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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-3 - Road taken over as state highway; county reimbursed

27:9-3. Road taken over as state highway; county reimbursed
When the commissioner has or shall have approved a contract made in accordance with section 27:9-1 of this title and the payments thereunder, he shall within six years after the date of such approval, if funds be on hand available for the purpose, take over the highway so constructed by a county in accordance with the terms of sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-5 of this title and pay to the county the actual cost of the construction thereof. The sum so paid, or such part thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the purpose of retiring any bonds or other obligations issued for the purpose of raising funds for the construction of the road.
No road constructed by a county under said sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-5 shall be taken over and paid for by the commissioner unless the state highway engineer shall certify to the commissioner that the road has been constructed in all respects in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the commissioner, but the commissioner may, if funds be available and have been set aside for the purpose of reimbursing a county for the construction and improvement of a highway made by a county under said sections, pay to the county the amount already expended if the state highway engineer shall certify to the commissioner that the work has been done in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the commissioner to the value of the amount requested.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-4 - Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over

27:9-4. Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over
If the commissioner does not take over the highway in the manner prescribed in section 27:9-3 of this title within six years after the authorization of the appropriation for its construction and improvement, the county shall refund the indebtedness incurred pursuant to section 27:9-2 of this title by the issuance of bonds under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), none of which shall mature at a date later than the period set forth in section 40:1-34, of the title Municipalities and Counties, counting from the time of the authorization of the appropriation for the construction and improvement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-5 - Paving state highways by counties; consent; reimbursement

27:9-5. Paving state highways by counties; consent; reimbursement
When a road laid out as part of the state highway system has or shall have been taken over by the commissioner as a state highway but has not yet been paved, the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the road is situate may by resolution request the permission of the commissioner to pave it. If the commissioner concurs in the resolution the county may provide and pay for the work in the manner provided by sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-3 of this title for the improvement by counties of parts of state highway routes that have not been taken over by the commissioner.
Counties proceeding under this section shall finance such improvements in the manner provided by said sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-3. The commissioner may designate a year in which the county shall be reimbursed for such work.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-6 - Reimbursement of county for interest charges

27:9-6. Reimbursement of county for interest charges
When a state highway, or portion thereof, has been or shall be improved or reconstructed by the board of chosen freeholders of a county under an agreement with the commissioner, and the commissioner has agreed or shall agree to reimburse the county for the cost of the construction or improvement of such highway, or portion thereof, from state funds, the commissioner shall also agree to pay and the proper state agency shall pay to the board of chosen freeholders, in addition to the cost of the improvement or reconstruction, the actual amount of interest paid by the board for any money raised or borrowed by it for the purpose of making the improvement or construction. The interest shall be considered as part of the construction cost of the road or highway.
This section shall apply to all roads constructed or to be constructed under chapter 6 (s. 27:6-1 et seq.) and chapter 7 (s. 27:7-1 et seq.) of this title, and shall apply to any agreement relative to the construction thereof and the payment therefor entered into between the commissioner and any board of chosen freeholders, or to any contract which may hereafter be made between the commissioner and any board of chosen freeholders.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-7 - Agreement for work on state highways; payment of county's share

27:9-7. Agreement for work on state highways; payment of county's share
A county may enter into a written agreement with the commissioner to share in the cost of the construction, repair and maintenance of a state highway or a portion thereof, or any highway that may hereafter become a state highway or a portion thereof, and all work incident thereto, as the word "work" is defined in section 27:7-1 of this title. The county may raise its proportionate share of the cost in accordance with the provisions of law providing for road improvement or maintenance.
Upon the approval by the commissioner of the certificate of the inspector and engineer in charge of the work that it has been satisfactorily completed, in whole or in part, according to the contract, drawings and specifications, the disbursing officer of the county shall pay its share of the whole or partial cost according to the terms of the agreement, to the state treasurer to the credit of the commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-8 - County bonds for highway improvements; law applicable

27:9-8. County bonds for highway improvements; law applicable
A county may borrow money and issue bonds for the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or resurfacing of portions of the state highway system located in the county. The bonds shall be issued in the manner and subject to the limitations prescribed by article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-9 - Agreement between county and state; use of proceeds; reimbursement

