Whenever a State agency shall schedule public hearings relating to proposed changes or curtailment of public passenger transportation service, such hearings shall be conducted in the county or counties whose residents will be most affected by such proposals and in those cases where the proposals relate to commuter passenger service such hearings shall be held during evening hours starting no earlier than 8 p.m. and no later than 8:30 p.m. Notice of such hearings shall be given by the State agency to the board of chosen freeholders of each county whose residents will be affected and to the clerk of each municipality in the county or counties whose residents will be affected; such notice shall also be posted by the State agency in prominent places on the railroad cars and buses serving the routes to be affected.
N.J.S. § 48:2-32.3