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NJ Rev Stat § 27:1A-83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1A-83 - Purchases, contracts, agreements regulated.

27:1A-83 Purchases, contracts, agreements regulated.  9. Purchases, contracts, or agreements over $25,000 for dredging and dredging related projects shall be governed as provided in subsections a. and b. below. a. All purchases, contracts, or agreements, where the cost or contract price exceeds the sum of $25,000, or, after January 1, 2003, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall, except as otherwise provided by section 10 of this act, be made, negotiated, or awarded only after public advertisement for bids therefor and shall be awarded to that responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, is most advantageous to the office in its judgment, upon consideration of price and other factors. Any bid may be rejected when the office determines that it is in the public interest to do so. Any purchase, contract, or agreement, where the cost or contract price is less than or equal to $25,000, or the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall be made, negotiated, or awarded by the office without advertising and in any manner which the office, in its judgment, deems necessary to serve its unique interests and purposes and which promotes, whenever practicable, full and free competition by the acceptance of quotations or proposals or by the use of other suitable methods. b. The department shall no later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year adjust the threshold amount set forth in subsection a. of this section, or subsequent to 2003 the threshold amount resulting from any adjustment under this subsection, in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York City and the Philadelphia areas as reported by the United States Department of Labor. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of each odd-numbered year. L.2001,c.429,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1A-85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1A-85 - Rules, regulations.

27:1A-85 Rules, regulations.  11. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make and issue such rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as the commissioner may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2001,c.429,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-1 - Short title

27:1B-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act of 1984." L.1984, c. 73, s. 1, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-5 - Purpose of authority

27:1B-5. Purpose of authority  5. It shall be the sole purpose of the authority created under this act to provide the payment for and financing of all, or a portion of, the costs incurred by the department for the planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair and rehabilitation of the State's transportation system, including, without limitation, the State's share (including State advances with respect to any federal share) under federal aid highway laws of the costs of planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair, resurfacing and rehabilitation of public highways, the State's share (including State advances with respect to any federal share) of the costs of planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair, permitted maintenance and rehabilitation of public transportation projects and other transportation projects in the State, and State aid to counties and municipalities for transportation projects, all in furtherance of the public policy declared in section 2 of the act, in the manner provided for in the act. L.1984,c.73,s.5; amended 1991, c.40, s.3; 2000, c.73, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-7 - Power to accept and use funds appropriated and paid by State.

27:1B-7 Power to accept and use funds appropriated and paid by State.  7. The authority shall have the power to accept and use any funds appropriated and paid by the State to the authority, including, without limitation, appropriations and payments from the Transportation Trust Fund Account established pursuant to the act, for the purposes for which the appropriations and payments are made, provided that only those revenues which are dedicated pursuant to the New Jersey Constitution, including Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 4, may be used to pay debt service on the transportation program bonds and any agreement securing the repayment of the transportation program bonds. Debt service on prior bonds shall be paid for solely from amounts on deposit in the "Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Debt Service for Prior Bonds," and debt service on transportation program bonds and any agreement securing the repayment of the transportation program bonds shall be paid for solely from amounts on deposit in the "Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Debt Service for Transportation Program Bonds." L.1984, c.73, s.7; amended 2012, c.13, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-8 - Contracts with toll road authorities or state agencies

27:1B-8. Contracts with toll road authorities or state agencies  The authority shall have the power to enter into contracts (or take an assignment of the rights and interests in contracts entered into by the treasurer or commissioner) with each toll road authority or other State agency to provide for payments to it by each toll road authority or other State agency from available revenues of the amount or amounts that may be set forth in, or determined in accordance with, the contract; provided however, that no such contract shall contain specific provisions which direct such toll road authority or other State agency to increase tolls. Subject as aforesaid, each contract, or assignment, may contain conditions and covenants as shall be agreed to by the authority and by the affected toll road authority or other State agency and, in the case of an assignment, as agreed to by the treasurer or commissioner, including but not limited to conditions and covenants necessary and desirable to facilitate the issuance and sale of bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority. The authority may receive and use (and contract for the use of) the amounts paid to it pursuant to the contracts for any one or more of its corporate purposes or powers. L.1984, c. 73, s. 8, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-11 - Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property

27:1B-11. Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property  Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues, moneys, funds or other property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge of revenues, moneys or funds is created need be filed or recorded, except in the records of the authority. L.1984, c. 73, s. 11, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-12 - Immunity from personal liability of members of authority and persons executing bonds

