STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires NJT to operate Access Link paratransit service during state of emergency under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the Access Link paratransit service and supplementing P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall operate, or cause to be operated, its Access Link service in an area of the State under a state of emergency if the New Jersey Transit General Manager of ADA Services determines, in consultation with the Director of the State Office of Emergency Management, that Access Link service in that area may be safely provided without undue risk of harm to drivers and persons using the service.
b. As used in this section:
“Access Link” shall have the same meaning as provided in section 2 of P.L.2016, c.25 (C.27:25-5c); and
“State of emergency” means a natural or man-made disaster or emergency for which a state of emergency has been declared by the Governor.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation to operate its Access Link paratransit service in an area of the State under a state of emergency if the New Jersey Transit General Manager of ADA Services determines, in consultation with the Director of the State Office of Emergency Management, that the service in that area may be safely provided without undue risk of harm to drivers and persons using the service.