[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 408

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JANUARY 18, 1996

By Senator BRYANT

An Act concerning the regulation of riparian lands and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes.

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

    1. a. The Tidelands Resource Council shall approve any application for a riparian grant, lease or conveyance whenever the proposed activity:

    (1) promotes economic development in a municipality which has been designated, at least in part, an urban enterprise zone pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-66);

    (2) has a demonstrable public benefit; and

    (3) is located in a city that:

    (a) has a population¹, according to the latest federal decennial census,¹ greater than 85,000 and less than 90,000; and

    (b) is located in a county of the second class with a population ¹, according to the latest federal decennial census,¹ greater than 500,000 but less than 510,000.

    b. The council shall not disapprove an application for a grant, lease or conveyance of riparian land pursuant to subsection a. of this section unless there is compelling evidence that substantial environmental harm would result from the approval of the application.

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Requires Tidelands Resource Council to approve certain applications for riparian land use.