Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits return of local aid grant money to DOT if county or municipality has completed planning and permitting.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority and amending P.L.1995, c.108.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 9 of P.L.1995, c.108 (C.27:1B-25.1) is amended to read as follows:
9. Aid to counties and municipalities administered by the department may, at the discretion of the commissioner, be disbursed to any individual county or municipality on a grant basis or on a cost reimbursement basis. Distribution of the portion of the grant provided initially to a county or municipality may be contingent on its performance in spending prior grants. Failure to award construction or other approved contracts for 100 percent of a county's allotment within three years of notification by the department of that year's allotment shall result in the allotment being immediately rescinded or the funds returned to the department, as applicable, or in the event such funds are not immediately returned, deducted by the department from future allocations of aid to such county; provided, however, if the county has completed the planning and permitting process for projects which will utilize 100% of the county's allotment within three years, the department shall not rescind or demand the return of the county's funds. Any such funds may be reallocated by the commissioner on a grant basis or a cost reimbursement basis to such other counties or municipalities as the commissioner shall so determine. Failure to award construction or other approved contracts for 100 percent of a municipality's allotment within two years of notification by the department of that year's allotment shall result in that year's allocation being immediately rescinded; provided, however, if the municipality has completed the planning and permitting process for projects which will utilize 100% of the municipality's allotment within two years, the department shall not rescind the municipality's funds. Any such funds may be reallocated by the commissioner on a grant basis or a cost reimbursement basis to such other counties or municipalities as the commissioner shall determine.
(cf: P.L.2012, c.13, s.10)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that county or municipal aid grants shall not be rescinded or returned to the Department of Transportation if the county or municipality has completed the planning and permitting process for projects which will utilize 100% of the county's allotment within three years or 100% the municipality's allotment within two years.