ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT
AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 742
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities
Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 742.
As reported, this bill reappropriates unexpended funds from the
“New Jersey Bridge Rehabilitation and Improvement and Railroad
Right-of-way Preservation Bond Act of 1989” (act) to the Department
of Transportation (department). The funds were originally
appropriated for the purpose of the cost of rehabilitation and
improvement of bridges carrying State highways, the cost of
rehabilitation and improvement of bridges carrying county and
municipal roads, and for the cost of preservation and acquisition of
railroad rights-of-way.
The bill requires the funds appropriated to the department to be
administered by the department and reappropriated to offset any cost
permitted under the bond act. The bill permits the funds to be
appropriated for emergency repairs, in various locations, at the
discretion of the Commissioner of Transportation.
As reported by the committee, Senate Bill No. 742 is identical to
Assembly Bill No. 2609, which was also reported by the committee on
this date.