STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2309

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblyman BAGGER)

ADOPTED: FEBRUARY 20, 1997

      These amendments would exclude small sites from the definition of vacant land under the rules of the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). In addition, the amendments would permit the exclusion of sites which were designated by resolution of a local government as reserved for a public purpose other than housing. The amendments also require that the provisions of the bill be applied retroactively to those matters in which a judicial determination has not been made or substantive certification has not been granted by the effective date of the bill.