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• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-1. Short title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Transportation Act of 1966." It shall be the purpose and intent of ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-2. Establishment of department
  There is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the State Government a principal department which shall be known as the Department of Transportation. As ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-2.1. "David J. Goldberg Transportation Building" designated
  2. The main office building of the Department of Transportation in the township of Ewing in the county of Mercer is designated as the " ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-3. Transfer of functions, powers and duties from existing departments
  All of the functions, powers and duties of the existing State Highway Department and the State Highway Commissioner, of the existing Division of Railroad Transportation, ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-4. Commissioner; appointment; term; salary
  The administrator and head of the department shall be a commissioner, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Transportation, and who shall be a ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5. Additional functions, powers, duties of commissioner
  5. The commissioner, as head of the department, shall have all of the functions, powers and duties heretofore vested in the State Highway Commissioner and ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.1. Rail freight authority
  2. The commissioner, pursuant to subsection (i) of section 5 of P.L.1966, c.301 (C.27:1A-5), may: a. Plan, design, construct, ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.2. Indemnification of public contractors
  The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Attorney General, may agree to defend and indemnify any person who, pursuant to a written contract with ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.3. Time limitation
  Notwithstanding the time limitation established by section 1 of this act, the commissioner may defend and indemnify any person covered by an agreement which was ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.4. Rules, regulations
  The Commissioner of Transportation may adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1986, c. 81, s. 3. ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.5. Transportation Department responsibility
  The Commissioner of Transportation shall: a. receive, preserve and make available to engineers, surveyors and others all records relating to bench marks, plane coordinate monuments ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.6. Department authorized to acquire lands, improvements for airport purposes
  43. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Transportation and the commissioner thereof are authorized to acquire lands and ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.7. Findings, determinations
  1. The Legislature finds and determines that: a. The development of a comprehensive transportation system to serve the needs of the residents of the cities ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.8. Urban transportation supplement to the State Transportation Plan
  2. The Department of Transportation shall in conjunction with the New Jersey Transit Corporation prepare, or cause to be prepared, an urban transportation supplement to ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.9. Transportation needs and recommendations
  3. The urban transportation supplement to the State Transportation Plan shall include descriptions of the current and projected transportation needs and the plans and recommendations ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.10. Consultation with other agencies
  4. The Department of Transportation shall consult with the Department of Labor, the Office of State Planning, the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.11. Supplement as added to other plans and law requirements
  5. The urban transportation supplement to the State Transportation Plan required by this act shall be in addition to the requirements for a master plan ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.12 Completion of supplement, updates
  6. The urban transportation supplement to the State Transportation Plan shall be completed within 12 months of the effective date of this act and submitted ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.13. Powers of commissioner concerning park-and-ride facilities
  1. The Commissioner of Transportation may, pursuant to subsection (b) of section 5 of P.L.1966, c.301 (C.27:1A-5): a. Acquire ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.14. Defense, indemnification of owner, operator
  2. The Commissioner of Transportation, or the commissioner's designee, may agree to defend and indemnify any person, who, pursuant to a written agreement with ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.15. Inventory of certain State-owned properties, preparation
  1. The Department of Transportation shall annually prepare, and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, an inventory of the properties owned by the State ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.16 Blue Star Memorial Highway Council.
  1. a. The Legislature finds that the Blue Star Memorial Highway Council was created by Joint Resolution No. 13, approved October 6, 1948, to plan ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.17. Tolls not imposed on portions of Route 42 under jurisdiction of South Jersey Transportation Authority
  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever the department transfers jurisdiction of State Highway Route No. 42, or ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.18 Property of Department of Transportation, storage, handling of radioactive-contaminated material prohibited; exceptions.
  1. a. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Transportation shall not permit any property of the ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-5.19 Report of motor vehicle accidents involving cellular telephone use.
  1. The Commissioner of Transportation shall annually compile and make available to the public information submitted to the Division of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to R. ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-6. Organization of department; delegation of powers; absence, disability, death or resignation of commissioner
  (a) The commissioner shall organize the department and establish therein such divisions as he may deem necessary and expedient. He may formulate and adopt rules ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-7. Grants; application and acceptance; expenditure
  The commissioner may apply for and accept on behalf of the State any grants from the Federal Government or any agency thereof, or from any ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-8. Assistant commissioners
  (a) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties by three assistant commissioners, an Assistant Commissioner for Transportation Services and Planning, an ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-10. Assistants to assistant commissioner for engineering and operations; state highway engineer; deputy; chief engineers; appointment; qualifications; salary
  (a) The commissioner shall appoint as assistants to the Assistant Commissioner for Engineering and Operations--State Highway Engineer, a Deputy State Highway Engineer and two ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-11. Termination of employment of personnel holding office on effective date of act
  The persons in office as State Highway Engineer, assistant State Highway Engineers, Director of Planning, and Director of Administration on the effective date of this ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-12. Deputy commissioner; appointment; term of office; powers and duties; compensation
  To assist the commissioner in the performance of his duties, the commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner who shall also serve as executive director. The ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-13. Director of planning and research and deputy executive director; appointment; qualifications; salary; assistants
  (a) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to transportation planning and research by a Director of Planning and Research ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-14. Rights and protections of appointees holding positions in state classified service
  In the event that the deputy commissioner, Assistant Commissioner for Transportation Services and Planning, the Assistant Commissioner for Engineering and Operations, the Assistant Commissioner for ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-28. Repealer
  Chapter 88 of the laws of 1964 is hereby repealed. This repealer shall not in any way affect any contracts, agreements, determinations, order, rules or ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-33. Transfer of functions, powers and duties of existing authorities to department of transportation
  The New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the New Jersey Expressway Authority and the New Jersey Highway Authority in the State Highway Department, together with all of ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-34. Appropriations
  All appropriations and other moneys available and to become available to any department, division, bureau or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-35. Transfer of employees to department of transportation
  Such employees of any department, commission, council, board, authority, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-36. Tenure rights, rights or protection under pension law or retirement system
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by Title ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-37. Transfer of files, books, papers, etc., to department of transportation
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, commission, council, board, office, authority or other agency, the functions, powers and duties ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-38. Continuation of rules and regulations transferred to department of transportation
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, commission, council, board, authority, officer or other agency, ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-39. Actions or proceedings pending on effective date of act
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, commission, council, board, authority, officer or other agency, ...
• New Jersey Highways Laws Section 27:1A-40. Reports and certifications; filing
  Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or ...

Last modified: October 22, 2006