SENATE, No. 1263
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain local authorities to inspect, maintain, and repair fire hydrants in planned real estate developments.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning fire hydrants located on private streets and supplementing P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. In the interest of public safety, every municipal authority created pursuant to P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.) shall assume the same responsibility for the inspection, maintenance, repair, and cost of operation of fire hydrants located on streets and roads in planned real estate developments within its service borders, regardless of whether those roads or streets are dedicated to the municipality in which the planned real estate development is located, as it exercises over fire hydrants located along public streets and roads. A municipal authority shall inspect, maintain, repair, and pay the cost of operation of fire hydrants located on streets and roads in planned real estate developments within its service borders in the same manner and to the same extent as fire hydrants that are not located in planned real estate developments are inspected, maintained, and repaired by that authority.
b. As used in this section,“planned real estate development” means any real property situated within the State, whether contiguous or not, which consists of or will consist of, separately owned areas, irrespective of form, be it lots, parcels, units, or interest, and which are offered or disposed of pursuant to a common promotional plan, and providing for common or shared elements or interests in real property, but shall not include timeshares.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
This bill requires, in the interest of public safety, that every municipal authority created pursuant to the “municipal and county utilities authorities law,” P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.), assume the same responsibility for the inspection, maintenance, repair, and cost of operation of fire hydrants located on streets and roads in planned real estate developments within its service borders, regardless of whether those roads or streets are dedicated to the municipality in which the planned real estate development is located, as it exercises over fire hydrants located along public streets and roads. Under the provisions of the bill, these authorities are to inspect, maintain, repair, and pay the cost of operation of fire hydrants located on streets and roads in planned real estate developments within their service borders in the same manner and to the same extent as fire hydrants that are not located in planned real estate developments are inspected, maintained, and repaired by that authority.