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NJ Rev Stat § 27:10-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:10-1 - Approval of plans by commissioner; contracts

27:10-1. Approval of plans by commissioner; contracts  The governing body of a municipality in which a state highway route has or shall have been laid out may, with the consent of the commissioner, construct and improve any part of the highway within the municipality. The work shall be in accordance with plans and specifications submitted by the governing body and approved by the commissioner, and shall be conducted by the governing body at all times subject to the inspection of the commissioner. No contract for the construction or improvement of a highway made by a municipality under the provisions of this chapter shall be effective until approved by the commissioner, both as to character of work and materials. The contract shall provide that no payment shall be made thereunder to a contractor except on the certificate of the municipal engineer, countersigned by the state highway engineer, certifying that the work for which payment is claimed has been done in all respects in accordance with the contract, plans and specifications.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:10-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:10-2 - Municipal obligations issued

27:10-2. Municipal obligations issued  The governing body of the municipality may provide and raise moneys to be expended for the work contemplated by section 27:10-1 of this title, by issuing notes or bonds under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The obligations issued hereunder and renewals thereof shall be made under the provisions and limitations of section 40:1-8 of the title Municipalities and Counties.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:10-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:10-3 - Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over

27:10-3. Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over  If the commissioner shall not take over the highway as provided in section 27:10-4 of this title before six years after the authorization of the appropriation for the work, the municipality shall refund the indebtedness incurred under the authority of this chapter by the issuance of bonds pursuant to article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), but in no case shall the last maturity of the bonds so issued be longer 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 or improvement.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:10-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:10-4 - Road taken over as state highway; municipality reimbursed; bonds retired

27:10-4. Road taken over as state highway; municipality reimbursed; bonds retired  When the commissioner shall have approved a contract made in accordance with section 27:10-1 of this title and the payments thereunder, he shall within six years after the date of his approval, if funds be on hand available therefor, take over any highway constructed by any municipality under contract in accordance with the terms of this chapter and pay to the municipality the actual cost of the construction thereof, without interest. The sum so paid, or such part thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the purpose of retiring any bonds or other obligations issued for the purpose of raising funds for the construction of such road. No road constructed by a municipality hereunder shall be taken over and paid for by the commissioner unless the state highway engineer shall certify to the commissioner that the road has been constructed in all respects in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:10-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:10-5 - Time for reimbursement

27:10-5. Time for reimbursement  The commissioner may designate the year in which the municipality shall be reimbursed for the work.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-1 - State highway system funds; sources

27:11-1. State highway system funds; sources  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.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-2 - Salary fund continued

27:11-2. Salary fund continued  The fund established by the act entitled "An act providing for the establishment and maintenance of a fund subject to the disbursement of the New Jersey state highway commission for the payment of salaries and wages of its officers and employees," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (L.1921, c. 261, p. 788), is hereby continued.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-3 - Custodian of fund

27:11-3. Custodian of fund  The commissioner shall designate one of his employees to act as custodian of the fund. He shall furnish a surety bond conditioned for the satisfactory maintenance and disbursement of the fund in a sum at least double the amount of the fund as first established. He shall make no expenditure from the fund for salaries and wages of the officers and employees of the commissioner except on proper certification and approval of the civil service commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-4 - Semimonthly payments

27:11-4. Semimonthly payments  The commissioner shall pay out of the fund, salaries and wages of his officers and employees at least semimonthly, as other state officers and employees are paid by the state treasurer.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-5 - Maintenance of fund

27:11-5. Maintenance of fund  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-6 - Proof of payment; withholding of funds; emergency payments

27:11-6. Proof of payment; withholding of funds; emergency payments  The comptroller may require from the state highway commissioner, the custodian or other approval officer, or any or all of them, such further satisfactory proof as to the proper disbursement of the fund and its maintenance as he may in his judgment require, and may withhold the warrant for the replenishing of the fund until such proof is forthcoming, but in that event the salaries and wages of the officers and employees of the commissioner shall be paid by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller after approval of the civil service commission until such time as the cause for withholding the warrant shall have been removed.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-7 - Act of 1922

27:11-7. Act of 1922  L.1922, c. 262, p. 634 (1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-821 to 179-839), entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same by the taxation of real and personal property in this state, and by the creation of a debt of the state in an amount not exceeding forty million dollars by the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the submission of this act to the people at a general election," passed March seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, saved from repeal, together with the following supplement thereto passed March fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four (L.1924, c. 249, p. 660; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-840 and 179-841). [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and the issuance of bonds of the state in the amount of forty million dollars. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued and provides for the establishment of a sinking fund and the investment of the moneys thereof, and the levying of a general property tax to pay the principal and interest of such bonds. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1922, and was officially declared adopted on December 5, 1922. The supplement passed March 14, 1924, provided for the repayment to the several municipalities of excess taxes collected under the original act.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-8 - Act of 1927

27:11-8. Act of 1927  L.1927, c. 181, p. 344, entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system, including bridges, tunnels, viaducts and rights of way as parts thereof; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same by the taxation of real and personal property in this state, and by the creation of a debt of the state in an amount not exceeding thirty million dollars by the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the submission of this act to the people at a general election," approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and the issuance of bonds of the state therefor in an amount not exceeding thirty million dollars. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued and provides for the establishment of a sinking fund and the investment of the moneys thereof, and the levying of a general property tax to pay the principal and interest of such bonds. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1927, and was officially declared adopted on December 6, 1927.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-9 - Act of 1930

