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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:4-65 Consent of Local Government Board

App.A:4-65. Consent of Local Government Board
No resolution authorizing such refunding bonds or determining or authorizing any matters or acts in connection with such refunding bonds shall take effect unless and until there shall be indorsed upon a certified copy thereof, as adopted, the consent of the Local Government Board of New Jersey.
(L.1940, c. 29, p. 107, s. 3.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:4-66 Matters to be considered by Local Government Board; statement of reasons for refusing consent

App.A:4-66. Matters to be considered by Local Government Board; statement of reasons for refusing consent
In considering any resolution in connection with the issuance of any refunding bonds, presented to it for the indorsement of its consent thereon, the Local Government Board shall have regard to the probable capacity of the school district to pay at their maturity the refunding bonds proposed to be issued and all other indebtedness then outstanding, taking into consideration both the assessed and the true value of taxable property, and to the equitable distribution of the burden of interest and debt redemption charges in connection with the refunding bonds and other indebtedness theretofore or which may necessarily thereafter be incurred. If the Local Government Board shall refuse to indorse its consent upon any such resolution, it shall make and certify to the school district a statement of its reasons for so refusing.
(L.1940, c. 29, p. 107, s. 4.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:4-67 Sale of refunding bonds, or exchange for outstanding obligations; report to Department of Local Government

App.A:4-67. Sale of refunding bonds, or exchange for outstanding obligations; report to Department of Local Government
Any such refunding bonds may be sold in such manner as may be determined by resolution, at public or private sale before or after public offering, or may be exchanged before or after public offering for any outstanding obligations to be funded or refunded thereby upon authorization by resolution adopted by vote of two-thirds of the members of the board of education, at such price or prices, computed in the manner or mode of procedure described by "Acme Tables of Bond Value" (published by Financial Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts), as will yield to the purchasers or the holders of the obligations surrendered in exchange, income at a rate not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum to the maturity dates of the several bonds so sold or exchanged on the money paid or the principal amount of the obligations surrendered therefor to the school district. Refunding bonds of any authorized issue or of any authorized maturity may be sold or exchanged as hereinabove provided from time to time and in such blocks as may be deemed advisable. The officer delivering any refunding bonds in exchange for outstanding obligations shall report the amounts and numbers of the refunding bonds so delivered and the outstanding obligations so received, and the report shall be entered in the minutes of the board of education and a copy of such report shall be filed within five days with the State Department of Local Government.
(L.1940, c. 29, p. 107, s. 5.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:4-68 Reserve or sinking funds

App.A:4-68. Reserve or sinking funds
To the end that the principal of and interest on such refunding bonds may be further secured and thereby a more favorable sale or exchange effected, the resolution authorizing such refunding bonds may contain provisions which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of such refunding bonds as to the establishment of, and the making of appropriations for, reserve or sinking funds and the amount, source, securing, regulation and disposition thereof.
(L.1940, c. 29, p. 108, s. 6.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:4-69 Certification, indorsement or consent of Local Government Board

App.A:4-69. Certification, indorsement or consent of Local Government Board
Any certification, indorsement or consent of the Local Government Board may be made on any such resolution by a majority of the members thereof or may be made by the secretary pursuant to its direction and on its behalf. After the issuance of refunding bonds any certification or indorsement of consent, whether made by the Local Government Board or the secretary, shall be conclusive, and after the issuance of any refunding bonds in reliance thereon, the validity or regularity thereof may not be contested in any suit, action or proceeding relating to the validity of such refunding bonds.
(L.1940, c. 29, p. 108, s. 7.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:4-70 Powers cumulative

App.A:4-70. Powers cumulative
The powers granted by this act are in addition to the powers granted to boards of education by any other law and shall not be affected or restricted by any limitation or restriction imposed by any other law. The powers granted by this act shall not be affected by the invalidity of or any irregularity in any proceedings for the issuance of the outstanding bonds or notes to be funded or refunded by the issuance of bonds pursuant to this act.
(L.1940, c. 29, p. 109, s. 8.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:6-5 Drought surcharge fund; deposit of excess water charges

