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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-39 - Dissolution of commission; assumption of duties

27:19-39. Dissolution of commission; assumption of duties
Any commission provided for in this article may be dissolved by the governing body of the county or counties creating it at any time after the construction, purchase and equipment of the complete bridge or bridges within its care have been completed and all the costs thereof and all bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, together with interest thereon and all costs and expenses in connection with any actions or proceedings by or on behalf of the holders thereof, have been paid. Thereupon the governing body of the county or counties shall assume the further duties in connection with such bridges, including the operation, maintenance and repair thereof, and upon any such dissolution, title to all real estate or any other property or structures of such commission shall thereafter be vested in the county or counties creating the commission.
Amended by L.1946, c. 318, p. 1041, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-40 - Bridges extending within limits of other states not to be acquired or constructed

27:19-40. Bridges extending within limits of other states not to be acquired or constructed
No county bridge commission created pursuant to the article to which this act is a supplement shall hereafter acquire or construct any bridge extending within the limits of any State other than the State of New Jersey.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 453, p. 2445, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-41 - Sale by commission of bridges extending within limits of other states

27:19-41. Sale by commission of bridges extending within limits of other states
Every such county bridge commission owning or controlling any bridge or bridges extending within the limits of any State other than the State of New Jersey is hereby authorized to sell, grant or convey any such bridge or any other of its property, real or personal to any body corporate and politic and public corporate instrumentality of the State of New Jersey and such other State created or continued by any compact or agreement between the State of New Jersey and such other State heretofore or hereafter executed on behalf of the State of New Jersey and such other State and consented to by the Congress of the United States, or to the State of New Jersey. Such sale, grant or conveyance may include any and all lands or waters, or rights therein, and structures, real estate, riparian rights and other property, real or personal, located within or without the State of New Jersey, acquired by the commission, either in its own name or in the name of any county which created the commission, and shall be authorized by resolution of the commission without the consent, approval or concurrence of the board of chosen freeholders of any such county or of any other body, officer, agency or commission, and shall be made at such price or prices and on such terms and conditions as may be fixed by such resolution and approved by the body corporate and politic and public corporate instrumentality accepting such sale, grant or conveyance.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 453, p. 2446, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-42 - Disposition of proceeds of sale of bridges extending within limits of other states

27:19-42. Disposition of proceeds of sale of bridges extending within limits of other states
The proceeds received by any such county bridge commission upon any sale, grant or conveyance made pursuant to section two hereof shall forthwith upon their receipt be paid into a fund for the payment of the principal, redemption price and interest of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter in this section called "bonds" ) issued by the commission, and, so long as any such bonds are outstanding, shall be held for and applied solely to the payment of such principal, redemption price and interest. The commission shall at the earliest time permitted by law and the provisions of such bonds and the availability to it of such proceeds and any other funds, pay and retire, or call for redemption and redeem and retire, all of such bonds. The remainder of such proceeds of such sale, after the retirement of all such bonds but before the commission shall be dissolved, shall be paid over to the county which created the commission; provided, that if the commission shall have entered into a contract for the payment to any municipality of annual sums of money in lieu of, or in reimbursement for, the loss of taxes on the bridge or other property sold, there shall be paid by the commission out of such remainder of such proceeds of such sale to each such municipality in full satisfaction of all obligations of the commission under such contract, an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder of such proceeds of sale as the total assessed valuations of property in such municipality bear to the total assessed valuations of property in such county. In computing the amount so to be paid to any such municipality the assessed valuations for the most recent tax year for which such valuations are available shall be used.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 453, p. 2446, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-43 - Disposition of proceeds of condemnation award for bridge

27:19-43. Disposition of proceeds of condemnation award for bridge
In the event that any such county bridge is acquired in any condemnation proceeding by any such body corporate and politic and public corporate instrumentality of the State of New Jersey and any such other State, the proceeds of any award of damages or other award made to the commission shall be applied, used and distributed in the manner provided in section three hereof with respect to proceeds of a sale.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 453, p. 2447, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-44 - Dissolution of county bridge commission

