5:12-45.3 'State of emergency.' 23. 'State of emergency' - Any emergency situation, including the failure to enact a general appropriation law by the deadline prescribed by Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 2 of the New Jersey Constitution, a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of New Jersey and a State ordered State employee furlough, during which division and commission employees are unable to perform the duties and responsibilities required of them under this act. L.2011, c.19, s.23.
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