27:1B-12. Immunity from personal liability of members of authority and persons executing bonds  Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds, notes or other obligations by reason of the issuance thereof. L.1984, c. 73, s. 12, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-13 - Reserves, funds or accounts

27:1B-13. Reserves, funds or accounts  The authority may establish reserves, funds or accounts as may be, in its discretion, necessary or desirable to further the accomplishment of the purposes of the authority or to comply with the provisions of any agreement made by or any resolution of the authority. L.1984, c. 73, s. 13, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-14 - Pledge of state to not alter or limit rights or powers vested in authority

27:1B-14. Pledge of state to not alter or limit rights or powers vested in authority  The State does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued or incurred pursuant to the authorization of the act that the State will not limit or alter the rights or powers hereby vested in the authority in any way that would jeopardize the interest of the holders or inhibit or prevent performance or fulfillment by the authority of the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations, or prevent the authority from obtaining sufficient revenues which, together with other available funds, shall be sufficient to meet all expenses of the authority and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the holders, or from receiving payment of funds of the toll road authorities or other State agencies, as provided in any agreement provided for in the act, until the bonds, notes or other obligations, together with interest thereon, are fully met and discharged or provided for. The standards required to be followed by the State in complying with the foregoing covenant shall be no more or less restrictive than the standards required to be followed by the State under its covenants with the toll road authorities in section 7 of P.L.1948, c. 454 (C. 27:23-7), section 11 of P.L.1952, c. 16 (C. 27:12B-11) and section 41 of P.L.1962, c. 10 (C. 27:12C-41). The failure of the State to appropriate moneys for any purpose of the act shall not be deemed or construed to be a violation of this section. L.1984, c. 73, s. 14, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-15 - Bonds or notes as legal investments

27:1B-15. Bonds or notes as legal investments  The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes issued pursuant to the act, and the bonds or notes shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1984, c. 73, s. 15, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-16 - Tax exemption; property of authority; bonds, notes or other obligations

27:1B-16. Tax exemption; property of authority; bonds, notes or other obligations  All property of the authority is declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any political subdivision thereof. All bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the act are hereby declared to be issued by a body corporate and politic of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds, notes and other obligations, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, revenues, income and other moneys received or to be received by the authority and pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, notes and other obligations, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation, except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes. L.1984, c. 73, s. 16, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-17 - Annual report

27:1B-17. Annual report  On or before the first day of September in each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the Governor and to the Legislature, in addition to responding to other requests made by the Legislature from time to time. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the authority and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Comptroller of the Treasury. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the State Auditor or his legally authorized representative may examine the accounts and books of the authority. Not later than the end of the fourth year following the effective date of this act, the Senate Transportation and Communications Committee and the Assembly Transportation, Communications and High Technology Committee, or their successors, shall undertake a review of the implementation of this act and of the operation of the authority and make such recommendations as they deem necessary.  The department shall, from time to time, but not less than every six months, report to the Senate Transportation and Communications Committee and the Assembly Transportation, Communications and High Technology Committee on the status of each project, including public highways, financed pursuant to this act. The report shall also include information on major changes in project status or major impediments to the accomplishment of the planned projects.  L.1984, c.73, s.17; amended by L. 1987, c. 193, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-18 - Services to authority by other governmental units; payment of costs

27:1B-18. Services to authority by other governmental units; payment of costs  All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to render any and all services to the authority as may be within the area of their respective governmental functions as fixed or established by law, and as may be requested by the authority. Insofar as possible, the cost and expense of any services shall be met and provided for by such officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions. L.1984, c. 73, s. 18, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-19 - Rules and regulations

27:1B-19. Rules and regulations  The commissioner is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the act. L.1984, c. 73, s. 19, eff. July 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-21.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-21.4 - Utilization of funds; allocation of costs

27:1B-21.4. Utilization of funds; allocation of costs  11. The State amount appropriated from the revenues and other funds of the authority for any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1995 may be utilized for any cost incurred in direct or indirect support or advancement of transportation projects authorized by the annual appropriations act, except that indirect costs shall not include the cost of routine operation and routine maintenance of a transportation project, or costs associated with the non-capital programs of the department and the New Jersey Transit Corporation. Costs which directly or indirectly support or advance more than one transportation project may be allocated among those projects in a manner the commissioner finds reasonable, provided such costs are equitably and uniformly distributed among all work that was performed during the fiscal year or accounting period. The rate of indirect costs appropriated from the State amount in any fiscal year shall not exceed the indirect cost rate additive, as calculated pursuant to the United States Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87, "Cost Principles Applicable to Grants and Contracts with State and Local Governments," applicable to federal funds.  L.1995,c.108,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-21.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-21.5 - Duties of commissioner, loans, conditions; reports

