1. a. There is established a Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service (CPTAS) at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The purpose of the CPTAS shall be to provide, upon request, information and advice to counties and municipalities on coastal protection methods in order to assist coastal counties and municipalities in making decisions and undertaking projects to protect, preserve, restore, enhance, and create beaches, dunes, and other coastal area resources and in constructing and maintaining coastal protection structures and devices such as jetties, bulkheads, sea walls, groins, piers, and boardwalks.

b. The establishment of the CPTAS pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall become effective upon the signing of an agreement of acceptance thereof by the Stevens Institute of Technology with the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy.

L.1993,c.176,s.1.