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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-141.15 - Findings, declarations relative to fossil fuels.

52:27D-141.15 Findings, declarations relative to fossil fuels.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial processes release harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which in turn contribute to climate change; that, in the coming years, New Jersey is likely to experience increased flooding, drought, and other severe weather effects caused by climate change; and that, in order to help mitigate the serious impacts of climate change, the State must drastically reduce its consumption of fossil fuels and its greenhouse gas emissions.
The Legislature further finds that concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world due to its low cost, strength, and durability; that the production of ordinary Portland cement, the critical ingredient in concrete, is responsible for almost eight percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions; that ordinary Portland cement requires significant amounts of energy to produce, resulting in high carbon dioxide emissions; that modern technology allows concrete to be produced utilizing less energy, and the emission of carbon dioxide from cement manufacturing can be greatly reduced by capturing and utilizing carbon dioxide in the unit concrete product manufacturing process, including the chemical reaction that results in strength and durability of concrete; and that this process can sequester carbon dioxide in the unit concrete product or chemically transform the carbon dioxide into mineral form, embedding it into the concrete and preventing its release as a gas.
The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to encourage and support the purchase of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology in the State; that unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology will greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the concrete and construction industries; and that incentives for permeable pavers that are unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology will further help enhance stormwater management, reduce stormwater runoff, and decrease the risk of flooding in the State.
L. 2021, c.278, s.1.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-141.18 - Findings, declarations.

52:27D-141.18 Findings, declarations.
1. The Legislation finds and declares that:
(a) Energy efficiency standards for certain products sold or installed in the State assure consumers and businesses that such products meet minimum efficiency performance levels, thereby reducing energy and water waste and saving consumers and businesses money on their utility bills;
(b) Energy efficiency standards save energy and therefore reduce climate-changing emissions and other environmental impacts associated with the production, distribution, and use of electricity, natural gas, and other fuels;
(c) Energy efficiency standards save water, mitigate the effects of short- and long-term droughts, and help to conserve fresh water supplies;
(d) Energy efficiency standards produce savings resulting from more efficient products that benefit all consumers but are especially important to low-income families which spend a disproportionate share of their income on utilities. Such standards also help the State and local economy since savings can be instead spent on local goods and services; and
(e) Energy and water savings help reduce or delay the need for expensive investments in new power plants, transmission lines, distribution system upgrades, new and expanded gas pipelines, and water and sewer infrastructure improvements.
L.2021, c.464, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-141.20 - Efficiency standards established for certain products.

52:27D-141.20 Efficiency standards established for certain products.
3. a. Beginning one year after the date of enactment of this act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or lease a new air purifier, cold temperature fluorescent lamp, commercial dishwasher, commercial fryer, commercial hot-food holding cabinet, commercial oven, commercial steam cooker, computer, computer monitor, electrical vehicle service equipment, high color rendering index fluorescent lamp, impact-resistant fluorescent lamp, faucet, showerhead, toilet, urinal, portable electric spa, residential ventilating fan, State-regulated general service lamp; spray sprinkler body, urinal, or water cooler in the State unless the new product includes a mark, label, or tag required pursuant to subsection c. of section 7 of this act, denoting that the product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards established in section 4 of this act.
b. Beginning one year after the date of enactment of this act, no product identified in subsection a. of this section may be installed for compensation in the State unless the new product includes a mark, label, or tag required pursuant to subsection c. of section 7 of this act, denoting that the product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards established in section 4 of this act.
c. Beginning one year after the date of enactment of this act, upon final inspection of the installation of any appliance or product subject to the State Uniform Construction Code, the appropriate subcode official shall ensure that any product identified in subsection a. of this section contains a mark, label, or tag denoting that the product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards established in section 4 of this act.
d. No person shall affix a mark, label, or tag to a product denoting compliance with this act unless the product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards established in section 4 of this act.
L.2021, c.464, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-141.22 - Exceptions.

52:27D-141.22 Exceptions.
5. The provisions of this act shall not apply to:
(1) new products manufactured in the State and sold outside the State;
(2) new products manufactured outside the State and sold outside the State or at wholesale inside the State for final retail sale and installation outside the State;
(3) products installed in mobile manufactured homes at the time of construction; or
(4) products designed expressly for installation and use in recreational vehicles.
L.2021, c.464, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-141.23 - Liability not imposed, news media.

