Bill Text: NJ S3928 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes NJ "Landowner of the Year" award program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-13 - Substituted by A1040 (1R) [S3928 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S3928-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes NJ "Landowner of the Year" award program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act establishing the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award program 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, in coordination with any agricultural organization as determined appropriate by the Department of Agriculture shall establish and promote an award program to be known as the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award program.
The program shall annually recognize a landowner who has demonstrated an outstanding record of improving, enhancing, and preserving wildlife populations and habitat on the landowner's property.
b. The Department of Agriculture shall establish, in consultation with the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection and appropriate wildlife organizations, an application procedure, criteria, and guidelines for the eligibility, nomination, and judging of applicants for the award. The criteria may include, but need not be limited to, outstanding practices in wildlife management, habitat improvement, and conservation techniques.
c. The Department of Agriculture shall post the name of the recipient of the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award prominently on the department's website, and shall recognize the recipient with a certificate, a press announcement, or other form of recognition deemed appropriate by the Department of Agriculture to highlight the achievement of the recipient.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the
Department of Agriculture, in coordination with any agricultural organization
as determined appropriate by the Department of Agriculture, in consultation
with the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental
Protection, and appropriate wildlife organizations, to establish and promote an
award program to be known as the New Jersey "Landowner of the Year" award
program. The program would annually recognize a landowner who has demonstrated
an outstanding record of improving, enhancing, and preserving wildlife
populations and habitat on the landowner's property. The bill also directs the
Department of Agriculture to consult with the Division
of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection when
establishing an application procedure, criteria, and guidelines for the
eligibility, nomination, and judging of applicants for the award.