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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1A-82 - Dredged material processing; "Maritime Industry Fund."

27:1A-82 Dredged material processing; "Maritime Industry Fund."
8. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of the Treasury, may operate, lease, license or contract the design, construction, use, management or operation of any State dredged material processing facility in such manner as to produce revenue in support of the maritime industry.
b. There is established in the General Fund a separate, non-lapsing, dedicated account to be known as the "Maritime Industry Fund," hereinafter referred to as "the fund." Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary and except as otherwise provided in this act, the Maritime Industry Fund shall be utilized to provide for projects that support New Jersey's maritime industry.
c. Each fiscal year, the State Treasurer shall credit all revenues from any State dredged material processing facility to the fund.
d. Each fiscal year, the State Treasurer shall credit all earnings received from the investment or deposit of revenue in the fund, to the fund.
e. All revenues and earnings deposited in the fund shall be appropriated in the same fiscal year to the department exclusively in furtherance of the purposes set forth in this act.
L.2001,c.429,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1A-83 - Purchases, contracts, agreements regulated.

27:1A-83 Purchases, contracts, agreements regulated.
9. Purchases, contracts, or agreements over $25,000 for dredging and dredging related projects shall be governed as provided in subsections a. and b. below.
a. All purchases, contracts, or agreements, where the cost or contract price exceeds the sum of $25,000, or, after January 1, 2003, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall, except as otherwise provided by section 10 of this act, be made, negotiated, or awarded only after public advertisement for bids therefor and shall be awarded to that responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, is most advantageous to the office in its judgment, upon consideration of price and other factors. Any bid may be rejected when the office determines that it is in the public interest to do so.
Any purchase, contract, or agreement, where the cost or contract price is less than or equal to $25,000, or the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall be made, negotiated, or awarded by the office without advertising and in any manner which the office, in its judgment, deems necessary to serve its unique interests and purposes and which promotes, whenever practicable, full and free competition by the acceptance of quotations or proposals or by the use of other suitable methods.
b. The department shall no later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year adjust the threshold amount set forth in subsection a. of this section, or subsequent to 2003 the threshold amount resulting from any adjustment under this subsection, in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York City and the Philadelphia areas as reported by the United States Department of Labor. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.
L.2001,c.429,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1A-85 - Rules, regulations.

27:1A-85 Rules, regulations.
11. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make and issue such rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as the commissioner may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2001,c.429,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-5 - Purpose of authority

27:1B-5. Purpose of authority
5. It shall be the sole purpose of the authority created under this act to provide the payment for and financing of all, or a portion of, the costs incurred by the department for the planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair and rehabilitation of the State's transportation system, including, without limitation, the State's share (including State advances with respect to any federal share) under federal aid highway laws of the costs of planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair, resurfacing and rehabilitation of public highways, the State's share (including State advances with respect to any federal share) of the costs of planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair, permitted maintenance and rehabilitation of public transportation projects and other transportation projects in the State, and State aid to counties and municipalities for transportation projects, all in furtherance of the public policy declared in section 2 of the act, in the manner provided for in the act.
L.1984,c.73,s.5; amended 1991, c.40, s.3; 2000, c.73, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-7 - Power to accept and use funds appropriated and paid by State.

27:1B-7 Power to accept and use funds appropriated and paid by State.
7. The authority shall have the power to accept and use any funds appropriated and paid by the State to the authority, including, without limitation, appropriations and payments from the Transportation Trust Fund Account established pursuant to the act, for the purposes for which the appropriations and payments are made, provided that only those revenues which are dedicated pursuant to the New Jersey Constitution, including Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 4, may be used to pay debt service on the transportation program bonds and any agreement securing the repayment of the transportation program bonds. Debt service on prior bonds shall be paid for solely from amounts on deposit in the "Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Debt Service for Prior Bonds," and debt service on transportation program bonds and any agreement securing the repayment of the transportation program bonds shall be paid for solely from amounts on deposit in the "Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Debt Service for Transportation Program Bonds."
L.1984, c.73, s.7; amended 2012, c.13, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-8 - Contracts with toll road authorities or state agencies

