Bill Text: NJ A543 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires construction of sidewalks along certain routes within certain radius of public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A543 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A543-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 543

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires construction of sidewalks along certain routes within certain radius of public schools.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  


An Act concerning sidewalk construction and supplementing Title 40 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  A county or municipality, at the public expense, shall provide for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks, within a two-mile radius of an elementary public school and a two and one half-mile radius of a secondary public school, on all portions of the county's or the municipality's streets that are located along routes that are deemed hazardous using the criteria provided in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.310 (C.18A:39-1.5).

     b.    A county or municipality may use funds collected from permits, donations, county, federal, and State grants, and any other funds to provide for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks as required by subsection a. of this section.

     c.     As used in this section:

     "Public school" means a school in this State, under college grade, which derives its support entirely or in part from State and local government funds.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     Under the bill, a county or municipality, at the public expense, is to provide for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks within a two-mile radius of an elementary public school and a two and one half-mile radius of a secondary public school, on all portions of the county's or the municipality's streets that are located along hazardous routes that students use to walk to and from school.

     A county or municipality may use funds collected from permits, donations, county, federal, and State grants, and any other funds to provide for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks as required by the bill.

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