N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.9 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.9
License fees for kennels and pet shops; no fee for shelter or pound
Status: in_force

The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for ten or less dogs shall be ten dollars ($10.00) and for more than ten dogs twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be ten dollars ($10.00). No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound. L.1941, c. 151, p. 498, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-10.1a — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-10.1a
Farmers to recover reasonable costs, attorney fees, bad faith complaints.
Status: in_force

1. A respondent who prevails in an action brought pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1998, c.48 (C.4:1C-10.1) because the commercial agricultural operation, activity, or structure is found to be entitled to the irrebuttable presumption established in section 7 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-10) shall be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees to be paid by the complainant upon a determination supported by a preponderance of the evidence that the complaint was brought in bad faith. A respondent seeking an award under this section shall submit an application to the county board or committee detailing the costs and attorney fees incurred in the defense of the complaint. If the county board or committee finds that a preponderance of the evidence supports a determination that the complaint was brought in bad faith, the county board or committee shall determine if the costs and attorney fees, or a portion thereof, are reasonable and shall issue an order requiring the complainant to pay the reasonable costs and attorney fees. L.2025, c.156.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-11.14 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11.14
Delivery of invoice to retailer or institutional consumer; contents; filing
Status: in_force

Any person marketing eggs to a retailer or institutional consumer shall furnish to such purchaser at the time of delivery of the eggs an invoice showing the date of sale, name and address of the seller, name of purchaser, quantity, grade and size-weight class of the eggs delivered. The invoice or a copy thereof shall be kept on file by the seller and the purchaser at their respective places of business for a period of at least 30 days. L.1965, c. 94, s. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-25.4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-25.4
Findings, declarations, determinations relative to provision of fresh produce to urban communities.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Legislature finds and declares that there are certain urban areas of the State, known as "food desert" communities, in which residents are unable to obtain reasonable and adequate access to nutritious foods and, in particular, to fresh fruits and vegetables; that the inaccessibility of nutritious food in urban food desert communities has been attributed, in large part, to the absence therein of supermarkets, grocery stores, and farmers' markets and the prevalence therein of businesses like liquor stores and convenience marts, which provide convenient and affordable access only to pre-processed foods, generally high in empty calories, sugar, unhealthy preservatives, and harmful fats, and low in nutritional value; that low-income families are more likely than others to live in urban food desert communities and to lack the transportation or financial resources necessary to reach distant wholesome markets; that, as is evidenced by the work of various non-profit and private entities across the United States, the accessibility to, desire for, and use of, fresh produce by residents of urban food desert communities can be improved through the provision of mobile farmers' markets, which regularly travel to and from these communities, and which provide fresh produce to residents situated therein; and that the institution of a mobile farmers' market initiative is a reasonable means by which to ensure that residents of urban food desert communities in the State are provided with reasonable access to nutritious, fresh, and delicious produce, and are afforded the opportunity thereby to make healthier eating choices for themselves and for their families. b. The Legislature therefore determines that it is both reasonable and necessary to authorize the Department of Agriculture to develop and assist in the implementation of a pilot program to establish a mobile farmers' market initiative that will provide a consistent, and easily accessible, source of fresh produce to residents in urban food desert communities in municipalities selected to participate in the pilot program. L.2011, c.223, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.36 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.36
Seizure and disposal of deficient products
Status: in_force

Any lot of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner which is in violation of this act shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the State Board of Agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which said product is located. In the event the court finds the product to be in violation of this act and orders the condemnation of said product, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the product and the laws of the State: Provided, that in no instance shall the disposition of said commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner be ordered by the court without first affording the owner an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the product or for permission to process or relabel the product to bring it into compliance with this act. L.1970, c. 66, s. 36.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-93.36 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-93.36
Slaughter of reactors
Status: in_force

When a written order has been issued by the director of the division for the removal to slaughter of live stock giving a positive or suspicious reaction to a test, under a plan of the division calling for payment of indemnities, it shall be slaughtered within fifteen days of time of appraisal under the direct supervision of a duly authorized agent or representative of the division at a time and place designated by the director of the division and the carcass shall be examined and judged as to fitness for food. No indemnities shall be paid unless the provisions of this section have been complied with. L.1946, c. 257, p. 898, s. 16. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 32, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.8
Licensing of kennel, pet shop, shelter, pound.
Status: in_force

8. a. Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the clerk or other official designated to license dogs in the municipality where such establishment is located, for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment. The application shall describe the premises where the establishment is located or is proposed to be located, the purpose or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied by the written approval of the local municipal and health authorities showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments. b. All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter, or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained, and all licenses shall expire on the last day of June of each year, and be subject to revocation by the municipality on recommendation of the Department of Health or the local board of health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State department or local board governing the same, after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State department or local board, except as provided in subsection c. of this section. Any person holding a license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by a licensee and kept at the establishments; the licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises. c. The license for a pet shop shall be subject to review by the municipality, upon recommendation by the Department of Health or the local health authority for failure by the pet shop to comply with the rules and regulations of the State department or local health authority governing pet shops or if the pet shop meets the criteria for recommended suspension or revocation provided under subsection c. or d. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.336 (C.56:8-96), after the owner of the pet shop has been afforded a hearing pursuant to subsection e. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.336 (C.56:8-96). The municipality, based on the criteria for the recommendation of the local health authority provided under subsections c. and d. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.336 (C.56:8-96), may suspend the license for 90 days or may revoke the license if it is determined at the hearing that the pet shop: (1) failed to maintain proper hygiene and exercise reasonable care in safeguarding the health of animals in its custody or (2) sold a substantial number of animals that the pet shop knew, or reasonably should have known, to be unfit for purchase. d. The municipality may issue a license for a pet shop that permits the pet shop to sell pet supplies for all types of animals, including cats and dogs, and sell animals other than cats and dogs but restricts the pet shop from selling cats or dogs, or both. e. Every pet shop licensed in the State shall submit annually and no later than May 1 of each year records of the total number of cats and dogs, respectively, sold by the pet shop each year to the municipality in which it is located, and the municipality shall provide this information to the local health authority. L.1941, c.151, s.8; amended 1982, c.203, s.3. 1999, c.336, s.6; 2012, c.17, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-14.8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-14.8
Designation as county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Status: in_force

32. A county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals which is chartered as such as of the day prior to the date of enactment of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.1 et al.) shall, if the county society so desires, be designated as the county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals upon enactment of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.1 et al.). If a chartered county society elects not to be so designated, or no county society is chartered in the county, the county prosecutor shall select a non-profit corporation that is organized to promote the interests of, and protect and care for, animals to be designated as the county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. The county society shall be responsible for efficiently providing or locating humane shelter and care for any animals at the request of the county prosecutor, the county sheriff, or a municipal humane law enforcement officer. L.2017, c.331, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-39 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-39
Notice of proposed action
Status: in_force

Before entering any lands and premises and starting the work of abating and suppressing the gipsy moth in its preliminary stages and protecting surrounding vegetation or plant life therefrom, the department shall cause a notice to be given to the occupants of all affected lands and premises, setting forth the nature of the action that it is proposed to take and fixing a time therefor, in the following manner: a. By two separate insertions in a newspaper qualified to accept legal notices published in the county of the proposed treatment or other action and circulating in the affected area. The two insertions shall appear at least 7 days apart, the first of which shall be not earlier than 21 days prior to the proposed date of treatment or other action and the second of which shall be not later than 7 days prior to the proposed date thereof, and b. By mailing a notice by regular first class mail to the occupant of each affected parcel of property no later than 10 days prior to the proposed date of treatment or other action. Amended by L.1975, c. 69, s. 1, eff. April 14, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.31 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.31
Exceptions to sterilization requirement for adopted animals.
Status: in_force

4. a. Pursuant to the pilot program established under section 3 of P.L.2011, c.142 (C.4:19-15.30), a person may adopt and remove a cat or dog from a shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound, without sterilizing the cat or dog, if: (1) the cat or dog is less than six months old; and (2) the person pays a refundable deposit, the amount of which is to be established by the shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound. b. The shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound shall refund the deposit required pursuant to subsection a. of this section if, within 180 days after the date of adoption, the person who adopted the cat or dog submits a certification from a licensed veterinarian that the cat or dog (1) has been sterilized, or (2) cannot be sterilized because it would be detrimental to the health of the cat or dog for reasons other than age. The shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound shall issue the refund within 30 days after receipt of the licensed veterinarian's certification. c. A person adopting a cat or dog that cannot be sterilized for reasons other than age may remove the cat or dog from the shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound without paying a deposit on the cat or dog, provided that a licensed veterinarian has certified the cat or dog cannot be sterilized because it would be detrimental to the health of the cat or dog for reasons other than age. L.2011, c.142, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-32 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-32
§ 4:5-32
Status: in_force

Whenever the department has made or caused to be made an examination of cattle within this state, and shall have ascertained them to be sound and in good health, the department shall, upon request of the owner, give to him a certificate in writing, signed by the secretary of agriculture, certifying to the fact of the examination and of the good health and condition of the animal or herd.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-32.10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-32.10
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