App.A:6-5. Drought surcharge fund; deposit of excess water charges
All such sums as have been or may be collected as excess water charges by the various water purveyors of the State, pursuant to Executive Order No. 104, shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the "Drought Surcharge Fund" to be kept separate and apart from all other State receipts and appropriated only as provided for in this act.
(L.1981, c. 540, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:6-6 Appropriation of moneys; purposes

App.A:6-6. Appropriation of moneys; purposes
All moneys in the "Drought Surcharge Fund" are hereby appropriated to the Drought Coordinator in the Department of Environmental Protection for disposition as directed by the Drought Coordinator, for the following purposes:
a. Water conservation promotion and the purchase of water conservation devices for distribution to water users affected by Executive Order No. 104;
b. Reimbursement, in whole or part, to water purveyors for reasonable expenses incurred in the administration and enforcement of the water surcharge program established pursuant to Executive Order No. 104, provided that the program is approved by the Drought Coordinator;
c. Reimbursement to customers and water users, in whole or in part, on proper claim therefor in such form and manner as the Drought Coordinator shall prescribe, of such sums collected from customers and water users, upon determination by the Drought Coordinator that the sums were either improperly levied, or that the sums have caused an undue hardship, or serve no useful purpose in the furtherance of the purposes of Executive Order No. 104, or such other justifiable circumstances as determined by the Drought Coordinator. Notice of the right to file for the reimbursement shall be included in customers' water bills and customers shall have 1 year from the date of receipt of the notice to file a claim; and
d. Reasonable administrative costs directly attributable to the present drought emergency incurred by the Drought Coordinator in the discharge of his duties and responsibilities under Executive Order No. 104.
(L.1981, c. 540, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:6-7 Monthly report of status and expenditures

App.A:6-7. Monthly report of status and expenditures
The Drought Coordinator shall, within 30 days of the effective date of this act and every 30 days thereafter, transmit a report to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the General Assembly, which report shall detail the status of the "Drought Surcharge Fund" and the amounts expended therefrom.
(L.1981, c. 540, s. 3, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:7-1 Commissioner may regulate insurance companies

App.A:7-1. Commissioner may regulate insurance companies
1. The commissioner of banking and insurance of this state shall have power to make, alter, amend and rescind rules and regulations imposing any condition upon the conduct of the business of any insurance company which may be necessary or desirable to maintain sound methods of insurance and to safeguard the interests of policy holders, beneficiaries and the public generally, during the period of such emergency, which rules and regulations shall become inoperative when such emergency shall cease, and an order to that effect shall be made by said commissioner.
(L.1933, c. 45, s. 1, p. 87.)
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-19.1 Removal of member of local defense council

App.A:9-19.1. Removal of member of local defense council
The New Jersey Defense Council may remove any member of a local defense council who violates or participates in the violation of any provision of this act or of the act to which this act is a supplement or of any rule or regulation promulgated by the New Jersey Defense Council.
L.1941, c. 182, p. 569, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-30 Assistance to government of United States; organization and employment of resources

App.A:9-30. Assistance to government of United States; organization and employment of resources
The Governor is hereby directed to render to the Government of the United States, in the present crisis, and to provide for the public safety, any assistance within the power of the State, and to that end he is authorized to organize and employ any and all resources within the State, whether of men, properties or instrumentalities, and to exercise any and all power convenient or necessary in his judgment to render such assistance.
L.1941, c. 393, p. 1014, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-31 Duty of public officials to furnish information and assistance

App.A:9-31. Duty of public officials to furnish information and assistance
It shall be the duty of every public official in the State to furnish the Governor whatever information and assistance he may require in the execution of this act.
L.1941, c. 393, p. 1014, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-33 Purpose of civilian defense act and disaster control act

App.A:9-33. Purpose of civilian defense act and disaster control act
The purpose of this act is to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the people of the State of New Jersey and to aid in the prevention of damage to and the destruction of property during any emergency as herein defined by prescribing a course of conduct for the civilian population of this State during such emergency and by centralizing control of all civilian activities having to do with such emergency under the Governor and for that purpose to give to the Governor control over such resources of the State Government and of each and every political subdivision thereof as may be necessary to cope with any condition that shall arise out of such emergency and to invest the Governor with all other power convenient or necessary to effectuate such purpose.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 680, s. 1. Amended by L.1949, c. 86, p. 396, s. 2; L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2404, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-33.1 Definitions

