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NJ Rev Stat § 27:13A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:13A-7 - Share of cost

27:13A-7. Share of cost  The State's share of the cost of any project undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not exceed, in the case of county projects 50% and in the case of municipal projects 75% of the total cost thereof, including the cost of right-of-way acquisition, preliminary engineering, preparation of plans, specifications and estimates, construction supervision and inspection and the cost of construction, reconstruction or improvement as set forth in the agreement between the commissioner and the county or municipality. L.1967, c. 86, s. 7. Amended by L.1968, c. 69, s. 1, eff. June 21, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:13A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:13A-8 - Disbursement of moneys; voucher

27:13A-8. Disbursement of moneys; voucher  Disbursement of all or any part of the amount made available to any county or municipality for the construction, reconstruction or improvement of a State aid road shall be made on approval by the commissioner of a voucher submitted to him by such county or municipality. The voucher shall be in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall include a statement setting forth the work performed and the detailed cost thereof. Disbursement may be made, under such regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe, during the progress of such work, final payment to be made upon completion thereof, but such regulations shall not require the withholding of a larger percentage from the contractor pending and upon completion of the contract than is authorized in the case of State contracts pursuant to section 27:7-34 of the Revised Statutes. L.1967, c. 86, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:13A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:13A-9 - Control and supervision by commissioner

27:13A-9. Control and supervision by commissioner  All work undertaken by any county or municipality pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be performed in accordance with such standards for design, construction, reconstruction and improvement as shall be prescribed by the commissioner, and shall be subject to his control and supervision. L.1967, c. 86, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:13A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:13A-10 - Surveillance of projects; records

27:13A-10. Surveillance of projects; records  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:13A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:13A-11 - Additional aid

27:13A-11. Additional aid  Subsequent to the completion of the initial construction, reconstruction or improvement work on any State aid road as provided by this act, the board of chosen freeholders of the county, or the governing body of the municipality, having jurisdiction over such road from time to time may apply to the commissioner for State aid for such further construction, reconstruction or improvement work on such road as may be necessary or desirable to maintain such road as a functional part of the State aid road system. If any such application is approved by the commissioner, the work shall be performed and the State share shall be disbursed according to the terms and conditions governing the initial work. L.1967, c. 86, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:13A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:13A-12 - Rules and regulations

27:13A-12. Rules and regulations  The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1967, c. 86, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:13A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:13A-13 - Bridges and viaducts; improvement and reconstruction; inspection program; allocation of funds

27:13A-13. Bridges and viaducts; improvement and reconstruction; inspection program; allocation of funds  County and municipal bridges and viaducts, without regard to location in the State, may be improved or reconstructed with funds available under the provisions of this act in the same manner as county and municipal roads on the State Aid Road System. Of the total funds available to counties and municipalities under the provisions of this act for the calendar year commencing January 1, 1969, the commissioner may allocate not more than 10% of such amount to defray the cost of carrying out a comprehensive bridge inspection program but to the extent possible the allocation of such funds shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as is provided for all other funds distributed under the provisions of this act. L.1968, c. 69, s. 2, eff. June 21, 1968, supplementing L.1967, c. 86.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-1 - Annual apportionment to counties for construction and reconstruction; county's share

27:14-1. Annual apportionment to counties for construction and reconstruction; county's share  The commissioner shall annually apportion to each county fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000.00) from State Highway system funds to be used for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of county roads and bridges. Amended by L.1946, c. 207, p. 804, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-2 - Construction of public roads; action by freeholders; contribution by municipalities

27:14-2. Construction of public roads; action by freeholders; contribution by municipalities  The board of chosen freeholders of any county may by resolution direct that a public road or section thereof, located within the county, being at least thirty-three feet in width and at least one mile in length, or, being less than one mile in length but an extension of or connection with some permanently improved or paved road or street, be constructed or improved in such manner that it will, with reasonable repairs, be firm, smooth and convenient for travel at all seasons of the year. When more roads are applied for than can be constructed in any one year, the board of chosen freeholders and the commissioner may select from the roads petitioned for the ones first to be constructed, having first regard to the most important roads and the distribution of the benefits of this article to all parts of the county. The board of chosen freeholders may, before approving any road, require as a condition of its approval that the municipalities through which the road runs shall pay ten per cent of the cost of the improvement to be applied to the county's share of the cost of the improvement of the roads constructed under this article. "Public road" as used in this section includes any road that may have been laid out, dedicated, or the right of way acquired, so that it may be built, notwithstanding it never has been built or used by the public, or any bridges or culverts erected thereon.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-3 - Surveys and plans; approval by freeholders and commissioner

