et seq.). "Authority" means the South Jersey Transportation Authority created by section 4 of this act. "Bond" means any bond or note issued by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this act or issued by or for an original authority or any predecessor authority thereof, as the case may be. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation. "Construction" or "construct" means the planning, designing, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, replacement, repair, extension, enlargement, improvement and betterment of expressway projects and transportation projects, and includes the demolition, clearance and removal of buildings or structures on land acquired, held, leased or used for those projects. "Cost" means all or any part of the expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction and maintenance of any real property, lands, structures, real or personal property rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and interests acquired or used for a project; any financing charges and reserves for the payment of principal and interest on bonds or notes; the expenses of engineering, appraisal, architectural, accounting, financial and legal services; and other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction and maintenance of a project, the financing thereof and the placing of the project into operation. "County" means a county in South Jersey. "Department" means the Department of Transportation. "Economic development facility" means any area, place, building or other improvement or structure related to, connected with, or in the vicinity of, a transportation project which may serve the users of that project or assist in, enhance or stimulate its operation or development. "Expressway project" means the acquisition, construction and maintenance of the Atlantic City Expressway as transferred to the authority pursuant to this act and of any express highway, super highway or motorway at the locations and between the termini as may hereafter be established by law and acquired or to be acquired or constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of this act by the authority, over which abutters have no easements or rights of light, air or direct access by reason of the fact that their properties abut thereon, and shall include but not be limited to all bridges, parking facilities, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, traffic circles, grade separations, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, stations and facilities, communications facilities, administration, storage and other buildings, and other structures related to the use of the express highway, superhighway or motorway, intersecting highways and bridges and feeder roads which the authority may deem necessary or desirable for the operation of the project, together with all property rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the authority for the construction or the operation of the project, and includes any planning necessary for the execution of any expressway project. "Feeder road" means any road which in the determination of the authority is necessary to create or facilitate access to a project and is not more than five miles in length from the point of its connection with the project. "Land and improvements" means any area or lands, any interest, right or title in land, including but not limited to, any reversionary right, and any real or personal property, structure, facility, building or equipment. "Marine passenger service" means any service which involves the carriage of persons for compensation or hire by waterborne craft. "Motorbus charter service" means subscription, tour and other special motorbus services. "Motorbus regular route service" means the operation of any motorbus or motorbuses on streets, public highways or other facilities, over a fixed route and between fixed termini on a regular schedule for the purpose of carrying passengers, for hire or otherwise, within South Jersey or between points within South Jersey and points without South Jersey. "Municipality" means any city, borough, village, town or township in South Jersey but not a county or a school district. "New Jersey Expressway Authority" means the authority created pursuant to P.L.1962, c.10 (C.27:12C-1 et seq.). "Original authority" means the New Jersey Expressway Authority or the Atlantic County Transportation Authority. "Paratransit service" means any service, other than motorbus regular route service and motorbus charter service, including but not limited to, dial-a-ride, non-regular route, jitney or community minibus, and shared-ride services such as vanpools, limousines or taxicabs which are regularly available to the public. Paratransit services shall not include limousine or taxicab service reserved for the private and exclusive use of individual passengers. "Parking facility" means any area or place, garage, building, or other improvement or structure for the parking or storage of motor or other vehicles, including but not limited to all real property and personal property, driveways, roads and other structures or areas necessary or useful or convenient for access to a facility from a public street, road or highway, or from any transportation project; meters, mechanical equipment necessary or useful or convenient for or in connection with that parking or storage; and any structures, buildings, space or accommodations, whether constructed by an authority or by the lessee, to be leased for any business, commercial or other use, including the sale of gasoline or accessories for, or the repair or other servicing of automobiles and other motor vehicles, if, in the opinion of the authority, the inclusion, provision and leasing is necessary to assist in defraying the expenses of the authority and make possible the operation of the parking facility at reasonable rates, but the authority shall not itself engage in the sale of gasoline or accessories for, or in the repair or other servicing of automobiles or other motor vehicles except in emergency, nor in the sale of any service or commodity of trade or commerce. "Project" means an expressway project or transportation project and the costs associated therewith. "Public highway" means any public highway, road or street in South Jersey, including federal aid highways, whether maintained by the State or by a county, municipality or other governmental subdivision in South Jersey. "Public transportation facility" means, in connection with public transportation service, passenger stations, shelters and terminals, automobile and bus parking facilities, ramps, track connections, signal systems, power systems, information and communication systems, roadbeds, transit lanes or rights-of-way, equipment storage and servicing facilities, bridges, grade crossings, rail cars, locomotives, motorbuses and other motor vehicles, maintenance and garage facilities, revenue handling equipment and any other equipment, facility or property useful or related to the provision of transportation service. "Public transportation service" means rail passenger service, motorbus regular route service, paratransit service, motorbus charter service and marine passenger service. "Rail passenger service" means the operation of railroad, subway, or light rail systems including fixed and automated guideway systems for the purpose of carrying passengers in South Jersey or between points within South Jersey and points without South Jersey. "Real property" means lands within the State, above or below water, and improvements thereof or thereon, or any riparian or other rights or interests therein. "South Jersey" means the area encompassing the counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem. "Transfer date" means, with respect to the New Jersey Expressway Authority, the date on which all bonds issued by the New Jersey Expressway Authority cease to be outstanding within the meaning of the resolutions pursuant to which those bonds were issued, as certified by the trustee or trustees thereunder and, with respect to the Atlantic County Transportation Authority, the date on which New Jersey Economic Development Authority first mortgage revenue bonds, series of 1980, dated July 1, 1980, (New York Parking Associates - Parking Authority of Atlantic City project) issued by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority cease to be outstanding within the meaning of the indenture pursuant to which those bonds were issued, as certified by the trustees thereunder or the date on which the South Jersey Transportation Authority certifies to the Atlantic County Transportation Authority for a predecessor authority to the Atlantic County Transportation Authority and the State Treasurer that it assumes all debts and obligations of the Atlantic County Transportation Authority. "Transportation facility" means any area, place, building, or other structure designed to provide rail passenger service, motorbus regular route service, paratransit service, motorbus charter service, air passenger and air freight service, or marine passenger service, or any two or more of these services, to the public, and includes passenger stations, shelters and terminals, air passenger terminals, hangars, heliports, docking and launching facilities, parking facilities, ramps, track connections, signal systems, power systems, information and communication systems, roadbeds, transit lanes or rights-of-way, equipment storage and servicing facilities, bridges, grade crossings, rail cars, locomotives, motorbus and other motor vehicles, boats, ferries and other marine vehicles, aircraft, maintenance and garage facilities, revenue handling equipment and any other equipment, facility or property useful for or related to the provision of these services; "Transportation project" means the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of an airport, public transportation facility or other transportation facility, established by this act or which may be hereafter established by law and may include related facilities and activities which may consist of public transportation services, public transportation facilities, including but not limited to rail and bus stations and terminals, noise abatement projects, parking facilities, public highways and feeder roads related to or connected with the project, and any economic development facilities as defined in this section. Transportation project includes any planning necessary to develop a comprehensive, efficient, convenient or economical transportation system in South Jersey, any planning or marketing necessary or desirable for the execution of any transportation project, and any planning, acquisition, construction or operation of economic development facilities related to, connected with, or in the vicinity of the project. "Transportation system" means public highways, expressway projects, transportation projects, and all other methods of transportation for the movement of people and goods in South Jersey. "Transportation Trust Fund Authority" means the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority established by section 4 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-4). L.1991,c.252,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-13 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-13
Director of planning and research and deputy executive director; appointment; qualifications; salary; assistants
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to transportation planning and research by a Director of Planning and Research who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Planning and Research shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office, and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting subject to the availability of funds. (b) The commissioner may also appoint a deputy executive director to serve at his pleasure as assistant to the executive director in the performance of general administrative duties as may be assigned. The deputy executive director shall be a person qualified by training and actual experience in public administration to perform the duties of his office, and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (c) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to coordinating the various modes of transportation and maximizing resources for the movement of people and goods by a Director of Modal Transportation Services who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Modal Transportation Services shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (d) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to the promotion and regulation of aeronautics by a Director of Aeronautics who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Aeronautics shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (e) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to the regulatory responsibilities over rail, motor bus, and limousine operations by a Director of Regulatory Affairs who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Regulatory Affairs shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (f) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to policy analysis and governmental affairs by a Director of Policy Analysis and Governmental Affairs who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Policy Analysis and Governmental Affairs shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (g) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to the promotion, coordination, and development of waterborne transportation by a Director of Waterborne Transportation who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Waterborne Transportation shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner' with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. L.1966, c. 301, s. 13. Amended by L.1972, c. 164, s. 9; L.1984, c. 162, s. 4, eff. Oct. 10, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 27:19-30 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-30
Total cost; what to include
Status: in_force

For all purposes of financing, the total cost of any improvement authorized by this article may include every item of expense in connection with the project, and among other items shall also include the cost of constructing or purchasing the superstructure, roadway and substructure of any bridge, the approaches and avenues or rights of way of access thereto and necessary real estate in connection therewith, toll houses and equipment thereof and of the bridge, franchises, easements, rights or damages incident to or consequent upon the complete project, expenses preliminary to construction, including investigation and expenses incident thereto, and prior to purchase or prior to and during construction the proper traffic estimates, interest upon bonds and all such other expenses as after the beginning of operation would be chargeable as cost of operation, maintenance and repairs.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1B-21.6 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-21.6
Funding agreements for transportation projects
Status: in_force

13. The commissioner or the board of the New Jersey Transit Corporation with the approval of the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements for a period of years for the advancement of a transportation project to be funded by future year appropriations to the authority, except that, in the case of a transportation project involving appropriations in excess of $100,000,000 in any fiscal year, the agreement shall be subject to approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. The commissioner or the board of the New Jersey Transit Corporation may pledge grant monies or funds anticipated to be appropriated to those transportation projects in those agreements, provided, however that payment of monies pledged is subject to the availability of funds in the year in which the funds are to be appropriated. Any transportation project which is the subject of an agreement authorized by this section shall appear in the annual report of proposed projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) for each fiscal year in which the agreement is in effect and the report shall indicate the amount to be appropriated, if any, to the project in the upcoming fiscal year. L.1995,c.108,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-14 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-14
Paving materials; width of roads; curves and crossings eliminated
Status: in_force

The state highways herein provided for shall be paved with granite, asphalt, or wood blocks, bricks, concrete, bituminous concrete, sheet asphalt or other pavement having a hard surface and of a durable character, but nothing in this chapter shall prevent the commissioner from maintaining roads heretofore improved with other materials or with their present or similar surfaces pending their paving with materials complying with this chapter. In all cases the width of the pavement shall be at least eighteen feet and the total width of the roadway shall be at least thirty feet, except at bridges, culverts, or grade crossings, where the roadway shall be of such width or widths as the commissioner may deem necessary and determine. All sharp turns and angles and railroad grade crossings shall be eliminated wherever practicable.
N.J. Stat. § 27:19-14 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-14
Advertisement for bids; designs, plans and specifications
Status: in_force

When it shall be necessary to advertise for bids to build and construct a viaduct or bridge, the board or boards of chosen freeholders shall, before advertising therefor, determine the kind, style and design (one or more) of the viaduct or bridge and its approaches, and have plans and specifications prepared therefor. All bids for the work shall be according to and in conformity with the plans and specifications.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-3 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: a. "Corporation" means the New Jersey Transit Corporation. b. "Motorbus regular route service" means and includes the operation of any motorbus or motorbuses on streets, public highways or other facilities, over a fixed route and between fixed termini on a regular schedule for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire or otherwise, in this State or between points in this State and points in other states. c. "Capital equipment and facilities" means and includes, in connection with public transportation service, passenger stations, shelters and terminals, automobile parking facilities, ramps, track connections, signal systems, power systems, information and communication systems, roadbeds, transit lanes or rights of way, equipment storage and servicing facilities, bridges, grade crossings, rail cars, locomotives, ferries and ferry facilities, including capital projects for ferry terminals, approach roadways, pedestrian accommodations, parking, docks, ramps and other necessary land-side improvements, motorbus and other motor vehicles, maintenance and garage facilities, revenue handling equipment and any other equipment, facility or property useful for or related to the provision of public transportation service. d. "Paratransit services" means and includes any service, other than motorbus regular route service and charter services, including, but not limited to, dial-a-ride, nonregular route, jitney or community minibus, and shared-ride services such as vanpools, limousines or taxicabs which are regularly available to the public. Paratransit services shall not include limousine or taxicab service reserved for the private and exclusive use of individual passengers. e. "Public transportation or public transportation service" means rail passenger service, motorbus regular route service, paratransit service, motorbus charter service, and ferry passenger service. f. "Motorbus charter service" means and includes subscription, tour, other special motorbus services or school bus services or charter services as set forth in section 7 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-7). g. "Rail passenger service" means and includes the operations of a railroad, subway, street, traction or electric railway for the purpose of carrying passengers in this State or between points in this State and points in other states. h. "Ferry passenger service" means any service which involves the carriage of persons for compensation or hire by waterborne craft in this State or between points in this State and points in other states. L.1979,c.150,s.3; amended 2005, c.91.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-70 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-70
Provision of further fare reductions.
Status: in_force

7. Nothing in P.L.1973, c.126 (C.27:1A-64 et seq.) shall preclude any carrier from providing further fare reductions for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and disabled veterans or preclude any municipality from contracting for further reductions pursuant to P.L.1973, c.67 (C.40:48-4.1 et seq.), or any other law. L.1973, c.126, s.7; amended 1975, c.271, s.5; 2017, c.20, s.5; 2017, c.131, s.110.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-24.1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-24.1
Repeal
Status: in_force

Any provision of law heretofore enacted (except laws authorizing interstate compacts or agreements) which restricts, prohibits, or limits the construction or acquisition of any bridge or tunnel over or under the Delaware river within any distance from any bridge at any time authorized, owned, held, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof, is hereby repealed. L.1951, c. 286, p. 1032, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:14-12 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-12
Advertisement for bids; specifications; certified check with bid; contract and bond; time of awarding contract
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after the approval of the plans, cross sections and specifications by the commissioner, the board of chosen freeholders shall advertise for bids for such work in two of the public papers printed in said county, and they may also advertise in one engineering journal published in the city of New York, for three weeks successively, at least once in each week. The first publication of such advertisement shall be at least seventeen days before the date fixed therein for the receipt of bids. This advertisement shall state the place where bidders may examine said plans, cross sections and specifications, and the time and place where bids for such work will be received by the board of chosen freeholders, or a committee of said board. Each bidder must accompany his bid with a certified check, payable to the county treasurer equal to at least ten per cent of the bid; provided, the same shall in no case exceed twenty thousand dollars; and provided, further, that in case the bid be less than five thousand dollars, the check shall be five hundred dollars, as a guarantee that if said work be awarded to him he will enter into a contract with said board for the same. This contract must be executed, together with a bond of the successful bidder, in the penal sum of at least the estimated cost of said work, with two or more sureties, freeholders of the county, or a surety or trust company created by this state, or a surety or trust company of another state, authorized to transact business within this state, to be approved by the director of the board of chosen freeholders and the finance committee thereof, conditioned for the faithful performance of said work in strict conformity with the plans, cross sections, and specifications for the same, within thirty days from the awarding of the contract. Provided, further, that it shall be the duty of the board of chosen freeholders to make the award of the contract or contracts, or to reject the same, within the period of one month from the date the bids are received, and that all proposal checks which may be delivered with any bid or bids, excepting the two lowest responsible bids, shall be returned within three days thereafter.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-38 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-38
Standards for corporation paratransit service.
Status: in_force

