Bill Text: NJ A5168 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Transfers New Jersey Board of Tree Experts from DEP to Department of Agriculture.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-24 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee [A5168 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A5168-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Transfers New Jersey Board of Tree Experts from DEP to Department of Agriculture.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act transferring the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts from the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture, 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 New Jersey Board of Tree Experts in the Department of Environmental Protection, established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.237 (C.45:15C-13), together with all its functions, powers, duties, subdivisions, and other entities, is continued as the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts in the Department of Agriculture. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, or order the term "New Jersey Board of Tree Experts in the Department of Environmental Protection" is used, the term shall mean New Jersey Board of Tree Experts in the Department of Agriculture. Whenever any law grants the Department of Environmental Protection, or the commissioner thereof, review, control, or power over or relating to the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts, that review, control, or power shall be exercised by the Department of Agriculture, or the secretary thereof.
b. The transfer provided for pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). All records, equipment and other personal property, appropriations, and any unexpended balances of funds appropriated or otherwise available to the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the "State Agency Transfer Act."
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would transfer the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts, together with all its functions, powers, duties, subdivisions, and other entities, from the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture. The transfer would be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act."
