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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.13 Central registry for residents with special needs.

App.A:9-43.13 Central registry for residents with special needs.
6. a. Each county in the State may establish a central registry for residents with special needs who require additional assistance provided to them during an emergency. A central registry created pursuant to this section shall be maintained by each county office of emergency management, and shall be composed of information voluntarily provided by each registrant that includes, but is not limited to, the registrant's address, telephone number, and particular condition or assistance needs.
b. Each county that creates such a registry shall conduct a public awareness campaign, utilizing the Internet and any other available resources, to inform the general public of the importance of identifying and registering individuals with special needs prior to an emergency so that appropriate preparations may be made to ensure that these individuals receive necessary assistance during an evacuation. Information collected for purposes of a central registry created pursuant to this section shall be used only by the county office of emergency management that collected the information to prepare for and provide assistance to residents with special needs in an emergency, and shall not otherwise be divulged or made publicly available; provided however, that the director may, at the director's discretion, access and obtain information from a central registry maintained by a county office of emergency management if the information is used directly and exclusively by the director to prepare an Emergency Operations Plan required pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1989, c.222 (C.App.A:9-43.2).
c. A central registry maintained by a county office of emergency management and any information contained therein, or accessed and obtained by the director in accordance with subsection b. of this section, shall not be included under materials available to public inspections pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.).
d. Each municipality in the State may maintain a list containing the names and addresses of municipal residents who identify themselves as being in need of special assistance in the event of an emergency in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2017, c.266 (C.40:48-2.67).
L.2011, c.178, s.6; amended 2017, c.266, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.14 Implementation of lane reversal strategy.

App.A:9-43.14 Implementation of lane reversal strategy.
7. a. The Division of State Police shall work in conjunction with the Department of Transportation and county emergency management coordinators to implement a lane reversal strategy on the Atlantic City Expressway and the Garden State Parkway in preparation for any emergency evacuation.
b. The operator of a motor vehicle shall not tow any trailer, semitrailer, or any other type of drawn or towed trailer, including a trailer transporting a boat, on a public highway located in an area where an emergency has been declared and any evacuation plan, including but not limited to a lane reversal strategy, is in effect. The operator of a motor vehicle who violates this prohibition may be charged with failure to obey signals, signs, or directions under emergency conditions with regard to the flow of vehicular traffic, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to penalties for a violation of section 3 of P.L.1950, c.70 (C.39:4-215). This prohibition shall not apply to emergency vehicles.
L.2011, c.178, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.15 Definitions relative to emergency evacuation.

App.A:9-43.15 Definitions relative to emergency evacuation.
1. a. For the purposes of this act:
"Domestic companion animal" means any animal commonly referred to as a pet that was bought, bred, raised or otherwise acquired, in accordance with local ordinances and State and federal law, for the primary purpose of providing companionship to the owner, rather than for business or agricultural purposes. "Domestic companion animal" does not include livestock as defined in N.J.A.C. 2:2-1.1.
"Public transportation or public transportation service" means rail passenger service, motorbus regular route service, paratransit service, motorbus charter service, and ferry passenger service as defined in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-3).
b. In the event that a state of emergency has been declared and an evacuation of any region of the State is in progress, the owner of a domestic companion animal shall be permitted to board any public transportation or public transportation service with the domestic companion animal so long as that animal is under the owner's control by use of a leash or tether, or is properly confined in an appropriate container or by other suitable means, provided that such boarding is authorized by and consistent with the provisions of the State Emergency Operations Plan developed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 18 of P.L.1989, c.222 (C.App.A:9-43.1) pertaining to the needs of animals and individuals with an animal under their care. The provisions of this act shall only apply to the owners of domestic companion animals who are evacuating from a region of the State affected by the emergency or local disaster emergency as defined in section 3 of P.L.1953, c.438 (C.App.A:9-33.1). A domestic companion animal may be refused permission to board any public transportation or public transportation service, even if the animal is under the owner's control or properly confined in accordance with this subsection if there is reasonable cause to believe that, due to attendant circumstances, permitting the animal to board would pose a health or safety hazard.
c. All passengers with service animals shall be given priority seating on all means of transportation regulated by this act in accordance with the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.). For the purposes of this act, "service animal" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.) and any regulations under the act.
d. All passengers on any public transportation or public transportation service shall be provided seating before a domestic companion animal may be placed in a seat.
L.2013, c.265, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.16 Findings, declarations relative to emergency preparedness.

