34:1A-53.2 Statewide 9/11 Memorial Registry.

1. a. The Director of the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State shall establish a Statewide 9/11 Memorial Registry. The registry shall provide the location and condition of all 9/11 memorials in the State owned, operated, or maintained by a governmental entity. The division may seek the assistance and cooperation of the Adjutant General, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, and local government officials and entities.

b. The Director of the Division of Travel and Tourism shall publish the 9/11 Memorial Registry on the division's Internet website. The information on the website shall be searchable and available as a list and as an interactive map, and shall:

(1) specify the location of each 9/11 memorial included on the 9/11 Memorial Registry and provide driving directions from the north, south, east, and west, as well as directions by public transit where applicable;

(2) display photographs of each memorial; and

(3) provide contact information for the owner or operator of each memorial, including the telephone number and Internet website address of the memorial.

c. The director shall ensure that the Internet website is updated whenever a governmental entity establishes a new 9/11 memorial. The division shall accept information or changes to the website from the Adjutant General, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, and local government officials and entities

d. The division shall accept submissions from the public recommending, for inclusion on the 9/11 Memorial Registry, 9/11 memorials not owned, operated, or maintained by a governmental entity through an electronic submission form made available by the division on its Internet website. The division may include 9/11 memorials not owned, operated, or maintained by a governmental entity on the 9/11 Memorial Registry as it deems appropriate.

L.2017, c.216, s.1.