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.

Structure New Jersey Revised Statutes

New Jersey Revised Statutes

Appendix A - Emergency and Temporary Acts

App.A:3-1 Definitions

App.A:3-2 Grants or loans; application and acceptance

App.A:3-3 Authorization by resolution; referendum

App.A:3-4 Bond issue; form of statement; publication of resolution

App.A:3-5 Financing projects; municipal bonds authorized; special assessments as liens.

App.A:3-6 Sale of bonds to federal government

App.A:3-7 Municipality may contract with federal government

App.A:3-8 Sale of securities to federal government

App.A:3-9 Form, terms and conditions of bonds, notes or other instruments

App.A:3-10 Other legislation not affected

App.A:3-11 Pending proceedings under other law; continuance

App.A:3-12 Intent and construction of act; partial invalidity

App.A:3-13 Effective date

App.A:3-14 Paying off refunding bonds; specific appropriations

App.A:3-15 Approval of budget or tax ordinance by state auditor; expenses of audit

App.A:3-16 Trust fund to meet payments

App.A:3-17 Effect of act as contract; enforcement

App.A:3-18 Powers, duties and obligations cumulative; tax rate

App.A:3-19 Effective date

App.A:3-20 Application for federal grant for new armories, additions and alterations authorized

App.A:3-21 Existing sites may be used; expenditures authorized

App.A:3-22 Effective date

App.A:3-23 Amount of federal grant for which quartermaster general may apply, increased

App.A:3-24 Existing sites may be used; expenditures authorized

App.A:3-25 Effective date

App.A:3-26 Appropriation for engineering, architectural and supervision services; limitation

App.A:3-27 Effective date

App.A:3-28 State appropriations or balances for armory purposes may be combined and treated as unit

App.A:3-29 Effective date

App.A:3-30 Applications for funds

App.A:3-31 Contracts by State Highway Commissioner with federal government

App.A:3-32 Contract apportioning costs on State aid county or municipal road or bridge; raising of funds by municipalities

App.A:3-33 Expenditure of highway funds on project within State highway system; transfer of funds; substitution of projects

App.A:3-34 Partial invalidity

App.A:3-35 Appointments or assignments to employment from relief rolls; exception

App.A:3-36 Award of contracts after advertising; statements in advertisement

App.A:3-37 Application of supplementary act

App.A:3-38 Use of allotted funds as sponsor's share of any project undertaken

App.A:3-39 Waiver of statutory provisions for matching funds

App.A:4-8 Tax exemption

App.A:4-9 Payment in lieu of taxes; default

App.A:4-10 Local approval of reclamation project

App.A:4-11 Application of act

App.A:4-12 Effective date

App.A:4-12.1 Taxation of state park lands; L.1933, c. 438, p. 1228, repealed

App.A:4-12.2 Refund to municipalities

App.A:4-12.3 Effective date

App.A:4-13 Disposition of water system revenues to meet bonds issued pursuant to contract with federal government

App.A:4-14 Effective date

App.A:4-19 Power to issue bonds; purposes

App.A:4-20 Name of bonds; ordinance; procedure; details

App.A:4-21 Maturity; maximum amount; debt statement or limitation

App.A:4-22 Provisions of ordinance

App.A:4-23 Sale price; exchange or sale of bonds

App.A:4-24 Irregularities not to affect bonds; pledge of municipality's credit

App.A:4-25 Budget provisions

App.A:4-26 Estimating cash receipts; surplus revenues; anticipations, etc.

