New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 1A - ADMINISTRATION, ORGANIZATION, RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION REQUESTS
Subchapter 4 - OBTAINING GOVERNMENT RECORDS
Section 16:1A-4.3 - Exempt records

1. Future construction projects in terms of specific amounts or locations;

2. Any information provided to the Department by construction or professional services contractors for the purposes of becoming prequalified or classified;

3. Research and tests required in the development of highway materials, design and construction;

4. Consultants' draft and final reports, Department draft and final preliminary planning and engineering studies and assessment prior to disclosure at public hearings;

5. Preliminary aircraft accident investigative reports;

6. Reports and records of aeronautical surveillance or investigation;

7. Personnel and pension records, with the exception of the following information:

8. Police and driver reports of accidents on file with the Bureau of Accident Records;

9. All records that are part of any work papers, memoranda or reports that are made, maintained or kept by the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Transportation;

10. Bridge Survey Reports;

11. Research documents pertaining to ongoing studies for the operational areas of the Department prior to disclosure to the public;

12. Audit reports performed by Department personnel or outside agency personnel for the Department;

13. Bridge and structural records and plans relating to the Interstate Highway System, including all State roads;

14. Work papers, memoranda reports, plans, or other records that are made, maintained, or kept as part of any investigation by the Department into a matter involving any potential violation of civil or criminal law;

15. Work papers, memoranda or reports that are determined by the Department to be a draft or work in progress;

16. For the preservation of the "attorney-client privilege," all records that are part of any case file maintained by a Deputy Attorney General acting for the Department;

17. Appraisal review analyses; and

18. Estimates, appraisals and costs of acquiring right-of-way prior to the completion of a project, unless the requestor is a party to a Departmental eminent domain proceeding, in which case, disclosure of the records is subject to the provisions of the Eminent Domain Act, N.J.S.A. 20:3-1 et seq., and New Jersey Court Rules, R. 4:73-11.