App.A:9-33.1. Definitions
The following words and phrases as used in this act shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Disaster" shall mean any unusual incident resulting from natural or unnatural causes which endangers the health, safety or resources of the residents of one or more municipalities of the State, and which is or may become too large in scope or unusual in type to be handled in its entirety by regular municipal operating services.
(2) "Local disaster emergency" shall mean and include any disaster, or the imminence thereof, resulting from natural or unnatural causes other than enemy attack and limited to the extent that action by the Governor under this act is not required.
(3) "War emergency" shall mean and include any disaster occurring anywhere within the State as the result of enemy attack or the imminent danger thereof.
(4) "Emergency" shall mean and include "disaster" and "war emergency" as above in this section defined.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2405, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-34 Emergency powers of Governor

App.A:9-34. Emergency powers of Governor
The Governor is authorized to utilize and employ all the available resources of the State Government and of each and every political subdivision of this State, whether of men, properties or instrumentalities, and to commandeer and utilize any personal services and any privately owned property necessary to avoid or protect against any emergency subject to the future payment of the reasonable value of such services and privately owned property as hereinafter in this act provided.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 680, s. 2. Amended by L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2405, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-35 Co-operation with state and federal authorities; federal emergency or defense assistance; agreements

App.A:9-35. Co-operation with state and federal authorities; federal emergency or defense assistance; agreements
(a) In carrying out the provisions of this act the Governor shall cooperate with the civil, military and naval authorities of the United States and of other States for the purpose of enforcing the defense and emergency policies of the Federal Government and shall conform to the laws, orders, rules and regulations of the civilian, military and naval authorities of the Federal Government.
(b) The Governor or his designated representative is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements with the Federal Government or an agency thereof as he shall deem necessary to obtain available emergency or defense assistance from the Federal Government or its agencies and to do all other acts or things necessary or convenient to secure such assistance. The Governor shall not commit the State to any financial obligation except to the extent of available appropriations, provided, however, that any such agreement may specify (1) that the State will agree to hold and save the United States free from damages which may arise out of the construction, repairs, improvements or rehabilitation, and the maintenance of works and projects undertaken by the Federal Government or its agencies in connection with any such agreement, other than claims arising from the tortious acts of agents or employees of the Federal Government and (2) that the State will provide, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way and other areas within the State of New Jersey required in connection with the project undertaken by the Federal Government or its agencies in respect of such agreement, and for the maintenance thereafter of such project. Any such provisions to hold and save the Federal Government free from damages shall not be construed to waive the sovereign immunity of the State in any situation wherein such immunity would otherwise be present. Such sums as may be required, whether in payment of the cost of necessary legal proceedings, as compensation to property owners, or in furtherance of the provisions herein authorized for such agreements, shall be charged against any special or emergency appropriation made by the Legislature in connection with the project which is the subject matter of the agreement with the Federal Government or its agencies.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 681, s. 3. Amended by L.1962, c. 21, s. 1; L.1975, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 4, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-36 Information may be required

App.A:9-36. Information may be required
The Governor is authorized to require any public official, citizen or resident of this State or any firm, partnership, or corporation, incorporated or doing business in this State, to furnish to him any information reasonably necessary to enable him to carry out the purposes of this act.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 681, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-37 Civilian defense director; subordinate offices

App.A:9-37. Civilian defense director; subordinate offices
There is hereby created in the State Department of Defense, the office of civilian defense director. The civilian defense director shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the Governor with or without compensation in the discretion of the Governor. He shall assist the Governor in effectuating the purposes of this act and, to that end, the Governor is empowered to delegate to the said civilian defense director any of the powers conferred by this act upon the Governor to the extent that such delegation of power is, in the judgment of the Governor, necessary; provided, however, that all such powers shall be exercised in the name of the Governor. The Governor is authorized to establish an adequate organization to assist in supervising and co-ordinating the civilian defense activities of the State Government and of all of the political subdivisions of this State and for that purpose the said Governor is authorized and empowered, within the limits of appropriations, to establish and operate such subordinate offices as may be necessary. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to empower the Governor to delegate to the civilian defense director any of the powers heretofore conferred upon the established State Departments.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 682, s. 5. Amended by L.1949, c. 86, p. 397, s. 3; L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2406, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-37.1 Duties of civilian defense director

