Bill Text: NJ S2968 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes that vacant permit parking spaces normally reserved for NJT train passengers are available for general public use during off-peak times. *
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-15 - Substituted by A1080 (2R) [S2968 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S2968-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes that vacant permit parking spaces normally reserved for NJT train passengers are available for general public use during off-peak times.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on November 21, 2011, with amendments.
An Act concerning permit parking at train stations and supplementing P.L.1985, c.14 (C.39:4-139.2 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. 1[There shall be a permissive inference that a] A1 vacant permit parking space normally reserved for New Jersey Transit train passengers 1[is] shall be1 available for general public use during off-peak times. 1[An individual may raise this inference as a defense when contesting a citation for parking in a permit parking space during off-peak times] No person shall be charged with a violation of a parking statute or ordinance for parking in a vacant permit parking space normally reserved for New Jersey Transit train passengers during off-peak times1.
b. For the purposes of this act:
"Off-peak times" means the hours from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. during the weekdays, and all day on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
"Permit parking space" means a parking space reserved for the use of individuals who, in exchange for a fee, are assured a parking space within the designated permit parking area in close vicinity to a commuter railroad train operated by the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
