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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25-33 - Audit

27:25-33. Audit
The board shall cause an annual audit to be made of this program and shall, if not conducted by the corporation, employ a recognized accounting firm for that purpose. The expenses of conducting the audit shall be considered as part of the cost of the general administration of the program, pursuant to subsection a.(2) of section 7 of this act.
L.1983, c. 578, s. 9, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25-34 - Study; insurance pool for transit vehicles; report

27:25-34. Study; insurance pool for transit vehicles; report
The corporation shall prepare a comprehensive study designed to determine the feasibility of lowering insurance costs by means of the development of a Statewide insurance pool for transit vehicles, regardless of owner, that are utilized at the county level and for inter-county transportation services. The corporation shall submit the final report to the Senate and General Assembly Transportation and Communications Committees, or their successors, within one year following the effective date of this act.
L.1983, c. 578, s. 10, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25-37 - Definitions relative to paratransit services.

27:25-37 Definitions relative to paratransit services.
3. For the purposes of P.L.2020, c.114 (C.27:25-35 et seq.):
"Community organization" means an organization that provides programs and services to persons with disabilities.
"Corporation" means the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
"Corporation paratransit service" means the paratransit service that is managed, administered, or provided directly through the New Jersey Transit Corporation's operating budget, as a part of the Access Link program or any successor program to meet the requirements of the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.), and does not include services directly provided by county transit agencies.
"County transit agency" means a transportation service organized under or in conjunction with a county government to provide trips to senior citizens and residents with disabilities under the "Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Act," P.L.1983, c.578 (C.27:25-25 et seq.).
"Department" means, unless another meaning clearly applies, the Department of Human Services.
"Paratransit provider" means any organization or entity that provides paratransit services, including State and local transit agencies, directly or through contract service, and community organizations that provide transportation trips, either directly or through a third party, funded by the Department of Human Services or the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
"Paratransit service" means and includes any transportation service other than fixed route transportation service, except that "paratransit service" does not include private or charter services provided by taxicabs, limousines, or transportation network companies.
L.2020, c.114, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25-41 - Evaluation of paratransit best practices training materials, program.

27:25-41 Evaluation of paratransit best practices training materials, program.
7. The corporation, in consultation with the department, shall develop a framework to evaluate the efficacy of the paratransit best practices training materials as well as the training program. Within 180 days of the completion of phase two and within 180 days of completion of phase three of the pilot program, the corporation shall deliver a report to the Governor and the Legislature. Each report shall include feedback from the agencies that received training, a fiscal analysis of each agency with projections on how the implementation of the training will impact each agency's safety performance, average trip times, cost per trip, number of trips provided, and overall impact on each agency's core mission of serving people with disabilities. The department and corporation shall conduct a survey of consumers of paratransit services within the pilot program and shall include feedback from these consumers in the report. The report shall include recommendations from the department and the corporation concerning whether the pilot program should be extended or made permanent, suggested changes to the program, opportunities for improvement, and the potential for future savings. The report shall also identify the extent to which software from the pilot has been integrated into the corporation's paratransit services, the analysis that determined how to execute the integration required under the first part of phase three of the pilot program, and findings from the department and the corporation about the overall change in coordination between paratransit providers throughout the State at the time of the report.
L.2020, c.114, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25-42 - A. Philip Randolph statue, duties of New Jersey Transit Corporation.

27:25-42 A. Philip Randolph statue, duties of New Jersey Transit Corporation.
1. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall erect and maintain a statue in honor of A. Philip Randolph to be located at Newark Penn Station.
L.2021, c.400, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-2 - Findings, declarations.

