Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ALEX SAUICKIE
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Peterpaul
SYNOPSIS
Requires State Agriculture Development Committee to develop educational materials for owners or operators of commercial farms regarding benefits of participating in farmland preservation program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring State Agriculture Development Committee to develop educational materials for owners or operators of commercial farms and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall develop educational materials for owners or operators of commercial farms regarding the benefits of participating in New Jerseys farmland preservation program, and provide copies of the educational materials to each municipality in the State.
b. The municipal tax collector or the municipal tax assessor shall provide a copy of the educational materials prepared by the State Agriculture Development Committee to each owner or operator of a commercial farm located within the municipality upon submission, by the owner or operator of a commercial farm, of an application for farmland assessment, and shall make widely available copies of the educational material at publicly accessible municipal buildings. The educational materials shall include, but need not be limited to, handouts and pamphlets.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) to develop educational materials in the form of handouts and pamphlets for owners or operators of commercial farms regarding the benefits of participating in New Jerseys farmland preservation program. This bill further requires the SADC to provide copies of the educational materials to each municipality, and the municipal tax collector or the municipal tax assessor is required to provide a copy of the educational materials to the owner or operator of a commercial farm upon submission of an application for farmland assessment. In addition, this bill would require local municipalities to make copies of the educational material widely available at publicly accessible municipal buildings.