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NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-141.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-141.17 - Standards, procedures, implementation.

52:27D-141.17 Standards, procedures, implementation.  10. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish any standards and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.15 et al.), including, but not limited to, production and use standards, and a process for certifying whether the production and use of a unit concrete product generates at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide emissions than conventional unit concrete products made with ordinary Portland cement. The commissioner shall publish on the department's Internet website a list of unit concrete products certified by the department pursuant to this subsection. The Department of Environmental Protection shall consider a consensus evaluation and reporting standard developed by an independent private organization such as the International Organization for Standardization or the American National Standards Institute that creates a uniform system for self-evaluation and self-reporting by unit concrete product manufacturers, and shall give preference to a standard supported by the unit concrete product industry or industry associations.  b. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, the State Treasurer, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and the Secretary of Higher Education may adopt, immediately upon filing the proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law, any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.15 et al.). These rules and regulations shall be in effect for a period not to exceed 365 days after the date of the filing. The rules and regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L. 2021, c.278, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-142 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-142 - Short title

52:27D-142. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Maintenance of Viable Neighborhoods Act." L.1975, c. 248, s. 1, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-143 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-143 - Legislative findings and declarations

52:27D-143. Legislative findings and declarations  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there are neighborhoods in this State which are beginning to decline but which can be rehabilitated and restored; that a large proportion of the State's housing stock is situated in these neighborhoods and is in danger of succumbing to dilapidation, deterioration or obsolescence; that blighting conditions have substantially reduced incentive for private reinvestment in these neighborhoods; that these neighborhoods will continue to decline unless the State provides financial and other assistance; that the restoration of these neighborhoods is vital to reinvigorating the declining social, economic and physical environments of communities and to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of those neighborhoods and communities and of the State. The Legislature further finds and declares that rehabilitation and preservation of threatened but still viable neighborhoods to the maximum extent possible is best accomplished by the reconstruction, remodeling, improvement, restoration, or repair of residential housing to sound condition in conjunction with provision of expanded and improved community services and public improvements. Conservation of the State's housing stock in order to provide a decent home is a worthy goal, but unless the services and facilities which are necessary to a complete and continuing satisfactory living environment are also provided, slums, blight and deterioration will not be arrested and neighborhoods will continue to decline. Restoration and maintenance of viable neighborhoods will be attained only if the housing resources and community services and public improvements, principally those for persons and families of low and moderate income, are attended to and simultaneously provided. L.1975, c. 248, s. 2, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-144 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-144 - Public policy

52:27D-144. Public policy  The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of the State to promote the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens thereof through the prevention and elimination of blighting influences and the restoration of neighborhoods threatened with or undergoing deterioration and decline. For this purpose, powers are granted by this act to the Department of Community Affairs to make grants to political subdivisions of the State so that they may undertake measures, including but not limited to housing rehabilitation, code enforcement, demolition, and the expansion and improvement of public services and public facilities, which will arrest the deterioration and preserve the threatened but still viable neighborhoods of the State. The enactment of the provisions hereinafter set forth is in the public interest and is hereby so declared to be such as a matter of express legislative determination. L.1975, c. 248, s. 3, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-145 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-145 - Commissioner and political subdivision defined

52:27D-145. Commissioner and political subdivision defined  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs; b. "Political subdivision" means any unit or agency of government deriving its authority directly or indirectly from the State of New Jersey. L.1975, c. 248, s. 4, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-146 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-146 - Grants to political subdivisions to finance activities for restoration of threatened but still viable neighborhoods

52:27D-146. Grants to political subdivisions to finance activities for restoration of threatened but still viable neighborhoods  The commissioner is authorized to make grants to political subdivisions to help finance activities, approved by the commissioner in accordance with this act, which will promote the restoration and rehabilitation of threatened but still viable neighborhoods. Activities to be assisted under this act may include but shall not be limited to: a. Intensive code enforcement in deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, together with public improvements and community services to be provided, may be expected to arrest the decline of the neighborhood area; b. Financial assistance in respect to rehabilitation of privately owned properties pursuant to "The Neighborhood Preservation Housing Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Act of 1975," now pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No. 3395; c. Rehabilitation or clearance, demolition and removal of buildings and improvements where appropriate to the preservation of neighborhoods; d. Provision of public services of a type or quality not otherwise available in areas where other activities assisted under this act are being carried out in a concentrated manner, if such services are determined to be necessary or appropriate to support such other activities; e. Acquisition of real property or any interest therein which property exerts a blighting influence on a stable but threatened neighborhood or is appropriate for rehabilitation or conservation activities or is to be used for the provision of public works, facilities, improvements or recreational opportunities; f. Acquisition, construction, reconstruction or installation of public works, facilities, and site or other improvements; g. Disposition (through sale, lease, donation or otherwise) of any real property acquired pursuant to this act or its retention for public purposes; h. Planning of neighborhood programs intended to be implemented by means eligible for a grant pursuant to this act; and i. Administration of activities implementation of which is assisted, or is eligible for assistance, pursuant to this act. All activities assisted under this act shall be implemented as otherwise provided by law. L.1975, c. 248, s. 5, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-147 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-147 - Participation by and hearings with citizens of neighborhoods