27:25A-2 Findings, declarations.
2. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. It is the public policy of this State to provide for the coordinated development and planning of the State's transportation system both on the State and regional level. Through the medium of the Transportation Executive Council, established by Executive Order No. 10 of 1990, the activities of the various transportation related authorities are coordinated on the State level. In the northern region of the State the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, the North Jersey Transportation Coordinating Committee and other organizations exist to provide for the support and planning of the transportation system in that region.
b. In the southern region of the State an increase in residential development, the completion of Interstate Route 476 (also known as the "Blue Route") in Pennsylvania, the establishment of casino gaming in Atlantic City, and other factors, have caused an increase in vehicular traffic in southern New Jersey and have highlighted the need for a more coordinated effort on a regional basis to deal with the operation and possible extension of the region's highway system, the improvement and expansion of its aviation facilities, and the coordination of Atlantic County's transportation system within the larger regional system.
c. Concomitant with the development of the transportation system in southern New Jersey the need exists for the ancillary establishment of economic development facilities directly related to transportation projects in that region to be funded by a transportation authority.
d. It is in the public interest to create a South Jersey Transportation Authority, encompassing the counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem, as a successor to the New Jersey Expressway Authority and the Atlantic County Transportation Authority, to provide more coordination of the region's transportation system and to deal particularly with the highway system, aviation facilities and the transportation problems of Atlantic County through the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation and support of expressway and transportation projects and economic development facilities directly related to transportation projects authorized by this act. However, the activities of a transportation authority are not to supplant or replace the funding of projects by the Transportation Trust Fund Authority or the operation of public transportation services by the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
L.1991, c.252, s.2; amended 2013, c.253, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-4 - "South Jersey Transportation Authority" established

27:25A-4. "South Jersey Transportation Authority" established
4. There is established in the Department of Transportation a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "South Jersey Transportation Authority," as the successor to the New Jersey Expressway Authority and the Atlantic County Transportation Authority. The authority, which shall be a continuance of the corporate existence of the New Jersey Expressway Authority and the Atlantic County Transportation Authority, shall constitute an instrumentality of the State exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public safety, convenience, benefit and welfare, and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the authority is allocated within the Department of Transportation, but notwithstanding that allocation, the authority shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or any board or officer thereof, except as may be provided in this act.
L.1991,c.252,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-7.1 - Route 42 to remain toll-free

27:25A-7.1. Route 42 to remain toll-free
2. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the authority shall not fix, charge or collect tolls or other charges for the use of State Highway Route No. 42, or any parts or sections thereof, which it may acquire ownership of pursuant to an agreement between the authority and the department.
L.1999,c.261,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-8 - Purchases, contracts, agreements awarded directly by authority; public bids; exceptions.

27:25A-8 Purchases, contracts, agreements awarded directly by authority; public bids; exceptions.
8. a. All purchases, contracts or agreements made pursuant to this act shall be made or awarded directly by the authority, except as otherwise provided in this act, only after public advertisement for bids therefor in the manner provided by the authority and notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws to the contrary.
b. Any purchase, contract or agreement may be made, negotiated or awarded by the authority without public bid or advertising under the following circumstances:
(1) When the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the amount set forth in, or the amount calculated by the Governor pursuant to, section 2 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7);
(2) To acquire subject matter which is described in section 4 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9); (3) To make a purchase or award or make a contract or agreement under the circumstances described in section 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-10);
(4) When the contract to be entered into is for the furnishing or performing services of a professional or technical nature or for the supplying of any product or the rendering of any service by a public utility;
(5) When the authority deems it appropriate to have any work performed by its own employees;
(6) When the authority has advertised for bids on two occasions and has received no bids on both occasions in response to its advertisement, or received no responsive bids. Any purchase, contract or agreement may then be negotiated and may be awarded to any contractor or supplier determined to be responsible except that the terms, conditions, restrictions and specifications set forth in the negotiated contract or agreement are not substantially different from those which were the subject of competitive bidding;
(7) When a piece of equipment or part thereof requires diagnostic repairs;
(8) The printing of bonds and documents necessary to the issuance and sale thereof;
(9) To contract pursuant to subsection w. of section 7 of this act; or
(10) When a purchase is to be made through or by the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1959, c.40 (C.52:27B-56.1), or through a contract made by any of the following: the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority established under section 4 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-4); the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission established under section 5 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-5); the New Jersey Highway Authority established under section 4 of P.L.1952, c.16 (C.27:12B-4); the New Jersey Turnpike Authority established under section 3 of P.L.1948, c.454 (C.27:23-3); the New Jersey Water Supply Authority established under section 4 of P.L.1981, c.293 (C.58:1B-4); the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey established under R.S.32:1-4; the Delaware River Port Authority established under R.S.32:3-2; the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established under N.J.S.18A:71A-3.
L.1991,c.252,s.8; amended 1999, c.440, s.87.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-8.1 - Registration of towing operators with South Jersey Transportation Authority.

