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NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-34 - Partial and deferred payments for highway work; amount; deposit.

27:7-34 Partial and deferred payments for highway work; amount; deposit.  27:7-34. Contracts shall provide for partial payments at least once each month or from time to time as the work progresses on work of construction or maintenance. Two per centum of the amount due on partial payments of the total contract price shall be withheld from the contractor pending completion of the contract, but upon substantial completion of the contract, as defined by rules or regulations of the department 1% shall be withheld. At any time during the performance of the work, if work is not progressing, as defined by the "New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction," the commissioner may at the commissioner's discretion, increase the withholding to 4% of the payment due. No retainage shall be withheld on service contracts including, but not limited to, mowing, sweeping, tree trimming and similar contracts. Any partial payments made after substantial completion of the contract shall be made only upon certification by the general contractor to the department that all subcontractors have been paid in the same proportion that he has been paid; however, should the amount owed by a general contractor to a subcontractor be in dispute the department shall be empowered to advance to the general contractor the amount in dispute after a determination by the commissioner. Contracts may also provide for partial payments at least once in each month or from time to time as the work progresses on all materials placed along or upon the site, or stored at locations approved by the commissioner, which are suitable for the use and execution of the contract, provided the contractor furnishes releases of liens for all materials furnished at the time each estimate of work is submitted for payment, but such partial payments shall not exceed the cost of the material. When the contract provides that a portion of the work may be deferred with the approval of the commissioner, the sum withheld from the contractor may not be less than 25% of the value of said work. Any money heretofore or hereafter withheld from contract payments as provided for herein shall be paid by the State to any contractor entitled thereto who shall deposit under terms of an escrow agreement, in a banking institution located in this State and approved by the commissioner, negotiable bonds, acceptable to the commissioner, issued by the State or any political subdivision thereof, said bonds having value equal to the amount of money to be paid to any such contractor. For purposes of this section, value shall mean par value or market value, whichever is lower. Amended 1958, c.7, s.1; 1971, c.79; 1977, c.67, s.5; 2005, c.356.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.1 - Definitions

27:7-35.1. Definitions  As used in this chapter: "Person" means and includes any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees, assignees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever. "Official" and "officer" mean and include the designated officer or officers of the State Highway Department. L.1966, c. 185, s. 1, eff. June 30, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.2 - Highway projects; classification of prospective bidders

27:7-35.2. Highway projects; classification of prospective bidders  Officials shall require that all persons proposing to submit bids on highway work shall first be classified by the department as to the character and amount of work on which they shall be qualified to submit bids. Bids shall be accepted only from persons qualified in accordance with such classification. L.1966, c. 185, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.3 - Statement under oath; filing; contents; fee.

27:7-35.3 Statement under oath; filing; contents; fee.  3. Any person desiring such classification shall file with the department a statement under oath in response to a questionnaire, prepared and standardized for like classes of work, by the department. The statement shall develop fully the financial ability, adequacy of plant and equipment, organization and prior experience of the prospective bidder, and also such other pertinent and material facts as may be deemed desirable. All persons shall remit a $100 fee to the Department of the Treasury at the time each statement is filed. The fee shall be deposited in the general fund. The fee shall not apply to any statements filed before the effective date of P.L.2003, c.117 (C.24:2-9 et al.). L.1966,c.185,s.3; amended 2003, c.117, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.4 - Classification; notice

27:7-35.4. Classification; notice  The officials shall classify all such prospective bidders as to the character and amount of work on which they shall be qualified to submit bids. The classification shall be made and an immediate notice thereof shall be sent to the prospective bidder by first-class mail within a period of 15 days after the date of receipt of the statement in response to the questionnaire; provided, however, that if the official shall require additional information from the prospective bidder, the classification shall be made and the notice sent within 15 days after receipt of such additional information. L.1966, c. 185, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.5 - Effective date of classification; expiration

27:7-35.5. Effective date of classification; expiration  The classification of the prospective bidder shall be effective 15 days after the receipt of the information specified in section 4 of this act and shall expire at such time after the effective date as specified in regulations promulgated by the commissioner. No person shall be qualified to bid on any contract who does not have a valid classification as to type and amount of work required by the contract, on the date set for the opening of bids for such contract. L.1966, c. 185, s. 5. Amended by L.1977, c. 67, s. 6, eff. April 21, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.6 - Request for hearing after classification

27:7-35.6. Request for hearing after classification  Any person, after being notified of his classification, being dissatisfied therewith or with the classification of another person or persons, may request in writing a hearing before the prequalification committee, and may present such further evidence with respect to his financial ability, plant and equipment or prior experience, or that of the other person or persons, as might tend to justify a different classification. Where the request for a hearing is related to the classification of another person, the applicant for the hearing shall notify such other person, by registered mail, of the time and place of hearing and at the hearing shall present to the committee satisfactory evidence that such notice was given before any matters pertaining to the classification of such other person shall be taken up. After the hearing, the committee may change or affirm the classification or classifications, the subject of the hearing. L.1966, c. 185, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.7 - Prequalification committee; members