4. a. An owner or operator of a winery who violates P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.) shall be liable to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for the first offense, up to $2,000 for the second offense, or up to $3,000 for a subsequent offense, to be collected in a civil action commenced by the State Agriculture Development Committee. b. In addition to the penalties established pursuant to subsection a. of this section: (1) for a second offense, the committee shall, after a hearing, suspend the owner or operator of a winery from conducting special occasion events for a period of up to six months; (2) for a third offense, the committee shall, after a hearing, suspend the owner or operator of a winery from conducting special occasion events for a period of at least six months but not more than one year; and (3) for a fourth or subsequent offense, the committee shall, after a hearing, suspend the owner or operator of a winery from conducting special occasion events for a period of at least one year but not more than two years. c. Any penalty imposed pursuant to this section may be collected, with costs, in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999" in connection with P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.). L.2014, c.16, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-54 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-54
Examination of records to determine cost of distributing milk
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture is authorized to examine and study the records and accounts of distributors of milk in New Jersey, covering such periods as shall be determined by the department, for the purpose of ascertaining the costs of distribution of milk and milk products, including all methods of purchases and sales and all costs of handling milk from the farm to the consumer. The information thus obtained shall be submitted to the Director of Milk Control for his information in determining a proper spread to cover dealer costs and in fixing consumer prices. L.1942, c. 263, p. 706, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-22 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-22
Offering diseased animal for sale; crime of fourth degree
Status: in_force

4:22-22. A person who shall: a. Willfully sell, or offer to sell, use, expose, or cause or permit to be sold or offered for sale, used or exposed, any horse or other animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or other contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the health or life of human beings or animals; or b. When any such disease is beyond recovery, refuse upon demand to deprive any such animal of life-- Shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 1995,c.355,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-18
Penalty for failure to obey order
Status: in_force

4:7-18. A person who shall fail to obey an order of the department made and served as prescribed in R.S.4:7-17, within the time therein specified, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article one of chapter twenty-three of this Title (R.S.4:23-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or municipal court of any municipality. Amended 1953, c.5, s.8; 1991,c.91,s.161.
N.J. Stat. § 4:4-20.16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-20.16
Constitutionality
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall for any reason be judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. L.1970, c. 338, s. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-2
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The retention of agricultural activities would serve the best interest of all citizens of this State by insuring the numerous social, economic and environmental benefits which accrue from one of the largest industries in the Garden State; b. Several factors have combined to create a situation wherein the regulations of various State agencies and the ordinances of individual municipalities may unnecessarily constrain essential farm practices; c. It is necessary to establish a systematic and continuing effort to examine the effect of governmental regulation on the agricultural industry; d. All State departments and agencies thereof should encourage the maintenance of agricultural production and a positive agricultural business climate; e. It is the express intention of this act to establish as the policy of this State the protection of commercial farm operations from nuisance action, where recognized methods and techniques of agricultural production are applied, while, at the same time, acknowledging the need to provide a proper balance among the varied and sometimes conflicting interests of all lawful activities in New Jersey. L.1983, c. 31, s. 2, eff. Jan. 26, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-18
Authority and duties of directors of divisions
Status: in_force

The director of each division shall be its executive and administrative head, subject to the supervision and control of the secretary of agriculture, and the signature of each director to any executive or administrative order within the scope of his duties shall be a sufficient authority therefor; but the board may, by rule or regulation, prescribe the limits within which any division director may act without the sanction and approval of the secretary or the board itself. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 992, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-7 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-7
Additional duties of committee
Status: in_force

The committee shall: a. Establish guidelines and adopt criteria for identification of agricultural lands suitable for inclusion in agricultural development areas and farmland preservation programs to be developed and adopted by a board applying for moneys from the fund; b. Certify to the secretary that the board has approved the agricultural development area and the farmland preservation program within the area where matching grants from the fund shall be expended; c. Review State programs and plans and any other public or private action which would adversely affect the continuation of agriculture as a viable use of the land in agricultural development areas and recommend any administrative action, executive orders or legislative remedies which may be appropriate to lessen these adverse effects; d. Study, develop and recommend to the departments and agencies of State government a program of recommended agricultural management practices appropriate to agricultural development areas, municipally approved programs (provided that these practices shall not be more restrictive than for those areas not included within municipally approved programs) and other farmland preservation programs, which program shall include but not necessarily be limited to: air and water quality control; noise control; pesticide control; fertilizer application; soil and water management practices; integrated pest management; and labor practices; e. Review and approve, conditionally approve or disapprove all applications for funds pursuant to the provisions of this act; and f. Generally act as an advocate for and promote the interests of productive agriculture and farmland retention within the administrative processes of State government. L.1983, c. 32, s. 6, eff. Jan. 26, 1983, operative Jan. 26, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-20 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-20
Ascertainment and dissemination of information
Status: in_force

The department may investigate, ascertain and publish information and statistics relating to the promotion of agriculture and the advancement of agricultural interests in the various branches thereof, as it may deem proper, including: a. The acreage under cultivation in general and as to specific crops or agricultural use; b. Crop adaptation of land; c. Agricultural land for sale and its adaptation; d. The improvement of agricultural methods tending to advance the quantity and quality of agricultural products; e. Improvement in transportation; f. Establishment of markets; g. Rates; h. Irrigation and drainage of lands used for agricultural purposes; and i. Any and all subjects connected with or related to the agricultural interests, present and future, of this state. The department may use for the publication and distribution of the information and statistics collected by it such methods as may seem to it best adapted to the efficient dissemination thereof, either with or without charge therefor as it may determine. In order to collect and disseminate reliable and useful information, and to encourage a higher standard in the agriculture and horticulture of the state, the department may cause to be made experimental and practical tests of specific remedies or cures of diseases of domestic animals and poultry, and of plants, vegetables and fruits, and insects injurious thereto.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-21.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as "The New Jersey Agricultural Liming Materials Act." L.1968, c. 392, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-43 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-43
Informal hearings on violations; adjustments
Status: in_force

Upon receiving evidence of a violation of any of the provisions of this act or of any of the rules, regulations or orders of the director, any employee designated by the director is hereby empowered to hold informal hearings upon said violation or violations at such place or places as the director may fix and upon finding the violations to have been committed, to adjust same with any person accused of violating any provisions of this act or the rules, regulations or orders of the director, for such amounts as may in the discretion of the director, be proper under the circumstances. In the event of the violator making payment of the sum set in adjustment, no further prosecution shall be had upon any violation so adjusted. L.1941, c. 274, p. 735, s. 43.
N.J. Stat. § 4:17-9 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-9
Injury to or taking of wild flowers, plants or trees; penalty
Status: in_force

A person who, without the personal direction or written consent of the owner of the property, shall: a. Remove, cut, break, injure or destroy any tree, shrub, flower, vine or moss, or attempt so to do; b. Take any tree, holly, laurel, rhododendrons, winterberry or ground pine-- Shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars in an action at law to be commenced within three months from the time of the commission of the offense. Nothing in this section shall apply to public utility companies or their agents engaged in the performance of public utility company duties.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1B-15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15
Severability
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or party thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. L.1976, c. 50, s. 15, eff. July 22, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-10
Notice to department of importation of plant material
Status: in_force

Every person who imports plant material of any kind from without the state and every carrier for hire that brings plant material from without the state for delivery to any person within the state, shall notify the department of such shipment prior to, or within twenty-four hours after, its arrival. The notice shall state the kind and quantity of plant material, the name and address of the shipper, the date of shipment, and, if from a foreign country, the name of the country or district in which the shipment originated, the port of entry and the approximate date of arrival at such port.
N.J. Stat. § 4:6-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4
§ 4:6-4
Status: in_force

The department shall investigate or cause to be investigated all apiaries or other places where bees are kept or raised in this state and all complaints of the existence of diseases of any kind in apiaries or other places where bees are kept or raised in this state.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-34 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-34
Annual audit and report; disclosure forbidden
Status: in_force

An association shall appoint, annually, an auditing committee of 3 persons, who shall not be directors, officers, agents or employees of the association but who may or may not be members thereof; or have a certified public accountant conduct such audit. At the close of each fiscal year a complete audit of the operations of the association shall be made, a written report of which shall include a general statement of its business operations, the balance sheet, the operating statement, the total number of members thereof, and other proper information, and shall be submitted to the members or delegates at the next regular meeting or meetings. No person shall, without consent of the association, except in obedience to judicial process, make or permit any disclosure whereby any information contained in the report may be identified as having been furnished by the association. Amended by L.1966, c. 286, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-30 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-30
When unmanufactured manure deemed adulterated
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act, unmanufactured horse manure shall be deemed to be adulterated if it contains any water, intentionally or deliberately added, or if any other manure, or any other foreign substance is intentionally mixed therewith, whether such added water, manure, or other substance is added thereto, or becomes a part thereof, by permitting water or any other substance to flow or seep into, or otherwise become a part of such unmanufactured horse manure while standing in a manure pit or any other place. L.1944, c. 43, p. 98, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-31 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-31
Development easement purchases.
Status: in_force

