Bill Text: NJ A801 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services of rest areas and service plazas.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-01-19 - Approved P.L.2015, c.264. [A801 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A801-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 801

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Wimberly, Assemblywoman Caride, Assemblyman DeAngelo and Assemblywoman Mosquera

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act directing the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services at authority rest areas and service plazas.

 

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

 

     1.    The New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall conduct a study and prepare a report concerning potential opportunities for increasing current and generating new authority revenue and lowering costs by providing additional and higher quality services, including, but not limited to, business, commercial, or retail services, at rest areas and service plazas along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.  The report shall identify the types of services that may be offered, the types of businesses that may be involved, how the services may be managed, and the role of the authority in offering these new services.

 

     2.    The authority shall report its findings not later than 12 months following the effective date of this act to the Governor.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill directs the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to study and prepare a report for submission to the Governor concerning potential opportunities for lowering costs and increasing current, and generating new, revenue by providing additional and higher quality services, including, but not limited to, business, commercial, or retail services, at rest areas and service plazas along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.  The report shall identify the types of services that may be offered, the types of businesses that may be involved, how the services may be managed, and the role of the authority in offering these new services.