27:19-44. Dissolution of county bridge commission
Any county bridge commission may be dissolved by the governing body of the county or counties creating it at any time after the bridge or bridges within its care have been sold, granted or conveyed to, or have been acquired by condemnation by, any body corporate and politic authorized to acquire such bridge or bridges and all the costs of such bridge or bridges and all bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness together with interest thereon and all costs and expenses in connection with any actions or proceedings by or on behalf of the holders thereof have been paid. Thereupon the governing body of the county shall assume the further duties, if any, of such commission and upon any such dissolution title to all real estate or any other property of such commission shall thereupon be vested in the county or counties creating the commission.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 453, p. 2447, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-45 - Replacement or reconstruction of bridges or approaches; powers of commission

27:19-45. Replacement or reconstruction of bridges or approaches; powers of commission
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the article of which this act is a supplement, any county bridge commission created pursuant to said article shall, upon obtaining the consent of its board of chosen freeholders, have the power and be authorized to:
a. Replace or reconstruct in whole or in part any bridge or bridges and approaches thereto owned or operated by said commission on the effective date of this act, or thereafter acquired, including any such bridge or bridges and approaches thereto extending within the limits of any state other than the State of New Jersey; and
b. In connection with the replacement or reconstruction of any bridge or bridges and approaches thereto, pursuant to section a. of this act, to demolish or dispose of any such bridge or bridges and approaches owned or operated by said commission on the effective date of this act, or thereafter acquired, including any such bridge or bridges and approaches thereto extending within the limits of any state other than the State of New Jersey; and
c. In connection with the replacement or reconstruction of any bridge or bridges and approaches thereto pursuant to subsection a. of this section, to issue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness payable only from toll revenues and other income from whatever sources derived and other assets of said commission; provided that use of such toll revenues, income and assets of said commission will not in any manner impair, alter or abrogate any rights and remedies of holders of other bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued by said commission.
L.1975, c. 266, s. 1, eff. Dec. 22, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-1 - Acquisition of plank roads; bridges; maintenance by counties and municipalities

27:20-1. Acquisition of plank roads; bridges; maintenance by counties and municipalities
When the franchise of an incorporated plank road company has expired or may expire, the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which any bridge owned or claimed to be owned by such company or any part of such bridge may be, shall acquire it by purchase or condemnation, in case there be any ownership therein by such company, and take possession of such bridge or so much thereof as may be within the limits of the county, and maintain and operate it for public use.
Each municipality in or through which the plank road or any part thereof runs, shall maintain the portion lying within such municipality, and acquire by purchase or condemnation any right therein remaining in the company, but if the portion of the plank road which runs in or through a municipality is not connected with any other road or highway of the municipality the duty of maintaining and acquiring such portion shall be upon the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which such portion lies.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-5 - Use of unappropriated funds; taxation

27:20-5. Use of unappropriated funds; taxation
For the purpose of furnishing the moneys necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 27:20-1 to 27:20-4 of this title and for defraying any expense thereby incurred, the boards of chosen freeholders may use any moneys of their respective counties not otherwise appropriated and raise money from time to time by taxation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-6 - Changed conditions to alter apportionment; action

27:20-6. Changed conditions to alter apportionment; action
At any time after the entry of a judgment of apportionment of expense as provided in sections 27:20-4 and 27:20-5 of this Title, the boards of chosen freeholders or either of them, alleging changes in the conditions upon which the original judgment of apportionment had been based, may institute another action in the Superior Court. The court may also proceed in this action in a summary manner or otherwise and apportion and determine the portion of the expense to be thereafter paid by each of the counties respectively.
Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 502, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-7 - Widening plank roads acquired by county

27:20-7. Widening plank roads acquired by county
After a plank road shall have been acquired and taken possession of by a board or boards of chosen freeholders it may be widened to any width not exceeding one hundred feet, provided the board or boards of chosen freeholders of the county or counties in which such road may be situate shall adopt a resolution determining that such widening is of public importance and setting forth the width proposed, the location of the widening, and the points between which such widening is to be made. If the road lies in two or more counties the resolution shall receive the approval of each county before it becomes operative.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-8 - Widening roads; acquisition of property; cost borne by counties respectively

