52:27D-144 - Public policy - New Jersey Statutes

52:27D-144.  Public policy
    The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of the State to promote  the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens thereof through the  prevention and elimination of blighting influences and the restoration of  neighborhoods threatened with or undergoing deterioration and decline.  For  this purpose, powers are granted by this act to the Department of Community  Affairs to make grants to political subdivisions of the State so that they may  undertake measures, including but not limited to housing rehabilitation, code  enforcement, demolition, and the expansion and improvement of public services  and public facilities, which will arrest the deterioration and preserve the  threatened but still viable neighborhoods of the State.  The enactment of the  provisions hereinafter set forth is in the public interest and is hereby so  declared to be such as a matter of express legislative determination.

     L.1975, c. 248, s. 3, eff. Oct. 30, 1975.