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NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-6.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-6.3 - Partial payments to roadway contractors.

27:23-6.3 Partial payments to roadway contractors.  1. Contracts entered into by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority for roadway construction and maintenance 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 authority, 1% shall be withheld. At any time during the performance of the work, if work is not progressing, as defined by the "New Jersey Turnpike Authority Standard Specifications," the authority may, in its 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 authority 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 authority shall be empowered to advance to the general contractor the amount in dispute after a determination by the authority. 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 authority, 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 material. When the contract provides that a portion of the work may be deferred with the approval of the authority, the sum withheld from the contractor may not be less than 25% of the value of the work. Any money heretofore or hereafter withheld from contract payments as provided for herein shall be paid by the authority 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 authority, negotiable bonds, acceptable to the authority, issued by the State or any political subdivision thereof, the 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. L.2007, c.180, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-6.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-6.4 - Existing covenants, agreements, contracts unaffected.

27:23-6.4 Existing covenants, agreements, contracts unaffected.  2. The provisions of this act shall not modify, limit, or restrict in any manner the obligations and powers of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to comply with, carry out, and perform each and every covenant, agreement, or contract heretofore made or entered into by the authority with respect to the authority's bonds or for the benefit, protection, or security of the bondholders. L.2007, c.180, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-7a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-7a - New Jersey Turnpike Authority to protect bondholders.

27:23-7a New Jersey Turnpike Authority to protect bondholders.  21. Nothing in or done pursuant to the powers and obligations set forth in this amendatory and supplementary act (P.L.1991, c.183) shall in any way limit or restrict the obligations or powers of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to carry out and perform each and every covenant, agreement or contract heretofore made or entered into by the Authority or the New Jersey Highway Authority with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof. L.1991,c.183,s.21; amended 2003,c.79,s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-7.1 - Notes

27:23-7.1. Notes  The authority is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its notes for any of its corporate purposes and renew from time to time any notes by the issuance of new notes, whether the notes to be renewed have or have not matured. The authority may issue notes partly to renew notes or to discharge other obligations then outstanding and partly for any other purpose and may issue bonds to redeem or pay the principal of and interest on notes. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed and delivered in the same manner as bonds and shall be exempt from taxation and eligible for investment and negotiable in the same manner as bonds under the provisions of this act. Subject to agreements with bondholders and noteholders, the authority may pledge tolls and other revenues for the payment of the notes and may in addition secure the notes in the same manner and with the same effect as herein provided for bonds. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing notes of the authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing bonds of the authority or any issue thereof, and the authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds. In case of default on its notes, or violation of any of the obligations of the authority to the noteholders, the noteholders shall have all the remedies provided herein for the bondholders. L.1967, c. 150, s. 2, eff. July 10, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-9 - Revenues.

27:23-9 Revenues.  9. Revenues. (A) The authority is hereby authorized by resolution to fix, revise, charge and collect tolls, fees, licenses, rents, concession charges and other charges for the use of each project and the different parts or sections thereof, and to contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation desiring the use of any part thereof, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, gas stations, garages, stores, hotels, and restaurants, offices, entertainment facilities, or for any other purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents and rates of charges for such use; provided, that a sufficient number of gas stations may be authorized to be established in each service area along any such highway to permit reasonable competition by private business in the public interest. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to carry out and perform the terms and provisions of any contract with or for the benefit of bondholders. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau or agency of the State. The use and disposition of tolls and revenues shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of the trust agreement securing the same. (B) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2003, c.79). (C) All revenues and other funds of the authority not pledged or otherwise required to pay or secure the payment of principal and interest on any indebtedness of the authority existing from time to time under, and not otherwise required for the purpose of, this act and not pledged under a contract providing for payment of funds to the State or New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority created pursuant to P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-1 et seq.) shall be applied to the authority's corporate purposes or as hereafter provided by law. L.1948,c.454,s.9; amended 1963, c.76, s.2; 1964, c.56, s.1; 1984, c.73, s.31; 1991, c.183, s.15; 2003,c.79,s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-10 - Trust funds

27:23-10. Trust funds  All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in this act. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this act and such resolution or trust agreement may provide. L.1948, c. 454, p. 1868, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-11 - Remedies

27:23-11. Remedies  Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement, may, by civil action or proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State or granted hereunder or under such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this act or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the Authority or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of tolls. L.1948, c. 454, p. 1868, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-12 - Exemption from taxation.

27:23-12 Exemption from taxation.  12. The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of transportation projects and other property by the Authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any transportation project or any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this act or upon the income therefrom, and any transportation project and any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this act and the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall be exempt from taxation. The Legislature reaffirms that all existing facilities and property, and their operations, and management, of the authority and of the New Jersey Highway Authority, as transferred to the authority, are deemed public and essential governmental functions and are exempt from local taxes or assessments. L.1948,c.454,s.12; amended 2003,c.79,s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-13 - Bonds eligible for investment

27:23-13. Bonds eligible for investment  Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which the State and all political subdivisions of this State, their officers, boards, commissions, departments or other agencies, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, 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 administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control; and said bonds or other securities or obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officers or agency of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law. L.1948, c. 454, p. 1869, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-14 - Miscellaneous.

