Bill Text: NJ A4464 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Sets fees for DEP permits and approvals for repair or reconstruction of Sandy-damaged structures at no more than amount in effect on October 28, 2012.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-14 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4464 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4464-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Sets fees for DEP permits and approvals for repair or reconstruction of Sandy-damaged structures at no more than amount in effect on October 28, 2012.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee on December 14, 2015, with amendments.
An Act concerning certain permit and approval fees for Sandy-damaged structures.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the Department of Environmental Protection shall not charge an application fee in excess of the applicable fee amount in effect on October 28, 2012 for an application for any permit or approval specifically related to the repair or reconstruction of a Sandy-damaged structure.
b. The department shall establish a procedure by which an applicant who paid an application fee to the department prior to the date of enactment of this act for a permit or approval specifically related to the repair or reconstruction of a Sandy-damaged structure may request a refund from the department in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the application fee paid and the application fee that would have been charged by the department for that 1[ty] type of permit or approval1 based upon the applicable fee in effect on October 28, 2012.
c. This section shall apply only to an application for a permit or approval for property on which a Sandy-damaged structure is located the owner of which at the time of application is the same person who owned the property on October 28, 2012 and who has owned the property continuously since that date, or is an immediate family member of that person.
d. As used in this section:
"Immediate family member" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister, whether the individual is related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
"Sandy-damaged structure" means the same as the term is defined in section 1 of P.L.2013, c.107 (C.58:16A-103).
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire on the first day of the fourth year following the date of enactment.
