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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.16 - Anticipation of State aid

52:27D-118.16. Anticipation of State aid
The funds a qualifying municipality shall acquire pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by the municipality in compliance with the "Local Budget Law" (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.). Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Local Budget Law," any municipality qualifying for State aid under the provisions of this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid certified to it by the director and may file such amendments or corrections in its local budget as may be required to properly reflect the amount certified.
L. 1985, c. 170, s. 6, eff. May 23, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.17 - Definitions

52:27D-118.17. Definitions
As used in this act:
a. "Emergency equipment" means any item used for the purpose of providing life safety and shall include but shall not be limited to boots, helmets, self-contained breathing apparatuses, fire hoses, extrication tools, insurance, maintenance of and repairs to fire apparatus and vehicles, utility costs for buildings, training, and the cost of hazardous materials units. It shall not include the purchase of any vehicle or building.
b. "Governing fire organization" means a municipality, fire district, fire company or fire department responsible for providing fire protection in any given municipality.
L. 1985, c. 295, s. 1, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.19 - Discretionary fund;

52:27D-118.19. Discretionary fund;
In the event that any funds remain undistributed after all eligible municipalities or fire districts have had an opportunity to enter into a contract pursuant to this supplementary act, there shall be established a discretionary fund, and eligible municipalities or fire districts may make application for such funds as still remain undistributed as determined by the director. Any funds paid pursuant to this section shall be for the purposes of augmenting or upgrading fire services in the State.
L. 1985, c. 295, s. 3, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.20 - Indicia of State support

52:27D-118.20. Indicia of State support
Each firefighter employed under this act shall wear the uniform of the municipality or fire district and a shoulder patch of a kind approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, containing an insignia indicative of the State's support of the program.
L. 1985, c. 295, s. 4, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.21 - Regulations

52:27D-118.21. Regulations
In addition to the other powers and duties expressed in P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall adopt specific regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), to govern provision of assistance under this act to qualifying and nonqualifying municipalities or fire districts for additional fire services. In addition to other matters that the director may find appropriate, the regulations shall:
a. Require the municipality or fire district to enter into a contract in a form prescribed by the director under which the municipality or fire district shall agree to provide its share of the cost of employing additional firefighters, if appropriate, and further agrees to maintain its fire department or to fund governing fire organizations that provide it with fire protection, whichever is appropriate, at the level maintained as of January 31, 1985 as a condition of continued assistance;
b. Identify the particular costs of employing additional firefighters, generally limited to training, salary, benefits and equipment (exclusive of vehicles), and the particular costs of purchasing emergency equipment, for which assistance may be provided;
c. Contain the design of the shoulder patch that additional firefighters are required to wear under section 4 of this act.
L. 1985, c. 295, s. 5, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.22 - Anticipation of State aid

52:27D-118.22. Anticipation of State aid
The funds that a qualifying municipality or fire district acquires pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by the municipality or fire district in compliance with the "Local Budget Law" (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.). Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Local Budget Law," any municipality or fire district qualifying for State aid under the provisions of this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid certified to it by the director and may file such amendments or corrections in its local budget as may be required to properly reflect the amount certified.
L. 1985, c. 295, s. 6, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.23 - Restriction on fund use

52:27D-118.23. Restriction on fund use
Moneys appropriated pursuant to this act shall not be used to defray administrative expenses.
L. 1985, c. 295, s. 7, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.25 - Findings, declarations.

52:27D-118.25 Findings, declarations.
2. The Legislature finds that certain large and small municipalities in this State experience fiscal distress as a result of insufficient collection of tax revenues, insufficient collection of other revenues, over-anticipation of revenues of prior years, or from other causes; that these municipalities function within stringent budgetary constraints, straining their revenue sources to provide basic public services for their residents; that these municipalities may benefit from the expertise of the State in recommending fiscal recovery measures designed to alleviate the fiscal distress they are currently experiencing; and that short-term State assistance, in the form of State grants and loans, may provide the temporary revenue bridge these few municipalities need in order to overcome their current difficulties and regain their financial stability.
The Legislature, therefore, declares that it is fitting and proper, and within the public interest, to provide loans and grants to certain municipalities experiencing budgetary difficulties in generating adequate local revenues in order to assist those municipalities not only in meeting their immediate budgetary needs, but also to enable them to regain their financial stability.
L.1987,c.75,s.2; amended 1999, c.156, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.26 - Definitions.

