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Bill Text

A1257 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1257 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Fantasia

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJT to publish certain safety violations and 
establish mechanism to report unsafe conduct.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning certain safety information related to 
the New Jersey Transit Corporation, amending P.L.1979, c.150, and supplementing 
Title 27 of the Revised Statutes. 

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

���� 1.��� Section 20 of P.L.1979, 
c.150 (C.27:25-20) is amended to read as follows:� 

���� 20.� a.� The corporation 
shall, by September 15 of each year, file with the Commissioner of 
Transportation a report in such format and detail as the Commissioner may 
require setting forth the actual, operational, capital, and financial 
results of the previous fiscal year, the operational, capital, and 
financial plan for the current fiscal year and a proposed operational, capital, 
and financial plan for the next ensuing fiscal year.

���� b.��� On or before October 31 
of each year, the corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for 
the preceding fiscal year to the Governor [and 
to the presiding officers and the Transportation Committees of both Houses of 
the Legislature] 
, the President of the Senate, Speaker of the General Assembly, and the 
Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee and the Senate 
Transportation Committee, or their successor committees.� Each such report 
shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its 
operations and capital projects during the year.� The report shall also include 
an account of the on-time performance of rail passenger service, including 
light rail service, operated by, or under contract to, the corporation, 
including data for each such passenger line.� The report shall provide a 
detailed discussion of the methodology used by the corporation in measuring 
on-time performance.

���� c.��� All records of minutes, 
accounts, bills, vouchers, contracts, or other papers connected with or 
used or filed with the corporation or with any officer or employee acting for 
or in its behalf are hereby declared to be [public] government 
records and shall be open to public inspection in accordance with 
P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) and regulations prescribed by the 
corporation.

���� d.��� The corporation shall 
cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by 
certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a cost of 
operation.� The audit shall be filed within [4] four 
months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation and a certified 
duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Division of Budget and 
Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.

���� e.��� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of any law to the contrary, the State Auditor or his legally 
authorized representative may examine the accounts and books of the 
corporation.

���� f.���� a.� Except as 
otherwise provided by law, the corporation shall publish quarterly on or by 
March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year on its website 
information detailing any safety violation issued to the corporation in the 
previous quarter by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad 
Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, or any other federal agency 
and the amount of the fine paid by the corporation as a result of the 
violation.� Information detailing safety violations issued by any federal 
agency published pursuant to this subsection shall remain on the corporation�s 
website for five years from the date of issuance of the violation.

���� g.��� Except as otherwise 
provided by law, the corporation shall publish on its website information 
detailing any safety violation issued to the corporation during the five years 
prior to the effective date of P.L.���� , c.�� (C.������ ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill) by the federal Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Federal 
Railroad Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, or any other 
federal agency and the amount of the fine paid by the corporation as a result 
of the violation.� Information detailing safety violations issued in the five 
years prior to the effective date of��� P.L.���� , c.�� (C.������ ) (pending 
before the Legislature as this bill) by any federal agency published pursuant 
to this subsection shall remain on the corporation�s website for five years 
from the date the violation is published on the corporation�s websi