Bill Text: NJ A1777 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits DOT from entering into certain contracts concerning short-line freight rail services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee [A1777 Detail]
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman NANCY F. MUNOZ
District 21 (Essex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits DOT from entering into certain contracts concerning short-line freight rail services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act prohibiting the New Jersey Department of Transportation from entering into certain contracts concerning short-line freight rail services.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, joint resolution, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Transportation shall not enter into any new contract for the purposes of rehabilitation or construction of railroads, tracks, structures, or rights-of-way for the reestablishment or establishment of short-line freight rail services in any area of this State until the Smart Freight Railroad Study Commission, established pursuant to P.L.2005, JR 8, has completed and issued the report as provided by that joint resolution.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would prohibit the New Jersey Department of Transportation from entering into any new contract for the purposes of rehabilitation or construction of railroads, tracks, structures, or rights-of-way for the reestablishment or establishment of short-line freight rail services pending the issuance of the Smart Freight Railroad Study Commission's report pursuant to P.L.2005, JR 8.
