Bill Text: NJ S1983 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires NJT to adopt plan to evacuate passengers when rail passenger vehicle becomes immobilized in tunnel.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-10 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [S1983 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-S1983-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1983

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2020

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Senator  NICHOLAS J. SACCO

District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires NJT to adopt plan to evacuate passengers when rail passenger vehicle becomes immobilized in tunnel.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on August 10, 2020, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning service provided to customers of the New Jersey Transit Corporation 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 New Jersey Transit Corporation shall adopt a contingency plan in the event that a rail passenger train or light rail vehicle owned or operated by the corporation becomes immobilized inside of a tunnel.  The plan shall provide that the corporation shall exercise due diligence to safely mobilize and relocate the train or vehicle to a location outside of the tunnel within one hour of the train or vehicle becoming immobilized.  If the corporation is unable to safely mobilize and relocate the train or vehicle to a location outside of the tunnel within one hour, the plan shall provide that the corporation shall exercise due diligence to safely evacuate the passengers from the train or vehicle and relocate the passengers to a location outside of the tunnel within one hour of the train becoming immobilized. 

     b.    If the corporation fails to safely evacuate and relocate the passengers of a rail passenger train or light rail vehicle immobilized inside of a tunnel to a location outside of the tunnel within one hour of the train or vehicle becoming immobilized, the corporation shall:

     (1)   prepare and issue a report ¹to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1),¹ on the immobilization that details why the corporation failed to safely evacuate and relocate the passengers within the required timeframe; and

     (2)   upon request by any committee of the Legislature, require the executive director of the corporation, and any other employee whose appearance is requested by the committee, to appear before that committee to answer questions and provide information on the immobilization and the corporation's failure to safely evacuate and relocate the passengers within the required timeframe.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.