40:9C-1 - Mass transit or freight line services; counties and municipalities; subsidies; appropriations - New Jersey Statutes

40:9C-1.  Mass transit or freight line services;  counties and municipalities;  subsidies;  appropriations
    The board of chosen freeholders of any county and the governing body of any  municipality within the county, may enter into an agreement for the purpose of  providing funds to maintain or increase public transportation service for mass  transit purposes, or for the purpose of providing funds to maintain railroad  freight line services, on established or expanded routes within the county or  municipality.  No such agreement may be entered into unless the State of New  Jersey, acting by and through the Department of Transportation, Commuter  Operating Agency, or other appropriate agency, shall have agreed with the  transportation company or railroad providing service, or with the county, for  payments subsidizing such transportation or railroad freight line service in  accordance with the provisions of this act.  It shall be lawful for the board  of chosen freeholders and for the governing body of a municipality to  appropriate and raise funds annually for the aforesaid purposes in the same  manner as appropriations are made for other county or municipal purposes.

     L.1974, c. 73, s. 1, eff. July 30, 1974;  L.1977, c. 411, s. 2, eff. Feb. 23,  1978.