39:4-8.6 Continuance, adoption of rules, regulations.

5. a. Rules or regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 4 of this Title before the effective date of this act and in effect on the effective date thereof and dealing with the regulation of traffic or parking on public highways or transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the commissioner shall continue in effect and shall be enforceable under the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes and all other applicable statutes, in any court of competent jurisdiction, until superseded by order of the commissioner pursuant to this act.

b. The Commissioner of Transportation shall, within 60 days of the effective date of this act, issue an order which shall in substance include all rules and regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 4 of this Title before the effective date of this act and in effect on the effective date thereof and dealing exclusively with the regulation of traffic or parking on public highways or transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, which order shall be final and effective on the date of issuance, without the requirement of any other action or proceeding, notwithstanding the provisions of this act to the contrary. Upon the issuance of the order the rules and regulations included in substance therein shall be superseded. The commissioner shall forbear from adopting any rule or regulation dealing with the regulation of traffic or parking on public highways or transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the commissioner from the effective date of this act until the issuance of the order required by this subsection.

c. Sixty days after the effective date of this act, the Office of Administrative Law may remove from the New Jersey Administrative Code any rule or regulation which deals exclusively with the regulation of traffic and parking on public highways or transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the commissioner and which has been superseded by order of the commissioner.

L.1998,c.28,s.5.