The New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, in Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ.
The following bills will be considered:
S697 (Ruiz / Turner) – Authorizes common law public nuisance suits regarding lead paint under State law; exempts Attorney General from certain aspects of public nuisance claims when pursuing lead paint actions.
S2605 (Smith / Bateman) – Directs BPU to establish utility-scale solar energy development program; modifies State’s renewable energy portfolio standards.
S3263 (Beach / Gopal) – Increases fee charged for New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp.
S3287 / A5121 (Singleton / Smith / Coughlin / Zwicker / Karabinchak) – Concerns provision of energy to certain manufacturing facilities by providing exemptions to certain energy-related taxes.
S3504 (Smith) – Requires all newly constructed warehouses to be solar-ready buildings.
S3618 (Pennacchio / Oroho / Bucco) – Makes a supplemental appropriation of $10 million for grants for certain lake management activities for recreation and conservation purposes.
S3667 (Smith / Bateman) – Codifies certain energy goals related to 2019 Energy Master Plan.
Due to the public health emergency, the State House Annex remains closed to visitors and members of the public will not be allowed to attend the meeting in person, unless properly registered to testify on a bill under consideration.
The public may monitor the committee proceedings on the New Jersey Legislature home page, at https: / / www.njleg.state.nj.us / . The committee will take in-person testimony on bills for those members of the public who properly register.
(The public may address comments and questions to Eric Hansen or Christina Denney, Committee Aides, or make bill status and scheduling inquiries to Pamela Cocroft, Secretary, at 609-847-3855, fax 609-292-0561, or e-mail: OLSAideSEN@njleg.org. Written and electronic comments, questions and testimony submitted to the committee by the public, as well as recordings and transcripts, if any, of oral testimony, are government records and will be available to the public upon request.)
If you are interested in registering your position with the committee, please fill out the Registration Form located on the New Jersey Legislature home page under the applicable committee heading. If you wish to testify, check the box ‘Do you wish to testify?’ on the form. The form must be submitted by 3:00 PM on Monday, May 10, 2021.
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