24. a. Any landowner applying to the board to sell a development easement pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-24) shall offer to sell the development easement at a price which, in the opinion of the landowner, represents a fair value of the development potential of the land for nonagricultural purposes, as determined in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1983, c.32. b. Any offer shall be reviewed and evaluated by the board and the committee in order to determine the suitability of the land for development easement purchase. Decisions regarding suitability shall be based on the following criteria: (1) Priority consideration shall be given, in any one county, to offers with higher numerical values obtained by applying the following formula: nonagricultural - agricultural - landowner's developmental value value asking price --------------------------------------------------------------- nonagricultural - agricultural development value value (2) The degree to which the purchase would encourage the survivability of the municipally approved program in productive agriculture; and (3) The degree of imminence of change of the land from productive agriculture to nonagricultural use. The board and the committee shall reject any offer for the sale of development easements which is unsuitable according to the above criteria and which has not been approved by the board and the municipality. c. Two independent appraisals paid for by the board shall be conducted for each parcel of land so offered and deemed suitable. The appraisals shall be conducted by independent, professional appraisers selected by the board and the committee from among members of recognized organizations of real estate appraisers. The appraisals shall determine the current overall value of the parcel for nonagricultural purposes, as well as the current market value of the parcel for agricultural purposes. The difference between the two values shall represent an appraisal of the value of the development easement. If Burlington County or a municipality therein has established a development transfer bank pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1989, c.86 (C.40:55D-113 et seq.) or if any county or any municipality in any county has established a development transfer bank pursuant to section 22 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-158) or the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council has established a development transfer bank pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-13), the municipal average of the value of the development potential of property in a sending zone established by the bank may be the value used by the board in determining the value of the development easement. If a development easement is purchased using moneys appropriated from the fund, the State shall provide no more than 80%, except 100% under emergency conditions specified by the committee pursuant to rules or regulations, of the cost of the appraisals conducted pursuant to this section. d. Upon receiving the results of the appraisals, or in Burlington county or a municipality therein or elsewhere where a municipal average has been established under subsection c. of this section, upon receiving an application from the landowners, the board and the committee shall compare the appraised value, or the municipal average, as the case may be, and the landowner's offer and, pursuant to the suitability criteria established in subsection b. of this section: (1) Approve the application to sell the development easement and rank the application in accordance with the criteria established in subsection b. of this section; or (2) Disapprove the application, stating the reasons therefor. e. Upon approval by the committee and the board, the secretary is authorized to provide the board, within the limits of funds appropriated therefor, an amount equal to no more than 80%, except 100% under emergency conditions specified by the committee pursuant to rules or regulations, of the purchase price of the development easement, as determined pursuant to the provisions of this section. The board shall provide its required share and accept the landowner's offer to sell the development easement. The acceptance shall cite the specific terms, contingencies and conditions of the purchase. f. The landowner shall accept or reject the offer within 30 days of receipt thereof. Any offer not accepted within that time shall be deemed rejected. g. Any landowner whose application to sell a development easement has been rejected for any reason other than insufficient funds may not reapply to sell a development easement on the same land within two years of the original application. h. No development easement shall be purchased at a price greater than the appraised value determined pursuant to subsection c. of this section or the municipal average, as the case may be. i. The appraisals conducted pursuant to this section or the fair market value of land restricted to agricultural use shall not be used to increase the assessment and taxation of agricultural land pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.). j. (1) In determining the suitability of land for development easement purchase, the board and the committee may also include as additional factors for consideration the presence of a historic building or structure on the land and the willingness of the landowner to preserve that building or structure, but only if the committee first adopts, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations implementing this subsection. The committee may, by rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," assign any such weight it deems appropriate to be given to these factors. (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection may also be applied in determining the suitability of land for fee simple purchase for farmland preservation purposes as authorized by P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et seq.), P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.), and P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.). (3) (a) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection: "historic building or structure" means the same as that term is defined pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.2001, c.405 (C.13:8C-40.2). (b) For the purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection, "historic building or structure" means the same as that term is defined pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2001, c.405 (C.13:8C-40.1). L.1983,c.32,s.24; amended 1988, c.4, s.3; 1989, c.86, s.15; 2001, c.405, s.3; 2004, c.2, s.28; 2004, c.120, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-50.6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-50.6
Pounds subject to act
Status: in_force

This act applies to pounds and shelters as defined and licensed pursuant to P.L. 1941, c. 151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.); to pounds and places of confinement owned and operated by municipalities, counties, or regional governmental authorities; and to every contractual warden or impounding service. L. 1986, c. 89, s. 6, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.2
Dog licensing, tag; exemptions.
Status: in_force

2. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall annually or every third year, in accordance with a 3-year dog license or renewal thereof issued under subsection b. of section 12 of this act (C. 4:19-15.12b), apply for and procure from the clerk of the municipality or other official designated by the governing body thereof to license dogs in the municipality in which he resides, a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto. A person or group temporarily caring for a dog placed in a foster home as part of a formalized training to be a guide dog or service dog shall be exempt from applying for and procuring a license and registration tag for the dog while the dog remains in the foster home for such training. For the purposes of this section, "guide dog" and "service dog" mean a guide dog or service dog as defined in section 5 of P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-5). L.1941, c.151, s.2; amended 1981, c.235, s.1; 1982, c.203, s.1; 2015, c.163, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-19 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-19
Application for license; fee
Status: in_force

A person before engaging in such business shall on or before November 1 of each year, file an application for a license with the secretary, on a form prescribed by him, and pay an application fee of $30.00 which shall not be returned if the license is not granted, for a license to transact such business. The application shall state the nature of the business, the kinds of agricultural commodities which the applicant proposes to handle and if they be perishable agricultural commodities then the kinds of perishable agricultural commodities which the applicant proposes to handle, the full name of the person applying for the license, and if the applicant be a firm, association, partnership, or corporation, the full name of each member of the firm, partnership or association, or officers of the corporation, and the name of the business is to be conducted, and such other facts as the secretary shall the local agent of the person, firm, association, partnership or corporation, the municipality and street address, if any, or post-office address, where prescribe. The applicant shall satisfy the secretary of his character, financial responsibility and good faith in seeking to engage in the business. Amended by L.1938, c. 231, p. 531, s. 1; L.1954, c. 229, p. 857, s. 1; L.1962, c. 81, s. 2; L.1966, c. 76, s. 3, eff. May 1, 1967; L.1971, c. 235, s. 3, eff. June 23, 1971; L.1977, c. 427, s. 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-19.1
Request for statement relieving dealer, indemnitor or surety of responsibility forbidden
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to request a producer to sign any statement, affidavit, assignment, or waiver of any kind which has for its purpose or intent to relieve to any extent whatsoever a dealer, indemnitor or surety company of its full financial responsibility under this article. L.1949, c. 249, p. 803, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-46 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-46
Article inapplicable to certain associations, storekeepers, restaurants, etc.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not apply to any legally incorporated agricultural co-operative association in dealings with its members, nor to storekeepers having not more than two stores where poultry is bought in small quantities and foods of all kinds are sold at retail, nor to any hotel, restaurant or establishment where poultry is bought for consumption on the premises. L.1942, c. 248, p. 675, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-17
Notice as prerequisite to removal of partition fence
Status: in_force

When a partition fence is made between 2 persons as directed in this chapter and either of them shall cease to use his adjoining lands for the pasturage or keeping of animals and shall desire to give up his improvement and leave the same open and common, he shall not take up or remove the fence without giving 1 year's notice in writing to the person in possession of the adjoining lands. A person who shall remove such fence without giving the notice or before the expiration of the year, shall be liable to make good all damages sustained by the other person thereby, to be recovered, with costs of suit, in any court of competent jurisdiction. Amended by L.1958, c. 45, p. 151, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-28 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-28
Nonobservance of land-use regulations; action
Status: in_force

Where the supervisors of any district shall find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of article seven of this chapter (s. 4:24-23 et seq.) are not being observed on particular lands, and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the supervisors may bring an action in the Superior Court and the said court therein may grant appropriate relief. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 56, s. 101.
N.J. Stat. § 4:27-23 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-23
Development of mechanisms for providing tax credits, reduced loan payments.
Status: in_force

23. The Department of Commerce and Economic Development and the Aquaculture Advisory Council, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, shall develop mechanisms for providing tax credits or reduced loan payments to a new aquaculture enterprise, and make recommendations accordingly to the Governor and the Legislature for any legislative action that may be necessary to implement those mechanisms. L.1997,c.236,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-6
Investigation of record of applicant or licensee
Status: in_force

The secretary, or an assistant whom he may designate, may, either of his own motion or upon the verified complaint of any interested person, investigate the record of any person applying for or holding a license, or his agents. For the purpose of such investigation the secretary or assistant may examine the ledgers, books of account, memoranda or other documents of any such person and may take testimony thereon under oath, but information relating to the general business of any such person disclosed by the investigation and not related to the immediate purpose thereof shall be deemed of a confidential nature by the secretary or assistant.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.): "Animal rescue organization" means an individual or group of individuals who, with or without salary or compensation, house and care for homeless animals in the home of an individual or in other facilities, with the intent of placing the animals in responsible, more permanent homes as soon as possible. "Animal rescue organization facility" means the home or other facility in which an animal rescue organization houses and cares for an animal. "Certified animal control officer" means a person 18 years of age or older who has satisfactorily completed the course of study approved by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services and the Police Training Commission as prescribed by paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1983, c.525 (C.4:19-15.16a); or who has been employed in the State of New Jersey in the capacity of, and with similar responsibilities to those required of, a certified animal control officer pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.525 for a period of three years before January 17, 1987. "Dog" means any dog, bitch or spayed bitch. "Dog of licensing age" means any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth. "Foster home" means placement of a cat or dog with an individual or group that is not an animal rescue organization for the purpose of temporarily caring for the cat or dog, without the individual or group assuming ownership and with the intent of the individual or group relinquishing the cat or dog to a suitable owner when one is located. "Kennel" means any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop. "Owner" when applied to the proprietorship of a dog shall include every person having a right of property in that dog and every person who has that dog in his keeping, and when applied to the proprietorship of any other animal, including, but not limited to, a cat, shall include every person having a right of property in that animal and every person who has that animal in his keeping. "Pet shop" means any place of business which is not part of a kennel, wherein animals, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, rabbits, hamsters or gerbils, are kept or displayed chiefly for the purpose of sale to individuals for personal appreciation and companionship rather than for business or research purposes. "Pound" means an establishment for the confinement of dogs or other animals seized either under the provisions of this act or otherwise. "Shelter" means any establishment where dogs or other animals are received, housed and distributed. "Sterilize" means to render an animal incapable of reproducing by either spaying or neutering. L.1941, c.151, s.1; amended 1978, c.82; 1983, c.525, s.1; 1997, c.247, s.1; 2011, c.142, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-4
State agriculture development committee; establishment; membership; terms; vacancies; meetings; minutes; staff.
Status: in_force

