SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 1961

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 8, 1997

      The Senate Judiciary Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1961.

      R.S.46:19-1 requires county recording officers to maintain copies of certain records on microfilm if a record was recorded or copied by means of photography, data processing or image processing, such as a CD-ROM, in accordance with R.S.47:1-5. The bill eliminates the requirement that copies of these records be maintained on microfilm.