52:27D-118.26 Definitions.
3. As used in this act:
"Board" means the Local Finance Board of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
"Eligible municipality" means a municipality that is qualified to receive assistance under P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178 et seq.), a municipality under the supervision of the Local Finance Board pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Government Supervision Act (1947)," P.L.1947, c.151 (C.52:27BB-1 et seq.), a municipality that has issued qualified bonds pursuant to the provisions of the "Municipal Qualified Bond Act," P.L.1976, c.38 (C.40A:3-1 et seq.), or a municipality identified by the director to be facing serious fiscal distress.
L.1987,c.75,s.3; amended 1999, c.156, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.27 - Short-term financial assistance

52:27D-118.27. Short-term financial assistance
The moneys appropriated in section 9 of this act may be used to provide short-term financial assistance to eligible municipalities to enable them to meet their immediate budgetary needs and regain their financial stability, affording them an opportunity to develop, revive and expand their economic bases. The financial assistance provided shall include, but not be limited to, loans, loan guarantees, and grants. The form, amount and terms of the financial assistance, including whether or not any loan shall be repaid with interest and if so, the rate of interest, shall be determined by the Local Finance Board. All loans, along with the interest thereon, if any, shall be repaid by the recipient municipality to the State on the date or dates specified by the Local Finance Board.
L. 1987, c. 75, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.28 - Finding of fiscal distress; notification; review.

52:27D-118.28 Finding of fiscal distress; notification; review.
5. Whenever the director, during the exercise of the director's duty under the provisions of the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq., to examine each local budget, or upon the basis of any other information and data available to the director, shall find that an eligible municipality is experiencing fiscal distress and may require assistance under P.L.1987, c.75 (C.52:27D-118.24 et seq.), the director shall notify the Local Finance Board of the director's finding. The director's finding of fiscal distress in an eligible municipality may be based on the municipality's tax rate, cash deficit, insufficient percentage of tax collections, insufficient collection of other revenues, over-anticipation of the revenues of prior years, non-liquidation of interfund transfers, reliance on emergency authorizations, continual rollover of tax anticipation notes, or other factors indicating a constrained ability to raise sufficient revenues to meet its budgetary requirements.
At a time and place determined by the director, the governing body of the eligible municipality, and any other interested parties the director may deem appropriate, shall meet to review the implementation of the provisions of P.L.1987, c.75 (C.52:27D-118.24 et seq.). The review shall include, but not be limited to:
a. The director's assessment of the difference between the eligible municipality's revenue needs for the current local budget year and its revenue raising capacity for the current local budget year;
b. The actions the governing body of the eligible municipality intends to take in the current local budget year to meet the municipality's revenue needs; and
c. The actions the governing body intends to take to expand the eligible municipality's local revenue generating capacity for subsequent local budget years.
After the review has taken place, the director shall notify the board of the findings of the review and shall recommend to the board actions necessary to be taken by the municipality, which may include the provision of short-term financial aid.
L.1987,c.75,s.5; amended 1999, c.156, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.30 - Notice

52:27D-118.30. Notice
Whenever the board shall determine to provide financial assistance to an eligible municipality pursuant to the provisions of this act, the board shall forthwith notify the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly and the State Treasurer. The notice shall set forth:
a. The municipality's eligibility for a payment of financial assistance under the provisions of this act;
b. The board's determination of the amounts of financial assistance to be paid to that eligible municipality;
c. The form, amount and terms of the financial assistance, including whether or not any loan shall be repaid with interest and, if so, the rate of that interest, and the factors considered by the board in making those determinations;
d. The actions the governing body of the eligible municipality intends to take in the current local budget year to meet the municipality's revenue needs;
e. The actions the governing body intends to take to expand the eligible municipality's local revenue generating capacity for subsequent local budget years; and
f. Any other information or data the board deems appropriate and necessary.
L. 1987, c. 75, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.30c - Transfers authorized to provide loan.