4. a. In order that the State's regulatory action with respect to agricultural activities may be undertaken with a more complete understanding of the needs and difficulties of agriculture, there is established in the Executive Branch of the State Government a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the State Agriculture Development Committee. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the committee is allocated within the Department of Agriculture, but, notwithstanding that allocation, the committee shall be independent of any supervision or control by the State Board of Agriculture, by the department or by the secretary or any officer or employee thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided in this act. The committee shall constitute an instrumentality of the State, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the committee of the powers conferred by this or any other act shall be held to be an essential governmental function of the State. b. The committee shall consist of 11 members, five of whom shall be the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall serve as chairman, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of Community Affairs, the State Treasurer and the Dean of Cook College, Rutgers University, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio, and six citizens of the State, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, four of whom shall be actively engaged in farming, the majority of whom shall own a portion of the land that they farm, and two of whom shall represent the general public. With respect to the members actively engaged in farming, the State Board of Agriculture shall recommend to the Governor a list of potential candidates and their alternates to be considered for each appointment. c. (1) Of the six members first to be appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of two years, two for terms of three years and two for terms of four years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be made for terms of four years. Each of these members shall hold office for the term of the appointment and until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified. A member shall be eligible for reappointment for no more than two consecutive terms. Any vacancy in the membership occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. (2) When an appointed member actively engaged in farming notifies the chairman that the member is unable to attend a publicly noticed meeting, an alternate may be chosen to serve for that member at the meeting. The alternate member shall be chosen by the Governor, in consultation with the President and the Vice President of the State Board of Agriculture, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The alternate member shall be a past member of the State Board of Agriculture who served pursuant to R.S.4:1-4, provided, however, that in no case shall the alternate member have been removed from office pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1948, c.447 (C.4:1-4.1), or a past member of the State Agriculture Development Committee. (3) When an appointed member representing the general public notifies the chairman that the member is unable to attend a publicly noticed meeting, an alternate may be chosen to serve for that member at the meeting. The alternate member shall be chosen by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. d. Members of the committee shall receive no compensation but the appointed members may, subject to the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for these purposes, be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in attending meetings of the committee and in performance of their duties as members thereof. e. The committee shall meet at the call of the chairman as soon as may be practicable following appointment of its members and shall establish procedures for the conduct of regular and special meetings, including procedures for the notification of departments of State regulating the activities of commercial agriculture, provided that all meetings are conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). f. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the committee shall be prepared and forthwith delivered to the Governor. No action taken at such meeting by the committee shall have force or effect until 15 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, after such copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered. If, in said 15-day period, the Governor returns such copy of the minutes with a veto of any action taken by the committee at such meeting, such action shall be null and void and of no force and effect. g. The department shall provide any personnel that may be required as staff for the committee. L.1983, c.31, s.4; amended 2017, c.385, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-14.4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-14.4
§ 4:7-14.4
Status: in_force

No damages shall be awarded for the destruction of infected or condemned trees nor for the wood resulting therefrom.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-17.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-17.5
County and multi-county soil conservation districts; creation
Status: in_force

The whole area of the State shall, at all times, be covered by a soil conservation district. Each soil conservation district shall cover the whole area of one or more counties. A tri-county soil conservation district shall serve the counties of Hudson, Essex and Passaic to be known as the Hudson, Essex and Passaic Soil Conservation District. Bi-county soil conservation districts shall serve the following pairs of counties: Middlesex-Monmouth, Somerset-Union and Cape May-Atlantic to be known as the Freehold, Somerset-Union and Cape-Atlantic Soil Conservation Districts respectively. Every other county in the State shall be served by its own soil conservation district to be known as "the County Soil Conservation District" with the name of each such county inserted. The State Soil Conservation Committee shall work with the supervisors of the multi-county soil conservation districts to encourage the formation of a soil conservation district in each county of the State, pursuant to the procedures contained in P.L.1966, c. 77 (C. 4:24-17.1 et seq.). L.1977, c. 264, s. 3, eff. Oct. 18, 1977. Amended by L.1979, c. 459, s. 7, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-13
Agent's card.
Status: in_force

4:11-13. The licensee and each of his agents shall carry an agent's card at all times, when buying or receiving cattle, sheep, horses or swine, or receiving, selling, exchanging, soliciting or negotiating the sale, resale, or shipment of cattle, sheep, horses or swine. The licensee or agent shall exhibit the card to persons with whom he is negotiating or from whom he is soliciting business and to the secretary or assistant whom the secretary may designate. Amended 1949, c.209, s.6; 1966, c.27, s.7; 1998, c.105, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-49 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-49
§ 4:5-49
Status: in_force

All cattle passing or declared suspicious as the result of an official or private tuberculin test shall be marked for identification by an approved metal ear tag furnished by the department or designated by the department and furnished by the owner, except pure breds which may be reported for identification by registration name and number, tattoo or chain lock number. No two animals in one lot shall bear the same number.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-4.1
Removal; members; secretary
Status: in_force

Any member of the State Board of Agriculture may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard. The Secretary of Agriculture may be removed from office by the Governor, upon notice and opportunity to be heard. L.1948, c. 447, p. 1778, s. 3, supplementing c. 1, Title 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-6.1
Matching grant program established; deer fencing.
Status: in_force

1. a. There is established in the Department of Agriculture a matching grant program for the purpose of providing funding for wildlife fencing to the owner, operator, or lessee of any commercial farm that does not qualify for a wildlife fencing grant pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) or section 1 of P.L.2023, c.223 (C.13:8C-50.1). b. (1) The department shall award grants of up to 50 percent of eligible project costs, not to exceed a total of $50,000 per applicant. (2) Eligible project costs to be funded by a matching grant under the program shall include the cost to purchase wildlife fencing, the maintenance costs of existing wildlife fencing, and any other costs established as eligible project costs pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to subsection f. of this section. c. The owner, operator, or lessee of a farm, as set forth pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall be eligible for a matching grant for eligible project costs and may apply in the form and manner prescribed by the department, provided that: (1) the applicant's farming operation has a minimum of $10,000 in gross sales in the preceding calendar year from agricultural or horticultural products grown or derived from the applicant's farm operation, as reflected in either personal or business federal tax return forms; and (2) if the applicant is a lessee, the applicant has written approval to install deer fencing on the land from the owner of the land on which the deer fencing is to be installed. d. (1) The owner, operator, or lessee of a farm awarded a grant pursuant to this section shall, as a condition of receipt of the grant, enter into an agreement with the Department of Agriculture that requires the land to be retained in agricultural or horticultural production for eight years immediately following the receipt of the grant. An agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection shall not be required to be filed with the municipal tax assessor and recorded with the county clerk in the same manner as a deed. The department shall retain a copy of the agreement for the period of eight years provided for in the agreement and shall require any repayment of the grant as may be necessary pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. (2) If (a) the owner, operator, or lessee of a farm awarded a grant pursuant to this section does not retain the land in agricultural or horticultural production or (b) the owner sells the land prior to the expiration of the eight-year period required pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the owner, operator, or lessee receiving the grant shall be required to repay the grant to the department on a pro rata basis as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection. (3) (a) If, during the eight-year period required pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the owner, operator, or lessee of a farm awarded a grant pursuant to this section does not retain the land in agricultural or horticultural production, or the owner sells the land, the owner, operator, or lessee of the farm who received the grant shall be required to repay, on a pro rata basis rounded to the nearest month, a sum proportional to the total amount of the awarded grant. (b) If the recipient of the grant is an operator or lessee who the current owner of the land allows to continue to operate or lease the land for agricultural or horticultural production, and the operator or lessee continues to use the land for agricultural or horticultural production, the recipient of the grant shall not be required to repay the grant or portion thereof in accordance with this paragraph, provided the land is used for agricultural or horticultural production during the eight-year period required pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. e. The Department of Agriculture shall request annually, as part of its annual budget proposal, such amount as may be necessary to fund the grants authorized pursuant to this section. The department shall also coordinate with the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection, the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other applicable State or federal agency, to pursue any available federal, State, local, and private funding for the grants authorized pursuant to this section. f. The Department of Agriculture may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement this section, including, but not limited to, establishing: (1) information required to be submitted to the department to determine if a farm is eligible for funding pursuant to subsections a. and c. of this section; (2) costs that qualify as eligible project costs in addition to those set forth in section b. of this section; (3) the manner in which an owner, operator, or lessee of a farm eligible for funding pursuant to this section shall provide evidence of the required 50 percent match for a grant; (4) the manner in which an owner, operator, or lessee of a farm awarded a grant pursuant to this section shall repay the grant on a pro rata basis to the department if the land is sold or is not retained in agricultural or horticultural production for eight years following the receipt of the grant; and (5) requirements to be included in an agreement entered into by a grant recipient with the department pursuant to subsection d. of this section. g. As used in this section, "commercial farm" means a commercial farm as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-3). L.2021, c.451; amended 2023, c.223, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-23 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-23
Impounding and sale of such animals
Status: in_force