27:1B-8. Contracts with toll road authorities or state agencies
The authority shall have the power to enter into contracts (or take an assignment of the rights and interests in contracts entered into by the treasurer or commissioner) with each toll road authority or other State agency to provide for payments to it by each toll road authority or other State agency from available revenues of the amount or amounts that may be set forth in, or determined in accordance with, the contract; provided however, that no such contract shall contain specific provisions which direct such toll road authority or other State agency to increase tolls. Subject as aforesaid, each contract, or assignment, may contain conditions and covenants as shall be agreed to by the authority and by the affected toll road authority or other State agency and, in the case of an assignment, as agreed to by the treasurer or commissioner, including but not limited to conditions and covenants necessary and desirable to facilitate the issuance and sale of bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority. The authority may receive and use (and contract for the use of) the amounts paid to it pursuant to the contracts for any one or more of its corporate purposes or powers.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 8, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-11 - Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property

27:1B-11. Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property
Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues, moneys, funds or other property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge of revenues, moneys or funds is created need be filed or recorded, except in the records of the authority.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 11, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-12 - Immunity from personal liability of members of authority and persons executing bonds

27:1B-12. Immunity from personal liability of members of authority and persons executing bonds
Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds, notes or other obligations by reason of the issuance thereof.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 12, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-13 - Reserves, funds or accounts

27:1B-13. Reserves, funds or accounts
The authority may establish reserves, funds or accounts as may be, in its discretion, necessary or desirable to further the accomplishment of the purposes of the authority or to comply with the provisions of any agreement made by or any resolution of the authority.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 13, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-14 - Pledge of state to not alter or limit rights or powers vested in authority

27:1B-14. Pledge of state to not alter or limit rights or powers vested in authority
The State does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued or incurred pursuant to the authorization of the act that the State will not limit or alter the rights or powers hereby vested in the authority in any way that would jeopardize the interest of the holders or inhibit or prevent performance or fulfillment by the authority of the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations, or prevent the authority from obtaining sufficient revenues which, together with other available funds, shall be sufficient to meet all expenses of the authority and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the holders, or from receiving payment of funds of the toll road authorities or other State agencies, as provided in any agreement provided for in the act, until the bonds, notes or other obligations, together with interest thereon, are fully met and discharged or provided for. The standards required to be followed by the State in complying with the foregoing covenant shall be no more or less restrictive than the standards required to be followed by the State under its covenants with the toll road authorities in section 7 of P.L.1948, c. 454 (C. 27:23-7), section 11 of P.L.1952, c. 16 (C. 27:12B-11) and section 41 of P.L.1962, c. 10 (C. 27:12C-41). The failure of the State to appropriate moneys for any purpose of the act shall not be deemed or construed to be a violation of this section.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 14, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-15 - Bonds or notes as legal investments

27:1B-15. Bonds or notes as legal investments
The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes issued pursuant to the act, and the bonds or notes shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 15, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-16 - Tax exemption; property of authority; bonds, notes or other obligations

27:1B-16. Tax exemption; property of authority; bonds, notes or other obligations
All property of the authority is declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any political subdivision thereof. All bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the act are hereby declared to be issued by a body corporate and politic of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds, notes and other obligations, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, revenues, income and other moneys received or to be received by the authority and pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, notes and other obligations, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation, except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 16, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-17 - Annual report

27:1B-17. Annual report
On or before the first day of September in each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the Governor and to the Legislature, in addition to responding to other requests made by the Legislature from time to time. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the authority and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Comptroller of the Treasury. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the State Auditor or his legally authorized representative may examine the accounts and books of the authority.
Not later than the end of the fourth year following the effective date of this act, the Senate Transportation and Communications Committee and the Assembly Transportation, Communications and High Technology Committee, or their successors, shall undertake a review of the implementation of this act and of the operation of the authority and make such recommendations as they deem necessary.
The department shall, from time to time, but not less than every six months, report to the Senate Transportation and Communications Committee and the Assembly Transportation, Communications and High Technology Committee on the status of each project, including public highways, financed pursuant to this act. The report shall also include information on major changes in project status or major impediments to the accomplishment of the planned projects.
L.1984, c.73, s.17; amended by L. 1987, c. 193, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-18 - Services to authority by other governmental units; payment of costs

