ASSEMBLY LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 731

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 9, 1997

      The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee reports favorably an Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 731.

      The committee substitute amends R.S.39:4-98; P.L.1951, c.264; P.L.1952, c.16 and P.L.1991, c.252 to authorize a 65 miles per hour (mph) speed limit on portions of the State's highway system and toll road system.

      It is the Committee's understanding that under the provisions of the substitute approximately 456 miles of the controlled access highways administered by the State Department of Transportation and approximately 353 miles of the State's toll roads (the New Jersey Turnpike, the Garden State Parkway and the Atlantic City Expressway) would qualify for a 65 mph speed limit.