New Jersey S 4321: Allows certain dogs and cats in restaurants if authorized by municipal ordinance.

Bill Text

S4321 

SENATE, No. 4321 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 21, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.

District 9 (Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes use of Global Warming Solutions Fund 
monies for cost reduction programs; requires DEP to prioritize consumer relief 
when allocating Global Warming Solutions Fund monies. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning allocation of the Global Warming 
Solutions Fund and amending P.L.2007, c.340.

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

���� 1.��� Section 7 of P.L.2007, 
c.340 (C.26:2C-51) is amended to read as follows:� 

���� 7.��� a. �The agencies 
administering programs established pursuant to this section shall maximize 
coordination in the administration of the programs to avoid overlap between the 
uses of the fund prescribed in this section.

���� b.��� Moneys in the fund, 
after appropriation annually for payment of administrative costs authorized 
pursuant to subsection c. of this section, shall be annually appropriated and 
used for the following purposes:

���� (1)�� Sixty percent shall be 
allocated to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to support 
programs that are designed to reduce costs to electricity and natural gas 
consumers, and provide grants and other forms of financial assistance to 
commercial, institutional, and industrial entities to support end-use energy 
efficiency projects and new, efficient electric generation facilities that are 
state of the art, as determined by the department, including but not limited to 
energy efficiency and renewable energy applications, to develop combined heat 
and power production and other high efficiency electric generation facilities, 
to stimulate or reward investment in the development of innovative carbon 
emissions abatement technologies with significant carbon emissions reduction or 
avoidance potential, to develop qualified offshore wind projects pursuant to 
section 3 of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.1), and to provide financial assistance 
to manufacturers of equipment associated with qualified offshore wind 
projects.� The authority, in consultation with the board and the department, 
shall determine:� (a) the appropriate level of grants or other forms of 
financial assistance to be awarded to individual commercial, institutional, and 
industrial sectors and to individual projects within each of these sectors; (b) 
the evaluation criteria for selecting projects to be awarded grants or other 
forms of financial assistance, which criteria shall include the ability of the 
project to result in a measurable reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases 
or a measurable reduction in energy demand, provided, however, that neither the 
development of a new combined heat and power production facility, nor an 
increase in the electrical and thermal output of an existing combined heat and 
power production facility, shall be subject to the requirement to demonstrate 
such a measurable reduction; and (c) the process by which grants or other forms 
of financial assistance can be applied for and awarded including, if 
applicable, the payment terms and conditions for authority investments in 
certain projects with commercial viability;

���� (2)�� Twenty percent shall be 
allocated to the board to support programs that are designed to reduce costs 
to electricity and natural gas consumers, in addition to programs that are 
designed to reduce electricity demand or costs to electricity customers in the 
low-income and moderate-income residential sector with a focus on urban areas, 
including efforts to address heat island effect and reduce impacts on ratepayers 
attributable to the implementation of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) or to 
support the light duty plug-in electric vehicle incentive program and the incentive 
program for in-home electric vehicle service equipment established pursuant to 
sections 4 and 6 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-4 and C.48:25-6).� For the 
purposes of this paragraph, the board, in consultation with the authority and 
the department, shall determine the types of programs to be supported and the 
mechanism by which to quantify benefits to ensure that the supported programs 
result in a measurable reduction in energy demand or accomplishment of the 
plug-in electric vehicle goals established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2019, 
c.362 (C.48:25-3); 

���� (3)�� Ten percent shall be 
allocated to the department to support programs that are designed to reduce 
costs to electricity and natural gas consumers, and programs designed to 
promote local government efforts to plan, develop and implement measures to 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including but not limited to technical 
assistance to local governments, and the awarding of grants and other forms of 
assistance to local governments to conduct and implement energy efficiency, 
renewable energy, and distribut