This bill mandates that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) can lift conservation easements imposed on real property as a condition of a Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA) permit, under specific circumstances. The conditions include that the property in question must be necessary for the physical expansion of an existing school for special needs children. Additionally, the DEP must ensure that a new conservation restriction, which is substantively similar, is placed on another parcel of land that is at least twice the size of the original property and located no more than 20 miles away.

The bill aims to balance the need for expanding educational facilities for special needs children with the preservation of environmental conservation efforts. By allowing the lifting of conservation easements under these conditions, the legislation seeks to facilitate necessary development while simultaneously ensuring that conservation efforts are maintained through the imposition of new restrictions on a larger parcel of land. The act is set to take effect immediately upon passage.