New Jersey § 52:27d-309
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 52:27d-309, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52:27d-309.
a. Within four months after the effective date of this act, each municipality which
so elects shall, by a duly adopted resolution of participation, notify the council
of its intent to submit to the council its fair share housing plan. Within five months after the council's adoption of its criteria and guidelines,
the municipality shall prepare and file with the council a housing element, based
on the council's criteria and guidelines, and any fair share housing ordinance introduced
and given first reading and second reading in a hearing pursuant to R.S.40:49-2 which implements the housing element. b. A municipality which does not notify the council of its participation within four
months may do so at any time thereafter. In any exclusionary zoning litigation instituted against such a municipality, however,
there shall be no exhaustion of administrative remedy requirements pursuant to section
16 of this act unless the municipality also files its fair share plan and housing
element with the council prior to the institution of the litigation.
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