Over the past year, several pieces of legislation have been enacted to assist in the recovery of the homebuilding industry.  For those who may be interested on how their legislators voted, please click on the links below.

• The Permit Extension Act of 2008
• Site Remediation Reform Act
• Age Restricted Communities Act - Initial Vote
• Age Restricted Communities Act – Final Conditional Veto Vote
• NJ Economic Stimulus Act of 2009
• Permit Extension Act Renewal
• Wastewater Planning Extension Bill

Not sure who your legislators are?  The link below will take you to New Jersey’s legislative webpage where you will see a list of municipalities. Find the municipality in which you live in and click on it. A page will open that lists legislative districts—yours will be the first one on the page. Click on your legislative district for the names and contact information for your Senate and Assembly representatives. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp

On July 27, 2009 Governor Jon Corzine signed the Economic Stimulus Act of  2009 (P.L.2009, c. 90).  As signed by the Governor, the law includes several provisions to encourage residential development in urban areas. 

On July 2, 2009 Governor Jon Corzine enacted S2577 (Sarlo/Vitale/Greenwald/Malone).  The law takes effect immediately and would allow for the conversion of certain age-restricted housing developments pending approval by a municipal planning or zoning board.  In order for a project to be eligible for a conversion, a developer must meet certain requirements...

On May 7th, Governor Corzine signed the long-awaited LSRP bill, which is the culmination of more than two years of discussions between the NJDEP, State Legislature and various stakeholders. An Executive Order was also issued in conjunction with the enactment. The bill was passed in late February with overwhelming support of both legislative houses. NJBA’s Environmental Counsel, Andy Robins (Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.), has been instrumental in representing the interests of the Association in this process.

To review the law as signed by the Governor, click here.

To review the Executive Order, go to: http://tinyurl.com/r2a93d.

For a link to the DEP’s Implementation Schedule, visit: http://tinyurl.com/qrwl8e.

On September 6, 2008, Governor Corzine signed the Permit Extension Act of 2008 into law as P.L. 2008, c.78.

On July 17th, Governor Corzine enacted A500 (Roberts/Watson Coleman) as P.L. 2008, c.46. The legislation makes a series of affordable housing reforms such as mandating density bonuses, establishing a State Housing Commission, requiring the regular issuance of affordable housing data, and imposing a 2.5% non-residential development fee.  The law takes effect immediately. Click here to review the law.

The Legislative Program and Policy Statement summarizes the positions of the New Jersey Builders Association on public policies relating to housing the state’s growing population.

Download the LPPS (433 KB):

Legislation enacted in August (P.L. 2006, c.85) makes property owners responsible for assuring tax withholding by all contractors and subcontractors who perform work on their properties.

“Worker Misclassification” – P.L.2007, c.114
“Joint Committee on Housing Affordability” – P.L.2007, c.55
“Pay Now” - P.L. 2006, c. 96
Third Party Tax Liability - P.L. 2006, c. 85
“Environmental Penalties” – P.L.2007, c.246