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NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-44 - Repair and maintenance; funds; how raised

27:14-44. Repair and maintenance; funds; how raised  The board of chosen freeholders shall appropriate all moneys necessary to keep the roads constructed under this article in good repair and free from obstruction, and if the board shall have no money which may be lawfully used for such purposes, it may borrow it on the credit of the county, until the next annual taxes shall have been levied and collected. The cost of all repairs and removal of obstructions shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the order of the board, and all bills for repairs and removal of obstructions shall be verified by affidavit and certified to be correct by the county supervisor of roads.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-45 - Maintenance of roads built by freeholders within certain cities

27:14-45. Maintenance of roads built by freeholders within certain cities  When a road or section of road constructed by the board of chosen freeholders prior to March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, lies within the corporate limits of a city having a population in excess of twelve thousand, it shall be exclusively under the jurisdiction and control of the city, and shall be repaired and maintained by it, but this provision shall not extend to roads maintained under sections 27:17-2 to 27:17-13 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-46 - Maintenance and repair of roads leading to state institutions

27:14-46. Maintenance and repair of roads leading to state institutions  The commissioner may improve and keep in repair any road, or section thereof, leading up to any institution, park or reservation maintained wholly by the state, and cause plans and specifications therefor to be made. Any such improvement shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this article and the payment of the cost of the improvement and the repair of such road after improvement shall be paid out of any appropriation made for the improvement and maintenance of roads authorized to be improved or maintained under this article, or for the repair of said roads, out of any moneys derived by the commissioner pursuant to any law. All such payments shall be made out of the state treasury, on the warrant of the comptroller, on bills duly approved by the commissioner. Nothing in this article shall prevent the improvement or maintenance by the commissioner of any city street which leads up to any such institution, park or reservation.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-47 - Extraordinary repairs or reconstruction; approval

27:14-47. Extraordinary repairs or reconstruction; approval  When an improved public road is in need of extraordinary repairs or reconstruction, the public body charged with its care shall prepare specifications and any plans and cross sections necessary to explain and describe the repairs contemplated and forward them to the commissioner, who may in his discretion approve them and certify the amount of state moneys he will set aside for the repair of such roads. Upon the approval and issuance of the certificate of the commissioner as provided in this article, the public body shall advertise for bids and thereafter proceed as provided in this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-48 - Extraordinary repairs; payment of cost; state aid

27:14-48. Extraordinary repairs; payment of cost; state aid  If the public body referred to in section 27:14-47 of this title shall not have sufficient funds with which to pay its share of the cost of such repairs, it may issue bonds in a sum not exceeding the sum to be advanced by the commissioner for and towards such repairs as stated in its certificate, to defray and pay its share of the costs. The commissioner may, in his discretion, approve and permit the use of not more than fifty per cent of the motor vehicle fund allotment made by the state to the counties each year to be used toward the payment of interest on such bonds, and for the retirement of such bonds, except that he shall not permit the use of the state motor vehicle funds for such purposes in an amount which, if subtracted from the total allotment by the state to the county would, in the opinion of the commissioner, leave an amount insufficient for the proper repair and maintenance of the other existing county roads. No motor vehicle funds shall be used for any work or contract performed or entered into by a county prior to March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:14-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:14-49 - Municipality may borrow certain amount for road repairs; repayment

27:14-49. Municipality may borrow certain amount for road repairs; repayment  When the commissioner shall issue to a municipality or public body charged with the maintenance of any improved roads, his certificate setting forth the amount set aside by him for the repair of any such road, from moneys under his control available for road repairs, the body having control of the finances of the municipality or public body may borrow money on temporary loan to an amount not to exceed the amount named in such certificate in anticipation of the payment of the amount named in such certificate to the municipality or public body in accordance with the provisions of this article, and may apply the proceeds of the loan to the payment of the cost of the repairs of such road. The temporary loan shall be repaid upon payment to the municipality or public body of the sum in anticipation of payment of which the loan was made.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.1 - Schedule; official map; filing

27:15-1.1. Schedule; official map; filing  The governing body of any municipality desiring to avail itself of the State aid provided in section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes shall, on or before the first day of March following receipt of the notification of amount of State aid available to it as provided for in said section, file with the State Highway Commissioner a schedule, approved by resolution of the governing body of such municipality, setting forth all work proposed to be undertaken by such municipality in which all or any part of such State aid is to be used, together with the respective estimated costs thereof. When requested by the State Highway Commissioner, any such municipality shall file with said commissioner the latest official map of such municipality showing all municipal roads of such municipality and indicating those which are improved and those which are unimproved, setting forth the mileage of each. L.1947, c. 62, p. 205, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.2 - Extension of date for filing schedule

27:15-1.2. Extension of date for filing schedule  The State Highway Commissioner may, on application of any municipality, extend the date for filing the schedule referred to in section two hereof. L.1947, c. 62, p. 205, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.3 - Standards of work

