Requires NJT rail stations and bus and rail terminals to display historical information about area in or around stations and terminals.

A1865

ASSEMBLY, No. 1865

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JAMES J. KENNEDY

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Moen

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJT rail stations and bus and rail terminals
to display historical information about area in or around stations and
terminals.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

requiring all New Jersey Transit Corporation
rail stations and bus and rail terminals to display historical information
about the area in or around the stations and terminals and supplementing Title
27 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in P.L.��� ,
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):

���� �Corporation� means the New
Jersey Transit Corporation.

���� �Historic marker� means a
marker, plaque, or tablet commemorating a historic person, place, or event, or
identifying a historic place, structure, or object.

���� �New Jersey historic sites and
memorials� means a location where items of political, military, artistic,
cultural or social history have been preserved due to their cultural heritage
value to the State.

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���� 2.��� The corporation shall
identify a series of New Jersey historic sites and memorials located within or
around its rail stations and bus and rail terminals and shall design, purchase,
erect, and maintain a historic marker describing the persons, places, and
events commemorated and having such other suitable inscription as the
corporation may deem necessary.�

���� 3.��� a. The New Jersey
historic sites and memorials shall be inclusive of all eras and diverse
cultural aspects of New Jersey�s history, as well as be geographically
representative of the entire State.�

���� b.�
The corporation may seek the assistance and
cooperation of local government officials and entities, owners or operators of
historic sites and memorials in the State, or entities that identify and
compile data on historical sites and memorials.

���� 4.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires all New Jersey
Transit Corporation (NJT) rail stations and bus and rail terminals to display
historical information about the area in or around the stations and terminals.

���� The NJT is required to
identify a series of New Jersey historic sites and memorials, as that term is
defined in the bill, located within or around its rail stations and bus and
rail terminals.� The NJT is then to design, purchase, erect, and maintain a historic
marker describing the persons, places, and events commemorated and having other
suitable inscription as the NJT may deem necessary.�

���� The New Jersey historic sites
and memorials are to be inclusive of all eras and diverse cultural aspects of
New Jersey�s history, as well as be geographically representative of the entire
State.� Finally, the NJT may seek the assistance and cooperation of local
government officials and entities, owners or operators of historic sites and
memorials in the State, or entities that identify and compile data on
historical sites and memorials to facilitate the goal of this bill.