SENATE, No. 742
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates unexpended funds from “New Jersey Bridge Rehabilitation
and Improvement and Railroad Right-of-way Preservation Bond Act of 1989.”
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee with technical review.
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AN ACT concerning the improvement of the State transportation 1
system and bridges and making an appropriation. 2
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4
of New Jersey: 5
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1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any 7
remaining unexpended funds from the “New Jersey Bridge 8
Rehabilitation and Improvement and Railroad Right-of-way 9
Preservation Bond Act of 1989,” P.L.1989, c.180, which were 10
appropriated pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.271, shall be 11
reappropriated to the Department of Transportation and made 12
available for the purposes set forth in subsection b. of this section. 13
b. The funds reappropriated pursuant to this section shall be 14
administered by the department to offset any cost, eligible under the 15
provisions of P.L.1989, c.180, for the cost of rehabilitation, 16
improvement, inspection, and repair of bridges carrying State 17
highways, and bridges owned or maintained by the State, to be 18
allocated for emergency repairs in various counties at the discretion 19
of the Commissioner of Transportation. 20
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2. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any 22
remaining unexpended funds from the “New Jersey Bridge 23
Rehabilitation and Improvement and Railroad Right-of-way 24
Preservation Bond Act of 1989,” P.L.1989, c.180, which were 25
appropriated pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1991, c.271 and section 2 26
of P.L.2000, c.11, shall be reappropriated to the Department of 27
Transportation and made available for the purposes set forth in 28
subsection b. of this section. 29
b. The funds reappropriated pursuant to this section shall be 30
administered by the department to offset any cost, eligible under the 31
provisions of P.L.1989, c.180, for the cost of rehabilitation, 32
improvement, inspection, and repair of bridges carrying county and 33
municipal roads, to be allocated for emergency repairs in various 34
counties and municipalities at the discretion of the Commissioner of 35
Transportation. 36
c. Any funds appropriated pursuant to the provisions of this 37
section that are not expended or obligated within two years of the 38
effective date of this act shall be consolidated into a single account 39
and redistributed to each county in this State on a formula basis, to 40
be established by the department, for the cost of rehabilitation, 41
improvement, inspection, and repair of bridges carrying county and 42
municipal roads. Funds that have not been obligated, but are 43
required to complete a project under development, shall be subject 44
to consolidation and redistribution. 45
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3. This act shall take effect immediately. 47