ASSEMBLY, No. 3999

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  KATIE BRENNAN

District 32 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  RAVI S. BHALLA

District 32 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes NJT to expand Hudson Bergen Light Rail using certain monies from NJTA’s capital program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

An Act concerning transportation projects in New Jersey and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.

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

     1.    a.  Within three months of the effective date of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1948, c.454 (C.27:23-3), shall transfer to the Department of the Treasury for deposit into the General Fund any monies that had been dedicated for the widening of the New Jersey Turnpike, which project was part of the authority’s turnpike expansion efforts outlined in the authority’s capital program, prior to the project’s cancellation in December 2025.

     b.    The monies transferred to the department pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be used solely in compliance with section 2 of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).

     2.    The New Jersey Transit Corporation, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-4), shall utilize the monies transferred to the Department of the Treasury by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority pursuant to section 1 of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) to expand the corporation’s Hudson Bergen Light Rail operations.

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

     This bill requires the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (authority), within three months of the bill’s effective date, to transfer any monies that had been dedicated for the widening of the New Jersey Turnpike to the Department of the Treasury for deposit into the General Fund.  The bill then authorizes the New Jersey Transit Corporation to utilize those monies to fund its Hudson Bergen Light Rail operations.