4. The corporation shall ensure that all corporation paratransit service shall adhere to the following standards: a. All corporation paratransit service shall be required by the corporation to implement and utilize routing, scheduling, and dispatch software that can interact with comparable software used by most county transit agencies and other paratransit providers, allowing a trip requested by a customer via the Access Link Program's user interface to be fulfilled by any paratransit provider that chooses to utilize a compatible software package without any additional action on the part of the customer. Specifically, the software package implemented and utilized by corporation paratransit service pursuant to this section shall be interoperable with Access Link trip brokerage software developed pursuant to subsection b. of this section and software developed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 5 of P.L.2020, c.114 (C.27:25-39). b. In structuring the Access Link program, the corporation shall: (1) actively develop a methodology whereby customer trips can be tracked, and identify any trips requested by customers that are regular and recurring in nature; (2) track and document these regular and recurring trips by pickup location, source of the request including by phone, website, or mobile application, and relevant regular or recurring characteristics, including, but not limited to, daily, weekly, monthly intervals, or several trips from a single source or to a single destination; (3) make information about these regular and recurring trips available to other paratransit providers in the State, including county transit agencies and community organizations that provide transportation service, either directly or through a third party, funded by the Department of Human Services or the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; (4) develop a system that allows county transit agencies and community organizations that provide paratransit service to voluntarily compete to conduct these regular and recurring trips, which would have otherwise been provided by contract providers under the Access Link program, by establishing a new Access Link program structure under a brokerage model, which may include but not be limited to the use of a trip scheduling software application, where the corporation is able to realize contract or operating cost savings when it shifts requested regular and routine trips from an Access Link contract provider to a paratransit provider that is able to provide these trips at a lower cost; (5) develop a system that provides a payment equal to a portion of the savings from the shifting of trips in paragraph (4) of this subsection to the paratransit provider that provides the trips in place of the Access link provider; and (6) shift trips out of the Access Link program, and to other State agencies or entities if it is found that a regular and recurring trip requested through the Access Link program is better provided under a different program through the Department of Human Services or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, especially those trip requests that would not otherwise be eligible to be provided under the Access Link program. c. Following the effective date of P.L.2020, c.114 (C.27:25-35 et seq.), the corporation shall not enter into any contract, or exercise any option to extend an existing contract, concerning the provision of Access Link service unless the contract or option includes a provision that the fixed costs of the contract or option shall be proportionately reduced to reflect any reduction in the provision of regular and recurring trips provided by the contractor that are subsequently fulfilled by another paratransit provider. The corporation shall establish minimum operating standards for any paratransit provider that may wish to participate in this program to ensure that all applicable federal standards are met by the paratransit provider and that adequate safeguards are provided to customers. d. The corporation shall utilize the paratransit best practices training module developed pursuant to subsection b. of section 5 of P.L.2020, c.114 (C.27:25-39) and the best practices training package developed pursuant to subsection d. of section 5 of P.L.2020, c.114 (C.27:25-39) in meeting the requirements of this section. The corporation, when establishing the corporation paratransit service software specifications required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall ensure that the software package is affordable for the corporation to adopt and easy to interface with the existing software used by various paratransit providers that seek to compete for Access Link trips.
L.2020, c.114, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-18 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-18
Additional, alternative methods.
Status: in_force

18. The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that the issuance of transportation revenue bonds or refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. L.1948,c.454,s.18; amended 2003,c.79,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-49 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-49
Equipment provided by New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Status: in_force

3. Subject to the rights and security interests of the holders from time to time of bonds or notes heretofore or hereafter issued by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the authority shall purchase, install, and maintain, or enter into contracts or agreements providing for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of, equipment and technology to be used to remove snow and ice from commercial motor vehicles, as the term is defined in R.S.39:1-1, at locations along the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway that are convenient and easily accessible to such commercial motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, service areas, weigh stations, and inspection facilities. L.2009, c.138, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5G-9 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5G / Section 5G-9
Assignment to Department of Transportation
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall assign all bridges carrying State highways to the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. L. 1988, c. 171, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-21.3 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-21.3
Vacation of unmapped parts of highway
Status: in_force

Where the route of a State highway has heretofore or hereafter been fixed and mapped by the State Highway Commissioner, he shall be deemed to have vacated any parts thereof not included in the highway as so mapped, pursuant to the power conferred upon the State Highway Commissioner in respect to the vacation of any State highway or part thereof as provided by section 27:7-21 of the Revised Statutes but nothing herein shall be deemed or construed to vacate any of said parts title to which has been acquired by the commissioner by purchase or condemnation. Upon the request of any interested person and the payment to the State Highway Commissioner of a fee of $5.00 for the use of the State, the State Highway Commissioner shall certify the fact of such vacation. L.1965, c. 25, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:19-32.2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-32.2
Legal investments, evidences of indebtedness of commission as
Status: in_force

The bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of such commissions are hereby made securities in which, notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control, and any such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1948, c. 288, p. 1198, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-47 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-47
Tenure rights; rights under civil service law
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be constructed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, or under any pension law or retirement system. L.1969, c. 65, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-5.6 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-5.6
Definitions relative to rail passenger service.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Authorized employee" means an employee of a provider of rail passenger service authorized by the provider of rail passenger service to request and inspect proof of payment of the prescribed fare from persons using rail passenger service. "Fare enforcement officer" means an employee of the corporation, appointed pursuant to section 7 of this act, authorized to enforce the provisions of this act by requesting and inspecting proof of payment of the prescribed fare from persons using rail passenger services where proof of payment is required, and by signing and issuing a complaint and summons to any person for a violation of the provisions of this act or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, regardless of whether the rail passenger service is operated by the corporation or by a public or private entity under contract to the corporation. A fare enforcement officer shall include a transit or other police officer, or a conductor or trainman so authorized. "Pre-paid fare area" means an area designated by a provider of rail passenger service where payment of the prescribed fare is required before entering the area. "Proof of payment" means a ticket, pass, receipt or other article designated by a provider of rail passenger service to indicate that a passenger has paid for the use of rail passenger service. "Provider of rail passenger service" means the corporation or a public or private entity under contract to the corporation to provide rail passenger service. "Use of rail passenger service" means the boarding, occupying, riding in, or otherwise utilizing rail passenger service for conveyance. L.1997,c.357,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-13.1
Medical aid
Status: in_force

The life saving medical services provided by first aid, rescue or ambulance squad members and by licensed physicians and surgeons have proven to be vitally important to the health, safety, and welfare of injured persons in this State. A law enforcement officer shall permit any first aid, rescue or ambulance squad member, or any physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine or surgery under chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, to provide medical aid that the member, physician or surgeon considers appropriate to an injured person, unless in the judgment of the law enforcement officer in charge, considerations of the public health, safety and welfare are of overriding concern in a particular situation. Law enforcement officers shall recognize and implement the public policy set forth in this section. L. 1987, c. 122, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5-13 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-13
Licenses or permits; application, revocation
Status: in_force

9. a. Applications for licenses or permits shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner. b. If an applicant for a license does not reside in this State or is a foreign corporation not authorized to do business in this State, the applicant shall: (1) Authorize in the application service by the commissioner of any process, notice or order issuing out of or by any court, administrative agency or official of this State upon the applicant, and shall agree that such service be deemed to be personal service upon such applicant. The applicant shall provide in the application the name and address of the agent to receive service on behalf of the applicant. Notice of the service of process shall be given by the commissioner to the applicant by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the applicant at the address given in the application, or another address of which the commissioner has been notified in writing by the applicant; and (2) File a bond satisfactory to the commissioner as to form and surety running to the State of New Jersey in the sum of $5,000, conditioned upon compliance by the applicant with all the provisions of this act. Upon default in the condition of such bond, the commissioner may enforce the collection thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction. c. The commissioner may revoke, after notice and hearing, any permit or license if the commissioner finds that any statement made in an application therefor is materially false and any permit if the commissioner finds that a sign has been erected or maintained contrary to the approved application, or to any provision of this act, or to any of the regulations promulgated hereunder, and has not been brought into compliance therewith within 30 days after receipt of written notification of the intended revocation to the person to whom the license or permit was issued. d. If an administrative hearing is requested or other legal action is commenced by the person to whom the license or permit was issued within 15 days of the receipt of the notice of the intended revocation, the period of time in which to comply with this act and these regulations and cure the violation complained of in the notice may be stayed pending a final disposition of the administrative or legal proceeding and, in the event the commissioner prevails, the person to whom the license or permit was issued shall have 20 days from receipt of the final decision to comply. L.1991,c.413,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25A-41 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-41
Authority may enter lands, waters, premises
Status: in_force

41. The authority and its authorized agents and employees may enter upon any lands, waters and premises other than State property for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act, and this entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall the entry for this purpose be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The authority shall make reimbursement for any actual damages resulting to such lands, waters and premises as a result of those activities. L.1991,c.252,s.41.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-19 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-19
Applicability of Contractual Liability Act
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act" (N.J.S. 59:13-1 et seq.) to the contrary, contract claims and suits against the corporation shall be governed by said act. L.1979, c. 150, s. 19, eff. July 17, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 27:15-16 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-16
Use of moneys for road lighting, traffic lights, underpasses and overpasses
Status: in_force

Such funds as are made available pursuant to this chapter may be utilized for the lighting of the roads mentioned in this chapter, including the construction of traffic lights, and for the construction of underpasses and overpasses for school children, where such underpasses or overpasses may be deemed necessary by the joint action of the governing body of any municipality and the State Highway Commissioner. The installation of any traffic lights pursuant to the provisions of this section shall first be approved by the Director of Motor Vehicles. Amended by L.1955, c. 73, p. 238, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:12-5 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-5
Terms
Status: in_force

Such sale or exchange may be made to or with any person, corporation, municipality or county on such terms as the commissioner shall determine are to the best interests of the state.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5K-2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5K / Section 5K-2
Definitions relative to scenic, historic highways.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation. "Department" means the Department of Transportation. "Program" means the New Jersey Scenic and Historic Highways Program established by section 3 of P.L.2009, c.245 (C.27:5K-3). "Public entity" means the State, any county, municipality, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public body in the State. L.2009, c.245, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 27:16-60 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-60
Award; award for removal or restoration of buildings
Status: in_force

The commission shall thereupon make a just and equitable award of the damages sustained by reason of the taking of such real estate, having due regard to the rights and interests of all persons concerned, considering in the award the condition of each parcel at the time of the mailing of notices as provided in section 27:16-58 of this title, and the condition in which each parcel will be left after the taking, with or without any building which may be situate thereon, and the removal and restoration as far as practicable of any such building if such removal is determined to be practicable and in the interest of the county and just to the owner, and in any such case the award made shall state the total amount of damages awarded and that part of the amount which is awarded for removal and restoration.
N.J. Stat. § 27:26A-16 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-16
Availability of pre-tax transportation fringe benefit for certain employees.
Status: in_force

2. a. Every employer in the State of New Jersey that employs at least 20 persons shall offer to all of that employer's employees the opportunity to utilize a pre-tax transportation fringe benefit. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, an employer shall not be required to offer the opportunity to utilize a pre-tax transportation fringe benefit to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement until the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement covering those employees that is in effect on the effective date of P.L.2019, c.38 (C.27:26A-16 et al.). c. If an employee is employed by the federal government and that employee is eligible for a benefit through the person's employment with the federal government for a transit benefit that is equal to or greater than a pre-tax transportation fringe benefit, then the federal government shall not be required to provide those employees the opportunity to utilize a pre-tax transportation fringe benefit. L.2019, c.38, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 27:19-9 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-9
Closing unsafe bridges; repair; freeholders notified
Status: in_force

If any viaduct or bridge in any municipality, or between any two municipalities in the same county, or any viaduct or bridge over any ravine, marsh, river or stream dividing any counties in whole or in part, connecting two municipalities, shall at any time become or be rendered dangerous or unsafe for public travel, the governing body of either or both of the municipalities shall close such viaduct or bridge and its approaches until repaired or rendered safe for public travel. Any such governing body or bodies may repair such viaduct or bridge, or cause it to be repaired provided the cost thereof shall not exceed one hundred dollars, and after the repairs shall have been completed the cost thereof shall be paid by the county treasurer, after claim therefor shall have been filed with the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders. Upon the closing of any such viaduct or bridge the clerk or clerks of the municipality or municipalities closing it shall immediately notify the board or boards of chosen freeholders.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-29 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-29
Compliance with regulations.
Status: in_force

5. All persons operating vehicles upon any such highway project, or seeking to do so, must at all times comply with regulations, not inconsistent with the other sections of this act, adopted by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority concerning types, weights and sizes of vehicles permitted to use any such highway project, and with regulations adopted by the Authority for or prohibiting the parking of vehicles, concerning the making of turns and the use of particular traffic lanes, together with any and all other regulations adopted by the Authority to control traffic and prohibit acts hazardous in their nature or tending to impede or block the normal and reasonable flow of traffic upon any highway project; provided, however, that prior to the adoption of any regulation for the control of traffic on any such highway project, including the designation of any speed limits, the Authority shall investigate and consider the need for and desirability of such regulation for the safety of persons and property, including the Authority's property, and the contribution which any such regulation would make toward the efficient and safe handling of traffic and use of such highway project, and shall determine that such regulation is necessary or desirable to accomplish such purposes or one or some of them, and that upon or prior to the effective date of any such regulation and during its continuance, notice thereof shall be given to the drivers of vehicles by appropriate signs erected at the roadside or otherwise posted. The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to make, adopt and promulgate regulations referred to in this section in accordance with the provisions hereof. Regulations adopted by the Authority pursuant to the provisions of this section shall insofar as practicable, having due regard to the features of any such highway project and the characteristics of traffic thereon, be consistent with the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes applicable to similar subjects. The Authority shall have power to amend, supplement or repeal any regulation adopted by it under the provisions of this section. L.1951,c.264,s.5; amended 2003,c.79,s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4.3
NJT not to issue badge to board of directors which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall not issue a law enforcement badge or badge that may be mistaken as a law enforcement badge to any member of the corporation's board of directors. L.2019, c.221, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-44.2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-44.2
Relief of contractor from maintenance of completed section
Status: in_force

When a section of a project under contract shall have been completed prior to the completion of the entire project, the commissioner shall have authority to relieve the contractor from the maintenance of such completed section. L.1949, c. 176, p. 566, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:17-6 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-6
Commissioners; organization; officers; compensation
Status: in_force

The commissioners shall meet for organization at noon on January first next succeeding the date of their election and elect from their number a president and a secretary, who, in addition to the duties herein prescribed, shall perform the duties usually performed by such officers. Each member shall receive as full compensation for all services to be performed under the provisions of this chapter the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the county treasurer in equal monthly installments out of the moneys appropriated to the use of the commissioners for the maintenance, lighting and repair of the road. The president and secretary shall be subject to removal at any time by a majority vote of the commissioners.
N.J. Stat. § 27:16-29 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-29
Certain resolutions and proceedings filed and recorded
Status: in_force

All resolutions or proceedings affecting the opening or change in location or the widening or vacating of any road, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and shall be recorded in the road book.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7A-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-4.1
Acquisition of entire parcel
Status: in_force