App.A:9-37.1. Duties of civilian defense director
Under the supervision of the Adjutant General, Department of Defense, the civilian defense director is hereby concurrently assigned the duties of State Disaster Control Director.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2406, s. 6. Amended by L.1984, c. 181, s. 37, eff. Nov. 14, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-38 Deputies or assistants

App.A:9-38. Deputies or assistants
The Governor is empowered to appoint one or more deputies or assistants whom the Governor deems necessary to assist in effectuating the purposes of this act and to fix their compensation, designation, title, powers and duties.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 682, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-40 Co-operation by public officials; rules and regulations

App.A:9-40. Co-operation by public officials; rules and regulations
It shall be the duty of the members of the governing body and of each and every officer, agent and employee of every political subdivision of this State and of each member of all other governmental bodies, agencies and authorities of any nature whatsoever fully to co-operate with the Governor and the civilian defense director in all matters affecting any emergency as defined by this act. The Governor is authorized to make, amend and rescind orders, rules and regulations as in this act provided, and it shall be unlawful for any municipality or other subdivision or any other governmental agency of this State to adopt any rule or regulation or to enforce any such rule or regulation that may be at variance with any such order, rule or regulation established by the Governor. In the event of a dispute on the question of whether or not any such rule or regulation is at variance with an order, rule or regulation established by the Governor under this act, the determination of the Governor shall control.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 682, s. 8. Amended by L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2406, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-40.1 Municipal emergency management coordinator.

App.A:9-40.1 Municipal emergency management coordinator.
8. a. In every municipality of this State, the mayor or, in the case of a municipality which has adopted the commission form of government pursuant to the provisions of the "commission form of government law" (R.S.40:70-1 et seq.), the commissioner serving as director of the department to which the responsibility for emergency management has been assigned, shall appoint a municipal emergency management coordinator. Any qualified individual appointed as a municipal emergency management coordinator who is not a resident of the municipality shall reside within a reasonable proximity of the municipality to ensure a prompt response or coordination of municipal resources for any local incident. The municipal emergency management coordinator, subject to fulfilling the requirements of this section, shall serve for a term of three years. As a condition of his appointment and his right to continue for the full term of his appointment, each municipal emergency management coordinator shall have successfully completed at the time of his appointment or within one year immediately following his appointment or the effective date of this act, whichever is later, the current approved Home Study Course and the basic Emergency Management workshop. The failure of any municipal emergency management coordinator to fulfill such requirement within the period prescribed shall disqualify the coordinator from continuing in the office of coordinator and thereupon a vacancy in said office shall be deemed to have been created.
b. The provisions of this section shall not bar a municipality from entering into an agreement pursuant to the "Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act," sections 1 through 35 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 through C.40A:65-35) to designate (1) a municipal emergency management coordinator to serve two or more municipalities jointly, or (2) the county emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1953, c.438 (C.App.A:9-42.1) for the county in which that municipality is located as the municipal emergency management coordinator, subject to approval of the governing body of the county. A municipality entering into such an agreement shall notify the State Emergency Management Coordinator.
c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2022, c.111)
L.1953, c.438, s.8; amended 1977, c.184; 1984, c.246, s.1; 1989, c.222, s.2; 1995, c.259, s.38; 2003, c.53, s.3; 2013, c.57; 2021, c.50; 2022, c.111.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-40.2 Removal of municipal emergency management coordinator

