Title 27, Title 27: HIGHWAYS

27:25-35 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Paratransit Services Improvement Act." L.2020, c.114, s.1.

27:25-36 Findings, declarations relative to paratransit services. 2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares: The current system for paratransit services is fragmented and includes various providers from different levels of government as well as from private enterprise in diffe…

27:25-37 Definitions relative to paratransit services. 3. For the purposes of P.L.2020, c.114 (C.27:25-35 et seq.): "Community organization" means an organization that provides programs and services to persons with disabilities. "Corporation" means the New Jersey Transit Corporat…

27:25-38 Standards for corporation paratransit service. 4. The corporation shall ensure that all corporation paratransit service shall adhere to the following standards: a. All corporation paratransit service shall be required by the corporation to implement and utilize routing, …

27:25-39 Paratransit best practices pilot program. 5. a. (1) The New Jersey Transit Corporation, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall develop and implement a paratransit best practices pilot program. (2) The corporation, in consultation with the department…

27:25-4 New Jersey Transit Corporation established; board; powers. 4. a. There is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the State Government the New Jersey Transit Corporation, a body corporate and politic with corporate succession. For the purpose of complying with the p…

27:25-4.1 Duties of board of directors. 2. a. The board of directors of the corporation shall: (1) Execute oversight of the corporation's executive director and other management in the effective and ethical management of the corporation, including review and approval of any fare …

27:25-4.2 Passenger Advisory Committees. 3. a. (1) There is hereby established the North Jersey Passenger Advisory Committee within the New Jersey Transit Corporation for the purpose of providing advice, input, and guidance to the corporation and the corporation's board of direct…

27:25-4.3 NJT not to issue badge to board of directors which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall not issue a law enforcement badge or badge that may be mistaken as a law enfor…

27:25-40 Regional paratransit coordinating councils. 6. a. There are hereby established six separate regional paratransit coordinating councils in furtherance of the purposes of P.L.2020, c.114 (C.27:25-35 et seq.). The regional paratransit coordinating councils shall be organize…

27:25-41 Evaluation of paratransit best practices training materials, program. 7. The corporation, in consultation with the department, shall develop a framework to evaluate the efficacy of the paratransit best practices training materials as well as the training program. Within …

27:25-42 A. Philip Randolph statue, duties of New Jersey Transit Corporation. 1. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall erect and maintain a statue in honor of A. Philip Randolph to be located at Newark Penn Station. L.2021, c.400, s.1.

27:25-5 Powers and duties of corporation. 5. In addition to the powers and duties conferred upon it elsewhere in this act, the corporation may do all acts necessary and reasonably incident to carrying out the objectives of this act, including but not in limitation thereof the fol…

27:25-5.1. Railroad passes for retired employees a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the governing board of the corporation shall allow a retired railroad employee, as defined in subsection b. of this section, to pass and repass, free of charge during …

27:25-5.10 Cooperation of passengers, required; violation. 5. A person subject to the issuance of a complaint and summons under this act shall cooperate in the issuance of the complaint and summons by providing the person's name and address. It shall be a violation of this act fo…

27:25-5.11 Form of complaint, summons. 6. A complaint and summons issued for a violation of the provisions of this act or any of the rules or regulations adopted by the corporation shall be in a form prescribed and approved by the Administrative Director of the Courts and served …

27:25-5.12 Fare enforcement officers. 7. a. The executive director of the corporation shall have the power and authority to appoint such number of fare enforcement officers as the director deems necessary and to administer to the fare enforcement officers an oath or affirmation f…

27:25-5.13 Immunity of fare enforcement officers. 8. An authorized employee or fare enforcement officer carrying out his duties pursuant to this act shall not be criminally or civilly liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, slander or unlawful detention unless such action is…

27:25-5.14 Rules, regulations. 9. The corporation shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. In any prosecution for violating any rule or regulat…

27:25-5.15 Complaint, proceedings; jurisdiction. 10. A complaint for a violation of any of the provisions of this act may be filed with a court having jurisdiction, at any time within one year after the commission of the violation. When a person has been charged with a violation …

27:25-5.16 Violation of act; penalty; distribution. 11. A violation of the provisions of this act or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this act by the corporation shall be punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding $100, in addition to court costs, enforced in a summa…

27:25-5.17 Rail passes not affected. 12. The provisions of this act shall not affect certificates issued pursuant to R.S.48:12-109 through R.S.48:12-116, inclusive, or any certificate or pass issued by the corporation providing for transportation of current or retired employees, …

27:25-5.18 Use of wireless telephone, electronic communication devices by operator of public transportation service prohibited; exceptions. 1. a. The use of a wireless telephone or electronic communication device by an operator of a moving vehicle involved in the provision of pub…