27:9-9. Agreement between county and state; use of proceeds; reimbursement
No bonds shall be issued by a county under sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-12 of this title unless and until the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall have previously entered into an agreement on behalf of the county with the state highway commissioner whereby the commissioner shall have agreed to reimburse, and to repay to the county a sum equal to the principal and interest of the bonds, which sum shall be paid in installments to be fixed in the agreement, and whereby the board of chosen freeholders shall have agreed to pay to the commissioner the sum or sums raised by the issuance of those bonds, after deducting the expense of issuance.
Any sum so paid to the commissioner pursuant to any such agreement shall be expended solely for the purpose of improving, bettering, reconstructing or resurfacing portions of the state highway system located within the county, as provided in the agreement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-10 - Contribution by county; reimbursement

27:9-10. Contribution by county; reimbursement
The state highway commissioner may accept from any such county any sum raised by the issuance of bonds pursuant to sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-12 of this title, and expend such sums for the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or resurfacing of portions of the state highway system located in the county issuing the bonds, and agree to reimburse and repay to such county a sum equal to the principal and interest of such bonds in installments to be fixed in the agreement, from revenues appropriated to the use of the commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-11 - Maturity of bonds arranged

27:9-11. Maturity of bonds arranged
In fixing the time or times of maturity of the principal of any such bonds, the board of chosen freeholders shall consider the amounts to be received each year by way of reimbursement and shall endeavor to arrange the times of maturity of the principal so that the levy of a tax will not be necessary in order to pay either the principal or interest of the bonds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:9-12 - Powers deemed additional; construction

27:9-12. Powers deemed additional; construction
The powers granted by sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-11 of this title, are in addition to and not in substitution for the powers granted by existing statutes, and are not subject to any limitation or restriction prescribed by any such statutes, except as may be expressly provided by said sections.
The obligation of the commissioner to make any payment or reimbursement pursuant to the agreements authorized by said sections shall have such force and effect as may be permitted by the constitution of this state and if any of the provisions contained in sections 27:9-9 to 27:9-11 of this title shall be unconstitutional or invalid, such provisions shall be exscinded and the remaining sections shall stand.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:10-1 - Approval of plans by commissioner; contracts

27:10-1. Approval of plans by commissioner; contracts
The governing body of a municipality in which a state highway route has or shall have been laid out may, with the consent of the commissioner, construct and improve any part of the highway within the municipality. The work shall be in accordance with plans and specifications submitted by the governing body and approved by the commissioner, and shall be conducted by the governing body at all times subject to the inspection of the commissioner.
No contract for the construction or improvement of a highway made by a municipality under the provisions of this chapter shall be effective until approved by the commissioner, both as to character of work and materials.
The contract shall provide that no payment shall be made thereunder to a contractor except on the certificate of the municipal engineer, countersigned by the state highway engineer, certifying that the work for which payment is claimed has been done in all respects in accordance with the contract, plans and specifications.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:10-2 - Municipal obligations issued

27:10-2. Municipal obligations issued
The governing body of the municipality may provide and raise moneys to be expended for the work contemplated by section 27:10-1 of this title, by issuing notes or bonds under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
The obligations issued hereunder and renewals thereof shall be made under the provisions and limitations of section 40:1-8 of the title Municipalities and Counties.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:10-3 - Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over

27:10-3. Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over
If the commissioner shall not take over the highway as provided in section 27:10-4 of this title before six years after the authorization of the appropriation for the work, the municipality shall refund the indebtedness incurred under the authority of this chapter by the issuance of bonds pursuant to article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), but in no case shall the last maturity of the bonds so issued be longer than the period set forth in section 40:1-34 of the title Municipalities and Counties, counting from the time of the authorization of the appropriation for the construction or improvement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:10-4 - Road taken over as state highway; municipality reimbursed; bonds retired

27:10-4. Road taken over as state highway; municipality reimbursed; bonds retired
When the commissioner shall have approved a contract made in accordance with section 27:10-1 of this title and the payments thereunder, he shall within six years after the date of his approval, if funds be on hand available therefor, take over any highway constructed by any municipality under contract in accordance with the terms of this chapter and pay to the municipality the actual cost of the construction thereof, without interest. The sum so paid, or such part thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the purpose of retiring any bonds or other obligations issued for the purpose of raising funds for the construction of such road.
No road constructed by a municipality hereunder shall be taken over and paid for by the commissioner unless the state highway engineer shall certify to the commissioner that the road has been constructed in all respects in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-1 - State highway system funds; sources

