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A2379
ASSEMBLY, No. 2379
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires NJT and county transit agencies to offer
transit pass for individuals seeking access to One Stop Career Centers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
requiring certain entities to offer transit
passes to individuals seeking to access One Stop Career Centers and
supplementing P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-1 et al.)
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� a. As used in this
section:
���� �County transit agency� means
a transportation service organized under or in conjunction with a county
government, including, but not limited to, any such transportation service to
provide trips to senior citizens and residents with disabilities under the �Senior
Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Act,� P.L.1983, c.578
(C.27:25-25 et seq.).
���� �County transit service� means
motorbus regular route service and rail passenger service, including light rail
service, operated by or under contract to a county transit agency.
���� �New Jersey Transit
Corporation service� or �corporation service� means motorbus regular route
service and rail passenger service, including light rail service, operated by
or under contract to the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
���� �One Stop Career Center� means
the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-3).
���� b. (1)� Notwithstanding any
law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Transit Corporation
shall, upon application by an individual, offer a one-time transit pass, which
shall provide up to three round-trips, free of charge, to any individual
seeking to access a One Stop Career Center using corporation services.
���� (2)�� Within six months
following the effective date of P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), the New Jersey Transit
Corporation, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Workforce
Development, shall develop an application process for an individual seeking a
one-time transit pass to access a One Stop Career Center.
The
application process shall, at a minimum, require an individual seeking to
obtain a one-time transit pass, which shall provide up to three round-trips,
free of charge, to demonstrate the individual�s intention to access a One Stop
Career Center.
���� c. Notwithstanding any law,
rule, or regulation to the contrary, each county transit agency shall, upon
application by an individual, offer a one-time transit pass, which shall
provide up to three round-trips, free of charge, to any individual seeking to
access a One Stop Career Center using county transit services. To the extent
practicable, each county transit agency shall develop its application based on
the application developed by the New Jersey Transit Corporation pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subsection b. of P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the New Jersey
Transit Corporation and county transit agencies to offer a one-time transit
pass to an individual seeking to access a One Stop Career Center.� Under the
bill, an individual could use the transit pass to receive up to three
round-trips, free of charge, from the New Jersey Transit Corporation or county
transit agency to access a One Stop Career Center.