52:27D-147. Participation by and hearings with citizens of neighborhoods  No grant may be made pursuant to this act unless the political subdivision provides satisfactory assurances that prior to submission of its application: a. Citizens of the neighborhoods to be affected by the program have been provided an adequate opportunity to participate in the development of the activities for which the grant is requested; and b. Public hearings have been held to obtain the views of citizens to be affected by the activities for which the grant is requested. L.1975, c. 248, s. 6, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-148 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-148 - Applications; evaluation; priorities; approval

52:27D-148. Applications; evaluation; priorities; approval  The commissioner shall review and evaluate all applications submitted pursuant to this act and shall establish such priorities for making grants pursuant thereto as shall give due regard to maximizing the beneficial impact of the resources available pursuant to this act and other resources; provided that no such application shall be approved unless the commissioner finds that the neighborhood or neighborhoods in question are threatened but still viable. L.1975, c. 248, s. 7, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-149 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-149 - Powers of commissioner

52:27D-149. Powers of commissioner  The commissioner is hereby granted and may exercise the following powers: a. To adopt, modify, repeal and enforce rules and regulations in regard to the implementation of this act; b. To sue or be sued in regard to the enforcement of the provisions of this act and any rules, regulations, contracts and agreements hereunder; c. To accept appropriations, gifts, grants, contributions and any other form of financial assistance from the Federal government or from any sources, public or private for purposes of this act; and d. To do all things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the provisions and purposes of this act. L.1975, c. 248, s. 8, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-150 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-150 - Plan for expenditure of funds; submission to legislature

52:27D-150. Plan for expenditure of funds; submission to legislature  The commissioner shall submit with the department's annual budget request, a plan for the expenditure of funds as authorized by this act. This plan shall include, but not be limited to: performance evaluation of expenditures made to date under the authority granted to the commissioner by this act; a description of the various programs, planned for utilization during the upcoming fiscal year, as authorized by this act; a copy of the regulations in force governing the various programs in operation as authorized by this act; and an estimate of planned expenditures as authorized by this act. This information shall be used to assist the Legislature in determining the amount of money to be appropriated to support programs operated under the authority of this act. L.1975, c. 248, s. 9, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-151 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-151 - Liberal construction of act

52:27D-151. Liberal construction of act  This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act, and all powers herein granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate such intent and purposes and not as a limitation of powers. L.1975, c. 248, s. 10, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-152 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-152 - Short title

52:27D-152. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Neighborhood Preservation Housing Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Act of 1975." L.1975, c. 249, s. 1, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-154 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-154 - Definitions

52:27D-154. Definitions  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this act, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise: a. "Act" shall mean this act and any amendments and supplements thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; b. "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, or his delegates as the commissioner shall determine; c. "Department" shall mean the Department of Community Affairs; d. "Neighborhood preservation area" shall mean any area within a municipality as determined pursuant to subsection 8a. of this act; e. "Housing rehabilitation" shall mean the reconstruction, remodeling, improvement, restoration, or repair of residential housing to sound condition; f. "Housing rehabilitation loan" shall mean an interest or noninterest bearing loan to finance housing rehabilitation; g. "Rehabilitation lender" shall mean any bank or trust company, savings bank, mortgage company, mortgage banker, credit union, national banking association, savings and loan association, building and loan association, life insurance company, and any other financial institution authorized to transact business in the State; provided that to qualify as a rehabilitation lender within the meaning of this act a rehabilitation lender must be on a list of approved rehabilitation lenders to be prepared and maintained by the department; h. "Neighborhood preservation agency" or "agency" shall mean the entity or organization designated by the municipality in accordance with the provisions of this act. Such agency may include the municipality, counties, any public, quasi-public or private non-profit agency or organization and any housing authority or redevelopment agency existing or formed under the laws of this State; i. "Neighborhood preservation project" shall mean an undertaking or activity of a neighborhood preservation agency in a neighborhood preservation area, involving housing rehabilitation, and shall be in accordance with the plan therefor, as shall be required by the commissioner pursuant to section 8 of this act; j. "Sound condition" shall mean a condition which meets substantially the requirements of local housing codes, or in the event there is no local housing code, the alternate standards established by the department; k. "State fund" shall mean the Department of Community Affairs' Neighborhood Preservation Loan and Grant Fund as set forth in section 4 of this act; l . "Local fund" shall mean the Neighborhood Preservation Loan and Grant Fund as may be established by a municipality pursuant to section 7 of this act. L.1975, c. 249, s. 3, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-155 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-155 - Department of community affairs' neighborhood preservation loan and grant fund

