Requires NJT to establish contactless payment system to rail passenger service.

S3397

SENATE, No. 3397

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 9, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Senator� GORDON M. JOHNSON

District 37 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJT to establish contactless payment system
for rail passenger service.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning New Jersey Transit Corporation rail
passenger service 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.� Within 18 months of
the effective date of P.L.�� , c.��� (C.� ) (pending before the Legislature as
this bill), the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall establish a contactless
payment system for rail passenger service, including light-rail service, within
the State.� The contactless payment system shall include, at a minimum, a
process for customers to:

���� (1) purchase one-way tickets
for rail passenger service, including light-rail service, by tapping a credit
or debit card or other contactless payment method at designated areas before
entering the train platform and when exiting the train platform;

���� (2) load a digital corporation
card with money that can be used to purchase tickets for rail passenger
service, including light-rail service, and to upload the digital corporation
card onto a mobile wallet application;

���� (3) utilize one-way tickets
purchased pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section and
digital corporation cards uploaded to mobile wallet applications pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section to enter a train platform
without a pre-purchased physical ticket; and

���� (4) purchase a reusable or
one-time use physical card that can be loaded with money and used to purchase tickets
for rail passenger service, including light-rail service, which card can be
used by tapping the card at designated areas before entering the train platform
and when exiting the train platform.

���� b.� The corporation may charge
a reasonable fee to any customer purchasing a reusable or one-time use physical
card pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection a. of this section.� The amount of
the fee shall be determined by the corporation.� The fee shall be waived for reusable
or one-time use physical cards purchased by a person with disabilities as
defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1973, c.126 (C.27:1A-65) or by a senior
citizen as defined in section 2 of P.L.1973, c.126 (C.27:1A-65).

���� c.� In developing the
contactless payment system established pursuant to subsection a. of this
section, the corporation shall:

���� (1) consider the impact of the
contactless payment system on corporation employees, and if any employees are
deemed to no longer be required in their current employment positions due to
the corporation�s transition to the contactless payment system, the corporation
shall make an effort to find alternative employment for the displaced employees
at train stations or on trains within the State; and

���� (2) study contactless payment
systems that have been implemented in other states for rail passenger service.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Transit Corporation (corporation) to establish, within 18 months of the
bill�s effective date, a contactless payment system for rail passenger service,
including light-rail service, within the State.� The contactless payment system
is required to include, at a minimum, a process for customers to: (1) purchase
one-way tickets for rail passenger service, including light-rail service, by
tapping a credit or debit card or other contactless payment method at
designated areas before entering the train platform and when exiting the train
platform; (2) load a digital corporation card with money that can be used to
purchase tickets for rail passenger service, including light-rail service, and
to upload the digital corporation card onto a mobile wallet application; (3)
utilize one-way tickets purchased by tapping a credit or debit card or other
contactless payment method at designated areas and digital corporation cards
uploaded to mobile wallet applications to enter a train platform without a
pre-purchased physical ticket; and (4) purchase a reusable or one-time use
physical card that can be loaded with money and used to purchase tickets for
rail passenger service, including light-rail service, which card can be used by
tapping the card at designated areas before entering the train platform and
when exiting the train platform.

���� The corporation may charge a
reasonable fee to any customer purchasing a reusable or one-time use physical
card and the amount of the fee is to be determined by the corporation.� The
bill requires the fee to be waived for reusable or one-time use physical cards
purchased by a person with disabilities or by a senior citizen.

���� In developing the contactless
payment system, the corporation is required to: (1) consider the impact of the
contactless payment system on corporation employees, and if any employees are
deemed to no longer be required in their current employment positions due to
the corporation�s transition to the contactless payment system, the corporation
is required to make an effort to find alternative employment for the displaced
employees at train stations or on trains within the State; and (2) study
contactless payment systems that have been implemented in other states for rail
passenger service.