Bill Text: NJ A2727 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-24 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A2727 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2727-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman CHARLES MAINOR
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Cryan
SYNOPSIS
Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act directing the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services at authority rest areas and service plazas.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall conduct a study and prepare a report concerning potential opportunities for increasing current and generating new authority revenue and lowering costs by providing additional and higher quality services, including, but not limited to, business, commercial, or retail services, at rest areas and service plazas along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. The report shall identify the types of services that may be offered, the types of businesses that may be involved, how the services may be managed, and the role of the authority in offering these new services.
2. The authority shall report its findings not later than 12 months following the effective date of this act to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1).
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill directs the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (authority) to study and prepare a report, for submission to the Governor and the Legislature, concerning potential opportunities for increasing revenues and lowering costs by providing additional and higher quality services, including, but not limited to, business, commercial, or retail services, at rest areas and service plazas along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. The report is to identify the types of services that may be offered, the types of businesses that may be involved, how the services may be managed, and the role of the authority in offering these new services. Under the bill, the authority must submit its report to the Governor and Legislature within 12 months following the bill's effective date.
The bill provides that the study is to consider the potential opportunities for lowering costs, in addition to generating revenue, at rest areas and service plazas along the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. The bill also specifies that the additional services recommended by the study are to be of higher quality than existing services.
