In a continuing effort to ensure the potential impact to climate and change continues to be a priority, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation that will encourage municipalities to assess the effects of climate change on their towns in their master plan.
The new law (formerly bill A2785) requires that the land use plan element of a municipal master plan include a climate change-related hazard vulnerability assessment. The law is effective immediately and will apply to any future land use plan.
The law also requires the Department of Environmental Protection, upon request by a planning board, to provide technical assistance, as practicable, to a municipality preparing a climate change-related hazard vulnerability assessment required by the law.
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NJ law proposed to require group homes address isolation
A proposed state law wants to ensure it does.
A bill approved in late January by the Assembly Human Services Committee would require that community-based residential programs in New Jersey, as a condition of licensure, implement and adhere to policies that foster personal connection and prevent social isolation of residents.
According to the bill s language, these policies at group homes, supervised apartments, and other residential settings for individuals with developmental disabilities, would relate to both in-person activities and times at which in-person contact may be restricted. While social distancing guidelines have saved countless lives, they have also led to the social isolation of those living in community-based centers, bill sponsors Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, D-Bergen, Assemblywoman Joann Downey, D-Monmouth, and Assemblyman Daniel Benson, D-Mercer, said. This bill will prioritize the mental and
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Vainieri Huttle & Benson Resolution to Make May 23rd “Renewable Energy Day” in New Jersey Clears Assembly Committee January 27, 2021, 4:39 pm | in
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rd “Renewable Energy Day” in New Jersey Clears Assembly Committee
(TRENTON) – New Jersey continues to make strides toward increasing renewable energy usage. Wind turbine manufacturing facilities are going to be constructed and the State sees clean energy as a fundamental component to focus on for the future.
A resolution (AJR-203), sponsored by Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Daniel Benson (D-Mercer, Middlesex), that would acknowledge the importance of renewable energy for the future of our State was approved Wednesday by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee. Under the legislation, May 23
More lawmakers push back on NJ spending millions to stop falling rocks on highways
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For years, mayors and concerned residents in a rural section of northwest New Jersey were the lone voices in their fight against the New Jersey Department of Transportation and its controversial rockfall mitigation project on one of their major roadways.
Now, a groundswell of voices has emerged about the DOT s rockfall projects planned around the state.
Bills have recently appeared on the state Legislature docket requesting that rockfall plans be paused, and a U.S. congressman is seeking an independent federal review of one project. Residents and mayors in other townships and even in Pennsylvania are organizing to get more involved and gather information about these questionable and costly rockfall projects being pursued by the DOT.