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S 4472

Implements automatic market rate increases for child care assistance

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Cordell Cleare and 5 co-sponsors

The bill eases local debt rules by removing the 5% down payment and Local Finance Board maturity/installment approvals for hazard mitigation and resilience projects funded by NJ In

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Bill Summary · S 4472

Summary — S.4472 (Print No. 4472C)

Note: the bill information header included an unrelated title (“Implements automatic market rate increases for child care assistance”). The legislative text and committee/fiscal documents provided show S.4472 amends New Jersey’s Local Bond Law to change down‑payment and Local Finance Board application requirements for hazard mitigation and resilience projects. This summary reflects the bill text and official committee/fiscal statements.

Purpose

To ease local financing rules for hazard mitigation and resilience projects by (1) eliminating the statutory five percent down payment requirement for certain local bond ordinances and (2) exempting those financings from the requirement to apply to the Local Finance Board for special maturity or installment approvals.

Key provisions

  • Amends N.J.S.40A:2-11 to add hazard mitigation and resilience projects (as defined/pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2023, c.63 (C.58:11B-5a)) funded by loans from the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank or by the State/DEP to the list of exceptions to the 5% down payment requirement for bond ordinances.
  • Amends N.J.S.40A:2-26 to exempt those same projects from the requirement that a governing body apply to the Local Finance Board to modify maturities or amounts of annual installments for bonds. (It maintains existing exceptions for NJIB and DEP loan‑determined maturities.)
  • Makes technical corrections to existing law.
  • Effective immediately upon enactment.

Who is affected

  • Counties and municipalities that issue bonds to finance hazard mitigation and resilience projects.
  • The Department of Community Affairs / Local Finance Board (fewer applications for maturity/installment approvals).
  • Indirectly, taxpayers and ratepayers in local jurisdictions (through changes in local debt service costs).

Fiscal and policy impacts

  • Office of Legislative Services (OLS) fiscal estimate (dated June 10, 2025): potential increase in local costs for some counties/municipalities. Removing the 5% down payment allows local units to finance 100% of a project via bonds, increasing principal and therefore total interest costs over the bond term. The magnitude depends on amount financed, interest rates, bond term, and issuance practices.
  • Possible small reduction in administrative workload/costs for local units and the Local Finance Board (fewer down‑payment logistics and applications).
  • The 5% down payment previously could be funded from local budgets, grants, or emergency appropriations; those options remain available but would no longer be required for these project types.

Procedural status (selected)

  • Introduced in Senate: 5/19/2025
  • Reported by Senate Community & Urban Affairs Committee: 6/5/2025
  • Reported by Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee: 6/9/2025
  • Passed Senate (39–0): 6/30/2025
  • Received in Assembly (without reference), 2nd reading: 7/24/2025

Sponsors and related bills

  • Primary sponsor: Sen. Jessica Ramos; cosponsors include Brad Hoylman‑Sigal, Julia Salazar, Rachel May, Cordell Cleare, Leroy Comrie.
  • Companion/related: A.5859, A.1001 and prior-session bills A.10596, S.3070.

For readers seeking the exact statutory edits: S.4472 amends N.J.S.40A:2-11 and N.J.S.40A:2-26 and takes effect immediately.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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