Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 5275 (March 20, 2025)
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A committee statement to the Assembly, No. 5275, with committee amendments, dated March 20, 2025. The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 5275. As amended, the bill prohibits the New Jersey Cemetery Board from approving an application to construct a crematory if the nearest boundary of the site is proposed to be within 1,000 feet of a public or private school, an area zoned for residential use, or a recreational area. The committee amended the bill to specify that its provisions apply retroactively to January 1, 2025.
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“Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 5275 (March 20, 2025).”
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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 5275
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MARCH 20, 2025
The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and
Agriculture Committee reports favorably and with committee
amendments Assembly Bill No. 5275.
As amended, this bill prohibits the New Jersey Cemetery Board
from approving an application to construct a crematory if the
crematory site is proposed to be located within 1,000 feet of a
school, an area zoned for residential use, or a recreational area.
The bill specifically provides that on and after January 1, 2025
the New Jersey Cemetery Board may not approve an application to
construct a crematory if the nearest boundary of the crematory site
is proposed to be located within 1,000 feet of:
a public or private school;
an area zoned primarily or exclusively for residential use; or
a park, playground, picnic area, square, monument, beach,
waterfront, recreation area, conservation area, or similar
place or property.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
The committee amended the bill to specify that the bill’s
provisions apply retroactively to January 1, 2025.
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