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Bill Text

A1832 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1832 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Concerns requirements for operation of on-demand 
micro transit programs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning requirements for on-demand micro 
transit programs operating in the State and supplementing Title 27 of the 
Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in 
P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill):

���� �Committee� means the Micro 
Transit Oversight Committee established pursuant to section 3 of 
P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill).

���� �Corporation� means the New 
Jersey Transit Corporation.

���� �On-demand micro transit� 
means publicly available, technology-enabled, shared transportation provided by 
means of a motor vehicle to individuals selecting a pick-up and drop-off 
location by telephone or through a mobile application, and which transportation 
is provided at a time selected by the individual or as soon as possible after 
the individual selects pick-up and drop-off locations for such transportation.

���� �On-demand micro transit 
program,� �micro transit program,� or �program� means any on-demand micro 
transit program operated in the State by the New Jersey Transit Corporation, a 
county transit agency, or any other entity.

���� �Software services� means 
technology to enable the New Jersey Transit Corporation, a county transit 
agency, or any other entity to provide an on-demand micro transit program with 
transportation services provided by employees of the New Jersey Transit Corporation 
under the conditions, and in compliance with, the requirements described in 
P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill).� �Software services� shall not include a digital 
network as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-2).

���� �Transit desert� means a 
municipality, or physically contiguous area in the State, in which, as of the 
effective date of P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill), residents have limited access to public 
transportation services, including motorbus regular route service, rail 
passenger service, and light-rail passenger service.

���� 2.��� The Commissioner of 
Transportation shall establish and issue requirements for the operation of any 
on-demand micro transit program within the State.� These requirements shall 
provide that:

���� a.���� employees of the New 
Jersey Transit Corporation, a county transit agency, or any other entity are 
responsible for directly operating transportation services provided by an 
on-demand micro transit program, except that:

���� (1)�� the entity may outsource 
software services to one or more third parties as necessary for the operation 
of the program; and 

���� (2)�� an entity that does not 
employ public transportation drivers may provide on-demand micro transit 
services through a third-party contractor provided that:

���� (a)�� existing employees of 
any third‑party contractor providing transit services are offered 
employment in the on-demand micro transit program at no less than their 
existing wages, hours, working conditions, and benefits; 

���� (b)�� third-party contractors 
that provide on-demand micro transit services shall directly employ all 
on-demand micro transit drivers; and

���� (c)�� any contract or 
agreement between an entity and a third-party contractor, wherein the entity is 
using public funding to fund the on-demand micro transit program in whole or in 
part, includes a precondition that the contractor and all subcontractors of the 
contractor enter into an agreement with one or more labor organizations which 
represent or seek to represent the contractor�s employees, which agreement 
requires any participating labor organization and its members to agree to 
refrain from work stoppages, boycotts, or other economic interference against 
the contractor for the duration of the agreement;

���� b.��� on-demand micro transit 
drivers hold a valid commercial driver license;

���� c.���� on-demand micro transit 
drivers are compensated at no less than the same wages, hours, working 
conditions, and benefits as other drivers directly employed by the entity 
providing on-demand micro transit service;

���� d.��� existing employees of 
the entity and, if applicable, its existing transportation contractors, and the 
corporation are not adversely affected by the establishment and operation of 
the on-demand micro transit program;

���� e.���� each on-demand micro 
transit program creates additional transit service to transit deserts, rather 
than replacing existing transit services; and

���� f.���� the corporation, in 
consul