App.A:9-43.16 Findings, declarations relative to emergency preparedness.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. Severe weather conditions, such as hurricanes and nor'easters, are detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of New Jersey residents and businesses because of their resulting loss of life, damage to property, and unsanitary conditions.
b. Protection of the State's infrastructure is a matter of utmost urgency and should be accomplished through comprehensive regional planning, regulation, and coordination between the State and county offices of emergency management to establish a storm preparedness program designed to protect the areas of the State which are most vulnerable to storm damage.
c. It is therefore in the public interest to take measures to prevent, or at least minimize, loss of life and property damage by ensuring that the counties most vulnerable to severe weather conditions are identified and that necessary precautions are taken by the State Office of Emergency Management and each county and municipal emergency management agency to protect the public from the potential dangers and losses attributable to storm damage.
L.2017, c.63, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.18 Definitions relative to Code Blue alert plans.

App.A:9-43.18 Definitions relative to Code Blue alert plans.
1. As used in this act:
"At-risk individual" means an individual living outdoors, on the streets, in the parks or in poorly insulated settings, and who is at risk for weather-related exposure and possible death.
"Coordinator" means the county emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1953, c.438 (C.App.A:9-42.1).
"County governing body" means the board of chosen freeholders, or in the case of those counties organized pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), the board of chosen freeholders and the county executive, the county supervisor, or the county manager, as appropriate.
L.2017, c.68, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.19 Plan for issuance of Code Blue alert.

App.A:9-43.19 Plan for issuance of Code Blue alert.
2. A county governing body, through its office of emergency management or other appropriate office, agency, or department, shall establish a plan for issuing a Code Blue alert to municipalities, social service agencies, and non-profit organizations that provide services to at-risk individuals and are located within the county's borders. The county office of emergency management, or appropriate office, agency, or department, shall coordinate with municipal emergency management coordinators in municipalities with a documented homeless population of at least 10, as noted in the most recent Annual Point In Time Count, in developing consistent Code Blue alert plans throughout the county that provide for emergency warming centers during implementation of a Code Blue alert plan. This plan may be carried out by designated volunteer organizations. Volunteer-organized Code Blue efforts shall receive cooperation and logistical support from the coordinator, but shall operate autonomously, provided that they operate in response to an alert and pursuant to the Code Blue alert plan.
L.2017, c.68, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.20 Declaration of Code Blue alert.

App.A:9-43.20 Declaration of Code Blue alert.
3. A coordinator shall declare a Code Blue alert after evaluating weather forecasts and advisories produced by the National Weather Service that predict the following weather conditions in the county within 24 to 48 hours:
a. temperatures will reach 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower; or
b. the National Weather Service wind chill temperature will be zero degrees Fahrenheit or less for a period of two hours or more.
L.2017, c.68, s.3; amended 2019, c.427, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.21 Review of weather forecasts.

App.A:9-43.21 Review of weather forecasts.
5. The coordinator, or the coordinator's designee, shall review weather forecasts from the National Weather Service on a regular and consistent basis to determine when a Code Blue alert is warranted.
L.2017, c.68, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-44 Private civilian defense agencies to be approved

App.A:9-44. Private civilian defense agencies to be approved
No private civilian agency of any nature whatsoever, carrying on any activities connected with any emergency, shall operate within the State of New Jersey without the approval of the Governor. Any person who shall be an officer, employee, agent or member of or who shall knowingly perform any work or activities connected with any such agency, which has not received the approval of the Governor, shall be guilty of a violation of this act.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 684, s. 12. Amended by L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2409, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-45.1 Officers to perform duties in accordance with rules and regulations