27:11-1. State highway system funds; sources
L.1927, c. 331, p. 778, entitled "An act concerning the state highway system and regulating the disbursement of moneys therefor," passed April first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, saved from repeal. [This act dedicates to highway purposes certain revenues of the state.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-2 - Salary fund continued

27:11-2. Salary fund continued
The fund established by the act entitled "An act providing for the establishment and maintenance of a fund subject to the disbursement of the New Jersey state highway commission for the payment of salaries and wages of its officers and employees," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (L.1921, c. 261, p. 788), is hereby continued.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-3 - Custodian of fund

27:11-3. Custodian of fund
The commissioner shall designate one of his employees to act as custodian of the fund. He shall furnish a surety bond conditioned for the satisfactory maintenance and disbursement of the fund in a sum at least double the amount of the fund as first established. He shall make no expenditure from the fund for salaries and wages of the officers and employees of the commissioner except on proper certification and approval of the civil service commission.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-5 - Maintenance of fund

27:11-5. Maintenance of fund
The fund shall be replenished and maintained by payments made by the state treasurer to the custodian, on the warrant of the comptroller, which payments shall equal the sum disbursed immediately previous to the date of such warrant of the comptroller. The sum to be paid shall be established by a certification bearing approval of the civil service commission and of the approval officer designated by the state highway commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-6 - Proof of payment; withholding of funds; emergency payments

27:11-6. Proof of payment; withholding of funds; emergency payments
The comptroller may require from the state highway commissioner, the custodian or other approval officer, or any or all of them, such further satisfactory proof as to the proper disbursement of the fund and its maintenance as he may in his judgment require, and may withhold the warrant for the replenishing of the fund until such proof is forthcoming, but in that event the salaries and wages of the officers and employees of the commissioner shall be paid by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller after approval of the civil service commission until such time as the cause for withholding the warrant shall have been removed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-7 - Act of 1922

27:11-7. Act of 1922
L.1922, c. 262, p. 634 (1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-821 to 179-839), entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same by the taxation of real and personal property in this state, and by the creation of a debt of the state in an amount not exceeding forty million dollars by the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the submission of this act to the people at a general election," passed March seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, saved from repeal, together with the following supplement thereto passed March fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four (L.1924, c. 249, p. 660; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-840 and 179-841). [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and the issuance of bonds of the state in the amount of forty million dollars. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued and provides for the establishment of a sinking fund and the investment of the moneys thereof, and the levying of a general property tax to pay the principal and interest of such bonds. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1922, and was officially declared adopted on December 5, 1922. The supplement passed March 14, 1924, provided for the repayment to the several municipalities of excess taxes collected under the original act.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-8 - Act of 1927

27:11-8. Act of 1927
L.1927, c. 181, p. 344, entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system, including bridges, tunnels, viaducts and rights of way as parts thereof; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same by the taxation of real and personal property in this state, and by the creation of a debt of the state in an amount not exceeding thirty million dollars by the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the submission of this act to the people at a general election," approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and the issuance of bonds of the state therefor in an amount not exceeding thirty million dollars. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued and provides for the establishment of a sinking fund and the investment of the moneys thereof, and the levying of a general property tax to pay the principal and interest of such bonds. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1927, and was officially declared adopted on December 6, 1927.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-9 - Act of 1930

27:11-9. Act of 1930
L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election," approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and for grade crossing elimination, and the issuance of bonds of the state therefor in the amount of eighty-three million dollars. The amount was reduced to sixty-three million dollars by L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, and was further reduced to fifty-eight million dollars by L.1933, c. 397, p. 1100. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued. Payment of principal and interest is provided for from the receipts of the tax on motor vehicle fuels, supplemented by a general property tax if the motor vehicle fuel tax proves insufficient for the purpose. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1930, and was officially declared adopted on December 2, 1930.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-10 - Act reducing amount of 1930 issue

27:11-10. Act reducing amount of 1930 issue
L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, entitled "An act to reduce to sixty-three million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election,' approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty," approved June fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, saved from repeal. [This act reduces the amount of the bonds authorized by L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, from eighty-three million dollars to sixty-three million dollars. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1932, and was officially declared adopted on December 6, 1932.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-11 - Act further reducing amount of 1930 issue

27:11-11. Act further reducing amount of 1930 issue
L.1933, c. 397, p. 1100, entitled "An act to reduce to fifty-eight million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election,' approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty," approved September fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [This act further reduces the amount of the bonds authorized by L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, from sixty-three million dollars, as provided by L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, to fifty-eight million dollars. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1933, and was officially declared adopted on December 5, 1933.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-12 - Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1934"