27:20-8. Widening roads; acquisition of property; cost borne by counties respectively
The title to the lands required for such widening may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, and shall vest in the county or counties within the territorial limits of which they may lie, respectively, and the cost and expense of acquiring such lands shall be paid by the county within which they shall lie, but nothing in this section or section 27:20-7 of this title shall alter or affect the provisions of law under which such road, including the bridges thereof, is or shall be constructed, renewed, repaired or maintained.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-9 - Bond issue

27:20-9. Bond issue
If in the opinion of any of the boards of chosen freeholders, to place in the tax levy for any fiscal year the moneys necessary to pay for the acquisition of the lands necessary for such widening would be too burdensome on the taxpayers of such county, it may by resolution authorize the issuance of bonds therefor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-10 - Joint operation by freeholders abandoned; boards to act separately

27:20-10. Joint operation by freeholders abandoned; boards to act separately
When the road and bridge or bridges of a plank road company, included within the terms of section 27:20-1 of this title, have been acquired, maintained and operated at the joint expense of the boards of chosen freeholders of the counties in which such road and bridge or bridges are located, under the provisions of sections 27:20-4 and 27:20-5 of this title, and such road and bridge or bridges have been taken over by the state highway commissioner as a part of the state highway system all rights, powers and duties of the boards of chosen freeholders relating to the road and bridge or bridges shall devolve upon the boards of chosen freeholders separately, within the territorial limits of their respective counties, and no such board shall expend moneys in connection with a road and bridge or bridges outside of the territorial limits of its county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:20-12 - Maintenance of certain turnpikes purchased

27:20-12. Maintenance of certain turnpikes purchased
The portion of a turnpike road lying within the limits of a municipality, purchased or acquired for public use under the provisions of an act entitled "An act relating to the purchase and acquisition by any city, township, town, borough or other municipality of the portion of any turnpike road lying within the limits of any such city, township, town, borough or other municipality, and to provide the money necessary for the purchase thereof," approved March twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine (L.1899, c. 191, p. 501), shall be graded, regulated, worked, repaired, maintained and kept up at the expense of the municipality in which it lies.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:21-1 - Construction by county; application by municipality

27:21-1. Construction by county; application by municipality
When in any county a street or highway is crossed by a canal owned by a canal corporation, its successors or assigns, and the municipal board or body having control of street improvements in the municipality in which the road or highway is situate passes resolutions requesting the board of chosen freeholders to construct a bridge over the canal or to cause an existing bridge over it to be widened, the board of chosen freeholders may construct a bridge in such streets or highways, or cause an existing bridge over such canal to be widened.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:21-2 - Approval of plans by municipality before advertising for bids

27:21-2. Approval of plans by municipality before advertising for bids
The board of chosen freeholders shall not advertise for bids or proceed with the work of erecting or widening a bridge as provided in section 27:21-1 of this title, until the plans and specifications therefor shall have been submitted to and approved by the board or body in the municipality having charge of street improvements therein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:21-3 - Apportionment of cost; agreement; action where no agreement

27:21-3. Apportionment of cost; agreement; action where no agreement
The cost of construction of a bridge or the widening of an existing bridge shall be borne by the board of chosen freeholders of the county, the canal corporation, its successors or assigns, over whose canal the bridge is constructed or widened, and the municipality in which the street or highway is located, in the amount or proportion agreed upon between them. If no agreement can be reached the board of chosen freeholders may institute an action in the Superior Court. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise and may apportion and determine the portion of the expense to be paid by each of the parties.
Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 502, s. 29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:21-4 - Damage to abutting property paid by municipality

27:21-4. Damage to abutting property paid by municipality
The owners of property abutting the bridge shall be entitled to compensation for damages sustained by reason of the construction thereof or the widening of an existing bridge, and the municipality in which the bridge is constructed or widened shall bear and pay the damages ascertained to property within its limits, which damages may be ascertained in the same manner that damages are ascertained on the change of grade of streets, or the abutting property owners may bring their action at law to recover such damages if brought within one year after the acceptance of the work so completed by the board. The board of chosen freeholders shall not be liable for such damages.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:21-6 - County bonds