App.A:9-45.1. Officers to perform duties in accordance with rules and regulations
An officer of a municipality or county who is charged with duties pertaining to emergency management planning shall perform his duties in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Governor.
L.1953, c.438, s.17; amended 1989,c.222,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-46 Reciprocal orders, rules, and regulations

App.A:9-46. Reciprocal orders, rules, and regulations
The Governor may make such reciprocal orders, rules and regulations and special rulings pertaining to any one or more States designated therein as may be necessary in order to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 686, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-47 Suspension of motor vehicle or other regulations

App.A:9-47. Suspension of motor vehicle or other regulations
The Governor is authorized to provide by his rules and regulations that any motor vehicle regulation or traffic act provision or any other regulatory provision of law, the enforcement of which will be detrimental to the public welfare during any black-out, air raid, threatened air raid, preparations for emergencies or during the threat or imminence of danger in emergency, shall be suspended during such black-out, air raid, threatened air raid, preparations for emergencies or during the threat or imminence of danger. The judgment of the Governor on all such matters shall be conclusive.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 686, s. 15. Amended by L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2411, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-48 Emergency commander

App.A:9-48. Emergency commander
The Governor shall be in command in the event of any actual or imminent or threatened disaster or catastrophe in anywise connected with any emergency, and the Governor is authorized to designate the person to take command anywhere within this State of all emergency management activities in the event of such actual or imminent or threatened disaster or catastrophe, and is further authorized to delegate to such emergency commander any and all powers which in the judgment of the Governor it is deemed necessary to delegate. The judgment of the Governor in such matters shall be conclusive. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to any case where the federal government has assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the war powers of said government.
L.1942, c.251, s.16; amended 1953,c.438,s.20; 1989,c.222,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-49 Violations as disorderly conduct; penalty; prosecution

App.A:9-49. Violations as disorderly conduct; penalty; prosecution
Any person who shall:
a. Commit any unauthorized or otherwise unlawful act during the threat or imminence of danger in any emergency that jeopardizes the health, welfare and safety of the people; or
b. Commit any unauthorized or otherwise unlawful act during the threat or imminence of danger during any emergency that contributes to the loss of or destruction to property; or
c. Hamper, impede, or in any way interfere with any person who is performing any function authorized under this act; or
d. Drive any motor vehicle in a prohibited area during a black-out or while an air raid alert is in progress or in any other manner contrary to the rules and regulations covering any period of danger or any emergency; or
e. Go within a prohibited area contrary to rules and regulations; or
f. Refuse to obey the lawful orders of any air raid warden, civilian protection worker, or other person who is duly authorized to perform any act or function during the threat or imminence of danger or any emergency; or
g. Refuse to cooperate with any air raid warden, civilian protection worker, or other person who is duly authorized to perform any act or function in connection with activities during the threat or imminence of danger or any emergency; or
h. Violate any order, rule or regulation adopted by the Governor and promulgated as provider by this act; or
i. Violate any other provision of this act declared herein to be unlawful--shall be adjudged a disorderly person and shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 6 months or shall pay a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or to both a fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Prosecution for the imposition of a penalty pursuant to this section shall be commenced in the municipal court of the municipality wherein the offense is alleged to have occurred. The State shall be required to prove all elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 687, s. 17. Amended by L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2412, s. 21; L.1982, c. 108, s. 1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-49.1 Towing, transportation of boats prohibited during emergency evacuations.

App.A:9-49.1 Towing, transportation of boats prohibited during emergency evacuations.
1. Unless otherwise ordered by the State Director of Emergency Management, a County Emergency Management Coordinator, or a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, the operator of a motor vehicle shall not tow any trailer, semitrailer, or any other type of drawn or towed trailer, including a trailer transporting a boat, on a public highway located in an area where an emergency or local disaster emergency as defined in section 3 of P.L.1953, c.438 (C.App.A:9-33.1) has been declared and an evacuation plan is in effect. This prohibition shall not apply to emergency vehicles. The operator of a motor vehicle who violates this prohibition may be charged with failure to obey signals, signs, or directions under emergency conditions with regard to the flow of vehicular traffic, and upon conviction shall be subject to penalties for a violation of section 3 of P.L.1950, c.70 (C.39:4-215).
L.2011, c.103, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-50 Aiding or abetting violation

