ASSEMBLY, No. 1635

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MARCH 4, 1996

By Assemblymen MORAN and CONNORS

An Act concerning landscape irrigation contractors and amending P.L.1991, c.27.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Section 12 of P.L.1991, c.27 is amended to read as follows:

    12. This act shall take effect immediately except that section 3 shall remain inoperative [for 180 days following enactment] until January 1, 1997. Notwithstanding section 7 of the act, all certificates issued prior to January 1, 1997 will expire on January 31, 1999.

(cf: P.L.1991, c.27, s.12)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to February 19, 1991.

STATEMENT

    This bill amends the effective date of the "Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification Act of 1991," P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-1 et seq.), to provide that section 3 of that act shall remain inoperative until July 1, 1997. The bill also provides that notwithstanding section 7 of the act, all certificates issued prior to January 1, 1997 will expire on January 31, 1999.

Changes effective date of "Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification Act of 1991."