2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 58 - Waters And Water Supply
Section 58:16A-50 - Short Title; Declaration Of Policy
58:16A-50. Short title; declaration of policy
a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act." b. It is in the interest of the safety, health, and general welfare of the people of the State that legislative action be taken to empower the Department of Environmental Protection to delineate and mark flood hazard areas, to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt land use regulations for the flood hazard area, to control stream encroachments, to coordinate effectively the development, dissemination, and use of information on floods and flood damages that may be available, to authorize the delegation of certain administrative and enforcement functions to county governing bodies and to integrate the flood control activities of the municipal, county, State and Federal Governments. L.1962, c. 19, s. 1. Amended by L.1972, c. 185, s. 2, eff. Dec. 14, 1972; L.1979, c. 359, s. 2, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
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