27:23-14 Miscellaneous.  14. Miscellaneous. Each highway project when constructed and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the Authority. Each such project shall also be policed and operated by such force of police, toll-takers and other operating employees as the Authority may in its discretion employ, unless the Authority provides otherwise by agreement with any federal, state or local entity. The expenses for this maintenance and operation shall be paid by the authority from its own funds or from funds made available to the authority, unless the authority provides otherwise by agreement with any federal, state or local entity. All counties, cities, boroughs, towns, townships, villages, and other political subdivisions and all public departments, agencies and commissions of the State of New Jersey, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, lease, lend, grant or otherwise convey to the Authority at its request upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of such counties, cities, boroughs, towns, townships, villages, and political subdivisions and departments, agencies or commissions of the State may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the Authority, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use. 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 may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or of operation of the project. Any member, agent or employee of the Authority who is interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract of another with the Authority, or in the sale of any property, either real or personal, to the Authority shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1948,c.454,s.14; amended 1991, c.183, s.16; 2003,c.79,s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-14.1 - Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement by New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

27:23-14.1 Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement by New Jersey Turnpike Authority.  3. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall permit for a turnpike project under the jurisdiction of the authority the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement that constitutes a maximum of 25 percent by weight of the total pavement mixture for base and intermediate pavement courses and a maximum of 15 percent by weight of the total pavement mixture for surface pavement courses. b. The authority shall permit for turnpike projects under its jurisdiction the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement that constitutes from 25 to 50 percent by weight of the total pavement mixture for base and intermediate pavement courses, after an evaluation of the material properties of the reclaimed asphalt pavement in a "closed system" project. A "closed system" project is defined as a project on which the asphalt millings from the project are recycled back into the hot mix asphalt on that same project. c. Reclaimed asphalt pavement shall not be used for bridge decking and elevated approaches, open-graded and modified open-graded friction courses, or any other special purpose or premium asphalt mix required in specific projects to increase pavement skid resistance. L.2002,c.114,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-15 - Refunding bonds.

27:23-15 Refunding bonds.  15. The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds of the Authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this act, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption or maturity of such bonds, and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, for the additional purpose of constructing improvements, extensions, or enlargements of the transportation project or projects in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued. The Authority is further authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of its bonds for the combined purpose of (a) refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this act, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and (b) paying all or any part of the cost of any additional project or projects or feeder roads. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority in respect of the same, shall be governed by the provisions of this act insofar as the same may be applicable. L.1948,c.454,s.15; amended 1991, c.183, s.17; 2003,c.79,s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-16 - Projects part of State highway system.

27:23-16 Projects part of State highway system.  16. When all bonds issued under the provisions of this act to finance any highway project or projects and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, all such projects shall become part of the State highway system and shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the authority. L.1948,c.454,s.16; amended 1963, c.76, s.3; 1964, c.56, s.2; 2003,c.79,s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-17 - Preliminary expenses.

27:23-17 Preliminary expenses.  17. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized in its discretion to expend out of any funds available for the purpose such moneys as may be necessary for the study of any transportation project or projects and to use its engineering and other forces, including consulting engineers and traffic engineers, for the purpose of effecting such study and to pay for such additional engineering and traffic and other expert studies as it may deem expedient, and all such expenses incurred by the department shall be paid by the department and charged to the appropriate transportation project or projects, and the department shall keep proper records and accounts showing each amount so charged. Upon the sale of transportation revenue bonds for any project or projects, the funds so expended by the department in connection with such project or projects shall be reimbursed by the Authority to the department from the proceeds of such bonds. Any obligation or expense hereafter incurred by the Department of Transportation with the approval of the Authority for traffic surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering services in connection with the construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such project and shall be reimbursed to the State out of the proceeds of bonds herein authorized. L.1948,c.454,s.17; amended 2003,c.79,s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-18 - Additional, alternative methods.

27:23-18 Additional, alternative methods.  18. The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that the issuance of transportation revenue bonds or refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. L.1948,c.454,s.18; amended 2003,c.79,s.28.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-19 - Act liberally construed

27:23-19. Act liberally construed  This act, being necessary for the welfare of the State and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. L.1948, c. 454, p. 1873, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-20 - Severability

27:23-20. Severability  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. L.1948, c. 454, p. 1873, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-21 - Inconsistent laws inapplicable

27:23-21. Inconsistent laws inapplicable  All other general or special laws, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby declared to be inapplicable to the provisions of this act. L.1948, c. 454, p. 1873, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-22 - Short title

27:23-22. Short title  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as the "New Jersey Turnpike Authority Act of 1948." L.1948, c. 454, p. 1873, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:23-23a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:23-23a - Findings, declarations

27:23-23a. Findings, declarations  The Legislature finds and declares that the highway corridor between the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the George Washington Bridge is the main artery of the State's integrated highway system and of vital importance to the economy and vitality of the State and the region; that both the Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority have mutually consistent and coordinate responsibilities within the corridor for the planning, construction and maintenance of highway projects; that it is in the public interest that the Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority be authorized to enter into agreements to provide for an enhanced coordination and unification of responsibilities for the planning, acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of highway projects in order to ensure a safe, effective and efficient highway system; and that any such agreements shall acknowledge the obligation of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to the holders of its bonds under all covenants, contracts and agreements.  L.1991,c.183,s.1.