Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2C-27

  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The Legislature finds and declares that air pollution may at certain times and in certain places so seriously affect the health of the public and so directly threaten the lives of large portions of the population as to warrant the provision of emergency powers as in this act provided to prevent or minimize disasters of unforseeable proportions.

L.1967, c. 108, s. 2, eff. June 15, 1967.