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S1731 1R
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 1731
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Senator GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator McKnight
SYNOPSIS
���� Renames Blue Star Memorial Highway Council as Blue
and Gold Star Memorial Highway Council; renames Blue Star Memorial Highway
system as Blue and Gold Star Memorial Highway system.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on
March 2, 2026, with amendments.
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An Act
concerning the Blue
Star Memorial Highway Council and the Blue Star Memorial Highway system
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and
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amending P.L.1999, c.120
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, 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.�� Section
1 of P.L.1999, c.120 (C.27:1A-5.16) is amended to read as follows:
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The Legislature finds that the Blue Star Memorial Highway Council
, renamed
by P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill) as the Blue and Gold Star Memorial Highway Council,
was created by Joint Resolution No. 13, approved October 6, 1948, to plan for
and advise the State Highway Department, now the Department of Transportation,
concerning the development of the landscaping, arboreal ornamentation, and
incidental facilities of the Blue Star Memorial Highway system
, renamed by
P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill) as the Blue and Gold Star Memorial Highway system
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Garden
Club of New Jersey, landscapes, plants, and maintains the roadsides of Blue
and
Gold
Star Memorial Highways.� These highways serve as living memorials in
tribute to the men and women of New Jersey who have served in the armed forces.
����� Therefore,
the Legislature declares that the time has come to incorporate the council
within the permanent statutes, update the membership of the
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Council
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council
to reflect current State department designations, and include an officer or
employee of the Department of
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Military and Veterans'
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Veterans
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Affairs as a member of the council in place of an
officer and employee of the Department of Health.
����� b.�� There
is hereby established in the Department of Transportation a Blue
and Gold
Star Memorial Highway Council that shall consist of seven members, each of whom
shall be appointed by the Governor.
����� One
of the members shall be designated by the Governor from the officers and
employees of the Department of Transportation, one from among the officers and
employees of the Department of Environmental Protection, and one from among the
officers and employees of the Department of
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Military and Veterans'
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Veterans
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Affairs, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure
of the Governor.
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remaining four members of the council shall be appointed by the Governor from
among the persons recommended to the Governor for appointment to the council by
the Garden Club of New Jersey, each of whom shall serve for a period of four
years and until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified, and each
of whom shall be eligible for reappointment to membership of the council.
����� c.�� The
Blue
and Gold
Star Memorial Highway Council shall plan for and advise
the Department of Transportation concerning the development of the landscaping,
arboreal ornamentation, and incidental facilities of the Blue
and Gold
Star Memorial Highway system.
(cf:�
P.L.1999, c.120, s.1)
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section) Within 90 days of the effective date of P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), the Department of Transportation
shall update all signage throughout the State concerning the Blue Star Memorial
Highway system to reflect the highway system�s updated name, the �Blue and Gold
Star Memorial Highway system.�
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��� This
act shall take effect immediately.