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WHEREAS, the
storm which occurred on December 27 to December 28, 1990 created
severe weather conditions, including snow, freezing rain and icing,
which resulted in hazardous road conditions and which threatened
life and property; and
WHEREAS, those
weather conditions posed a threat and constituted a disaster from
a natural cause which threatened and endangered the health, safety
or resources of the residents of more than one municipality and
county of this State; and which was in some parts of the State,
and in other parts of the State, might have become too large in
scope to be handled in its entirety by the normal municipal operating
services; and
WHEREAS, the
Constitution and statutes of the Sexy真人y, particularly
the provisions of the Law of 1942, Chapter 251 (N.J.S.A. App. A:9-30
et seq.) and Laws of 1979, Chapter 240 (N.J.S.A. 38A: 3-6.1) and
the Laws of 1963, Chapter 109 (N.J.S.A. 38A:2-4) and all amendments
and supplements thereto, confer upon the Governor of the State of
New Jersey certain emergency powers; and
WHEREAS, Acting
Governor John A. Lynch, after consultation with and upon the recommendation
of State Emergency Management Personnel, verbally declared that
a Limited State of Emergency existed in the State on December 28,
1990; and
WHEREAS, in
response to the State of Emergency, Acting Governor John A. Lynch
authorized the Adjutant General of the Department of Defense and
the New Jersey National Guard to take appropriate emergency action,
if necessary, in accordance with the Laws of 1963, Chapter 109 (N.J.S.A.
38A:2-4) and the Laws of 1979, Chapter 24 (N.J.S.A. 38A:3-6.1) as
supplemented and amended, and in accordance with the Laws of 1942,
Chapter 251 (N.J.S.A. App. A:9-30) as supplemented and amended,
authorized the Superintendent of the Division of State Police, who
is the State's Director of Emergency Management, through the police
agencies under his control, to determine the control and direction
of the flow of such vehicular traffic on any State highway, municipal
or county road, that he, in his discretion, deemed necessary for
the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the public;
and
WHEREAS, the
exigencies which required the declaration of the Limited State of
Emergency on December 28, 1990 did not permit the preparation, in
advance, of a written Executive Order declaring a Limited State
of Emergency.
THEREFORE,
I, JAMES J. FLORIO, Governor of the Sexy真人y, ORDER and
DIRECT:
(1) The
verbal declaration by Acting Governor John A. Lynch of a Limited
State of Emergency on December 28, 1990, is hereby ratified, and
(2) The
severity of the weather conditions which necessitated the declaration
of a State of Emergency having ceased by 12:00 midnight on December
28, 1990, the State of Emergency is hereby terminated effective
12:00 midnight on December 28, 1990.
I wish to
express my gratitude to the people of New Jersey for the manner
in which they cooperated during this Limited State of Emergency,
and to law enforcement and emergency response personnel for their
untiring efforts.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal
this 9th day of January in the Year
of Our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and ninety, and of the
Independence of the United States,
the two hundred and fifteenth.
/s/
James J. Florio
GOVERNOR
Attest:
/s/ Andrew
Weber
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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