Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Giblin, Spearman and Assemblywoman Lopez
SYNOPSIS
Establishes New Jersey Vision Zero Commission.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on October 17, 2022, with amendments.
An Act establishing the New Jersey Vision Zero 1[Task Force] Commission1 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. There is established in, but not of, the Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Vision Zero 1[Task Force] Commission1.
b. The 1[task force] commission1 shall consist of 1[21] nine1 members, as follows:
(1) the Commissioner of Transportation, ex officio, or the commissioners designee;
(2) the Superintendent of State Police, ex officio, or the superintendents designee;
(3) the Commissioner of Health, ex officio, or the commissioners designee;
(4) the Commissioner of Community Affairs, ex officio, or the commissioners designee;
(5) the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, ex officio, or the chief administrators designee;
(6) the Director of the Office of Environmental Justice in the Department of Environmental Protection, ex officio, or the directors designee;
(7) the Executive Director of the New Jersey Transit Corporation, ex officio, or the executive directors designee;
(8) the Executive Director of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, ex officio, or the executive directors designee; 1and1
(9) the Executive Director of the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization, ex officio, or the executive directors designee1[;
(10) a New Jersey resident appointed by the Executive Director of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission;
(11) a representative of the Department of Transportation with expertise in bicycle and pedestrian programs, who shall be designated by the Commissioner of Transportation;
(12) two members of the Senate, one of whom shall be appointed by the Senate President and one of whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, which members shall not be of the same political party;
(13) two members of the
General Assembly, one of whom shall
be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly and one of whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the General Assembly, which members shall not be of the same political party; and
(14) six public members appointed by the Governor, of which one or more of the following shall be represented: a group representing vulnerable road users; a New Jersey resident that was injured or lost a family member in a traffic crash; a community that has been burdened by environmental justice issues; a person representing people with mobility, visual, or cognitive impairments; a New Jersey Transit Corporation bus rider; a person representing people between the ages of 16 and 26 who is interested and active in creating safer roadways for vulnerable road users; a person representing people over the age of 65 who is interested and active in creating safer roadways for vulnerable road users]1.
1[c. Each public member of the task force shall serve for a term of three years, except that, of the members first appointed, two members shall serve for an initial term of one year, two members shall serve for an initial term of two years, and two members shall serve for an initial term of three years. Each member shall serve for the term of appointment until the members successor is appointed. A public member who has completed a term of membership may be reappointed to the task force. Vacancies in the task force shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.]1
1[d.] c.1 The 1[members of the task force shall be appointed within 60 days after the effective date of this act, and the task force] commission1 shall hold its initial 1[organizational]1 meeting as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 days after the 1[appointment of a majority of its members] effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)1. The chairperson of the 1[task force] commission1 shall be 1[selected by a majority of the membership of the task force] the Commissioner of Transportation1, and the 1[task force] commission1 shall meet no less than twice per year at such places and times as the chairperson may designate. The chairperson may appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the 1[task force] commission1.
1[e. Members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the task force for its purposes] d. The commission shall consult with policy experts in the fields of bicycle and pedestrian safety, mobility, visual or cognitive impairments, and motor vehicle accidents for expertise and input1.
1[f.] e.1 The Department of Transportation shall provide professional, stenographic, and clerical staff to the <