New Jersey § 13:8-52
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:8-52, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13:8-52.
a. The department is hereby empowered and directed, pursuant to the “Administrative
Procedure Act” ( C. 52:14B-1 et seq. ), and after public hearings thereon, to promulgate rules and regulations concerning
the development and use of designated adjacent areas of land, which rules and regulations
shall also serve as minimum standards for the adoption of appropriate rules and regulations
by any commission created by the affected municipalities in accordance with section
9 of this act; 1 provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be construed so as
to affect any use of such lands which exists at the time of the effective date of
this act; provided, further, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be
construed so as to prohibit or adversely affect the expansion of any agricultural
use of such lands which exists at the time of the effective date of this act. b. The department is further authorized, pursuant to the aforesaid, “Administrative
Procedure Act,” and after public hearings thereon, to adopt, amend or repeal such
other rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. c. The department shall transmit copies of all rules and regulations proposed pursuant
to this section to the Assembly Agriculture and Environment Committee and to the Senate
Energy and Environment Committee. d. The department shall further transmit copies of all rules and regulations proposed
pursuant to this section to the Senate and General Assembly on a day on which both
Houses shall be meeting in the course of a regular or special session. The provisions of the aforesaid ‘Administrative Procedure Act’ or any other law
to the contrary notwithstanding, no such rule or regulation shall take effect if,
within 60 days of the date of its transmittal to the Senate and General Assembly,
the Legislature shall pass a concurrent resolution stating in substance that the Legislature
does not favor such proposed rule or regulation. 1
N.J.S.A. § 13:8-53.
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