App.A:9-50. Aiding or abetting violation
Any person who shall knowingly aid or abet another in the violation of any provision of this act shall also be adjudged a disorderly person and punishable in the same manner as the violation aided or abetted.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 688, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.1 Definitions

App.A:9-51.1. Definitions
As used in this act unless a different meaning clearly appears:
(a) "Disaster area" means any area of the State in which an emergency has been proclaimed to exist by the President of the United States or the Governor of the State.
(b) "Period of emergency" means a period terminating 6 months from the date an area was designated a disaster area.
(c) "Prohibited area" means the part or parts of a municipality subject to the municipal ordinance authorized by this act.
L.1962, c. 44, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.2 Prohibition by ordinance of construction or repair of buildings during emergency

App.A:9-51.2. Prohibition by ordinance of construction or repair of buildings during emergency
The governing body of any municipality in a disaster area may, by ordinance, prohibit the construction, reconstruction or repair of buildings and structures in any part of the municipality if it shall find that:
(a) essential facilities such as roads and water and sewerage systems will not be available and usable during the period of emergency or any part thereof; or
(b) the damage or loss to buildings and structures in the prohibited area exceeds an amount equal to 20% of the total assessed value based at 100% of true value, at the time of the disaster, of the buildings and structures in such area.
L.1962, c. 44, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.3 Contents of ordinance; exceptions

App.A:9-51.3. Contents of ordinance; exceptions
Such ordinance shall designate the specific part or parts of the municipality to which it shall apply and shall further provide that:
(a) repairs may be made to any building or structure within the prohibited area if the cost of such repairs will not exceed an amount equal to 40% of the assessed value of the building or structure based at 100% of true value at the time of damage; and
(b) repairs may be made to any building or structure to the extent necessary to maintain such building or structure in a safe and sound condition. If such repairs are not possible or feasible, the ordinance shall authorize the demolition of the building or structure.
L.1962, c. 44, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.4 Duration of ordinance

App.A:9-51.4. Duration of ordinance
Any ordinance passed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall remain in force and effect for the period of the emergency or such lesser period of time as the ordinance shall provide.
L.1962, c. 44, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.5 Construction or repair of protective barriers in municipalities bordering Atlantic ocean or Delaware bay

App.A:9-51.5. Construction or repair of protective barriers in municipalities bordering Atlantic ocean or Delaware bay
When the governing body of any municipality bordering on the Atlantic ocean or Delaware bay shall find that there exists a threat or danger to life and property by reason of the damage to or the destruction of sand barriers and other natural or manmade barriers which protect the municipalities, and that it is necessary to the health, safety and welfare of the municipality to repair, restore, replace or construct such protective barriers, such governing body may, by resolution, as an exercise of the police power of the State designate the properties required for the purpose of providing such protective barriers and authorize the appropriate municipal or governmental officials or agencies or the representatives thereof to enter immediately upon such property to take control and possession thereof, and to do such acts as may be required, including removing, destroying or otherwise disposing of any property located thereon without first paying any compensation therefor.
Such resolution shall provide that no entry shall be made upon such property for a period of at least 10 days following the passage of such resolution, unless the governing body shall find that the public safety and interest requires that entry be made within a shorter period of time. In such case, entry may be made after the expiration of such time period as shall be fixed by the resolution.
L.1962, c. 48, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.6 Agreements with state or federal government; provisions

App.A:9-51.6. Agreements with state or federal government; provisions
The governing body of any municipality subject to the provisions of this act may by resolution or, where required in order to receive aid from the State or the Federal Government to assist in providing protective barriers, by ordinance, authorize and direct the chief executive official of the municipality acting for and on behalf and in the name of the municipality to enter into such agreements with the State or the Federal Government or any agency thereof to do such acts or things as shall be necessary or convenient to secure such aid and assistance.
Such agreement may provide:
(a) That the municipality will hold and save harmless the State and Federal Government or any agency thereof free from damages which may arise out of the construction, repair, restoration or replacement and the maintenance of such protective barriers undertaken by the State or the Federal Government or agency thereof in connection with any such agreement;
(b) That the municipality will provide, free of cost to the State and Federal Government, all lands, easements, rights of way or other areas within the municipality required in connection with the work undertaken by the State, the Federal Government or agencies thereof in respect of such agreement;
(c) That the municipality will undertake to maintain and preserve the protective barriers constructed, repaired, restored, or replaced by the State or Federal Government or agencies thereof;
(d) That the municipality will do such other acts as may be necessary to carry out the terms of the agreement.
L.1962, c. 48, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.7 Compensation for taking of property

