58:16A-4.1 - Flood control facilities; authorization to plan, acquire, construct and operate - New Jersey Statutes

58:16A-4.1.  Flood control facilities;  authorization to plan, acquire, construct and operate
    The Commissioner of Environmental Protection is authorized to plan, acquire,  construct and operate flood control facilities upon concluding that the public  safety, health and welfare can best be assured by the acquisition or  construction of such a facility and that the flood control facility will contribute to the overall management of the surface water of the river basin or  subbasin to be affected by such a facility.  The commissioner may construct any  such facility either separately or in conjunction with the Federal Government  or with any municipality, county or any agency or instrumentality of any of the  above.     L.1979, c. 358, s. 3, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.