Allows certain alcoholic beverage retail licenses to be transferred with annexed municipal land.

This bill (S 1605) ensures that alcohol licenses for bars and restaurants (plenary retail consumption licenses) automatically transfer to the new municipality when land is annexed by that municipality under New Jersey law. The original municipality can then issue a new replacement license through public sale, and the usual rule limiting licenses based on population (one license per 3,000 residents) does not apply to these transferred or replacement licenses. It directly affects businesses operating on annexed land and both the annexing and annexed municipalities. The policy change streamlines license continuity during municipal boundary changes without requiring new license applications.