App.A:9-51.7. Compensation for taking of property
Nothing in this act shall be construed to deny to any person who has an interest in any property which has been possessed by the municipality the right to obtain therefor just compensation to the extent that such property shall have been taken by the municipality. No compensation shall be granted to any individual to the extent that the action of the municipality does not amount to a taking of property but to a reasonable regulation of property pursuant to a proper exercise of the police power.
L.1962, c. 48, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.8 Satisfaction of financial obligations; guarantee of bonds by county

App.A:9-51.8. Satisfaction of financial obligations; guarantee of bonds by county
(a) The governing body of the municipality to the extent that the municipality may incur a financial obligation by virtue of the provisions of this act shall satisfy such obligations:
(1) By appropriating the amount necessary by an emergency appropriation adopted pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.; or
(2) By the adoption of a bond ordinance pursuant to the provisions of the Local Bond Law which ordinance shall be deemed to authorize obligations within the purposes set forth in section 40A:2-7 of the New Jersey Statutes.
(b) The county in which such municipality shall be located may, with the approval of the Director of the Division of Local Government, pursuant to resolution duly adopted, by its governing body, after notice published in a manner provided for by a resolution authorizing bonds of such county pursuant to the aforesaid Local Bond Law and with or without consideration and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by and between any such county and municipality, unconditionally guarantee the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds of the municipality so issued for the purposes set forth in this act. Any guaranty of bonds of the municipality made pursuant to this section shall be evidenced by endorsement thereof on such bonds executed in the name of the county and on its behalf by such official thereof as may be designated in the resolution authorizing such guaranty and such county shall thereupon and thereafter be obligated to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of bonds issued by it. Any such guaranty of bonds of a municipality may be made, and any resolution authorizing such guaranty may be adopted notwithstanding statutory or other debt limitations, including particularly any limitation or requirement under or pursuant to the said Local Bond Law but the principal amount of bonds so guaranteed shall, after their issuance, be included in the gross debt of such county for the purposes of determining the indebtedness of such county under or pursuant to said Local Bond Law.
In order to meet the obligation for payment of principal of or interest on any such bonds by virtue of such guaranty, a county is hereby authorized to borrow the funds necessary to meet such obligation and to issue such promissory note or notes therefor payable within 2 years from the date of such borrowing to the extent that funds of such county are not otherwise available for such purpose.
The municipality shall repay to the county as soon as practicable all sums paid by the county by virtue of the aforesaid bond guaranty.
L.1962, c. 48, s. 4. Amended by L.1963, c. 81, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-51.9 Payment of claims out of Special Beach Erosion Fund

App.A:9-51.9. Payment of claims out of Special Beach Erosion Fund
The Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development is hereby authorized to accept claims submitted to him by any municipality which has taken action pursuant to the provisions of this act for payment from the Special Beach Erosion Fund established by chapter 18, P.L.1962, approved March 29, 1962, and to process such claims in accordance with the provisions of said chapter 18, P.L.1962, but in no event shall the total amount of money paid out of such fund for such claims exceed the amount of $400,000.00. The commissioner may require as a condition of the approval of such claim that the municipality enter into an agreement with the commissioner on behalf of the State of New Jersey by which it will permit the beaches of the municipality to be used by the general public upon such reasonable terms and conditions as shall be established by the municipality and approved by the commissioner.
L.1962, c. 48, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-52 Liability for injury to persons or property.

