New Jersey § 13:20-20

§ 13:20-20.

The council shall provide legal representation to any requesting local government

unit located in the Highlands Region in any cause of action filed against the local

government unit and contesting an act or decision of the local government unit taken

or made under authority granted pursuant to the “Municipal Land Use Law,” P.L.1975,

c. 291 ( C.40:55D-1 et seq. ), R.S.40:27-1 et seq. , the “State Uniform Construction Code Act,” P.L.1975, c. 217 ( C.52:27D-119 et seq. ), or this act, provided that: a. the municipal master plan and development regulations, or, in the case of a county

governmental entity, the county master plan and associated regulations, have been

approved by the council to be in conformance with the regional master plan in accordance

with section 14 or 15 of this act; 1 b. the council determines that the act or decision of the local government unit which

is the subject of the cause of action is consistent with the regional master plan;

and c. the act or decision of the local government unit that is the subject of the cause

of action involves an application for development that provides for the ultimate disturbance

of two acres or more of land or a cumulative increase in impervious surface by one

acre or more. 1

N.J.S.A. § 13:20-14 or 13:20-15.