Requires business that violates State environmental laws to forfeit economic development subsidies under certain circumstances.
This bill requires businesses receiving New Jersey economic development subsidies (valued at over $25,000) to forfeit part of their subsidy or pay costs if they violate state environmental laws. Specifically, if the Environmental Protection Commissioner determines a business caused an environmental incident, the business must either forfeit 20% of its annual subsidies or pay the full costs of remediation - including housing relocation, air filtration systems, and mental health services for affected residents. Payments collected will fund the new Environmental Incident Recovery Fund, which reimburses impacted residents for qualifying costs. The law applies to all future subsidy agreements and mandates businesses to comply within 30 days or risk losing all future subsidies.
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in committee
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Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 29, 2025
Last action Jun 12, 2025
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Jun 12, 2025
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Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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