Bill Text: NJ A1040 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Assembly Bill 1040 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-21 - Approved P.L.2019, c.461. [A1040 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A1040-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1040

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION

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)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Pinkin

SYNOPSIS

Establishes NJ "Landowner of the Year" award program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As amended by the Senate on September 12, 2019.

An Act establishing the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award program and supplementing Title ¹[4] 13¹ of the Revised Statutes.

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

1. a. The Department of ¹[Agriculture] Environmental Protection¹ , in coordination with any agricultural ¹or wildlife¹ organization as determined appropriate by the ¹[Department of Agriculture] department,¹ 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 Department of ¹[Agriculture] Environmental Protection¹ shall establish, in consultation with ¹[the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection and]¹ appropriate wildlife organizations,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 Department of ¹[Agriculture] Environmental Protection¹ 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 of Agriculture] department¹ to highlight the achievement of the recipient.