N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-170: Construction of act; restaurants temporarily, permanently closed, limited operation due to disciplinary, legal sanctions, entering settlement agreement.

7. Nothing in P.L.2024, c.95 (C.40:55D-164 et al.) shall be interpreted or construed as permitting or mandating the opening, expansion, or resumption of unlimited operations of a restaurant that does not sell alcoholic beverages and the holder of a COVID-19 Expansion Permit issued by the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control pursuant to the provisions of Special Ruling No. 2020-10 or a premises expansion permit issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2024, c.95 (C.40:55D-165) that is closed, whether permanently or temporarily, or operating subject to limitations on its operations, service, or hours, as a result of disciplinary or legal sanctions imposed by, or entering into a settlement agreement with, a court of the State of New Jersey, a municipal court, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, or a municipal governing body acting as a local alcoholic beverage control board, as applicable.

L.2024, c.95, s.7.