27:25A-8.1 Registration of towing operators with South Jersey Transportation Authority.
3. a. An operator awarded a contract for towing and storage services by the South Jersey Transportation Authority shall register with the authority. Upon issuance of the registration, the authority shall provide the operator with two decals and accompanying notices for each tow truck owned or leased by that operator and to be used under the terms of the contract. The decals and the accompanying notices, which shall be of a distinctive design and color, shall be conspicuously displayed on the exterior of each such tow truck in a manner and location prescribed by the authority.
The decals shall set forth a specific registration number for each registered tow truck. The notices shall include a statement indicating substantially the following: "This tow truck is registered with the South Jersey Transportation Authority. The driver is required to provide you with a written schedule of the fees charged for towing and storage services before providing that service to you, including those services for which there is no fee. If the fee charged is in excess of the fee listed on the schedule, please notify the authority or the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs." An operator shall file a copy of the schedule of fees with the authority. Upon request of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, the authority shall provide a list of the registered tow trucks to the division, in addition to a copy of the schedule of fees.
b. Prior to providing any towing services, a driver of a tow truck shall provide the person whose vehicle is to be towed a written schedule of fees and shall recite the information contained in the notice.
c. An operator who fails to display the decals and notices required by subsection a. of this section or the driver of a tow truck who fails to provide a person to be towed the written schedule of fees or recite the information contained in the notice prior to providing a towing service as required by subsection b. of this section shall be subject to a fine of $300 for the first offense. For the second and any subsequent offense the operator or the driver, as the case may be, shall be subject to a fine of $600.
d. It shall be an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for any person to charge a fee in excess of the fee listed in the written schedule of fees provided pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
e. If an operator or the driver of an operator's tow truck is found to have been convicted a third time for violation of any provisions of this section, the authority may, in its discretion, terminate the operator's contract for towing and storage services with the authority.
L.2002, c.77, s.3; amended 2007, c.193, s.17; 2009, c.39, s.12; amended 2013, c.253, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-10 - Powers of authority relative to public highways

27:25A-10. Powers of authority relative to public highways
10. a. Subject to the limitations of this act, the authority shall have the power to construct traffic circles, interchanges and grade separation at intersections of any project with public highways and to change and adjust the lines and grades of the public highways so as to accommodate them to the design of the project. The cost of construction and any damage incurred in changing and adjusting the lines and grades of the public highways shall be ascertained and, unless otherwise provided for, paid by the authority as a part of the cost of the project.
b. Subject to the limitations of this act, if the authority shall find it necessary in connection with any project to change the location of any portion of any public highway, the authority shall cause the public highway to be reconstructed at any location as the authority deems most favorable and of substantially the same type and in as good condition as the original public highway. The cost of the reconstruction and any damage incurred in changing the location of any highway shall be ascertained and, unless otherwise provided for, paid by the authority as a part of the cost of the project.
c. Any public highway affected by any project may be vacated or relocated by the authority in the manner now provided by law for the vacation or relocation of public roads and any damages awarded on account thereof shall be ascertained and, unless otherwise provided for, paid by the authority as a part of the cost of the project.
L.1991,c.252,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-11 - Maintenance of completed projects

27:25A-11. Maintenance of completed projects
11. a. Each project when constructed and completed shall be maintained and kept in the condition and repair as the authority determines, or the bond covenants require. Each project or any part thereof may be policed and operated by the force of police, toll-takers, operating employees and other persons as the authority may employ or authorize.
b. Subject to the terms of any agreement by the authority with the holders of bonds or notes, if the authority finds that any part of an expressway project is not suitable or sufficient as a highway to carry mixed traffic, the authority may exclude from that part any traffic other than passenger motor vehicles.
L.1991,c.252,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-11.1 - Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement by South Jersey Transportation Authority.