App.A:9-52 Liability for injury to persons or property.
20. Neither the State nor any political subdivision of the State under any circumstances, nor the agents, officers, employees, servants or representatives of the State or any political subdivision thereof, including all volunteers, in good faith carrying out, complying with, or attempting to comply with, any order, rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this act or performing any authorized service in connection therewith, shall be liable for any injury or death to persons or damage to property as the result of any such activity. No person owning, possessing or managing any real property which has been designated, pursuant to the provisions of this act or of any order, rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, as a shelter from destructive operations or attacks by enemies of the United States, shall be liable in any civil action for death or injury to any person who, because such real property has been designated a shelter as aforesaid, enters upon it solely for the purpose of seeking refuge therein during such destructive operations or attacks or during civil defense tests ordered by lawful authority, except where such death or injury is caused by the willful act of such owner, possessor or manager, or his agents or employees. The foregoing shall not affect the right of any person to receive benefits or compensation which may be specifically provided by the provisions of this or any other State or Federal Statute, nor shall it affect the right of any person to recover under the terms of any policy of insurance. The provisions of this section shall apply but shall not be limited to establishing or developing a Code Blue alert plan, or implementing, carrying out, or providing services under a Code Blue alert plan, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2017, c.68 (C.App.A:9-43.18 et al.).
L.1942, c.251, s.20; amended 1952, c.14; 2017, c.68, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-53 Appropriations

App.A:9-53. Appropriations
The unexpended balances of any appropriations heretofore made to the New Jersey Defense Council and to the office of secretary for defense are hereby reappropriated to and shall be available for expenditure by the Governor in order to effectuate the purposes of this act and such appropriations shall not lapse. The unexpended balances of any appropriations heretofore made to the local defense council is hereby reappropriated to and shall be available for expenditure in the usual manner by the local defense council of the respective municipalities established under this act.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 690, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-54 Term of person appointed by or with approval of Governor

App.A:9-54. Term of person appointed by or with approval of Governor
Any person appointed by the Governor or with the approval of the Governor under any provision of this act shall serve only at the will and pleasure of the Governor.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 691, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-55 Partial invalidity

App.A:9-55. Partial invalidity
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 691, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-56 Repeal; local agencies approved by New Jersey Defense Council and rules of such Council continued

App.A:9-56. Repeal; local agencies approved by New Jersey Defense Council and rules of such Council continued
All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, but all local agencies heretofore created and approved by the New Jersey Defense Council are hereby continued subject to the provisions of this act and all orders, rules and regulations of the New Jersey Defense Council heretofore adopted and promulgated shall remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the Governor.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 691, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.1 Definitions

App.A:9-57.1. Definitions
Unless otherwise clearly indicated in this act, the words and phrases listed hereafter shall have the following meanings:
"Director of Civil Defense," "local defense council," "local chairman," "district or regional office," are those agencies and their directors set up under the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement.
"Civil defense volunteer" means any natural person who is registered with a local defense council or with a district or regional office of the Director of Civil Defense and holds an identification card issued by the local chairman or State director for the purpose of engaging in authorized civil defense service without pay or other consideration.
"Authorized civil defense service" means all activities authorized by the local defense council or by a district or regional office in accordance with regulations and orders of the Director of Civil Defense and shall include duties and services performed by an air-raid warden during training or practice periods, during attack, actual or imminent, and subsequent to attack; and duties and services performed by a civil defense volunteer other than an air-raid warden during training or practice periods and following attack, but not during attack, actual or imminent.
"Injury" means accidental injury (producing objective symptoms immediately) arising out of and in the course of authorized civil defense service and disease or infection that may be sustained or death incurred either as the natural and unavoidable result thereof or as the result of exposure to radiation or to noxious gases or to germ warfare in the course of such authorized service if such exposure did not produce objective symptoms immediately.
"Date of injury" in the case of injury arising from exposure to radiation or to noxious gases or to germ warfare, if such exposure did not produce objective symptoms immediately, means the date of the first treatment for disease or infection sustained as a result of such exposure in the course of authorized civil defense service.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 52, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.2 Benefits to civil defense volunteers