27:15-1.3. Standards of work  All work undertaken by any municipality, in which all or any part of the State aid, provided in section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes is used, shall be performed in accordance with such standards as the State Highway Commissioner shall prescribe. L.1947, c. 62, p. 205, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.4 - Schedule; engineering and planning work by municipality

27:15-1.4. Schedule; engineering and planning work by municipality  In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for construction or reconstruction work, the schedule referred to in section two hereof shall provide for any necessary engineering and planning work to be performed by the municipality. L.1947, c. 62, p. 205, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.5 - Width of road, state aid regardless of

27:15-1.5. Width of road, state aid regardless of  In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for the construction of any municipal road between curbs and gutters, where such curbs and gutters have heretofore been laid at the cost of the municipality and are in existence at the time the schedule referred to in section two hereof is filed, the State shall participate, within the limits of such State aid herein prescribed, in the entire cost of the construction of the road between the gutters regardless of the width thereof. L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.6 - Work and costs to be included

27:15-1.6. Work and costs to be included  In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for construction work, such work shall include, in addition to constructing the road, the survey and preparation of plans, profiles and cross sections, the grading and drainage of the road and the construction of the necessary culverts and bridges, the construction and maintenance of which is by law imposed upon the municipal authorities, together with the cost of necessary embankments and retaining walls, engineering fees and the cost of the acquisition of the necessary rights of way. L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.7 - Plans and specifications

27:15-1.7. Plans and specifications  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.8 - Time of disbursement to municipality; report; deduction of amount unexpended; reserve

27:15-1.8. Time of disbursement to municipality; report; deduction of amount unexpended; reserve  On or before the thirtieth day of June following the filing of a schedule by any municipality as required pursuant to the provisions of section two hereof, there shall be disbursed to such municipality, out of the amount of State aid made available to it pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes, in accordance with such regulations as the State Highway Commissioner shall prescribe, the State's share of the cost, as shown in such schedule, for maintenance, lighting and repair of the municipal roads of such municipality. During the month of January in the year following that in which such State aid was disbursed, such municipality shall file with the State Highway Commissioner a report, on such form as the commissioner shall prescribe. Such report shall include a statement setting forth all expenditures made by such municipality out of, or obligations incurred by it against, such State aid. In the event that any part of such State aid has not been expended for any of the aforementioned purposes, and is not required to meet obligations incurred for any of such purposes against such State aid, the State Highway Commissioner shall deduct an amount equal to such amount unexpended and not required to meet such obligations, from any amount of State aid made available to such municipality in accordance with the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes and applicable to the calendar year in which the report mentioned in this paragraph is made. The State Highway Commissioner shall cause the amount so deducted to be reserved to the credit of such municipality in the same manner, and subject to the same terms, as if such municipality had requested such reservation, prior to disbursement to it of such amount, in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen of this act. L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.9 - Approval of disbursements; application; disbursement during work

27:15-1.9. Approval of disbursements; application; disbursement during work  Disbursement of all or any part of the amount of State aid made available to any municipality pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes and required in the construction or reconstruction of municipal roads in such municipality shall be made on approval by the State Highway Commissioner of the application of such municipality therefor directed to him. The application shall be made on such form as the State Highway 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 State Highway 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.1947, c. 62, p. 207, s. 10. Amended by L.1958, c. 7, p. 28, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.10 - Maximum percentage of State's share

27:15-1.10. Maximum percentage of State's share  The State's share of the cost of any work undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not exceed ninety per centum (90%) of the total cost of such work. L.1947, c. 62, p. 208, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.12 - Reserve to credit of municipality of state aid available

27:15-1.12. Reserve to credit of municipality of state aid available  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: Any municipality may, on or before the first day of March following receipt of the notification provided for in subsection D of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes, submit to the State Highway Commissioner a written request to reserve to the credit of such municipality all or any portion of the State aid made available to it pursuant to such notification; such amount of State aid to be used by such municipality, during any of the three calendar years next ensuing the receipt of such notification, for any of the purposes, and in accordance with the provisions, of this act. Such request shall contain a statement to the effect that such municipality does not intend to use such amount of State aid during the year in which the same is made applicable pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes. Upon receipt of such request, the State Highway Commissioner shall cause to be reserved to the credit of such municipality said amount of State aid; and such amount may be used by such municipality for any of the purposes and in accordance with the provisions of this act, during any of the three calendar years next ensuing the receipt of the notification provided for in subsection D of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes. Any amount of the sum so reserved to the credit of such municipality remaining unused by such municipality at the expiration of such three-year period shall lapse and become part of the motor vehicle revenues in the General State Fund. L.1947, c. 62, p. 209, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.13 - Undistributed amount to lapse unless reserved

