52:27D-489e Economic Development and Growth Grant Program.

5. a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, in consultation with the State Treasurer, shall establish an Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program for the purpose of encouraging redevelopment projects in qualifying economic redevelopment and growth grant incentive areas that do not qualify as such areas solely by virtue of being a transit village, through the provision of incentive grants to reimburse developers for certain project financing gap costs.

b. (1) A developer shall submit an application for a State incentive grant prior to July 1, 2019. A developer that submits an application for a State incentive grant shall indicate on the application whether it is also applying for a local incentive grant.

(2) When an applicant indicates it is also applying for a local incentive grant, the authority shall forward a copy of the application to the municipality wherein the redevelopment project is to be located for approval by municipal ordinance.

c. An application for a State incentive grant shall be reviewed and approved by the authority. The authority shall not approve an application for a State incentive grant unless the application was submitted prior to July 1, 2019.

d. A developer shall not be required to purchase pinelands development credits under the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.), the pinelands comprehensive management plan, or any other rule or regulation adopted pursuant to that act in connection with any approval or relief obtained related to a redevelopment project located in an aviation district on or after the effective date of P.L.2018, c.120, except if seeking to develop in permanently protected open space pursuant to the Pinelands Protection Act. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a developer of a qualified residential project.

L.2009, c.90, s.5; amended 2010, c.10, s.5; 2013, c.161, s.16; 2018, c.120, s.6.