Bill Text: NJ S1746 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires sports and entertainment facilities to submit emergency operations plan to municipal emergency management coordinator. *
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-20 - Substituted by A1589 (2R) [S1746 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S1746-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JOHN A. GIRGENTI
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Stack
SYNOPSIS
Requires sports and entertainment facilities to submit emergency operations plan to municipal emergency management coordinator.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the Senate on March 22, 2010.
An Act concerning emergency 1[response] operations1 plans and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. All sports and entertainment facilities in the State shall annually prepare and maintain 1[a facility evacuation] an emergency operations1 plan in coordination with the appropriate local fire and emergency response agencies. A copy of the plan shall be filed each year with the municipal emergency management coordinator who serves the municipality in which the sports and entertainment facility is situated. The 1[facility evacuation] emergency operations1 plan shall not be considered a public record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.).
For the purposes of this act, "sports and entertainment facility" means any privately or publicly owned or operated facility capable of seating more than 5,000 people and is used primarily for sports contests, entertainment, or both, such as a theater, stadium, museum, arena, automobile racetrack, or other place where performances, concerts, exhibits, games or contests are held.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
