Bill Text: NJ A1080 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes that vacant permit parking spaces normally reserved for NJT train passengers are available for general public use during off-peak times. *
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-15 - Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence [A1080 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1080-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman REED GUSCIORA
District 15 (Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes defense to illegally parking in permit areas at train stations.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning permit parking at train stations and supplementing P.L.1985, c.14 (C.39:4-139.2 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There shall be a permissive inference that a vacant permit parking space normally reserved for New Jersey Transit train passengers is available for general public use during offpeak times. An individual may raise this inference as a defense when contesting a citation for parking in a permit parking space during offpeak times.
b. For the purposes of this act:
"Offpeak times" means the hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the weekdays, and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
"Permit parking space" means a parking space reserved for the use of individuals who, in exchange for a fee, are assured a parking space within the designated permit parking area in close vicinity to a commuter railroad train operated by the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The purpose of this bill is to remedy the dilemma of overcrowded parking at train stations operated by the New Jersey Transit Corporation. In many cases, during offpeak times non-permit parking areas are at full capacity while the permit parking areas remain empty. As a result, individuals who do not have parking permits are forced to park in permit-only parking areas and thus, receive a citation.
This bill would create a permissive inference that a vacant permit parking space at train stations operated by the New Jersey Transit Corporation is available for general public use during offpeak times. An individual may raise this inference as a defense when contesting a citation for parking in a permit parking space during offpeak times.
The bill defines offpeak times as the hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the weekdays, and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