The person injured as provided in section 4:20-22 of this title may take and impound the animals found trespassing or doing damage, as therein provided, in his field or other inclosure for twenty-four hours and shall give notice thereof to the owner of the animals, if known and easily to be found. If the animals are not redeemed within the twenty-four hours by payment of or satisfaction for the damages certified as provided in said section 4:20-22, the person damaged shall take them to the public pound of the township, where the poundkeeper shall receive and keep them until the damages so certified and the charges of conveying and pounding are paid. The person damaged shall have twenty-five cents per head for horses and cattle and fifteen cents for sheep, for taking the animals to the pound, and the poundkeeper shall have the same fees for letting in and out of the pound, and forty cents per head for horses and cattle and twenty-five cents for sheep for every twenty-four hours they shall remain in the pound. If the owner of the impounded animals does not pay the damages and charges of impounding within four days after the animals are impounded, or replevy them, the poundkeeper shall set up advertisements in at least three of the most public places in the township to which the pound belongs, and in one or more of the most public places in the two next adjoining townships, particularly describing the animals and giving at least thirty days' notice of an intended day and place of sale, and stating that if the owner does not appear and redeem the animals before the time so notified, they will be sold at public sale. If the owner, or another for him, does not appear and redeem the animals at the time and place of the sale, the poundkeeper shall sell them accordingly, and out of the money arising therefrom shall pay the damages and charges of conveying to the pound, retain his fees for pounding, keeping and feeding the animals and the further sum of one dollar for each animal for setting up the advertisements and notice of sale and selling such animal, and return the surplus to the owner. If the owner does not appear and claim the surplus within twelve calendar months after the sale, it shall be paid to the clerk of the township where the animals were impounded, for the use of the township.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-30 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-30
Secret agreement for price reduction prohibited; exception
Status: in_force

No licensee or other person, association or corporation shall hereafter contrary to the public interest operate in any municipality under any mutual or secret agreement, arrangement, combination, contract or common understanding, with any other licensee or person, firm, association or corporation, whereby the price for milk to be paid to producers in this State is reduced or the price to be paid by dealers, processors, subdealers, stores or consumers for such milk is decreased in pursuance of such mutual or secret agreement, arrangement, combination, contract or common understanding, and each such contract, arrangement, agreement or understanding is hereby prohibited and declared to be contrary to the public interest and in restraint of trade and commerce, and shall subject the violator or violators to the penalty in this act prescribed; provided, however, that the right may be granted to deduct a check-off to be paid as association or corporation with consent of producer and approval of the director. L.1941, c. 274, p. 725, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-32 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-32
Violations of sections 4:20-30 and 4:20-31; penalty; damages
Status: in_force

Any person who shall offend against the provisions of sections 4:20-30 and 4:20-31 of this Title, or shall willfully injure, dig up, or otherwise deface or destroy any hedge sets, hedges or fence erected for their protection, shall for each offense be liable to a penalty of thirty dollars ($30.00), to be recovered, with costs, in a court of competent jurisdiction, by a civil action by and in the name of the person injured, and in addition thereto shall be liable for all damages to the person injured. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 45, s. 56.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-47 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-47
Licenses issued under prior laws continued
Status: in_force

Licenses issued by the milk control board under chapter eighty-two of the pamphlet laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine shall continue in full force and effect until July thirty-first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. Licenses issued by the director under this act during the license year beginning July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one and ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, shall expire on June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two. L.1941, c. 274, p. 737, s. 47.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-21.1
Settlement agreements, immunity of municipality
Status: in_force

12. Notwithstanding any provision in P.L.1989, c.307 (C.4:19-17 et seq.) to the contrary, the municipality and the owner of the dog may settle and dispose of the matter at any time in such manner and according to such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1989, c.307 to the contrary, no municipality or any of its employees shall have any liability by virtue of having entered into any settlement agreement pursuant to this section, or for any action or inaction related to the entry into such agreement, for any injuries or damages caused thereafter by the dog. The municipality may, as a condition of the settlement agreement, also require that the owner of the dog hold the municipality harmless for any legal expenses or fees the municipality may incur in defending against any cause of action brought against the municipality notwithstanding the prohibition against such causes of action set forth in this section. L.1994,c.187,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-32.15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-32.15
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Over 2,800 farms comprising over 247,000 acres of farmland have been preserved in New Jersey since the inception of the State's farmland preservation program; b. The original intent of the farmland preservation program was to prevent suburban sprawl and the conversion of agriculturally suitable land to other purposes, and to keep agriculture as an economically viable industry within the State; c. Keeping agriculture as a sustainable industry in the State ensures residents have continued access to fresh food with low environmental impact; d. The growing interest in agritourism, i.e., activities that attract the public to working farms for enjoyment or education of visitors and generate supplementary income for the farmer, has provided farmers with supplemental revenue and enhanced opportunities to market the State's agricultural and horticultural products; and e. With proper oversight, special occasion events on preserved farmland can have minimal impact on land's viability for farming and provide for new business opportunities for farmers in the State without displacing agricultural or horticultural production as the first priority use of preserved farmland or disrupting neighborhoods that surround preserved farms. L.2023, c.9, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Right to Farm Act." L.1983, c. 31, s. 1, eff. Jan. 26, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-22.2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-22.2
Conditions for operation of leaf composting facility
Status: in_force

Each leaf composting facility located on agricultural or horticultural land, or on lands owned or operated by a recognized academic institution, shall operate in accordance with the conditions specified in the program of agricultural management practices developed by the New Jersey Cooperative Extension Service of Rutgers, The State University, and approved by the department. L.1989,c.151,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.40 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.40
Minor violations; warnings
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the State Chemist or the Department of Agriculture to report a minor violation for prosecution or seizure proceedings when the State Chemist determines that the public interests will best be served by a suitable notice of warning in writing. L.1970, c. 66, s. 40.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1
Station continued
Status: in_force

The New Jersey agricultural experiment station, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "experiment station" , with suitable branches, established by the act entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of an agricultural experiment station," approved March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty (L.1880, c. 106, p. 137), is continued. The experiment station is established for the benefit of practical and scientific agriculture, and for the development of the unimproved lands of the state.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.2
Testing equipment; methods; approval
Status: in_force

No person, nor any employee of such person, shall use in the determination of the butter fat content of milk or cream any test glassware, or centrifuges except such as conform to the requirements of the United States Bureau of Standards and which have been inspected, tested and approved by the director. For each inspection the director shall have the right to make a reasonable charge, not in excess of five cents ($0.05) per item. Every piece of test glassware inspected by the director and found to be correct shall be marked by the director with the letters "S.G.N.J." (Standard Glassware New Jersey) and promptly returned to the owner or disposed of as directed, and the use of such glassware not bearing the letters "S.G.N.J." shall constitute a violation of this act. No method other than the "Babcock" test or the "Gerber" test shall be used in determining the butter fat percentage of milk or cream until such test has been approved by the director. Every installation of laboratory equipment to be used in determining the butter fat content of milk or cream shall be inspected and approved by the director. The use of an unapproved installation is a violation of this act. L.1943, c. 100, p. 324, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-93.48 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-93.48
Brucellosis tests
Status: in_force

On and after July 1, 1956, the Division of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, and its agents, may subject all cattle in this State to tests for brucellosis, which tests shall be conducted in accordance with rules and regulations established and promulgated by the Board of Agriculture, due consideration being given to the percentage of cattle tested, the desirability of maintaining the cattle population free from brucellosis, and other related factors. L.1956, c. 104, p. 479, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-2
§ 4:21-2
Status: in_force

A person who shall discover stray horses, cattle, sheep or swine upon his improved lands in a township may drive or convey them to the public pound in the township.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-53.3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-53.3
Disinfecting quarters of infected animals
Status: in_force

When positive reaction to any tuberculin test results, the department may provide special services to insure complete and continued disinfecting of the quarters in which such infected animals have been housed and may make recommendations for such change in the ventilation and accommodations of such quarters as will tend to eradicate the infection. L.1945, c. 204, p. 702, s. 4, supplementing chapter five of Title 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-15
Definitions.
Status: in_force

4:22-15. As used in this article: "Animal" or "creature" includes the whole brute creation. "Bodily injury" means physical pain, illness or any impairment of physical condition. "Necessary care" means care sufficient to preserve the health and well-being of an animal, and includes, but is not limited to: food of sufficient quantity and quality to allow for normal growth or maintenance of body weight; adequate access to water in sufficient quantity and quality to satisfy the animal's needs; access to adequate protection from the weather; and veterinary care to alleviate suffering and maintain health. "Owner" or "person" includes a corporation, and the knowledge and acts of an agent or employee of a corporation in regard to animals transported, owned, employed, or in the custody of the corporation shall be imputed to the corporation. "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. amended 2013, c.88, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-19 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-19
Registration of agreements and certificates; fee
Status: in_force

The clerk of a township shall provide, at the expense of the township, a book for the purpose of registering written agreements of persons relative to a division of the fence or fences of their adjoining lands. Such agreements and the certificates in writing of any two of the township committee who may make a division of any fence or fences under the provisions of this chapter shall be recorded by the clerk or clerks of the township or townships in which the fences are located, and the clerk or clerks shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents for such service. Before any such agreement or certificate is recorded it shall be acknowledged by the parties or said township committeemen, or the execution thereof proved as deeds of conveyance of lands are required to be acknowledged or proved before the recording thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 4:6-10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-10
Type of hives required; seizure of other types as nuisances
Status: in_force