52:27D-155. Department of community affairs' neighborhood preservation loan and grant fund  a. There is hereby created a special fund in the Department of Community Affairs which shall be entitled the Department of Community Affairs' Neighborhood Preservation Loan and Grant Fund and shall be administered by the department as a revolving loan and grant fund for carrying out the purposes of this act. The department may designate separate accounts within the fund to be applicable for regional, municipal and intermunicipal needs as the department may deem necessary. The exercise by the department of all powers and duties conferred by this act shall constitute and be deemed and held to be an essential public and official governmental function of the State, acting by and through the department, in promoting the general health, safety, welfare and prosperity of the State, its municipalities, its neighborhoods and its citizens. b. The State fund shall consist of: 1. All moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for inclusion therein; 2. Any other moneys made available to the Department from any source or sources, which the commissioner shall determine to use for the purposes authorized by this act, including community development funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other act or part thereof, any moneys which the department shall receive in repayment of loans or advances from the State fund; and 4. All moneys earned through investment pursuant to subsection c. of this section. c. Any moneys held in such fund not required or permitted to be disbursed immediately by this act may be invested and reinvested. All functions, powers and duties relating to the investment or reinvestment of funds within the jurisdiction of the agency, including the purchase, sale or exchange of any investments, or securities may, at the request of the agency, be exercised and performed by the Director of the Division of Investments, in accordance with the written directions of the commissioner. d. Funds expended from the State fund pursuant to this act shall be used only for the purpose of making housing rehabilitation loans or grants for the costs incurred in the administration thereof. L.1975, c. 249, s. 4, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-156 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-156 - Plan for expenditures from fund; contents; submission to legislature

52:27D-156. Plan for expenditures from fund; contents; submission to legislature  The commissioner shall submit with the department's annual budget request a plan for expenditures from the Neighborhood Preservation Loan and Grant Fund for the upcoming fiscal year. This plan shall include, but not be limited to: performance evaluation of the expenditures made from the State fund to date; a description of the various loan and grant programs to be funded during the upcoming fiscal year; a copy of the regulations in force governing the operation of the various loan and grant programs that are to be financed, in part or in whole by the State funds; a complete financial statement on the status of the State fund to date; and an estimate of expenditures from the State fund for the upcoming fiscal year. This information shall be used to assist the Legislature in determining the amount to appropriate to the State fund. L.1975, c. 249, s. 5, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-158 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-158 - Powers and duties of municipalities

52:27D-158. Powers and duties of municipalities  a. Municipalities shall have and exercise all powers necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act, in order that the objective of neighborhood preservation through housing rehabilitation may be most effectively achieved, and shall include without limitation, the power: (1) To designate and establish neighborhood preservation agencies; (2) To establish, maintain, and operate the local fund, to delegate such authority to any neighborhood preservation agency or to make direct loans and grants to any neighborhood preservation agency, subject to such conditions as it may deem appropriate and in accordance with regulations as may be prescribed by the commissioner; (3) To enter into and enforce all contracts, agreements and other arrangements with the Federal Government, the State, any neighborhood preservation agency, other municipalities or rehabilitation lenders, to act for, in behalf of, and in cooperation with the municipality, with respect to undertaking, originating, servicing or processing housing rehabilitation loans and grants, under such terms and conditions as are agreed upon between the parties; (4) To organize, establish, develop and administer the local fund in conjunction with and through the State fund; (5) To accept advances, loans, appropriations, gifts, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the Federal Government, the State, or from any other sources, public or private; (6) To finance the administrative expenses incurred by any neighborhood preservation agency in administering the State or local fund or any part thereof; (7) To fix and revise from time to time, and charge and collect fees and charges in connection with loans or grants made or other services provided; (8) To provide advisory, consultive, training and educational services, and technical assistance to any neighborhood preservation agency; to assist any agency in applying for and qualifying for grants and loans pursuant to this act; and to conduct research on the most efficient and economical methods of accomplishing neighborhood preservation. b. Nothing herein is intended nor shall it be construed to limit or abrogate existing municipal power to carry out and effectuate programs of rehabilitation pursuant to any other law of this State, regulation, ordinance or judicial decision. The powers conferred herein are intended as an expansion of municipal power, shall exist in addition to such powers and shall be liberally construed. L.1975, c. 249, s. 7, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-160 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-160 - Private enterprise; participation

52:27D-160. Private enterprise; participation  A municipality shall afford to private enterprise the maximum feasible opportunity to participate in the rehabilitation of any neighborhood preservation area. L.1975, c. 249, s. 9, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-161 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-161 - Liberal construction of act

52:27D-161. Liberal construction of act  This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act, and all powers herein granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate such intent and purposes and not as a limitation of powers. L.1975, c. 249, s. 10, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.