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NJ S1605
NJ S1605Allows certain alcoholic beverage retail licenses to be transferred with annexed municipal land.
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Introduced
01/13/2026
01/13/2026
In Committee
01/13/2026
01/13/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026-2027 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill establishes a procedure for the transfer of an alcoholic beverage plenary retail consumption license, generally issued to bars and restaurants, when municipal land is annexed by another municipality. Current law provides for the annexation of land in one municipality into another existing municipality through a petition process. Under this bill, a plenary retail consumption license used in connection with a premises located on land that is annexed would be transferred to the governing body of the municipality that annexes the land. The bill also allows a municipality from which land is annexed that transfers a plenary retail consumption license to issue a new plenary retail consumption license at public sale in order to replace any transferred license. Under current law, a municipality may issue plenary retail consumption licenses until the combined total number in the municipality is fewer than one license for each 3,000 municipal residents. This population limitation would not apply to a license transferred or issued under the bill's provisions.
AI Summary
This bill establishes a process for transferring alcoholic beverage licenses, specifically "plenary retail consumption licenses" which are typically held by bars and restaurants, when land is annexed by a different municipality. When land with such a license is annexed, the license will automatically transfer to the governing body of the municipality that now controls the land. The municipality that loses the land and license is permitted to issue a new license through a public sale to replace the one that was transferred, and importantly, this new license, or the transferred one, will not be subject to the usual state limit of one license for every 3,000 residents in a municipality.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee (on 01/13/2026)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| State Bill Page | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S1605 |
| BillText | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/S2000/1605_I1.HTM |
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