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NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-9 - Project agreement

27:1C-9. Project agreement  Every transportation project funded in whole or in part by funds from a transportation development district trust fund shall be subject to a project agreement to which the commissioner is a party. Every transportation project for which a project agreement has been executed shall be included in a district transportation improvement plan adopted by an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, under section 6 of this act. A project agreement may include other parties, including but not limited to, municipalities and the developers of a project. A project agreement shall provide for the assignment of financial obligations among the parties, and those provisions for discharging respective financial obligations as the parties shall agree upon. A project agreement also shall make provision for those arrangements among the parties as are necessary and convenient for undertaking and completing a transportation project. A project agreement may provide that a county may pledge funds in a transportation development district trust fund or revenues to be received from development fees for the repayment of debt incurred under any debt instrument which the county may be authorized by law to issue. Each project agreement shall be authorized by and entered into pursuant to an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, of the governing body of each county and municipality which is a party to the project agreement. Any project agreement may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited time and on any terms and conditions which may be approved by or on behalf of the county or municipality and shall be valid whether or not an appropriation with respect thereto is made by the county or municipality prior to the authorization or execution thereof. Any county or municipality which is authorized to undertake all or part of a project which may involve property within the jurisdiction of another political subdivision, may exercise all powers necessary for the project as may be permitted by law and agreed to in the project agreement.  L.1989,c.100,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-10 - Appropriation of funds

27:1C-10. Appropriation of funds  No expenditure of funds shall be made from a transportation development district trust fund except by appropriation by the governing body of the county or other appropriate governmental organization as designated by the commissioner under this act, and upon certification of the county treasurer or the appropriate financial officer of the designated governmental organization, as appropriate, that the expenditure is in accordance with a project agreement entered into under section 9 of this act.  L.1989,c.100,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-11 - Loans

27:1C-11. Loans  The commissioner may, subject to the availability of appropriations for this purpose and pursuant to a project agreement entered into under section 9 of this act, make loans to a party to a project agreement for the purpose of undertaking and completing a State-owned transportation project. In this event, the project agreement shall include the obligation of the governing body of the county to make payments to the commissioner for repayment of the loan according to an agreed upon schedule of payments. The commissioner may receive monies from a county for repayment of a loan and pay these monies, or assign his right to receive them, to the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-4), in reimbursement of funds paid to him by that authority for the purpose of making loans pursuant to this section.  L.1989,c.100,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-12 - Adjoining transportation development districts

27:1C-12. Adjoining transportation development districts  The governing bodies of two or more counties which have established, or propose to establish, adjoining transportation development districts, and which have determined that joint or coordinated planning or implementation of transportation projects would be beneficial, may enter into joint arrangements under this act, including: (1) filing joint applications under section 4 of this act, (2) initiating a coordinated joint planning process under section 5 of this act, (3) adopting coordinated district transportation improvement plans under section 6 of this act and (4) entering into joint project agreements under section 9 of this act.  L.1989,c.100,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-14 - Application for dissolution

27:1C-14. Application for dissolution  a. The governing body of a county within which a transportation development district has been designated under section 4 of this act may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, apply to the commissioner for the dissolution of the district. The application shall include the reasons for the proposed dissolution and a plan for disbursing any funds remaining in the transportation development district trust fund, whether by refunds to owners of property on which the fees were assessed or otherwise, and for concluding the business of the district generally.  b. The commissioner shall, within 60 days of the receipt of a completed application, (1) by order dissolve the district and approve the county's plan for concluding the business of the district or (2) disapprove the application and inform the governing body of the county in writing of the reasons for the disapproval and any conditions or changes in the plan for concluding the business of the district which the commissioner believes to be necessary in the public interest.  L.1989,c.100,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-15 - Petition by municipal governing body; response by county governing body

27:1C-15. Petition by municipal governing body; response by county governing body  a. The governing body of any municipality or municipalities may, by resolution, petition the governing body of the county to initiate an application for the designation and delineation of a transportation development district under section 4 of this act. The resolution shall set forth in detail the reasons which, in the judgment of the governing body or bodies, justify the creation of a transportation development district in conformity with the purpose of this act.  b. The governing body of the county shall, within 90 days of the receipt of a petition submitted under subsection a. above, respond to the petition by adoption of an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, which shall state the intention of the governing body to proceed or not to proceed with an application for the designation and delineation of a transportation development district under section 4 of this act. If appropriate, the ordinance or resolution shall set forth the reasons for not so proceeding. The ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, shall be transmitted to the governing body or bodies submitting the petition and to the governing body of each municipality which would, in the judgment of the governing body of the county, be directly affected by the designation and delineation of a transportation development district as proposed in the petition.  L.1989,c.100,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-16 - Limitations

