Bill Text: NJ A1769 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires wholesalers, terminal facilities, motor fuel retail dealers, grocery stores, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and residential rehabilitation facilities to install appropriate wiring for use of generator during power outage.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee [A1769 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A1769-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Handlin
SYNOPSIS
Requires wholesalers, terminal facilities, motor fuel retail dealers, grocery stores, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and residential rehabilitation facilities to install appropriate wiring for use of generator during power outage.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning alternative power generation during power outages and supplementing various parts of the statutory law.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. For the purposes of this section:
"Alternative power generation device" means a device capable of providing electrical power during a power outage including, but not limited to, portable generators, standby generators, emergency generators, or other power generation devices.
"Motor fuel" means any combustible liquid or gaseous substance used, or suitable, for the generation of power to propel motor vehicles.
"Power outage" means a failure in the supply of electricity causing a temporary cessation in the supply of power.
"Rack" means a mechanism for delivering fuel from a refinery or terminal into a railroad tank car, a fuel transportation vehicle, or other means of transfer outside of the terminal transfer system.
"Refinery" means a business in this State used to produce motor fuel and from which motor fuel may be removed by pipeline, by ship or barge, or at a rack.
"Retail dealer" means a person that engages in the business of selling or dispensing motor fuel to consumers within this State.
"State Office of Emergency Management" means the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
"Terminal facility" means any inland, waterfront, or offshore appurtenance on land in this State used for the purpose of storing, handling, or transferring motor fuel, but does not include bulk storage facilities owned or operated by a wholesaler.
"Wholesaler" means any person in this State, other than a refinery or retail dealer, who purchases motor fuel at a terminal facility and supplies motor fuel to retail dealers.
b. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the owner of a terminal facility shall install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, which is capable of operating the terminal facility's distribution loading racks using an alternate power generation device during a power outage.
c. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), a wholesaler shall install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, which is capable of operating the wholesaler's distribution loading racks using an alternate power generation device during a power outage.
d. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), a retail dealer shall install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, which is capable of providing electrical power to enable the retail dealer's fuel pumps, dispensing equipment, life-safety systems, and payment acceptance equipment using an alternative power generation device.
e. A wholesaler or retail dealer or the owner of a terminal facility who installs appropriate wiring pursuant to subsections b., c., or d. of this section shall provide appropriate documentation of the installation to the State Office of Emergency Management within 30 days of the installation.
f. A wholesaler or retail dealer or the owner of a terminal facility who fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable for a penalty of not more than $1,000 for a first offense and not more than $2,500 for each subsequent offense to be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The municipal court and the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement of penalties by this subsection.
2. a. For the purposes of this section:
"Alternative power generation device" means a device capable of providing electrical power during a power outage including, but not limited to, portable generators, standby generators, emergency generators, or other power generation devices.
"Facility" means a nursing home, assisted living facility, or residential rehabilitation facility in this State licensed pursuant to P.L.1971 c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).
"Power outage" means a failure in the supply of electricity causing a temporary cessation in the supply of power.
"State Office of Emergency Management" means the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
b. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), a facility shall install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, which is capable of providing electrical power in the event of a power outage using an alternative power generation device, according to guidelines developed by the Department of Health pursuant to subsection e. of this section.
c. The chief administrator of a facility who installs appropriate wiring pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall provide appropriate documentation of the installation to the State Office of Emergency Management within 30 days of the installation.
d. A chief administrator of a facility who fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable for a penalty of not more than $1,000 for a first offense and not more than $2,500 for each subsequent offense to be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The municipal court and the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement of penalties by this subsection.
e. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. These regulations shall include, but not be limited to, minimum standards concerning a facility's wiring and use of an alternative power generation device.
3. a. For the purposes of this section:
"Alternative power generation device" means a device capable of providing electrical power during a power outage including, but not limited to, portable generators, standby generators, emergency generators, or other power generation devices.
"Grocery store" means a retail business in this State primarily engaged in the self-service sale of foods and household supplies for off-premises consumption or use and includes a supermarket, but does not include a convenience store, delicatessen, or farmer's market.
"Power outage" means a failure in the supply of electricity causing a temporary cessation in the supply of power.
"State Office of Emergency Management" means the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
b. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), a grocery store shall install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, which is capable of providing electrical power in the event of a power outage using an alternative power generation device, according to the guidelines developed by the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to subsection e. of this section.
c. The owner of a grocery store who installs appropriate wiring pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall provide appropriate documentation of the installation to the State Office of Emergency Management within 30 days of the installation.
d. An owner of a grocery store who fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable for a penalty of not more than $1,000 for a first offense and not more than $2,500 for each subsequent offense to be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The municipal court and the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement of penalties by this subsection.
e. The Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. These regulations shall include, but not be limited to, minimum standards concerning a grocery store's wiring and use of an alternative power generation device.
4. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires wholesalers and terminal facilities to install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, capable of operating the terminal facility or wholesaler's distribution loading racks using an alternate power generation device in the event of a power outage. A terminal facility is any inland, waterfront, or offshore appurtenance on land in this State used for the purpose of storing, handling, or transferring motor fuel, but does not include bulk storage facilities owned or operated by a wholesaler. A wholesaler is any person in this State, other than a refinery or retail dealer, who purchases motor fuel at a terminal facility and supplies motor fuel to retail dealers.
In addition, the bill requires retail dealers of motor fuel to install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, capable of providing electrical power to enable the retail dealer's fuel pumps, dispensing equipment, life-safety systems, and payment acceptance equipment in the event of a power outage.
This bill requires grocery stores, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and residential rehabilitation facilities to install appropriate wiring, including a transfer switch, capable of providing electrical power in the event of a power outage using an alternative power generation device. Alternative power generation device is defined in the bill to mean a device capable of providing electrical power during a power outage including, but not limited to, portable generators, standby generators, emergency generators, or other power generation devices.
The wholesaler, terminal facility, retail motor fuel dealer, grocery store, nursing home, assisted living facility, or residential rehabilitation facility which installs appropriate wiring is to provide documentation of the installation to the State Office of Emergency Management within 30 days. A person who fails to comply with the installation and reporting requirements is liable for a penalty of not more than $1,000 for a first offense and not more than $2,500 for each subsequent offense.