On and after July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or to maintain honey bees in any hives other than modern, movable, frame hives which permit the thorough examination of every comb in order to detect the presence of bee diseases. All other types of boxes or receptacles for bees which are in use after July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, are hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and a menace to the community, and the Department of Agriculture may seize and destroy the same without remuneration to the owner. Amended by L.1939, c. 104, p. 385, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-31 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-31
Municipality to establish fee for potentially dangerous dog license
Status: in_force

Every municipality may, by ordinance, fix the sum to be paid annually for a potentially dangerous dog license and each renewal thereof, which sum shall not be less than $150 nor more than $700. In the absence of any local ordinance, the fee for all potentially dangerous dog licenses shall be $150. L.1989, c.307, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8-17.13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17.13
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: (a) "State board" means the State Board of Agriculture. (b) The term "State Seed Analyst" means the seed analyst of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. (c) The term "certifying agency" means: (1) An agency authorized under the laws of a state, territory or possession to officially certify seed and which has procedures and standards approved by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to assure the genetic purity and identity of the seed certified; or (2) An agency of a foreign country determined by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to adhere to procedures and standards for seed certification comparable to those adhered to generally by seed certifying agencies included under paragraph (1) of this subsection. (d) The term "agricultural seeds" means and includes the seeds of grass, forage, cereal and fiber crops and any other kinds of seeds commonly recognized within this State as agricultural seeds, lawn seeds and mixtures of such seeds, and may include noxious weed seed when the State Seed Analyst determines that such seed is being used as agricultural seed. (e) The term "vegetable seeds" means and includes the seeds of those crops which are grown in gardens and on truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of vegetables or herbs in this State. (f) The term "flower seeds" means and includes the seeds of herbaceous plants grown for their blooms, ornamental foliage, or other ornamental parts and commonly known and sold under the name of flower seeds in this State. (g) The term "kind" means one or more related species or subspecies which singly or collectively are known by one common name; for example, corn, oats, red clover and cabbage. (h) The term "variety" means a subdivision of a kind, characterized by growth, yield, plant, fruit, seed, or other characteristics by which it can be differentiated from other plants of the same kind. (i) The term "mixture" means seeds consisting of more than one kind or variety present to the extent of 5% or more of the total weight of the mixture. (j) The term "weed seeds" includes the seeds or bulblets of all plants generally recognized as weeds within this State and shall include noxious weed seeds. (k)(1) "Prohibited noxious weed seeds" are the seeds of perennial weeds such as not only reproduce by seed but also spread by underground roots, stems and other reproductive parts, and which when well-established, are highly destructive and difficult to control in this State by ordinary good cultural practices. (2) "Restricted noxious weed seeds" are the seeds of such weeds as are very objectionable in fields, lawns or gardens of this State, but can be controlled by good cultural practices. (l) The term "pure seed" means agricultural, vegetable or flower seeds exclusive of inert matter, weed seeds, and all other seeds distinguishable from the kinds or kinds and varieties being considered. (m) The term "percentage of germination" means the percentage of seeds other than hard seeds capable of producing normal seedlings under favorable conditions (not including seeds which produce weak, malformed or abnormal seedlings). (n) The term "percentage of hard seeds" means the percentage of seeds which are incapable of sprouting during the prescribed test period because their outer structures are impermeable to water. (o) The term "labeling" includes all labels, and other written, printed or graphic representations, in any form whatsoever, accompanying or pertaining to any seed whether in bulk, or in containers and includes representations on invoices. (p) The term "advertisement" means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means relating, to seed within the scope of this act. (q) The term "hybrid" means the first generation of a cross produced by controlling the pollination and by combining: (1) Two or more inbred lines; (2) One inbred or a single cross with an open-pollinated variety; or (3) Two varieties or species, except open-pollinated varieties of corn (Zea mays). The second generation or subsequent generations from crosses shall not be regarded as hybrids. Hybrid designations shall be treated as variety names. (r) The term "origin" means the foreign country; state of the United States; possession of the United States, or designated portion thereof, where the seed is grown. (s) The term "lot" means a definite quantity of seed which is identified by a lot number or other mark, and which has been so handled that each portion or container is representative of the whole quantity. (t) The term "record" includes all information relating to the shipment or shipments involved and includes a file sample of each lot of seed. (u) The term "treated" means that the seed has received an application of a substance or process designed to control or repel certain insects or disease organisms or other pests attacking such seed or seedlings grown therefrom, or has received some other treatment to improve its planting value. (v) "Retail seedsman" means a person who is engaged in the sale in the ordinary course of business of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seed which is used for planting purposes and is not intended for resale. (w) "Seed conditioner" means of a person who conditions agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seed for packaging in a container for sale in this State or whose name appears on a label on the seed container, which container is sold in this State by a wholesale or retail seedsman. (x) "Shrub seed" means seed of woody plants commonly known and sold as shrub seed in this State. (y) "Tree seed" means seed of woody plants commonly known and sold as tree seed in this State. (z) "Tree collector's declaration" means a statement concerning tree and shrub seed, which sets forth the place of collection and giving, for a lot of seed, the lot number, the common or scientific name of the species, the origin, elevation, and quantity of the seed and, if appropriate, the subspecies and which contains the signature of a person who attests to that information. (aa) "Wholesale seedsman" means a person who sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale or transports for sale to a retail seedsman, agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seed used for planting purposes. L.1963, c. 29, s. 1, approved May 8, 1963. Amended by L.1968, c. 198, s. 1, eff. July 19, 1968; L.1984, c. 201, s. 4, eff. Nov. 28, 1984, operative Jan. 1, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-11.11 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-11.11
Training course for animal protection law enforcement.
Status: in_force

11. a. The Police Training Commission, in collaboration with the Attorney General, shall develop or approve a training course for animal protection law enforcement, which shall include but need not be limited to instruction in: (1) the law, procedures, and enforcement methods and techniques of investigation, arrest, and search and seizure, specifically in connection with violations of State and local animal cruelty laws and ordinances; (2) information and procedures related to animals, including animal behavior and traits and evaluation of animals at a crime scene; (3) methods to identify and document animal abuse, neglect, and distress; and (4) investigation of animal fighting. b. Every municipal humane law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and chief humane law enforcement officer or other officer designated pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 28 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.4) shall satisfactorily complete the animal protection law enforcement training course as soon as practicable, but no later than one year after the date of the officer's designation. c. (1) The chief law enforcement officer of a municipality, or of a county, as applicable, may request from the Police Training Commission an exemption from applicable law enforcement parts of the animal protection law enforcement training course on behalf of a current or prospective municipal humane law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or chief humane law enforcement officer or other officer designated pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 28 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.4) who demonstrates successful completion of a police training course conducted by a federal, state, or other public or private agency, the requirements of which are substantially equivalent to or which exceed the corresponding requirements of the animal protection law enforcement training course curriculum established through the Police Training Commission. (2) The chief law enforcement officer of a municipality, or of a county, as applicable, may request from the Police Training Commission an exemption from applicable animal control parts of the animal protection law enforcement training course on behalf of a current or prospective municipal humane law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or chief humane law enforcement officer or other officer designated pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 28 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.4) who demonstrates successful completion of an animal control course pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.525 (C.4:19-15.16a). d. The Police Training Commission shall provide for the issuance of a certificate to a person who possesses, or acquires, the training and education required to qualify as a municipal humane law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or chief humane law enforcement officer or other officer designated pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 28 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.4) and shall provide a copy of the certificate to, as applicable, the municipal humane law enforcement officer and the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality or county, or to the humane law enforcement officer and the county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or to the chief humane law enforcement officer or other officer designated pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 28 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.4) and the county prosecutor. L.2005, c.372, s.11; amended 2017, c.331, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-8
Treatment or destruction of diseased or suspected plants; prohibiting shipment
Status: in_force

If upon examination as provided in section 4:7-7 of this title, the department shall find evidence of the presence of any disease dangerous to plants commonly grown within the state it shall at once notify the owner or manager of the nursery, establishment or place of the character of the disease and shall forthwith require the spraying, fumigation or other treatment necessary to free the plants of the disease. The department may prohibit the shipment of any diseased or suspected plants until satisfied that the disease no longer exists in dangerous form. If the department shall discover in a nursery, or elsewhere within the state, any plant infested with a virulent disease that cannot be eradicated by treatment, the department shall forthwith order it to be destroyed.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-73 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-73
Application to laws governing agricultural commodities; control or limitation of production
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing or modifying any existing law which governs agricultural commodities, or as authority to control or limit the production of any agricultural commodity. L.1971, c. 308, s. 31, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-36 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-36
Record on appeal
Status: in_force

Within five days after service of the notice of appeal the director of the Office of Milk Industry shall, in accordance with rules of the Superior Court, transmit to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, the original or a certified copy of the entire record of the proceedings under review; but, by stipulation of all parties to the appeal, the record may be shortened by eliminating any portion thereof. L.1948, c. 447, p. 1781, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 4:23-6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6
Enforcement and collection of penalties
Status: in_force

In proceedings to enforce and collect penalties under this article, the court may proceed in a summary manner pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 55, s. 91.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-36 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-36
Re-use of packages
Status: in_force

When potatoes are packed in used packages, any markings pertaining to previous contents of such packages, that do not apply, shall be removed or obliterated before any potatoes are placed into the package, or in the case of bags or sacks turned inside out; and the markings required under this act shall be substituted. L.1963, c. 116, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8-17.15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17.15
Seed container labels
Status: in_force

