Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 52, STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

    Chapter 27d: Establishment

      Section: 52:27d-311.3: Reduction, elimination of affordable housing obligation of municipality.

          
40. The portion, if any, of the affordable housing obligation of a municipality attributable to a particular non-residential development shall be reduced or eliminated if:

a. the collection of fees under sections 32 through 38 of P.L.2008, c.46 (C.40:55D-8.1 through C.40:55D-8.7) is effectively suspended for a period of time pursuant to that law; and

b. the Council on Affordable Housing, in consultation with the Department of Community Affairs, has made a determination within two years of the effective date of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.52:27D-489a et al.), that there are insufficient funds in the "New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund," or through other State or federal housing subsidies available to a municipality to assist in the production of such housing units, in the same amount as would have been collected if not for the suspension thereof, pursuant to sections 32 through 38 of P.L.2008, c.46 (C.40:55D-8.1 through C.40:55D-8.7) by the date of the determination.

c. Nothing in P.L.2009, c.90 (C.52:27D-489a et al.) shall be construed to affect the municipal obligation to provide a realistic opportunity for its projected fair share of the regional housing need as determined by the Council on Affordable Housing in accordance with the provisions of the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.).

L.2009, c.90, s.40; amended 2009, c.90, s.40; 2011, c.122, s.3.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:56.

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