New Jersey S 1564: Requires planning board reexamination report to set forth recommendations for the siting of warehouses consistent with State Plan and with warehouse siting guidance policy adopted by State Planning Commission.

Bill Text

S1564 

SENATE, No. 1564 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.

District 9 (Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Exempts veterans from camping facilities fees at 
State parks and forests.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning camping facilities fees at State parks and 
forests and amending P.L.2007, c.275.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.2007, 
c.275 (C.13:1L-12.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1. a. (1) The department shall 
not charge an admission fee for entrance into a State park or forest by any 
veteran during an event held by a veterans' organization.� In addition, the 
department shall not charge a facilities fee of any kind to any veterans' 
organization using a State park or forest for an event.

���� (2)�� The department shall not 
charge an admission fee or facilities fee of any kind for entrance into a State 
park or forest by a person holding a driver's license or identification card 
with a Gold Star Family designation issued pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2013, 
c.165 (C.39:3-10f6) or section 2 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3), respectively.

���� (3)�� The department shall 
not charge a camping facilities fee of any kind at State parks or forests, 
including for the use of campsites, cabins, lean-tos, and shelters, to a 
veteran. 

���� b.��� As used in this section:

���� "Veteran" means any 
resident of the State now or hereafter who has been discharged honorably or 
under general honorable conditions in any branch of the Armed Forces of the 
United States, or a Reserve component thereof, or the National Guard of this 
State or another state as defined in section 1 of P.L.1963, c.109 (C.38A:1-1), 
or any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served 
during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense 
to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits[; 
and] .

���� "Veterans' 
organization" means the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or 
other veterans' organizations chartered under federal law, or any service 
foundation of such an organization recognized in its bylaws.

(cf: P.L.2019, c.500, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill exempts veterans from 
being required to pay any camping facilities fee for the use of campsites, 
cabins, lean-tos, and shelters at State parks and forests.