Bill Text: NJ A4388 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A4388 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4388-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4388

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ERIC HOUGHTALING

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman  JOANN DOWNEY

District 11 (Monmouth)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Human Services Committee on May 16, 2019, with amendments.

 


An Act concerning guidelines for beach accessibility for persons with disabilities, and supplementing Title 13 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   a.  Within one year after the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, develop guidelines for 1specific1 facilities and accommodations necessary to provide accessibility to beaches for persons with disabilities.  The guidelines 1[may] shall1 include recommendations for ramps, restrooms, showers, boardwalks, surf chairs, parking, and any other facilities deemed appropriate. 

      b.   When developing the guidelines pursuant to 1[this]1 subsection 1a. of this section1, the 1[department] Department of Environmental Protection1 shall1:

      (1)1  consult with 1[any]1 persons 1[or] and1 organizations 1[with] that have1 knowledge and experience in assisting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.  The 1[department shall also] The Department of Human Services shall establish a process by which such persons and organizations will be informed of their ability to provide input and recommendations in association with the development of beach accessibility guidelines under this section; and

      (2)1  consider, as appropriate, the guidelines for beach access routes and facilities on federal lands1, which have been1 adopted by the United States Access Board.  1[The department]

      c.   Upon adoption of the guidelines pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Department of Environmental Protection1 shall 1publish the guidelines on its Internet website, and1 distribute the guidelines to every county and municipality with publicly-owned beach or waterfront property. 

      1[b.] d.1   The Department of Environmental Protection shall design a uniform promotional label or sign that may be displayed by a 1[State] county1 or local government at any beach 1[complying] that complies1 with the guidelines adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section. 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

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