Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Camden)
Assemblyman UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Assemblywoman CONNIE WAGNER
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman NELLIE POU
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen DeAngelo, Wisniewski, Assemblywoman Love, Assemblyman Moriarty, Senator B.Smith, Assemblywoman Evans, Assemblymen Gusciora and Diegnan
SYNOPSIS
Permits location of certain wind and solar facilities in industrial zones.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the Senate on November 24, 2008.
An Act concerning the location of certain wind and solar facilities in industrial areas and supplementing P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A renewable energy facility on a parcel or parcels of land comprising 20 or more contiguous acres 1that are owned by the same person or entity1 shall be a permitted use within every industrial district of a municipality.
For the purposes of this section:
“renewable energy facility” means a facility that engages in the production of electric energy from solar technologies, photovoltaic technologies, or wind energy.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.