27:11-12. Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1934"
L.1934, c. 182, p. 436, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due state road taxes," approved May ninth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the issuance of bonds by municipalities to pay past due state road taxes and also authorized the issuance of bonds by counties which received payments from municipalities on account of the state road tax but failed to pay over such moneys to the state. The act provided the details for the issuance and payment of these bonds which were to be issued and delivered by July 15, 1934, and paid within eight years.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-13 - Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1935"

27:11-13. Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1935"
L.1935, c. 16, p. 38, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due State road taxes," approved February fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the issuance of bonds by municipalities to pay past due state road taxes and also authorized the issuance of bonds by counties which received payments from municipalities on account of the state road tax but failed to pay over such moneys to the state. The act provided the details for the issuance and payment of these bonds which were to be issued and delivered by April 1, 1935, and paid within eight years.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:11-14 - State road tax not certified in certain cases

27:11-14. State road tax not certified in certain cases
The comptroller of the treasury need not certify the state road tax to the several counties in any year so long as the revenue derived from the tax levied pursuant to chapter 39 of the title Taxation (s. 54:39-1 et seq.) shall be sufficient to support the sinking fund requirements under the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-two of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two and chapter one hundred and eighty-one of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-1 - Disposition of property not needed for public use

27:12-1. Disposition of property not needed for public use
When real estate or any right or interest therein has or shall have come into the possession or control of the commissioner, or when he has or shall have taken real estate or any right or interest therein, in the name of the State for the use of the State in the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or maintenance of a State highway, and the commissioner has or shall have determined that the property so acquired is no longer required for such use, he may:
a. Sell at private sale, for not less than the amount paid therefor by the State, to any municipal corporation or to any public board or commission, for public use only; provided, however, that the State Highway Commissioner is empowered to convey upon such terms as he may deem proper to any municipal corporation or to any public board or commission for road and bridge purposes only any lands acquired by the State of New Jersey for road and bridge purposes;
b. Lease to any municipal corporation or to any public board or commission, for public use only;
c. Sell at public sale to the highest bidder; and
d. Exchange for other lands--
All or any portion of such real estate, or any interest therein, with or without improvements thereon, including the hereditaments, appurtenances, easements and rights of way, and make the necessary conveyance of same.
Amended by L.1938, c. 407, p. 1196, s. 1; L.1954, c. 74, p. 443, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-1.1 - Sale of State highway property, first offer.

27:12-1.1 Sale of State highway property, first offer.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 27:12-1 or any other law to the contrary, if the Commissioner of Transportation determines, pursuant to R.S. 27:12-1, that real property acquired for the use of the State in the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or maintenance of a State highway is no longer required for such use, the commissioner shall first offer to sell such property or any right or interest therein at private sale to the owner of the real property whose frontage is contiguous to the real property being sold; provided that the property being sold is less than the minimum size required for development under the municipal zoning ordinance of the municipality in which the property is located and is without any capital improvement thereon; except that when there is more than one owner with real property whose frontage is contiguous thereto, the property shall be sold to the highest bidder from among all such owners. Any such sale shall be for not less than the fair market value of the real property.
L.1999,c.64,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-1.2 - Conditions of sale.

27:12-1.2 Conditions of sale.
2. The sale of real property permitted by section 1 of this act may only occur after the owners of record of the property at the time of acquisition have been notified and provided the right to repurchase their interest pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1985, c.201 (C.52:31-1.4).
L.1999,c.64,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-1.3 - Sale to municipality, public body permitted.

27:12-1.3 Sale to municipality, public body permitted.
3. The provisions of this act shall not affect the right of the commissioner to sell at private sale to a municipal corporation or to any public board or commission any real estate or any right or interest therein as provided in subsection a. of R.S. 27:12-1.
L.1999,c.64,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-2 - Disposition of slopes or easements

27:12-2. Disposition of slopes or easements
The commissioner may also, when he shall determine that certain slope, drainage or easement rights or any or all of them, or parts thereof, are no longer required or necessary for the use of the state highway with which they are connected, convey, grant, bargain, sell and release to the owners of the fee, any slope, drainage or easement rights, or any or all of them, or parts thereof, including without limitation those easement rights or parts thereof which give the state the right to enter upon lands adjoining any state highway for the purpose of cleaning, straightening, widening, deepening and maintaining existing ditches and streams and the right to discharge water and maintain a flow of water over such lands adjoining the right of way of a state highway.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-4 - Sale or exchange of unused lands

