2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 13 - CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS
Section 13:19-41 - Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force.

13:19-41 Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force.

4. a. There is established in but not of the Department of Environmental Protection the Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force. The task force shall evaluate and study the efficacy, practicability and feasibility of the rules and regulations governing public access at marinas, and submit its findings and recommendations, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature as provided in section 6 of this act.

b.The task force shall consist of 10 members as follows:

(1)a representative of the Department of Environmental Protection;

(2)a representative of the Office of Maritime Resources in the Department of Transportation;

(3)four elected public officials, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, representing the coastal communities of Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth and Ocean counties, respectively; and

(4)four public members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of the four public members, one shall be a representative of the Urban Coast Institute of Monmouth University, and one shall be a representative of the environmental community with a recognized expertise and specialization in coastal and shore protection issues. The remaining public members shall represent marina operators or a marine trade association.

c.The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the task force for its purposes.

d.Any vacancy in the membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

e.The task force shall be entitled to the assistance and service of the employees of any State, county or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, authority, or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes, and to employ stenographic and clerical assistance and to incur traveling or other miscellaneous expenses as may be necessary in order to perform its duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for its purposes. The Department of Environmental Protection shall provide primary staff support to the task force.

f.The task force shall meet monthly or at the call of the chairperson of the task force or when requested by any four members of the task force.

g.The task force shall organize as soon as possible after the appointment of its members, and shall select annually a chairperson from among its members and a secretary who need not be a member of the task force.

L.2008, c.82, s.4.