In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any limited access highway or portion thereof, the commissioner, with respect to limited access highways under his jurisdiction, and the governing body of a county, with respect to limited access highways under its jurisdiction, may, in his or its discretion, acquire by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, an entire lot, block or tract of land, if, by so doing, the interests of the public will be best served even though said entire lot, block or tract is not needed for transportation purposes, but only if the portion not needed for transportation purposes is landlocked or is so situated that the cost to the State will be practically equivalent to the total value of the whole parcel of land. For purposes of this section, "transportation purposes" means all uses of property which are, in the judgment of the commissioner, useful or beneficial in promoting an efficient, integrated, and balanced transportation system. L. 1952, c. 21, s. 1; amended 1989, c. 32, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 27:22-12 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-12
Contribution by county for maintenance and repair
Status: in_force

Each board of chosen freeholders may appropriate funds to be used for the purpose of aiding municipalities in maintaining and repairing roads constructed or improved under the provisions of chapter 15 of this title (s. 27:15-1 et seq.). The amount of such appropriation shall not exceed the amount appropriated and paid for the maintenance of any such road by the municipality in which the road is located, nor shall the appropriation be made unless the municipality requests the board of chosen freeholders to use the funds allotted under sections 27:15-10 to 27:15-12 of this title for the maintenance of such roads and the board of chosen freeholders retains the funds allotted by the state highway commissioner to the municipality and uses them for that purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-45 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-45
Acquisition of certain roadside areas adjoining highway projects.
Status: in_force

42. Subject to the terms of any agreement by the authority with the holders of bonds, the authority is authorized to acquire in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection limited roadside areas adjoining highway projects and transfer any or all such areas to the Department of Environmental Protection for maintenance as roadside parks. L.2003,c.79,s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 27:22-13 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-13
Maintenance of certain township roads in adjoining county
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county may contribute towards the cost of the maintenance, upkeep and repair of a township road located in an adjoining county where the road is a continuation of a county road and leads to an institution conducted and controlled by the county so contributing.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-35 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-35
Transfer of employees to department of transportation
Status: in_force

Such employees of any department, commission, council, board, authority, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Transportation or to any office, authority or agency designated, continued or constituted therein, as the Commissioner of Transportation may determine are needed for the proper performance of the functions and duties imposed upon the Department of Transportation, or such office, authority or agency therein, are hereby transferred to the department, office, authority or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been herein assigned or transferred. L.1966, c. 301, s. 35.
N.J. Stat. § 27:11-5 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-5
Maintenance of fund
Status: in_force

The fund shall be replenished and maintained by payments made by the state treasurer to the custodian, on the warrant of the comptroller, which payments shall equal the sum disbursed immediately previous to the date of such warrant of the comptroller. The sum to be paid shall be established by a certification bearing approval of the civil service commission and of the approval officer designated by the state highway commissioner.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-5.10 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-5.10
Consultation with other agencies
Status: in_force

4. The Department of Transportation shall consult with the Department of Labor, the Office of State Planning, the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning and any other federal, State, regional or local agency having an interest in the preparation of the urban transportation supplement to the State Transportation Plan. L.1991,c.481,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:14-40 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-40
Change of location of road
Status: in_force

The location of any portion of the road may be changed, if deemed desirable, upon obtaining the consent in writing of the owners of land abutting on the portion of the road to be changed, and upon acquiring, without expense to the county, the land necessary for the change.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5G-15 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5G / Section 5G-15
Services
Status: in_force

a. With respect to the inspection, maintenance, rehabilitation, replacement or removal of railroad overhead bridges assigned under this act, each person or railroad company owning or controlling a railroad right-of-way shall provide at its own expense and in a timely fashion the following services to the party with jurisdiction for the bridge over the right-of-way: (1) necessary and sufficient access to railroad property and right-of-way;ˆ (2) necessary track safety personnel and services; (3) review of plans and specifications; and (4) any other incidental railroad services required to enable the party with jurisdiction over the railroad overhead bridge to undertake its applicable responsibilities. b. When the commissioner determines, following a public hearing held pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), that a person or railroad company has failed to provide the services required under subsection a. of this section with respect to a specific project for the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of a bridge, and further determines that the project is in the public interest, the commissioner shall, by written order, compel the person or railroad company to provide those services the commissioner believes to be necessary, at whatever times and in whatever manner the commissioner so determines. L. 1988, c. 171, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-51 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-51
Definitions relative to the Helmets to Hardhats pilot program.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Apprenticeable trade" means a trade or occupation eligible to participate in an apprenticeship program. "Apprenticeship program" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 3 of P.L.1993, c.268 (C.34:15E-3). "Authority" means the New Jersey Turnpike Authority established by section 3 of P.L.1948, c.454 (C.27:23-3) or its successor. "Custom fabrication" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26). "Helmets to Hardhats Program" means the program administered by the New Jersey State Building and Construction Trades Council that connects National Guard, Reserve, and transitioning active-duty military personnel with jobs in the construction industry. "Highway project" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 4 of P.L.1948, c.454 (C.27:23-4). "Labor hours" means work performed by a skilled or semi-skilled laborer, mechanic, apprentice, or helper employed by any contractor or subcontractor and engaged in the construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, custom fabrication, repair work, or maintenance work, including painting and decorating, done under contract and paid for in whole, or in part, out of the funds of a public body, except work performed under a rehabilitation program. "Public body" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26). "Work performed under a rehabilitation program" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26). "Worker" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26). L.2013, c.36, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25A-29 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-29
County, municipality may cooperate with authority in projects
Status: in_force

29. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the acquisition, construction, or operation of any project of the authority, any county or municipality may, upon agreement with the authority and in the manner provided by law: a. Appropriate moneys for the purposes of the authority and to loan or donate the money to the authority in the installments and upon the terms as may be agreed upon by the authority. b. Perform any act for the authority which it is empowered by law to perform; c. Incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue bonds or notes for the purpose of financing a project pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Bond Law" (N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.); and d. Unconditionally guarantee the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes of the authority. L.1991,c.252,s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-44.6 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-44.6
Condemnation; procedure
Status: in_force

Whenever, in pursuance of this act, it shall be necessary to acquire property by condemnation, the State Highway Commissioner shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes, relating to Eminent Domain, and may enter upon and take such property in advance of making compensation therefor. L.1950, c. 250, p. 864, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:15-1.7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-1.7
Plans and specifications
Status: in_force

In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for construction or reconstruction work, there shall be filed by the municipality with the State Highway Commissioner plans and specifications therefor, approved by resolution of the governing body of such municipality; and no such construction or reconstruction work shall be undertaken by such municipality unless such plans and specifications therefor have been approved by the State Highway Commissioner. L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-80 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-80
Additional powers of commissioner.
Status: in_force

6. In addition to any powers granted to the commissioner under this act or any other provision of law, the commissioner shall: a. Provide interagency support, programmatic planning and policy recommendations, promote coordination and cooperation with and among State, multi-state, bi-state, federal and non-governmental agencies in matters affecting the New Jersey Marine Transportation System; b. Engage in public education on maritime issues; c. Serve as the primary advisory body and lead agency for support of New Jersey's $50 billion maritime industry; d. Participate in maritime-related technology research and development; e. Investigate innovative dredged material management technologies and techniques to ensure continued growth of New Jersey's Marine Transportation System; f. Act as the local sponsor for agreements with State and federal agencies in support of dredging and dredging related projects; g. Research, facilitate, and act as lead advisory body for grant funding opportunities which enhance and further the mission of the office; h. Develop and maintain an interactive educational website on the department's Internet website; i. Act as advisor for State and federal entities and non-governmental entities involved in advancing the mission of the New Jersey Marine Transportation System; j. Engage in waterborne, dredging, and related infrastructure development projects which enhance the economic, environmental, and efficient nature of maritime and marine trades services; k. Operate, lease, or license a dredging processing facility, or contract for the design, construction, use, management or operation of any State dredging processing facility; and l. Undertake any additional actions as appropriate to advance the State's maritime roles and responsibilities. L.2001,c.429,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5D-1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5D / Section 5D-1
Co-operative agreements by state highway commissioner for acquisition and clearance of property in blighted or urban redevelopment areas
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers now vested in the State Highway Commissioner for the acquisition of lands by virtue of any statute, he shall have power to enter into a co-operative agreement with any municipal housing authority or redevelopment agency relating to the acquisition and clearance, and the equitable sharing of the costs of such acquisition and clearance, of property deemed necessary for the effectuation of any of the purposes of this act which lies within the municipality in which such authority or agency was created and within or immediately adjacent to a blighted or urban redevelopment area, as defined in the Local Housing Authorities Law being chapter 14A of Title 55 added to the Revised Statutes by P.L.1938, c. 19 or in the Redevelopment Agencies Law, P.L.1949, c. 306, C. 40:55C-1 etc. When the acquisition of such property as is deemed necessary for highway purposes would result in consequential damages to the owners remaining property and all or a portion of such remaining property lies within a blighted or urban redevelopment area in a municipality, the commissioner may acquire such remaining property and transfer the same to the municipal housing authority or redevelopment agency upon payment by the municipality to the State, pursuant to the terms of a co-operative agreement as herein authorized, of an equitable share of the cost of the acquisition of such property and the clearance thereof where such clearance is deemed necessary or appropriate by the commissioner. Such co-operative agreements may also provide for the acquisition and clearance of such property, necessary for highway purposes, by the municipal housing authority or redevelopment agency and the transfer thereof to the State upon payment by the State to the municipality of an equitable share of the cost of such acquisition, and clearance, if any. L.1963, c. 126, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5J-1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5J / Section 5J-1
Archaeological findings on property of DOT, various authorities, protected.
Status: in_force

7. a. (1) Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection c. of this section, no person may alter, deface, destroy, disturb, or remove any archaeological findings on any lands or rights-of-way owned by the Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Transit Corporation, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, or the South Jersey Transportation Authority, without written permission from the respective administrative body as appropriate. As used in this section, "archaeological findings" shall include, but need not be limited to, relics, objects, fossils, or artifacts of an historical, prehistorical, geological, paleontological, archaeological or anthropological nature. (2) As a condition of granting permission pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the owner of the property or right-of-way shall require that all excavation and exploration for archaeological findings be conducted in the least destructive manner possible. The owner of the property or right-of-way may also, in its discretion, require a person or persons granted such permission to consult with the owner of the property or right-of-way prior to undertaking an approved project to verify that the methods and techniques selected are the least destructive and most appropriate to the site. (3) No person may sell, transfer, exchange, transport, purchase, receive or offer to sell, transfer, exchange, transport, purchase or receive any archaeological findings originating on any lands or right-of-ways owned by the Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Transit Corporation, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority or the South Jersey Transportation Authority without the written permission of the owner of the property or right-of-way as appropriate. b. A person who knowingly violates, or who solicits or employs any other person to violate, the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be subject to the following penalties: a fine of not less than $750 nor more than $1,500 for the first offense; a fine of not less than $1,500 nor more than $3,000 for the second offense; and a fine of not less than $3,000 nor more than $5,000 for any subsequent offense. Penalties assessed pursuant to this subsection shall be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding. Any vessel, vehicle or equipment used in the commission of the violation shall be subject to confiscation and forfeiture to the owner of the property or right-of-way, if warranted, as determined by the courts. All fines collected shall be remitted to the Department of Environmental Protection to be used for Statewide preservation, remediation or protection of archaeological sites. Further, restitution and damages may be ordered to compensate the owner of the property or right-of-way for the cost of remediating any violation of this section and for the value of any lost, damaged, or destroyed archaeological findings. The owner of the property or right-of-way shall consult with the Department of Environmental Protection for proper remediation of affected lands. Any archaeological findings obtained as a result of a violation of this section shall be subject to confiscation, forfeiture, and return to the proper owner. Upon recovery, the archaeological findings shall be deposited with the Department of Environmental Protection for verification of ownership. The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to ensure the appropriate disposition of any confiscated, forfeited, or returned archaeological findings. The return of archaeological findings to the owner of the property or right-of-way shall be made upon verification of ownership by the Department of Environmental Protection that the owner of the property or right-of-way owns the archaeological findings. c. The owner of the property or right-of-way shall provide for exceptions to the prohibitions set forth in subsection a. of this section for archaeological findings of de minimis value innocently discovered on any lands or rights-of-way. d. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, examination or retrieval of artifacts, or scientific research, conducted by a State department, agency, commission, authority or corporation otherwise required or permitted by federal or State law are exempt from the provisions of this section. L.2004,c.170,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-5.12 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-5.12
Fare enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

7. a. The executive director of the corporation shall have the power and authority to appoint such number of fare enforcement officers as the director deems necessary and to administer to the fare enforcement officers an oath or affirmation faithfully to perform the duties of their offices. b. Fare enforcement officers are authorized to request and inspect proof of payment of the prescribed fare from persons using rail passenger services where proof of payment is required, to sign and issue a complaint and summons to any person for a violation of the provisions of this act or the regulations adopted by the corporation pursuant to this act, regardless of whether the rail passenger service is operated by the corporation or by a public or private entity under contract to the corporation and to perform such other duties as the corporation may deem appropriate. A fare enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a person has willfully evaded paying the required fare, may, for the purpose of obtaining and verifying identification, issuing a summons and complaint or otherwise detaining an individual for further action by any law enforcement officer, take the individual into custody and detain that person in a reasonable manner for not more than a reasonable time. The taking into custody by a fare enforcement officer shall not render the fare enforcement officer criminally or civilly liable unless such action is unreasonable under all of the circumstances. c. Fare enforcement officers appointed pursuant to this section shall complete a course of training approved by the executive director appropriate to the duties required by this act. d. Fare enforcement officers shall work under the direction of the chief of the transit police, but shall not be police officers. e. Nothing in this section shall be construed as derogating any of the powers provided by law or regulation for police officers, conductors, trainmen and other employees of a provider of rail passenger services but the provisions of this act shall be in addition to any such powers. L.1997,c.357,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-81 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-81
Payment deemed not income, resources
Status: in_force

No payment received by a displaced person under this act shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any State law or for the purposes of the State's corporation tax law, State income tax or other tax laws. Such payment shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and such payment shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled. L. 1972, c. 47, s. 10; amended 1989,c.50,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 27:17-15 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-15
Repair of road and lighting plant
Status: in_force

The boulevard commissioners may put and keep the road and the lighting plant connected therewith in good repair and condition.
N.J. Stat. § 27:24A-7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 24A / Section 24A-7
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. a. The department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2025, c.300 (C.27:24A-1 et seq.) within one year after the effective date of P.L.2025, c.300 (C.27:24A-1 et seq.). b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the department shall implement the provisions of 49 C.F.R. Part 239 concerning emergency response, which provisions shall apply to all railroad companies operating within the State moving either passengers or freight. The department, within 30 days after a proposed major substantive change to the provisions of 49 C.F.R. Part 239 that, if adopted, would necessitate a corresponding substantive change to the implementation of the provisions of 49 C.F.R. Part 239 adopted pursuant to this section, shall provide written notice and a summary of the proposed substantive change to all railroads operating within the State moving either passengers or freight. c. The department shall coordinate with the board through a memorandum of understanding to ensure alignment of regulatory activities where railroad safety initiatives intersect with utility infrastructure, grade crossings, or energy-related systems under the jurisdiction of the board. L.2025, c.300, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-11 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-11
Purchases, advertising; bids; awarding of contract.
Status: in_force

