Bill Text: NJ A1600 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows certain entities to submit emergency plans electronically.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-09-09 - Approved P.L.2010, c.66. [A1600 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1600-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman FREDERICK SCALERA
District 36 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Allows certain entities to submit emergency plans electronically.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning emergency operations plans and supplementing and amending P.L.1989, c.222.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. (New section) 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.
2. Section 21 of P.L.1989, c.222 (C.App.A:9-43.4) is amended to read as follows:
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.
(cf: P.L.1989, c.222, s.21)
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill allows any public, or private entity, organization, or educational institution to submit emergency operations or evacuation plans to the State Office of Emergency Management in a secure electronic format by way of any electronic means capable of sending, submitting or presenting confidential information. In addition, under the bill, any school district 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.
The bill also clarifies each county and municipality may submit emergency operations plans to the State Office of Emergency Management in a secure electronic form by way of any electronic means capable of sending, submitting or presenting confidential information.
