Bill Text: NJ A4745 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes trail signage program for alcohol manufacturers in New Jersey.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4745 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4745-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 4745
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED DECEMBER 3, 2018
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes trail signage program for alcohol manufacturers in New Jersey.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on February 14, 2019, with amendments.
An Act concerning tourist directional signs for alcohol manufacturers and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall create a "Brewery, Cidery, Distillery, and Meadery (BCDM) Trail Sign Program." The purpose of the program shall be to provide awareness of and directional guidance to alcohol manufacturers in the State through roadway signs, and support a trail-like path through signage which allows persons to find and visit breweries, cideries, distilleries, and meaderies in an efficient and reasonable manner, and promote these locations within New Jersey.
b. A person may apply to the department to have BCDM trail signs installed to identify and direct persons to breweries, cideries, distilleries, and meaderies throughout the State. In identifying specific alcohol manufacturers to be included on the trail, special consideration shall be given to breweries, cideries, distilleries and meaderies that are in close geographic proximity to one another or thematically linked by surrounding arts, cultural, historical, entertainment, or other tourism destinations or exhibits of interest to tourists. The locations selected as part of the BCDM trail shall be geographically representative of the entire State. The department shall place BCDM trail signs on all eligible roads, including State roads.
c. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts in the Department of State shall establish a visual arts competition, for aesthetically pleasing, original art to be displayed on the BCDM trail signage. The council shall establish the terms of the competition, including the rules of the competition and submission requirements. The council shall select the artwork to be displayed which at a minimum shall be:
(1) submitted in accordance with the rules of the competition, established pursuant to this subsection;
(2) reflective of the intent of this act; and
(3) reproducible roadway signage.
The council shall publicize the competition in such a manner so as to attract artwork submission, and to that end the council may expend any funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available for that purpose. The final selection of artwork shall be selected by the council and reported to the Department of Transportation. The department shall produce and install the BCDM trail signs.
d. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, and consistent with federal law, the department shall install an approved BCDM trail sign as soon as practicable.
1e. The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for any cost associated with the BCDM Trail Sign Program.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
