N.J. Stat. Ann. § 27:7-21.8

1. The Commissioner of Transportation is directed to devise and put into effect such programs as shall be necessary to provide for the eradication of rats and other harmful rodents from the public highways, giving special attention to highways, or sections thereof, adjacent to residential areas; and to enter into an agreement with, or otherwise secure the co-operation of, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the South Jersey Transportation Authority, in the formulation and implementation of programs designed to accomplish such purposes.