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Bill Text

A837 

ASSEMBLY, No. 837 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GERRY SCHARFENBERGER

District 13 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman AURA K. DUNN

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Suspends running of timeframes for county planning 
board action during state of emergency.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning timeframes for county planning board action 
during state of emergency and supplementing P.L.1968, c.285 (C.40:27-6.1 et 
seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.�� Notwithstanding any 
provision of P.L.1968, c.285 (C.40:27-6.1 et seq.) to the contrary, periods of 
time set forth for county planning board review and approval of subdivisions 
and site plans, and periods of time for rendering a decision on the appeal of 
an action taken by a county planning board, or by a planning director and a 
committee of the board, shall be suspended and not run while a state of 
emergency is in effect, and until 60 days after the conclusion of the state of 
emergency.� During such time, no application submitted to a county planning 
board shall be deemed approved due to the inaction of the county planning board.� 

���� b.��� As used in this section:

���� �State of emergency� means a 
state of emergency declared by the President of the United States, a state of 
emergency declared by the Governor of this State pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 
(C.App.A.9-33 et seq.), or a public health emergency declared by the Governor 
of this State pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," 
P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.).

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would suspend, 
because of a state of emergency, provisions of law that require county planning 
boards to act within specific timeframes, in order to prevent automatic 
approvals from occurring.� The suspension would be triggered by the declaration 
of a state of emergency, and would continue for a 60 day period following a 
state of emergency.� The bill provides that statutory timeframes for county 
planning board action will not run while a state of emergency declared by the 
President of the United States or a state of emergency declared by the Governor 
of this State is in effect, and for 60 days thereafter.� Under the bill, a state 
of emergency declared by the Governor would include a public health emergency 
declared under the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 
(C.26:13-1 et seq.), and a state of emergency declared pursuant to P.L.1942, 
c.251 (C.App.A.9-33 et seq.).