Bill Text: NJ S205 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires transportation capital project and infrastructure safety inspections to continue if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by State Constitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee [S205 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S205-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 205

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires transportation capital project and infrastructure safety inspections to continue if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by State Constitution.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning the continued safety inspection of transportation infrastructure under certain circumstances, and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    In the event that a state of emergency is declared due to the failure to enact a general appropriation law by the deadline prescribed by Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 2 of the New Jersey Constitution, the authority shall continue to fund safety inspections for existing transportation infrastructure, and for newly constructed transportation projects funded, in whole or in part, by the authority.  The commissioner shall designate appropriate employees as necessary to conduct safety inspections.  All State employees that have been designated as necessary to conduct safety inspections shall be considered essential personnel.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that in the event that a state of emergency is declared due to the failure to enact a general appropriation law by the deadline prescribed by Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 2 of the New Jersey Constitution, the safety inspections of existing transportation infrastructure and newly constructed transportation infrastructure that are funded by the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, will continue to be funded.  All State employees that have been designated as necessary to conduct safety inspections are to be considered essential personnel.