Title 27, Title 27: HIGHWAYS

27:9-4. Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over If the commissioner does not take over the highway in the manner prescribed in section 27:9-3 of this title within six years after the authorization of the appropriation for its construction and improvement, the county shal…

27:9-5. Paving state highways by counties; consent; reimbursement When a road laid out as part of the state highway system has or shall have been taken over by the commissioner as a state highway but has not yet been paved, the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which t…

27:9-6. Reimbursement of county for interest charges When a state highway, or portion thereof, has been or shall be improved or reconstructed by the board of chosen freeholders of a county under an agreement with the commissioner, and the commissioner has agreed or shall agree to…

27:9-7. Agreement for work on state highways; payment of county's share A county may enter into a written agreement with the commissioner to share in the cost of the construction, repair and maintenance of a state highway or a portion thereof, or any highway that may hereafter be…

27:9-8. County bonds for highway improvements; law applicable A county may borrow money and issue bonds for the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or resurfacing of portions of the state highway system located in the county. The bonds shall be issued in the manner and subjec…

27:9-9. Agreement between county and state; use of proceeds; reimbursement No bonds shall be issued by a county under sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-12 of this title unless and until the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall have previously entered into an agreement on behalf of the…

27:10-1. Approval of plans by commissioner; contracts The governing body of a municipality in which a state highway route has or shall have been laid out may, with the consent of the commissioner, construct and improve any part of the highway within the municipality. The work sha…

27:10-2. Municipal obligations issued The governing body of the municipality may provide and raise moneys to be expended for the work contemplated by section 27:10-1 of this title, by issuing notes or bonds under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalitie…

27:10-3. Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over If the commissioner shall not take over the highway as provided in section 27:10-4 of this title before six years after the authorization of the appropriation for the work, the municipality shall refund the indebtedness in…

27:10-4. Road taken over as state highway; municipality reimbursed; bonds retired When the commissioner shall have approved a contract made in accordance with section 27:10-1 of this title and the payments thereunder, he shall within six years after the date of his approval, if f…

27:10-5. Time for reimbursement The commissioner may designate the year in which the municipality shall be reimbursed for the work.

27:11-1. State highway system funds; sources L.1927, c. 331, p. 778, entitled "An act concerning the state highway system and regulating the disbursement of moneys therefor," passed April first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, saved from repeal. [This act dedicates to…

27:11-10. Act reducing amount of 1930 issue L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, entitled "An act to reduce to sixty-three million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the…

27:11-11. Act further reducing amount of 1930 issue L.1933, c. 397, p. 1100, entitled "An act to reduce to fifty-eight million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bon…

27:11-12. Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1934" L.1934, c. 182, p. 436, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due state road taxes," approved May ninth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the issuance…

27:11-13. Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1935" L.1935, c. 16, p. 38, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due State road taxes," approved February fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the issua…

27:11-14. State road tax not certified in certain cases The comptroller of the treasury need not certify the state road tax to the several counties in any year so long as the revenue derived from the tax levied pursuant to chapter 39 of the title Taxation (s. 54:39-1 et seq.) sha…

27:11-2. Salary fund continued The fund established by the act entitled "An act providing for the establishment and maintenance of a fund subject to the disbursement of the New Jersey state highway commission for the payment of salaries and wages of its officers and employees," a…

27:11-3. Custodian of fund The commissioner shall designate one of his employees to act as custodian of the fund. He shall furnish a surety bond conditioned for the satisfactory maintenance and disbursement of the fund in a sum at least double the amount of the fund as first esta…

27:11-4. Semimonthly payments The commissioner shall pay out of the fund, salaries and wages of his officers and employees at least semimonthly, as other state officers and employees are paid by the state treasurer.

27:11-5. Maintenance of fund The fund shall be replenished and maintained by payments made by the state treasurer to the custodian, on the warrant of the comptroller, which payments shall equal the sum disbursed immediately previous to the date of such warrant of the comptroller.…

27:11-6. Proof of payment; withholding of funds; emergency payments The comptroller may require from the state highway commissioner, the custodian or other approval officer, or any or all of them, such further satisfactory proof as to the proper disbursement of the fund and its m…

27:11-7. Act of 1922 L.1922, c. 262, p. 634 (1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-821 to 179-839), entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same by the taxation of real and person…

27:11-8. Act of 1927 L.1927, c. 181, p. 344, entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system, including bridges, tunnels, viaducts and rights of way as parts thereof; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same…