Each container of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree and shrub seeds which is sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale, or transported within this State for sowing purposes shall bear thereon or have attached thereto or in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the container a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, in legible type or in script specifying: (a) For all seeds: (1) The name and address of the person who labeled said seed, or who sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale within this State. (b) For agricultural seeds (except for lawn and turf seed as provided in (c)): (1) Commonly accepted name, in the order of its predominance, of the kind or kind and variety, of each agricultural seed component in excess of 5% of the whole, and the percentage by weight of each, provided that, if the variety of those kinds labeled as to variety in rules and regulations of this State or the federal government is not stated on the label, the label shall show the name of the kind and the words, "Variety Not Stated." Hybrids shall be labeled as hybrids. Where more than one component is required to be named, the word "mixture" or the word "mixed" shall be shown conspicuously on the label. (2) Lot number or other lot identification. (3) Origin (state or foreign country), if known, of alfalfa, red clover and field corn (except hybrid corn). If the origin is unknown, the fact shall be stated. (4) Percentage by weight of all weed seeds. (5) The name and rate of occurrence per pound of each kind of restricted noxious weed seed present. (6) Percentage by weight of agricultural seeds (which may be designated as "crop seeds") other than those required to be named on the label. (7) Percentage by weight of inert matter. (8) For each named agricultural seed: (A) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed. (B) Percentage of hard seeds, if present. (C) The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage. Following (A) and (B) the "total germination and hard seed" may be stated as such, if desired. (9) For seeds placed in a germination medium, mat, tape or other device in such a way as to make it difficult to determine the quantity of seed without removing it from the medium, mat, tape or device, the minimum number of seeds per square foot shall be indicated. (c) For lawn and turf seed and mixtures of that seed: (1) The commonly accepted name of the kind or kind and variety, or both, of each agricultural seed component in excess of 5.0% of the whole and the percentage by weight of pure seed of each. (A) For mixtures the word "mixed" or "mixture" shall be stated with the name of the mixture on the principal display panels; and (B) For mixtures, all components shall be listed in the order of their predominance and in columnar form. Percentages shall be listed under headings "Pure Seed" and "Germination or Germ." (2) Percentage by weight of all agricultural seed except those required to be named on the label and which shall be designated "crop seed." If the mixture contains no other crop seed, the following statement may be used on the label "Contains No Other Crop Seeds." (3) Percentage by weight of all weed seeds. Maximum weed seed content shall not exceed 1% by weight. (4) Percentage by weight of inert matter shall not exceed 15% by weight. Foreign material not common to grass seed shall not be added. (5) Lot number or other lot identification. (6) Name and rate of occurrence per pound of each kind of restricted noxious weed seed present listed under the heading "Noxious Weed Seeds," or "Undesirable Grass Seeds" or as otherwise specified by rule or regulation adopted by the State Board of Agriculture. (7) The percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed; hard seed, if present, and the calendar month and year that the germination test was completed. If a single test date is used, it shall be that of the oldest tested component. (8) Net weight. (d) For vegetable seeds in containers of one pound or less: (1) Name of kind and variety of seed. (2) For seeds which germinate more than the standard last established by the rules and regulations under this act: (A) The year for which packaged or put up, provided that the words "packed for" shall precede the year, or the percentage of germination and the month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage. (3) For seeds which germinate less than the standard last established by the rules and regulations under this act: (A) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed; (B) Percentage of hard seed if present; (C) The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentages; (D) The words "below standard" in not less than 8-point type. (4) For seeds placed in a germination medium, mat, tape or other device in such a way to make it difficult to determine the quantity of seed without removing it the label must bear a statement to indicate the minimum number of seeds in the container. (5) Lot identification, such as by lot number or other means. (6) For seeds without an established germination standard in the rules and regulations promulgated under the New Jersey State Seed Law (Revision of 1963), P.L. 1963, c. 29 (C. 4:8-17.13 et seq.): (A) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed; (B) Percentage of hard seed, if present; and (C) The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine the percentages. (e) For vegetable seeds in containers of more than one pound: (1) The name of each kind and variety present in excess of 5% and the percentage by weight of each. (2) Lot number or other lot identification. (3) For each named vegetable seed: (A) The percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed; (B) The percentage of hard seed if present; (C) The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentages. Following (A) and (B) the "total germination and hard seed" may be stated as such if desired. (4) The labeling requirements for vegetable seeds in containers of more than one pound shall be deemed to have been met if the seed is weighed from a properly labeled container in the presence of the purchaser. (f) For flower seeds in containers intended for use in home gardens or household planting or in preplanted containers, mats, tapes, or other planting devices: (1) For all kinds of flower seeds: (A) The name of the kind and variety or a statement of type and performance characteristics as prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this act; (B) The calendar month and year seed was tested or the year for which the seed was packaged; and (C) The name and address of the person who labeled said seed, or who sells, offers, or exposes said seed for sale within this State. (2) For seeds of those kinds for which standard testing procedures are prescribed and which germinate less than the germination standard last established under the rules and regulations of this act: (A) The percentage of germination exclusive of hard seed; (B) The words "below standard" in not less than 8-point type. (3) For seeds placed in a germination medium, mat, tape, or other device in such a way as to make it difficult to determine the quantity of seed without removing the seeds from the medium, mat, tape, or device, a statement to indicate the minimum number of seeds in the container. (4) For seeds without an established germination standard in the rules and regulations under the New Jersey Seed Law (Revision of 1963), P.L. 1963, c. 29 (C. 4:8-17.13 et seq.): (A) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed; (B) Percentage of hard seed, if present; and (C) The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine the percentages. (g) For flower seeds in containers other than those intended for use in home gardens or household planting, preplanted containers, mats, tapes, or other planting devices as described in the rules and regulations: (1) The name of the kind and variety or a statement of type and performance characteristics as prescribed in rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this act; (2) The lot number or other lot identification; (3) The calendar month and year that the seed was tested; (4) The name and address of the person who labeled said seed or who sells, offers, or exposes said seed for sale within this State; and (5) For those kinds of seeds for which standard testing procedures are prescribed by the rules and regulations: (A) The percentage of germination exclusive of hard seed; (B) The percentage of hard seed, if present. (h) For agricultural seeds that are coated: (1) Percentage of pure seeds with coating material removed. (2) Percentage of coating material shall be shown as a separate item in close association with the percentage of inert matter. (3) Percentage of germination shall be determined on 400 pellets with or without seeds. (4) In addition to the provisions of this subsection, labeling of agricultural seeds that are coated shall comply with the requirements of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section. (i) For tree and shrub seeds: (1) Common name of the species of seed, and, if appropriate the subspecies. (2) The scientific name of the genus and species and, if appropriate, the subspecies. (3) Lot number or other lot identification. (4) Origin: (A) For seed collected from a predominantly indigenous stand, the area of collection given by latitude and longitude, or geographic description, or political subdivision such as state or county; and (B) For seed collected from other than a predominantly indigenous stand, the area of collection and the origin of the stand or state "Origin Not Indigenous." (5) The elevation of the upper and lower limits of elevations within which the seed was collected. (6) Purity as a percentage of pure seed by weight. (7) For those species for which standard germination testing procedures are prescribed by the State Seed Analyst, the following: (A) Percentage germination exclusive of hard seed; (B) Percentage of hard seed, if present; and (C) The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine the percentages. In lieu of the provisions of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph, the seed may be labeled, if appropriate, "Test is in process, results will be supplied upon request." (8) For those species for which standard germination testing procedures have not been prescribed by the State Seed Analyst the calendar year in which the seed was collected. L. 1963, c. 29, s. 3; amended by L. 1968, c. 198, s. 2; 1984, c. 201, s. 6; 1987, c. 242, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-17
Cruelty; certain acts, crime; degrees.
Status: in_force

