§ 48:12A-19 — Obligations of carrier; costs; obligation of State; contract for approved service

Any contract entered into by the commissioner with a carrier pursuant to the provisions of this act shall specify the obligations of the carrier and the State under such contract and shall require the carrier to take all necessary action to initiate, expedite and complete, within the period stated in the contract, the improvements to capital facilities required by the contract. Such contract shall provide the public share of the cost of the improvements to capital facilities included in said contract and shall specify the State's obligation to pay to the contracting carrier the amount agreed upon periodically in accordance with the provisions of the contract but any obligation to pay the carrier shall be subject to the condition that the work on such improvements to be performed by the carrier has been done in accordance with the contract. The commissioner may require, as a condition of the State entering into such a contract, that the contracting carrier also execute a contract to provide approved passenger service under the terms and conditions of the act to which this act is a supplement for such period of time as the commissioner shall determine shall be in the public interest. L.1962, c. 191, s. 3, eff. Dec. 10, 1962.