11. a. All purchases, contracts or agreements pursuant to this act shall be made or awarded directly by the corporation, except as otherwise provided in this act, only after public advertisement for bids therefor, in the manner provided in this act, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary of P.L.1948, c.92 (C.52:18A-1 et seq.) and chapters 25, 32, 33, 34 and 35 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. b. Whenever advertising is required: (1) the solicitation shall permit such full and free competition as is consistent with the procurement of supplies and services necessary to meet the requirements of the corporation; (2) the advertisement shall be in such newspaper or newspapers selected by the corporation as will best give notice thereof to bidders and shall be sufficiently in advance of the purchase or contract to promote competitive bidding; (3) the advertisement shall designate the time and place when and where sealed proposals shall be received and publicly opened and read, the amount of the cash, certified check, cashier's check or bank check, if any, which shall accompany each bid, and such other terms as the corporation may deem proper. c. The corporation may reject any or all bids or proposals not in accord with the advertisement of specifications, or may reject any or all bids if the price is excessively above the estimate cost or when the corporation shall determine that it is in the public interest to do so. The corporation shall prepare a list of the bids, including any rejected and the cause therefor. The corporation may accept non-conforming bids only if the bid or proposal conforms to all material requirements of the solicitation. Awards shall be made by the corporation with reasonable promptness by written notice to: (1) the lowest responsible bidder for contracts for the construction or improvement of capital facilities. The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit the corporation's right to extend, add or resume suspended work on any project. Nor shall the provisions of this paragraph apply to the procurement process for design-build projects or design-build, maintain and operate projects. Those projects shall be bid and contracts awarded in accordance with applicable regulations promulgated by the corporation. Nor shall the provisions of this paragraph affect the corporation's disadvantaged business enterprise program, the State's small business enterprise program, or any equal employment opportunity program or affirmative action program; or (2) for all other advertised contracts, the responsible bidder whose bid or proposal, conforming to the invitation for bids or request for proposals, will be the most advantageous to the corporation, price and other factors considered, or offer the best value to the corporation on federally funded procurements. d. A bid bond in an amount, not to exceed 50% of the bid, to be determined by the corporation with such sureties as shall be approved by the corporation in favor of the State of New Jersey, or a deposit consisting of a cashier's check, certified check or letter of credit in an amount set forth by the corporation, shall accompany each bid and shall be held as security for the faithful performance of the contractor in that, if awarded the contract, the bidder will deliver the contract within 10 working days after the notice, of award, properly executed and secured by satisfactory bonds in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.2A:44-143 through N.J.S.2A:44-147 and specifications for the project. The corporation may require in addition to the bid bond or deposit such additional evidence of the ability of a contractor to perform the work required by the contract as it may deem necessary and advisable. All bid bonds or deposits which have been delivered with the bids, except those of the two lowest responsible bidders, shall be returned within 30 working days after such bids are received. e. If the bidder fails to provide a satisfactory bid bond or deposit as provided in subsection d. of this section, the bid shall be rejected. f. The corporation shall determine the terms and conditions of the various types of agreements or contracts, including provisions for adequate security, the time and amount or percentage of each payment thereon and the amount to be withheld pending completion of the contract, and it shall issue and publish rules and regulations concerning such terms and conditions, standard contract forms and such other rules and regulations concerning purchasing or procurement, not inconsistent with any applicable law, as it may deem advisable to promote competition and to protect the public interest. g. Any purchase, contract or agreement pursuant to subsection a. hereof may be made, negotiated or awarded by the corporation without advertising under the following circumstances: (1) When the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the amount determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7); (2) Where State or federal law requires a different process; or (3) In all other cases when the corporation seeks: (a) To acquire public or private entities engaged in the provision of public transportation service, used public transportation equipment or existing public transportation facilities or rights of way; or (b) To acquire subject matter which is that described in section 4 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9); or (c) To make a purchase or award or make a contract or agreement under the circumstances described in section 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-10); or (d) To contract pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-6); or (e) To acquire or overhaul motorbuses, light rail vehicles, rail cars, locomotives, ferries, signal systems, fare collection systems, or other major equipment used to provide public transportation or transit operations. h. The corporation shall require that all persons proposing to submit bids on improvements to capital facilities and equipment shall first be classified by the corporation as to the character or amount or both of the work on which they shall be qualified to submit bids. Bids shall be accepted only from persons qualified in accordance with such classification. i. In order to provide public transportation and transit operations without disruption, the threshold specified in section 2 of P.L.2005, c.51 (C.19:44A-20.14) shall apply to all purchasing requirements for goods and materials to support those services. j. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, and as an alternative to the procedures concerning the awarding of contracts set forth above, the corporation may enter into cooperative purchasing agreements with one or more other states, or political subdivisions thereof, or other transit agencies for the purchase of goods and services to support public transportation or transit operations. A cooperative purchasing agreement shall allow the parties thereto to standardize and combine their requirements for the purchase of a particular good or service into a single contract solicitation which shall be competitively bid and awarded on behalf of the participants to the contract. The corporation may elect to participate in, or purchase goods or services through, a cooperative purchasing agreement that was procured utilizing a competitive bidding process, in which other states, or political subdivisions thereof, or other transit agencies participate, whenever the executive director or the executive director's designee determines it to be the most cost-effective method of procurement or is otherwise more advantageous to the corporation. k. The corporation may solicit bids or proposals on behalf of itself and other states, or political subdivisions thereof, or transit agencies which are parties to a cooperative purchasing agreement, provided that the agreement specifies that each participant in the cooperative purchasing agreement is solely responsible for the payment of the purchase price and cost of purchases made by it under the terms of any contract awarded pursuant to the agreement. l. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, and as an alternative to the procedures concerning the awarding of contracts set forth above, the corporation may purchase goods or services to support public transportation or transit operations from a federal supply schedule, such as those procured by the Federal General Services Administration, whenever the executive director or the executive director's designee determines it to be the most cost-effective method of procurement or is otherwise more advantageous to the corporation. When the corporation purchases goods or services from a federal supply schedule, (1) the prices may be no greater than the price offered to federal agencies and the corporation must receive the benefit of federally mandated price reductions during the term of the contract and (2) the purchase shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey and any contract claim by the vendor shall be brought pursuant to N.J.S.59:13-1 et seq. L.1979, c.150, s.11; amended 1993, c.313, s.2; 1996, c.104; 2000, c.128; 2018, c.162, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 27:14-18 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-18
Contribution by county; annual tax levy; deficiency and surplus
Status: in_force

On or before the time fixed by law for the closing and final adoption of the annual tax budget of the county, the board of chosen freeholders shall appropriate either in the annual tax budget or separately the county's share of the estimated cost and expense of all work contracted for under the provisions of this article since the day fixed by law for the closing and final adoption of the annual tax budget of the county in the year next preceding, which shall be the total cost of such work less the amount certified to be paid by the state. The sum or sums so fixed and appropriated shall be certified to the county board of taxation and shall be included in the assessment of county taxes and shall be assessed, collected and paid over to the county in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes. If a deficiency shall exist in consequence of the cost and expense exceeding the estimate, or in consequence of the receipt of a lesser sum from the state as its share of the total cost and expense than shall have been estimated or fixed, the board of chosen freeholders may borrow, on temporary loans, such deficiency, and shall include the amount thereof with accrued interest in its next annual budget and tax resolution, and it shall be assessed, collected and paid over in the same manner as other taxes, or the deficiency may be raised by an issue of bonds either separately or in conjunction with an issue to pay the cost and expense of improving any other road under this article. If, for any reason, there be a surplus, it shall be retained and used in the improvement of other roads under this article or in repairs to roads improved under this article.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-17 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-17
Liability for expenses of corporation
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred by the corporation in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable from funds available to the corporation therefor and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the corporation beyond the extent to which moneys are available. No debt or liability of the corporation shall be deemed or construed to create or constitute a debt, liability, or a loan or pledge of the credit of the State. L.1979, c. 150, s. 17, eff. July 17, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-22.2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-22.2
Fee simple, acquisition of
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers now vested in the State Highway Commissioner for the acquisition of lands by virtue of any statute, he shall have power to take or otherwise acquire a fee simple absolute therein. L.1951, c. 112, p. 520, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:16-59 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-59
Hearing; adjournment; examination of witnesses
Status: in_force

The commission shall attend at the time and place appointed. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and may make any award, but if only one member is present he may adjourn any meeting. The commission may adjourn from time to time. It shall give all parties interested or affected by the taking of any real estate ample opportunity to be heard on the subject of the award and shall have power to examine witnesses under oath, administered by any member.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-11 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-11
State highways maintained and repaired by commissioner
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall take charge of all work on state highways and maintain them in good order. All work of improvement, betterment, reconstruction, or resurfacing shall be done in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the department. All work of maintenance, repair and extraordinary repair shall be done at the expense of the state and may be done either as an independent contractor or employer or through contracts made in the name of the state.
N.J. Stat. § 27:16-7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-7
Width of roads fixed
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders shall establish and determine the width of the roadway of all roads under its control.
N.J. Stat. § 27:15A-7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-7
Expenditures authorized; filing of resolution
Status: in_force

Upon the approval of any application herein contemplated by the State Highway Commissioner, the board of chosen freeholders of any such county may by resolution authorize the expenditure and disbursement by the county treasurer of the difference between the total cost of such repairs and the amount of State assistance certified by the State Highway Commissioner for such repairs, irrespective of whether or not any funds shall have been appropriated for said purpose in the budget of said county during the year when said application shall have been approved by the State Highway Commissioner. A copy of such resolution, certified by the clerk to the board of chosen freeholders of any such county, shall be filed with the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance within three days after passage and no further approval for the expenditure of the funds in such resolution shall be necessary from the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-5.6 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-5.6
Return of certain roads to local authorities.
Status: in_force

6. The Turnpike Authority is authorized to turn back to local authorities any road or portions of road taken over from such local authorities in connection with the establishing of a feeder road. L.1949,c.40,s.6; amended 1991, c.183, s.10; 2003,c.79,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5D-2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5D / Section 5D-2
Power of housing authority or redevelopment agency to contract and convey realty; approval of agreements by municipality
Status: in_force

Any municipal housing authority or redevelopment agency of the State, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into any such co-operative agreement and grant and convey real estate to the State to effectuate the purposes of this act and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the authorizing resolution of the governing body of the municipal housing authority or redevelopment agency concerned, provided however, that no such co-operation agreement shall take effect until and unless the same is approved by resolution of the municipality in which the lands affected are located. L.1963, c. 126, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-22 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-22
Training programs
Status: in_force

The New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Program shall, in addition to other provisions, include training programs for groups such as but not limited to police, teachers, students and public employees, which programs shall comply with the uniform standards promulgated by the United States Secretary of Transportation in accordance with the "U.S. Highway Safety Act of 1966," Pub.L. 89-564 (23 U.S.C. s.s. 401-404), and any acts amendatory or supplementary thereto. In addition, the New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Program shall include the training program for members of volunteer first aid, rescue and ambulance squads, adopted by the New Jersey State First Aid Council, which shall comply with the uniform standards promulgated by the United States Secretary of Transportation in accordance with the "U.S. Highway Safety Act of 1966," Pub.L. 89-564 (23 U.S.C. s.s. 401-404) and any amendments or supplements to it. L. 1987, c. 284, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 27:16-36 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-36
Traffic posts and lights; approval
Status: in_force

No traffic posts, traffic lights or any other obstruction shall be placed in or upon any part of a public county road without the approval, by resolution, of the board of chosen freeholders.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-21.9 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-21.9
Snow removal or other maintenance operations upon highway; removal of motor vehicle or other object
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Transportation or any officer or employee of the Department of Transportation may cause any motor vehicle or other object of any nature standing wholly or partially upon a traveled portion of a State highway to be removed to another place on or off the highway to facilitate removal of snow or other maintenance operations upon the highway. L.1970, c. 295, s. 1, eff. Dec. 14, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 27:14-15 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-15
Partial payments; engineers' certificate; final report; filing
Status: in_force

When a contract provides for partial payments based upon the amount of work done, the state highway engineer or his authorized agent, in conjunction with the county engineer shall, as each payment becomes due, present to the board of chosen freeholders a certificate, signed by said state and county officials, specifying as nearly as may be, the amount of work done for which payment is to be made, and stating that it has been done in strict conformity with the contracts, plans and specifications. When the work done under a contract shall have been fully completed, the state highway engineer and county engineer shall cause to be prepared a detailed and itemized statement, in quadruplicate, of the cost of the improvement, one copy to be filed with the board of chosen freeholders, one with the county clerk and two with the commissioner.
N.J. Stat. § 27:13-4 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-4
Payment of dedicated funds quarterly; dates for payment; emergencies
Status: in_force

(a) All moneys from time to time dedicated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 22 of the Title State Government, Departments and Officers (s. 52:22-1 et seq.) for the reconstruction, maintenance and repair, operation, policing and lighting of county roads and bridges, and for the payment of principal or interest on obligations incurred prior to May 2, 1936, for any such purpose and for the extension of the county highway system, or dedicated for the proper construction, grading, drainage, maintenance and repair of unimproved town, township, village and borough roads of the State under the provisions of chapter 15 of this Title (s. 27:15-1 et seq.) and all moneys dedicated pursuant to the provisions of section 27:14-1 of this Title, or dedicated to counties for reimbursement for obligations contracted and due in the budget period for which such budget shall apply, shall, unless otherwise specifically provided in the laws under which such moneys become due and payable, be payable to such counties in installments on the first day of February, May, August and November of each year. (b) Whenever the Governor shall exercise the Emergency Powers granted to him by the provisions of "An act concerning civilian defense and disaster control during emergency" (P.L.1942, c. 251), as said title was amended by chapter 438 of the Laws of 1953 and proclaims an emergency, as defined in said act, to exist in a political subdivision of this State, the State Highway Commissioner, in his discretion, may disburse and pay over to such county or counties affected by the proclamation of emergency of the Governor, the full amount of any balance of the funds then appropriated, required to be paid in quarterly installments under the provision of subsection (a), hereof, which are remaining in the commissioner's hands as of the date of said proclamation of emergency, and the county or counties, so receiving the payment in full or the balance remaining in the commissioner's hands on the date of the said proclamation of emergency, shall waive payment of any further funds under said subsection (a) hereof, other than funds specifically provided in the exception therein, on any installment date occurring after the date of said proclamation of emergency. Amended by L.1962, c. 22, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:16-67 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-67
Report as evidence of county's right to possession
Status: in_force

