Sponsored by:
Senator RONALD L. RICE
District 28 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Renames Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility as “William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility.”
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act renaming Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility and amending P.L.1976, c.98.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 8 of P.L.1976, c.98 (C.30:1B-8) is amended to read as follows:
8. The following correctional institutions of this State are hereby transferred from the Department of Institutions and Agencies to the Department of Corrections established hereunder:
New Jersey State Prison,
East Jersey State Prison,
Bayside State Prison,
Garden State Reception and Youth Correctional Facility,
Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility,
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women,
[Mountainview] William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility,
Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Avenel.
Any State institution and satellite facilities heretofore or hereafter established for any purpose similar to the above institutions and agencies shall be assigned to and maintained and operated by the Department of Corrections.
(cf: P.L.1995, c.280, s.29)
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill changes the name of the Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility to “William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility.”
William H. Fauver was the longest serving Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, and was employed by the department for nearly forty years. During his tenure, he earned the respect of all those with whom he interacted and introduced groundbreaking initiatives such as drug courts and the Intensive Supervision Program.
William H. Fauver’s first post as an administrator was at the Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility, during the years of 1970 through 1972, and from there he went on to a lifetime of commitment and service to the correctional community of this State. Therefore, it is fitting and proper that the Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility be renamed as the “William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility.”