Prohibits DEP from imposing conditions on projects exempt from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."

Bill A1084 prohibits the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from requiring deed restrictions or additional conditions for projects already exempt under the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act (P.L.2004, c.120). It directly affects property owners, developers, and applicants whose projects qualify for statutory exemptions under the Highlands Act. The bill mandates that DEP cannot make exemption determinations conditional on such restrictions, ending a current practice where DEP imposed these requirements even for exempt projects. This change applies retroactively to August 10, 2004, when the Highlands Act took effect.