The report of the commission or a copy thereof certified by the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, or in case of an appeal, the judgment or a copy thereof certified by the clerk of the court, and proof of tender of the amount awarded, or payment thereof to the owner or into court, as the case may be, shall at all times be evidence of the right of the board of chosen freeholders to have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the real estate or interest therein for road or highway purposes. Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 496, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-13 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-13
Power of acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift or otherwise; exercise of power of condemnation
Status: in_force

a. The corporation shall have the power to acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift or otherwise, on terms and conditions and in the manner it deems proper, for use by the corporation or for use by any other public or private entity providing public transportation services, all or part of the facility, plant, equipment, property, shares of stock, rights of property, reserve funds, employees pension or retirement funds, special funds, franchises, licenses, patents, permits and papers, documents and records of a public or private entity providing public transportation services within the State. b. The corporation shall also have the power to acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift or otherwise, on the terms and conditions and in the manner it deems proper, any land or property real or personal, tangible or intangible which it may determine is reasonably necessary for the purposes of the corporation under the provisions of this act. c. (1) The corporation, when acquiring property pursuant to subsections a. or b. of this section shall exercise its power of eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.). (2) For purposes of this act the definition of property in section 2 of P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-2) includes all property referred to in subsections a. or b. of this section, and the provisions of P.L.1971, c. 361 shall apply to that property. d. (1) If the corporation shall determine to acquire by condemnation all outstanding shares of corporate stock of a company and the stock is owned by 10 or more individuals or entities the court, on application of the corporation, shall appoint a trustee who shall act as representative of all stockholders for the purpose of the condemnation proceedings. Upon the appointment of a trustee the corporation may file a single condemnation action condemning all outstanding shares of stock and naming the appointed trustee as representative of all defendant owners. (2) When a trustee has been appointed pursuant to this section the court may award the trustee a reasonable fee as payment for services rendered. Other costs, expenses and fees shall be paid from the proceeds of the condemnation award or settlement if amicably resolved. e. A State agency, State authority, county, municipality, bistate authority, or other political subdivision of the State is authorized to donate, give, transfer or assign any asset or property it now owns or may hereafter acquire to the corporation which may be necessary for the furtherance of the objectives of this act. f. Upon the filing of a declaration of taking the corporation shall be entitled to the immediate possession of all property and assets named therein; and in the case of a condemnation pursuant to subsection d. or the acquisition of the entire assets of any entity, the corporation shall be entitled to immediate possession and control of all assets and facilities and shall have exclusive management authority over the entity taken. g. Prior to the condemnation of any private entity engaged in the provision of motor bus regular route service, the corporation shall give 60 days' notice of its intent to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the chairmen of the Senate and Assembly Transportation and Communications Committees. This subsection shall be in effect for 2 years following the enactment of this act. h. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the corporation shall not acquire by condemnation any privately owned entity providing public transportation service, which during the previous 12 months has not received operating assistance from the corporation or its predecessor, unless the corporation shall transmit a proposal for the acquisition to the Senate and General Assembly on a day on which both Houses shall be meeting in the course of a regular or special session, along with any other information or materials the Legislature may deem necessary. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no such proposal shall take effect if, within 60 days of the date of its transmittal to the Senate and General Assembly, the Legislature shall pass a concurrent resolution stating in substance that the Legislature does not favor such proposed acquisition by condemnation. L.1979, c. 150, s. 13, eff. July 17, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 27:12-7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-7
Sales to municipalities of estates in realty in areas above surface of ground; lease by private negotiation
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commissioner may sell at private sale and convey to any municipality an estate in any real estate, which is owned and occupied by the State for public highway purposes, in an area above the surface of the ground, at such height or level as is not required for the use of the State, upon such terms and conditions as shall not be inconsistent with the use of such real estate at any lower level by the State and any municipality which has heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire an estate in such real estate, notwithstanding other provisions of any law applicable to the disposition of any interests or estates in real estate by a municipality, is authorized to lease the same by private negotiation for a term or period of time not exceeding 99 years upon such terms and conditions as it shall determine upon, for other than municipal use which terms and conditions may include a payment or payments to the municipality in lieu of real estate taxes. L.1960, c. 148, p. 677, s. 1. Amended by L.1963, c. 6, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:3-4 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-4
Repair and maintenance of detour roads
Status: in_force

The repair of roads used as detours and their maintenance during the necessary period may be included in the original contract for construction, reconstruction or extraordinary repairs, or may be let by separate contract, or the roads so used may be repaired and maintained as state and county roads are repaired and maintained, as the body authorizing the work may elect.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-5 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-5
Additional functions, powers, duties of commissioner.
Status: in_force

5. The commissioner, as head of the department, shall have all of the functions, powers and duties heretofore vested in the State Highway Commissioner and shall, in addition to the functions, powers and duties vested in him by this act or by any other law: (a) Develop and maintain a comprehensive master plan for all modes of transportation development, with special emphasis on public transportation. Such plan shall be revised and updated at least every five years; (b) Develop and promote programs to foster efficient and economical transportation services in the State; (c) Prepare plans for the preservation, improvement and expansion of the public transportation system, with special emphasis on the coordination of transit modes and the use of rail rights of way, highways and public streets for public transportation purposes; (d) Enter into contracts with the New Jersey Transit Corporation for the provision and improvement of public transportation services; (e) Coordinate the transportation activities of the department with those of other public agencies and authorities; (f) Cooperate with interstate commissions and authorities, State departments, councils, commissions and other State agencies, with appropriate federal agencies, and with interested private individuals and organizations in the coordination of plans and policies for the development of air commerce and air facilities; (g) Make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the department's operations, and render such other reports as the Governor shall from time to time request or as may be required by law; (h) Promulgate regulations providing for the charging of and setting the amount of fees for certain services performed by and permits issued by the department, including but not limited to the following: (1) Providing copies of documents prepared by or in the custody of the department; (2) Aeronautics permits; (3) Right-of-way permits; (4) Traffic signal control systems; (i) Develop and promote programs for the preservation, improvement and expansion of freight railroads, with special emphasis on the use of rail rights of way for the purpose of providing rail freight service; (j) Develop and promote a program to ensure the safety and continued operation of aviation facilities in New Jersey; (k) Enter into agreements with a public or private entity or consortia thereof to provide for the development of demonstration projects through the use of public-private partnerships pursuant to sections 1 through 9 of P.L.1997, c.136 (C.27:1D-1 through C.27:1D-9); (l) Do any and all things necessary, convenient or desirable to effectuate the purposes of P.L.1966, c.301 (C.27:1A-1 et seq.) and to exercise the powers given and granted in that act; (m) Enter into agreements or contracts with a private entity and charge and collect fees or other payments for the placement of sponsorship acknowledgment and advertising on signs, equipment, materials, and vehicles used for a safety service patrol or emergency service patrol program operated by the department, or operated by a private entity under contract with the department or through the use of a public-private partnership or demonstration project; and (n) Acquire by eminent domain, pursuant to the eminent domain law and R.S.27:7-22, any property, property rights, or property interests, including easements, air rights, below-grade and subsurface rights, hereinafter referred to as "Property Interests," including rights on property now or previously designated as parkland or dedicated to a public use, provided that such Property Interests are located in the State and, in the judgment of the commissioner, are necessary or appropriate for the construction, reconstruction, development, redevelopment, use, occupancy, operation, and maintenance of passenger rail transportation facilities and ancillary facilities between New Jersey and New York Penn Station, in a corridor beginning at or near Newark Penn Station and ending at the boundary of the State of New Jersey in the Hudson River. Property Interests may be acquired pursuant to this subsection notwithstanding any requirement in R.S.27:7-36 or any other provision of law, general, special, charter, or local, and regardless of whether the Property Interests are or were dedicated to public use. All of such Property Interests may be acquired by the commissioner pursuant to applicable provisions of the eminent domain law and R.S.27:7-22, provided that any acquisition of Property Interests pursuant to this subsection shall be contingent on the commissioner entering into an agreement addressing such acquisition with the Gateway Development Commission, approved in accordance with that entity's authorizing statute, and the Gateway Development Commission shall agree to pay the costs incurred by the commissioner in acquiring such Property Interests pursuant to the eminent domain law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general, special, charter, or local, following acquisition, the commissioner may use such property together with property already owned or held, to: enter into contracts to sell, transfer, lease, or exchange with, or grant easements, licenses, permits, concessions, or other authorizations to, the Gateway Development Commission sufficient to permit the construction, reconstruction, development, redevelopment, use, occupancy, operation, and maintenance by the Gateway Development Commission or its permittees and successors, of the aforementioned passenger rail facilities and ancillary facilities. Authorization is hereby given to the commissioner to do all things necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection. amended 1967, c.71, s.1; 1971, c.345; 1972, c.164, s.3; 1979, c.150, s.24; 1979, c.164; 1979, c.388, s.7; 1983, c.264, s.8; 1986, c.56, s.1; 1997, c.136, s.10; 2011, c.133, s.1; 2019, c.195, s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1D-11 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-11
Mobility and Transportation Innovation Pilot Program; report, Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

2. a. There is established in the department the Mobility and Transportation Innovation Pilot Program to award grants to local government units and transit agencies to fund public transportation projects within Mercer County that utilize innovative technologies and strategies to enhance passenger mobility, increase access to public transportation among disadvantaged communities, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. b. A local government unit or transit agency may use a program grant to support the provision of new transportation services, the expansion of existing transportation services, or the matching requirements for an otherwise eligible project that receives federal funding. To qualify for a program grant, the transportation project undertaken by the local government unit or transit agency shall: (1) enable low-income persons, including persons without access to smartphone technology, to access any transportation services made available through the project; (2) include accessibility features to accommodate the mobility needs of persons with disabilities; (3) utilize innovative technologies or strategies that have already demonstrated success in similar transportation projects; and (4) meet any other eligibility criteria established by the department. c. Any local government unit or transit agency may submit an application to the commissioner for a program grant, provided that the application shall be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. In addition to any other information that the commissioner may deem appropriate, the application shall require the applicant to submit information: (1) describing the transportation project, including the total anticipated costs of the project, all other sources of project funding, and the requested grant amount; and (2) demonstrating that the transportation project meets the eligibility criteria for the program. d. The commissioner shall approve applications for the program on a competitive basis, subject to the availability of funds. The commissioner may award grants to approved applicants in such amounts as the commissioner deems appropriate. e. Within one year of the effective date of P.L.2023, c.184 (C.27:1D-10 et seq.), the department shall submit a written report to the Governor and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), detailing the operations of the program. At a minimum, the report shall describe each project for which a program grant was awarded, specify the amount of each grant award, and assess the performance of the program. L.2023, c.184, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 27:13-1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1
State aid roads; standards for construction and maintenance
Status: in_force

No funds shall be expended for state aid to counties or municipalities unless the roads constructed therewith conform to standards prescribed by the department and the county or municipality shall have entered into an agreement with the department that the road will be kept in repair by patrol or such other method as shall be adopted by the commissioner.
N.J. Stat. § 27:16-31 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-31
Regulations to protect roads and road surfaces
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may by resolution: a. Regulate the tearing up or excavating in any road under its control, for any purpose; b. Prevent the disturbing or tearing up of any road by the locking of wheels of any vehicle or attaching a drag to the vehicle; c. Prevent the filling up of gutters along any such road; d. Prevent obstruction and damage to any such road by spilling or throwing stones, dirt or other materials thereon; e. Prevent the diversion of surface and other waters to county roads; and f. Make such other regulations as it may deem proper to prevent damage to county roads and to keep them safe and convenient for traveling during all seasons of the year. Amended by L.1953, c. 313, p. 1854, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:12-1.3 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-1.3
Sale to municipality, public body permitted.
Status: in_force

3. The provisions of this act shall not affect the right of the commissioner to sell at private sale to a municipal corporation or to any public board or commission any real estate or any right or interest therein as provided in subsection a. of R.S. 27:12-1. L.1999,c.64,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1B-21.27 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-21.27
Park-and-ride facility expansion, report to Governor and Legislature
Status: in_force

14. No later than July 1, 2001, the commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on steps which the commissioner recommends to provide for the establishment or expansion of park-and-ride facilities in areas of traffic congestion throughout the State and shall establish a goal of establishing or expanding at least two park-and-ride facilities in each of the successive 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 fiscal years. In the event that the department does not establish or expand at least two park-and-ride facilities in each of the preceding fiscal years, the commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature the reasons for the failure to establish or expand such facilities. L.2000,c.73,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-5.24 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-5.24
Audits of the corporation.
Status: in_force

6. a. The State Auditor shall conduct audits of the corporation, which shall: (1) occur at least once every 72 months in a manner that is consistent with the Government Auditing Standards for audits utilized by the United States Government Accountability Office or its successor, the first of which shall be completed within 12 months of the effective date of P P.L.2018, c.162 (C.27:25-4.1 et al.); (2) to the extent practicable, not duplicate the scope of work of the annual audit required to be made of the corporation's financial statements pursuant to subsection d. of section 20 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-20); and (3) focus on a specific area of the corporation's operations, as determined by the State Auditor. b. (1) At least once every five years, the corporation shall hire an independent firm to: conduct a study on the financial management practices and budget reporting practices of mass transit agencies throughout the country; and prepare a report with findings regarding the best practices for financial management and budget reporting by mass transit agencies and a comparison of those best practices with the practices and policies of the corporation. (2) The first such report shall be issued within 24 months of the effective date of P.L.2018, c.162 (C.27:25-4.1 et al.). Each report shall be submitted to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. (3) The corporation shall adopt any best practices included in the report within six months of the issuance of any report issued pursuant to subsection b. of this section. Upon the affirmative vote of seven members of the board of directors, the corporation may opt not to adopt individual policies or practices that are in line with the best practices of mass transit agencies throughout the country. If the corporation exercises this option, the corporation shall provide a detailed explanation of why adoption of that policy or practice is not in the best interest of the corporation. L.2018, c.162, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-41 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-41
Evaluation of paratransit best practices training materials, program.
Status: in_force

7. The corporation, in consultation with the department, shall develop a framework to evaluate the efficacy of the paratransit best practices training materials as well as the training program. Within 180 days of the completion of phase two and within 180 days of completion of phase three of the pilot program, the corporation shall deliver a report to the Governor and the Legislature. Each report shall include feedback from the agencies that received training, a fiscal analysis of each agency with projections on how the implementation of the training will impact each agency's safety performance, average trip times, cost per trip, number of trips provided, and overall impact on each agency's core mission of serving people with disabilities. The department and corporation shall conduct a survey of consumers of paratransit services within the pilot program and shall include feedback from these consumers in the report. The report shall include recommendations from the department and the corporation concerning whether the pilot program should be extended or made permanent, suggested changes to the program, opportunities for improvement, and the potential for future savings. The report shall also identify the extent to which software from the pilot has been integrated into the corporation's paratransit services, the analysis that determined how to execute the integration required under the first part of phase three of the pilot program, and findings from the department and the corporation about the overall change in coordination between paratransit providers throughout the State at the time of the report. L.2020, c.114, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25A-45 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-45
Certain roadway markings prohibited on roads under jurisdiction of South Jersey Transportation Authority; rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1991, c.252 (C.27:25A-1 et seq.) or any rule or regulation to the contrary, no markings made with paint that has been mixed, in whole or in part, with reflective glass beads containing more than 100 parts per million inorganic arsenic, as determined by x-ray fluorescence, shall be placed on, or along, any South Jersey Transportation Authority expressway project, right-of-way, or other real property owned by or under the administration, jurisdiction, or control of the South Jersey Transportation Authority. b. The South Jersey Transportation Authority shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations that may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section. L.2011, c.212, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5-10 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-10
Signs prohibited in right-of-way of Interstate and Primary Systems
Status: in_force

6. No sign shall be erected or maintained within the right-of-way of any portion of the Interstate and Primary Systems within this State, except that this prohibition shall not apply to signs, public notices, or markers, erected or maintained by the department or with the approval of the department. L.1991,c.413,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1B-21.5 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-21.5
Duties of commissioner, loans, conditions; reports
Status: in_force

12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with public or private entities or consortia thereof for the loan of federal funds appropriated to the department for the purpose of financing all, or a portion of, the costs incurred for the planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair and rehabilitation of a transportation project by that public or private entity or consortia thereof. b. The commissioner, with the approval of the State Treasurer, shall establish rules and regulations governing the qualifications of the applicants, the application procedures, the criteria for awarding loans, and the standards for establishing the amount, terms and conditions of each loan. The rules and regulations shall provide that the term of the loan agreement shall be consistent with terms and conditions as provided by applicable federal law. c. Loans granted pursuant to this section shall be considered an investment or reinvestment of Special Transportation Fund funds within the meaning of subsection a. of section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21). Payments of interest and principal on loans granted pursuant to this section shall be credited to a special subaccount of the Special Transportation Fund and may be used for financing authorized projects. Monies appropriated from the special subaccount pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the total State amount authorized to be appropriated in a fiscal year pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1987, c.460 (C.27:1B-21.1). d. Each loan made pursuant to this section shall require the specific approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, except for those loans agreed to by the commissioner as part of an agreement for a demonstration project approved pursuant to P.L.1997, c.136 (C.27:1D-1 et al.). The Chairman of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee may request periodic reports from the commissioner on the status of any or all loans. The commissioner shall provide reports so requested on a timely basis. e. Transportation projects which are the subject of a loan agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be included in the annual report of proposed projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) for the fiscal year in which the loan amount for those projects is to be appropriated. L.1995,c.108,s.12; amended 1997,c.136,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-86 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-86
Appropriations
Status: in_force

