Bill Text: NJ A4051 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires NJ Energy Star Homes Program incentives be available Statewide.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee [A4051 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4051-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires NJ Energy Star Homes Program incentives be available Statewide.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning incentives for certain energy efficient residential construction, and supplementing P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, any incentives made available by the Board of Public Utilities under the New Jersey Energy Star Homes Program shall be available for new residential construction throughout the State, and shall not be limited to areas designated for growth in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to the "State Planning Act," P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would provide that any incentives made available by the Board of Public Utilities under the New Jersey Energy Star Homes Program for new residential construction be available Statewide and not just within areas designated for growth in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, i.e., areas defined as Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan) or Planning Area 2 (Suburban) and designated centers.