App.A:9-40.2. Removal of municipal emergency management coordinator
The Governor may remove any municipal emergency management coordinator at any time for cause. In such event the mayor of the municipality or, in the case of a municipality which has adopted the commission form of government pursuant to the provisions of the "commission form of government law" (R.S.40:70-1 et seq.), the commissioner serving as director of the department to which the responsibility for emergency management has been assigned, shall appoint a new municipal emergency management coordinator with the approval of the Governor. If the mayor or commissioner, as appropriate, shall not appoint a municipal emergency management coordinator within 10 days after such office shall become vacant, the Governor may appoint a temporary municipal emergency management coordinator, who shall serve and perform all of the duties of that office until such time as a new municipal emergency management coordinator shall be appointed by the mayor or commissioner, as appropriate, with the approval of the Governor.
L.1953, c.438, s.18; amended 1984,c.246,s.2; 1989,c.222,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-40.3 Deputy municipal disaster control director

App.A:9-40.3. Deputy municipal disaster control director
Each municipal disaster control director shall appoint a deputy municipal disaster control director with the approval of the mayor. Wherever possible, such deputy shall be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of the municipality.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2407, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-40.4 Duties of municipal emergency management coordinator

App.A:9-40.4. Duties of municipal emergency management coordinator
Each municipal emergency management coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating, and the conduct of emergency management operations within his municipality.
L.1953, c.438, s.10; amended 1989,c.222,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-40.5 Proclamation of state of local disaster emergency within municipality; powers of coordinator

App.A:9-40.5. Proclamation of state of local disaster emergency within municipality; powers of coordinator
Whenever, in his opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent in any municipality, the municipal emergency management coordinator of that municipality shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the municipality. The municipal emergency management coordinator, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management, shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety, and resources of the residents of the municipality.
L.1953, c.438, s.22; amended 1989,c.222,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-40.6 Aid in time of disaster or emergency

App.A:9-40.6. Aid in time of disaster or emergency
No representative of any municipality shall request aid in time of disaster or emergency directly from noncontiguous municipalities nor shall any municipality or public or semipublic agency send personnel or equipment into a disaster-stricken municipality unless and until such aid has been directed by the county emergency management coordinator or his deputies. Specific exemptions from the action of this section may be granted only by authority of the State Director of Emergency Management.
L.1953, c.438, s.23; amended 1989,c.222,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-41 Local emergency management councils

App.A:9-41. Local emergency management councils
Every municipality of this State, other than counties, shall create a local emergency management council. Each local emergency management council shall be composed of not more than 15 members who shall be appointed by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority. The municipal emergency management coordinator shall be a member and shall serve as chairman of the local emergency management council. The local emergency management council shall assist the municipality in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of all local emergency management activities in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Governor in pursuance of the provisions of this act. The local emergency management council is authorized, within the limits of appropriations, to establish an adequate organization to assist in supervising and coordinating the emergency management activities of the local municipality. It shall be lawful for the members of the local emergency management council also to be members of other agencies created because of any emergency. Upon the effective date of this act, the local emergency management councils heretofore appointed shall become the respective local emergency management councils provided for in this act and shall thereafter continue to function as such local emergency management councils, subject to the provisions of this act.
L.1942, c.241, s.9; amended 1953,c.438,s.11; 1989,c.222,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-42.1 County emergency management coordinator; appointment; term of office

App.A:9-42.1. County emergency management coordinator; appointment; term of office
In every county of this State the governing body shall appoint a county emergency management coordinator, which appointment shall be for a term of three years. The appointments shall be subject to the approval of the State Director of Emergency Management and thereafter shall be subject to his orders. The State Director of Emergency Management shall exercise supervision and control of all such appointees, who may be removed by said State Director of Emergency Management for cause.
L.1953, c.438, s.12; amended 1985,c.504,s.1; 1989,c.222,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-42.1a Coordinator appointed prior to Jan. 21, 1986, exception; term

App.A:9-42.1a. Coordinator appointed prior to Jan. 21, 1986, exception; term
Any county emergency management coordinator appointed prior to the effective date of P.L.1985, c.504 (C.App.A:9-42.1a) shall serve for the length of the term to which the coordinator was appointed unless removed for just cause, except that any coordinator not appointed for a specific term shall begin the new term on the effective date of this act. Thereafter, the provision of section 12 of P.L.1953, c.438 (C.App.A:9-42.1) relating to the length of a term shall take effect.
L.1985, c.504, s.2; amended 1989,c.222,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-421b Filling of deputy emergency management coordinator position.