52:27D-141.23 Liability not imposed, news media.
6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose liability on any news media that accepts or publishes advertising for any product that may fall within the scope of this act.
L.2021, c.464, s.6.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-161.2 - Application, eligibility criteria, guidelines.

52:27D-161.2 Application, eligibility criteria, guidelines.
4. Notwithstanding the limitations established in section 1 of P.L.2011, c.215 (C.52:14B-3a) on the use of regulatory guidance documents, the commissioner may promulgate application and eligibility criteria and guidelines regarding the pilot program through regulatory guidance documents as defined in subsection d. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.215 (C.52:14B-3a).
L.2023, c.78, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-162 - Legislative findings and declaration

52:27D-162. Legislative findings and declaration
The Legislature finds, determines and declares:
a. That within this State are many small municipalities, formerly centers of commerce, trade and cultural life in surrounding rural areas, which have suffered chronic economic decline because of changes in the patterns of transportation, commerce and land development;
b. That many of the said municipalities, with near-urban population densities in the midst of rural areas, have experienced and are experiencing declining property values, loss of tax ratables and potential tax ratables, diminishment of local commerce and increased unemployment and underemployment among their populations, so that they have become pockets of economic depression within the areas of which they were formerly centers;
c. That most such municipalities cannot, without external aid, maintain adequate municipal services by their own taxing capacity, nor have they the resources to expand and develop that taxing capacity;
d. That it is the purpose of this act to provide State aid supplementary to the taxing capacity of such municipalities, for the purpose of assisting them to maintain adequate municipal services.
L.1977, c. 260, s. 1, eff. Oct. 12, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-164 - Definitions

52:27D-164. Definitions
For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
"State average effective local tax rate" means the total tax levy on which the tax rate is computed divided by the net valuation on which county taxes are apportioned as shown in column 12D and column 11 respectively of the county abstract of ratables for the year 1976.
"Effective tax rate for a municipality" means the general tax rate to apply per $100.00 valuation multiplied by the average ratio of assessed to true value of real property as shown in column 7 and column 8 respectively of the county abstract of ratables for the year 1976.
"Equalized valuation" means equalized valuation as determined pursuant to P.L.1954, c. 86 (C. 54:1-35.1 et seq.) and promulgated on or before October 1 of the year preceding the year in which distribution of aid under this act is to be made pursuant to section 6 of this act, including any revision or correction thereof made not later than January 30 of the year in which such distribution is made.
"Ratables per capita" means for a municipality, its equalized valuation divided by its population; for a county, the sum of the equalized valuations of the municipalities therein divided by the population of the county.
"Population" means population according to the official population estimates issued by the Department of Labor and Industry next preceding October 1 of the year in which distribution of aid under this act is to be calculated pursuant to section 6 of this act.
"Population density" means the relation between the population and area of a municipality or group of municipalities, expressed in terms of inhabitants per square mile within such municipality or group of municipalities.
"Neighboring municipalities" means, with relation to any one municipality, all other municipalities of this State having boundaries contiguous at any point with its boundaries, whether running upon land or water.
"Adjusted population" means the product of the number of persons in the population multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing the effective tax rate for a municipality by the State average effective local tax rate, to which product is added the number of persons within that population aged 65 and over living in households with household incomes under $5,000.00.
L.1977, c. 260, s. 3, eff. Oct. 12, 1977. Amended by L.1978, c. 13, s. 1, eff. March 30, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-165 - Qualifications of municipality

52:27D-165. Qualifications of municipality
Such sums as are appropriated for distribution under this act shall be distributed annually, in the manner prescribed in sections 5 and 6 of this act, as State aid to each municipality which:
a. Has a population not exceeding 5,000;
b. Has a population density which is:
(1) Not less than 1,000 per square mile; and
(2) Not less than four times the population density of its neighboring municipalities, unless within such neighboring municipality is a national cemetery, or housing built in accordance with or pursuant to Section 607 of the Lanham Act (National Defense Housing) P.L. 849, 76th Congress, 54 Stat. 1125, 42 U.S.C. 1521 et seq., as amended;
c. Has ratables per capita not exceeding 4/5 the ratables per capita of the county in which it is situate; and
d. Has either (1) an effective tax rate for a municipality above the State average effective local tax rate, or (2) a per capita personal income that does not exceed 0.8 times the State per capita personal income.
L.1977, c. 260, s. 4, eff. Oct. 12, 1977. Amended by L.1977, c. 371, s. 1, eff. Feb. 6, 1978; L.1978, c. 13, s. 2, eff. March 30, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-166 - Determination of amount of distribution

