Bill Text: NJ S3439 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-11-08 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [S3439 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-S3439-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 3439

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 11, 2021

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

      Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on November 8, 2021, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the Department of Transportation's implementation of a complete streets policy and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  The Department of Transportation shall implement a complete streets policy to plan, design, construct, maintain, and operate new and rehabilitated public highways and public transportation projects, as those terms are defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-3), to provide safe access for all users, including bicyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, individuals with mobility impairments, and ¹[individuals] persons¹ diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder ¹and persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities¹.  The complete streets policy shall require the consideration and implementation of design elements and infrastructure improvement projects that promote the ability of ¹[individuals] persons¹ diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder ¹and persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities¹ to travel independently.

     b.  The department shall develop universal design concepts that advance the mobility options for individuals with ¹intellectual and¹ developmental disabilities¹[, including] and¹ individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, within the complete streets policy established pursuant to subsection a. of this section.  The department shall develop guidance and policies for the means by which the universal design concepts shall be incorporated into the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of new and rehabilitated public highways and public transportation projects, as those terms are defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-3).

     c.  The department shall encourage regional and local entities that apply for funding through the local aid program, pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-25), to adopt a complete streets policy that complies with the provisions of this section.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.