53:1-21.6 - Notification of emergency to Public Broadcasting Authority
53:1-21.6 Notification of emergency to Public Broadcasting Authority.
3.The Director of the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police shall notify the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority when an emergency condition exists or is imminent. The director shall give the authority all information necessary for the authority to operate its public broadcasting telecommunications stations in order to alert and inform the public about the emergency condition or broadcast information concerning the emergency condition. For the purpose of this section "emergency" means any flood, hurricane, storm, tornado, high water, wind driven water, tidal wave, fire, explosion, civil disorder or other catastrophe which is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to substantially endanger the health, safety and property of the citizens of this State.
L.1989,c.133,s.3; amended 2005, c.35, s.3.