ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4114

 

with committee amendments

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED:  SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

 

      The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4114.

      As amended and reported, this bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to compensate municipalities, counties, or other local government entities for delay damages on transportation projects supported through the local aid program, if those delay damages resulted from the shutdown of Transportation Trust Fund projects pursuant to Executive Order No. 210 of 2016 (executive order). 

      The bill also permits a local government entity to use its own funds to continue or complete a transportation project that was halted as a result of the executive order.  The bill prohibits DOT or any other executive branch agency from withholding, revoking, or otherwise canceling certain local aid due to the local government entity’s decision to use its funds to continue or complete the transportation project.

 

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS

      The committee amended the bill to permit a local government entity to use its own funds to continue or complete a transportation project halted as a result of Executive Order No. 210 of 2016 and to prohibit the Department of Transportation or any other executive branch agency from withholding, revoking, or otherwise canceling certain local aid due to the entity’s decision to use its funds to continue or complete the transportation project.