27:12-4. Sale or exchange of unused lands
When the commissioner shall determine that lands, the fee to which he has acquired or shall acquire in the name of the state, are no longer required for highway purposes, he may exchange or sell at private sale and convey said lands for the purpose of acquiring other lands required for highway purposes.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-6 - Consummation of agreements made before December 4, 1933

27:12-6. Consummation of agreements made before December 4, 1933
Any agreement made prior to December fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, between the commission and a municipality concerning the purchase, sale or exchange of lands may be consummated by the commissioner with the nominee of such municipality upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the commissioner and such municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-7 - Sales to municipalities of estates in realty in areas above surface of ground; lease by private negotiation

27:12-7. Sales to municipalities of estates in realty in areas above surface of ground; lease by private negotiation
The State Highway Commissioner may sell at private sale and convey to any municipality an estate in any real estate, which is owned and occupied by the State for public highway purposes, in an area above the surface of the ground, at such height or level as is not required for the use of the State, upon such terms and conditions as shall not be inconsistent with the use of such real estate at any lower level by the State and any municipality which has heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire an estate in such real estate, notwithstanding other provisions of any law applicable to the disposition of any interests or estates in real estate by a municipality, is authorized to lease the same by private negotiation for a term or period of time not exceeding 99 years upon such terms and conditions as it shall determine upon, for other than municipal use which terms and conditions may include a payment or payments to the municipality in lieu of real estate taxes.
L.1960, c. 148, p. 677, s. 1. Amended by L.1963, c. 6, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:12-7.1 - Notice of lease; publication; contents

27:12-7.1. Notice of lease; publication; contents
Whenever any municipality shall intend to enter into a lease by private negotiation, pursuant to section 1 of this act, it shall make such intention public by publishing a notice thereof in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The notice shall be published at least once not less than 10 days before such lease shall be executed, including the day of publication but excluding the day of execution of the lease. The notice shall clearly call attention to the fact that it is a notice of information with respect to a proposed lease of such property which shall be generally described, and the notice shall also contain the following:
(a) The name of the lessee with whom the municipality proposes to enter into the lease;
(b) A recital that:
(i) The municipality has a proposal from the lessee named in the lease to enter into the lease for the development of such property;
(ii) The governing body proposes to authorize the execution of the proposed lease and to execute it on or after the date specified in the notice, which date shall not be earlier than the tenth day after publication, excluding the date of publication; and
(iii) A copy of the proposed lease is available for public examination at the office of the clerk of the municipality during regular office hours.
L.1963, c. 6, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-1 - State aid roads; standards for construction and maintenance

27:13-1. State aid roads; standards for construction and maintenance
No funds shall be expended for state aid to counties or municipalities unless the roads constructed therewith conform to standards prescribed by the department and the county or municipality shall have entered into an agreement with the department that the road will be kept in repair by patrol or such other method as shall be adopted by the commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-1a - Width of road; elimination in consideration for State aid

27:13-1a. Width of road; elimination in consideration for State aid
In determining the allotment of State aid to a municipality for the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of municipal roads pursuant to chapters 13 or 15 of Title 27 of the Revised Statutes or any supplement thereto, the Commissioner of Transportation shall not consider as a condition of eligibility the width of the road to be constructed, improved, maintained or repaired.
L.1977, c. 442, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-1.1 - Amount of State aid appropriated to counties and municipalities for construction and maintenance of roads; annual notice

27:13-1.1. Amount of State aid appropriated to counties and municipalities for construction and maintenance of roads; annual notice
Except as provided in section 3 of this act and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation shall notify annually the governing body of each county and municipality of the amount of State aid appropriated to such county and municipality for the construction, reconstruction, grading, drainage, maintenance, lighting and repair of county and municipal roads and applicable to the calendar year budget of each such county and municipality.
L.1967, c. 65, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-1.2 - Annual budget; amount

27:13-1.2. Annual budget; amount
It shall be lawful for each county and municipality to include an amount equal to twice the amount of such State aid in its annual budget. Commitments may be made by such counties and municipalities, subject to the applicable provisions of this subtitle, against the amounts so included in their budgets immediately after the beginning of the calendar year next ensuing the date of such notification by the commissioner.
L.1967, c. 65, s. 2, eff. May 23, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-1.3 - Certification of amount by commissioner