27:21-6. County bonds
If in the opinion of the board of chosen freeholders, to place the entire cost of the work in the tax levy for one fiscal year would be too burdensome to the taxpayers of the county, it may issue registered or coupon bonds therefor, in denominations of one thousand dollars each.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:21-7 - Municipal bonds; limitation

27:21-7. Municipal bonds; limitation
In order to enable the municipalities to raise the moneys wherewith to pay any damages with which they may be charged by reason of the construction or widening of such bridge, each municipality may issue and sell its bonds in an amount not exceeding the damages assessed or charged against it.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:22-10 - Use of funds obtained from highway commissioner; consent required

27:22-10. Use of funds obtained from highway commissioner; consent required
The county may pay its share of the cost of the improvement out of any funds allotted to it by the state highway commissioner if his consent be first obtained. The plans and specifications for the proposed improvement shall be approved by the commissioner before the work is contracted for.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:22-12 - Contribution by county for maintenance and repair

27:22-12. Contribution by county for maintenance and repair
Each board of chosen freeholders may appropriate funds to be used for the purpose of aiding municipalities in maintaining and repairing roads constructed or improved under the provisions of chapter 15 of this title (s. 27:15-1 et seq.). The amount of such appropriation shall not exceed the amount appropriated and paid for the maintenance of any such road by the municipality in which the road is located, nor shall the appropriation be made unless the municipality requests the board of chosen freeholders to use the funds allotted under sections 27:15-10 to 27:15-12 of this title for the maintenance of such roads and the board of chosen freeholders retains the funds allotted by the state highway commissioner to the municipality and uses them for that purpose.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:22-13 - Maintenance of certain township roads in adjoining county

27:22-13. Maintenance of certain township roads in adjoining county
The board of chosen freeholders of any county may contribute towards the cost of the maintenance, upkeep and repair of a township road located in an adjoining county where the road is a continuation of a county road and leads to an institution conducted and controlled by the county so contributing.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:22-14 - Agreement; approval by county

27:22-14. Agreement; approval by county
When a township applies to the board of chosen freeholders for an improvement to be made under section 27:22-13 of this title, an agreement shall be entered into between the township and the county specifying the amount that each shall contribute towards the improvement of the road, and the nature of the work to be done. After the execution of the agreement, the township may proceed to make the improvement, in compliance with the laws under which similar works are undertaken, contracted for and executed in the township.
The work shall be subject to the approval of the county engineer of the contracting county and if approved by him the board of chosen freeholders shall pay its share of the cost according to the terms of the agreement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-1 - Transportation projects.

27:23-1 Transportation projects.
1. Transportation projects. In order to facilitate vehicular traffic and remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in the State, and to provide for the acquisition and construction of modern express highways embodying every known safety device including center divisions, ample shoulder widths, long sight distances, multiple lanes in each direction and grade separations at all intersections with other highways and railroads, and for the purposes enumerated in section 1 of P.L.2003, c.79 (C.27:23-41), the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, maintain, improve, manage, repair and operate transportation projects (as hereinafter defined) or any part thereof at such locations as shall be established by the authority in its discretion or by law, and to issue transportation revenue bonds of the Authority, payable from tolls, other revenues, proceeds of bonds and other available sources to finance such projects.
L.1948,c.454,s.1; amended 1950, c.1, s.2; 1991, c.183, s.3; 2003,c.79,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-2 - Credit of State not pledged.

27:23-2 Credit of State not pledged.
2. Transportation revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any such political subdivision, but such bonds, unless refunded by bonds of the Authority created in this act, shall be payable from funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized herein. All such transportation revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the Authority is obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon only from the tolls, other revenues, proceeds of bonds and other available sources, and that, except as provided in section 41of P.L.2003, c.79 (C.27:23-44), neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof is obligated to pay the principal thereof, premium or the interest thereon and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of, premium or the interest on such bonds.
All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this act and, except as provided in section 41of P.L.2003, c.79 (C.27:23-44), nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize the Authority to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the State or any political subdivision thereof.
L.1948,c.454,s.2; amended 1950, c.1, s.3; 2003,c.79,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-3.3 - Inclusion of projects in Capital Project and Investment Plan.

