2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 27 - Highways
Section 27:2-9 - Renegotiation of contract with Commissioner of Transportation
27:2-9. Renegotiation of contract with Commissioner of Transportation
Any person awarded a contract by the Commissioner of Transportation for the construction, reconstruction or resurfacing of any State, county or municipal road, street or highway, or portion thereof, which contract requires the contractor to provide for the disposal of solid waste, shall have the right to renegotiate the contract to reflect any increase in solid waste disposal costs whenever:
a. the increase occurred as a result of compliance with an order issued by the Department of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Board of Public Utilities, directing the solid waste be disposed at a solid waste facility other than the facility previously utilized by the person to whom the contract has been awarded; or
b. the increase in solid waste disposal costs occurred as a result of lawful increases in the rates, fees or charges imposed on the disposal of solid waste at the solid waste facility utilized by the person to whom the contract has been awarded.
L.1989, c.236, s.3.
