Bill Text: NJ A4114 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires DOT to compensate local government entities for contractual delay damages resulting from shutdown of transportation projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund; authorizes local government entities to use certain funds for transportation projects.*

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [A4114 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A4114-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4114

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ELIZABETH MAHER MUOIO

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman  GARY S. SCHAER

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  JAMEL C. HOLLEY

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman  JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  REED GUSCIORA

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Chiaravalloti, C.A.Brown and Assemblywoman McKnight

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOT to compensate local government entities for contractual delay damages resulting from shutdown of transportation projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund; authorizes local government entities to use certain funds for transportation projects.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on September 22, 2016, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning local transportation aid ¹[and],¹ delay damages for construction contracts ¹, and continuance or completion of certain transportation projects¹.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The Department of Transportation shall make payment on behalf of a local government entity, or provide full reimbursement to a local government entity, for any delay damages resulting from the issuance of Executive Order No. 210 of 2016 on any construction contract between a local government entity and a contractor funded, in whole or in part, from aid provided by the department, through grants or otherwise, pursuant to the aid programs established in section 25 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-25). 

 

     ¹2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or executive order to the contrary, a local government entity may use its own funds in order to continue or complete a transportation project halted as a result of the issuance of Executive Order No. 210 of 2016.  The Department of Transportation, and any other executive branch agency, shall not withhold, revoke, or otherwise cancel local aid provided by the department pursuant to the aid programs established in section 25 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27B:1-25), authorized as of the effective date of this act or authorized at some future date, due to the local government entity's decision to use its funds according to the provisions of this act.¹

 

     ¹[2.] 3.¹     This act shall take effect immediately.