52:27D-118.30c Transfers authorized to provide loan.
8. The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, is empowered to direct the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting to transfer from any State department to any other State department sums as may be necessary to provide a loan for a term not to exceed 30 days to a municipality faced with a fiscal crisis, including but not limited to a potential default on tax anticipation notes. Extension of a loan shall be conditioned on the municipality being an "eligible municipality" pursuant to P.L.1987, c.75 (C.52:27D-118.24 et seq.).
L.1999,c.156,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.31 - Appropriation by municipality; anticipation in budget

52:27D-118.31. Appropriation by municipality; anticipation in budget
The financial assistance provided to an eligible municipality pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be appropriated by the municipality in compliance with the provisions of the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.
Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq., any eligible municipality receiving a payment of financial assistance pursuant to the provisions of this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of financial assistance certified to it by the director and may file any amendment or corrections in its local budget as may be required to reflect that certified amount in its budget.
L. 1987, c. 75, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.33 - Definitions

52:27D-118.33. Definitions
As used in this act:
"Board" means the Local Finance Board of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
"Equalized tax rate" means the total tax levy on which the tax rate is computed for a municipality as shown in the table of aggregates for the pretax year prepared pursuant to R.S.54:4-52, divided by the equalized valuation of property exclusive of Class II railroad property as shown in the table of equalized valuations for the pretax year prepared pursuant to P.L.1954, c.86 (C.54:1-35.1 et seq.).
"Municipal per capita income" means the money income of a municipality for the most recent year prior to the budget year as reported by the Bureau of the Census divided by the population of the municipality according to the most recent federal decennial census.
"State per capita income" means the money income of the State for the most recent year prior to the budget year as reported by the Bureau of the Census divided by the State population according to the most recent federal decennial census.
"Statewide aggregate equalized tax rate" means the sum of the total tax levies on which the tax rates are computed for all municipalities in the State as shown in the table of aggregates for the pretax year prepared pursuant to R.S.54:4-52, divided by the sum of equalized valuations of property of all municipalities in the State exclusive of Class II railroad property as shown in the table of equalized valuations for the pretax year prepared pursuant to P.L.1954, c.86 (C.54:1-35.1 et seq.).
L.1991,c.63,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.34 - Distributions of aid

52:27D-118.34. Distributions of aid
The director shall on or before December 31, 1991 and annually thereafter make distributions of "Supplemental Municipal Property Tax Relief Act" aid, in amounts determined as follows:
a. (1) To municipalities having an equalized tax rate at least twice the Statewide aggregate equalized tax rate, an amount equal to $72.76 per capita.
(2) To municipalities having an equalized tax rate greater than the Statewide aggregate equalized tax rate and less than twice the Statewide aggregate equalized tax rate, an amount equal to $42.75 per capita.
(3) To municipalities having an equalized tax rate equal to or greater than 75% of the Statewide aggregate equalized tax rate but not greater than the Statewide aggregate equalized tax rate, an amount equal to $31.83 per capita.
(4) To municipalities having an equalized tax rate less than 75% of the Statewide aggregate equalized tax rate, an amount equal to $22.73 per capita.
b. In addition to the amount determined pursuant to subsection a. of this section, any municipality with a municipal per capita income less than 50% of the Statewide per capita income shall receive $45.48 per capita.
c. The most recent federal decennial census shall be used to determine municipal population for the distribution of per capita aid pursuant to this section.
L.1991,c.63,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.35 - Distributions of extraordinary aid.

