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Bill Text

A665 

ASSEMBLY, No. 665 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits default approvals of certain municipal land 
use applications, and permits municipal agencies to not hold certain required 
meetings, under emergency circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning default approvals of certain applications 
and meetings of municipal agencies, and supplementing P.L.1975, c.291 
(C.40:55D-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of the �Municipal Land Use Law,� P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et 
seq.), or any other, law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any of the 
default approval provisions contained P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.), 
including but not limited to section 35 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-47), 
section 36 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-48), section 38 of P.L.1975, c.291 
(C.40:55D-50), section 48 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-61), section 60 of 
P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-73), and section 63 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-76), 
shall not apply to a municipal agency that is unable to grant or deny approval 
within the time period provided in P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) under 
the following circumstances:

���� a.���� whenever there exists a 
public health emergency, declared by the Governor pursuant to the �Emergency 
Health Powers Act,� P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.), or a state of emergency, 
declared by the Governor pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 (C.App.A.9-33 et seq.), or 
both; and

���� b.��� for the 60 days 
immediately following the end of a public health emergency or a state of 
emergency, or, if both are declared, whichever emergency ends later.

���� 2.��� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of the �Municipal Land Use Law,� P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et 
seq.), or any other, law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a municipal 
agency may choose to not hold regular meetings or hearings during the period of 
time the public health emergency, declared by the Governor pursuant to the 
�Emergency Health Powers Act,� P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.), and the state 
of emergency, declared by the Governor pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 
(C.App.A.9-33 et seq.), under Executive Order No. 103 of 2020, is in effect.

���� 3.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall be retroactive to March 9, 2020.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would prohibit 
default approvals, as provided for in several sections of the �Municipal Land 
Use Law,� from applying to municipal agencies with respect to certain emergency 
circumstances.� 

���� Under the bill, the default 
approvals would not apply to a municipal agency that is unable to grant or deny 
approval within the time period provided in the �Municipal Land Use Law� under 
the following circumstances:

���� (1)�� whenever there exists a 
public health emergency or a state of emergency, or both, declared by the 
Governor; and

���� (2)�� for the 60 days 
immediately following the end of a public health emergency or a state of 
emergency, or, if both are declared, whichever emergency ends later.

���� The bill would also permit a 
municipal agency to not hold any required regular meetings or hearings during 
the period of time that the public health emergency and state of emergency, as 
declared by the Governor in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is in effect.