There shall be made available from the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation the sum of $100,000.00 for purposes of enabling the Right-of-Way Division to implement the provisions of this act. L.1972, c. 47, s. 15, eff. July 1, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-33 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-33
Time for awarding of contract; extension; return of proposal bonds
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall award the contract or reject the bids therefor within 30 working days after the bids are received, except that this time limit may be extended by mutual agreement, and all proposal bonds which have been delivered with the bids, except those of the two lowest responsible bidders, shall be returned within 3 working days after such bids are received. Any and all bids may be rejected when the commissioner determines that it is in the public interest to do so. Amended by L.1977, c. 67, s. 4, eff. April 21, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 27:17-16 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-16
Additional appropriation; requisition; taxation or bond issue
Status: in_force

If the appropriation made in any year by the board of chosen freeholders for the repair of the road and the lighting plant connected therewith shall be insufficient, in the judgment of the boulevard commission, to put and keep them in proper condition, it may from time to time make requisition in writing on the board of chosen freeholders for the money necessary to enable it to put and keep such road and lighting plant in good repair. The board of chosen freeholders may cause the money to be raised and collected wholly or partly by taxation, or may in its discretion, issue bonds for that purpose in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-20 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-20
Reports by corporation.
Status: in_force

20. a. The corporation shall, by October 31 of each year, file with the Commissioner of Transportation a report in such format and detail as the Commissioner may require setting forth the actual, operational, capital and financial results of the previous fiscal year, the operational, capital and financial plan for the current fiscal year and a proposed operational, capital and financial plan for the next ensuing fiscal year. b. On or before October 31 of each year, the corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee, or their successor committees. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations and capital projects during the year. The report shall also include an account of the on-time performance of rail passenger service, including light rail service, operated by, or under contract to, the corporation, including data for each such passenger line. The report shall provide a detailed discussion of the methodology used by the corporation in measuring on-time performance. The report shall include information from the customer advocate, as required by section 16 of P.L.2018, c.162 (C.27:25-5.27). The report shall include certain personnel information of employees of the corporation, including the average salary, number of employees in management positions, and number of employees that are not in management positions in key demographic groups, which shall include, at minimum, race, ethnicity, and gender. The report shall include certain accident information for reportable accidents that occurred during the previous year which involved a rail passenger vehicle or motorbus operated by, or under contract to, the corporation, including the total number of accidents and any fines, penalties, or judgments levied against the corporation related to any such accident. The report shall also include information regarding any safety violations for which the corporation received a notice of violation in the previous year, including the total number of safety violations and any fines or penalties levied against the corporation related to any such safety violation. For the purposes of this subsection, "reportable accidents" shall be defined in accordance with applicable federal reporting criteria. c. All records of minutes, accounts, bills, vouchers, contracts or other papers connected with or used or filed with the corporation or with any officer or employee acting on its behalf are hereby declared to be government records and shall be open to public inspection in accordance with P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) and regulations prescribed by the corporation. d. The corporation shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a cost of operation. The audit shall be filed within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the State Auditor or a legally authorized representative may examine the accounts and books of the corporation. f. On or before October 1 of each year, the board shall approve and the corporation shall transmit to the Commissioner of Transportation and to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee, or their successor committees, a report containing: a list of each parcel of real property owned by the corporation; the most recent appraised value of that real property only if the corporation has obtained an appraisal during the three years immediately preceding the report; the purpose for which the corporation holds the real property; any revenue the corporation receives that arises out of the real property; and any real property sold or otherwise disposed of, including the amount of money received by the corporation for that sale or disposition, during the one year period immediately preceding the report and including an accompanying explanation for any real property disposed of for less than market value and any real property acquired for more than market value. g. On or before April 1 of each year, the board shall approve and the corporation shall transmit to the Commissioner of Transportation and to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee, or their successor committees, an annual proposed budget recommendation. The budget document shall be a two-year budget which covers the most recent completed fiscal year, estimated results for the fiscal year in progress, a recommendation for the fiscal year to commence, and estimated needs and projections for the following fiscal year. At a minimum, the budget shall provide detailed information in the following areas: (1) An executive summary outlining the highlights of the budget document; (2) A profile describing the history of the corporation and the services it provides; (3) An analysis of regional and agency transportation trends, including a detailed ridership analysis; (4) A synopsis of the current corporation business plan; (5) A list of key performance indicators; (6) A statement of current budget year assumptions regarding funding and ridership; (7) A summary of the internal corporation budgeting process and its interaction with the Statewide budgeting process; (8) A description of the current corporation organizational structure; (9) Detailed operating revenue and expense projections for each division within the corporation, with 10 year revenue and expense trends and five year revenue and expense projections; (10) A detailed headcount analysis by department or unit, which includes actual employee count, funded headcount, actual salary and fringe expenses, and recent employment trends; and (11) A summary of the capital program and analysis of current capital projects for which capital funds have already been appropriated, but where the project is not yet complete, which includes the years of appropriation, amounts expended, future appropriations required to complete the project, and a brief analysis of project progress. L.1979, c.150, s.20; amended 2007, c.263; 2018, c.135, s.2; 2018, c.162, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-29 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-29
Advertisement for bids; contents; publication
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall advertise for bids on the work and materials covered by the plans and specifications for each project. The advertisement shall be by public notice published for at least 3 weeks before bids on the contract may be received, at least once a week in each of two newspapers printed in the county or counties where the roads are located, and in one other newspaper in Trenton, and may be inserted in one or more American engineering periodicals. The advertisements shall give a brief description of the work and materials required, specify where plans and specifications can be seen or had, the hour, date, and place where the sealed proposals will be received and publicly opened and read, and such other pertinent information as the commissioner may include. Amended by L.1977, c. 67, s. 1, eff. April 21, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-42.1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-42.1
Use of native vegetation by Department of Transportation.
Status: in_force

1. a. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary and except as provided otherwise pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, no later than the 180th day after the date of enactment of P.L.2017, c.41 (C.27:7-42.1 et al.), the Department of Transportation, when planting vegetation for purposes of landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration, shall plant only vegetation identified by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection b. of this section as being native to the State and that will thrive in the particular plant hardiness zone in which the vegetation is being planted. (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, upon application by the Department of Transportation to the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Environmental Protection in consultation with the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture and representatives of appropriate plant industry organizations and environmental organizations selected by the Department of Environmental Protection, may authorize the Department of Transportation to use non-native vegetation for purposes of landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration in prescribed circumstances where and when necessary if the use of native vegetation is not feasible, provided that the non-native vegetation is deemed to be non-invasive and not otherwise detrimental to the environment. b. No later than the 90th day after the date of enactment of this section, the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture, shall identify, for each plant hardiness zone, all of the particular species of vegetation that are native to the State, and that thrive in each plant hardiness zone in the State. c. As used in this section: "Plant hardiness zone" means a zone identified as existing in New Jersey pursuant to the most recent edition of the Plant Hardiness Zone Map published by the United States Department of Agriculture. L.2017, c.41, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-12 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-12
Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

12. The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of transportation projects and other property by the Authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any transportation project or any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this act or upon the income therefrom, and any transportation project and any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this act and the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall be exempt from taxation. The Legislature reaffirms that all existing facilities and property, and their operations, and management, of the authority and of the New Jersey Highway Authority, as transferred to the authority, are deemed public and essential governmental functions and are exempt from local taxes or assessments. L.1948,c.454,s.12; amended 2003,c.79,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-40 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-40
Reports and certifications; filing
Status: in_force

Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or permitted to be made to the department, board, division, commission, office or officer, whose powers and duties are herein assigned or transferred, such reports and certifications shall hereafter be required to be filed with, and such applications or requests shall hereafter be made to, the department, officer or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder. L.1966, c. 301, s. 40.
N.J. Stat. § 27:13A-10 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-10
Surveillance of projects; records
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to provide continuing surveillance of any project undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act. Every county or municipality undertaking such a project shall maintain full records of all work done and funds disbursed and shall make such records available, during business hours of the office in which they are kept, for inspection and copying by the commissioner or his duly authorized agents. L.1967, c. 86, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 27:6-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-1.1
State House Commission approval of conveyance required; parcels, certain.
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any sale or conveyance by the Department of Transportation of the State's interest in any of the following parcels of land affected by P.L.1997, c.143 (C.27:6-1.1 et al.), P.L.2014, c.56, and P.L.2017, c.330 shall require the prior approval of the State House Commission, established pursuant to R.S.52:20-1 et seq. The parcels of land affected by P.L.1997, c.143 (C.27:6-1.1 et al.), P.L.2014, c.56, and P.L.2017, c.330 are as follows: a. Approximately 4 acres of land located in the City of Newark in the County of Essex, previously allocated for the Route 75 Freeway pursuant to P.L.1967, c.87; b. Approximately 120 acres of land located in the townships of Lawrence, Ewing, and Hopewell in the County of Mercer, previously allocated for the Route 69 or the Route 31 Freeway pursuant to P.L.1955, c.255; c. Approximately 23 acres of land located in the municipalities of Hanover and Morris in the County of Morris, previously allocated for the Route 178 Freeway pursuant to P.L.1967, c.142 and P.L.1971, c.287; d. Approximately 76 acres of land located in Moorestown and Cinnaminson in the County of Burlington, previously allocated for the Route 90 Freeway pursuant to P.L.1965, c.60, which has had its end limit changed to eliminate an unbuilt portion pursuant to P.L.1997, c.143 (C.27:6-1.1 et al.); e. That portion of the approximately 670 acres of land previously allocated for the Route 24 freeway that is not needed for transportation purposes located in the Township of Millburn in the County of Essex; the boroughs of Chatham, Florham Park, Madison, and Morris Plains, the townships of Hanover, Mendham, Montville, and Morris, and the Town of Morristown in the County of Morris; and the townships of Springfield and Union, and the City of Summit in the County of Union; and
f. Approximately 11 acres of land located in the Township of Logan in the County of Gloucester, previously allocated for Route 324, extending from the Delaware River to milepost 0.95. In addition, the Department of Transportation shall notify in writing the governing body of each municipality in which these parcels of land are located of any proposed action by the department for the sale or conveyance of the State's interest and the requirement that the State House Commission render its approval prior to such action. The notice shall be sent sufficiently prior in time to any action taken by the State House Commission to permit a municipal review and formulation of a response, if any. L.1997, c.143, s.2; amended 2014, c.56; 2017, c.330, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-5.2
Authorization relative to feeder road.
Status: in_force

2. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is authorized to acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair and maintain any feeder road. L.1949,c.40,s.2; amended 1991, c.183, s.8; 2003,c.79,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-22.4 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-22.4
Acquisition of property for landscape and roadside development adjacent to federal-aid highways
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby authorized to acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, real or personal property for landscape and roadside development appropriate for the restoration, preservation and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to Federal-aid highways and for the development of controlled rest and recreational areas and sanitary and other facilities to accommodate the public traveling on said highways; provided, however, that no such real or personal property shall be acquired by the commissioner for such purposes without first notifying in writing the governing body of the municipality or county owning such property or if such property is not owned by a municipality or county, the governing body of the municipality in which such property is located. Any property thus acquired shall be considered to be integral parts of the Interstate Highway System and the State highway system and the cost of said acquisition shall be considered as a part of the cost of the right-of-way of such highways. Any person whose property is purchased or otherwise acquired pursuant to this act shall receive just compensation therefor. L.1966, c. 46 s. 1, eff. May 24, 1966. Amended by L.1968, c. 315, s. 1, eff. Sept. 26, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 27:8-2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2
Use of funds
Status: in_force

The commissioner may undertake to receive and apply any money received from the federal government for road work to any work he shall have authority to do.
N.J. Stat. § 27:9-4 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-4
Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over
Status: in_force

If the commissioner does not take over the highway in the manner prescribed in section 27:9-3 of this title within six years after the authorization of the appropriation for its construction and improvement, the county shall refund the indebtedness incurred pursuant to section 27:9-2 of this title by the issuance of bonds under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), none of which shall mature at a date later than the period set forth in section 40:1-34, of the title Municipalities and Counties, counting from the time of the authorization of the appropriation for the construction and improvement.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-42 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-42
"Graduated Driver License Fund."
Status: in_force

9. a. There is created in the Department of Transportation a special non-lapsing fund to be known as the "Graduated Driver License Fund." There shall be deposited in the fund up to $5 from each special learner's permit fee and examination permit fee for a passenger automobile that is established pursuant to R.S.39:3-13 and any other monies that may be made available for graduated license program start-up costs. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall administer expenditures from this fund. b. Amounts necessary to reimburse the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission in, but not of, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety for all costs reasonably and actually incurred in the initial implementation and continuing administration of this act shall be appropriated from the fund. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the Office of Highway Traffic Safety shall certify to the State Treasurer their start-up costs to carry out their responsibilities under P.L.1998, c.108, and the program's costs annually thereafter. This amount shall be reimbursed to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the Office of Highway Traffic Safety from the Graduated Driver License Fund. In the event the fund's balance is insufficient to fully reimburse these costs, the State Treasurer shall provide to the Graduated Driver License Fund a loan from the General Fund in the amount needed to fully defray these costs. This loan shall be repaid to the General Fund when the balance in the Graduated Driver License Fund exceeds the amount necessary to reimburse these costs. L.1998, c.108, s.9; amended 2010, c.87, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 27:17-14 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-14
Vacancies; how filled
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of boulevard commissioner the governor shall forthwith appoint a resident legal voter of the county to the position thus made vacant, to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-32 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-32
Governor's representative
Status: in_force

The Director of the Office of Highway Traffic Safety is hereby appointed as the Governor's representative to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportation. L. 1987, c. 284, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-21 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-21
Purchases in name of commuter operating agency, its predecessors or commissioner of transportation to be property of corporation
Status: in_force

All real or personal properties purchased heretofore for public transportation purposes in the name of Commuter Operating Agency, Department of Transportation, its predecessors or the Commissioner of Transportation, shall be deemed to have been purchased in the name of the State by and through the corporation and shall henceforth be deemed to be and shall actually be the property of the corporation. L.1979, c. 150, s. 21, eff. July 17, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-7
Grants; application and acceptance; expenditure
Status: in_force

The commissioner may apply for and accept on behalf of the State any grants from the Federal Government or any agency thereof, or from any foundation, corporation, association or individual, and may comply with the terms, conditions and limitations thereof, for any of the purposes of the department. Any money so received may be expended by the department, subject to any limitations imposed in such grants to effect any of the purposes of the department, as the case may be, upon warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting of the Department of the Treasury on vouchers certified and approved by the commissioner. The power herein granted shall be in addition to and shall in no way limit the authority granted to the commissioner by chapter 8 of Title 27 or other existing law. L.1966, c. 301, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 27:9-9 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9
Agreement between county and state; use of proceeds; reimbursement
Status: in_force

