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Bill Text

A931 

ASSEMBLY, No. 931 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJTA to implement certain roadside 
maintenance safety policies.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the New Jersey Turnpike Authority�s 
implementation of certain safety policies and supplementing P.L.1948, c.454 
(C.27:23-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.���� The New Jersey 
Turnpike Authority shall implement safety policies for roadside maintenance 
performed by employees of the authority, which shall include, but not be 
limited to:

���� (1)� a provision that 
prohibits employees of the authority from using power tools in inclement 
weather, including moderate to heavy rain, to perform non-emergency roadside 
maintenance as determined by the authority;

���� (2)� a provision that requires 
that all available precautions be taken to ensure the immediate safety of 
employees of the authority performing emergency roadside maintenance in 
inclement weather, including moderate to heavy rain;

���� (3)� a provision that requires 
that all roadside maintenance operations involving the use of gas-powered 
landscaping equipment be performed during daylight hours, except in emergency 
situations as determined by the authority; and 

���� (4)� a provision that requires 
that portable roadside light towers be used during the performance of all 
roadside maintenance performed at times other than during daylight hours.

���� b.��� As used in this section, 
�all available precautions� shall include, but shall not be limited to, placing 
roadside warning signs and safety vehicles at least one-fourth of a mile before 
an emergency roadside maintenance work zone and using variable message signs to 
inform motorists that emergency roadside maintenance is being performed ahead.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New 
Jersey Turnpike Authority (authority) to implement safety policies for roadside 
maintenance performed by employees of the authority.� The safety policies for 
roadside maintenance are to include: (1) a provision that prohibits employees 
of the authority from using power tools in inclement weather to perform 
non-emergency roadside maintenance; (2) a provision that requires that all 
available precautions be taken to ensure the immediate safety of employees of 
the authority performing emergency roadside maintenance in inclement weather, 
including 

placing roadside warning signs and 
safety vehicles at a certain distance before the work zone and using variable 
message signs to inform motorists that emergency roadside maintenance is being 
performed ahead; (3) a provision that requires that all roadside maintenance 
operations involving the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment be performed 
during daylight hours, except in emergency situations; and (4) a provision that 
requires that portable roadside light towers be used during the performance of 
all roadside maintenance performed at times other than during daylight hours.