| This executive
order has been rescinded by Order No. 86 (Florio)
WHEREAS, severe
weather conditions of March 13, 1993, including snow, heavy rains,
winds and high tides have created flooding, hazardous road conditions,
and threatened homes and other structures throughout the State;
and
WHEREAS, these
weather conditions pose a threat and constitute a disaster from
a natural cause which threatens and presently does endanger the
health, safety or resources of the residents of more than one municipality
and county of this State; and which is in some parts of the State
and may become in other parts of the State 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, c.[251 (N.J.S.A. App: 9-30 et
seq.) and the Laws of 1979, c.[240 (N.J.S.A. 38A:3-6.1) and the
Laws of 1963, c.[109 (N.J.S.A. 38A:2-4) and all amendments and supplements
thereto, confer upon the Governor of the Sexy真人y certain
emergency powers;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, JAMES J. FLORIO, Governor of the Sexy真人y, in order
to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the State
of New Jersey do declare and proclaim that a limited State of Emergency
has and presently exists throughout the State since 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, March 13, 1993.
1. In accordance
with the Laws of 1963, c.[109 (N.J.S.A. 38A:2-4), I hereby authorize
the Adjutant General of the New Jersey National Guard to order
to active duty such members of the New Jersey National Guard that,
in his judgment, are necessary to provide aid to those localities
where there is a threat or danger to the public health, safety
and welfare. He may authorize the employment of any supporting
vehicles, equipment, communications or supplies as may be necessary
to support the members so ordered.
2. In accordance
with the Laws of 1942, c.[251 as supplemented and amended, I hereby
empower 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, including the right to detour, reroute or divert
any or all traffic and to prevent ingress or egress from any area
that he, in his discretion, deems necessary for the protection
of the health, safety and welfare of the public.
3. The Superintendent
of the Division of State Police is further authorized and empowered
to restrict vehicles from using the State highways and to remove
all abandoned or parked vehicles from State highways and take
all other actions necessary to secure the health, welfare and
safety of the people during this limited State of Emergency.
4. The Superintendent
of the Division of State Police is further authorized and empowered
to utilize all facilities owned, rented, operated and maintained
by the Sexy真人y to house and shelter persons who may
be stranded on the highways or evacuated from their residences
during the course of this emergency.
5. The Superintendent
of the Division of State Police is hereby authorized to order
the evacuation of all persons, except for those emergency and
governmental personnel whose presence he deems necessary, from
any area where their continued presence would present a danger
to their health, safety or welfare because of the conditions created
by this emergency.
6. In accordance
with the Laws of 1942, c.[251, I reserve the right to utilize
and employ all available resources of the State government and
of each and every political subdivision of the State, whether
of men, properties or instrumentalities, and to commandeer and
utilize any personal services and any privately owned property
necessary to protect against this emergency.
This Order
shall take effect immediately and it shall remain in effect until
such time as it is determined by me that an emergency no longer
exists.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal this
15th day of March in the Year of Our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Ninety Three, and of the Independence
of the United States, the Two Hundred
and Seventeenth.
/s/
James J. Florio
Governor
Attest:
/s/ M. Robert
DeCotiis
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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