New Jersey A 5274: Makes certain changes related to application and licensing for sale of cannabis, Cannabis Regulatory Commission activity, municipal ordinances, and alternative treatment centers.

Bill Text

A5274 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5274 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 15, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ANDREW MACURDY

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman� VINCENT M. "VINNIE" KEARNEY

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes municipalities and counties to lower speed 
limits on certain roads without engineering and traffic investigation. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning speed limits and supplementing Title 39 of 
the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� A municipality or 
county, in consultation with its staff engineer or a traffic engineering 
consultant, may by ordinance or resolution reduce the speed limit by five miles 
per hour on roads within the jurisdiction of the municipality or county, as 
appropriate, without conducting the engineering and traffic investigation 
required pursuant to R.S.39:4-98.� The provisions of this subsection shall only 
apply if the road has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less and is in a 
school zone, as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1, or a high-pedestrian area, 
as determined by the municipality or county pursuant to subsection b. of this 
section.� However, a municipality or county may only reduce the speed limit 
pursuant to this subsection once for the same portion of a road and a 
municipality or county may not reduce a speed limit pursuant to this subsection 
to a speed limit below 15 miles per hour.� Additionally, a municipality or 
county may not reduce the speed limit on a road pursuant to this subsection: if 
a traffic study is being completed for the road or within one year from the 
date that a portion of a road�s speed limit was altered as a result of a 
traffic study.

���� b.��� A municipality or county 
shall, by ordinance or resolution, indicate the criteria the municipality or 
county uses to determine whether a road where the municipality or county seeks 
to lower the speed limit, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, is in a 
high-pedestrian area.� At a minimum, the criteria shall require the 
municipality or county to consider the use of the surrounding land and context 
regarding the area in question.� When determining whether a road is a 
high-pedestrian area, the municipality or county shall prioritize commercial 
downtowns, transit corridors, school zones, and areas within a quarter to half 
a mile of major transit facilities.

���� c.��� The Commissioner of 
Transportation, a municipality, or a county, as appropriate, shall erect appropriate 
signs giving notice of the speed limits authorized under subsection a. of this 
section.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill permits 
municipalities and counties, in consultation with their staff engineers or a 
traffic engineering consultant, to reduce the speed limit of roads within the 
jurisdiction of the municipality or county, as appropriate, that have a speed 
limit of 35 miles per hour or less and that are in a school zone or a 
high-pedestrian area without conducting an engineering and traffic 
investigation required under current law.� However, the bill prohibits 
municipalities and counties from reducing the speed limit more than once on the 
same portion of a road and the bill prohibits municipalities or counties from 
lowering a speed limit to below 15 miles per hour.� Additionally, the bill 
prohibits municipalities or counties from reducing the speed limit on a road if 
a traffic study is being completed for the road or within one year from the 
date that a portion of a road�s speed limit was altered as a result of a 
traffic study.

���� Under the bill, a municipality 
or county, as appropriate, is required to indicate through ordinance or 
resolution the criteria used to determine whether a road where the municipality 
or county seeks to lower the speed limit is in a high-pedestrian area.� At a 
minimum, a municipality or county, as appropriate, is required to consider the 
use of the surrounding land and context regarding the area in question.� When 
determining whether a road is a high-pedestrian area, the municipality or 
county is required to prioritize commercial downtowns, transit corridors, 
school zones, and areas within a quarter to half a mile of major transit 
facilities.

���� Finally, the bill requires the 
Commissioner of Transportation, a municipality, or a county, as appropriate, to 
erect appropriate signs giving notice of the reduced speed limit.