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NJ Rev Stat § 52:27J-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27J-1 - Findings, declarations relative to food insecurity.

52:27J-1 Findings, declarations relative to food insecurity.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Over one million people are estimated to be food insecure in New Jersey and more than one-third of them are children; (b) The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is projected to cause a disproportionate increase in the rate of food insecurity in this State compared to the national rate and neighboring states; (c) Several departments are responsible for administering different food insecurity programs in the State: the Department of Human Services administers the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the Department of Health administers the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children; and the Department of Agriculture administers the United States Department of Agriculture's school nutrition program in New Jersey; (d) The State's food insecurity programs are currently operating in silos and, in some cases, they may all cover the same families, yet not all eligible families are enrolled into each program; and (e) Establishing an Office of the Food Insecurity Advocate by statute will help coordinate the administration of the State's food insecurity programs, advocate for the food insecure, and develop new policy initiatives to combat hunger and facilitate greater access to food relief programs. L.2021, c.242, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27J-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27J-2 - Definition of "food insecurity program".

52:27J-2 Definition of "food insecurity program".  2. As used in this act: "Food insecurity program" means a nutrition program in this State that provides nutrition assistance to individuals without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food and includes, but is not limited to, the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children, the Commodity Supplemental Food program, the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, the Child and Adult Care Program, and the United States Department of Agriculture's school nutrition program. L.2021, c.242, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27J-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27J-3 - Office of the Food Insecurity Advocate created.

52:27J-3 Office of the Food Insecurity Advocate created.  3. There is created in the Executive Branch of the State Government the Office of the Food Insecurity Advocate. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Office of Food Insecurity Advocate is allocated to the Economic Development Authority in the Department of the Treasury, but notwithstanding this allocation, the office shall be independent of any supervision or control by the Economic Development Authority or by the department, or by any board or officer thereof, in the performance of its duties. The office shall have the duty to collaborate with the appropriate State agency to: (a) coordinate outreach for food insecurity programs, including developing new initiatives and outreach campaigns and identifying best practices to increase enrollment in the State's food insecurity programs; (b) establish a 24-hour toll-free hunger hotline to assist in making information about the State's food insecurity programs as widely available as possible; (c) support grant application processes related to food insecurity for in-state providers and State departments by monitoring available grants, recommending grant applications, and assisting with the grant application process; (d) coordinate communication with and between food banks; (e) establish best practices for food banks to reduce food waste and to distribute more fresh produce and proteins to food insecurity programs and food banks; (f) cooperate with research organizations and universities to monitor ongoing gap analysis that identifies areas that are undeserved by current food insecurity programs; (g) work with State and community partners to develop a strategic plan to address identified gaps in areas that are undeserved by current food insecurity programs; (h) oversee the development and implementation of public-private partnerships to address food insecurity; (i) provide support in coordinating assistance to address food insecurity during federal or State declared states of emergency;  (j) coordinate food insecurity programming and initiatives for institutions of higher education with the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education; (k) develop new initiatives, establish an outreach campaign, and identify best practices to reach senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable population; and (l) coordinate outreach efforts for the newly unemployed who might be eligible for food insecurity programs. L.2021, c.242, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27J-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27J-4 - Appointment of food insecurity advocate.

52:27J-4 Appointment of food insecurity advocate.  4. The administrator and chief executive officer of the office is the food insecurity advocate, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office. The food insecurity advocate shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor during the Governor's term of office and until the appointment and qualification of the food insecurity advocate's successor. The food insecurity advocate shall devote time entirely to the duties of the position and shall receive a salary as determined by law. Any vacancy occurring in the position of the food insecurity advocate shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment; except that if the food insecurity advocate dies, resigns, becomes ineligible to serve for any reason, or is removed from office, the Governor shall appoint an acting food insecurity advocate, who shall serve until the appointment and qualification of the food insecurity advocate's successor, but in no event longer than six months from the occurrence of the vacancy, and who shall exercise during this period all the powers and duties of the food insecurity advocate pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.2021, c.242, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27J-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27J-5 - Duties of food insecurity advocate.