App.A:4-27 Ordinances submitted to state auditor; adoption; auditor's expenses included; contractual effect of certain provisions of law

App.A:4-28 Definitions

App.A:4-29 Powers cumulative

App.A:4-30 Constitutional severability of provisions

App.A:4-31 Effective date

App.A:4-31.1 Bonds to refer to original act; definitions

App.A:4-31.2 Tax receipts may be anticipated in estimating appropriation for reserve for uncollected taxes

App.A:4-31.3 Proceeds of sale of notes deemed cash receipts

App.A:4-31.4 Issue of special tax notes authorized; requisites and effect

App.A:4-31.5 Budget provision for payment of outstanding notes

App.A:4-31.6 Pledge of delinquent special tax receipts to payment of notes; resolution; covenants and effect; remedies

App.A:4-31.7 Construction of act as affecting contracts

App.A:4-31.8 State not obligated

App.A:4-31.9 Partial invalidity of act not to affect remainder

App.A:4-31.10 Effective date

App.A:4-31.11 Postponement of payment of moneys due school district from municipality; budget

App.A:4-32 Refunding bonds; power to issue

App.A:4-33 Duration of power

App.A:4-35 Details of issue and sale; selling price; ordinance

App.A:4-36 Bond recitals conclusive evidence of validity; publishing notice of bonds to be funded; filing copy of notice

App.A:4-37 Security for payment; resolution requiring separate appropriations; taxes; trust fund

App.A:4-38 Bonds may be refunded notwithstanding budget provisions or previous appropriation

App.A:4-39 Additional powers

App.A:4-40 Constitutional severability

App.A:4-41 Effective date

App.A:4-42 Annual assessment installments defined

App.A:4-43 Effective date

App.A:4-47 Payment of taxes in scrip

App.A:4-48 State apportionment paid in scrip to school districts; exception

App.A:4-49 County relieved of ninety per cent of obligation

App.A:4-50 County school boards paid in scrip

App.A:4-51 Obligation to issue or accept scrip

App.A:4-52 Effective date

App.A:4-52.1 Waiver of interest on State school taxes paid in scrip

App.A:4-52.2 Effective date

App.A:4-53 Maturity of certain school bonds

App.A:4-54 Effective date

App.A:4-55 School refunding bonds; form and details

App.A:4-56 Exchange of bonds; report

App.A:4-57 Certification by funding commission; validity of bonds

App.A:4-58 Approval of readjustment plan

App.A:4-59 Construction; constitutional severability

App.A:4-60 Effective date

App.A:4-63 Refunding bonds; resolution on or before Dec. 31, 1947; interest; payment; taxes

App.A:4-64 Issuance, recitals, date, maturity, etc., of bonds

App.A:4-65 Consent of Local Government Board

App.A:4-66 Matters to be considered by Local Government Board; statement of reasons for refusing consent

App.A:4-67 Sale of refunding bonds, or exchange for outstanding obligations; report to Department of Local Government

App.A:4-68 Reserve or sinking funds

App.A:4-69 Certification, indorsement or consent of Local Government Board

App.A:4-70 Powers cumulative

App.A:4-70.1 Effective date

App.A:6-5 Drought surcharge fund; deposit of excess water charges

App.A:6-6 Appropriation of moneys; purposes

App.A:6-7 Monthly report of status and expenditures

App.A:7-1 Commissioner may regulate insurance companies

App.A:7-2 Effective date

App.A:9-19.1 Removal of member of local defense council

App.A:9-30 Assistance to government of United States; organization and employment of resources

App.A:9-31 Duty of public officials to furnish information and assistance

App.A:9-32 Effective date

App.A:9-33 Purpose of civilian defense act and disaster control act

App.A:9-33.1 Definitions

App.A:9-34 Emergency powers of Governor

App.A:9-35 Co-operation with state and federal authorities; federal emergency or defense assistance; agreements

App.A:9-36 Information may be required

App.A:9-37 Civilian defense director; subordinate offices

App.A:9-37.1 Duties of civilian defense director

App.A:9-38 Deputies or assistants

App.A:9-40 Co-operation by public officials; rules and regulations

App.A:9-40.1 Municipal emergency management coordinator.

App.A:9-40.2 Removal of municipal emergency management coordinator

App.A:9-40.3 Deputy municipal disaster control director

App.A:9-40.4 Duties of municipal emergency management coordinator

App.A:9-40.5 Proclamation of state of local disaster emergency within municipality; powers of coordinator

App.A:9-40.6 Aid in time of disaster or emergency

App.A:9-41 Local emergency management councils

App.A:9-42.1 County emergency management coordinator; appointment; term of office

App.A:9-42.1a Coordinator appointed prior to Jan. 21, 1986, exception; term

App.A:9-421b Filling of deputy emergency management coordinator position.

