Bill Text: NJ A4950 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes State grant program fund to incentivize municipalities to create senior snow removal programs; appropriates $2 million.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-05-07 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee [A4950 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-A4950-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes State grant program fund to incentivize municipalities to create senior snow removal programs; appropriates $2 million.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act establishing a grant program fund incentivizing municipalities to create senior snow removal programs, supplementing chapter 27D of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, and making an appropriation.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. For the purposes of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):
"Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.
"Driveway" means a private roadway providing access to a public street or highway, including any pathway necessary to access the driveway from the residential property that is eligible to receive snow removal services under a local senior snow removal program established pursuant to section 3 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
"Entrance way" means a private pathway providing access to the abutting sidewalks from the residential property that is eligible to receive snow removal services under a local senior snow removal program established pursuant to section 3 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
"Fund" means the "Senior Snow Removal Grant Program Fund" established pursuant to section 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
"Qualified senior" means a person 62 years of age or older with a household income not exceeding 65 percent of the area median income for the area in which the municipality is located.
2. There is established in the Department of Community Affairs a nonlapsing fund to be known as the "Senior Snow Removal Grant Program Fund." Monies deposited into the fund shall be used to provide grants to municipalities to create and implement local senior snow removal programs. A grant awarded to a municipality from the fund shall not exceed $100,000.
3. a. A municipality may establish by ordinance a local senior snow removal program for removal of snow and ice from the entrance ways, driveways, and abutting sidewalks of a residential property located within the municipality that is occupied by one or more qualified seniors.
b. A municipality that establishes a local senior snow removal program pursuant to subsection a. of this section may apply, in a form and manner determined by the department, for a grant from the Senior Snow Removal Grant Program Fund for the operation of the local senior snow removal program.
c. (1) State grant money provided to a municipality to operate a local senior snow removal program shall not be made available to otherwise qualified seniors living in a rental unit, the lease of which requires the landlord to provide snow and ice removal equivalent to that provided under the local senior snow removal program.
(2) State grant money provided to a municipality to operate a local senior snow removal program shall not be made available to otherwise qualified seniors living in a unit in a residential condominium, cooperative, fee simple community, horizontal property regime, or mobile home park comprised of a community trust or other trust device, condominium association, homeowners' association, or council of co-owners, the governing documents of which require the entity responsible for managing the common elements and facilities of the community to provide snow and ice removal equivalent to that provided under the local senior snow removal program.
4. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
5. There is appropriated to the Senior Snow Removal Grant Program Fund, established pursuant to section 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) from the General Fund, a sum of $2,000,000 to effectuate the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
6. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill establishes a nonlapsing fund to be known as the "Senior Snow Removal Grant Program Fund" (fund) in the Department of Community Affairs to provide municipalities with grants of no more than $100,000 each to create and implement local senior snow removal programs (local programs). A municipality may establish by ordinance a local program for removal of snow and ice from the entrance ways, driveways, and abutting sidewalks of a residential property located within the municipality that is occupied by a person or persons 62 years of age or older with a household income not exceeding 65 percent of the area median income for the area in which the municipality is located.
A municipality that establishes a local program may apply to the department for funding from the fund for the operation of the local program. State grant money provided to a local program is not to be made available to those living in certain residences, as specified in the bill.
The bill appropriates $2 million to the Department of Community Affairs for the purpose of awarding grants to municipalities to create and implement local programs.
The bill directs the Commissioner of Community Affairs to adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of the bill. The bill is to take effect immediately.