52:27D-118.35 Distributions of extraordinary aid.
4. The director shall on or before December 31, 1991 and annually thereafter make distributions of "Supplemental Municipal Property Tax Relief Act" extraordinary aid. The director shall annually notify the chief financial officer of each municipality, other than a municipality that received $500,000 or more in regular grant financial assistance in the prior year pursuant to the "Special Municipal Aid Act," P.L.1987, c.75 (C.52:27D-118.24 et seq.), that, in addition to State aid provided pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1991, c.63 (C.52:27D-118.34), the municipality is eligible to apply for "Supplemental Municipal Property Tax Relief Act" extraordinary aid. The municipality may apply to the board for financial assistance pursuant to this section on forms promulgated by the director.
L.1991,c.63,s.4; amended 1999, c.156, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.36 - Selection of recipients of extraordinary aid.

52:27D-118.36 Selection of recipients of extraordinary aid.
5. The director shall select among the municipalities that have applied for extraordinary aid pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1991, c.63 (C.52:27D-118.35) and shall forward to the board the list of selected municipalities along with the amount of financial assistance to be paid to each municipality. The director in selecting among those eligible municipalities for payment of extraordinary aid shall use criteria which shall include:
a. whether a municipality is experiencing fiscal distress, whether the cost of providing municipal services is extraordinarily high, and whether the tax base is inadequate to meet property tax demands;
b. whether a municipality will use the extraordinary aid for costs associated with activities that improve operations and provide short-term and long-term property tax savings, including but not limited to shared and regionalized services, enhanced tax and revenue collection efforts and other activity that can be demonstrated to meet those requirements; or
c. whether a municipality has incurred other unusual or atypical expenses.
L.1991,c.63,s.5; amended 1999, c.156, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.37 - Change in municipal budget, required documentation

52:27D-118.37. Change in municipal budget, required documentation
For each municipality receiving discretionary aid pursuant to this act, the director:
a. Shall have the authority to increase, decrease, add or delete revenues and expenditures from the budget of the municipality based on the municipality's experience and prudent fiscal management; and
b. May require documentation, schedules and estimates related to the municipal budget.
L.1991,c.63,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.38 - Remedial orders issued to recipient of discretionary aid

52:27D-118.38 Remedial orders issued to recipient of discretionary aid
a. The board may issue remedial orders to a municipality receiving discretionary aid pursuant to this act directing it to:
(1) Maximize revenues;
(2) Maximize surplus to a prudent level;
(3) File schedules along with the budget showing municipal revenues not anticipated;
(4) Add municipal revenues to the budget not anticipated;
(5) Maximize its tax collection rate in order to minimize its reserve for uncollected taxes, using prudent fiscal practices;
(6) Reduce appropriations deemed by the board to be excessive; and
(7) Undertake other appropriate activities consistent with this section to reduce property taxes.
b. The board shall require, as a condition for the release of discretionary aid funds to a municipality, that the director certify that a municipality has complied with remedial orders issued by the board.
L.1991,c.63,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.39 - General fiscal oversight over recipient of discretionary aid

52:27D-118.39. General fiscal oversight over recipient of discretionary aid
8. The board shall exercise general fiscal oversight over a municipality that receives discretionary aid pursuant to this act and may:
a. Require the director to return a budget if it is determined that the local tax burden is unreasonably high;
b. Require the inclusion of line items supporting budget detail; and
c. Permit the cancellation of appropriation reserves on the same schedule as transfers, with a revised annual financial statement forwarded to the director upon the cancellation.
L.1991,c.63,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.40 - Use of State aid to reduce tax levy

52:27D-118.40. Use of State aid to reduce tax levy
State aid provided pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this act shall be used solely and exclusively by each municipality for the purposes of reducing the amount the municipality is required to raise by local property tax levy for municipal purposes. In the event that the amount of State aid provided pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this act exceeds the amount required to be raised by local property tax levy for municipal purposes, the balance of the State aid shall be used to reduce the amount the municipality is required to raise by local property tax levy for county purposes, notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary. The director shall certify that each municipality has complied with this section. If the director finds that State aid provided pursuant to this act is not used by a municipality solely and exclusively to reduce the amount required to be raised by local property tax levy, the director shall direct that the municipal governing body make corrections to its budget.
L.1991,c.63,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.41 - Fund recipients may anticipate State aid