27:1B-18. Services to authority by other governmental units; payment of costs
All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to render any and all services to the authority as may be within the area of their respective governmental functions as fixed or established by law, and as may be requested by the authority. Insofar as possible, the cost and expense of any services shall be met and provided for by such officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 18, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-19 - Rules and regulations

27:1B-19. Rules and regulations
The commissioner is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the act.
L.1984, c. 73, s. 19, eff. July 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.4 - Utilization of funds; allocation of costs

27:1B-21.4. Utilization of funds; allocation of costs
11. The State amount appropriated from the revenues and other funds of the authority for any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1995 may be utilized for any cost incurred in direct or indirect support or advancement of transportation projects authorized by the annual appropriations act, except that indirect costs shall not include the cost of routine operation and routine maintenance of a transportation project, or costs associated with the non-capital programs of the department and the New Jersey Transit Corporation. Costs which directly or indirectly support or advance more than one transportation project may be allocated among those projects in a manner the commissioner finds reasonable, provided such costs are equitably and uniformly distributed among all work that was performed during the fiscal year or accounting period. The rate of indirect costs appropriated from the State amount in any fiscal year shall not exceed the indirect cost rate additive, as calculated pursuant to the United States Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87, "Cost Principles Applicable to Grants and Contracts with State and Local Governments," applicable to federal funds.
L.1995,c.108,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.5 - Duties of commissioner, loans, conditions; reports

27:1B-21.5. Duties of commissioner, loans, conditions; reports
12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with public or private entities or consortia thereof for the loan of federal funds appropriated to the department for the purpose of financing all, or a portion of, the costs incurred for the planning, acquisition, engineering, construction, reconstruction, repair and rehabilitation of a transportation project by that public or private entity or consortia thereof.
b. The commissioner, with the approval of the State Treasurer, shall establish rules and regulations governing the qualifications of the applicants, the application procedures, the criteria for awarding loans, and the standards for establishing the amount, terms and conditions of each loan. The rules and regulations shall provide that the term of the loan agreement shall be consistent with terms and conditions as provided by applicable federal law.
c. Loans granted pursuant to this section shall be considered an investment or reinvestment of Special Transportation Fund funds within the meaning of subsection a. of section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21). Payments of interest and principal on loans granted pursuant to this section shall be credited to a special subaccount of the Special Transportation Fund and may be used for financing authorized projects. Monies appropriated from the special subaccount pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the total State amount authorized to be appropriated in a fiscal year pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1987, c.460 (C.27:1B-21.1).
d. Each loan made pursuant to this section shall require the specific approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, except for those loans agreed to by the commissioner as part of an agreement for a demonstration project approved pursuant to P.L.1997, c.136 (C.27:1D-1 et al.). The Chairman of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee may request periodic reports from the commissioner on the status of any or all loans. The commissioner shall provide reports so requested on a timely basis.
e. Transportation projects which are the subject of a loan agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be included in the annual report of proposed projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) for the fiscal year in which the loan amount for those projects is to be appropriated.
L.1995,c.108,s.12; amended 1997,c.136,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.6 - Funding agreements for transportation projects

27:1B-21.6. Funding agreements for transportation projects
13. The commissioner or the board of the New Jersey Transit Corporation with the approval of the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements for a period of years for the advancement of a transportation project to be funded by future year appropriations to the authority, except that, in the case of a transportation project involving appropriations in excess of $100,000,000 in any fiscal year, the agreement shall be subject to approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. The commissioner or the board of the New Jersey Transit Corporation may pledge grant monies or funds anticipated to be appropriated to those transportation projects in those agreements, provided, however that payment of monies pledged is subject to the availability of funds in the year in which the funds are to be appropriated. Any transportation project which is the subject of an agreement authorized by this section shall appear in the annual report of proposed projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) for each fiscal year in which the agreement is in effect and the report shall indicate the amount to be appropriated, if any, to the project in the upcoming fiscal year.
L.1995,c.108,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.7 - Closing accounts, expenditure of remaining funds

