New Jersey § 52:31B-6 Emergency or imminent hazard to public health, safety and welfare

New Jersey Statutes

§ 52:31B-6 — Emergency or imminent hazard to public health, safety and welfare

New Jersey § 52:31B-6

Title 52STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 52:31B-6 (2026).

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(a)No State agency or unit of local government shall, except in the case of an emergency or an imminent hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the public, displace or remove, or cause to be displaced or removed, any person or business concern on account of the acquisition of any real property for public use or on account of a program of law enforcement or on account of a program or project for the voluntary rehabilitation of dwelling units, unless (1) any workable relocation assistance program required by subsection (a) of section 5 of this act shall have been submitted to, and approved by, the commissioner;

(2)the chief executive officer of said State agency or unit of local government shall have filed with the commissioner the certification required by subsection (a) of section 5

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(a) No State agency or unit of local government shall, except in the case of an emergency or an imminent hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the public, displace or remove, or cause to be displaced or removed, any person or business concern on account of the acquisition of any real property for public use or on account of a program of law enforcement or on account of a program or project for the voluntary rehabilitation of dwelling units, unless (1) any workable relocation assistance program required by subsection (a) of section 5 of this act shall have been submitted to, and approved by, the commissioner; (2) the chief executive officer of said State agency or unit of local government shall have filed with the commissioner the certification required by subsection (a) of section 5 of this act; (3) an alternate dwelling unit as described in section 5(b)(2) of this act is available for each person displaced or removed, or caused to be displaced or removed; and (4) the commissioner shall have certified to the chief executive officer of said State agency or unit of local government that the provisions of this act have been complied with. (b) Any State agency or unit of local government which, in the case of an emergency or an imminent hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the public, displaces or removes, or causes to be displaced or removed, any person or business concern on account of the acquisition of any real property for public use or on account of a program of law enforcement or on account of a program or project for the voluntary rehabilitation of dwelling units, shall do any and all things necessary and appropriate to provide, that, as soon after the displacement or removal of any such person or business concern as possible, (1) any workable relocation assistance program required by subsection (a) of section 5 of this act will be submitted to the commissioner for his approval; (2) the chief executive officer of said State agency or unit of local government will file with the commissioner the certification required by subsection (a) of section 5 of this act; (3) an alternate dwelling unit as described in subsection (b)(2) of section 5 of this act is available for each person displaced or removed, or caused to be displaced or removed; and (4) the commissioner will certify to the chief executive officer of said State agency or unit of local government that the provisions of this act have been complied with. L.1967, c. 79, s. 6, eff. May 31, 1967.