App.A:9-42.2 Duties of county emergency management coordinator

App.A:9-43 Other local agencies or instrumentalities

App.A:9:43-1 State Emergency Operations Plan.

App.A:9-43.2 County, municipal written emergency operations plans; coordination.

App.A:9-43.3 Guidelines for Emergency Operations Plans.

App.A:9-43.4 Approval by State Office of Emergency Management.

App.A:9-43.5 Grants to municipalities, counties for development of Emergency Operations Plans

App.A:9-43.6 Technical assistance, planning grants to municipalities

App.A:9-43.7 Emergency plans, electronic submission by certain entities permitted.

App.A:9-43.8 Definitions relative to coastal evacuation.

App.A:9-43.9 Annual public awareness program.

App.A:9-43.10 Appointment of commission.

App.A:9-43.11 Duties of director.

App.A:9-43.12 Identification of critical infrastructures.

App.A:9-43.13 Central registry for residents with special needs.

App.A:9-43.14 Implementation of lane reversal strategy.

App.A:9-43.15 Definitions relative to emergency evacuation.

App.A:9-43.16 Findings, declarations relative to emergency preparedness.

App.A:9:43.17 Definitions; county storm preparedness funding program.

App.A:9-43.18 Definitions relative to Code Blue alert plans.

App.A:9-43.19 Plan for issuance of Code Blue alert.

App.A:9-43.20 Declaration of Code Blue alert.

App.A:9-43.21 Review of weather forecasts.

App.A:9-44 Private civilian defense agencies to be approved

App.A:9-45 Orders, rules, and regulations; black-outs, air raids, etc.; posting

App.A:9-45.1 Officers to perform duties in accordance with rules and regulations

App.A:9-46 Reciprocal orders, rules, and regulations

App.A:9-47 Suspension of motor vehicle or other regulations

App.A:9-48 Emergency commander

App.A:9-49 Violations as disorderly conduct; penalty; prosecution

App.A:9-49.1 Towing, transportation of boats prohibited during emergency evacuations.

App.A:9-50 Aiding or abetting violation

App.A:9-51 Extraordinary emergencies; powers; compensation boards; proceedings for compensation

App.A:9-51.1 Definitions

App.A:9-51.2 Prohibition by ordinance of construction or repair of buildings during emergency

App.A:9-51.3 Contents of ordinance; exceptions

App.A:9-51.4 Duration of ordinance

App.A:9-51.5 Construction or repair of protective barriers in municipalities bordering Atlantic ocean or Delaware bay

App.A:9-51.6 Agreements with state or federal government; provisions

App.A:9-51.7 Compensation for taking of property

App.A:9-51.8 Satisfaction of financial obligations; guarantee of bonds by county

App.A:9-51.9 Payment of claims out of Special Beach Erosion Fund

App.A:9-52 Liability for injury to persons or property.

App.A:9-53 Appropriations

App.A:9-54 Term of person appointed by or with approval of Governor

App.A:9-55 Partial invalidity

App.A:9-56 Repeal; local agencies approved by New Jersey Defense Council and rules of such Council continued

App.A:9-57 Effective date

App.A:9-57.1 Definitions

App.A:9-57.2 Benefits to civil defense volunteers

App.A:9-57.3 Schedule of benefits

App.A:9-57.4 Benefits unpaid at time of death

App.A:9-57.5 Minors deemed sui juris; labor law

App.A:9-57.6 Benefits not assignable; exemption

App.A:9-57.7 Persons entitled to benefits

App.A:9-57.8 Workmen's compensation benefits preclude benefits hereunder

App.A:9-57.9 Notice of claim

App.A:9-57.10 Submission of notice of claim; contents

App.A:9-57.11 Physical examination of claimants

App.A:9-57.12 Refusal of claimant to accept proffered medical and surgical treatment

