New Jersey A 1836: Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to disseminate outage information to customers through autodialed telephone call, text message, and electronic mail alert service.

Bill Text

A1836 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1836 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Simonsen, McGuckin, Guardian, Azzariti Jr., 
McClellan, Bergen, Kanitra, Sauickie, Auth and Assemblywoman Dunn

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires green building standards and impact studies 
for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing 
development.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act requiring specific green building standards and 
certification and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools 
for certain affordable housing development and supplementing P.L.1985, c.222 
(C.52:27D-301 et al.).

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

���� 1.� A newly-built development 
intended to be an inclusionary development, as defined in subsection f. of 
section 4 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-304), consisting of 10 or more units or 
four or more stories, shall only be constructed if it is designed, constructed, 
and certified to, at minimum, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 
(LEED) silver standards, or an equivalent green building rating system standard 
as adopted by the United States Green Building Council, the Green Globes 
Program adopted by the Green Building Initiative, or a comparable nationally 
recognized, accepted, and appropriate sustainable development rating system.� 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a development for which a 
complete application for development is submitted prior to the effective date 
of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� 2.� Prior to submitting an 
application for development for any newly-built inclusionary development, as 
defined in subsection f. of section 4 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-304), 
consisting of 10 units or more, the developer shall submit a report of the findings 
of the following studies to the approving authority of the municipality in 
which the development is to be located: (1) a traffic impact study; (2) a 
school impact study; and (3) a storm water impact study.� For any newly-built 
inclusionary development, the construction of which would require more than one 
acre of land to be cleared, the developer, prior to submitting an application 
for development, shall submit a report of the findings of a carbon impact study 
to the approving authority of the municipality in which the development is to 
be located.

���� 3.� The Commissioner of 
Community Affairs, in accordance with the �Administrative Procedures Act,� 
P.L.1968, c.140 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and in consultation with the Department 
of Environmental Protection and the Department of Education, shall adopt rules 
and regulations to effectuate the provisions of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill) on or before the first day of the 
eighth month next following enactment.

���� 4.� This act shall take effect 
on or before the first day of the thirteenth month next following enactment, 
but the Department of Community Affairs and municipalities are authorized to 
take any anticipatory actions necessary to prepare for the implementation of 
the provisions of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires newly-built 
affordable housing inclusionary developments of 10 units or more to report the 
results of a traffic impact study, school impact study, and storm water impact 
study to the municipality in which the development is to be located.� A 
newly-built inclusionary development requiring the clearing of more than one 
acre of land would also be required to report the results of a carbon impact 
study.

���� The bill also requires 
newly-built inclusionary developments to be designed, constructed, and 
certified to at least LEED silver standards, or equivalent green building 
system standards, if the development consists of 10 or more units or four or 
more floors.

���� The bill directs the 
Commissioner of Community Affairs to adopt rules and regulations by the first 
day of the eighth month following enactment.

���� This bill takes effect on the 
first day of the thirteenth month next following enactment, and would not apply 
to developments for which an application for development is submitted prior to 
that date.