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A5243 • 2026

Requires DOT to develop universal application for grant programs.

Requires DOT to develop universal application for grant programs.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Karabinchak, Robert J.
Last action
2026-06-11
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DOT to develop universal application for grant programs.

Requires DOT to develop universal application for grant programs.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DOT to develop universal application for grant programs.
  • Topic: Transportation and Independent Authorities Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DOT to develop universal application for grant programs.
Topic:
Transportation and Independent Authorities
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5243

ASSEMBLY, No. 5243

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED JUNE 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman� ANDREW MACURDY

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOT to develop universal application for
grant programs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning Department of Transportation grant
applications 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.� Within three months
of the effective date of this section, the Department of Transportation shall develop
a universal application to be used by applicants for any grant program
administered by the department, including, but not limited to, grants
administered to counties and municipalities pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1984,
c.73 (C.27:1B-25) and shall publish the universal application developed
pursuant to this subsection on the department�s Internet website.� At a
minimum, the universal application shall include any information deemed
necessary by the department for an applicant to submit a completed application
to the department for review.

���� b.��� After the department has
published the universal application on its Internet website pursuant to
subsection a. of this section, all applications for grant assistance
administered by the department shall be submitted through the universal
application.� However, 30 days prior to publishing the application on its
Internet website, the department shall notify the public of the new universal
application to, at a minimum, educate prospective grant applicants on the new
application process.

���� c.���� The department may
adopt, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410
(C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement
the provisions of this section.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Department of Transportation (department) to develop a universal
application for the grant programs that the department administers and to
publish the universal application on its Internet website.� At a minimum, the universal
application is to include any information deemed necessary by the department
for an applicant to submit a completed application to the department for
review.� In addition, the bill clarifies that any application for grant
assistance administered by the department shall be submitted through the
universal application established by the bill.� However, 30 days prior to
publishing the application on its Internet website, the department is to notify
the public of the new universal application.