27:1B-21.7. Closing accounts, expenditure of remaining funds
14. a. After the commissioner has determined that a project financed through the authority has been completed, the commissioner may direct that any account established for such project be closed, provided that the funds in any such account are less than $1,000,000. The commissioner may further direct that any appropriated funds remaining in such closed accounts be credited to a special subaccount of the Special Transportation Fund. In the event that an account for a project that has been completed exceeds $1,000,000, the account shall not be closed and the funds credited to the special subaccount unless such action is approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.
b. Subject to approval by the State Treasurer, the commissioner may expend funds from the special subaccount established pursuant to subsection a. of this section for any purpose for which the Legislature has previously appropriated funds and which the authority is authorized to undertake pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-5). Any claims or costs which would have been paid from an account closed pursuant to this section may be paid from the special subaccount established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, or from any other funds appropriated for such purposes.
L.1995,c.108,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.8 - Credits to Airport Safety Fund.

27:1B-21.8 Credits to Airport Safety Fund.
15. Each year a nonlapsing sum of money shall be appropriated from funds held in the Special Transportation Fund, established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21), and credited to the Airport Safety Fund, established in the General Fund pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-92), for use for any purpose pursuant to the "New Jersey Airport Safety, Security and Improvement Act," P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-89 et al.) and that sum shall be included in the annual report of projects prepared pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22). Funds so appropriated shall no longer be subject to the provisions and limitations of chapter 1B of Title 27 of the Revised Statutes, but instead shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-89 et al.).
L.1995, c.108, s.15; amended 2010, c.38, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.9 - Appropriation for operating expenses of New Jersey Transit Corporation

27:1B-21.9. Appropriation for operating expenses of New Jersey Transit Corporation
16. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in any fiscal year in which the amount allocated by the Federal Government to the New Jersey Transit Corporation for public transportation operating expenses is less than in the previous fiscal year, an amount equal to the diminution may be appropriated from the revenues and other funds of the authority, excluding bond proceeds, to the department for the operating expenses of the New Jersey Transit Corporation, subject to approval therefor provided in the annual appropriations act.
L.1995,c.108,s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.14 - Short title

27:1B-21.14. Short title
1. Sections 1 through 14 and 23 through 25 and section 27 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Congestion Relief and Transportation Trust Fund Renewal Act."
L.2000,c.73,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.15 - Findings, declarations regarding the State's transportation system

27:1B-21.15. Findings, declarations regarding the State's transportation system
2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
a. A balanced and improved transit and goods movement and highway system is of key importance to our State's continued prosperity and to the quality of life of our citizens.
b. The State's citizens and businesses require a transportation system which provides adequate mobility to all of its citizens utilizing all modes.
c. The State should consider and utilize, where appropriate, transportation approaches and concepts to reduce congestion, enhance mobility, discourage sprawl, and assist in the redevelopment of our cities, enhance suburbs and town centers, and otherwise improve the quality of life of our citizens.
d. Stable and adequate dedicated funding is a prerequisite to the sensible planning of transportation projects, most of which are conceived, planned, designed and built over a span of several years.
e. Additional investment is needed to bring the public highway and bridge system into a state of good repair, to reduce the backlog of infrastructure repair jobs, to maximize rail freight capacity, to promote bicycle and pedestrian safety, and to promote cycling and walking trips by providing and financing appropriate infrastructure.
f. Ferries and ferry facilities, including those providing interstate service to points in New Jersey, are an increasingly important component of the State's intermodal transportation system and should be eligible for transportation assistance from the State.
g. The system of financing under the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority has provided a stable source of funds to keep our transportation system in good repair and to provide funding for important new projects which have enhanced that system.
h. The renewal and improvement of the system of financing under the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority and a significant increase in the funding of that system are necessary to achieve the aforementioned goals and can be achieved without the necessity of increasing taxes.
L.2000,c.73,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.16 - Program to improve traffic signal operation

