Bill Text: NJ A3916 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires municipalities to notify counties of traffic control signal monitoring systems within prescribed period of time.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee [A3916 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A3916-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires municipalities to notify counties of traffic control signal monitoring systems within prescribed period of time.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning traffic control signal monitoring systems and supplementing P.L.2007, c.348 (C.39:4-8.12 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. In any municipality where the governing body, by ordinance, has authorized the installation and use of a traffic control signal monitoring system pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2007, c.348 (C.39:4-8.14) prior to the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the governing body shall provide notice of such traffic control signal monitoring system to the chief financial officer and county counsel of the county in which that municipality is located within 30 days of the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
b. On or after the effective date of this act, the governing body of a municipality which authorizes, by ordinance, the installation and use of a traffic control signal monitoring system pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2007, c.348 (C.39:4-8.14) shall provide notice of such traffic control signal monitoring system to the chief financial officer and county counsel of the county in which that municipality is located within 30 days of enactment of such ordinance authorizing the installation and use of the traffic control signal monitoring system.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the governing body of a municipality which authorizes, by ordinance, the installation and use of a traffic control signal monitoring system ("red light camera") pursuant to current law to provide notice of the traffic control signal monitoring system to the chief financial officer and county counsel of the county in which that municipality is located within 30 days of enactment of the ordinance authorizing the installation and use of the traffic control signal monitoring system.
In instances where the governing body of a municipality has authorized, by ordinance, the installation and use of a traffic control signal monitoring system prior to the enactment of this bill, the governing body shall provide notice of such traffic control signal monitoring system to the chief financial officer and county counsel of the county in which that municipality is located within 30 days of the bill's effective date.