27:25A-11.1 Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement by South Jersey Transportation Authority.
4. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the South Jersey Transportation Authority shall permit for an expressway project under the jurisdiction of the authority the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement that constitutes a maximum of 25 percent by weight of the total pavement mixture for base and intermediate pavement courses and a maximum of 15 percent by weight of the total pavement mixture for surface pavement courses.
b. The authority shall permit for expressway projects under its jurisdiction the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement that constitutes from 25 to 50 percent by weight of the total pavement mixture for base and intermediate pavement courses, after an evaluation of the material properties of the reclaimed asphalt pavement in a "closed system" project. A "closed system" project is defined as a project on which the asphalt millings from the project are recycled back into the hot mix asphalt on that same project.
c. Reclaimed asphalt pavement shall not be used for bridge decking and elevated approaches, open-graded and modified open-graded friction courses, or any other special purpose or premium asphalt mix required in specific projects to increase pavement skid resistance.
L.2002,c.114,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-12 - Power of eminent domain

27:25A-12. Power of eminent domain
12. The exercise of the power of eminent domain and the compensation to be paid thereunder by the authority shall be in accordance with the provisions of the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.) insofar as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions contained in this act.
L.1991,c.252,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-14 - Actions of authority require prior approval of State

27:25A-14. Actions of authority require prior approval of State
14. No resolution or other action of the authority providing for the issuance of bonds, notes, refunding bonds or other obligations or for the fixing, revising or adjusting of tolls, fares or charges for the use of any project or parts or sections thereof shall be adopted or otherwise made effective by the authority without the prior approval in writing of the Governor and either the State Treasurer or the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.
A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the authority shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification of the secretary thereof to the Governor. No action taken at that meeting by the authority shall have force or effect until the earlier of 15 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, after the copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered, or the approval thereof by the Governor. If, in the 15-day period, the Governor returns the copy of the minutes with veto of any action taken by the authority or any member thereof at that meeting, the action shall be null and of no effect. The minutes of any meeting at which the authority proposes or approves its operating or capital outlay budget shall include a copy of that budget.
The powers conferred by this section, upon the Governor, the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds of the authority or other entity, if applicable, at any time outstanding, and nothing in, or done pursuant to, this section shall in any way limit, restrict or alter the obligation or powers of the authority, or any representative or officer of the authority, to carry out and perform in every detail each and every covenant, agreement or contract at any time made or entered into by or on behalf of the authority with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof.
L.1991,c.252,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-16 - Pledges of authority revenues valid, binding

27:25A-16. Pledges of authority revenues valid, binding
16. Any pledge of tolls, fares, charges or other revenues or other moneys made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The tolls, fares or other revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of that 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 is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the authority.
L.1991,c.252,s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-17 - Members of authority not liable on bonds, notes

27:25A-17. Members of authority not liable on bonds, notes
17. Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds and notes issued by the authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or any subdivision thereof and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or any subdivision, except the authority and any county which in accordance with this act shall have guaranteed payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes.
L.1991,c.252,s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-18 - Authority may purchase bonds, notes out of available funds

27:25A-18. Authority may purchase bonds, notes out of available funds
18. The authority shall have power to purchase bonds or notes of the authority out of any funds available therefor. The authority may hold, cancel or resell the bonds or notes subject to and in accordance with agreements with holders of its bonds or notes.
L.1991,c.252,s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-19 - Authority may collect charges for use of each project