27:23-3.3 Inclusion of projects in Capital Project and Investment Plan.
4. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall include, annually as part of its Capital Project and Investment Plan submitted pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.1970, c.184 (C.27:23-3.2), projects for the repair of malfunctioning authority-owned stormwater basins in the Barnegat Bay watershed based upon the priority order identified in the study prepared pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2010, c.114.
L.2010, c.114, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-3.4 - Guarantee to NJTA for maintenance of bridge by county not required for approval for construction of pedestrian bridge.

27:23-3.4 Guarantee to NJTA for maintenance of bridge by county not required for approval for construction of pedestrian bridge.
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, when determining whether to approve the construction of a pedestrian bridge which impacts New Jersey Turnpike Authority property, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall not require that a county guarantee to provide for the maintenance of the pedestrian bridge in the event that a municipality defaults on its obligation to maintain the pedestrian bridge, provided that the pedestrian bridge is to connect two points within the same municipality and the municipality has the ability to generate revenue from property taxes.
L.1017, c.109, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.2 - Authorization relative to feeder road.

27:23-5.2 Authorization relative to feeder road.
2. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is authorized to acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair and maintain any feeder road.
L.1949,c.40,s.2; amended 1991, c.183, s.8; 2003,c.79,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.3 - May take over existing roads, procedure

27:23-5.3. May take over existing roads, procedure
The Turnpike Authority is authorized to take over for reconstruction, maintenance and repair any existing road which is needed as a feeder road. Before exercising the powers contained in this section, the consent of the local authorities, then exercising jurisdiction over the said existing road, must be obtained. The Turnpike Authority is authorized to realign any such existing road and to build additional sections of road over new alignment in connection with such existing road or roads.
L.1949,c.40,s.3; amended 1991,c.183,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.4 - Powers relative to feeder road constructed over new alignment.

27:23-5.4 Powers relative to feeder road constructed over new alignment.
4. In any case where a feeder road is constructed over new alignment, the Turnpike Authority is granted the same powers concerning the construction thereof as is granted in connection with the construction of the highway project by the terms of the act to which this act is a supplement. Any feeder road, eighty per centum (80%) or more of which is built over new alignment, shall for the purposes of this act be deemed to be a "new feeder road."
L.1949,c.40,s.4; amended 2003,c.79,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.6 - Return of certain roads to local authorities.

27:23-5.6 Return of certain roads to local authorities.
6. The Turnpike Authority is authorized to turn back to local authorities any road or portions of road taken over from such local authorities in connection with the establishing of a feeder road.
L.1949,c.40,s.6; amended 1991, c.183, s.10; 2003,c.79,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.6a - Projects turned over to DOT.

27:23-5.6a Projects turned over to DOT.
12. The authority may in its discretion turn over to the Department of Transportation any highway project or part thereof and provide by agreement with the department for its continued maintenance and repair by the authority.
L.2003,c.79,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.8 - Additional powers.

27:23-5.8 Additional powers.
1. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall have, in addition to the powers heretofore granted to it, power:
a. To pay or make any advance or contribution to the United States Government or the State of New Jersey or any agency thereof for the purpose of paying the State's share or any portion thereof under the federal aid highway laws of the cost of construction of any transportation improvement determined by the authority to be a major improvement necessary to restore or prevent physical damage to any transportation project or any feeder roads, for the safe or efficient operation of such project, or to prevent loss of revenues therefrom.
b. Subject to the rights and security interests of the holders from time to time of bonds or notes heretofore or hereafter issued by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, to enter into contracts with the State or the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority established by section 4 of the "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act of 1984," P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-4), providing for the payment from the revenues of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to the State or to the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority of the amount or amounts of revenues that may be set forth in or determined in accordance with the contracts. Any contracts authorized pursuant to this section may include conditions and covenants necessary and desirable to facilitate the issuance and sale of bonds, notes and other obligations of the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority. Any agreements entered into between the State and the Turnpike Authority pursuant to this subsection shall terminate upon the effective date of any agreement entered into between the Turnpike Authority and the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority providing for the payment of revenues of the Turnpike Authority directly from the Turnpike Authority to the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority.
c. To enter into agreements with the Department of Transportation with respect to the funding of the resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the I-95 Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike through the allocation of monies apportioned by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to 23 U.S.C. s.119 or a successor program. Any such agreement shall be subject to the continued eligibility of the I-95 Extension for federal aid, the availability of funds appropriated by Congress and the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for that purpose. No such agreement shall constitute or create a debt or liability of the State within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation nor shall any such agreement constitute a pledge of either the faith and credit or the taxing power of the State. Funds payable or paid to the authority pursuant to any such agreement shall not be pledged as security for any indebtedness of the authority.
L.1966,c.8,s.1; amended 1984, c.73, s.30; 1991, c.183, s.11; 2003,c.79,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.9 - Limitations relative to a transportation project.