No bonds shall be issued by a county under sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-12 of this title unless and until the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall have previously entered into an agreement on behalf of the county with the state highway commissioner whereby the commissioner shall have agreed to reimburse, and to repay to the county a sum equal to the principal and interest of the bonds, which sum shall be paid in installments to be fixed in the agreement, and whereby the board of chosen freeholders shall have agreed to pay to the commissioner the sum or sums raised by the issuance of those bonds, after deducting the expense of issuance. Any sum so paid to the commissioner pursuant to any such agreement shall be expended solely for the purpose of improving, bettering, reconstructing or resurfacing portions of the state highway system located within the county, as provided in the agreement.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1B-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-22.1
Circle of Mobility projects; inclusion on list, annual funding; completion
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Transportation shall annually include in the list of proposed projects submitted to the Legislature pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) annual funding for such projects as are necessary to complete the Circle of Mobility, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-3). The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the revenues and other funds of the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority such sums as are necessary to effectuate this completion. b. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall proceed expeditiously to complete the Circle of Mobility. To insure adherence to this requirement, the corporation shall provide a schedule for this completion, as well as periodic progress reports on the status of the various projects comprising the Circle of Mobility, including but not limited to project descriptions, the construction status to date of each project, additional work required, together with related time schedules to complete each project, the amounts and sources of funds appropriated to date and the estimated additional amounts and sources of funds needed to complete each project, and any modification to the original scope of a project, to the Senate Transportation Committee, the Assembly Transportation and Communications Committee, the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee, and the Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee, with the schedule due 60 days after the effective date of this act and the progress reports at six month intervals thereafter. L.1995,c.84,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:11-1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-1
State highway system funds; sources
Status: in_force

L.1927, c. 331, p. 778, entitled "An act concerning the state highway system and regulating the disbursement of moneys therefor," passed April first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, saved from repeal. [This act dedicates to highway purposes certain revenues of the state.]
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-49 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-49
Acquisition of property and rights
Status: in_force

The department may acquire for the state, by gift, devise, grant, purchase or condemnation for public use, land and water rights in any county of the sixth class, and place thereon structures and buildings and erect or purchase piers, wharves or docks for the landing of boats for the carrying and transportation of freights, vehicles and passengers.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25A-33 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-33
Authority deposits, banking transactions
Status: in_force

33. All banks, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are each authorized to give to the authority a good and sufficient undertaking with the sureties as shall be approved by the authority to the effect that the bank or banking institution shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the authority or its authorized agent all those funds as may be deposited with it by the authority and agreed interest thereon, at the times and upon the demands as may be agreed to with the authority or, in lieu of these sureties, deposit with the authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds or notes, as collateral, these securities as the authority may approve. The deposits of the authority may be evidenced or secured by a depository collateral agreement in that form and upon the terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the authority and at the bank or banking institution. L.1991,c.252,s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-36 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-36
Motorcycle safety education program.
Status: in_force

1. a. The chief administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall establish a motorcycle safety education program. The program shall consist of a course of instruction and training designed to develop and instill the knowledge, attitudes, habits, and skills necessary for the safe operation and riding of a motorcycle and shall meet or exceed the standards and requirements of the rider's course developed by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. b. The motorcycle safety education course shall be open to any applicant for a New Jersey motorcycle license or endorsement and to any person who has been issued a New Jersey motorcycle license or endorsement. The course shall be scheduled for such times and places as the chief administrator shall determine are appropriate to enable interested applicants for and persons with motorcycle licenses and endorsements to participate. c. The chief administrator may assign employees of the Motor Vehicle Commission to serve as instructors for the course, or may contract with such other persons who are certified as motorcycle safety education instructors pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.452 (C.27:5F-37) to serve as instructors for the course. A person with a motorcycle safety education instructor endorsement to an instructor's license issued pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1951, c.216 (C.39:12-5) may also be selected by the chief administrator to serve as an instructor for the course. d. The chief administrator may impose a registration fee to be paid by the participants in the course. e. The motorcycle safety education course may also be provided by: (1) public and private educational institutions which are approved by the chief administrator to offer the course; (2) drivers' schools licensed pursuant to P.L.1951, c.216 (C.39:12-1 et seq.); (3) dealers engaged in the business of selling new motorcycles and licensed pursuant to R.S.39:10-19 and which are approved by the chief administrator to offer the course. A dealer approved to offer the motorcycle safety education course shall not restrict enrollment therein to persons who have purchased or agreed to purchase a motorcycle or other vehicle from that dealer, and shall not charge a higher fee for enrollment therein based upon whether a person has made or has agreed to make such a purchase; or (4) private entities which are approved by the chief administrator to offer the course. The motorcycle safety education course provided by a private entity shall meet or exceed the standards and requirements of the rider's course developed by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation including, but not limited to, course curriculum, motorcycle range, and motorcycle instructor certification. f. Upon and after the effective date of this act, the chief administrator may impose upon an entity seeking approval to provide the motorcycle safety education course in accordance with subsection e. of this section, a course certification fee for each location at which the entity intends to offer motorcycle range instruction. The chief administrator shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to fix the amount of the course certification fee. Moneys collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Motorcycle Safety Education Fund, pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1991, c.452 (C.27:5F-39). g. The chief administrator may collect from each entity approved to provide the motorcycle safety education course pursuant to subsection e. of this section, a road test waiver fee for each student who has successfully completed the course and has qualified for a waiver of the road test portion of the examination required pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1991, c.452 (C.39:3-10.31) to obtain a motorcycle license or endorsement. The chief administrator shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to fix the amount of the road test waiver fee. Moneys collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Motorcycle Safety Education Fund, pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1991, c.452 (C.27:5F-39). h. Notwithstanding subsection a. of this section, the chief administrator may enter into a contract with a public or private entity authorizing such entity to implement and administer the motorcycle safety education course established by the chief administrator pursuant to this section. The chief administrator may suspend or revoke an authorization to administer the motorcycle safety education course on any reasonable ground. L.1991, c.452, s.1; amended 2007, c.179; 2011, c.13, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-5.7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-5.7
Findings, determinations
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and determines that: a. The development of a comprehensive transportation system to serve the needs of the residents of the cities of this State is essential to promoting and maintaining employment opportunities and continued economic development of the cities. b. Increasingly large numbers of inner city residents are travelling from the cities where entry-level jobs are scarce to the suburbs where these jobs are plentiful on a transportation system organized for the benefit of suburban commuters travelling to work in the cities rather than for the needs of the "reverse commuters" who travel from areas of high unemployment in the cities to suburban areas where there is a shortage of labor. c. Many professionals and business people living in suburban areas could be attracted back to the cities as part of an urban renaissance in the State if transportation facilities were improved to better serve the needs of the residents of the cities. d. Stimulating the development of more balanced transportation systems for the purposes described is in the public interest and should be encouraged to aid in preserving and enhancing the economic well-being of the cities of this State. e. Immediate research and planning is necessary by public transportation officials in the State in order to formulate recommendations for action to assist the State's "reverse commuters" and to insure the continued economic vitality of the cities. L.1991,c.481,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-34 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-34
Entities abolished
Status: in_force

Executive Orders No. 31 of 1951 and 39 of 1968 are hereby superseded. The "State Coordinating Council on Traffic and Safety" established pursuant to Executive Order No. 31 of 1951 and the "Interdepartmental Highway Safety Program Committee" established pursuant to Executive Order No. 39 of 1968 are hereby abolished and the terms of office of the members thereof are hereby terminated. The functions, powers and duties of the Office of Highway Safety Liaison in the Department of Transportation established pursuant to Executive Order No. 39 of 1968 are hereby transferred to the Office of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety established hereunder. L. 1987, c. 284, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1B-16 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-16
Tax exemption; property of authority; bonds, notes or other obligations
Status: in_force

All property of the authority is declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any political subdivision thereof. All bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the act are hereby declared to be issued by a body corporate and politic of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds, notes and other obligations, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, revenues, income and other moneys received or to be received by the authority and pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, notes and other obligations, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation, except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes. L.1984, c. 73, s. 16, eff. July 10, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 27:24A-2 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 24A / Section 24A-2
Minimum of two crew members on all dangerous hazardous trains, exceptions.
Status: in_force

2. a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and in subsection b. of this section, a railroad company shall require a minimum of two crew members on all dangerous hazardous trains. (2) If a dangerous hazardous train originates its operation outside of the State without a minimum of two crew members aboard, the dangerous hazardous train may continue operating through the State without a minimum of two crew members aboard. However, if the dangerous hazardous train makes a stop within the State to add or reduce the number of train cars, the dangerous hazardous train shall not resume its operation until at least two crew members are aboard the dangerous hazardous train. b. A railroad company shall not be required to provide a minimum of two crew members on a dangerous hazardous train if: (1) the train is using a locomotive or a group of locomotives to assist another train that has incurred mechanical failure or lacks the power to traverse difficult terrain, including traveling to or from a location where assistance is provided; (2) the train is a tourist, scenic, historic, or excursion operation that is not part of the general railroad system of transportation; (3) the train is a locomotive not attached to railcars, is located inside a rail yard, and is being moved between tracks in order to keep the train organized and on schedule or is being moved to or from a maintenance shop; or (4) a railroad company is exempted from the two-person crew requirement by the commissioner due to having not more than 15 employees and operating a train at a maximum authorized speed of not more than 15 miles per hour. c. Notwithstanding the exceptions listed in subsections a. and b. of this section, a railroad company shall require a minimum of two crew members on a dangerous hazardous train when the dangerous hazardous train is transporting: (1) one or more loaded freight cars containing any material poisonous by inhalation as defined in 49 C.F.R. s.171.8, including anhydrous ammonia (UN1005) and ammonia solutions (UN 3318); or (2) 10 or more loaded freight cars or freight cars loaded with bulk packaging as defined in 49 C.F.R. s.171.8 or one or more intermodal portable tanks containing any combination of these materials or any Division 2.1 flammable gases as defined in 49 C.F.R. s.173.115(a), Class 3 flammable liquids as defined in 49 C.F.R. s.173.120(a), Class 1 explosives categorized in Division 1.1 or 1.2 as such terms are defined in 49 C.F.R. s.173.50, or hazardous substances listed in 49 C.F.R. s.173.31(f)(2). L.2025, c.300, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1D-5 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-5
Financial conditions; arrangements of projects
Status: in_force

5. a. The department's financial participation in any demonstration project undertaken pursuant to this act shall be subject to legislative appropriation. The corporation's financial participation in any demonstration project undertaken pursuant to this act shall be subject to the availability of funds. Participation by a public partner may take the form of loans or such other financial credit arrangements as may be appropriate to advance an approved project. Agreements entered into pursuant to this act to facilitate such participation shall provide that such loans or other credit arrangements made by the public partner shall yield a reasonable return and be amortized over the term of such agreement, or such lesser period as may be agreed to by the parties. b. A project agreement entered into pursuant to this act shall provide for the allocation of ownership, leasehold, and other property interests in demonstration projects. c. The project agreement may authorize the developer to set and impose rents, fares or user fees for use of a facility constructed by it and may require that over the term of the agreement, the rent, fare or fee revenues received by the developer be applied to repayment of the developer's capital outlay costs, interest expense, costs associated with operations, fare or user fee collection, facility management, reimbursement of the State's project review and oversight costs, repayment of loans, revenues to the State, technical and law enforcement services, and a reasonable return on investment to the developer. d. The project agreement shall specify the manner in which rents, fares or user fees are to be established or revised, the procedures for receiving public comment on the establishment or revision of fares or user fees, including the holding of a public hearing thereon, and the procedures by which the public partner shall oversee the establishment or revision of fares or user fees provided, however, that no fares or user fees shall be subject to oversight unless the developer receives public monies for 10 percent or greater of its operating expenses. L.1997,c.136,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5H-4 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5H / Section 5H-4
Duties, responsibilities
Status: in_force

The duties and responsibilities of the commission shall be: a. To establish criteria, in conformity with federal law and in consideration of the unique needs of the State, for selection of State-designated routes for the transport of highway route controlled quantity radioactive materials through the State; b. To identify and recommend to the Governor, or his designee, and Legislature, and review periodically as necessary, but at least annually upon the issue of the annual "Construction Program" document or any substantially similar document prepared by the Department of Transportation, the general State-designated routes for implementation by the State, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the United States Department of Transportation; c. To designate, pursuant to subsection b. of this section upon each notification of an intent to transport highway route controlled quantity radioactive materials through the State, the specific State-designated route for that shipment, for implementation by the State, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the United States Department of Transportation, and to immediately notify the members of the Legislature through whose districts the selected route passes; d. To consult and cooperate, where appropriate, with the federal government, regional and interstate organizations and agencies, and other state governments in efforts to identify State-designated routes so as to ensure maximum practicable consistency with those of neighboring states; e. To make recommendations with respect to the transport of radioactive material and the response to accidents resulting therefrom for incorporation by the Department of Environmental Protection in the State Radiation Emergency Response Plan created pursuant to P.L. 1981, c. 302 (C. 26:2D-37 et seq.); and f. To review and evaluate existing local, county and State public safety personnel training programs for response to radioactive material transport accidents, and to make recommendations thereon to the appropriate governmental entities. L. 1987, c. 12, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-32 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-32
Failure to provide bond; rejection of bid
Status: in_force

If the bidder fails to provide a satisfactory proposal bond as provided in section 27:7-31 of this Title, his bid shall be rejected. Amended by L.1977, c. 67, s. 3, eff. April 21, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25-15.1a — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-15.1a
Participation in Police and Firemen's Retirement System.
Status: in_force

2. The police officers of the New Jersey Transit Police Department who qualify for participation in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) shall participate in the retirement system as a condition of employment. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall be a participating employer in the retirement system for these police officers and shall make contributions to the retirement system and be subject to all the provisions of law applicable to employers participating in the retirement system, except as otherwise provided in this 1991 amendatory and supplementary act. A police officer with service with the corporation prior to the effective date of qualification for participation in the retirement system shall receive credit in the retirement system as a railway police officer or police officer of the corporation for this prior service in the same manner provided for the transfer of membership under another State-administered, county or municipal retirement system to the Police and Firemen's System under subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1989, c.204 (C.43:16A-1.2), except that the retirement allowance of a police officer receiving this prior service credit shall be reduced by the amount of the initial federal Railroad Retirement System Tier II benefit, if any, received by the officer. In either case, such past service credit for any police officer shall be granted only if the officer is continuously employed by the New Jersey Transit Corporation for five full years from the effective date of this 1991 amendatory and supplementary act. This five year requirement shall be waived in the case of an officer who, while employed, dies, is required to retire because of pension system age requirements or is permanently disabled. The corporation shall make contributions to the retirement system for the liability for the prior service credit in the same manner provided for employer contributions for the liability for service credit transferred from another State-administered, county or municipal retirement system under subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1989, c.204 (C.43:16A-1.2). The actuary of the retirement system shall determine the liability for the prior service as provided in this section. The corporation shall make contributions to the retirement system for the liability for the additional prior service credit provided by P.L.2000, c.39 in the same manner provided for employer contributions for the liability for service credit transferred from another State-administered, county or municipal retirement system under subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1989, c.204 (C.43:16A-1.2). L.1991,c.386,s.2; amended 2000,c.39,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25A-49 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-49
Public telephone, free drinking water unnecessary for participation in sign program along Atlantic City Expressway.
Status: in_force