52:27D-166. Determination of amount of distribution
Distribution of State aid under this act shall be to each municipality entitled thereto under section 4 of this act in proportion as its adjusted population is to the total adjusted population of all municipalities so entitled.
L.1977, c. 260, s. 5, eff. Oct. 12, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-167 - Certification of municipalities entitled to aid and amounts; payment and distribution

52:27D-167. Certification of municipalities entitled to aid and amounts; payment and distribution
On or before February 1 in each year the director shall determine the municipalities entitled to aid under this act and the amounts of their respective entitlements, and shall certify the same to the State Treasurer and to the chief financial officer of each municipality. As soon as practicable after receiving such certification, and not later than March 31 next following, the State Treasurer shall upon warrant of the Comptroller pay and distribute to each such municipality the amount so certified.
L.1977, c. 260, s. 6, eff. Oct. 12, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-168 - Annual reports; municipality; director

52:27D-168. Annual reports; municipality; director
Each municipality receiving State aid under this act shall not later than October 1 in each year in which such aid is received submit to the director a detailed report on its utilization of such aid for the purposes intended by this act; and the director shall on or before December 31 in each year submit to the Governor and the Legislature a summary report of the distribution and utilization of funds distributed under this act during the year. No municipality may receive aid under this act in any year if it has not submitted the report required under this section on the utilization of any such aid which it received in the previous year; except that the director may extend for not more than 60 days the date by which, such report must be submitted.
L.1977, c. 260, s. 7, eff. Oct. 12, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-169 - Conclusiveness of decision of director

52:27D-169. Conclusiveness of decision of director
Any decision of the director as to the entitlement of any municipality to aid under this act, or the amount thereof, shall be final and conclusive, and no appeal shall be taken therefrom or any review thereof, except in the case of an arithmetical or typographical error in the calculation of any distribution of funds.
L.1977, c. 260, s. 8, eff. Oct. 12, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-171 - Public policy.

52:27D-171 Public policy.
2. It is hereby declared to be public policy of the State of New Jersey to encourage and support as hereinafter provided the promotion, planning, development, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive recreation services, by municipalities, counties and nonprofit agencies for persons with disabilities.
L.1977, c.379, s.2; amended 2017, c.131, s.194.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-172 - Definitions.

52:27D-172 Definitions.
3. For the purposes of this act, P.L.1977, c.379 (C.52:27D-170 et seq.):
a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
b. " Persons with disabilities" means persons who have intellectual disabilities or who have a visual impairment, an auditory impairment, a communication impairment, a neurological or perceptual impairment, an orthopedic impairment, a chronic illness, an emotional disturbance, a social impairment, multiple disabilities, or a developmental disability.
L.1977, c.379, s.3; amended 2010, c.50, s.77; 2017, c.131, s.195.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-173 - Comprehensive program; development; rules and regulations.

52:27D-173 Comprehensive program; development; rules and regulations.
4. The commissioner shall, after consultation with experts in the area of recreation, develop a comprehensive program for furnishing recreation for persons with disabilities, and shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this program pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c. 410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
L.1977, c.379, s.4; amended 2017, c.131, s.196.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-174 - Application by municipality or county, payment upon approval.

52:27D-174 Application by municipality or county, payment upon approval.
5. a. Any municipality or county planning to provide or to contract with private nonprofit agencies for the provision of recreation services for persons with disabilities under P.L.1977, c.379 (C.52:27D-170 et seq.), shall apply to the commissioner for approval. Such application shall be in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner herewith.
b. Upon approval of said application by the commissioner, there shall be apportioned and paid annually to each municipality or county a sum not to exceed $5.00 for each $1.00 appropriated by said municipality or county for implementation of the provisions of P.L.1977, c.379 (C.52:27D-170 et seq.).
L.1977, c.379, s.5; amended 2017, c.131, s.197.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-175 - Special events for participation by people with disabilities.

