Bill Text: NJ A3944 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires DEP to adopt regulations to allow cultivation of commercial shellfish species in certain coastal and inner harbor waters for research, educational, or restoration purposes; requires community engagement process for revision therof.*

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-11 - Substituted by S2617 (3R) [A3944 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A3944-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3944

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 4, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  CARMELO G. GARCIA

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  JOHN F. MCKEON

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblyman  ROBERT AUTH

District 39 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  TIM EUSTACE

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  NANCY J. PINKIN

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen O'Scanlon and Diegnan

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Allows cultivation of commercial shellfish species in certain coastal and inner harbor waters for research and educational purposes.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on May 11, 2015, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning shellfish and supplementing Title 50 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Environmental Protection shall allow, for research or educational purposes or for ecological restoration, the cultivation of commercial shellfish species in coastal and inner harbor waters classified as contaminated ¹as long as the person who directs the cultivation certifies, in writing, to the department that the area of cultivation is not visible, or easily accessible, to the public¹.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.