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AJR188
ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION
No. 188
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED JUNE 23, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman� VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman� LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Donlon
SYNOPSIS
���� Establishes �Persons with Disabilities and Senior
Citizen Transportation Services Task Force� to study and make recommendations
concerning ways to improve transportation services for persons with
disabilities and senior citizens.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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A Joint
Resolution
establishing the �Persons with
Disabilities and Senior Citizen Transportation Services Task Force.�
����
Be It
Resolved
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� There is established the
�Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizen Transportation Services Task
Force.�
���� a.���� The task force shall
consist of the following seven members:
���� (1)�� the Commissioner of
Transportation, ex officio, or a designee;
���� (2)�� the Commissioner of
Human Services, ex officio, or a designee;
���� (3)�� the Executive Director
of the New Jersey Transit Corporation, ex officio, or a designee;
���� (4)�� a representative from
the New Jersey Association of Counties, who shall be appointed by the Governor;
���� (5)�� a representative from an
organization whose members advocate for persons with intellectual and
developmental disabilities, who shall be appointed by the Governor;
���� (6)�� a representative from an
organization whose members advocate for persons with physical disabilities, who
shall be appointed by the President of the Senate; and
���� (7)�� a representative from an
organization whose members advocate for senior citizens, who shall be appointed
by the Speaker of the General Assembly.
���� b.��� The members of the task
force shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary and
actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to the extent that
funds are made available for that purpose.
���� 2.��� a.� The task force shall
organize within 30 days of the appointment of its members.� The task force
shall elect a chairperson from among its members and the chairperson shall
select a secretary who need not be a member of the task force.
���� b.��� The task force may meet
at the call of its chairperson at times and in the places determined by the
chairperson, and may conduct public hearings at any place designated by the
task force.
���� c.���� The task force may
request at these hearings the appearance of officials of any State agency or
political subdivision of the State and may solicit testimony from interested
groups and the general public.
���� d.��� The task force shall be
entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the
employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau,
commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for its
purposes, and to employ stenographic and clerical assistance and incur
traveling and other miscellaneous expenses necessary to perform its duties,
within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for
its purposes.
���� e.���� Four members of the
task force shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
���� 3.��� The task force shall
examine ways to improve transportation services for persons with disabilities
and senior citizens. The task force shall specifically consider the following
issues and services:
���� a.���� transportation
obstacles for persons with disabilities and senior citizens and solutions for
mitigating those obstacles;
���� b.��� ways to improve
infrastructure and technology and to coordinate and connect transportation
systems to create seamless mobility;
���� c.���� ways to improve
independent travel training;
���� d.��� ways to improve
real-time transit technology in order to inform passengers of delays or
cancellations; and
���� e.���� ways in which automated
and connected vehicle technology can improve transportation accessibility for
persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
���� 4.��� The task force shall
prepare and submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including
legislative proposals, to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991,
c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Legislature no later than 18 months after the organizational
meeting of the task force. The task force shall expire upon submission of this
report.
���� 5.��� This joint resolution
shall take effect immediately and shall expire when the report required by
section 4 of this resolution is issued.
STATEMENT
���� This joint resolution
establishes the �Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizen Transportation
Services Task Force� to study and make recommendations concerning ways to
improve transportation services for persons with disabilities and senior
citizens.� Specifically, the task force is required to consider: �(1)
transportation obstacles for persons with disabilities and senior citizens and
solutions for mitigating those obstacles; (2) ways to improve infrastructure
and technology and to coordinate and connect transportation systems to create
seamless mobility; (3) ways to improve independent travel training; (4) ways to
improve real-time transit technology in order to inform passengers of delays or
cancellations; and (5) ways in which automated and connected vehicle technology
can improve transportation accessibility for persons with disabilities and
senior citizens.
���� The task force is to consist
of seven members, as outlined in the bill, who are required to serve without
compensation. The bill requires the task force to organize within 30 days of
the appointment of its members. The bill authorizes the task force to meet at
the call of its chairperson and to conduct public hearings where the task force
may require the appearance of certain State officials and solicit testimony
from interested groups and members of the public.
���� The task force is required to
submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including legislative
proposals, to the Governor and the Legislature within 18 months of its
organizational meeting. The commission will expire upon submission of the report.