27:25A-19. Authority may collect charges for use of each project
19. a. The authority is authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect tolls, fares, passenger facility charges and other charges, including reduced fare or charge programs, for the use of each project and the different parts or sections thereof. No toll shall be charged for the passage of any motorbus operated on motorbus regular route service, ambulance, first-aid or emergency-aid vehicle, vehicular fire-fighting apparatus, or other similar vehicle, operated for the benefit of the public by the State, or by any county or municipality or charitable or nonprofit corporation or organization, first-aid squad, emergency squad, or fire company of this State. The tolls, fares and charges shall be so fixed and adjusted as to effectuate the purposes of this act including assisting in the funding of projects and in any event to carry out and perform the terms and provisions of any contract with or for the benefit of holders of bonds or notes. The tolls, fares, and charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau or agency of the State or subdivision of the State. The use and disposition of tolls, fares, charges and revenues shall be subject to the provisions of any resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes.
b. The authority is authorized to contract with any person, partnership, association, corporation or federal, State or local government entity or subdivision thereof desiring the use of any part of a project, including the right-of-way adjoining a paved portion, for operation or placing thereon telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, gas stations, garages, stores, hotels, or restaurants, or for any other purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents and rates of charges for that use. For contracts related to an expressway project, the authority shall provide that a sufficient number of gas stations be established in the service areas along any project to permit reasonable competition by private business in the public interest. No contract shall be required, and no rent, fee or other charge of any kind shall be imposed, for the use and occupation, other than for freight railroad purposes, of the highway portion of any project for the installation, construction, use, operation, maintenance or repair, renewal, relocation or removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, holes or other equipment or appliances in, on, along, over or under any such project by any public utility as defined in R.S.27:7-1 which is subject to taxation pursuant to either P.L.1940, c.4 (C.54:30A-16 et seq.) or P.L.1940, c.5 (C.54:30A-49 et seq.), or pursuant to any other law imposing a tax for the privilege of using the public streets, highways, roads or other public places in the State.
L.1991,c.252,s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-20 - Authority may increase tolls, fares or charges; hearings

27:25A-20. Authority may increase tolls, fares or charges; hearings
20. The authority may increase any existing toll, fare or facility or other charge or establish any new toll, fare or charge for the use of any project and the different parts or sections thereof.
a. The authority shall hold at least three public hearings, each in a different county, on a proposed toll, fare or charge for any expressway project the latter of which shall be held at least 45 days prior to the date on which the toll, fare or charge is proposed to become effective. The authority shall publish a notice of the hearing at least 10 days prior to each hearing in at least five newspapers with the largest daily circulation in South Jersey and in at least one newspaper with the largest daily circulation in this State.
b. The authority shall hold at least two public hearings, each in a different location in Atlantic County, on a proposed toll, fare or charge related to any project operated pursuant to section 22 of this act at least 45 days prior to the date on which the toll, fare or charge is proposed to become effective. The authority shall publish a notice of the hearing at least 10 days prior to each hearing in at least five newspapers with the largest daily circulation in South Jersey and in at least one newspaper with the largest daily circulation in this State.
L.1991,c.252,s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-21.1 - Definitions relative to toll collection monitoring.

