N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-13.3
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Consideration of mean high water line
Official statutory text
In making a thorough study of all such lands to determine which are State-owned lands and in making its determination the council shall take into account the mean high water line as established by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, the nature of the vegetation thereon, artificial changes in land or water elevation, and such other historical or scientific data which, in the opinion of the council, are relevant in determining whether a parcel of land is now or was formerly flowed by mean high tide. L.1968, c. 404, s. 89.
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