App.A:9-421b Filling of deputy emergency management coordinator position.
10. The deputy emergency management coordinator position shall be filled by the governing body in each county by: a. the appointment of a qualified individual; b. the selection of a qualified volunteer; or, if appropriate, c. the selection of an individual pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission of the State of New Jersey.
L.1989, c.222, s.10; amended 2008, c.29, s.113.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-42.2 Duties of county emergency management coordinator

App.A:9-42.2. Duties of county emergency management coordinator
The county emergency management coordinator shall be responsible for the development, coordination, and activation of countywide mutual aid emergency management plans; and for the activation of such emergency management facilities and services as are available from the resources of the county government.
L.1953, c.438, s.13; amended 1989,c.222,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43 Other local agencies or instrumentalities

App.A:9-43. Other local agencies or instrumentalities
Every political subdivision of this State is authorized to create by resolution any other agencies or instrumentalities that may be needed in order to meet the problems presented by any emergency as defined by this act, not at variance with such rules and regulations as shall be established by the Governor. Any such agencies heretofore or hereafter established shall immediately conform to the rules and regulations that may be adopted and promulgated by the Governor.
L.1942, c. 251, p. 684, s. 11. Amended by L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 438, p. 2408, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.1 State Emergency Operations Plan.

App.A:9-43.1 State Emergency Operations Plan.
18. The State Office of Emergency Management shall adopt a State Emergency Operations Plan, including rules, regulations, and guidelines, that shall be reviewed and updated at least every two years.
a. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, provisions which shall be developed in consultation with:
(1) the Department of Agriculture, to support the needs of animals and individuals with an animal under their care, including domestic livestock, a domesticated animal, or a service animal, in a major disaster or emergency; and
(2) the Department of Health, to provide for a coordinated Statewide evacuation strategy for all hospitals and other health care facilities in the State, alternative sources of care for evacuated patients, and proposed sites of temporary shelter in the event of an emergency. The Statewide evacuation strategy shall be based on evacuation plans prepared pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1989, c.222 (C.App.A:9-43.2) and submitted to the State Office of Emergency Management by each county and municipality in the State pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1989, c.222 (C.App.A:9-43.4).
b. The plan shall:
(1) include provisions that specifically address the need for the safe and timely evacuation of the families and dependents of the emergency responders rendering major disaster or emergency services;
(2) incorporate the results of the risk assessment conducted in accordance with the county storm preparedness funding program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2017, c.63 (C.App.A:9-43.17); and
(3) incorporate a framework to address cybersecurity incidents that shall, at a minimum, serve as a mechanism to facilitate and coordinate preparation for detection, analysis, containment and eradication of, and recovery from, a cybersecurity incident, and to prescribe post-incident activity.
c. In addition, the State Office of Emergency Management and each county and municipal emergency management agency shall take appropriate steps to educate the public regarding the resources available in the event of an emergency and the importance of emergency preparedness planning.
L.1989, c.222, s.18; amended 2006, c.92, s.1; 2011, c.178, s.8; 2017, c.63, s.3; 2023, c.54.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.2 County, municipal written emergency operations plans; coordination.

App.A:9-43.2 County, municipal written emergency operations plans; coordination.
19. Each county and municipality in the State shall prepare a written Emergency Operations Plan with all appropriate annexes necessary to implement the plan. The development of all plans shall be coordinated with the Emergency Operations Plans of the State, county and neighboring municipalities to ensure a regional coordinated response and the efficient use of resources.
a. These plans shall include, but not be limited to, provisions which shall be developed in consultation with:
(1) the Department of Agriculture, to support the needs of animals and individuals with an animal under their care, including domestic livestock, a domesticated animal, or a service animal, in a major disaster or emergency; and
(2) the Department of Health and Senior Services to evaluate the evacuation procedures of hospitals and other health care facilities located in each county and municipality, alternative sources of care for evacuated patients, and proposed sites of temporary shelter in the event of an emergency.
b. Each plan shall include provisions that specifically address the need for the safe and timely evacuation of the families and dependents of the emergency responders rendering major disaster or emergency services.
c. Each Emergency Operations Plan shall be adopted no later than one year after the State Emergency Planning Guidelines have been adopted by the State Office of Emergency Management and shall be evaluated at such subsequent scheduled review of the State Emergency Operations Plan.
L.1989, c.222, s.19; amended 2006, c.92, s.2; 2011, c.178, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.3 Guidelines for Emergency Operations Plans.