52:27J-5 Duties of food insecurity advocate.  5. The food insecurity advocate, as administrator and chief executive officer of the office, shall: a. administer and organize the work of the office and establish therein such administrative subdivisions as the food insecurity advocate may deem necessary, proper and expedient. The food insecurity advocate may formulate and adopt rules and regulations and prescribe duties for the efficient conduct of the business, work and general administration of the office. The food insecurity advocate may delegate to subordinate officers or employees in the office such power as the food insecurity advocate may deem desirable to be exercised under the food insecurity advocate's supervision and control; b. appoint and remove stenographic, clerical, and other secretarial assistants as may be required for the proper conduct of the office, subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, and other applicable statutes, and within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available therefor. In addition, and within funding limits, the food insecurity advocate may appoint, retain, or employ, without regard to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes or any other statutes, any officers, financial managers, social workers, or other professionally qualified personnel on a contract basis or otherwise as the food insecurity advocate deems necessary; c. maintain suitable headquarters for the office and such other quarters as the food insecurity advocate shall deem necessary to the proper functioning of the office; d. solicit and accept grants of funds from the federal government and from other public and any private sources for any of the purposes of this act; provided, however, that any such funds shall be expended only pursuant to an appropriation made by law; e. serve as the liaison between the Office of the Food Insecurity Advocate and the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health, and Human Services; and f. perform such other functions as may be prescribed in this act or by any other law. L.2021, c.242, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27J-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27J-6 - Rules, regulations.

52:27J-6 Rules, regulations.  6. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the food insecurity advocate and the Commissioners of Agriculture, Education, Health, and Human Services may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2021, c.242, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-1 - Preamble

52:28-1. Preamble  Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of New York, and commissioners duly appointed on the part of New Jersey, for the purpose of agreeing upon, and settling the jurisdiction and territorial limits of the two states, have executed certain articles, two copies for each state, which are contained in the following words: Agreement made and entered into, by and between Benjamin F. Butler, Peter Augustus Jay and Henry Seymour, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New York, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state entitled "An act concerning the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the state of New York, and the state of New Jersey," passed January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, of the one part, and Theodore Frelinghuysen, James Parker and Lucius Q. C. Elmer, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New Jersey, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state, entitled "An act for the settlement of the territorial limits and jurisdiction between the states of New Jersey and New York," passed February sixth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, of the other part. Rev.1877, p. 1178, Preamble (C.S. p. 5358, Preamble).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-2 - Location of boundary line

52:28-2. Location of boundary line  Article I. The boundary line between the states of New York and New Jersey, from a point in the middle of Hudson river, opposite the point on the west shore thereof, in the forty-first degree of north latitude, as heretofore ascertained and marked, to the main sea, shall be the middle of the said river, of the bay of New York, of the water between Staten island and New Jersey, and of Raritan bay, to the main sea, except as hereinafter otherwise particularly mentioned. Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 3 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 5).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-3 - Islands subject to New York

52:28-3. Islands subject to New York  Article II. The state of New York shall retain its present jurisdiction of and over Bedloe's and Ellis' islands, and shall also retain exclusive jurisdiction of and over the other islands lying in the waters above-mentioned, and now under the jurisdiction of that state. Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 4 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 6).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-4 - Hudson river and bay of New York

52:28-4. Hudson river and bay of New York  Article III. The state of New York shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the bay of New York, and of and over all the waters of Hudson river, lying west of Manhattan island, and to the south of the mouth of Spuyten Duyvel creek, and of and over the lands covered by the said waters to the low-water mark on the westerly or New Jersey side thereof, subject to the following rights of property and jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, that is to say: 1. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of property in and to the land under water, lying west of the middle of the bay of New York and west of the middle of that part of the Hudson river which lies between Manhattan island and New Jersey. 2. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made on the shore of the said state, and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock, except that the said vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to passengers of the state of New York, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed. 3. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries on the westerly side of the middle of the said waters; provided, that the navigation be not obstructed or hindered. Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 5 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 7).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-5 - Kill von Kull

52:28-5. Kill von Kull  Article IV. The state of New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction of and over the waters of the Kill von Kull, between Staten island and New Jersey, to the westernmost end of Shooter's island, in respect to such quarantine laws and laws relating to passengers as now exist, or may hereafter be passed under the authority of that state, and for executing the same; and the said state shall also have exclusive jurisdiction, for the like purposes, of and over the waters of the sound from the westernmost end of Shooter's island to Woodbridge creek, as to all vessels bound to any port in the said state of New York. Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 6 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 8).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-6 - Sound between Staten island and New Jersey; Raritan bay

52:28-6. Sound between Staten island and New Jersey; Raritan bay  Article V. The state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the sound between Staten island and New Jersey, lying south of Woodbridge creek, and of and over all the waters of Raritan bay, lying westward of a line drawn from the lighthouse at Prince's bay to the mouth of Matavan creek, subject to the following rights of property and jurisdiction of the state of New York, that is to say: 1. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of property in and to the land under water lying between the middle of the said waters and Staten island. 2. The state of New York shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made on the shore of Staten island, and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock, except that the said vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws and laws in relation to passengers of the state of New Jersey, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed. 3. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries between the shore of Staten island and the middle of the said waters; provided, that the navigation of the said waters be not obstructed or hindered. Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 7 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 9).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-7 - Process of New Jersey