27:1B-21.16. Program to improve traffic signal operation
3. The Commissioner of Transportation (hereinafter, "the commissioner") shall establish and implement a program to employ the best available technology to improve traffic signal operation throughout the State so as to avoid unnecessary delays, reduce air pollution, and allow traffic to move sequentially through signals on roads and highways throughout the State without stopping, to the greatest extent practicable without endangering or limiting pedestrian travel.
L.2000,c.73,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.17 - Reduction of single occupancy trips, report to Legislature

27:1B-21.17. Reduction of single occupancy trips, report to Legislature
4. No later than March 31, 2001, the commissioner shall submit a report to the Legislature containing recommended incentives to businesses to encourage a reduction in single occupancy trips.
L.2000,c.73,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.18 - Telecommuting, report to Legislature

27:1B-21.18. Telecommuting, report to Legislature
5. No later than January 1, 2001, the Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission, in consultation with the commissioner and the State Treasurer, shall submit a report to the Legislature containing a program to identify sectors of the economy, or specific occupations, which are appropriate for telecommuting to increase telecommuting in the State.
L.2000,c.73,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.19 - Context sensitive design

27:1B-21.19. Context sensitive design
6. Many State highways run through fully developed cities and suburban towns. In addition, many small villages in rural areas have State highways which pass through built-up residential areas or village centers. The traffic on many of these State highways, particularly large truck and speeding traffic, prevents these residential areas, town centers and future town centers from functioning as intended. The commissioner shall study this issue and develop a departmental program which authorizes context sensitive design and examines the functional classifications of State highways running through developed cities and suburban towns. As used in this section, "context sensitive design" means a planning technique that embraces a collaborative, interdisciplinary process and recognizes the uniqueness of the community in planning transportation projects.
L.2000,c.73,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.20 - Large trucks, report to Legislature

27:1B-21.20. Large trucks, report to Legislature
7. The commissioner shall report to the Legislature not later than January 1, 2001, on measures undertaken by the department and measures it recommends as necessary to improve the safety or to mitigate adverse impacts of large trucks which travel on New Jersey State and local roadways.
L.2000,c.73,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.21 - LED lighting installation

27:1B-21.21. LED lighting installation
8. The commissioner shall install light emitting diodes lighting ("LED lighting"), or lighting similar in energy and life cycle savings, in traffic signals on the State highway system from the amounts appropriated from the revenues and other funds of the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority. It is anticipated that this lighting will result in operational energy savings for State, county and municipal governments and provide congestion relief because the diodes have a 10-year life cycle as compared to the one year replacement cycle for regular light bulbs. The State shall develop a program to assist local governments to install LED lighting or lighting similar in energy and life cycle savings, in approved local traffic signals throughout the State. The commissioner may consult with the State's public utility companies for assistance where appropriate to implement this program.
L.2000,c.73,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.22 - Pavement Preservation and Preventive Maintenance Program

27:1B-21.22. Pavement Preservation and Preventive Maintenance Program
9. There is hereby established in the Department of Transportation, a Pavement Preservation and Preventive Maintenance Program. In furtherance of this program, the commissioner shall utilize cost-effective road materials, surface treatments and base rehabilitation methodology including, but not limited to, micro-surfacing, white topping and cold-in-place recycling. These cost- effective materials, surface treatments and methodologies shall be used in conjunction with standard road materials and surface treatments including, but not limited to, superpave, asphalt milling, asphalt overlays and crack sealing. The commissioner shall authorize the use of cost-effective materials, surface treatments and methodologies where deemed appropriate by the department, but they shall be utilized as a regular and integral part of the road preservation and maintenance program, and in a manner sufficient to provide for safe roads as provided for in this act.
L.2000,c.73,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.23 - Evaluation of road pavements

27:1B-21.23. Evaluation of road pavements
10. The commissioner shall continue to evaluate roadway pavements on the State highway system and assign numerical ratings to roads for maintenance and repair similar to any nationally recognized method.
L.2000,c.73,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.24 - Pavement maintenance, repair, report to Governor and Legislature