App.A:9-57.2. Benefits to civil defense volunteers
2. Benefits, as provided in this act, shall be furnished to a civil defense volunteer for injury, as defined herein, arising before the effective date of P.L.1995, c.383, either within or without this State, provided:
(a) The injury is proximately caused by authorized civil defense service, and
(b) The injury is not caused by the gross negligence or intoxication of the injured civil defense volunteer, and
(c) The injury is not intentionally self-inflicted and is not due to willful exposure to radiation or to noxious gases or to germ warfare, and
(d) Medical treatment or hospital care is undergone by the civil defense volunteer because of the injury within 30 days of the date of injury, where objective symptoms are immediate, or within five months after the date when the civil defense volunteer shall have ceased to be subject to exposure to radiation or to noxious gases or to germ warfare, if the treatment or hospital care is required because of such exposure which did not produce objective symptoms immediately. This subsection shall not apply if death occurs immediately.
Claims for disability, death, medical and hospital benefits for civil defense volunteers, all of whom have been renamed "emergency management volunteers" by Executive Order No. 101 of 1980, which arise on or after the effective date of P.L.1995, c.383, shall be filed with and determined by the Division of Workers' Compensation in the Department of Labor in accordance with the provisions of articles 1, 2, 3, and 4 of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1952,c.12,s.2; amended 1995,c.383,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.4 Benefits unpaid at time of death

App.A:9-57.4. Benefits unpaid at time of death
If any benefits due to a civil defense volunteer under this act are unpaid at the time of his death, such benefits shall be payable to the beneficiary designated in the preceding section for the payment of death benefits.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 56, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.5 Minors deemed sui juris; labor law

App.A:9-57.5. Minors deemed sui juris; labor law
Civil defense volunteers who are minors shall be deemed to be sui juris for the purpose of receiving benefits under the provisions of this act. Work as a civil defense volunteer shall not be deemed as employment or in violation of any of the provisions of the labor law.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 56, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.6 Benefits not assignable; exemption

App.A:9-57.6. Benefits not assignable; exemption
Benefits payable under this act shall not be assignable and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution or attachment.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 56, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.7 Persons entitled to benefits

App.A:9-57.7. Persons entitled to benefits
Benefits as provided in this act shall be the exclusive remedy of a civil defense volunteer, his or her spouse, dependents, or legal representative or representatives, for any injury, disease or death arising out of and in the course of civil defense volunteer service, as against the State, any political subdivision of this State, any civil defense agency or any person or other agency acting under governmental authority in furtherance of civil defense activities, with or without negligence. A member of a civil defense agency of the Federal Government or of another State, who may perform services within this State, whether pursuant to a mutual aid compact or otherwise, shall not be entitled to benefits under the provisions of this act.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 56, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.8 Workmen's compensation benefits preclude benefits hereunder

App.A:9-57.8. Workmen's compensation benefits preclude benefits hereunder
No benefits for injury under the provisions of this act shall be payable to any civil defense volunteer or to the dependents of a deceased civil defense volunteer otherwise entitled to receive workmen's compensation under the provisions of chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes or under any Federal Workmen's Compensation Law.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 57, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.9 Notice of claim

App.A:9-57.9. Notice of claim
Written notice of claim for benefits under this act must be filed with the local defense council or with the district or regional office with which the injured civil defense volunteer is registered or with the Director of Civil Defense within thirty days after the date of injury or, if death results therefrom, within thirty days after death. Failure to give notice within the time hereinbefore set forth shall not invalidate any claim if it shall be shown not to have been reasonably possible to give such notice and that notice was given as soon as was reasonably possible.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 57, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.10 Submission of notice of claim; contents

App.A:9-57.10. Submission of notice of claim; contents
The notice of claim may be submitted personally or sent by registered mail. It shall contain the name and address of the civil defense volunteer and of the local defense council or district or regional office with which he is registered, and state the time, place, nature and cause of the injury. The notice shall be signed by the civil defense volunteer or someone authorized to act on his behalf or, in case of death, by any person having an interest in the claim or someone authorized to act on behalf of such person.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 57, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.11 Physical examination of claimants

