Bill Text: NJ A4706 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes September 11, 2001 Memorial Registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A4706 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A4706-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CHRIS A. BROWN
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF
District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Gove
SYNOPSIS
Establishes September 11, 2001 Memorial Registry.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act establishing a September 11, 2001 Memorial Registry and supplementing P.L.1977, c.225 (C.34:1A-45 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Director of the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State shall establish a Statewide September 11, 2001 Memorial Registry. The registry shall provide the location and condition of all known September 11, 2001 memorials in the State. The division may seek the assistance and cooperation of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, the Adjutant General, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, local government officials and entities, and other appropriate entities, including entities with expertise in historical sites.
b. The Director of the Division of Travel and Tourism shall publish the September 11, 2001 Memorial Registry on the division's Internet website. The information on the website shall be searchable and available as a list and as an interactive map, and shall:
(1) specify the location of each September 11, 2001 memorial in this State and provide driving directions from the north, south, east, and west, as well as directions by public transit where applicable;
(2) display photographs of each memorial; and
(3) provide contact information for the owner or operator of each memorial, including the telephone number and Internet website address of the memorial.
c. The director shall ensure that the Internet website is updated whenever a new September 11, 2001 memorial is established. The division shall accept information or changes to the website from the owners or operators of September 11, 2001 memorials, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, the Adjutant General, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, local government officials and entities, and other appropriate entities through an electronic submission form made available by the division on its Internet website.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill directs the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State to establish a September 11, 2001 Memorial Registry to provide the location and condition of all known September 11, 2001 memorials in the State. Under this bill, the division would develop and maintain an interactive Internet website providing information concerning September 11, 2001 memorials in the State. The bill requires the division to update the website whenever a new September 11, 2001 memorial is established.
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 caused the largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil, and the largest single loss of rescue personnel in American history. Communities throughout the State have erected monuments to remember and honor those that served and died on September 11, 2001. This bill would create a Statewide registry of September 11, 2001 memorials erected in New Jersey.
