Bill Text: NJ A160 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits Dept. of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee [A160 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A160-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits Dept. of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the regulation of bees and apiary activities, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary, the Department of Agriculture shall not regulate the minimum property size required per number of hives for the purpose of keeping honeybees or related apiary activities.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from regulating the minimum property size required per number of hives for the purpose of keeping honeybees or related apiary activities.