27:25A-21.1 Definitions relative to toll collection monitoring.
11. As used in sections 11 through 15 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.1 through C.27:25A-21.5), section 4 of P.L.2021, c.251 (C.27:25A-21.7), and section 4 of P.L.2023, c.7 (C.27:25A-21.8):
"Authority" means the South Jersey Transportation Authority established by section 4 of P.L.1991, c.252 (C.27:25A-4).
"Electronic toll collection system" means the electronic system employed or utilized by the authority to register and collect the toll required to be paid for a vehicle entering a toll plaza owned or operated by, or on behalf of, the authority.
"Lessee" means any person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association or organization that rents, leases or contracts for the use of a vehicle and has exclusive use of the vehicle for any period of time.
"Lessor" means any person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association or organization engaged in the business of renting or leasing vehicles to any lessee under a rental agreement, lease or other contract that provides the lessee with the exclusive use of the vehicle for any period of time.
"Operator" means the term "operator" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
"Owner" means the term "owner" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
"Toll collection monitoring system" means a vehicle sensor, placed in a location to work in conjunction with a toll collection facility, that produces one or more photographs, one or more microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded images, or a written record, of a vehicle at the time the vehicle is used or operated in a violation of the toll collection monitoring system regulations. The term shall also include any other process that identifies a vehicle by photographic, electronic or other method.
"Toll collection monitoring system regulations" means the regulations authorized and adopted pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.2) that prohibit a vehicle from making use of any project except upon the payment of such tolls as may from time to time be prescribed by the authority and that further makes it a violation subject to a civil penalty for any person to refuse to pay, to evade, or to attempt to evade the payment of such tolls, if the violation is recorded by a toll collection monitoring system as defined in this section.
"Vehicle" means the term "vehicle" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
L.1997,c.59,s.11; amended 2003,c.79,s.46; 2021, c.251, s.2; 2023, c.7, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-21.2 - Toll collection monitoring system regulations.

27:25A-21.2 Toll collection monitoring system regulations.
12. a. The authority may, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt toll collection monitoring system regulations. The regulations shall include a procedure for processing toll violations and for the treatment of inadvertent violations. A person who violates the regulations shall be liable to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 to be established by the authority. The penalty shall be enforced pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).
b. Except as provided in subsection b. of section 13 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.3), an owner of a vehicle shall be jointly and severally liable for the failure of an operator of the vehicle to comply with the toll collection monitoring system regulations. The owner of a vehicle shall be liable if such vehicle was used or operated by the operator with the express or implied permission of the owner when the violation of the toll collection monitoring system regulations was committed, and the evidence of the violation is obtained by a toll collection monitoring system. An owner of a vehicle shall not be liable if the operator of the vehicle has been identified and charged with a violation of section 21 of P.L.1991, c.252 (C.27:25A-21) for the same incident.
c. A toll collection monitoring system acquired or operated by, or under contract to, the authority shall be so designed that it does not produce one or more photographs, microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded image or images of the face of the operator or any passenger in a motor vehicle.
L.1997,c.59,s.12; amended 2003,c.79,s.47.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-21.4 - Enforcement power of authority not limited; exception

27:25A-21.4. Enforcement power of authority not limited; exception
14. Nothing in sections 11 through 15 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.1 through C.27:25A-21.5) shall be construed as limiting the power of the authority as provided in P.L.1991, c.252 (C.27:25A-1 et seq.) to proceed against an operator of a vehicle for a violation of the authority's toll collection regulations, or as prohibiting or limiting the enforcement of a violation of the motor vehicle and traffic laws as set forth in Title 39 of the Revised Statutes except that an operator of a vehicle charged with a violation of section 21 of P.L.1991, c.252 (C.27:25A-21) shall not be liable for the civil penalty provided in subsection a. of section 12 of this act for the same incident.
L.1997,c.59,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-21.5 - Power of authority over tolls unchanged

27:25A-21.5. Power of authority over tolls unchanged
15. Nothing in sections 11 through 15 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.1 through C.27:25A-21.5) shall be construed as extending or diminishing the power of the authority to establish and assess tolls on expressway projects of the authority.
L.1997,c.59,s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-21.6 - Report of loss, theft of electronic vehicle identification system transponder; limited liability.

27:25A-21.6 Report of loss, theft of electronic vehicle identification system transponder; limited liability.
4. a. A customer who has an account with a New Jersey electronic toll collection system, subject to sections 11 through 15 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.1 through C.27:25A-21.5), and who reports in a timely manner to the operator of the electronic toll collection system the loss or theft of an electronic vehicle identification system transponder shall not be liable for:
(1) unauthorized charges of $50 or more incurred prior to the reporting of the transponder as lost or stolen; or
(2) unauthorized charges incurred after the reporting of the transponder as lost or stolen.
b. When a customer reports in a timely manner to the operator of the electronic toll collection system the theft of a transponder and submits to the operator a copy of the police report of the theft, the customer shall not be charged any fees for the stolen transponder or for a replacement transponder.
L.2011, c.1, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-21.7 - South Jersey Transportation Authority electronic toll collection system.