App.A:9-43.3 Guidelines for Emergency Operations Plans.
20. Each county and municipal Emergency Operations Plan shall conform to all relevant federal and State statutes, rules and regulations concerning emergency operations and shall include the identification of significant hazards affecting the jurisdiction. Each county and municipal Emergency Operations Plan shall be based upon planning criteria, objectives, requirements, responsibilities and concepts of operation for the implementation of all necessary and appropriate protective or remedial measures to be taken in response to an actual or threatened emergency as determined by the State Director of Emergency Management. Each Emergency Operations Plan shall provide for a command structure that affords appropriate command support for the incident commander. Deputy chiefs and battalion chiefs and company officers shall be included in the county fire mutual aid plan to respond to any emergency to supply command support or be assigned to the command structure. Each county and municipal Emergency Operations Plan shall be reviewed and updated at least every two years.
L.1989,c.222,s.20; amended 2000,c.177,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.4 Approval by State Office of Emergency Management.

App.A:9-43.4 Approval by State Office of Emergency Management.
21. Each county and municipality shall submit an Emergency Operations Plan to the State Office of Emergency Management, which may be submitted in a secure electronic form by way of any electronic means capable of sending, submitting or presenting confidential information. No Emergency Operations Plan shall take effect without approval by the State Office of Emergency Management. The State Office of Emergency Management shall review the plans and determine their compatibility with the State Emergency Operations Plan Guidelines and shall either approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the plan. The State Office of Emergency Management shall set forth in writing its reasons for disapproval of any plan or, in the case of the issuance of a conditional approval, shall specify the necessary amendments to the plan. If the State Office of Emergency Management fails to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove an Emergency Operations Plan within 60 days of receipt of the plan, it shall be considered approved by the State Office of Emergency Management.
L.1989, c.222, s.21; amended 2010, c.66, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.5 Grants to municipalities, counties for development of Emergency Operations Plans

App.A:9-43.5. Grants to municipalities, counties for development of Emergency Operations Plans
The State Office of Emergency Management, subject to available appropriations and grants from other sources, is authorized to award grants to any municipality or county to assist in the development of an Emergency Operations Plan. The State Office of Emergency Management shall prescribe and promulgate, pursuant to law, procedures for applying for the grant and terms and conditions for receiving the grant.
L.1989, c.222, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.6 Technical assistance, planning grants to municipalities

App.A:9-43.6. Technical assistance, planning grants to municipalities
The State and counties shall be authorized to provide technical assistance and planning grants to municipalities to assist in the preparation and revision of municipal Emergency Operations Plans pursuant to section 19 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
L.1989, c.222, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.7 Emergency plans, electronic submission by certain entities permitted.

App.A:9-43.7 Emergency plans, electronic submission by certain entities permitted.
1. a. Any entity, organization, or educational institution, be it public or private, that submits an emergency operations or evacuation plan to the State Office of Emergency Management may submit that plan in a secure electronic format by way of any electronic means capable of sending, submitting or presenting confidential information.
b. School districts required by regulation to develop and implement comprehensive plans, procedures and mechanisms that provide for safety and security in the public and private elementary schools may transmit those plans, procedures and mechanisms, when appropriate, in a secure electronic format by way of any electronic means capable of sending, submitting or presenting confidential information.
c. The State Office of Emergency Management may adopt rules, regulations, and guidelines, to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2010, c.66, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.8 Definitions relative to coastal evacuation.