27:14-3. Surveys and plans; approval by freeholders and commissioner  After the passage of the resolution contemplated by section 27:14-2 of this title the board of chosen freeholders shall cause a survey of the road to be made and plans, cross sections and specifications of the work to be done thereon to be prepared. The survey shall indicate the width and length of the road, and shall show how much of it may be improved by deviation from the then existing lines, but no survey shall be commenced until the written consent of the commissioner shall have been first obtained. When the plans, cross sections and specifications shall have been prepared, they shall be submitted to the board of chosen freeholders for approval or rejection. If approved by the board they shall then be submitted to the commissioner, who shall, before approving them, ascertain the natural character of the soil upon which the road is proposed to be constructed and all other facts he may deem important. If the commissioner approves the plans, cross sections and specifications, their scope and detail, and is satisfied as to the advisability of the improvement of the road as contemplated, and that the state's share of the cost of the construction of the road together with its share of the cost of the construction of all other roads or sections of roads under the plans and specifications previously approved by him, will not exceed the amount available for the purpose he shall indorse his approval on the plans, cross sections and specifications. Otherwise he shall reject them.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-4 - Cost defined

27:14-4. Cost defined  For the purpose of estimating the state's share of the cost of the work, the cost shall include that of supervision and engineering.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-5 - Road improvements; extent of

27:14-5. Road improvements; extent of  The road improvements contemplated by this article shall include the: a. Construction of the road and its intersections with other public roads; b. Restoration or construction as provided in this article of proper and adequate entrances to properties; c. Building of the necessary walls in cuts or for slopes, bridges and culverts; and all necessary facilities for drainage; d. Planting of shade trees and such work as may be necessary to preserve existing shade trees; and e. Treatment of adjacent forest lands so as to make the road and its borders an effective firebreak.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-6 - Bridges and culverts; specifications, advertisements and contracts

27:14-6. Bridges and culverts; specifications, advertisements and contracts  Bridge and culvert building may be included in the road contract or separately contracted for and advertised as provided in section 27:14-12 of this title. Each separate contract shall be approved by the commissioner. All advertisements shall be made as required by this article and all bids received shall give separately the price of each bridge or culvert when included in the road contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-7 - Supplemental contracts

27:14-7. Supplemental contracts  The board of chosen freeholders may, after the execution and approval by the commissioner of a contract for road improvements under this article make without public advertisement, supplemental contracts for additional work found to be necessary as a part of the improvement, provided such contracts shall not cover any additional mileage or length of road, nor alter the general character of the improvement. Before any such contracts shall become binding, and before any work shall be done thereunder, they shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner in the same manner as provided in this article in case of contracts let after public advertisement.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-8 - Limitation on state aid in certain cases

27:14-8. Limitation on state aid in certain cases  The state's share of or contribution to the cost of any improvement under this article shall be forty per cent of the estimated cost thereof, except as otherwise provided by law or when left to the discretion of the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-9 - Contribution by municipalities; resolutions binding

27:14-9. Contribution by municipalities; resolutions binding  A resolution passed by the governing body of a municipality through which the road runs, to pay at least ten per cent of the cost of the improvement provided for in section 27:14-2 of this title, shall be binding upon it.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-10 - Municipal bond issue

27:14-10. Municipal bond issue  When a municipality shall have undertaken to pay ten per cent of the cost of an improvement under the provisions of this article either by resolution of the governing body, or otherwise, and in the opinion of the governing body, to be determined by resolution, it would be too burdensome on the taxpayers of the municipality to place in the tax levy for any fiscal year the portion of the expense of the improvement to be borne by it, the governing body may issue bonds for the amount undertaken to be paid by the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-11 - Municipalities may borrow to meet installments on improvement contract; amount