27:25A-21.7 South Jersey Transportation Authority electronic toll collection system.
4. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the South Jersey Transportation Authority shall transmit electronic notification pursuant to the provisions of this section to a customer that passes through a toll plaza operated by the authority, provided that the customer has an account for the electronic toll collection system that is registered with the New Jersey E-ZPass Customer Service Center or successor entity and voluntarily opts in for such notification. The notification shall alert the customer that the electronic toll collection system has registered the customer's account and may be provided by electronic mail, a text message sent directly to a customer's mobile device, or through a mobile application. Notification shall be made within 24 hours of the transaction posting to the customer's account, or as soon as practicable if no valid account is recognized at the time of the transaction. A customer may opt out of receiving the notification that is provided pursuant to the provisions of this section at any time and may be required to confirm participation in the notification program.
L.2021, c.251, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-21.8 - South Jersey Transportation Authority, notice of violation, administrative fee, before determining association, vehicle, existing electronic toll collection system account, prohibited.

27:25A-21.8 South Jersey Transportation Authority, notice of violation, administrative fee, before determining association, vehicle, existing electronic toll collection system account, prohibited.
4. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the South Jersey Transportation Authority shall not issue a notice of violation or charge any administrative fees to the owner of a vehicle that travels through a lane at a toll plaza or facility dedicated for the electronic toll collection system unless the authority has first determined that the vehicle is not associated with an existing electronic toll collection system account. If the vehicle is associated with an existing electronic toll collection system account, the authority shall relay the license plate information to the lead agency of the electronic toll collection system for toll payment from the appropriate electronic toll collection system account holder, provided that the account holder shall have the right to dispute any such toll charge.
An electronic toll collection system account holder shall provide accurate and updated information for the electronic toll collection system account, including updating the license plate numbers associated with the account. If an account holder fails to update the license plate numbers associated with the account, the electronic toll collection system may issue a notice of violation to the account holder for any violation committed and may charge an administrative fee for the violation. The authority shall conduct outreach to encourage account holders to comply with the provisions of this section by maintaining accurate and updated information for electronic toll collection system accounts.
L.2023, c.7, s.4
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-23 - Authority to own, operate "Atlantic City Expressway" project

27:25A-23. Authority to own, operate "Atlantic City Expressway" project
23. The authority, as successor to the New Jersey Expressway Authority, shall be the owner and operator of the project known as the "Atlantic City Expressway," which on the transfer date is transferred to the authority, consisting of a highway extending and located as follows: Beginning at a westerly terminus in the township of Gloucester in the county of Camden at the connection with the North-South Freeway and extending in a general southeasterly direction and between the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes thence, in various sections located in the township of Gloucester, the township of Washington in the county of Gloucester and the township of Monroe in the county of Gloucester or any of them, to and through the township of Winslow in the county of Camden, and thence through the town of Hammonton, township of Hamilton, township of Egg Harbor, city of Pleasantville, and again the township of Egg Harbor, and the city of Atlantic City, all in the county of Atlantic, to an easterly terminus within the city of Atlantic City, southeasterly of Beach Thorofare, at a connection or connections with the public highway or highways or other public facilities as may be determined by the authority to be the most feasible and practicable or at a point in Cape May county.
L.1991,c.252,s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-24 - "Atlantic City International Airport" project established

