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ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE X, FINANCE AND TAXATION OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY ADDING A NEW SECTION CHAPTER 34, PROHIBITION ON USE OF CITY FUNDS FOR FOSSIL FUEL INCLUDING FOSSIL FUEL POWER GENERATION.
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WHEREAS, the Newark Municipal Council adopted Title X, Finance and Taxation; and;
WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend Title X by adding Section 34: Prohibition on Use of City Funds for Fossil Fuel including Fossil Fuel Power Generation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
[Note: Additions are shown in bold and underlined and deletions are shown as strikethrough.]
Section 1. Title X, Finance and Taxation, Chapter 34, Prohibition on Use of City Funds for Fossil Fuel including Fossil Fuel Power Generation, is hereby amended and supplemented to read as follows
10:34-1. DEFINITIONS.
a. Fossil Fuel Facilities shall mean facilities used for the production, processing, refining, storage, or transfer of fossil fuels that are designated as, or located on, a "major source of air pollution" by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
These include:
? Petroleum Refineries, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, Refined Petroleum Pipelines
? Petroleum Bilk Stations and Terminals, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers
? Fuel Oil Dealers, Fuel Dealers
? Natural Gas Pipeline, Distribution, and Transmission
? Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures
? Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation
b. Fossil Fuel Power Generation Facilities shall mean facilities which convert fossil fuels into electric energy or steam.
c. City shall mean the City of Newark or other office, position, administration, department, division, bureau, board of commission, or a corporation, institution or agency of City government, the expenses of which are paid in whole or in part f...
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