New Jersey A 3658: Requires personal service of notice of unpaid parking ticket before issuing arrest warrant or suspending license.

Bill Text

A3658 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3658 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DONALD A. GUARDIAN

District 2 (Atlantic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen DeAngelo, Karabinchak, Danielsen, Assemblywoman 
Lopez and Assemblyman McGuckin

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires State entities to recycle certain materials 
and provide recycling bins in State buildings.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning recycling in State buildings and 
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.� 

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

���� 1.��� a.� In addition to the 
requirements of any other law, rule, regulation, or order, within one year 
after the effective date of this act, each State entity shall: 

���� (1)�� provide for the source 
separation and recycling of any recyclable aluminum, corrugated cardboard, 
glass, paper, or plastic waste generated at each building or facility owned, 
leased, or operated by the State entity; 

���� (2)�� establish procedures for 
the collection and storage of any materials to be recycled pursuant to 
subsection a. of this section, and make necessary contractual arrangements for 
the collection, transportation, and recycling of those materials by individuals 
or entities licensed to do so; and� 

���� (3)�� provide adequate 
recycling receptacles, signage, information, education, and staffing at each 
building or facility owned, leased, or operated by the State entity to ensure 
compliance with this section.� Receptacles shall be made available to both 
State employees and members of the public.� 

���� b.��� The requirements of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to any 
building or facility located in a State park or forest where the Department of 
Environmental Protection is implementing a �carry-in, carry-out� trash program 
in which visitors to the State park or forest are required to take their trash 
with them upon departing the State park or forest. 

���� c.���� Within 180 days after the effective date of this act, the 
Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the Department of 
Environmental Protection, shall prepare and distribute guidance to assist State 
entities in complying with the requirements of this section. 

���� �d.�� The Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Department of Environmental Protection, shall work with the Administrative 
Office of the Courts and the Legislature to ensure compliance with the 
requirements of this section by the Judicial and Legislative Branches of State 
Government, respectively.� 

���� �e.��� The Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Department of Environmental Protection, may adopt, pursuant to the 
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), 
any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.

���� �f.��� As used in this section �State entity� means any branch, 
department, agency, or office of State government, including a State university 
or college, or an authority created by the State. 

���� �State park or forest� means the same as the term �State parks and 
forests� is defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.324 (C.13:1L-3).

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

STATEMENT

����� This bill would require State governmental entities 
to source separate and recycle any aluminum, corrugated cardboard, glass, 
paper, or plastic waste generated at buildings and facilities owned, leased, or 
operated by the State entity.� 

����� Under the bill, every State entity would be required 
to establish procedures for the collection and storage of any materials to be 
recycled under the bill, and make necessary contractual arrangements for the 
collection, transportation, and recycling of those materials.� State entities 
also would be required as to provide adequate receptacles, signage, 
information, education, and staffing at buildings and facilities owned, leased, 
or operated by the State entities to ensure compliance with the bill.� 

����� The provisions of the bill would not apply to any 
building or facility located in a State park or forest where the Department of 
Environmental Protection (DEP) is implementing a �carry-in, carry-out� trash 
program in which visitors to the State park or forest are required to take 
their trash with them upon departing the State park or forest.

����� The bill would require the Department of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the DEP, to (1) prepare and distribute guidance 
to assist State entities with compliance, and (2) work with the Administrative 
Office of the Courts and the Legislature to ensure compliance with the 
requirements of the bill by the Judicial and Legislative Branches of State 
Government, respectively.