27:11-9. Act of 1930 L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest…

27:12-1. Disposition of property not needed for public use When real estate or any right or interest therein has or shall have come into the possession or control of the commissioner, or when he has or shall have taken real estate or any right or interest therein, in the name of …

27:12-1.1 Sale of State highway property, first offer. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 27:12-1 or any other law to the contrary, if the Commissioner of Transportation determines, pursuant to R.S. 27:12-1, that real property acquired for the use of the State in the impro…

27:12-1.2 Conditions of sale. 2. The sale of real property permitted by section 1 of this act may only occur after the owners of record of the property at the time of acquisition have been notified and provided the right to repurchase their interest pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1…

27:12-1.3 Sale to municipality, public body permitted. 3. The provisions of this act shall not affect the right of the commissioner to sell at private sale to a municipal corporation or to any public board or commission any real estate or any right or interest therein as provided…

27:12-2. Disposition of slopes or easements The commissioner may also, when he shall determine that certain slope, drainage or easement rights or any or all of them, or parts thereof, are no longer required or necessary for the use of the state highway with which they are connect…

27:12-3. Deed; execution All deeds of conveyance and releases shall be executed by the commissioner for and on behalf of the state, and the seal of the commissioner shall be affixed thereto.

27:12-4. Sale or exchange of unused lands When the commissioner shall determine that lands, the fee to which he has acquired or shall acquire in the name of the state, are no longer required for highway purposes, he may exchange or sell at private sale and convey said lands for t…

27:12-5. Terms Such sale or exchange may be made to or with any person, corporation, municipality or county on such terms as the commissioner shall determine are to the best interests of the state.

27:12-6. Consummation of agreements made before December 4, 1933 Any agreement made prior to December fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, between the commission and a municipality concerning the purchase, sale or exchange of lands may be consummated by the commiss…

27:12-7. Sales to municipalities of estates in realty in areas above surface of ground; lease by private negotiation The State Highway Commissioner may sell at private sale and convey to any municipality an estate in any real estate, which is owned and occupied by the State for p…

27:12-7.1. Notice of lease; publication; contents Whenever any municipality shall intend to enter into a lease by private negotiation, pursuant to section 1 of this act, it shall make such intention public by publishing a notice thereof in at least 1 newspaper of general circulat…

27:13-1. State aid roads; standards for construction and maintenance No funds shall be expended for state aid to counties or municipalities unless the roads constructed therewith conform to standards prescribed by the department and the county or municipality shall have entered i…

27:13-1.1. Amount of State aid appropriated to counties and municipalities for construction and maintenance of roads; annual notice Except as provided in section 3 of this act and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Commissioner of the Department of Transportatio…

27:13-1.2. Annual budget; amount It shall be lawful for each county and municipality to include an amount equal to twice the amount of such State aid in its annual budget. Commitments may be made by such counties and municipalities, subject to the applicable provisions of this su…

27:13-1.3. Certification of amount by commissioner Not later than June 30 of each year the commissioner shall certify to each county and municipality entitled to receive funds therefrom, the amount of aid each such county and municipality shall be entitled to receive for that cal…

27:13-10. Assistance in reconstruction of certain public roads Whenever any appropriation is made in any general or special appropriation act for the purpose of defraying all or any part of the cost of reconstructing county or municipal roads, destroyed by reason of use of such c…

27:13-11. Application for assistance The board of chosen freeholders of any county or the mayor of any municipality, in which any such destruction was caused to the public roads of the county or municipality, may file an application for such State assistance with the State Highwa…

27:13-12. Contents of application Such application shall contain a brief description of and photographs depicting such destruction to the public roads and shall be accompanied by plans and specifications for the reconstruction of such public road, which said plans and specificati…

27:13-13. Action by commissioner; authority to resubmit The State Highway Commissioner, within 30 days from the date of the filing of any such application by any county or municipality so affected, shall either approve the same or disapprove and return the same with reasons for d…

27:13-14. Certification of funds Upon the approval of any such application the State Highway Commissioner is hereby empowered and authorized in his discretion to certify the amount of State money which he will set aside, and pay to said county or municipality, for or on account o…

27:13-15. Supervision and control of work All work undertaken under this chapter by any county or municipality and approved by the State Highway Commissioner shall be done under the supervision and control of the State Highway Commissioner and no funds shall be disbursed except w…