27:1B-21.5. Duties of commissioner, loans, conditions; reports  12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with public or private entities or consortia thereof for the loan of federal funds appropriated to the department for the purpose of financing all, or a portion of, the costs incurred for the planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair and rehabilitation of a transportation project by that public or private entity or consortia thereof. b. The commissioner, with the approval of the State Treasurer, shall establish rules and regulations governing the qualifications of the applicants, the application procedures, the criteria for awarding loans, and the standards for establishing the amount, terms and conditions of each loan. The rules and regulations shall provide that the term of the loan agreement shall be consistent with terms and conditions as provided by applicable federal law. c. Loans granted pursuant to this section shall be considered an investment or reinvestment of Special Transportation Fund funds within the meaning of subsection a. of section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21). Payments of interest and principal on loans granted pursuant to this section shall be credited to a special subaccount of the Special Transportation Fund and may be used for financing authorized projects. Monies appropriated from the special subaccount pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the total State amount authorized to be appropriated in a fiscal year pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1987, c.460 (C.27:1B-21.1). d. Each loan made pursuant to this section shall require the specific approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, except for those loans agreed to by the commissioner as part of an agreement for a demonstration project approved pursuant to P.L.1997, c.136 (C.27:1D-1 et al.). The Chairman of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee may request periodic reports from the commissioner on the status of any or all loans. The commissioner shall provide reports so requested on a timely basis. e. Transportation projects which are the subject of a loan agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be included in the annual report of proposed projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) for the fiscal year in which the loan amount for those projects is to be appropriated. L.1995,c.108,s.12; amended 1997,c.136,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-21.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-21.6 - Funding agreements for transportation projects

27:1B-21.6. Funding agreements for transportation projects  13. The commissioner or the board of the New Jersey Transit Corporation with the approval of the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements for a period of years for the advancement of a transportation project to be funded by future year appropriations to the authority, except that, in the case of a transportation project involving appropriations in excess of $100,000,000 in any fiscal year, the agreement shall be subject to approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. The commissioner or the board of the New Jersey Transit Corporation may pledge grant monies or funds anticipated to be appropriated to those transportation projects in those agreements, provided, however that payment of monies pledged is subject to the availability of funds in the year in which the funds are to be appropriated. Any transportation project which is the subject of an agreement authorized by this section shall appear in the annual report of proposed projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) for each fiscal year in which the agreement is in effect and the report shall indicate the amount to be appropriated, if any, to the project in the upcoming fiscal year.  L.1995,c.108,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-21.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-21.7 - Closing accounts, expenditure of remaining funds

27:1B-21.7. Closing accounts, expenditure of remaining funds  14. a. After the commissioner has determined that a project financed through the authority has been completed, the commissioner may direct that any account established for such project be closed, provided that the funds in any such account are less than $1,000,000. The commissioner may further direct that any appropriated funds remaining in such closed accounts be credited to a special subaccount of the Special Transportation Fund. In the event that an account for a project that has been completed exceeds $1,000,000, the account shall not be closed and the funds credited to the special subaccount unless such action is approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.  b. Subject to approval by the State Treasurer, the commissioner may expend funds from the special subaccount established pursuant to subsection a. of this section for any purpose for which the Legislature has previously appropriated funds and which the authority is authorized to undertake pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-5). Any claims or costs which would have been paid from an account closed pursuant to this section may be paid from the special subaccount established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, or from any other funds appropriated for such purposes.  L.1995,c.108,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:1B-21.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:1B-21.8 - Credits to Airport Safety Fund.

27:1B-21.8 Credits to Airport Safety Fund.  15. Each year a nonlapsing sum of money shall be appropriated from funds held in the Special Transportation Fund, established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21), and credited to the Airport Safety Fund, established in the General Fund pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-92), for use for any purpose pursuant to the "New Jersey Airport Safety, Security and Improvement Act," P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-89 et al.) and that sum shall be included in the annual report of projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22). Funds so appropriated shall no longer be subject to the provisions and limitations of chapter 1B of Title 27 of the Revised Statutes, but instead shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-89 et al.). L.1995, c.108, s.15; amended 2010, c.38, s.5.