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.