Prohibits local government from naming its property after foreign terrorist organization.

A1634

ASSEMBLY, No. 1634

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman ROBERT AUTH

District 39 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits local government from naming its property
after foreign terrorist organization.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

concerning the naming of certain entities owned by local governments and
supplementing chapter 10 of Appendix A.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.�� As used in P.L.���
, c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), "local
government" means a municipality, county, school district, or other
political subdivision of the State, or any public board, commission, committee,
authority, or agency which is not a State board, commission, committee,
authority, or agency.

���� b.��� (1)� A local government
shall not name property under its control or ownership, including, but not
limited to, a road, bridge, school, building, neighborhood, community, or park,
after a group that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by
any branch or agency of the federal government, or after land controlled by a
foreign terrorist organization, not including recognized, sovereign nations.

���� (2)� The Division of Local
Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation
with the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, shall develop a list of
designated foreign terrorist organizations and lands controlled by foreign
terrorist organizations, not including recognized, sovereign nations, and shall
review and revise the list annually.� The division shall publish a list
developed pursuant to this paragraph on the division�s Internet website.

���� c.��� Within 30 days following
the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill), a local government shall remove or dismantle all signs,
street pole banners, plaques, and any other displays of support for, or the
naming of property after, a foreign terrorist organization, designated by the
federal government, from property under the control or ownership of the local
government.

���� d.��� Within 90 days following
the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill), a local government that has named property under its
control or ownership after a foreign terrorist organization shall rename the property
so that it does not identify the name of a foreign terrorist organization.

���� e.��� In the event that a
local government violates the provisions of this section, the State Treasurer
shall, for each day in which the local government is in violation of this
section, deduct a portion of the total amount of State aid allocated to the
local government.� The daily deduction authorized pursuant to this subsection
shall be in an amount equal to the result of dividing the total amount of State
aid allocated to the local government by the total number of days in the fiscal
year in which the State aid is allocated.�

���� f.���� The Division of Local
Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall provide for
the reimbursement of costs incurred by municipalities in complying with the
provisions of subsections c. and d. of this section and the department shall
establish procedures by which a municipality may apply for reimbursement
pursuant to this subsection.

���� 2.��� The Division of Local
Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation
with the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, shall adopt, pursuant to
the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et
seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of section 1
of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).���

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits a local
government from naming property under its ownership or control, including, but
not limited to, a road, bridge, school, building, neighborhood, community, or
park, after a group, that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization
by the federal government, or after land controlled by a foreign terrorist
organization, not including recognized, sovereign nations.� The bill requires
the Division of Local Government Services (division) in the Department of
Community Affairs, in consultation with the Office of Homeland Security and
Preparedness (office), to develop and publish a list of designated foreign
terrorist organizations and lands controlled by foreign terrorist organizations,
not including recognized, sovereign nations.

���� The bill defines a "local
government" as a municipality, county, school district, or other political
subdivision of the State, or any public board, commission, committee,
authority, or agency which is not a State board, commission, committee,
authority, or agency.

���� The bill requires a local
government to remove or dismantle signs, street pole banners, plaques, or other
forms of displays of support for, or the naming of property after, a foreign
terrorist organization, under the control or ownership of the local government
within 30 days following the bill�s enactment.

���� Within 90 days following the
bill�s effective date, the bill requires a local government that has named
property under its control or ownership after a foreign terrorist organization
to rename the property so that it does not identify the name of as a foreign
terrorist organization. �The bill requires the State to reimburse local
governments for both of these costs, upon application.

���� If a local government violates
the provisions of the bill, the State Treasurer, for each day in which the
local government is in violation of the bill, is directed to deduct a portion
of the total amount of State aid allocated to the local government.� The daily
deduction is to be in an amount equal to the result of dividing the total
amount of State aid allocated to the local government by the total number of
days in the fiscal year in which the State aid is allocated.�

���� The bill provides that the
division, in consultation with the office, is to adopt rules and regulations
necessary to implement the provisions of the bill.