Bill > A5305

Introduced Session

This bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation (New Jersey Transit) to publish quarterly each year on its website information detailing any safety violations issued in the previous quarter to New Jersey Transit by any federal agency and the amount of the fine paid by New Jersey Transit as a result of the violation. The bill requires New Jersey Transit to publish on its website information detailing any safety violation issued to New Jersey Transit during the five years prior to the effective date of the bill by any federal agency and the amount of the fine paid by New Jersey Transit as a result of the violation. Under the bill, information detailing safety violations issued by any federal agency published on New Jersey Transit's website is to remain on New Jersey Transit's website for five years from the date of issuance. Information detailing safety violations issued in the five years prior to the bills effective date is to remain on New Jersey Transit's website for five years from the date the violation is published on New Jersey Transit's website. The bill also requires New Jersey Transit to establish a mechanism, by means of a toll-free telephone hotline and electronic mail address, through which a person may confidentially report incidents of suspected safety violations or any other conduct that is reasonably expected to jeopardize the health or safety of the general public.

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Robert Clifton (R)*,  Nancy Muñoz (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 12/14/2017)

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