Bill Text: NJ A2219 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits NJTA from passing credit card processing fees to toll payers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A2219 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A2219-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ALIXON COLLAZOS-GILL
District 27 (Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits NJTA from passing credit card processing fees to toll payers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the operations of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority 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 the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall include funding for the processing of credit card and other electronic transactions in the authority's operating budget. The authority shall not directly charge a toll payer or customer who has an account with the New Jersey electronic toll collection system for any fees associated with the processing of credit card transactions or other similar electronic transactions.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) from charging toll payers or New Jersey E-ZPass account holders for any fees associated with the processing of credit card transactions or other similar electronic transactions. The bill codifies an existing practice of the NJTA.