27:1B-21.24. Pavement maintenance, repair, report to Governor and Legislature
11. The commissioner shall issue a report to the Governor and the Legislature at the end of each fiscal year containing the numerical ranking of pavements for roads needing maintenance and repair in accordance with the method developed in section 10 of this act. The report shall also identify the repair and maintenance projects that were completed during the fiscal year, including an estimate of the cost impact to the department for each maintenance and repair project that utilized road surface material or treatment.
L.2000,c.73,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.25 - Life cycle cost analysis of pavements, report to Governor and Legislature

27:1B-21.25. Life cycle cost analysis of pavements, report to Governor and Legislature
12. The commissioner shall conduct a life cycle cost analysis of pavement surfaces and report the findings of the analysis to the Governor and the Legislature no later than one year after the date of enactment of this act. The analysis shall compare equivalent designs and shall be based upon New Jersey's actual historic project maintenance, repair and resurfacing schedules and costs as recorded by the Department of Transportation, and shall include estimates of user costs throughout the entire life of the pavement. As used in this section, "life cycle cost" means the total cost of the initial project and all anticipated costs for subsequent maintenance, repair or resurfacing over the life of the pavement.
L.2000,c.73,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.26 - Congestion Buster Task Force

27:1B-21.26. Congestion Buster Task Force
13. a. There is created in the Department of Transportation a task force to be known as the "Congestion Buster Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning the reduction of traffic congestion in the State.
The members of the task force shall be appointed by the commissioner in such number as the commissioner shall designate from the Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Transit Corporation, business organizations, Transportation Management Associations, the counties, and members of the public.
b. The task force shall organize as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members and shall select a chairperson from among the members. The members shall select a secretary, who need not be a member of the task force.
The task force shall meet at the call of the chairperson.
The task force shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State department, board, bureau, commission or agency, as it may require and as may be available for its purposes, and to employ stenographic and clerical assistance and incur traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as may be necessary in order to perform its duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for its purposes.
c. The task force shall conduct a study of highway traffic congestion in the State and develop a commuter options plan that would result in peak hour vehicle trips being "capped" at 1999 levels.
In developing the plan, the task force shall review relevant information and findings from other jurisdictions, both national and international. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, resources and incentives for public transportation, ridesharing, telecommuting and other travel reduction strategies. In making its recommendations for the plan, the task force shall include funding proposals, an implementation of the plan, and a method of evaluating progress toward the realization of the goal of the plan to cap peak hour vehicle trips at 1999 levels.
The task force shall also be charged with identifying the top 10 projects which can be quickly implemented to relieve congestion or improve safety.
d. The task force may meet and hold public hearings at such place or places as it shall designate and shall issue a final report containing its findings and recommendations, including any recommendations for legislation that it deems appropriate, no later than one year after the task force organizes, to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the members of the Senate Transportation Committee and the Assembly Transportation Committee, or the successor committees.
e. The task force shall dissolve one year following organization of the task force.
L.2000,c.73,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.27 - Park-and-ride facility expansion, report to Governor and Legislature

27:1B-21.27. Park-and-ride facility expansion, report to Governor and Legislature
14. No later than July 1, 2001, the commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on steps which the commissioner recommends to provide for the establishment or expansion of park-and-ride facilities in areas of traffic congestion throughout the State and shall establish a goal of establishing or expanding at least two park-and-ride facilities in each of the successive 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 fiscal years. In the event that the department does not establish or expand at least two park-and-ride facilities in each of the preceding fiscal years, the commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature the reasons for the failure to establish or expand such facilities.
L.2000,c.73,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.29 - Additional funds

27:1B-21.29. Additional funds
24. In addition to those funds to be credited to the "Transportation Trust Fund Account" pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-20), the State Treasurer shall also credit to the account any and all additional funds which may now or hereafter be dedicated to transportation purposes by the State Constitution.
L.2000,c.73,s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.30 - Highway route construction, restriction

27:1B-21.30. Highway route construction, restriction
25. No new State highway route shall be constructed using the revenues and other funds of the authority unless specifically authorized by joint resolution. Nothing in this section shall impair the commissioner's authority to modify, extend or widen existing State highway routes.
L.2000,c.73,s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.32 - Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement by DOT.