27:1C-16. Limitations  a. Except as provided by this act, no county or municipality may establish or operate a district within the boundaries delineated by the commissioner for a transportation development district under section 4 of this act if the district is for the purpose of consolidating the required contributions for transportation improvements of applicants for development within the district.  b. Approval of a development application by any State, county or municipal body shall not be withheld or delayed because the proposed development is within a proposed or pending transportation development district. The development application shall be considered in accordance with the applicable law, rule, regulation, ordinance or resolution in effect at the time of application.  c. The provisions of this act shall not be construed as affecting municipal reviews and approvals of proposed developments under the provisions of the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.).  L.1989,c.100,s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1C-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1C-18 - Rules, regulations

27:1C-18. Rules, regulations  The commissioner upon notice and the holding of a public hearing shall adopt the rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, except that any transportation development district trust fund established under section 7 of this act shall be administered in accordance with all of the regulations adopted by the Local Finance Board or the Division of Local Government Services of the Department of Community Affairs which are applicable to county funds generally, and that the Local Finance Board shall have authority to adopt, after consultation with the commissioner, regulations specifically governing the administration of transportation development district trust funds.  L.1989,c.100,s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-1 - Findings, declarations relative to transportation projects

27:1D-1. Findings, declarations relative to transportation projects  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A safe and efficient transportation system is essential to the economic and social well-being of the State and its people, and is a sound economic investment opportunity for both private and public resources. b. The use of public-private transportation initiatives would enhance the ability of the State to provide a safe and efficient transportation system through use of alternate funding sources and private sector efficiencies; supplement the State's transportation resources in order to allow the State to use its limited resources for other needed projects; and encourage and promote business and employment opportunities for the citizens of New Jersey. L.1997,c.136,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-2 - Definitions relative to transportation projects

27:1D-2. Definitions relative to transportation projects  2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation. "Corporation" means the New Jersey Transit Corporation. "Department" means the Department of Transportation. "Demonstration project" means a transportation project selected by the commissioner pursuant to section 3 of this act. "Developer" means a public or private entity or consortia thereof selected by the public partner from among proposers to develop a demonstration project. "Intelligent transportation systems" mean the equipment, facilities, property, information management and communications resources which are necessary or desirable for the advancement, management, or operation of a multi-modal transportation network. "Project agreement" or "demonstration project agreement" means a contract or agreement entered into by the commissioner with a developer providing the terms and conditions under which the developer shall undertake a demonstration project. "Public highways" means public roads, streets, expressways, freeways, parkways, motorways and boulevards, including bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, rest areas, express bus roadways, bus pullouts and turnarounds, park-ride facilities, traffic circles, grade separations, intelligent transportation systems, traffic control devices, the elimination or improvement of crossings of railroads and highways, whether at grade or not at grade, and any facilities, equipment, property, rights of way, easements and interests therein needed for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways or intelligent transportation systems. "Public partner" means the Department of Transportation or the New Jersey Transit Corporation, as the case may be. "Public transportation project" means, 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, motorbuses 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. "Transportation project" means, in addition to public highways and public transportation projects, any equipment, facility or property useful or related to the provision of any ground, waterborne or air transportation for the movement of people and goods. L.1997,c.136,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-3 - Selection of demonstration projects

27:1D-3. Selection of demonstration projects  3. a. Commencing with the fiscal year beginning after the effective date of this act and for the next four succeeding fiscal years, the commissioner is authorized to select up to seven transportation projects from the list of transportation projects for which monies have been appropriated in the annual appropriations acts for those five fiscal years to serve as demonstration projects. No more than seven demonstration projects shall be selected by the commissioner pursuant to this act. b. Selection by the commissioner of demonstration projects pursuant to subsection a. of this section which are public transportation projects shall be made with the approval of the board of the corporation. c. If a transportation project is not listed in the annual appropriations acts, the commissioner may submit that project as a demonstration project to the Legislature for approval. The commissioner shall make the submission to the Legislature to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly on a day when both houses are meeting. The President and the Speaker shall cause the date of submission to be entered upon the Senate Journal and the Minutes of the General Assembly, respectively. Unless the project as described in the submission is disapproved by adoption of a concurrent resolution to this effect by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized membership of both houses within the time period prescribed in this subsection, the project shall be deemed approved and the public partner shall be authorized to undertake the project. The time period shall commence on the day of submission and expire on the forty-fifth day after submission or for a house not meeting on the forty-fifth day, on the next meeting day of that house. d. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, demonstration projects shall be subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. L.1997,c.136,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-5 - Financial conditions; arrangements of projects

