Bill Text: NJ A3897 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases fee for NJ Waterfowl Stamps.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-11-08 - Approved P.L.2021, c.291. [A3897 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A3897-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN ARMATO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Increases fee for New Jersey Waterfowl Stamps.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning waterfowl stamps, and amending and supplementing P.L.1983, c.504.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.1983, c.504 (C.23:3-77) is amended to read as follows:
3. The New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall be procured from the Division of Fish [, Game] and Wildlife, or from other designated agents deemed qualified by the Division of Fish [, Game] and Wildlife, unless modified pursuant to section 2 of this act. The annual fee for the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall be [$10.00] $15 for persons without a valid New Jersey resident's firearm hunting or bow and arrow license, and [$5.00] $10 for persons possessing a valid New Jersey resident's firearm hunting or bow and arrow license. A New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall not be valid unless it is in the possession of the licensee and contains the signature of the licensee written in ink across the face of the stamp. All New Jersey Waterfowl Stamps shall expire on June 30 of each year, unless otherwise prescribed in the State Fish and Game Code.
Any person may procure the [$5.00] $10 and [$10.00] $15 New Jersey Waterfowl Stamps at their face value for collection purposes only.
(cf: P.L.1996, c.43, s.1)
2. (New section) The Fish and Game Council may, on one occasion only at such time as may be deemed appropriate by the Fish and Game Council, with the consent of the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee, by regulation adopted by August 1 of the preceding year, adjust the annual fees for the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.504 (C.23:3-77), in an amount not to exceed $5.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would increase the annual fee for a New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp from $10 to $15 for a person without a valid New Jersey resident's firearm hunting or bow and arrow license, and from $5 to $10 for a person possessing a valid New Jersey resident's firearm hunting or bow and arrow license.
The bill would allow the Fish and Game Council, with consent the of the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee, to adjust, on one occasion only, the fees for the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp through regulation in an amount that would not exceed $5.
