Bill Text: NJ S2309 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits transmittal of certain land use documents via email.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Substituted by A3390 (1R) [S2309 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2309-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2309

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JULY 31, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits transmittal of certain land use documents via email.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee on December 10, 2015, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning the method of transmittal of certain land use documents to certain municipalities and amending P.L.1975, c.291.

 

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

 

      1.   Section 7.4 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-15) is amended to read as follows:

     7.4.  a.  Notice by personal service [or] , certified mail, or e-mail with ¹[a confirmed receipt] confirmation¹ that the ¹[email] e-mail¹ was delivered, shall be made to the clerk of an adjoining municipality of all hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of a development regulation involving property situated within 200 feet of such adjoining municipality at least 10 days prior to the date of any such hearing.

     b.    Notice by personal service [or] , certified mail, or e-mail with ¹[a confirmed receipt] confirmation¹ that the ¹[email] e-mail¹ was delivered, shall be made to the county planning board of (1) all hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of any development regulation at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, and (2) the adoption, revision or amendment of the municipal capital improvement program or municipal official map not more than 30 days after the  date of such adoption, revision or amendment.  Any notice provided hereunder shall include a copy of the proposed development regulation, the municipal official map or the municipal capital program, or any proposed revision or amendment thereto, as the case may be.

     Notice of hearings to be held pursuant to this section shall state the date, time and place of the hearing and the nature of the matters to be considered.  Any notice by certified mail or e-mail ¹[with a confirmed receipt that the email was delivered]¹ pursuant to this section shall be deemed complete upon mailing or ¹[upon receipt of a delivery confirmation]¹ when e-mailing, ¹upon confirmation that the e-mail was delivered,¹ as appropriate.

     ¹For the purposes of this section, proof that an e-mail was sent to the correct e-mail address within the required time frame shall constitute a rebuttable presumption of confirmation that the e-mail was delivered.¹

(cf:  P.L.1975, c.291, s.7.4)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.