27:25-5.19 Provision of proof of travel for certain veterans. 2. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall cooperate with the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to provide receipts or other proof of travel to veterans in in-patient and out-patient treatment programs who …

27:25-5.2. Certificates; rules The governing board of the corporation shall issue a certificate in card form to those retired railroad employees determined to be eligible pursuant to section 1 of this act. The corporation shall promulgate rules concerning the distribution and use…

27:25-5.20 Findings, declarations relative to operation of trains. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is necessary to prohibit a person whose driver's license is suspended or revoked from operating a train in this State in order to eliminate or reduce an essentiall…

27:25-5.21 Person with suspended driver's license prohibited from operating a train. 2. A person whose driver's license is suspended or revoked for a violation of R.S.39:4-50, section 2 of P.L.1981, c.512 (C.39:4-50.4a), or a law of a substantially similar nature in another juris…

27:25-5.22 New Jersey Transit required to take action, adopt policies relative to persons injured, killed in incidents involving their vehicles. 1. a. The corporation shall designate an employee within the New Jersey Transit Police Department to serve as a liaison between the cor…

27:25-5.23 Office of real estate economic development and transit-oriented development established in NJT. 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 rec…

27:25-5.24 Audits of the corporation. 6. a. The State Auditor shall conduct audits of the corporation, which shall: (1) occur at least once every 72 months in a manner that is consistent with the Government Auditing Standards for audits utilized by the United States Government Ac…

27:25-5.25 Appearances before Legislative committees. 7. a. The corporation, at the request of the chairperson of any standing legislative committee, as approved by the Speaker of the General Assembly or the President of the Senate, as appropriate, shall be required to appear bef…

27:25-5.26 Chief ethics officer. 8. a. The corporation shall employ a chief ethics officer who shall be provided staff, equipment, and resources, as the board deems appropriate, in order to investigate allegations and suspicions of unethical conduct or illegal activity within the…

27:25-5.27 Customer advocate, annual report. 16. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall employ a customer advocate. The customer advocate shall annually provide a report of his or her activities during the prior fiscal year, which shall be included in the corporation's annual r…

27:25-5.28 Duties of corporation. 3. a. The corporation shall equip each motorbus, rail vehicle, and light rail vehicle with a radio or other communication system that allows the operator of the motorbus or rail passenger service employee to alert the corporation, or New Jersey T…

27:25-5.29 Prohibiting certain individuals from use of rail services. 4. Any entity that provides rail passenger service, including light rail service, is hereby authorized to prohibit from using transportation services provided by the entity any person who assaults an employee o…

27:25-5.3. Restrictions The certificate shall be produced and shown on request of the conductor or person in charge of the train on which the retired railroad employee is riding. The presentation shall entitle the retired employee to whom the certificate is issued to pass and rep…

27:25-5.4. Illegal use Any retired railroad employee who is issued a certificate under section 2 of this act and who loans his certificate, and any person using or attempting to use a certificate belonging to a retired railroad employee, shall be subject to a fine of $250.00 and …

27:25-5.5. Confiscation of certificate The governing board of the corporation, through its agents, may take possession of any certificate presented by any person other than the retired railroad employee to whom it was issued. L. 1986, c. 93, s. 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.

27:25-5.6 Definitions relative to rail passenger service. 1. As used in this act: "Authorized employee" means an employee of a provider of rail passenger service authorized by the provider of rail passenger service to request and inspect proof of payment of the prescribed fare fr…

27:25-5.7 Payment for service; proof of payment. 2. The use of a rail passenger service by a person shall constitute an agreement by the person to pay the prescribed fare for the service. A person who has paid the prescribed fare for a rail passenger service and who has been issu…

27:25-5.8 Violation. 3. It shall be a violation of this act for any person to use or attempt to use a rail passenger service or enter a pre-paid fare area and to: fail or refuse to pay the prescribed fare; evade or attempt to evade payment of the prescribed fare; or fail to displ…

27:25-5.9 Applicability to juveniles. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, this act shall apply to users of rail passenger services who are juveniles as defined in subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-22a). L.1997,c.357,s.4…

27:25-5a. Collapsible bicycles permitted on NJT passenger trains 1. The provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall not, at any time, prohibit any person transporting a collapsible bicycle from passing or rep…

27:25-5b Regulations relative to guide or service dogs. 1. Any person with a disability accompanied by a guide or service dog or any guide or service dog trainer accompanied by a guide or service dog, when riding on any bus, train, or other form of transportation operated by or u…

27:25-5c Access Link Customer Service Group. 2. a. The corporation shall designate an Access Link Customer Service Group to receive and act upon complaints from passengers with disabilities regarding Access Link service. The corporation shall provide for the establishment of proc…

27:25-5d Operation of Access Link service under state of emergency. 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 Service…