52:27D-118.41. Fund recipients may anticipate State aid
Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq., any municipality that receives funds pursuant to this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid as shall be certified to it by the director and may file any amendment or corrections in its local budget as may be required to properly reflect that State aid.
L.1991,c.63,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.42 - Rules, regulations

52:27D-118.42. Rules, regulations
The director shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purposes of sections 2 through 10 of this act.
L.1991,c.63,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.42a - State oversight of municipalities in the Transitional Aid to Localities program.

52:27D-118.42a State oversight of municipalities in the Transitional Aid to Localities program.
1. a. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall determine conditions, requirements, orders, and oversight for the receipt of any amount of grants, loans, or any combination thereof, provided to any municipality through the Transitional Aid to Localities program or any successor discretionary aid programs for municipalities in fiscal distress. Conditions, requirements, or orders deemed necessary by the director may include, but not be limited to, the implementation of government, administrative, and operational efficiency and oversight measures necessary for the fiscal recovery of the municipality, including but not limited to requiring approval by the director of personnel actions, professional services and related contracts, payment in lieu of tax agreements, acceptance of grants from State, federal or other organizations, and the creation of new or expanded public services.
b. An additional amount not to exceed one percent of the amount appropriated in any State Fiscal Year beginning on or after July 1, 2012 for the Transitional Aid to Localities program or any successor discretionary aid programs for municipalities in fiscal distress shall be appropriated for administrative costs of that program, and for administrative costs associated with the oversight of any municipalities under State supervision pursuant to Article 4 of the "Local Government Supervision Act (1947)," P.L.1947, c.151 (C.52:27BB-54 et seq.), subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.
L.2011, c.144, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.43 - "Adopt a Municipality Program."

52:27D-118.43 "Adopt a Municipality Program."
12. a. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Adopt a Municipality Program." b. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall establish a business advisory board. The commissioner shall chair the board and shall appoint to the board members who represent private businesses and nonprofit entities that are interested and willing to contribute services and resources to municipalities. Members of the board shall serve three-year terms without compensation. The commissioner shall appoint a program coordinator who shall administer the "Adopt a Municipality Program."
c. The board shall encourage and coordinate municipal-business partnership. The board shall solicit municipalities and business and nonprofit entities to participate in the program. The board shall compile a list of municipal needs and circulate the list among businesses and nonprofit entities. Support of "adopted" municipalities by businesses and nonprofit entities that participate in the program may include, but shall not be limited to, the supplying of services, personnel, materials and funding. Businesses entering into the "Adopt a Municipality Program" shall not seek reimbursement for any donation of time, money, materials or personnel from the State or any subdivision thereof.
d. Contributions provided under this section by local businesses shall in no way affect the amount of State aid to which a municipality is entitled.
e. Acceptance of services, personnel, material or funding by a municipality pursuant to the "Adopt a Municipality Program" shall be subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the "Local Government Ethics Law," P.L.1991, c.29 (C.40A:9-22.1 et seq.) and the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.).
L.2001,c.342,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.44 - Trenton Capital City Aid Program.

52:27D-118.44 Trenton Capital City Aid Program.
1. There is established the Trenton Capital City Aid Program, for which there shall be appropriated in each fiscal year an amount not less than $10,000,000 for the City of Trenton. Funds received by the city shall be used solely and exclusively by the city for the purpose of reducing the amount to be raised through the property tax levy for municipal purposes. If in any year the funds dedicated to the city through the Trenton Capital City Aid Program exceed the amount to be raised through the property tax levy for municipal purposes, the remaining balance of the State aid payment shall be allocated in equal amounts to Mercer County and the Trenton School District to be used to reduce the amount of the property tax levies for county and school purposes, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, or of any other law to the contrary. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall certify annually that the city has complied with the requirements of this section.
L.2019, c.138, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-120 - Purpose

