§1 - Note to C.45:5AA-3

§2 - Note to C.45:5AA-1 et seq.

P.L. 1996, CHAPTER 34, approved June 18, 1996

Senate No. 91

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 subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-7), all certificates issued prior to January 1, 1997 shall expire on January 31, 1999.

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

STATEMENT

    This bill amends the "Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification Act of 1991" to delay the effective date of section 3 of that act which prohibits landscape irrigation contracting without certification until January 1, 1997. The bill also extends the expiration date of the certifications of those persons who have already been certified by the Examining Board so that they will not be penalized.

Delays enforcement of the "Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification Act of 1991" until Janaury 1, 1997.