[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3654

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 13, 2018

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  PATRICIA EGAN JONES

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Chiaravalloti, Holley and Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires NJT to establish office of real estate economic development and transit-oriented development; requires annual report of certain real property information.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the General Assembly on June 7, 2018.

 


An Act concerning the New Jersey Transit Corporation and supplementing 1and amending1 P.L.1979, c.150 1[(C.27:25-1 et al.)]1.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    1[a.]1  The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall establish an office of real estate economic development and transit-oriented development.  The office shall assess and develop recommendations for economic development and transit-oriented development opportunities for parcels of real property in which the corporation holds a property interest in order to increase the corporation’s non-fare revenue sources.  The office shall report to the Executive Director of the corporation, at least annually, all recommendations developed pursuant to this 1[subsection] section1 with an estimate of the amount of non-fare revenue likely to be generated by each recommendation.

     1[b.  The corporation shall annually report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature an inventory of each parcel of real property in which the corporation holds a property interest, including the appraised value of that property interest, the purpose for which the corporation holds the property interest, and any revenue the corporation receives that arises out of the property interest.]1

 

     12.   Section 20 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-20) is amended to read as follows:

     20.  a.  The corporation shall, by September 15 of each year, file with the Commissioner of Transportation a report in such format and detail as the Commissioner may require setting forth the actual, operational, capital and financial results of the previous fiscal year, the operational, capital and financial plan for the current fiscal year and a proposed operational, capital and financial plan for the next ensuing fiscal year.

     b.    On or before October 31 of each year, the corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the Governor [and to the presiding officers and the Transportation Committees of both Houses of the Legislature] , the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee, or their successor committees. Each such report shall set forth a complete
operating and financial statement covering its operations and capital projects during the year. The report shall also include an account of the on-time performance of rail passenger service, including light rail service, operated by, or under contract to, the corporation, including data for each such passenger line.  The report shall provide a detailed discussion of the methodology used by the corporation in measuring on-time performance.

     c.     All records of minutes, accounts, bills, vouchers, contracts or other papers connected with or used or filed with the corporation or with any officer or employee acting [for or in] on its behalf are hereby declared to be [public] government records and shall be open to public inspection in accordance with P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) and regulations prescribed by the corporation.

     d.    The corporation shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a cost of operation.  The audit shall be filed within [4] four months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.

     e.     Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the State Auditor or [his] a legally authorized representative may examine the accounts and books of the corporation.

     f.     On or before 2[March] October2 1 of each year, the board shall approve and the corporation shall transmit to the Commissioner of Transportation and to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee and the Senate Transportation Committee, or their successor committees, a report containing: a 2[description] list2 of each parcel of real property 2[in which] owned by2 the corporation 2[holds a property interest]2; the 2most recent2 appraised value of that 2real2 property 2[interest] only if the corporation has obtained an appraisal during the three years immediately preceding the report2; the purpose for which the corporation holds the 2real2 property 2[interest]2; any revenue the corporation receives that arises out of the 2real2 property 2[interest]2; and any 2real2 property 2[interests]2 sold or otherwise disposed of, including the amount of money received by the corporation for that sale or disposition, 2[in the] during the one year period2 immediately preceding 2[year] the report2 and including an accompanying explanation for any 2real2 property 2[interest]2 disposed of for less than market value and any 2real2 property 2[interest]2 acquired for more than market value.1

(cf: P.L.2007, c.263, s.1)

 

     1[2.] 3.1   This act shall take effect immediately.