Requires municipal planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment to incorporate recommendations from certain local environmental commissions on applications for development.

This bill requires New Jersey municipal planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment to review and incorporate recommendations from local environmental commissions when considering development applications. It directly affects these municipal boards and environmental commissions by changing how they interact during development reviews. Key mechanisms include mandating that boards provide environmental commissions with actual copies (not just informational copies) of all development applications, and requiring boards to consider and incorporate environmental recommendations into their decisions where possible. The bill updates existing law, which previously allowed boards to ignore environmental recommendations without consequence.