[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 2280
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 16, 1996
By Assemblyman DeCROCE and Assemblywoman MURPHY
An Act concerning roadside advertising and outdoor signs and supplementing P.L.1991, c.413 (C.27:5-5 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1991, c.413 (C.27:5-5 et seq.) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Transportation shall not issue or renew a permit for the erection, use and maintenance of a sign or other object to be used for outdoor advertising which would display advertising material promoting a tobacco product, the use thereof, the chewing, burning or smoking of a tobacco product or the brand name of a tobacco product.
2. This act shall take effect 1[immediately and shall be retroactive to January 1, 1996] on the 60th day after enactment1.
Supplements "Roadside Sign Control and Outdoor Advertising Act" to prohibit outdoor advertising of tobacco products.