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S4373
SENATE, No. 4373
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED JUNE 1, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Senator� JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Greenstein
SYNOPSIS
���� Expands memorandum of understanding requirements for
purpose of consolidated application for residential utility assistance
programs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
expanding consolidated application for residential
utility assistance programs and amending P.L.2025, c.265 (C.52:27D-9.5).
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.2025,
c.265 (C.52:27D-9.5) is amended to read as follows:
���� 1. �a. �As used in this
section:
���� "Department" means
the Department of Community Affairs.
���� "Director" means the
Director of the Division of Housing and Community Resources in the Department
of Community Affairs.
���� "Division" means the
Division of Housing and Community Resources in the Department of Community
Affairs.
���� "State agency" means
any department, division, office, board, commission, council, or bureau in the
Executive branch of State government.
���� "Statewide nonprofit
energy assistance organization" means a nonprofit organization designated
pursuant to P.L.2000, c.132 (C.48:2-29.38 et seq.).
���� b.��� Notwithstanding any
provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Division of Housing
and Community Resources shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with
each State agency and Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organization that administers
[
its
own
]
a
utility assistance program providing financial assistance to residential
customers for utility bill payments or energy efficiency measures and that is
not currently included in the division�s existing consolidated application
portal to be included in the division�s consolidated, user-friendly Internet
website-based application form for those programs on the department�s Internet
website.� Each State agency and Statewide nonprofit energy assistance
organization identified by the department pursuant to this section shall enter
into a memorandum of understanding with the department and shall assist the
department in updating the consolidated application, if applicable, including
alerting the department of temporary programs that provide financial assistance
to residential customers for utility bill payments or energy efficiency
measures that the State agency or Statewide nonprofit energy assistance
organization may be directed to administer, so that the department may
integrate that temporary program into the consolidated application form.
���� c.���� The Department of
Community Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act,"
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations it
deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
(cf: P.L.2025, c.265, s.1)
���� 2. �This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill directs the Division
of Housing and Community Resources in the Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any Statewide nonprofit energy
assistance organization that administers a financial assistance program for
residential utility customers to provide a consolidated, user-friendly Internet
website-based application for those programs on the DCA�s Internet website.�
Current law is narrower, as it only requires such memorandum of understanding,
in part, to be between the DCA and Statewide nonprofit energy assistance
organizations that administer their own financial assistance program for
residential utility customers.