27:23-5.9 Limitations relative to a transportation project.
2. The authority shall not engage in the acquisition, construction or operation of any facility or activity not directly or indirectly related to the use of a transportation project except as may be specially authorized by law.
L.1969,c.197,s.2; amended 1991, c.183, s.12; 2003,c.79,s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.10 - Proposed tolls; hearing.

27:23-5.10 Proposed tolls; hearing.
1. The authority shall, whenever it desires to increase any existing toll or establish any new toll for the use of any highway project and the different parts or sections thereof, hold a public hearing on such proposed toll at least 45 days prior to the date on which such toll is proposed to become effective.
L.1977,c.230,s.1; amended 2003,c.79,s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-5.11 - Notice of hearings

27:23-5.11. Notice of hearings
The authority shall cause to be published notice of such hearing at least 10 days prior to such hearing in at least 10 newspapers with a daily circulation in this State.
L.1977, c. 230, s. 2, eff. Sept. 20, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-6.2 - Registration of towing operators with New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

27:23-6.2 Registration of towing operators with New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
2. a. An operator awarded a contract for towing and storage services by the New Jersey Turnpike 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 New Jersey Turnpike 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 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.277, s.2; amended 2007, c.193, s.16; 2009, c.39, s.11; 2013, c.253, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-6.3 - Partial payments to roadway contractors.

27:23-6.3 Partial payments to roadway contractors.
1. Contracts entered into by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority for roadway construction and maintenance shall provide for partial payments at least once each month or from time to time as the work progresses on work of construction or maintenance. Two per centum of the amount due on partial payments of the total contract price shall be withheld from the contractor pending completion of the contract, but upon substantial completion of the contract, as defined by rules or regulations of the authority, 1% shall be withheld. At any time during the performance of the work, if work is not progressing, as defined by the "New Jersey Turnpike Authority Standard Specifications," the authority may, in its discretion, increase the withholding to 4% of the payment due. No retainage shall be withheld on service contracts including, but not limited to, mowing, sweeping, tree trimming and similar contracts. Any partial payments made after substantial completion of the contract shall be made only upon certification by the general contractor to the authority that all subcontractors have been paid in the same proportion that he has been paid; however, should the amount owed by a general contractor to a subcontractor be in dispute the authority shall be empowered to advance to the general contractor the amount in dispute after a determination by the authority.
Contracts may also provide for partial payments at least once in each month or from time to time as the work progresses on all materials placed along or upon the site, or stored at locations approved by the authority, which are suitable for the use and execution of the contract, provided the contractor furnishes releases of liens for all materials furnished at the time each estimate of work is submitted for payment, but such partial payments shall not exceed the cost of material.
When the contract provides that a portion of the work may be deferred with the approval of the authority, the sum withheld from the contractor may not be less than 25% of the value of the work.
Any money heretofore or hereafter withheld from contract payments as provided for herein shall be paid by the authority to any contractor entitled thereto who shall deposit under terms of an escrow agreement, in a banking institution located in this State and approved by the authority, negotiable bonds, acceptable to the authority, issued by the State or any political subdivision thereof, the bonds having value equal to the amount of money to be paid to any such contractor. For purposes of this section, value shall mean par value or market value, whichever is lower.
L.2007, c.180, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-6.4 - Existing covenants, agreements, contracts unaffected.

