Bill Text: NJ S2822 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Directs Dept. of Agriculture to authorize and advise food hubs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-05 - Substituted by A3732 (2R) [S2822 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2822-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator STEVEN V. OROHO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to authorize and advise food hubs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on December 14, 2017, with amendments.
An Act concerning the establishment of food hubs as agricultural cooperatives 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 Department of Agriculture shall authorize the establishment of food hubs in the State, and establish 1[a program] guidelines1 to assist and support farms and farmers seeking to belong to food hubs in their area of the State. The department, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary for the establishment and operation of food hubs.
b. As used in this section, "food hub" means a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of source-identified food products primarily from local or regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
