Sponsored by:
Senator PAUL A. SARLO
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits NJTA from requiring county guarantee to provide maintenance of pedestrian bridge under certain circumstances when determining approval for construction of pedestrian bridge.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning pedestrian bridges and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that when determining whether to approve the construction of a pedestrian bridge which impacts New Jersey Turnpike Authority (authority) property, the authority is prohibited from requiring a county to guarantee to provide for the maintenance of a 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.