27:23-6.4 Existing covenants, agreements, contracts unaffected.
2. The provisions of this act shall not modify, limit, or restrict in any manner the obligations and powers of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to comply with, carry out, and perform each and every covenant, agreement, or contract heretofore made or entered into by the authority with respect to the authority's bonds or for the benefit, protection, or security of the bondholders.
L.2007, c.180, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-7a - New Jersey Turnpike Authority to protect bondholders.

27:23-7a New Jersey Turnpike Authority to protect bondholders.
21. Nothing in or done pursuant to the powers and obligations set forth in this amendatory and supplementary act (P.L.1991, c.183) shall in any way limit or restrict the obligations or powers of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to carry out and perform each and every covenant, agreement or contract heretofore made or entered into by the Authority or the New Jersey Highway Authority with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof.
L.1991,c.183,s.21; amended 2003,c.79,s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-7.1 - Notes

27:23-7.1. Notes
The authority is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its notes for any of its corporate purposes and renew from time to time any notes by the issuance of new notes, whether the notes to be renewed have or have not matured. The authority may issue notes partly to renew notes or to discharge other obligations then outstanding and partly for any other purpose and may issue bonds to redeem or pay the principal of and interest on notes. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed and delivered in the same manner as bonds and shall be exempt from taxation and eligible for investment and negotiable in the same manner as bonds under the provisions of this act. Subject to agreements with bondholders and noteholders, the authority may pledge tolls and other revenues for the payment of the notes and may in addition secure the notes in the same manner and with the same effect as herein provided for bonds. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing notes of the authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing bonds of the authority or any issue thereof, and the authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds. In case of default on its notes, or violation of any of the obligations of the authority to the noteholders, the noteholders shall have all the remedies provided herein for the bondholders.
L.1967, c. 150, s. 2, eff. July 10, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-9 - Revenues.

27:23-9 Revenues.
9. Revenues. (A) The authority is hereby authorized by resolution to fix, revise, charge and collect tolls, fees, licenses, rents, concession charges and other charges for the use of each project and the different parts or sections thereof, and to contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation desiring the use of any part thereof, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, gas stations, garages, stores, hotels, and restaurants, offices, entertainment facilities, or for any other purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents and rates of charges for such use; provided, that a sufficient number of gas stations may be authorized to be established in each service area along any such highway to permit reasonable competition by private business in the public interest. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to carry out and perform the terms and provisions of any contract with or for the benefit of bondholders. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau or agency of the State. The use and disposition of tolls and revenues shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of the trust agreement securing the same.
(B) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2003, c.79).
(C) All revenues and other funds of the authority not pledged or otherwise required to pay or secure the payment of principal and interest on any indebtedness of the authority existing from time to time under, and not otherwise required for the purpose of, this act and not pledged under a contract providing for payment of funds to the State or New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority created pursuant to P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-1 et seq.) shall be applied to the authority's corporate purposes or as hereafter provided by law.
L.1948,c.454,s.9; amended 1963, c.76, s.2; 1964, c.56, s.1; 1984, c.73, s.31; 1991, c.183, s.15; 2003,c.79,s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-10 - Trust funds

27:23-10. Trust funds
All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in this act. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this act and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.
L.1948, c. 454, p. 1868, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-11 - Remedies

27:23-11. Remedies
Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement, may, by civil action or proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State or granted hereunder or under such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this act or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the Authority or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of tolls.
L.1948, c. 454, p. 1868, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-12 - Exemption from taxation.

27:23-12 Exemption from taxation.
12. The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of transportation projects and other property by the Authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any transportation project or any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this act or upon the income therefrom, and any transportation project and any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this act and the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall be exempt from taxation. The Legislature reaffirms that all existing facilities and property, and their operations, and management, of the authority and of the New Jersey Highway Authority, as transferred to the authority, are deemed public and essential governmental functions and are exempt from local taxes or assessments.
L.1948,c.454,s.12; amended 2003,c.79,s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:23-13 - Bonds eligible for investment

27:23-13. Bonds eligible for investment
Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which the State and all political subdivisions of this State, their officers, boards, commissions, departments or other agencies, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control; and said bonds or other securities or obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officers or agency of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
L.1948, c. 454, p. 1869, s. 13.