52:27D-120. Purpose
It is the intent and purpose of this act:
a. To encourage innovation and economy in construction and to provide requirements for construction and construction materials consistent with nationally recognized standards.
b. To formulate such requirements, to the extent practicable, in terms of performance objectives, so as to make adequate performance for the use intended as the test of acceptability.
c. To permit to the fullest extent feasible the use of modern technical methods, devices and improvements, including premanufactured systems, consistent with reasonable requirements for the health, safety, and welfare of occupants or users of buildings and structures.
d. To eliminate restrictive, obsolete, conflicting and unnecessary construction regulations that tend to unnecessarily increase construction costs or retard the use of new materials, products or methods of construction, or provide preferential treatment to types or classes of materials or products or methods of construction.
e. To insure adequate maintenance of buildings and structures throughout the State and to adequately protect the health, safety and welfare of the people.
f. To eliminate unnecessary duplication of effort and fees in the review of construction plans and the inspection of construction.
L.1975, c. 217, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-122 - Legislative findings

52:27D-122. Legislative findings
It is hereby found and declared:
a. That a multiplicity of construction codes currently exists in this State and some of these codes contain needless restrictions which limit the use of certain materials, techniques or products without any benefits to the public. Moreover, the variation of construction standards caused by the multiplicity of codes slows the process of construction and increases the costs of construction.
b. That the way to insure uniform, modern construction standards and regulations throughout the State of New Jersey which will lower the cost of housing and other construction without any detriment to the public health, safety and welfare is to adopt a uniform State construction code.
c. That the need of new construction in the State can be met in part by the use of premanufactured systems which are fabricated in the geographical region of the United States of which New Jersey is a part and that a uniform construction code should include standards to permit the use of such systems.
d. That the model codes of the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., the National Electrical Code and the National Standard Plumbing Code, or modification thereof, are construction codes which have been widely adopted in this State and in the geographical region of the United States of which New Jersey is a part and adoption of these nationally recognized codes pursuant to this act will insure that the State has a uniform, modern construction code which will insure health, safe, and sanitary construction but also less expensive construction for the citizens of this State.
L.1975, c. 217, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-122.1 - Findings, declarations relative to building construction codes

52:27D-122.1. Findings, declarations relative to building construction codes
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. One of the specified purposes of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), was the elimination of restrictive and unnecessary construction regulations that tend to unnecessarily increase construction costs.
b. While the overall effect of the statutory requirement that the subcodes of the State Uniform Construction Code be adoptions of the model codes or standards of nationally recognized organizations, including all amendments or revisions to such codes or standards, has been consistent with the intent and purpose of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," there have been exceptional instances in which the amendment or revision of an adopted code or standard has included changes that are not consistent with that intent and purpose.
c. It is therefore necessary and appropriate that the Commissioner of Community Affairs be given the authority to limit the adoption of later revisions to the model code to include only those standards in effect on July 1, 1995, and any later revisions or amendments of model codes which would not be inconsistent with the intent and purpose of the act.
L.1996,c.53,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-122.2 - Findings, declarations relative to energy efficiency in buildings.

52:27D-122.2 Findings, declarations relative to energy efficiency in buildings.
1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares:
a. It is the public policy of this State to encourage and facilitate the construction of energy-efficient buildings which are designed and built to reduce overall energy demand.
b. While energy-efficient buildings may cost more to construct, the payback period to recoup the added investment is only a few years.
c. Energy savings can be most fully realized when incorporated into new construction from the beginning.
d. It is therefore necessary and appropriate that the Commissioner of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, adopt energy-efficient building codes that may exceed the requirements of national model codes.
L.2009, c.106, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123a - Adoption of radon hazard code