52:28-7. Process of New Jersey  Article VI. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person accused of an offense committed within that state, or on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state, as aforesaid, or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that state, in relation to the fisheries mentioned in the third article; and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New York, unless such person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the state of New York, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of the state of New York. Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 8 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 10).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-8 - Process of New York

52:28-8. Process of New York  Article VII. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New York against any person accused of an offense committed within that state, or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state as aforesaid, or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that state in relation to the fisheries mentioned in the fifth article; and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of New York against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, unless such person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the state of New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure by virtue of process or authority of the state of New Jersey. Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 9 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 11).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-9 - When agreement binding

52:28-9. When agreement binding  Article VIII. This agreement shall become binding on the two states when confirmed by the legislatures thereof, respectively, and when approved by the congress of the United States. Done in four parts (two of which are retained by the commissioners of New York, to be delivered to the governor of that state, and the other two of which are retained by the commissioners of New Jersey, to be delivered to the governor of that state) at the city of New York, this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and of the independence of the United States the fifty-eighth. heodore Frelinghuysen, B. F. Butler, James Parker, Peter Augustus Jay, Lucius Q. C. Elmer, Henry Seymour. Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 10 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 12).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-10 - Agreement confirmed by New Jersey

52:28-10. Agreement confirmed by New Jersey  The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and confirmed on the part of the state of New Jersey. Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 10 (C.S. p. 5361, s. 13).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-12 - Location of boundary line

52:28-12. Location of boundary line  First. The line extending from the Hudson river on the east to the Delaware on the west, as the same was laid down and marked with monuments in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, by William Wickham and Samuel Cale, commissioners on the part of the then colony of New York, duly appointed for that purpose in pursuance of an act of the assembly of the colony of New York, passed on the sixteenth day of February, seventeen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act for establishing the boundary or partition line between the colonies of New York and Nova Caesarea, or New Jersey, and for confirming titles and possession," and John Stevens and Walter Rutherford, commissioners on the part of the then colony of New Jersey, duly appointed in pursuance of an act of the assembly of the colony of New Jersey, passed on the twenty-third day of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act for establishing the boundary or partition line between the colonies of New York and Nova Caesarea, or New Jersey, and for confirming titles and possession," which said line has since been acknowledged and recognized by the two states as the limit of their respective territory and jurisdiction, shall, notwithstanding its want of conformity to the verbal description thereof, as recited by said commissioners, continue to be the boundary or partition line between the said two states; provided, that wherever upon said line the location of one or more of the monuments erected by said commissioners in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, has been lost, and cannot otherwise be definitely fixed and determined, then in that case, and in every case where it is required to establish intervening points on said line, a straight line drawn between the nearest adjacent monuments, whose localities are ascertained, shall be understood to be, and shall be, the true boundary line. L.1884, c. 83, Agreement, p. 119 (C.S. p. 5364, s. 19).
NJ Rev Stat § 52:28-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:28-13 - Monumental marks of boundary line

52:28-13. Monumental marks of boundary line  Second. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall hereafter be known and recognized are hereby declared to be; first, the original monuments of stone erected in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, along said line by the commissioners aforesaid, as the same have been restored and re-established in their original positions by Edward A. Bowser, surveyor on the part of New Jersey, and Henry W. Clarke, surveyor on the part of New York, duly appointed by the parties hereto; second, the new monuments of granite erected by the aforesaid surveyors at intervals of one mile, more or less, along said line, and numbered consecutively, beginning from the Hudson river, and severally marked on the northerly side with the letters N. Y., and on the southerly side with the letters N.J.; third, the monuments of granite erected by the aforesaid surveyors at intervening points on said line at its intersection with public roads, railroads and rivers, and severally marked by them on the northerly side with the letters N. Y., and on the southerly side with the letters N. J.; and fourth, the terminal monuments erected at the western terminus of said line at the confluence of the Delaware and Navesink rivers, and the terminal monument erected on the brow of the rock called the Palisades, near the eastern terminus, and the rock lying and being at the foot of the Palisades on the bank of the Hudson river, and marked as the original terminal monument of said line established in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, as the same are described in a joint report made to the parties hereto by Elias W. Leavenworth, commissioner on the part of New York, and George H. Cook, commissioner on the part of New Jersey. L.1884, c. 83, Agreement, p. 120 (C.S. p. 5364, s. 20).