{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-58-10b-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 58:10B-8.1","heading":"Conditions for payment of grant from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.","body":"32. a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall require that payment of a grant or financial assistance from the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund shall be conditioned upon the subrogation to the department of all rights of the recipient to recover remediation costs from an insurance carrier, discharger, or person in any way responsible for a hazardous substance pursuant to subsection c. of section 8 of P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11g) and who does not have a defense to liability pursuant to subsection d. of that section, upon the failure of the recipient to repay the financial assistance to the State.  Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the authority or rights of the department concerning the discharge of a hazardous substance pursuant to P.L.1976, c.141, any other law, or pursuant to common law, against a discharger or a person in any way responsible for a hazardous substance.\nb.\tThe New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall not award a grant or financial assistance from the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund if the applicant relinquishes, impairs, or waives, or has relinquished, impaired, or waived, any right to recover the costs of the remediation against an insurance carrier, discharger, or person in any way responsible for a hazardous substance pursuant to subsection c. of section 8 of P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11g).\nc.\tIn any action by the department to enforce a right of subrogation, the department shall be entitled to invoke any right or defense available to the recipient of a grant or financial assistance from the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.\nd.\tAll moneys collected in a cost recovery subrogation action shall be deposited into the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.\nL.2009, c.60, s.32.","path":["TITLE 58 WATERS AND WATER SUPPLY"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"621d3371c391270592a700d2bbeb7963bee9218f2ab6281466ace19214e1d55c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-58-10b-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-58-10b-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}