Extends Executive Order #106 (Byrne)
WHEREAS, the State prisons and other penal and correctional institutions
of the New Jersey Department of Corrections continue to house populations
of inmates in excess of their capacities and remain seriously overcrowded;
and
WHEREAS, these conditions continue to endanger the safety, welfare
and resources of the residents of this State; and
WHEREAS, the scope of this crisis prevents local governments from
safeguarding the people, property and resources of the State; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 226 of January 12, 1990 will expire
on January 20, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the conditions specified in Executive Order No. 106 of
June 19, 1981, continue to prevent a substantial likelihood of disaster;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES J. FLORIO, Governor of the State of New
Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and by the Statutes of this State, do hereby declare a continuing
state of emergency and ORDER and DIRECT as follows:
1. Executive Order No. 106 (Byrne) of June 19, 1981; No. 108
(Byrne) of September 11, 1981; No. 1 (Kean) of January 20, 1982;
No. 8 (Kean) of May 20, 1982; No. 27 (Kean) of January 10, 1983;
No. 43 (Kean) of July 15, 1982; No. 60 (Kean) of January 20, 1984;
No. 78 (Kean) of July 20, 1984; No. 89 (Kean) of January 18, 1985;
No. 127 (Kean) of January 17, 1986; No. 155 (Kean) of January
12, 1987; No. 184 (Kean) of January 4, 1988; No. 202 (Kean) of
January 26, 1989; and No. 226 (Kean) of January 12, 1990, shall
remain in effect until January 20, 1992 notwithstanding any sections
in them stating otherwise.
2. This Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN, under my hand and seal
this 18th day of January in the Year
of Our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-one, and of the
Independence of the United States,
the two hundred and fifteenth.
/s/ James J. Florio
GOVERNOR
Attest:
/s/ Andrew Weber
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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