Bill Text: NJ A2495 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs DOT to allow wineries to erect tourist-oriented directional signs on roads and highways. *
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-01-10 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [A2495 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2495-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman NELSON T. ALBANO
District 1 (Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland)
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Allows certain wineries to be deemed eligible for participation in any tourist-oriented directional sign program established by NJDOT.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act allowing certain wineries to be deemed eligible for participation in any tourist-oriented directional sign program established by the Department of Transportation and amending P.L.1997, c.144.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1997, c.144 (C.27:7-21.12) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. The Commissioner of Transportation may lease, license or contract the use, management or operation of any State right-of-way or any real property of the department for the purpose of placing motorist service signs and tourist-oriented directional signs in such manner as to produce revenue for the support of the State.
b. In entering into a lease, license or contract pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall either set a fee for the lease, license or contract which shall yield at least a fair rental value for the use of the right-of-way or real property, or award the lease, license or contract on the basis of competitive public bids or proposals to the responsible bidder or proposer whose bid or proposal is determined to be in the best interest of the State, price and other factors considered.
c. Any sign placed on departmental property pursuant to a lease, license or contract entered into pursuant to this section shall conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices issued by the Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation.
d. The holder of a plenary winery or farm winery license pursuant to R.S.33:1-10 shall be deemed eligible for participation in any tourist-oriented directional sign program established by the commissioner if the entrance for tourists to such licensee's premises is located within three miles of the State or interstate highway system, whether or not the entrance to such premises is located on a crossroad of such highway system, provided that such licensee otherwise meets the program's eligibility criteria established by the commissioner.
(cf: P.L.1997, c.144, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment, but the Department of Transportation may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill would allow plenary and farm winery licensees pursuant to R.S.33:1-10 to be deemed eligible for participation in any tourist-oriented directional sign program established by the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation if the entrance for tourists to such licensee's premises is located within three miles of the State or interstate highway system, whether or not the entrance to such premises is located on a crossroad of such highway system, provided that such licensee otherwise meets the program's eligibility criteria established by the commissioner.
