Bill Text: NJ A3461 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes highway-related sponsorship programs in DOT, NJTA, and SJTA.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Approved P.L.2013, c.130. [A3461 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3461-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Singleton
SYNOPSIS
Provides for sponsorship of certain rest areas by private entities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act providing for sponsorship by private entities of certain rest areas 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. For the purposes of this section:
"Acknowledgement sign" means an official sign, which meets all design and placement guidelines for acknowledgement signs as established pursuant to the provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and all sign design principles covered in the federal Standard Highway Signs and Markings Book, located within the right-of-way, and which is intended to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution has been sponsored by a private entity.
"Sponsorship agreement" means an agreement or contract between the Department of Transportation and a private entity, which is acknowledged for a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution provided.
b. (1) The department may enter into a sponsorship agreement with a private entity to charge and collect monetary contributions, accept services or products, or both in exchange for the placement of acknowledgement signs on the main-traveled way of a highway in advance of the exit for a rest area and within the rest area buildings. A sponsorship agreement concerning any portion of the interstate highway system shall be subject to approval by the Federal Highway Administration.
(2) Any monetary contribution, service, or product received by the department pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be used for the maintenance and upkeep of a rest area.
c. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules or regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. These rules or regulations shall include, but need not be limited to: qualifications for private entities to participate in the rest area sponsorship program; application requirements; terms for sponsorship agreements with qualified private entities participating in the program; and specifications for acceptable acknowledgement signs and acknowledgement sign placement.
2. a. For the purposes of this section:
"Acknowledgement sign" means an official sign, which meets all design and placement guidelines for acknowledgement signs as established pursuant to the provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and all sign design principles covered in the federal Standard Highway Signs and Markings Book, located within the right-of-way, and which is intended to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution has been sponsored by a private entity.
"Sponsorship agreement" means an agreement between the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a private entity, which is acknowledged for a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution provided.
b. (1) The authority may enter into a sponsorship agreement with a private entity to charge and collect monetary contributions, accept services or products, or both in exchange for the placement of acknowledgement signs on the main-traveled way of a highway in advance of the exit for a rest area and within the rest area buildings. A sponsorship agreement concerning any portion of the interstate highway system shall be subject to approval by the Federal Highway Administration.
(2) Any monetary contribution, service, or product received by the authority pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be used for the maintenance and upkeep of a rest area.
c. The authority shall adopt rules or regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. These rules or regulations shall include, but need not be limited to: qualifications for private entities to participate in the rest area sponsorship program; application requirements; terms for sponsorship agreements with qualified private entities participating in the program; and specifications for acceptable acknowledgement signs and acknowledgement sign placement.
3. a. For the purposes of this section:
"Acknowledgement sign" means an official sign, which meets all design and placement guidelines for acknowledgement signs as established pursuant to the provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and all sign design principles covered in the federal Standard Highway Signs and Markings Book, placed within the right-of-way, and which is intended to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution has been sponsored by a private entity.
"Sponsorship agreement" means an agreement between the South Jersey Transportation Authority and a private entity, which is acknowledged for a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution provided.
b. (1) The authority may enter into a sponsorship agreement with a private entity to charge and collect monetary contributions, accept services or products, or both in exchange for the placement of acknowledgement signs on the main-traveled way of a highway in advance of the exit for a rest area and within the rest area buildings.
(2) Any monetary contribution, service, or product received by the authority pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be used for the maintenance and upkeep of a rest area.
c. The authority shall adopt rules or regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. These rules or regulations shall include, but need not be limited to: qualifications for private entities to participate in the rest area sponsorship program; application requirements; terms for sponsorship agreements with qualified private entities participating in the program; and specifications for acceptable acknowledgement signs and acknowledgement sign placement.
4. This act shall take effect on the first day of the 18th month next following the date of enactment except the Commissioner of Transportation, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the South Jersey Transportation Authority may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill allows the New Jersey Department of Transportation ("DOT"), New Jersey Turnpike Authority ("NJTA"), and South Jersey Transportation Authority ("SJTA") to enter into sponsorship agreements with private entities to exchange monetary compensation, accept products or services, or both from the private entity to be used for the maintenance and upkeep of a rest area for acknowledgement signs to be placed on the highway in advance of the exit for a rest area and within rest area buildings.
In accordance with federal directives concerning acknowledgement signs, the bill specifies that acknowledgement signs may be posted on the main-traveled way of a highway in advance of the exit for a rest area and within the rest area buildings. The bill limits acknowledgement signs to those which meet existing federal restrictions for such signs and which are intended to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution has been sponsored.
The DOT, NJTA, and SJTA are required under the bill's provisions to adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the program including, but not necessarily limited to: qualifications for private entities to participate in the rest area sponsorship program; application requirements; terms for sponsorship agreements; and specifications for acceptable acknowledgement signs and acknowledgement sign placement.
