NJ Legislation

TRANSPORTATION - MASS TRANSIT - RAILROAD

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NJ State Legislature

UPDATED AUGUST 11, 2008

New Jersey Transit Related Bills

A644	Requires New Jersey Transit to offer discount passes to all New Jersey higher education students.



A1175	Requires New Jersey Transit Access Link drivers to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.

	Last Session Bill Number: A2428

A1633	" New Jersey Transit Villages Act."
	Identical Bill Number: S1223
	Last Session Bill Number: A3639

A1653	Sets standards regarding New Jersey Transit Corporation contracts privatizing public transit services.

	Last Session Bill Number: A4290 S2778

A2756	Authorizes grants to New Jersey Transit Police Department to purchase body vests.

	Last Session Bill Number: A1741 (1R)

S1223	" New Jersey Transit Villages Act."
	Identical Bill Number: A1633 w/c (1R)
	Last Session Bill Number: A3639

Railroad Related Bills

A189	Increases Railroad franchise and property taxes to support improvements to Railroad capital facilities.
	Identical Bill Number: S843
	Last Session Bill Number: A3097 S1795

A929	Criminalizes certain actions in or on Railroad property.

	Last Session Bill Number: A4138 (1R) S2822

A1020	Concerns One-Call Damage Prevention System and Railroads.

	Last Session Bill Number: A2094

A1328	Requires NJ Transit to do study of platform safety issues at Rail stations.

	Last Session Bill Number: A4220

A1336	Requires NJT to install mile markers and develop emergency response access plan for Railroad lines.

	Last Session Bill Number: A1004

A1916	Relieves municipalities along certain light Rail lines of civil liability in Quiet Zones under certain circumstances.



A1989	Prohibits DOT from entering into certain contracts concerning short-line freight Rail services.

	Last Session Bill Number: A962

A2174	Establishes Rail Transit Vital Site Preservation and Reservation Fund; appropriates $30,000,000.

	Last Session Bill Number: A1120

A2217	Prohibits double-t Railer truck combinations on certain portions of U.S. Route 206 in Mercer and Somerset counties.
	Identical Bill Number: S1700


A2890	Establishes titling and registration requirements for certain small t Railers.

A3120	Requires Railroad company to negotiate in good faith with certain entities for sale of Railroad right of way proposed for abandonment.



AR84	Urges completion of Lackawanna Cutoff Rail passenger service restoration project.

	Last Session Bill Number: AR212 SR66

AR97	Requests federal government to establish funding program for local communities establishing "quiet zones" along certain light Rail lines.
	Identical Bill Number: SR13 SR66
	Last Session Bill Number: SR117

S252	Criminalizes certain actions in or on Railroad property.

	Last Session Bill Number: S2822 A4138

S464	Requires NJ Transit to do report on Rail station accessibility to the disabled.

	Last Session Bill Number: S1397 (1R)

S641	" Rail Special Transportation District Act."

	Last Session Bill Number: S271

S843	Increases Railroad franchise and property taxes to support improvements to Railroad capital facilities.
	Identical Bill Number: A189
	Last Session Bill Number: S1795

S1699	Relieves municipalities and counties along light Rail lines of civil liability in Quiet Zones under certain circumstances.



S1700	Prohibits double-t Railer truck combinations on certain portions of U.S. Route 206 in Mercer and Somerset counties.
	Identical Bill Number: A2217


S1872	Establishes guidelines for police action at scene of Railroad grade crossing accidents and requires reports to federal government; requires DOT Commissioner to request money from Transportation Trust Fund to make safety improvements to grade crossings.

	Last Session Bill Number: S1627

SR13	Requests federal government to establish funding program for local communities establishing "quiet zones" along certain light Rail lines.
	Identical Bill Number: AR97
	Last Session Bill Number: SR117

SR59	Urges textbook publishers and institutions of higher education to work together to make college textbooks available in B Raille to New Jersey students. z