27:25A-24. "Atlantic City International Airport" project established
24. a. There is established a transportation project, which shall consist of an airport and related facilities and activities. The airport, which shall be known as the "Atlantic City International Airport," shall consist of such lands and improvements as the authority may acquire in Egg Harbor, Hamilton and Galloway townships, county of Atlantic, including but not limited to the lands and improvements to be acquired from the city of Atlantic City and lands and improvements which may be acquired from the Federal Aviation Administration. The airport shall include but not be limited to any area, place, building, structure, equipment, material, supplies, or real property designed to provide or be used in, or necessarily related to, the provision of air passenger or freight service and the stations, shelters and terminals, heliports, gates, terminal aprons, runways, taxiways, air rights, baggage facilities, parking facilities, ramps, track connections, signal systems, power systems, public highways, noise abatement projects, information and communication systems, transit lines and rights-of-way, equipment storage and servicing facilities, aircraft, maintenance and garage facilities, revenue handling equipment and any other building, structure, equipment, materials, supplies or real property employed or used in, or necessarily related to, the provision of these services.
b. The authority may enter into contracts, leases, or agreements with any agency or instrumentality of the federal government, a bi-state agency, the State or any subdivision thereof or a county or municipal government, including but not limited to the United States Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration, concerning the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, or support of this project.
c. The authority may enter into agreements with surrounding municipalities for reimbursement to these municipalities for costs incurred as a result of services provided by these municipalities to the Atlantic City International Airport.
L.1991,c.252,s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-25 - Authority to own, operate transportation, parking facilities

27:25A-25. Authority to own, operate transportation, parking facilities
25. The authority, as the successor to the Atlantic County Transportation Authority, shall be the owner and operator of all transportation and parking facilities and other properties of the Atlantic County Transportation Authority, and may continue to operate all facilities and services previously operated by the Atlantic County Transportation Authority.
L.1991,c.252,s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-26 - Authority may make regulations in connection with utility works on projects

27:25A-26. Authority may make regulations in connection with utility works on projects
26. In addition to the other powers conferred by this act or by any other law and not in limitation thereof, the authority, in connection with construction or operation of any project, may make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, renewal and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or any other equipment and appliances, herein called "works," of any public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13, in, on or along, over or under any project, public highway or real property, including public lands or waters. Whenever in connection with construction or operation of any project, the authority shall determine that it is necessary that any works, which now are or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under any project, public highway, or real property, should be relocated in the project, public highway, or real property or should be removed therefrom, the public utility owning or operating the works shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the authority, provided, however, that the cost and expenses of the relocation or removal, including the cost of installing these works in a new location or locations, and the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights acquired to accomplish the relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights of the public utility, paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of the works, shall be paid by the authority and may be included in the cost of the project. In case of any relocation or removal of works, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate the works, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate the works in their former location.
In case of any relocation or removal of works, the authority shall own and maintain, repair and renew structures within the rights-of-way of railroad companies carrying any project or feeder road over railroads, and the authority shall bear the cost of maintenance, repair and renewal of structures within the rights-of-way of railroad companies carrying railroads over any project or feeder road, but this provision shall not relieve any railroad company from responsibility for damage caused to any authority or railroad structure by the operation of its railroad. The approaches, curbing, sidewalk paving, guard rails on approaches and surface paving projects or feeder roads as shall be within the rights-of-way of a railroad company or companies shall be owned and maintained, repaired and renewed by the authority; rails, pipes and lines shall be owned and maintained, repaired and renewed by the railroad company or companies.
L.1991,c.252,s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:25A-27 - Consent necessary for takeover of existing public highway as feeder road

27:25A-27. Consent necessary for takeover of existing public highway as feeder road
27. Before taking over any existing public highway as a feeder road, the authority shall obtain the consent of any entities then exercising jurisdiction over the highway, which are authorized to give this consent by resolution, ordinance or other appropriate written instrument of its governing body. Each feeder road or section thereof acquired or constructed, or public highway taken over from these entities as a feeder road, in connection with an expressway project by the authority shall for all purposes of this act be deemed to constitute part of the project, except that the authority may turn back to the entities any public highway taken over as a feeder road from the entities or any feeder road or section thereof constructed upon a new alignment in substitution for the previous alignment of a public highway so taken over unless 80% or more of the feeder road or section is constructed upon a new alignment.
L.1991,c.252,s.27.