27:15-1.13. Undistributed amount to lapse unless reserved  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: Unless reserved as provided in this act, any amount of the State aid made available to any municipality pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes remaining undistributed to such municipality at the expiration of the calendar year in which the same is by said sections applicable and not required to meet any obligations incurred during said year by such municipality under said allotment, shall lapse and become part of the motor vehicle revenues in the General State Fund. L.1947, c. 62, p. 209, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.15 - Repeal; existing agreements

27:15-1.15. Repeal; existing agreements  Sections 27:15-2 to 27:15-6, inclusive, 27:15-9 to 27:15-15, inclusive, and 27:15-18 of the Revised Statutes and "An act concerning highways, and supplementing chapter fifteen of Title 27 of the Revised Statutes," passed June twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (P.L.1942, c. 261), are hereby repealed; provided, however, that the provisions thereof shall continue to apply with full force and effect to any work, or any agreement with respect thereto, undertaken or to be undertaken, or entered into, pursuant to the provisions of such sections, with State aid therefor apportioned or distributed or to be apportioned or distributed from net receipts of the motor vehicle revenues set aside prior to the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, or from any sum appropriated to carry out the purposes and provisions of "An act concerning county and municipal budgets," approved February thirteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven (P.L.1947, c. 4). L.1947, c. 62, p. 213, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.16 - Repeal

27:15-1.16. Repeal  The following act is hereby repealed: "An act concerning State aid for the construction, reconstruction, grading, drainage, maintenance and repair of certain city, town, township, village and borough roads, and amending section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes," approved April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six (P.L.1946, c. 196). L.1947, c. 62, p. 213, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-1.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-1.17 - Effective date

27:15-1.17. Effective date  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1947, c. 62, p. 213, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-7 - Method of raising money; taxation and bond issue

27:15-7. Method of raising money; taxation and bond issue  The governing bodies of the municipalities may raise the funds necessary for the work contemplated by this chapter by taxation, by assessment in the manner provided for assessing local improvements under chapter 56 of the Title Municipalities and Counties (Par. 40:56-1 et seq.) or by temporary loans. The amount of the temporary loans and the interest thereon until the time of payment shall be included in the tax levy of the year following that in which the indebtedness is incurred. Any municipality may accept contributions from any person toward meeting its share of the cost of this work. The financial officer of the municipality shall receive such contributions and properly credit them. When the cost of the work exceeds the sum of ten thousand dollars the municipality may issue bonds therefor in the manner provided by Article 1 of chapter 1 of the Title Municipalities and Counties (Par. 40:1-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1938, c. 403, p. 1191, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-8 - Acquisition of lands; width of right of way

27:15-8. Acquisition of lands; width of right of way  Any municipality may acquire any land necessary for straightening or relocating any road on which work is to be done under this chapter by gift, grant, demise, purchase, or by condemnation in the manner provided by law. All roads on which work may be done under this chapter shall have a right of way not less than thirty-three feet wide.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-16 - Use of moneys for road lighting, traffic lights, underpasses and overpasses

27:15-16. Use of moneys for road lighting, traffic lights, underpasses and overpasses  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-17 - "Unimproved road" defined

27:15-17. "Unimproved road" defined  Whenever the words "unimproved road" are used in chapter fifteen, Title 27 of the Revised Statutes they shall mean any road, which in the opinion of the State highway engineer, is unsuitable for present day traffic. L.1938, c. 362, p. 917, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-19 - Unused moneys appropriated for road and street maintenance; use for improvements

27:15-19. Unused moneys appropriated for road and street maintenance; use for improvements  Where moneys were, prior to the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, appropriated by law for the maintenance of city, town, township, borough and village roads and streets, and any part of such moneys remains reserved, unused, and unobligated, and local conditions indicate that it would be more economical and advantageous to use these funds for new construction, reconstruction, betterment or improvement of said roads and streets, the State Highway Commissioner, upon application of the municipality, may permit the use of such remaining funds for the aforesaid purposes. L.1948, c. 124, p. 842, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15-20 - Repeal

27:15-20. Repeal  "An act authorizing municipalities in certain counties to use moneys appropriated for road and street maintenance for general road and street improvements in such municipalities, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner," approved November eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, is repealed. L.1948, c. 124, p. 842, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15A-1 - State Highway Commissioner authorized to approve applications for state aid in repairing certain county roads or bridges

27:15A-1. State Highway Commissioner authorized to approve applications for state aid in repairing certain county roads or bridges  Whenever any appropriation is made in any general or special appropriation bill for the purpose of defraying, or reimbursing the various counties for, all or any part of the cost of repairing damage to, or replacing, improved county public roads or improved county bridges, damaged or destroyed by reason of unusual storm, floods, or other abnormal conditions, creating an emergency with respect to public travel in the affected areas in said counties, the State Highway Commissioner is empowered and directed to receive, consider and approve applications of the various counties of this State for State assistance in the repair or replacement of said public roads and public bridges from the funds so appropriated. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1002, s. 1. Amended by L.1947, c. 127, p. 598, s. 1.