27:13-1.3. Certification of amount by commissioner
Not later than June 30 of each year the commissioner shall certify to each county and municipality entitled to receive funds therefrom, the amount of aid each such county and municipality shall be entitled to receive for that calendar year pursuant to the "State Aid Road System Act of 1967." For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968 and each fiscal year thereafter, the commissioner may certify an amount equal to twice the amount appropriated and available for this purpose.
L.1967, c. 65, s. 3, eff. May 23, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-2 - Annual work program; filing; approval

27:13-2. Annual work program; filing; approval
All expenditures for state aid to counties or municipalities for the improvement, maintenance or repair of highways or for the building, maintenance or repair of bridges shall be in accordance with annual work programs prepared by the governing bodies thereof and filed with and approved by the commissioner. The work programs shall be submitted on blanks prepared by the commissioner and shall differentiate between state aid for highway construction, state aid for highway maintenance, state aid for bridge construction and state aid for bridge maintenance.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-3 - Time for filing programs; hearings; co-ordination of programs

27:13-3. Time for filing programs; hearings; co-ordination of programs
The commissioner may fix a date on or before which counties and municipalities shall file their annual work program, but in case of emergencies which were not anticipated, amendments thereto may at any time be filed and approved.
Prior to approving the programs and extending state aid to the projects set forth therein the commissioner may hold hearings with the governing bodies of the counties or municipalities concerned, with a view to recommending such additions to, removals from or changes in the work program as will best enable the counties and municipalities to develop the highways under their jurisdiction in co-operation and co-ordination with the state highway system and with each other. The commissioner may deny the extension of state aid to projects which in his judgment do not comply with this requirement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-4 - Payment of dedicated funds quarterly; dates for payment; emergencies

27:13-4. Payment of dedicated funds quarterly; dates for payment; emergencies
(a) All moneys from time to time dedicated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 22 of the Title State Government, Departments and Officers (s. 52:22-1 et seq.) for the reconstruction, maintenance and repair, operation, policing and lighting of county roads and bridges, and for the payment of principal or interest on obligations incurred prior to May 2, 1936, for any such purpose and for the extension of the county highway system, or dedicated for the proper construction, grading, drainage, maintenance and repair of unimproved town, township, village and borough roads of the State under the provisions of chapter 15 of this Title (s. 27:15-1 et seq.) and all moneys dedicated pursuant to the provisions of section 27:14-1 of this Title, or dedicated to counties for reimbursement for obligations contracted and due in the budget period for which such budget shall apply, shall, unless otherwise specifically provided in the laws under which such moneys become due and payable, be payable to such counties in installments on the first day of February, May, August and November of each year.
(b) Whenever the Governor shall exercise the Emergency Powers granted to him by the provisions of "An act concerning civilian defense and disaster control during emergency" (P.L.1942, c. 251), as said title was amended by chapter 438 of the Laws of 1953 and proclaims an emergency, as defined in said act, to exist in a political subdivision of this State, the State Highway Commissioner, in his discretion, may disburse and pay over to such county or counties affected by the proclamation of emergency of the Governor, the full amount of any balance of the funds then appropriated, required to be paid in quarterly installments under the provision of subsection (a), hereof, which are remaining in the commissioner's hands as of the date of said proclamation of emergency, and the county or counties, so receiving the payment in full or the balance remaining in the commissioner's hands on the date of the said proclamation of emergency, shall waive payment of any further funds under said subsection (a) hereof, other than funds specifically provided in the exception therein, on any installment date occurring after the date of said proclamation of emergency.
Amended by L.1962, c. 22, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-5 - Moneys allotted to counties and municipalities as State aid road funds to be held in special account until paid out

27:13-5. Moneys allotted to counties and municipalities as State aid road funds to be held in special account until paid out
Any moneys heretofore or hereafter allotted from the State Highway Fund to any county or municipality as State aid road funds shall be paid out to such county or municipality as provided by law; provided, that any such moneys so allotted in any year to any county or municipality which is not paid out to such county or municipality during said year and which is not reserved for payment to such county or municipality on account of obligations incurred during said year under such allotment, shall be placed in a special State aid road fund account and held there to the credit of such county or municipality until such time as said moneys can be used by said county or municipality for the purpose for which said moneys were originally allotted. The moneys in said special State aid road fund account shall be deemed to be dedicated funds and shall not be used for any purpose other than herein provided.
L.1943, c. 45, p. 86, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-6 - Investment of moneys in special State aid road fund account; availability

