ASSEMBLY, No. 638

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblyman IMPREVEDUTO and Assemblywoman QUIGLEY

An Act concerning the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission and amending P.L.1988, c.136.

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

    1. Section 2 of P.L.1988, c.136 (C.13:17-14.1) is amended to read as follows:

    2. Whenever the commission receives an application for [the development, improvement or redevelopment of, or for] the construction [or reconstruction] of new buildings or [structures] for an addition to an existing building in excess of 10,000 square feet on[,]land in the district, the commission shall notify within seven days, in writing by certified mail, the governing body of the municipality or municipalities in which the land is located and any municipality immediately adjacent thereto. Before approving an application, the commission shall consult with the notified governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities in which the land is located. If the commission approves an application which the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities in which the land is located oppose in any manner, the commission shall inform the governing body or bodies, in writing by certified mail, of the reasons for approval within seven days of that approval.

(cf: P.L.1992, c.54, s.2.)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill amends section 2 of P.L.1988, c.136 (C.13:17-14.1) to change the requirements as to when the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (HMDC) must notify concerned municipalities of plans for development in the district. Under the bill, the HMDC would notify the governing body of the affected municipality or municipalities and any municipality immediately adjacent thereto of applications for development involving the construction of a new building or for an addition to an existing building in excess of 10,000 square feet.

Changes requirements as to when HMDC shall notify concerned municipalities of plans for development in district.