App.A:9-43.8 Definitions relative to coastal evacuation.
1. For the purposes of this act:
"Alternative emergency power generator" means an electricity-generating installation system that operates to provide the electricity needs of a building or structure if the normal source of electricity is disrupted due to a power outage.
"Critical infrastructure" means all buildings or structures in the State that are indispensably necessary for national security, economic stability, and public safety.
"Director" means the Director of the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police.
"Emergency" means an emergency or local disaster emergency as defined in section 3 of P.L.1953, c. 438 (C.App.A:9-33.1).
"Lane reversal strategy" means an evacuation plan that reverses the flow of traffic in lanes that are normally configured for travel in one direction, resulting in all traffic traveling in the same direction on all lanes of a highway.
"Long term emergency shelter" means a building or structure in which a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization provides shelter for a period of time extending longer than six months to individuals and families who have been displaced from their homes due to an emergency.
"Special needs" means a physical or mental disability or medical care need of an individual who, after exhausting all other resources still needs assistance for evacuation or sheltering before, during, or after a disaster or emergency.
"Temporary emergency shelter" means a building or structure in which a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization provides shelter to individuals and families who have been displaced from their homes due to an emergency until that emergency has ceased.
L.2011, c.178, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.9 Annual public awareness program.

App.A:9-43.9 Annual public awareness program.
2. a. The director shall develop and undertake an annual public awareness program to educate the public concerning the State's plan to evacuate New Jersey's coastal areas in a time of emergency. The program may incorporate the use of broadcast media, print media, the Internet, or any other available resources.
b. The program shall inform the public of:
(1) methods by which the State is to notify the public of the initiation of an emergency evacuation of a coastal area;
(2) appropriate evacuation routes;
(3) alternative methods of evacuation, other than that utilizing a personal motor vehicle;
(4) information concerning the preparation and storing of personal evacuation kits;
(5) appropriate supplies of food and potable water that individuals and families should have readily available; and
(6) information relating to the support of, and care for animals, particularly service animals and pets subject to a coastal evacuation; and
(7) any such other matters as the director shall deem appropriate and necessary.
c. In developing this plan, and in making any subsequent revisions, the director shall consult with the Emergency Management Offices of the affected counties and municipalities.
L.2011, c.178, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.10 Appointment of commission.

App.A:9-43.10 Appointment of commission.
3. a. The director, in consultation with the Department of Health and Senior Services, the Department of Community Affairs, and the Department of Human Services, shall appoint a commission comprised of experts from each department as well as experts from private nonprofit organizations, which shall include, but not be limited to, the American Red Cross, that shall be authorized to:
(1) identify appropriate elementary and secondary school buildings that may serve as adequate locations for temporary emergency shelter during an emergency; and
(2) identify specific locations that may serve as long term emergency shelters, during an emergency, for the benefit of individuals who have been displaced from their residence for an extended period of time as a result of that emergency or local disaster emergency.
b. Following the effective date of this act, all elementary and secondary school buildings to be newly constructed shall be evaluated during the planning or design phase and a determination shall be made considering all appropriate factors including, but not limited to, the suitability, necessity, and financial feasibility, as to whether that elementary or secondary school building may serve as a potential location for an emergency shelter during a declared state of emergency.
L.2011, c.178, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.11 Duties of director.

App.A:9-43.11 Duties of director.
4. The director shall:
a. ensure consistency among the evacuation plans and shelter plans of the State's coastal counties, and such other counties that the director determines may be affected by the evacuation of the coast in an emergency, and integrate those plans into a Statewide evacuation plan;
b. work in coordination with the county offices of emergency management to revise any evacuation or shelter plan that, upon review, proves to be inconsistent with the evacuation plans of other counties, or with the State Emergency Operations Plan Guidelines; and
c. consult with and seek the advice of private nonprofit organizations when implementing the provisions of this section, which shall include, but not be limited to, the American Red Cross.
L.2011, c.178, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts › App.A:9-43.12 Identification of critical infrastructures.

App.A:9-43.12 Identification of critical infrastructures.
5. The director shall work in conjunction with the county emergency management coordinator in each county to locate and identify all critical infrastructures in the State that would need an alternative emergency power generator in the event of a Statewide emergency.
L.2011, c.178, s.5.