27:11-9. Act of 1930  L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election," approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and for grade crossing elimination, and the issuance of bonds of the state therefor in the amount of eighty-three million dollars. The amount was reduced to sixty-three million dollars by L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, and was further reduced to fifty-eight million dollars by L.1933, c. 397, p. 1100. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued. Payment of principal and interest is provided for from the receipts of the tax on motor vehicle fuels, supplemented by a general property tax if the motor vehicle fuel tax proves insufficient for the purpose. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1930, and was officially declared adopted on December 2, 1930.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-10 - Act reducing amount of 1930 issue

27:11-10. Act reducing amount of 1930 issue  L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, entitled "An act to reduce to sixty-three million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election,' approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty," approved June fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, saved from repeal. [This act reduces the amount of the bonds authorized by L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, from eighty-three million dollars to sixty-three million dollars. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1932, and was officially declared adopted on December 6, 1932.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-11 - Act further reducing amount of 1930 issue

27:11-11. Act further reducing amount of 1930 issue  L.1933, c. 397, p. 1100, entitled "An act to reduce to fifty-eight million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election,' approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty," approved September fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [This act further reduces the amount of the bonds authorized by L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, from sixty-three million dollars, as provided by L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, to fifty-eight million dollars. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1933, and was officially declared adopted on December 5, 1933.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-12 - Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1934"

27:11-12. Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1934"  L.1934, c. 182, p. 436, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due state road taxes," approved May ninth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, 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 July 15, 1934, and paid within eight years.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-13 - Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1935"

27:11-13. Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1935"  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.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:11-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:11-14 - State road tax not certified in certain cases

27:11-14. State road tax not certified in certain cases  The comptroller of the treasury need not certify the state road tax to the several counties in any year so long as the revenue derived from the tax levied pursuant to chapter 39 of the title Taxation (s. 54:39-1 et seq.) shall be sufficient to support the sinking fund requirements under the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-two of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two and chapter one hundred and eighty-one of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-1 - Disposition of property not needed for public use

27:12-1. Disposition of property not needed for public use  When real estate or any right or interest therein has or shall have come into the possession or control of the commissioner, or when he has or shall have taken real estate or any right or interest therein, in the name of the State for the use of the State in the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or maintenance of a State highway, and the commissioner has or shall have determined that the property so acquired is no longer required for such use, he may: a. Sell at private sale, for not less than the amount paid therefor by the State, to any municipal corporation or to any public board or commission, for public use only; provided, however, that the State Highway Commissioner is empowered to convey upon such terms as he may deem proper to any municipal corporation or to any public board or commission for road and bridge purposes only any lands acquired by the State of New Jersey for road and bridge purposes; b. Lease to any municipal corporation or to any public board or commission, for public use only; c. Sell at public sale to the highest bidder; and d. Exchange for other lands-- All or any portion of such real estate, or any interest therein, with or without improvements thereon, including the hereditaments, appurtenances, easements and rights of way, and make the necessary conveyance of same. Amended by L.1938, c. 407, p. 1196, s. 1; L.1954, c. 74, p. 443, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-1.1 - Sale of State highway property, first offer.

27:12-1.1 Sale of State highway property, first offer.  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 27:12-1 or any other law to the contrary, if the Commissioner of Transportation determines, pursuant to R.S. 27:12-1, that real property acquired for the use of the State in the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or maintenance of a State highway is no longer required for such use, the commissioner shall first offer to sell such property or any right or interest therein at private sale to the owner of the real property whose frontage is contiguous to the real property being sold; provided that the property being sold is less than the minimum size required for development under the municipal zoning ordinance of the municipality in which the property is located and is without any capital improvement thereon; except that when there is more than one owner with real property whose frontage is contiguous thereto, the property shall be sold to the highest bidder from among all such owners. Any such sale shall be for not less than the fair market value of the real property. L.1999,c.64,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-1.2 - Conditions of sale.

27:12-1.2 Conditions of sale.  2. The sale of real property permitted by section 1 of this act may only occur after the owners of record of the property at the time of acquisition have been notified and provided the right to repurchase their interest pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1985, c.201 (C.52:31-1.4). L.1999,c.64,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-1.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-1.3 - Sale to municipality, public body permitted.

27:12-1.3 Sale to municipality, public body permitted.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-2 - Disposition of slopes or easements

27:12-2. Disposition of slopes or easements  The commissioner may also, when he shall determine that certain slope, drainage or easement rights or any or all of them, or parts thereof, are no longer required or necessary for the use of the state highway with which they are connected, convey, grant, bargain, sell and release to the owners of the fee, any slope, drainage or easement rights, or any or all of them, or parts thereof, including without limitation those easement rights or parts thereof which give the state the right to enter upon lands adjoining any state highway for the purpose of cleaning, straightening, widening, deepening and maintaining existing ditches and streams and the right to discharge water and maintain a flow of water over such lands adjoining the right of way of a state highway.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-3 - Deed; execution

27:12-3. Deed; execution  All deeds of conveyance and releases shall be executed by the commissioner for and on behalf of the state, and the seal of the commissioner shall be affixed thereto.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-4 - Sale or exchange of unused lands

27:12-4. Sale or exchange of unused lands  When the commissioner shall determine that lands, the fee to which he has acquired or shall acquire in the name of the state, are no longer required for highway purposes, he may exchange or sell at private sale and convey said lands for the purpose of acquiring other lands required for highway purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-5 - Terms

27:12-5. Terms  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-6 - Consummation of agreements made before December 4, 1933

27:12-6. Consummation of agreements made before December 4, 1933  Any agreement made prior to December fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, between the commission and a municipality concerning the purchase, sale or exchange of lands may be consummated by the commissioner with the nominee of such municipality upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the commissioner and such municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:12-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:12-7 - Sales to municipalities of estates in realty in areas above surface of ground; lease by private negotiation

27:12-7. Sales to municipalities of estates in realty in areas above surface of ground; lease by private negotiation  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.