27:1D-5. Financial conditions; arrangements of projects  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-6 - Laws applicable to demonstration projects

27:1D-6. Laws applicable to demonstration projects  6. Traffic and other laws applicable on the State transportation system shall be enforceable, as appropriate, on demonstration projects constructed by and leased by a developer pursuant to this act. L.1997,c.136,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-7 - Demonstration projects subject to State, federal laws

27:1D-7. Demonstration projects subject to State, federal laws  7. a. Demonstration projects selected pursuant to this act shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with all applicable environmental requirements and all other applicable State and federal laws and regulations necessary to the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. b. Unless determined otherwise by the corporation, in its sole discretion, the plans and specifications for each demonstration project shall comply with the corporation's standards for public transportation projects. c. Unless determined otherwise by the commissioner, in his sole discretion, the plans and specifications for each transportation project other than public transportation projects shall comply with the department's standards for transportation projects. L.1997,c.136,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-8 - Immunities, defenses applicable to demonstration projects

27:1D-8. Immunities, defenses applicable to demonstration projects  8. All absolute and qualified immunities and defenses provided to public entities and public employees by the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., the "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act," N.J.S.59:13-1 et seq., and any other law shall apply to all interests held and activities performed by the department, the corporation and other State agencies in connection with the demonstration projects selected pursuant to this act. L.1997,c.136,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1D-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1D-9 - Public partner may defend, indemnify

27:1D-9. Public partner may defend, indemnify  9. a. The public partner may agree to defend and indemnify any person, who, pursuant to a written agreement with the public partner entered into in accordance with this act, designs, constructs, operates, maintains, leases or otherwise holds an interest in a demonstration project, against claims, causes of action, demands, costs or judgments against that person arising as a direct result of the design, construction, interest, operation, or maintenance of that demonstration project. The public partner is authorized to reach agreements to defend and indemnify a person upon the terms and limitations the public partner deems reasonable and appropriate. b. A determination by the public partner to defend and indemnify pursuant to this section does not bar, reduce, limit or affect any remedies which the public partner may have to enforce the agreement between the public partner and the developer to assert a claim for damages to which the public partner may be entitled arising out of the developer's failure to perform the agreement, or for the recovery of funds expended for the defense of the developer if the defense was undertaken in response to a claim or cause of action brought against the developer which is proven to have arisen from gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud, intentional tort, bad faith or criminal conduct. c. No one other than the person operating, maintaining, leasing or otherwise holding an interest in the demonstration project pursuant to an agreement with the public partner has the right to enforce any agreement for defense or indemnification between that person and the public partner. L.1997,c.136,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1E-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1E-1 - Definitions relative to smart growth in DOT and expedited permits.

27:1E-1 Definitions relative to smart growth in DOT and expedited permits.  6. As used in section 7 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.27:1E-2): "Applicant" means any person applying for a permit pursuant to section 7 or 10, as appropriate, of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.27:1E-2 or C.13:1D-146); "Ombudsman" or "Smart Growth Ombudsman" means the Smart Growth Ombudsman appointed by the Governor pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.52:27D-10.3); "Permit" means any permit or approval issued by the Department of Transportation pursuant to any law or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto; "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, owner or operator of a treatment works, political subdivision of this State, or State or interstate agency; and "Smart growth area" means an area designated pursuant to P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.) as Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan), Planning Area 2 (Suburban), a designated center, or a designated growth center in an endorsed plan; a smart growth area and planning area designated in a master plan adopted by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission pursuant to subsection (i) of section 6 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-6); a growth area designated in the comprehensive management plan prepared and adopted by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to section 7 of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-8); an urban enterprise zone designated pursuant to P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.347 (C.52:27H-66.2 et al.); an area determined to be in need of redevelopment pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-5 and 40A:12A-6) and as approved by the Department of Community Affairs; or similar areas designated by the Department of Environmental Protection. L.2004,c.89,s.6.