52:27D-175 Special events for participation by people with disabilities.
6. a. The commissioner shall prepare a list of special events deemed appropriate for participation by persons with disabilities, such as the Special Olympics and the Tournament of Champions, and shall make this list available to municipalities and counties. Municipalities or counties wishing to operate or participate in a special event listed by the commissioner shall apply to the commissioner for funds for such special events. Such application shall be in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner herewith.
b. Upon the approval of such application for special events, there may be apportioned and paid to municipalities and counties sums sufficient to provide training, transportation, and supervision for persons with disabilities participating in special recreation events. In no case shall the annual amount appropriated to any one approved municipality exceed $1,000 or to any one approved county exceed $2,500.
c. No more than a total of $25,000 of the funds appropriated for P.L.1977, c.379 (C.52:27D-170 et seq.) shall be apportioned to support such special recreational events in any one year.
L.1977, c.379, s.6; amended 2017, c.131, s.198.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-176 - Failure to comply with act or alteration or discontinuance of approved service; withholding state aid

52:27D-176. Failure to comply with act or alteration or discontinuance of approved service; withholding state aid
The commissioner may authorize or require the State Treasurer to withhold the payment of State aid to any municipality or county in the event that it alters or discontinues an approved recreation service, or fails to make modifications thereof as required under the provisions of this act, or otherwise fails to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under this act.
L.1977, c. 379, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-177 - Acceptance of gift or grant

52:27D-177. Acceptance of gift or grant
The commissioner may accept, as agent of the State of New Jersey, any gift or grant for any of the purposes of this act, and any moneys so received may be expended for any purpose authorized by this act.
L.1977, c. 379, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-179 - Annual appropriation to be apportioned among qualified municipalities; additional amount

52:27D-179. Annual appropriation to be apportioned among qualified municipalities; additional amount
There shall be annually appropriated a sum which shall be apportioned among municipalities which qualify for State aid under the provisions of this act for the purpose of enabling such municipalities to maintain and upgrade municipal services and to offset local property taxes. In addition to any amount so apportioned there shall be added to the amount to be paid and distributed to any qualifying municipality which is entitled to State aid pursuant to this act such amount as may be necessary so that the amount to which such municipality is entitled to receive in any year shall not be less than the amount which such municipality received in the preceding year pursuant to this act or, in the first year of this act's operations. P.L.1976, c. 12, provided, however, that from the moneys appropriated to fund this act, payments shall first be apportioned so that each municipality which received payments in 1977 pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 38, receives the same amount which it received in 1977 pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 38, even if after such payments are made insufficient funds remain for increased distributions to municipalities which already are qualifying municipalities or for new distributions to municipalities which become qualifying municipalities; and further provided that each municipality in the first year it qualifies for said State aid payments shall receive payments pursuant to this act before any municipalities which had received such State aid in the preceding year pursuant to this act or P.L.1977, c. 38 shall receive any payments in excess of the payments received in the preceding year. Any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, a municipality which has received State aid pursuant to P.L.1971, c. 64 as supplemented but which is no longer a qualifying municipality pursuant to this act shall receive, in any year in which it has qualified bonds outstanding pursuant to P.L.1976, c. 38 (C. 40A:3-1 et seq.) and which were issued prior to the effective date of this act, the amount which it received in 1977 pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 38.
L.1978, c. 14, s. 2, eff. March 30, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-180 - Determination and certification of amount; payment and distribution

52:27D-180. Determination and certification of amount; payment and distribution
The director shall, forthwith upon the appropriation of such sums for State aid pursuant to this act, determine and certify to the State Treasurer and to the chief financial officer of each qualifying municipality the amount of State aid allocable to such municipality pursuant to this act, which aid shall be in addition to all other aid to municipalities. The State Treasurer, upon the certification of the director and upon the warrant of the State Comptroller, shall pay and distribute to each qualifying municipality on October 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the amount determined and certified, or for municipalities which have qualified bonds outstanding pursuant to P.L.1976, c. 38 (C. 40A:3-1 et seq.), the Treasurer shall disburse State aid funds determined and certified under this act in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1976, c. 38.
L.1978, c. 14, s. 3, eff. March 30, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-181 - Finality and conclusiveness of determination by director; anticipation of state aid by municipality

52:27D-181. Finality and conclusiveness of determination by director; anticipation of state aid by municipality
Any determination of the director pursuant to this act as to the amount of State aid allowable to each qualifying municipality shall be final and conclusive, and no appeal shall be taken therefrom or any review thereof, except in the case of an arithmetical or typographical error in the calculation of any distribution of funds. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Local Budget Law (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.), any municipality qualifying for State aid under this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid included for the purposes of this act in the Governor's annual budget message.
L.1978, c. 14, s. 4, eff. March 30, 1978.