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S4506
SENATE, No. 4506
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED JUNE 22, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� BRIAN P. STACK
District 33 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
���� Limits use of certain New Jersey Sports and
Exposition Authority development fees to certain transportation-related
projects.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
��
An Act
concerning New Jersey Sports and Exposition
Authority development fees and amending P.L.2015, c.19.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 74 of P.L.2015.
c.19 (C.5:10A-74) is amended to read as follows:
���� 74.� a. After the adoption of
the plan by the commission pursuant to subsection f. of section 73 of P.L.2015,
c.19 (C.5:10A-73), the commission may, by resolution, provide for the
assessment and collection of development fees on developments within the district
as provided hereunder.
���� b.��� Development fees
assessed by the commission shall be based upon the growth and development
forecasts contained in the plan and shall be levied in order to raise only
those amounts needed to accomplish the transportation projects set forth in the
plan and allowable administrative costs.� Those fees shall be assessed based
upon the formula or formulas contained in the resolution and shall be uniformly
applied, with such exceptions as are authorized or required by sections 69
through 81 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-69 through C.5:10A-81).
���� c.���� A formula or formulas
adopted by the commission by resolution shall reflect a methodology which
relates the use of land to the impact of the proposed development on the
transportation system, including, but not limited to:� vehicle trips generated
by the development; the square footage of an occupied structure; the number of
employees regularly employed at the development; the number of parking spaces
located at the development; or any combination thereof.
���� d.��� The resolution may
provide for credits against assessed development fees for payments made, or
expenses incurred, which have been determined by the commission to be in
furtherance of the district transportation plan, including, but not limited to,
contributions to transportation improvements, other than those required for
safe and efficient highway access to a development, and costs attributable to
the promotion of public transit, walking, bicycling, or ridesharing.
���� e.���� The resolution may
either exempt or reduce the development fee for specified land uses which have
been determined by the commission to have a beneficial, neutral, or
comparatively minor adverse impact on the transportation needs of the district.
���� f.���� The resolution may
provide for a reduced rate of development fees for developers submitting a
peak-hour automobile trip reduction plan approved by the commission under
standards adopted by the commission.� Standards for the approval of peak-hour
automobile trip reduction plans may include, but need not be limited to:
physical design for improved transit, ridesharing, and pedestrian access;
design of developments which include a mix of residential and nonresidential
uses; and proximity to potential labor pools.
���� g.��� The assessment of a
development fee shall be reasonably related to the impact of the proposed
development on the transportation system of the district and shall not exceed
the development's fair share of the cost of the transportation improvement
necessary to accommodate the additional burden on the district's transportation
system that is attributable to the proposed development and related allowable
administrative costs.
���� h.��� A resolution shall be
sufficiently certain and definitive to enable every person who may be required
to pay a fee to know or calculate the limit and extent of the fee which is to
be assessed against a specific development.
���� i.���� Upon the adoption by
the commission of a resolution pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a
separate assessment for off-site transportation improvements within the
district shall not be made by the State, a county, or a municipality except as
permitted pursuant to sections 69 through 81 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-69
through C.5:10A-81).
���� j.���� A development fee shall
not be assessed for any low and moderate income housing units which are
constructed pursuant to the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222
(C.52:27D-301 et al.) or under court order or settlement.
���� k.��� At least
[
30%
]
30 percent
of any development fees collected in accordance with this section shall be
used for transportation
-
related projects within the municipality where
the development, for which a particular fee was collected, is located
,
subject to the following limitations:
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(1)�� development fees
collected pursuant to this subsection shall not be used to defray the costs of
plan elements and allowable administrative costs incurred by the New Jersey
Sports and Exposition Authority and the Meadowlands Transportation Planning
Board for administration, management, development, update, amendment, and
supplement of the Meadowlands District Transportation Plan and the Meadowlands
Transportation Planning District;
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(2)�� development fees
collected pursuant to this subsection may only be used for transportation-related
projects within the municipality where the development, for which a particular
fee was collected, is located, with the advice and consent of the
municipality�s governing body in the governing body�s sole discretion; and
����
(3)�� the development fees
collected pursuant to this subsection shall not be used for any district-wide
intermunicipal traffic systems, which shall include, but not be limited to, the
Meadowlands Adaptive Signal System for Traffic Reduction
.
(cf: P.L.2015, c.19, s.74)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill amends existing law
to limit the use of New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA)
development fees collected pursuant to law for certain transportation-related
projects.� Specifically, the bill provides that development fees may not be
used to defray the costs of plan elements and allowable administrative costs
incurred by the NJSEA and Meadowlands Transportation Planning Board for
administration, management, development, update, amendment, and supplement of
the Meadowlands District Transportation Plan and the Meadowlands Transportation
Planning District.� The bill also provides that development fees may only be
used for transportation-related projects within the municipality where the
development, for which a particular fee was collected, is located, with the
advice and consent of the municipality�s governing body in the governing body�s
sole discretion.� Lastly, the bill prohibits the development fees from being
used for any district-wide intermunicipal traffic systems, which is to include,
but not be limited to, the Meadowlands Adaptive Signal System for Traffic
Reduction.