App.A:9-57.13 Proof of claim; forms

App.A:9-57.14 Process of claims; investigation of claims; rules and regulations; employees; payment of benefits

App.A:9-57.15 Special fund for civil defense volunteers

App.A:9-57.16 Insurance or reinsurance

App.A:9-57.17 Special fund the sole source for payment of benefits

App.A:9-57.18 Reserves

App.A:9-57.19 Expense of administering act

App.A:9-57.20 Reduction of benefits where United States furnishes benefits

App.A:9-57.21 Medical, surgical or hospital treatment furnished by United States precludes similar treatment under act

App.A:9-57.22 No benefits payable where United States will furnish equivalent benefits in absence of benefits under act

App.A:9-57.23 False statements or representations

App.A:9-57.24 Partial invalidity

App.A:9-57.25 Civil defense forces of other states; powers, duties and privileges

App.A:9-57.26 Emergency management volunteers and their dependents; disability, death, medical and hospital benefits

App.A:9-57.27 Repeal

App.A:9-58 "Director of Civil Defense" defined

App.A:9-59 Mutual aid agreements with other states

App.A:9-60 Mutual aid agreements between political subdivisions

App.A:9-61 Powers and duties of members of civil defense forces

App.A:9-62 Acceptance of services, equipment, supplies, or funds from Federal government

App.A:9-63 Acceptance of services, equipment, supplies, or funds from individuals, firms or corporations

App.A:9-64 Short title.

App.A:9-65 Findings, declarations relative to domestic security preparedness.

App.A:9-66 Definitions relative to domestic security preparedness.

App.A:9-67 Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force.

App.A:9-68 Duties of task force.

App.A:9-69 Adoption of standards, guidelines, protocols.

App.A:9-70 Infrastructure Advisory Committee.

App.A:9-71 Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group.

App.A:9-72 Duties of planning group.

App.A:9-73 Noncompliance, action for relief.

App.A:9-74 Records not deemed public; OPMA not applicable.

App.A:9-75 Program of laboratory services for detection, analysis of chemical, biological agents.

App.A:9-76 Annual report by task force to Legislature.

App.A:9-77 Effective date, continuance of task force.

App.A:9-78 Definitions relative to fees charged in renting motor vehicles; $2 to fund Domestic Security Account.

App.A:9-79 Definitions relative to criminal history record background checks for certain contractors.

App.A:9-80 Criminal history record background checks for employees of contractors in critical position at designated facility.

App.A:9-81 Determination of titles, positions designated as critical positions.

App.A:9-82 Applicants to submit to fingerprinting, background checks.

App.A:9-83 Notification of qualification, disqualification of applicant; appeal; maintenance of information.

App.A:9-84 Development of system to certify applicants, issuance of credentials; fees.

App.A:9-85 Rules, regulations.

App.A:9-86 Development, dissemination of building security drill guide, training materials.

App.A:9-87 Findings, declarations.

App.A:9-88 Definitions.

App.A:9-89 "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program" established; criteria for grant; funds distributed, adjusted.

App.A:10-1 Authority to accept, etc.; war and defense activities

App.A:10-2 Supplemental nature of powers conferred; competition with public utilities

App.A:10-3 Construction

App.A:10-4 Partial invalidity

App.A:10-5 Authority conferred to continue only during present war

App.A:10-7 Expenditures by municipalities for civil defense constitute source of State for determining amount of Federal funds to be matched

App.A:10-8 Certification to Division of Local Government in Treasury Department of amounts expended for civil defense by municipalities

App.A:10-9 Forms; rules and regulations

App.A:10-10 Effective date of act

App.A:11-1 Short title

App.A:11-2 Legislative findings

App.A:11-3 Expenditures to restructure and expand division of economic development

App.A:11-4 Agreements for training of workers

App.A:11-5 Authorization to pay training costs and allowances; acceptance of grants.

App.A:11-6 Rules and Regulations.