27:13-6. Investment of moneys in special State aid road fund account; availability
As soon as can be after the effective date of this act and annually thereafter, the State Highway Commissioner shall determine the amount of money which shall be placed in said special State aid road fund account and shall advise the State Treasurer of said action, so that the State Treasurer may set up said special account. If, in the opinion of the State Treasurer and the State Highway Commissioner, the best interests of the State will permit, the State Treasurer may invest and reinvest such moneys in short term obligations of the United States. Any interest accruing from the investment of such funds shall be credited to the General State Fund. Upon application of any county or municipality for which funds are held in the said special State aid road fund account and with the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, moneys so held in the said special account shall be made available for immediate expenditure as heretofore.
L.1943, c. 45, p. 87, s. 2. Amended by L.1953, c. 144, p. 1357, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-7 - Payment or retention of moneys allotted to counties; dedicated funds

27:13-7. Payment or retention of moneys allotted to counties; dedicated funds
Any moneys heretofore allotted from the State Highway Fund to any county or municipality as State aid road funds shall be paid to such county or municipality as provided by law; provided, however, that any moneys so allotted in any year prior to January first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, to any such county or municipality which has not been paid to any such county or municipality and which has not been reserved for payment to any such county or municipality on account of obligations incurred under such allotment, and which has been placed in a special State aid road fund account shall be held therein to the credit of such county or municipality until such time as said moneys can be used by said county or municipality for the purpose or purposes for which said moneys were originally allotted. The moneys in said special State aid road fund account are hereby deemed and declared to be dedicated funds, and shall not be used for any purpose other than herein provided.
L.1946, c. 241, p. 856, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-8 - Investment of dedicated funds; availability

27:13-8. Investment of dedicated funds; availability
If, in the opinion of the State Treasurer and the State Highway Commissioner, the best interests of the State will permit, the State Treasurer may invest and reinvest such moneys in short term obligations of the United States. Any interest accruing from the investment of such funds shall be credited to the General State Fund. Upon application of any county or municipality for which funds are held in the said special State aid road fund account and with the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, moneys so held in the said special account shall be made available for immediate expenditure as heretofore.
L.1946, c. 241, p. 856, s. 2. Amended by L.1953, c. 285, p. 1822, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-10 - Assistance in reconstruction of certain public roads

27:13-10. Assistance in reconstruction of certain public roads
Whenever any appropriation is made in any general or special appropriation act for the purpose of defraying all or any part of the cost of reconstructing county or municipal roads, destroyed by reason of use of such county or municipal roads by vehicles of the gross weight and load of 40,000 pounds or more and which vehicles are registered as and bear registration plates marked, "constructor" pursuant to section 39:3-20 of the Revised Statutes, the State Highway Commissioner is empowered and directed to receive, consider and approve applications of the various counties and municipalities of this State for State assistance in the reconstruction of said public roads from the funds so appropriated.
L.1964, c. 244, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-11 - Application for assistance

27:13-11. Application for assistance
The board of chosen freeholders of any county or the mayor of any municipality, in which any such destruction was caused to the public roads of the county or municipality, may file an application for such State assistance with the State Highway Commissioner.
L.1964, c. 244, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-12 - Contents of application

27:13-12. Contents of application
Such application shall contain a brief description of and photographs depicting such destruction to the public roads and shall be accompanied by plans and specifications for the reconstruction of such public road, which said plans and specifications shall have been approved by the county or municipal engineer of the county or municipality affected.
L.1964, c. 244, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-13 - Action by commissioner; authority to resubmit

27:13-13. Action by commissioner; authority to resubmit
The State Highway Commissioner, within 30 days from the date of the filing of any such application by any county or municipality so affected, shall either approve the same or disapprove and return the same with reasons for disapproval after which the application may be resubmitted by the county or municipality to which it has been returned and may be acted upon in the same manner as if originally filed in the amended or corrected form.
L.1964, c. 244, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:13-14 - Certification of funds

27:13-14. Certification of funds
Upon the approval of any such application the State Highway Commissioner is hereby empowered and authorized in his discretion to certify the amount of State money which he will set aside, and pay to said county or municipality, for or on account of the reconstruction of such county or municipal road up to an amount not exceeding 90% of the total cost thereof.
L.1964, c. 244, s. 5.