27:14-11. Municipalities may borrow to meet installments on improvement contract; amount  When a municipality or public body has or shall have entered into a contract, with the approval of the commissioner, for the improvement of a public road pursuant to this article, the body having control of the finances of such municipality or public body may, as and when each installment or payment on account of the contract price of such improvement falls due, and a proper certificate therefor is presented to the municipality or public body in accordance with section 27:14-15 of this title, borrow money on temporary loan in anticipation of the payment of such municipality or public body of and to an amount not exceeding the state's share of the installment or payment on account of the contract price of such road so falling due, and the proceeds of such temporary loan shall be applied and paid on account of the installment or payment on account of the contract price. Such temporary loans shall be repaid upon the payment to the municipality or public body of the sums in anticipation of payment of which the loans were made.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-12 - Advertisement for bids; specifications; certified check with bid; contract and bond; time of awarding contract

27:14-12. Advertisement for bids; specifications; certified check with bid; contract and bond; time of awarding contract  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-13 - Contract and bond; approval by commissioner; rejection; readvertising

27:14-13. Contract and bond; approval by commissioner; rejection; readvertising  Before any work is done under the contract, the contract, together with the contractor's bond, shall be exhibited to the commissioner for his approval in writing thereon, but the commissioner may, if he deems it to the best interests of the county, reject the contract, in which case he shall cause the word "rejected" to be placed thereon. From the time of such rejection the bond required to accompany the contract shall be null and void, but such rejection shall not prevent the board from readvertising for bids and proceeding thenceforth under the provisions of this article if such action is taken within four months after such rejection. Otherwise the approval required by section 27:14-3 of this title shall be null and void.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-14 - Time of payments; contractor's bond on completion of work; term

27:14-14. Time of payments; contractor's bond on completion of work; term  The time and manner of payment for work done under a contract awarded under this article shall be set forth in the contract. When a contractor has completed his contract no percentage of the contract price shall be retained but the contractor shall enter into a bond to the board of chosen freeholders in a sum amounting to five per cent of the contract price, with any surety company authorized to do business in this state and which has the approval of the attorney general, as surety. The bond shall remain in force for one year and shall provide that the contractor can be held responsible for poor workmanship done or poor materials furnished under such contract, but he shall not be responsible for acts or causes beyond his control.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-15 - Partial payments; engineers' certificate; final report; filing

27:14-15. Partial payments; engineers' certificate; final report; filing  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-16 - Partial payments for highway work; amount

27:14-16. Partial payments for highway work; amount  Contracts may provide for partial payments at least once each month or from time to time as the work progresses on work of construction or maintenance. Ten per centum of the amount due on partial payments on the first 50% of the total contract price shall be withheld from the contractor pending completion of the contract. Thereafter, on the remaining 50% of the total contract price, no per centum of the partial payments shall be withheld from the contractor pending such completion. Contracts may also provide for partial payments at least once in each month or from time to time as the work progresses on all materials placed upon the site which are suitable for the use and execution of the contract, provided the contractor furnishes releases of liens for all material furnished at the time each estimate of work is submitted for payment, but such partial payments shall not exceed 80% of the value of the material. Amended by L.1958, c. 7, p. 27, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-17 - Payment of state's share of construction cost; certification

27:14-17. Payment of state's share of construction cost; certification  The state's share of the cost of all roads constructed under this article shall be paid out of any appropriations made therefor. The governor and the commissioner shall certify, from time to time, to the state comptroller, the amount to be paid to any county or municipality for that year, and the comptroller shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of the county or municipal treasurer for the amount so certified, and the state treasurer shall thereupon pay the same. When a contract provides for partial payments based upon the amount of work done, the intent of this article is that partial payments to a county or municipality shall be certified as aforesaid, provided the amount so certified is not in excess of the state's proportionate share of that paid on account of the contract or contracts for work done by the county or municipality as provided in sections 27:14-15 and 27:14-16 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-18 - Contribution by county; annual tax levy; deficiency and surplus

27:14-18. Contribution by county; annual tax levy; deficiency and surplus  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.