27:7-35.7. Prequalification committee; members  The prequalification committee to be appointed by the Commissioner of Transportation, shall consist of such officials as the commissioner may deem appropriate for the performance of these duties. L.1966, c. 185, s. 7. Amended by L.1977, c. 67, s. 7, eff. April 21, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.8 - Developments subsequent to classification; right to reject bidder

27:7-35.8. Developments subsequent to classification; right to reject bidder  Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as depriving the State Highway Commissioner of the right to reject a bidder at any time prior to the actual award of a contract, where there have been developments subsequent to the classification of such bidder, which in the opinion of the commissioner would affect the responsibility of the bidder. Before taking final action on any such bid, the commissioner shall notify the bidder and give him an opportunity to present any additional information which might tend to substantiate the existing classification. L.1966, c. 185, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.9 - False, deceptive or fraudulent statement; misdemeanor

27:7-35.9. False, deceptive or fraudulent statement; misdemeanor  Any person who makes, or causes to be made, a false, deceptive or fraudulent statement in the questionnaire required to be submitted, or in the course of any hearing under this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00; or, in the case of an individual or the officer or employee charged with the duty of making such questionnaire for a person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, to pay such fine or undergo imprisonment, not exceeding 6 months, or both. All such persons and any copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company of which any such person is a partner or officer or director, and any corporation of which he owns more than 25% of the stock, shall for 5 years from the date of such conviction be disqualified from bidding on all public work in this State. L.1966, c. 185, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.10 - Liquidated damages

27:7-35.10. Liquidated damages  The commissioner shall cause the forfeiture as liquidated damages to the State of any certified check or certificate of deposit deposited by any person who makes or causes to be made any false, deceptive or fraudulent statement in the questionnaire or bid information required to be submitted, or in the course of any hearing under this act. L.1966, c. 185, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.11 - Regulations for controlling qualifications of prospective bidders; adoption; publication

27:7-35.11. Regulations for controlling qualifications of prospective bidders; adoption; publication  The commissioner may establish such reasonable regulations as he may deem appropriate for controlling the qualifications of prospective bidders. The regulations may fix the qualification requirements for bidders according to available capital and equipment, and with due regard to experience and records of past performance and all other pertinent and material facts. The qualification rating of any bidder shall not be influenced by his nationality or place of residence. No regulations of the commissioner for controlling the qualification of bidders shall become effective until at least 30 days after the regulation shall have been formally adopted and published in not less than 10 newspapers of this State. L.1966, c. 185, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-35.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-35.12 - Liability of commissioner and state officials

27:7-35.12. Liability of commissioner and state officials  No action for damages out of any court of competent jurisdiction shall lie against the commissioner or any State official because of any action taken by virtue of the provisions of this act. L.1966, c. 185, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-36 - Location of state highways in county parks; agreement as to

27:7-36. Location of state highways in county parks; agreement as to  In the location of state highway routes the commissioner shall not locate, lay out, construct, use or improve any route in, over, under, through or across a park, reservation or parkway owned by or under the control and jurisdiction of any park commission organized under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the title Municipalities and Counties, without the consent of the park commission. The state highway commissioner and the county park commission may contract with each other in relation to the location, laying out, opening, improving, construction and maintenance of a state highway route or routes in, over, under, through or across any park, reservation or parkway owned by or under the control and jurisdiction of the county park commission, fixing the location thereof, and defining the terms and conditions agreed upon for the laying out, opening, improving, construction and maintenance thereof, and until the making and delivery of the contract the state highway commissioner shall not enter in or upon any park, reservation or parkway for the purpose, except for preliminary surveys and examinations, of laying out, opening, improving, constructing, maintaining or using any state highway route in, over, under, through or across any such park, reservation or parkway. To effectuate the contract the park commission may convey to the state highway commissioner any lands or rights in lands of such park commission in, over, under, through or across which any state highway may, pursuant to the terms of any such agreement, be located.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-37 - Highways affecting comprehensive plan for municipal improvements; conformity to plan

27:7-37. Highways affecting comprehensive plan for municipal improvements; conformity to plan  If the construction of a state highway will affect a comprehensive plan of improvement made or to be made by one or more municipalities, the commissioner may determine to conform as nearly as practicable to that plan of improvement and may determine to acquire lands outside of the uniform width of the highway. Such lands may be acquired by negotiation or condemnation and may be exchanged or sold and conveyed by the commissioner in order to aid in effectuating the comprehensive plan of improvement.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-38 - Return of roads formerly maintained by state; resurfacing

27:7-38. Return of roads formerly maintained by state; resurfacing  When the commissioner determines to abandon a county, township or borough road or highway which, prior to March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, was maintained by him, he shall, upon the request of the governing body of the county or municipality, provide for the surfacing thereof with the same material with which it was surfaced when taken over by the state. The work shall be done before the road or highway is returned to the county or municipality in which it is located.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-39 - Sidewalks and curbs along highways; contracts with counties and municipalities