App.A:9-57.11. Physical examination of claimants
After an injury, the civil defense volunteer, if so requested by the local defense council or by such other agency or agencies as shall be charged, under the provisions of this act, with the responsibility of determining the benefits payable to such claimant, must submit himself for physical examination and X-ray at some reasonable time and place within this State, and as often as may be reasonably requested, to a physician or physicians authorized to practice under the laws of this State. If the civil defense volunteer requests, he shall be entitled to have a physician or physicians of his own selection present to participate in such examination. The refusal of the civil defense volunteer to submit to such examination shall deprive him of the right to any benefits under this act during the continuance of such refusal. When a right to benefits is thus suspended no benefits shall be payable in respect to the period of suspension.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 57, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.12 Refusal of claimant to accept proffered medical and surgical treatment

App.A:9-57.12. Refusal of claimant to accept proffered medical and surgical treatment
Whenever it shall appear to the local defense council, or to such other agency or agencies as shall be charged, under the provisions of this act, with the responsibility of determining the benefits payable, that recovery of an injured civil defense volunteer is being prejudiced by virtue of his refusal to accept proffered medical and surgical treatment deemed necessary by the physician selected by them or by his failure or neglect to comply with the instructions of the physician in charge of the case, such modification may be made in the benefits payable under this act as shall be justified by the facts.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 58, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.13 Proof of claim; forms

App.A:9-57.13. Proof of claim; forms
Upon receipt of written notice of claim, forms will be furnished to the claimant for filing proofs of claim. Written proof of claim must be submitted on these forms to the local defense council or district or regional office of the Director of Civil Defense within ninety days after the termination of the period for which weekly benefits are payable and in case of claim for any other benefits within ninety days after the date of such loss. If such forms are not furnished within thirty days after receipt of such notice, the claimant shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this section as to proof of loss upon submitting, within the time for filing proofs of claim, written proof covering the occurrence, the character and the extent of the loss for which claim is made.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 58, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.14 Process of claims; investigation of claims; rules and regulations; employees; payment of benefits

App.A:9-57.14. Process of claims; investigation of claims; rules and regulations; employees; payment of benefits
It shall be the responsibility of the local defense council or the district or regional office of the Director of Civil Defense, as the case may be, to process all claims for which notice is received pursuant to this act. Such claims must then be approved by the chairman of the local defense council before they are submitted for final approval to a Claim Committee consisting of the Director of Civil Defense, the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the State Auditor and the State Treasurer, or their duly appointed representatives. This committee or its duly authorized representative may investigate any and all claims for benefits under this act and shall make a final determination of the benefits to be paid or allowed to any claimant. For the purposes of this act such committee shall have the power to make, amend, modify and repeal rules and regulations for the processing, review and determination of claims, and to select and employ such clerks and assistants as may be deemed necessary and to fix and determine their powers and duties; and the committee may also, in its discretion, arrange with any domestic carrier or carriers to investigate any or all such claims and to liquidate and pay such claims as are valid. The committee shall from time to time authorize the State Treasurer to pay from the special fund for civil defense volunteers any benefit or other amounts due hereunder and to reimburse such carrier or carriers for benefit payments so made together with reasonable allowance for the services so rendered.
L.1952, c. 12, p. 58, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-57.15 Special fund for civil defense volunteers

App.A:9-57.15. Special fund for civil defense volunteers
15. There is hereby created a fund which shall be known as the special fund for civil defense volunteers to provide for the payment of weekly benefits for total disability, expenses of medical and hospital care and death benefits under this act and the expenses of administration. Such fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated therefor or credited thereto including any financial contributions received from the United States Government for such purposes. The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of this special fund. The State Treasurer may deposit any portion of the fund not needed for immediate use, in the manner and subject to all the provisions of law respecting the deposit of State funds by him. Interest earned by such portion of the fund deposited by the State Treasurer shall be collected by him and placed to the credit of the fund.
Any moneys remaining in the fund after satisfaction of each of the claims for injuries occurring before the effective date of P.L.1995, c.383 and payable under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund.
L.1952,c.12,s.15; amended 1995,c.383,s.7.