27:1B-21.32 Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement by DOT.
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Transportation shall permit for public highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation 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 commissioner shall permit for public highways under the jurisdiction of the department 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 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.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.36 - New Jersey Transportation Research Center.

27:1B-21.36 New Jersey Transportation Research Center.
4. a. The New Jersey Transportation Research Bureau within the Department of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as the bureau, shall serve as a transportation research center for the State.
b. The bureau shall award research contracts to New Jersey public research institutions of higher education to conduct the research activities of the bureau. The award of those research contracts shall be subject to all relevant existing State and federally established public bidding regulations and processes.
c. The bureau shall identify specific areas of transportation expertise for New Jersey public research institutions of higher education, where all research undertaken by the bureau in that area of expertise is to occur, and shall be subject to all relevant existing State and federally established public bidding regulations and processes.
d. The Commissioner of Transportation shall appoint a manager for the bureau. The duties of the manager shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Administering and operating the bureau;
(2) Overseeing research undertaken by the bureau;
(3) Establishing and maintaining relationships with New Jersey public research institutions of higher education;
(4) Supporting New Jersey public research institutions of higher education in obtaining and maintaining University Transportation Center status under the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's University Transportation Center Program; and
(5) Authorizing competitive bidding for research contracts to include entities in addition to New Jersey public research institutions of higher education, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections b. and c. of this section to the contrary, after making a written determination that the department stands to benefit from additional competition in terms of quality of work product, timeliness of work product delivery, or availability of expertise in one or more specific transportation areas.
e. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall include a provision that requires research conducted under the contract to consider the transportation and mobility needs of New Jersey residents with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
f. For purposes of this section, "entities" means an entity that is organized as a non-profit organization. "Entities" shall not include a municipal planning organization or a municipal planning organization-related entity, regardless of whether it is organized as a non-profit organization.
L.2019, c.196, s.4; amended 2023 ,c.179.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.37 - Regulations.

27:1B-21.37 Regulations.
6. The Department of Transportation shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the provisions of P.L.2019, c.196 (C.27:1B-21.33 et al.).
L.2019, c.196, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:1B-21.38 - Program established to implement the use of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology.

27:1B-21.38 Program established to implement the use of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology.
8. a. The Department of Transportation shall establish and implement a program to use, to the greatest extent practicable as determined by the Commissioner of Transportation, unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology, which may include permeable pavement, in the design, construction, reconstruction, or repair of any public highway, parking lot, sidewalk, walkway, patio, or other public infrastructure project that requires the use of unit concrete products, or in the replacement of an impervious surface with permeable pavement, and that is funded in whole or in part from the "Special Transportation Fund" established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21).
b. As used in this section:
"Permeable pavement" means a concrete product that allows rainwater to penetrate the pavement and percolate into the supporting soils and includes, but is not limited to, pervious concrete, permeable interlocking concrete pavers, and concrete grid pavers.
"Unit concrete product" means a concrete building product that is fabricated under controlled conditions separate and remote from the intended point of use and is produced in a wet cast or dry cast method in a factory setting and then transported to the location of intended use for installation, including, but not limited to, all concrete pavers, whether permeable or non-permeable, and concrete block. "Unit concrete product" shall not include ready mix concrete, sand, stone, gravel, or bituminous concrete or asphalt.
"Unit concrete product that utilizes carbon footprint-reducing technology" means a unit concrete product that is certified by the Department of Environmental Protection, or any independent third party authorized by the department, pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.17), as generating at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide emissions in the production and utilization of the unit concrete product than conventional unit concrete products made with ordinary Portland cement. Such products shall also conform with the relevant requirements of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) that incorporate by reference TMS 402/602 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures.
L. 2021, c.278, s.8.