New Jersey A 1634: Prohibits local government from naming its property after foreign terrorist organization.

Bill Text

A1634 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1634 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman ROBERT AUTH

District 39 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits local government from naming its property 
after foreign terrorist organization.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act 
concerning the naming of certain entities owned by local governments and 
supplementing chapter 10 of Appendix A. 

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

���� 1.��� a.�� As used in P.L.��� 
, c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), "local 
government" means a municipality, county, school district, or other 
political subdivision of the State, or any public board, commission, committee, 
authority, or agency which is not a State board, commission, committee, 
authority, or agency.

���� b.��� (1)� A local government 
shall not name property under its control or ownership, including, but not 
limited to, a road, bridge, school, building, neighborhood, community, or park, 
after a group that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by 
any branch or agency of the federal government, or after land controlled by a 
foreign terrorist organization, not including recognized, sovereign nations. 

���� (2)� The Division of Local 
Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation 
with the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, shall develop a list of 
designated foreign terrorist organizations and lands controlled by foreign 
terrorist organizations, not including recognized, sovereign nations, and shall 
review and revise the list annually.� The division shall publish a list 
developed pursuant to this paragraph on the division�s Internet website.

���� c.��� Within 30 days following 
the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill), a local government shall remove or dismantle all signs, 
street pole banners, plaques, and any other displays of support for, or the 
naming of property after, a foreign terrorist organization, designated by the 
federal government, from property under the control or ownership of the local 
government.

���� d.��� Within 90 days following 
the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill), a local government that has named property under its 
control or ownership after a foreign terrorist organization shall rename the property 
so that it does not identify the name of a foreign terrorist organization.

���� e.��� In the event that a 
local government violates the provisions of this section, the State Treasurer 
shall, for each day in which the local government is in violation of this 
section, deduct a portion of the total amount of State aid allocated to the 
local government.� The daily deduction authorized pursuant to this subsection 
shall be in an amount equal to the result of dividing the total amount of State 
aid allocated to the local government by the total number of days in the fiscal 
year in which the State aid is allocated.� 

���� f.���� The Division of Local 
Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall provide for 
the reimbursement of costs incurred by municipalities in complying with the 
provisions of subsections c. and d. of this section and the department shall 
establish procedures by which a municipality may apply for reimbursement 
pursuant to this subsection.

���� 2.��� The Division of Local 
Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation 
with the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, shall adopt, pursuant to 
the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et 
seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of section 1 
of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).��� 

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits a local 
government from naming property under its ownership or control, including, but 
not limited to, a road, bridge, school, building, neighborhood, community, or 
park, after a group, that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization 
by the federal government, or after land controlled by a foreign terrorist 
organization, not including recognized, sovereign nations.� The bill requires 
the Division of Local Government Services (division) in the Department of 
Community Affairs, in consultation with the Office of Homeland Security and 
Preparedness (office), to develop and publish a list of designated foreign 
terrorist organizations and lands controlled by foreign terrorist organizations, 
not including recognized, sovereign nations.

���� The bill define