27:7-39. Sidewalks and curbs along highways; contracts with counties and municipalities  The commissioner may construct paths or sidewalks and curbing along state highways and other roads and highways under his jurisdiction from any moneys available to the commissioner, and in connection therewith may contract with counties and municipalities to share the cost of such construction and thereafter of the maintenance and reconstruction thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-40 - Commissioner may contract for work upon issuance of certificate

27:7-40. Commissioner may contract for work upon issuance of certificate  The state highway commissioner may enter into contracts for the doing of work authorized by law and financed by the issuance of bonds, under 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, whenever he shall certify under the authority of this section to the state house commission the amount of money necessary to be raised by the issuance of bonds for that work, and the state house commission shall approve by a vote of a majority of the members thereof, with the presiding officer voting in the affirmative, of such certification, and notify the state highway commissioner of such approval in writing. The notification shall be signed by the presiding officer and the secretary of the state house commission. No contract shall be entered into in excess of the amount specified in such certification.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-41 - Entry upon land to protect highway from damage by water

27:7-41. Entry upon land to protect highway from damage by water  When the commissioner shall determine that it is necessary, for the preservation of a part of the state highway system, to prevent water from coming in contact with and damaging a state highway, he may enter upon any lands adjacent to the highway and reconstruct, by contract or by his own forces, such banks or other structures and construct such drain or drains as may be necessary to accomplish the preservation of the highway. Such entry shall not be a trespass and the work above mentioned shall not be considered a taking for public use.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-42 - Highway beautification; fund for

27:7-42. Highway beautification; fund for  The commissioner may set apart in any calendar year from the amount subject to expenditure in that year for state highway construction, a sum not exceeding one per cent of the amount expended by the commissioner in the preceding calendar year for construction of state highways, and may expend such one per cent or part thereof in the calendar year when the same shall have been set apart, together with such additional amounts as may be voluntarily contributed by private parties, in the planting and care of trees and shrubbery in and along state highways, in removing unsightly objects therefrom, and in otherwise effecting highway beautification. The money so set apart shall be expended under the supervision of a competent landscape architect, to be employed by the commissioner for that purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-42.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-42.1 - Use of native vegetation by Department of Transportation.

27:7-42.1 Use of native vegetation by Department of Transportation.  1. a. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary and except as provided otherwise pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, no later than the 180th day after the date of enactment of P.L.2017, c.41 (C.27:7-42.1 et al.), the Department of Transportation, when planting vegetation for purposes of landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration, shall plant only vegetation identified by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection b. of this section as being native to the State and that will thrive in the particular plant hardiness zone in which the vegetation is being planted. (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, upon application by the Department of Transportation to the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Environmental Protection in consultation with the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture and representatives of appropriate plant industry organizations and environmental organizations selected by the Department of Environmental Protection, may authorize the Department of Transportation to use non-native vegetation for purposes of landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration in prescribed circumstances where and when necessary if the use of native vegetation is not feasible, provided that the non-native vegetation is deemed to be non-invasive and not otherwise detrimental to the environment. b. No later than the 90th day after the date of enactment of this section, the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture, shall identify, for each plant hardiness zone, all of the particular species of vegetation that are native to the State, and that thrive in each plant hardiness zone in the State. c. As used in this section: "Plant hardiness zone" means a zone identified as existing in New Jersey pursuant to the most recent edition of the Plant Hardiness Zone Map published by the United States Department of Agriculture. L.2017, c.41, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-42.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-42.2 - Findings, declarations relative to an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation

27:7-42.2 Findings, declarations relative to an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."  1. The Legislature finds and declares that:  a. It is in the public interest of the State of New Jersey to ensure that the roadsides in New Jersey are safe, ecologically integrated, and useful for many purposes;  b. Roadsides serve as physical barriers, sound barriers, and highway beautifiers and provide refuge for many animals, insects, and plants native to New Jersey;  c. A coordinated effort by the State and public and private entities to include native plants and wildflowers in the management of the roadsides will create biodiversity, improve scenic value, preserve wildlife habitats, prevent soil erosion, and provide other environmental benefits to the State; and d. It is altogether fitting and proper for the Legislature to establish an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program" within the Department of Transportation, to encourage the preservation and repopulation of native plants and wildflowers along the roadsides of New Jersey.  L.2017, c.44, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-42.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-42.3 - Definitions relative to an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."

27:7-42.3 Definitions relative to an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."  2. As used in P.L.2017, c.44 (C.27:7-42.2 et al.): "Advisory Committee" means the Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Technical Advisory Committee established by section 4 of P.L.2017, c.44 (C.27:7-42.5). "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation.  "Coordinator" means the Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Coordinator established by section 3 of P.L.2017, c.44 (C.27:7-42.4). "Department" means the Department of Transportation.  "Private entity" means any private individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, owner, operator, non-profit organization, or community-based group, but shall not include, any municipal, county, or State agency or authority, or any agency, authority, or subdivision created by one or more municipal, county, or State government. "Program" means the Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program established by section 3 of P.L.2017, c.44 (C.27:7-42.4). L.2017, c.44, s.2.