STATEMENT TO

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, No. 275

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator CARDINALE)

ADOPTED: JANUARY 27, 1997

      These amendments would amend section 2 of the bill (which authorizes municipalities to establish plans for the size and location of flood control facilities) to provide that, in the case of new development, the standards adopted pursuant to P.L.1993, c.32 (C.40:55D-40.1 et seq.) (the uniform site standards law) would be applicable. The amendments would also limit that authority to municipally-owned flood control facilities constructed on public property.

      The amendments would also provide that any plan established by a municipality to maintain the level of water in a lake or reservoir would require the approval of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority and that such a plan would involve maintenance of the water level for the purposes of providing both an effective yield and protection against flooding.