52:27D-123a. Adoption of radon hazard code
The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), a radon hazard code, or may propose amendments to revise the appropriate model code adopted pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), for the purpose of establishing adequate and appropriate standards to ensure that schools and residential buildings within tier one areas, as defined by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to P.L.1985, c.408 (C.26:2D-59 et seq.), are constructed in a manner that minimizes radon gas and radon progeny entry and facilitates any subsequent remediation that might prove necessary. In preparing the radon hazard code standards, the commissioner shall employ a guideline of four picocuries per liter or such other action level standard as the Department of Environmental Protection may establish subsequent to the effective date of this act.
The department shall include in the radon hazard code standards such testing requirements as may prove reliable, practical and economical to identify sites where a proposed school or residential building will require construction in a manner that minimizes radon gas and radon progeny entry and facilitates any subsequent remediation. If a feasible predictive test method is developed, then the standards adopted pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), shall be revised to include such further changes in construction standards as may be necessary to prevent the entry of radon gas and radon progeny into new schools or residential buildings.
No person who constructs a school or residential building in compliance with these standards anywhere within the State shall thereafter be held liable for the presence of radon gas or radon progeny in the school or residential building, or for any losses or damage to persons or property resulting therefrom.
L.1989,c.186,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123b - Construction to be in accordance with radon hazard code standards

52:27D-123b. Construction to be in accordance with radon hazard code standards
No construction permit shall be issued for the construction of any new school or residential building in a tier one area, except after submission to the construction official of documentation sufficient to establish that the construction will be in accordance with the radon hazard code standards adopted pursuant to section 1 of this act.
L.1989,c.186,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123c - Certificate of occupancy contingent on conformity with radon hazard code standards

52:27D-123c. Certificate of occupancy contingent on conformity with radon hazard code standards
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any newly constructed school or residential building required to be constructed in accordance with radon hazard code standards as provided in section 2 of this act, except upon verification by the construction official that the school or residential building conforms to the radon hazard code standards.
L.1989,c.186,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123d - Testing of building sites for presence of radon hazards

52:27D-123d. Testing of building sites for presence of radon hazards
The Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Association of Homebuilders Research Center and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, shall investigate methods of testing building sites for the purpose of predicting the presence of radon hazards in buildings to be constructed thereon.
L.1989,c.186,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123f - Carbon monoxide detectors required in certain structures.

52:27D-123f Carbon monoxide detectors required in certain structures.
1. a. An application for a construction permit for any structure other than a structure subject to the provisions of P.L.1999, c.15 (C.52:27D-133.3 et al.) shall not be declared complete without containing provisions for the placement of a carbon monoxide sensor device or devices, unless it is determined that there is no potential carbon monoxide hazard in the structure.
b. Any determination as to the placement of a carbon monoxide sensor device or devices in a structure and as to whether there is a potential carbon monoxide hazard in a structure shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection c. of this section.
c. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to its rule-making authority under the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) in order to effectuate the purposes of this section. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, standards for the placement of a carbon monoxide sensor device or devices in a structure and for the determination as to whether there is a potential carbon monoxide hazard in a structure.
d. For the purposes of this section:
"Carbon monoxide sensor device" means a carbon monoxide alarm or detector that bears the label of a nationally recognized testing laboratory, and has been tested and listed as complying with the most recent Underwriters Laboratories standard 2034 or its equivalent.
L.2015, c.146, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123.1 - Applicability over law or regulation to contrary

52:27D-123.1 Applicability over law or regulation to contrary
Any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the structure, design, construction, maintenance and use of all buildings or structures to be erected and the alteration, renovation, rehabilitation, repair, maintenance, removal, or demolition of all buildings or structures already erected shall be regulated pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.).
L.1983, c. 496, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123.2 - Agricultural construction criteria

