New Jersey S 1823: Imposes minimum staffing requirements and certain reporting requirements on certain long-term care facilities.

Bill Text

S1823 

SENATE, No. 1823 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Senator BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Clarifies requirements for land use plan element and 
housing plan element of municipal master plan.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning certain elements of municipal master 
plan and amending P.L.1975, c.291 and P.L.1985, c.222.

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

���� 1.��� Section 19 of P.L.1975, 
c.291 (C.40:55D-28) is amended to read as follows:

���� 19.� Preparation; contents; 
modification.

���� a.���� The planning board may 
prepare and, after public hearing, adopt or amend a master plan or component 
parts thereof, to guide the use of lands within the municipality in a manner 
which protects public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.

���� b.��� The master plan shall 
generally comprise a report or statement and land use and development 
proposals, with maps, diagrams and text, presenting, at least the following 
elements (1) [and] , (2), 
and (3) and, where appropriate, the following elements [(3)] (4) 
through (17):

���� (1)�� A statement of 
objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and standards upon which the 
constituent proposals for the physical, economic and social development of the 
municipality are based;

���� (2)�� A land use plan element

���� (a)�� taking into account and 
stating [its] the land 
use plan element�s relationship to the statement provided for in paragraph 
(1) hereof and the land use plan element�s relationship, and how it is 
designed to effectuate, the housing plan element provided for in paragraph (3) 
of this subsection, and the housing plan element�s relationship to the 
other master plan elements provided for in paragraphs [(3)] (4) 
through (17) hereof that may be included in the master plan, and natural 
conditions, including, but not necessarily limited to, topography, soil 
conditions, water supply, drainage, flood plain areas, marshes, and woodlands;

���� (b)�� showing the existing and 
proposed location, extent and intensity of development and redevelopment 
of land to be used in the future for varying types of residential, commercial, 
industrial, agricultural, recreational, open space, educational and other 
public and private purposes or combination of purposes including any provisions 
for cluster development; and stating the relationship thereof to the existing 
and any proposed zone plan and zoning ordinance; 

���� (c)�� showing the existing and 
proposed location of any airports and the boundaries of any airport safety 
zones delineated pursuant to the "Air Safety and Zoning Act of 1983," 
P.L.1983, c.260 (C.6:1-80 et al.); 

���� (d)�� including a statement of 
the standards of population density and development intensity recommended for 
the municipality; 

���� (e)�� showing the existing and 
proposed location of military facilities and incorporating strategies to 
minimize undue encroachment upon, and conflicts with, military facilities, 
including but not limited to: limiting heights of buildings and structures 
nearby flight paths or sight lines of aircraft; buffering residential areas 
from noise associated with a military facility; and allowing for the potential 
expansion of military facilities;

���� (f)�� including, for any land 
use plan element adopted after the effective date of P.L.2017, c.275, a 
statement of strategy concerning: 

���� (i)��� smart growth which, in 
part, shall consider potential locations for the installation of electric 
vehicle charging stations,

���� (ii)�� storm resiliency with 
respect to energy supply, flood-prone areas, and environmental infrastructure, 
and 

���� (iii)� environmental 
sustainability; 

���� (g)�� showing the existing and 
proposed location of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure; [and]

���� (h)�� including, for any land 
use plan element adopted after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.6, a climate 
change-related hazard vulnerability assessment which shall (i) analyze current 
and future threats to, and vulnerabilities of, the municipality associated with 
climate change-related natural hazards, including, but not limited to increased 
temperatures, drought, flooding, hurricanes, and sea-level rise; (ii) include a 
build-out analysis of future residential, commercial, industrial, and other 
development in the municipality, and an assessment of the threats and 
vulnerabilities identified in subsubparagraph (i) of this subparagraph related 
to that development; (iii) identify critical facilities, utilities, roadways, 
and other infrastructure that is necessary for evacuation purposes and for 
sustaining quality of life during a natural disaster, to be maintained at all