Bill Text: NJ A3787 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Assembly Bill 3787 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Establishes NJ "Landowner of the Year" award program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-10-20 - Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Vainieri Huttle) [A3787 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3787-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3787

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MAY 23, 2016

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman ADAM J. TALIAFERRO

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

SYNOPSIS

Establishes NJ "Landowner of the Year" award program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As reported by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on October 13, 2016, with amendments.

An Act establishing the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award program and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. a. The Department of Agriculture, in coordination with any agricultural organization as determined appropriate by the ¹[department] Department of Agriculture¹, shall establish and promote an award program to be known as the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award program.

The program shall annually recognize a landowner who has demonstrated an outstanding record of improving, enhancing, and preserving wildlife populations and habitat on the landowner's property.

b. The ¹[department] Department of Agriculture¹ shall establish ¹, in consultation with the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection,¹ an application procedure, criteria, and guidelines for the eligibility, nomination, and judging of applicants for the award. The criteria may include, but need not be limited to, outstanding practices in wildlife management, habitat improvement, and conservation techniques.

c. The ¹[department] Department of Agriculture¹ shall post the name of the recipient of the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award prominently on the department's website, and shall recognize the recipient with a certificate, a press announcement, or other form of recognition deemed appropriate by the ¹[department] Department of Agriculture¹ to highlight the achievement of the recipient.