52:27D-123.2. Agricultural construction criteria
a. Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L. 1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.), the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, within 270 days of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, jointly promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), separate construction code criteria for commercial farm buildings. The Commissioner shall, upon adoption, incorporate these criteria into the State Uniform Construction Code.
b. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Community Affairs and all other interested and affected parties, prepare the criteria to be proposed for adoption pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). The Secretary may, in his discretion, make use of the services of Rutgers, The State University to prepare the proposed criteria.
c. The Commissioner and the Secretary shall, to the greatest extent possible, ensure that the criteria provide no impediment to the orderly development of the State's agricultural and horticultural enterprises. They shall pay particular attention to establishing separate height, area, fire protection and construction type requirements which are more suitable to agricultural and horticultural uses than those which are presently incorporated in the State Uniform Construction Code.
d. The Commissioner and the Secretary shall ensure that, to the greatest extent possible, criteria are completely eliminated for structures and buildings which are not intended for human occupancy, such as storage bins, silos and the like.
L. 1986, c. 119, s. 2, eff. Oct. 8, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123.3 - High hazard uses

52:27D-123.3. High hazard uses
Any use of a commercial farm building, other than its main use, which constitutes a high hazard because it involves the generation, processing or storage of corrosive, highly toxic, flammable or explosive materials shall be segregated from the main use by fire resistance-rated construction.
L. 1986, c. 119, s. 3, eff. Oct. 8, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123.4 - Public assembly permit

52:27D-123.4. Public assembly permit
A commercial farm building may be used temporarily as a place of public assembly if a permit for such use has been issued by the local fire official pursuant to the code adopted pursuant to the "Uniform Fire Safety Act," P.L. 1983, c. 383 (C. 52:27D-192 et seq.). The fee for the issuing of the permit and any inspection required in connection with the issuance shall not exceed $75.00.
L. 1986, c. 119, s. 4, eff. Oct. 8, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123.5 - Building code, development

52:27D-123.5. Building code, development
2. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the State Board of Education, is directed to develop a building code specifically designed to foster cost-effective school building construction, while ensuring through its provisions that necessary health and safety requirements are met. The code shall be designed for use throughout the State and shall supplement the State Uniform Construction Code, P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.). The commissioner may promulgate this code as a separate document from the State Uniform Construction Code, or may, if the commissioner finds it feasible and useful, incorporate its provisions directly into, and make them an integral part of, that code.
L.1995,c.68,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123.6 - Code conditions

52:27D-123.6. Code conditions
3. The code adopted by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 2 of this act shall not require as a condition for approval of plans and specifications for the erection, alteration, improvement or repair of a public school facility:
a. refurbishment of a school facility based upon an automatic threshold, involving percentage increases in square footage or the relative costs of the building addition, beyond that necessary to meet the requirements of the appropriate building code which directly impact on the health and safety of students; or
b. refurbishment of a newly reopened school facility beyond that necessary to meet the requirements of the appropriate building code which directly impact on the health and safety of the students.
L.1995,c.68,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-123.7 - Findings, determinations, declarations

52:27D-123.7. Findings, determinations, declarations
1. The Legislature hereby finds, determines and declares:
a. There is an urgent need to improve the housing conditions of low and moderate income individuals and families, many of whom live in substandard housing, particularly in the older cities of the State; and
b. There are large numbers of older residential buildings in the State, both occupied and vacant, which are in urgent need of rehabilitation and which must be rehabilitated if the State's citizens are to be housed in decent, sound, and sanitary conditions; and
c. The application of those building code requirements currently in force to housing rehabilitation has led to the imposition of costly and time-consuming requirements which result in a significant reduction in the amount of rehabilitation activity taking place; and
d. Extensive research has been conducted, in New Jersey and elsewhere, which can serve as a sound basis for the development and adoption of a building code specifically designed to foster cost-effective housing rehabilitation while ensuring that necessary health and safety requirements are met; and
e. Furthermore, in addition to the need for prudent modification of code provisions applicable to rehabilitation of older housing structures, it appears that complaints have from time to time been made that the scope and rigidity of the existing State Uniform Construction Code, as currently adopted and applied, may make excessively stringent and onerous requirements that burden the provision of affordable housing with expenses without any commensurate benefit to the public health, safety and welfare.
L.1995,c.78,s.1.