3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, and consistent with federal law, a facility shall not be required to have a public telephone or free drinking water available in order to participate in any specific service sign program, as implemented by the South Jersey Transportation Authority. b. As used in this section, "specific service sign program" means a program that provides for the installation and maintenance of signs along the Atlantic City Expressway that identify and provide directional information to motorists for gas, food, lodging, camping, and attraction facilities, including, but not limited to, a tourist-oriented directional sign program, a specific service logo sign program, or a highway sponsorship sign program. L.2015, c.139, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 27:5F-30 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5F / Section 5F-30
Ban on first aid squad restrictions
Status: in_force

This act shall not be construed to grant to the Governor or any other State or local official any power to promulgate regulations which may restrict a volunteer and nonvolunteer first aid, rescue or ambulance squad of the State in the proper performance of its duties. The provisions of this section may not be waived notwithstanding any other language of this act. L. 1987, c. 284, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 27:23-17 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-17
Preliminary expenses.
Status: in_force

17. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized in its discretion to expend out of any funds available for the purpose such moneys as may be necessary for the study of any transportation project or projects and to use its engineering and other forces, including consulting engineers and traffic engineers, for the purpose of effecting such study and to pay for such additional engineering and traffic and other expert studies as it may deem expedient, and all such expenses incurred by the department shall be paid by the department and charged to the appropriate transportation project or projects, and the department shall keep proper records and accounts showing each amount so charged. Upon the sale of transportation revenue bonds for any project or projects, the funds so expended by the department in connection with such project or projects shall be reimbursed by the Authority to the department from the proceeds of such bonds. Any obligation or expense hereafter incurred by the Department of Transportation with the approval of the Authority for traffic surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering services in connection with the construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such project and shall be reimbursed to the State out of the proceeds of bonds herein authorized. L.1948,c.454,s.17; amended 2003,c.79,s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-44.1 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-44.1
Consents, grants and franchises affecting highways; approval of commissioner; lease of land under viaduct or bridge; removal of encroachments; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

No consent, grant or franchise affecting any portion of a State highway, or of any road included in the State highway system, shall be given for the construction of a railroad or street railway thereon except upon approval of and under conditions acceptable to the commissioner; nor shall any person enter upon or construct any works in or upon any State highway, except under such conditions and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe; provided, however, the commissioner may lease land or property under any viaduct or bridge, and the approaches thereto, said property having been acquired for right of way purposes, to any municipal corporation or any public board or commission, for public use only, subject to such conditions and regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe and subject further to the consent of the municipality in which the leased land is located. Whenever any encroachment may exist without warrant of law in any road when taken over as a State highway, the commissioner shall notify the Attorney General, who shall proceed to cause the same to be removed as by law provided. Any person guilty of any violation of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $100.00 for each day's violation, and the costs of prosecution, to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the State before any court of competent jurisdiction, by the commissioner. Said fines shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the funds available for construction, maintenance and repair of roads. Any such violation may be removed from any State highway as a trespass by a civil action brought by the commissioner in the Superior Court. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 489, s. 4; L.1968, c. 81, s. 1, eff. June 21, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 27:11-13 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-13
Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1935"
Status: in_force

L.1935, c. 16, p. 38, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due State road taxes," approved February fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the issuance of bonds by municipalities to pay past due state road taxes and also authorized the issuance of bonds by counties which received payments from municipalities on account of the state road tax but failed to pay over such moneys to the state. The act provided the details for the issuance and payment of these bonds which were to be issued and delivered by April 1, 1935, and paid within eight years.]
N.J. Stat. § 27:13A-6 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-6
Notification of designation; agreement with county or municipality
Status: in_force

Upon his approval of any application, the commissioner shall notify the board of chosen freeholders of the county or the governing body of the municipality, as the case may be, that the road described in the application has been designated as a State aid road and has been included in the State aid road system. Upon such notification, the commissioner shall enter into a written agreement with the county or municipality which shall specify the scope and responsibilities for the necessary planning, surveys and engineering and for the actual work and inspection thereof. Such agreement shall be limited to construction, reconstruction or improvement and activities incidental thereto, and shall not include the costs of maintenance, repair or any other activity not incidental to construction, reconstruction or improvement. L.1967, c. 86, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1B-7 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-7
Power to accept and use funds appropriated and paid by State.
Status: in_force

7. The authority shall have the power to accept and use any funds appropriated and paid by the State to the authority, including, without limitation, appropriations and payments from the Transportation Trust Fund Account established pursuant to the act, for the purposes for which the appropriations and payments are made, provided that only those revenues which are dedicated pursuant to the New Jersey Constitution, including Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 4, may be used to pay debt service on the transportation program bonds and any agreement securing the repayment of the transportation program bonds. Debt service on prior bonds shall be paid for solely from amounts on deposit in the "Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Debt Service for Prior Bonds," and debt service on transportation program bonds and any agreement securing the repayment of the transportation program bonds shall be paid for solely from amounts on deposit in the "Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Debt Service for Transportation Program Bonds." L.1984, c.73, s.7; amended 2012, c.13, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 27:1B-22 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-22
Preparation, submission of reports.
Status: in_force

22. The commissioner shall prepare and submit the following reports to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Transportation Policy Review Board, established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2006, c.3 (C.27:1B-22.2) under the terms set forth below: a Transportation Master Plan, a Statewide Capital Investment Strategy, an Annual Transportation Capital Program, a Transportation Trust Fund Authority Financial Plan, and a Five-Year Capital Plan. a. To the end that the transportation system of the State shall be planned in an orderly and efficient manner and that the Legislature shall be advised of the nature and extent of public highways, public transportation projects and other transportation projects contemplated to be financed under this act, the department shall submit a master plan, as provided in subsection (a) of section 5 of P.L.1966, c.301 (C.27:1A-5). Notwithstanding the provisions of that act, the plan shall be for a period of five years and shall be submitted to the Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning, the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and the Chairman of the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee, or their successors, and the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer, and the metropolitan planning organizations, on or before March 1, 2001, and at five-year intervals thereafter. The master plan shall set the direction for the department's overall Capital Investment Strategy and subsequent annual Transportation Capital Programs submitted to the Legislature for approval pursuant to this section. This master plan shall, to the extent practicable, conform to all federal requirements for Statewide transportation planning. b. The Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the New Jersey Transit Corporation, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the South Jersey Transportation Authority, shall prepare a "Statewide Capital Investment Strategy" for at least a five-year period which shall contain, at a minimum, a statement of the goals of the department, the corporation, and the toll road authorities in major selected policy areas and the means by which the goals are to be attained during that period, using quantitative measures where appropriate. The Statewide Capital Investment Strategy may be updated and submitted no later than March 1 of each year. The Statewide Capital Investment Strategy shall provide for a multi-modal, intermodal, seamless, technologically advanced, and secure transportation system. It shall recommend investment for major program categories, set overall goals for investment in the State's infrastructure, and develop program targets and performance measures. It may rely on infrastructure management systems as developed by the department to assess bridge conditions, pavement conditions, bridge, traffic and pedestrian safety, traffic congestion and public transit facilities. With respect to pavement conditions, the department shall set as a priority the utilization of efficient cost-effective materials and treatments as stated in section 9 of P.L.2000, c.73 (C.27:1B-21.22). In the event that there exist appropriate circumstances for the use of micro-surfacing and cold-in-place recycling, the department shall establish as a special priority the use of these materials and surface treatments. The goals of the Capital Investment Strategy shall include, but not be limited to, reduction of vehicular and pedestrian accidents, reduction in the backlog of projects, including one-half of the structurally deficient bridge repair projects and pavement deficiencies, and an increase in lane miles of bicycle paths, with a goal of constructing an additional 1,000 lane miles of bicycle paths in five years to reduce traffic congestion and for recreational uses. The construction of bicycle and pedestrian lanes, paths and facilities shall be subject to no stricter environmental requirements than are provided pursuant to federal law and regulations for such lanes, paths and facilities, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary of State law and regulations, including State Executive Order No. 215 of 1989. With respect to the New Jersey Transit Corporation, the Statewide Capital Investment Strategy shall deal with the corporation's overall goal to keep the public transportation system in a state of good repair and, more specifically, in the area of bus transportation, present a strategy and a preliminary timetable for the replacement of the current diesel bus fleet with a fleet of buses which have reduced emission of air pollutants. The corporation shall consider the feasibility of buses with improved pollution controls and that reduce particulate emissions and buses powered by fuel other than conventional diesel fuel, such as compressed natural gas vehicles, hybrid vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, biodiesel vehicles, vehicles operated on ultra low sulfur fuel, and vehicles operated on any other bus fuel approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The corporation may consider as part of its strategy, cooperative efforts with bus manufacturers, and the solicitation of federal support, in developing a "clean bus" with air pollution controls superior to currently available technology. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, all buses purchased by the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall be buses with improved pollution controls and that reduce particulate emissions, or buses powered by fuel other than conventional diesel fuel, such as compressed natural gas vehicles, hybrid vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, biodiesel vehicles, vehicles operated on ultra low sulfur fuel, or vehicles operated on any other bus fuel approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In the event that the corporation is not able to meet the bus purchase requirements set forth in this section with respect to any fiscal year, prior to the commencement of the fiscal year, the board of the corporation shall, by resolution, submit a report to the Legislature detailing its inability to meet the requirements and the reasons therefor and shall submit the report to the Senate and General Assembly when both houses are in session, including therein a request to be exempted from the bus purchase requirements of this section with regard to the fiscal year in question. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly shall cause the date of submission to be entered upon the Senate Journal and the Minutes of the General Assembly. If a joint resolution approving the exemption is passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor prior to the commencement of the fiscal year in question, the corporation shall be exempt from the requirements for that fiscal year. In the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2007 and in each fiscal year thereafter, in the year prior to the year in which final engineering is anticipated to start on any project which extends the reach of the New Jersey Transit rail or light rail system, the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall be required to identify and include in the annual Statewide Capital Investment Strategy the required State financial assistance to support operation of the incremental service for the first three years and the projected fare box recovery ratio at the commencement of the fourth year of operation of each project. The Statewide Capital Investment Strategy shall also detail the planned investment of capital funds for public transportation projects of companies other than the New Jersey Transit Corporation engaged in the business of providing motor bus transportation. The Statewide Capital Investment Strategy shall demonstrate that such investment adequately addresses the finding in section 2 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-2) that in the provision of public transportation services it is desirable to encourage to the maximum extent feasible the participation of private enterprise. c. On or before March 1 of each year, the commissioner shall submit a report of general project categories and proposed projects thereunder to be financed in the ensuing fiscal year, including therewith a description of the projects, the county or counties and municipality or municipalities within which they are to be located, a distinction between State and local projects, an identification number for each project that can be used to cross reference any project in the State's federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, the project phase of work, investment category, project sponsor, governmental entity with jurisdiction over the project and associated infrastructure, the amount estimated to be expended on each project in the year of appropriation, and an estimate of the total project cost. This report shall be known as the "Annual Transportation Capital Program" for the upcoming fiscal year. It shall include proposed projects of both the Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Transit Corporation. The program shall be consistent with, and reflective of, the goals and priorities of the Capital Investment Strategy and the program shall include an explanation which demonstrates how it is consistent with, and reflective of, the goals and priorities. d. On or before March 1 of each year, the commissioner shall also submit a "Transportation Trust Fund Authority Financial Plan" designed to implement the financing of the proposed projects. The financial plan shall contain an enumeration of the bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority which the authority intends to issue, including the amounts thereof and the conditions therefor. The financial plan shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the authority's proposed operations during the ensuing fiscal year, including amounts of income from all sources, including but not limited to the proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations to be issued, as well as interest earned. In addition, the plan shall contain proposed amounts to be appropriated and expended, as well as amounts for which the department anticipates to obligate during the ensuing fiscal year for any future expenditures. e. The Statewide Capital Investment Strategy, the Annual Transportation Capital Program, and the Transportation Trust Fund Authority Financial Plan shall be submitted to the Senate and General Assembly. Within 45 days of the receipt thereof, the Senate or the General Assembly may object in writing to the commissioner in regard to any project or projects in the Annual Transportation Capital Program it disapproves or which it is of the opinion should be modified or added to or any additional or alternative projects considered or in regard to any element of the financial plan. The commissioner shall consider the objections and recommendations and resubmit the report within 10 days, containing therein any modifications based upon the commissioner's consideration of the objections or recommendations. f. In order that the Legislature shall be advised of the nature and extent of public highways, public transportation projects, and other transportation projects contemplated to be financed under this act, the commissioner shall submit annually, together with the Annual Transportation Capital Program, a Five-Year Capital Plan, which shall set forth projects and programs anticipated to be funded over the five-year period. The Five-Year Capital Plan shall, to the extent practicable, conform to all federal requirements for Statewide transportation capital programming. L.1984, c.73, s.22; amended 1987, c.460, s.5; 1995, c.108, s.8; 2000, c.73, s.22; 2006, c.3, s.5; 2016, c.56, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 27:25A-43 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25A / Section 25A-43
South Jersey Transportation Authority, sales of "Jersey Fresh," "Made With Jersey Fresh" products at service areas along the Atlantic City Expressway.
Status: in_force

2. a. The South Jersey Transportation Authority shall adopt, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to provide for and encourage the sale of agricultural products labeled "Jersey Fresh", other agricultural or horticultural products grown and raised in the State, and "Made With Jersey Fresh" products that are baked or made with "Jersey Fresh" products, at service areas along the Atlantic City Expressway. These rules and regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions allowing for: (1) the selection of appropriate service areas; (2) the designation of locations for such sales at selected service areas; (3) procedures for growers and sellers of agricultural or horticultural products, and bakers and producers of "Made With Jersey Fresh" products, to use these designated sales locations; and (4) compliance with the rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2008, c.40 (C.4:1-11.2). b. To the extent necessary, appropriate, and practicable, the South Jersey Turnpike Authority shall initiate discussions with contracted vendors at service areas concerning the promotion and sale of agricultural products labeled "Jersey Fresh" and other agricultural or horticultural products, and "Made With Jersey Fresh" baked goods and other food products, at service areas and shall incorporate any necessary provisions in the contracts of the vendors to allow for the promotion and sale of these products at service areas along the Atlantic City Expressway. L.2008, c.40, s.2; amended 2010, c.111, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 27:7-42.4 — NJ Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-42.4
"Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."
Status: in_force

3. a. There is established, within the Department of Transportation, an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program" to: (1) Assess the conditions existing along roadsides in the State; (2) Develop and adopt a comprehensive integrated roadside vegetation management plan for cost effective maintenance and planting along roadsides, with an emphasis on adaptable vegetation with long life cycles, native vegetation, and wildflowers , and incorporating any requirements pursuant to any other law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, concerning the planting of native vegetation ; (3) Conduct research and feasibility studies for the comprehensive integrated roadside vegetation management plan and for future integrated roadside management projects; (4) Implement the comprehensive integrated roadside vegetation management plan to improve roadsides in a way that will serve a variety of purposes, including climate control, erosion control, weed control, scenic quality, wildlife habitats, and utility easements; (5) Incorporate integrated roadside management best practices for the long-term control of damaging insects, invasive plant species, and weeds while preserving valuable vegetation and habitats; (6) Expand or create public education programs about the importance of integrated roadside vegetation management in the State, the scenic and environmental value of land adjoining roadsides, and other information consistent with the program goals; and (7) Coordinate with other private entities and government entities, including the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the South Jersey Transportation Authority, and county and municipal governments concerning initiatives to improve roadsides in the State. b. The Commissioner of Transportation shall appoint an Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Coordinator to administer the program. The coordinator shall be responsible for implementing the program goals as established by subsection a. of this section. L.2017, c.44, s.3.