Extends
Executive Order #106 (Byrne)
WHEREAS, the
State prisons and other penal and correctional institutions of the
New Jersey Department of Corrections continue to house populations
of inmates in excess of their capacities and remain seriously overcrowded;
and
WHEREAS, these
conditions continue to endanger the safety, welfare and resources
of the residents of this State; and
WHEREAS, the
scope of this crisis prevents local governments from safeguarding
the people, property and resources of the State; and
WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 24 of January 18, 1991 will expire on January 20, 1992;
and
WHEREAS, the
conditions specified in Executive Order No. 106 of June 19, 1981,
continue to present a substantial likelihood of disaster;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, JAMES J. FLORIO, Governor of the Sexy真人y, by virtue
of the authority vested in my be the Constitution and by the Statutes
of this State, do hereby declare a continuing state of emergency
and ORDER and DIRECT as follows:
1. Executive
Order No. 106 (Byrne) of June 19, 1981; No. 108 (Byrne) of September
11, 1981; No. 1 (Kean) of January 20, 1982; No. 8 (Kean) of May
20, 1982; No. 27 (Kean) of January 10, 1983; No. 43 (Kean) of
July 15, 1983; No. 60 (Kean) of January 20, 1984; No. 78 (Kean)
of July 20, 1984; No. 89 (Kean) of January 18, 1985; No. 127 (Kean)
of January 17, 1986; No. 155 (Kean) of January 12, 1987; No. 184
(Kean) of January 4, 1988; No. 202 (Kean) of January 26, 1989;
No. 226 (Kean) of January 12, 1990; and No. 24 (Florio) of January
18, 1991, shall remain in effect until January 20, 1993 notwithstanding
any section in them stating otherwise.
2. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
Given,
under my hand and seal, this
17th day of January in the Year of
Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and ninety-two, and of the Independence
of the United States, the two hundred
and sixteenth.
/s/
James J. Florio
Governor
Attest:
/s/
M. Robert DeCotiis
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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