Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOT to study weight limits on State highways.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring the New Jersey Department of Transportation to study weight limits on State highways.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Commissioner of Transportation shall conduct a study on the weight limits on State highways to determine, to the extent permitted by federal law, if the weight limit for commercial trucks should be lowered in the State. The commissioner shall prepare and submit a written report of the study’s findings, within one year of the effective date of this act, to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire upon the submission of the written report to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 1 of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of Transportation (commissioner) to conduct a study on the weight limits on State highways to determine if the weight limit for commercial trucks should be lowered in the State. The bill also requires the commissioner to prepare and submit a written report to the Governor and the Legislature on the topic.