Bill Text: NJ A1279 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-09-09 - 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov.'s Recommend. [A1279 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1279-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1279

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act directing the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services at authority rest areas and service plazas.

 

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

 

     1.    The New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall conduct a study and prepare a report concerning potential opportunities for increasing current and generating new authority revenue by providing additional services, including, but not limited to, business, commercial, or retail services, at rest areas and service plazas along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.  The report shall identify the types of services that may be offered, the types of businesses that may be involved, how the services may be managed, and the role of the authority in offering these new services.

 

     2.    The authority shall report its findings not later than six months following the effective date of this act to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1).

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill directs the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to study and prepare a report, for submission to the Governor and the Legislature, concerning potential opportunities for increasing current and generating new authority revenue by providing additional services, including, but not limited to, business, commercial, or retail services, at rest areas and service plazas along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.  The report shall identify the types of services that may be offered, the types of businesses that may be involved, how the services may be managed, and the role of the authority in offering these new services.

     This bill is in response to a recommendation in the report issued by the New Jersey Privatization Task Force on May 31, 2010.