4:22-17. a. It shall be unlawful to: (1) Overdrive, overload, drive when overloaded, overwork, abuse, or needlessly kill a living animal or creature; (2) Cause or procure, by any direct or indirect means, including but not limited to through the use of another living animal or creature, any of the acts described in paragraph (1) of this subsection to be done; (3) Inflict unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal or creature, by any direct or indirect means, including but not limited to through the use of another living animal or creature; or leave the living animal or creature unattended in a vehicle under inhumane conditions adverse to the health or welfare of the living animal or creature; or (4) Fail, as the owner or as a person otherwise charged with the care of a living animal or creature, to provide the living animal or creature with necessary care. b. (1) A person who violates subsection a. of this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary, for every conviction of an offense pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection a. of this section, the person shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $1,000, or be imprisoned for a term of not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court; and for every conviction of an offense pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection a. of this section, the person shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $2,000, or be imprisoned for a term of not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. (2) If the person who violates subsection a. of this section has a prior conviction for an offense that would constitute a violation of subsection a. of this section, the person shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. (3) A person who violates subsection a. of this section shall also be subject to the provisions of subsections e. and f. and, if appropriate, subsection g., of this section. (4) The action for the penalty prescribed in this subsection shall be brought in the municipal court of the municipality wherein the defendant resides or where the offense was committed, except that the municipality may elect to refer the offense to the county prosecutor to determine if the offense should be handled in the Superior Court or in municipal court. c. It shall be unlawful to purposely, knowingly, or recklessly: (1) Torment, torture, maim, hang, poison, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, cruelly abuse, or needlessly mutilate a living animal or creature; (2) Cause bodily injury to a living animal or creature by failing to provide the living animal or creature with necessary care, whether as the owner or as a person otherwise charged with the care of the living animal or creature; (3) Cause or procure an act described in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection to be done, by any direct or indirect means, including but not limited to through the use of another living animal or creature; or (4) Use, or cause or procure the use of, an animal or creature in any kind of sexual manner or initiate any kind of sexual contact with the animal or creature, including, but not limited to, sodomizing the animal or creature. As used in this paragraph, "sexual contact" means any contact between a person and an animal by penetration of the penis or a foreign object into the vagina or anus, contact between the mouth and genitalia, or by contact between the genitalia of one and the genitalia or anus of the other. This term does not include any medical procedure performed by a licensed veterinarian practicing veterinary medicine or an accepted animal husbandry practice. d. (1) A person who violates paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) of subsection c. of this section shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree, except that the person shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree if: (a) the animal or creature dies as a result of the violation; (b) the animal or creature suffers serious bodily injury as a result of the violation; or (c) the person has a prior conviction for an offense that would constitute a violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) of subsection c. of this section. (2) A person who violates any provision of subsection c. of this section shall also be subject to the provisions of subsections e. and f. and, if appropriate, subsection g., of this section. (3) The action for the penalty prescribed in this subsection shall be brought in the Superior Court. e. For a violation of this section, in addition to imposing any other appropriate penalties established for a crime of the third degree, crime of the fourth degree, or disorderly persons offense, as the case may be, pursuant to Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, the court shall impose a term of community service of up to 30 days, and may direct that the term of community service be served in providing assistance to a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or any other recognized organization concerned with the prevention of cruelty to animals or the humane treatment and care of animals, or to a municipality's animal control or animal population control program. f. The court also shall require any violator of this section to pay restitution, including but not limited to, the monetary cost of replacing the animal if the animal died or had to be euthanized because of the extent of the animal's injuries, or otherwise reimburse any costs for food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care or treatment, or other costs, incurred by the owner of the animal, if the owner is not the person committing the act of cruelty, or incurred by any agency, entity, or organization investigating the violation, or providing shelter or care for the animal or animals, including but not limited to a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, any other recognized organization concerned with the prevention of cruelty to animals or the humane treatment and care of animals, a local or State governmental entity, or a kennel, shelter, pound, or other facility providing for the shelter and care of the animal or animals involved in the violation. g. If a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent for an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a disorderly persons offense, crime of the fourth degree, or crime of the third degree pursuant to this section, the court also shall order the juvenile to receive mental health counseling by a licensed psychologist or therapist named by the court for a period of time to be prescribed by the licensed psychologist or therapist. amended 1995, c.355, s.2; 1996, c.64, s.1; 2000, c.162, s.1; 2001, c.229, s.1; 2003, c.232, s.1; 2005, c.105, s.1; 2013, c.88, s.2; 2015, c.133; 2017, c.331, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-57 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-57
Standard for all tests
Status: in_force

All tuberculin tests shall be made according to the standards established by the department and executed by a veterinarian in good standing recognized by the department. In the case of tests made outside of the state the certificates of tests of the veterinarians shall be certified by the authorities of the state in which the test is made, having jurisdiction similar to that of the department in this state. The department may refuse to accept any such certificate if in its judgment the veterinarian is not competent.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-23 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-23
Courts authorized to grant writs and orders
Status: in_force

4:1-23. The Superior Court and municipal courts, within their respective territorial jurisdictions, may grant such writs and orders as may be appropriate, including search warrants, according to the practice of such courts and in a summary manner, to enable the officers and employees of the department effectively to enforce the provisions of law which the department is charged with enforcing. Amended 1953, c.5, s.1; 1991,c.91,s.152.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-33 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-33
Dividends and division of balance of associations with capital stock
Status: in_force

In the case of associations with capital stock, after payment of expenses and the establishment of the funds, as authorized in section 4:13-31 of this Title, and as near or as soon after the end of the fiscal year as possible there shall be paid to the members out of the income of the association an interest dividend not exceeding 8% of the par value of the stock held by them at the end of the fiscal year. The whole balance then remaining after the payment of interest dividend shall be divided among those patrons, members and nonmember producers and may include nonproducers on the basis of patronage, in the proportion that the volume of business done for such patrons by the association during the fiscal year bears to the total volume of business transacted by the association during the fiscal year; provided, however, that the association, instead of making such division among the member and nonmember producers in cash, may keep a permanent record from which the proportionate shares due to members and nonmember producers can be determined, as part of a reserve for patrons' revolving fund, which may be evidenced by certificates or notices and, in the case of nonmember producer patrons, such shares may be made applicable toward the purchase price of a share or shares of stock of a membership in the association. In calculating the amount to be paid to nonstockholders, upon whom liability for the debts of the association has not been imposed as authorized by section 4:13-30 of this Title, such sum shall be deducted as in the opinion of the directors is a reasonable charge in lieu of such liability. Amended by L.1940, c. 146, p. 312, s. 3; L.1951, c. 303, p. 1090, s. 6; L.1966, c. 286, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-37 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-37
Evidence of offer or transport for sale
Status: in_force

When open or closed packages of potatoes are placed in transit for sale or delivery or moved to market in any medium of transportation, such transit, delivery or movement shall be prima facie evidence that the potatoes are offered or transported for sale. L.1963, c. 116, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-11.23 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11.23
Violations, penalties; enforcement
Status: in_force

14. Any person who violates any provision of this act, or the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for the first offense and a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 for a second offense occurring within one year at the same location. Persistent violators who commit a third or subsequent offense at any individual location within one year shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $300.00 nor more than $500.00 for each such offense. Every day upon which a violation occurs at the same individual location shall be considered a separate violation. Penalties set forth in this act shall be sued for by and in the name of the secretary and shall be recoverable with costs. The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this act. Any proceedings for a violation of this act may be brought in the municipality where the violator resides, has a place of business or principal office or where the act or omission or part thereof complained of occurred. The proceedings shall be summary in nature and in accordance with "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). L.1965,c.94,s.14; amended 1972, c.39, s.2; 1991,c.91,s.155.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-14.3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-14.3
§ 4:7-14.3
Status: in_force

Duly authorized representatives of the board may enter upon any lands or premises, public or private, within the state for the purpose of making necessary inspections, for the removal of condemned trees, and for the disposition of the wood therefrom.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-71 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-71
Survival of causes of action; possession as prima facie evidence of offer to sell; exercise of power or duty by agent
Status: in_force

The suspension, amendment or termination of any marketing program or marketing agreement shall not suspend or terminate any cause of action which has accrued thereunder, but the same shall survive and exist the same as if such marketing program or agreement had not been suspended, amended or terminated. In all matters arising under this act, the fact of possession by any person engaged in the sale of a commodity is prima facie evidence that such commodity is for sale. Whenever any power or authority is given by any provision of this act to any person it may be exercised by any deputy, inspector, or agent duly authorized by him. L.1971, c. 308, s. 29, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-21.17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-21.17
Establishment, guidance of food hubs.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Agriculture shall authorize the establishment of food hubs in the State, and establish guidelines 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. L.2019, c.303, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-30 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-30
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The board of agriculture is authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing, among other factors, the following: (a) Record keeping, (b) Reports, (c) Construction and maintenance of storage facilities, (d) Length of storage time including the maximum time allowed to reach the prescribed atmospheric conditions, (e) Temperature, (f) Humidity, (g) Atmospheric composition, and (h) Packing and repacking. L.1962, c. 62, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-14.1
Disease public nuisance
Status: in_force

The Dutch elm disease (Graphium ulmi, Schwarz) is hereby declared a public nuisance, and the protection of the susceptible host plants (elm species) is deemed to be a subject of public welfare. L.1935,c.56,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-15.1
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Legislature finds and declares that the State shall: (1) establish the principles and bases for the promotion, protection, respect, and guarantee of the effective exercise of the right to adequate food and interdependent rights; (2) promote planning and coordination between State, county, and municipal entities in its actions aimed at guaranteeing the full exercise of the right to adequate food; (3) promote the production, supply, fair and equitable distribution, and consumption of, nutritious, sufficient, high-quality, safe, and culturally appropriate foods to promote the protection and exercise of the right to adequate food and to avoid food waste to the greatest extent possible; (4) strengthen the State’s self-sufficiency and food security; (5) establish the bases for social participation in actions aimed at achieving the full exercise of the right to adequate food; and (6) promote the creation of sustainable food environments that encourage informed consumption of healthy and nutritious foods. b. The Legislature further finds and declares that all people, individually and collectively, shall have the right to adequate food at all times and to have access to food for daily consumption, as well as physical and economic access to safe food of nutritional quality and in sufficient quantity to satisfy their physiological needs at all stages of their life cycle, enabling their full development and a dignified life, in accordance with individual and cultural needs, without jeopardizing the satisfaction of other basic needs and without hindering the enjoyment of other rights. c. The Legislature further finds and declares that the principles espoused in this resolution shall serve in perpetuity to inspire and guide future laws, rules, and regulations. L.2025, JR 19, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-27 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-27
Requiring members to deal through association; withdrawal
Status: in_force

The by-laws or contracts may require the members to sell all or any part of their specifically enumerated agricultural products, and buy all or any part of their specifically enumerated agricultural supplies, exclusively through the association, but in such case shall specify a reasonable period in each year during which a member, by giving the notice prescribed in the by-laws or contract, may withdraw and be released from his obligation to employ the services of the association in respect to such products and supplies. Amended by L.1966, c. 286, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 4:27-24 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-24
Review of product liability insurance.
Status: in_force

24. The Department of Banking and Insurance, in consultation with the Aquaculture Advisory Council, shall review product liability insurance within the State and determine how the coverage might be extended to various segments of the aquaculture industry, and make recommendations accordingly to all appropriate entities regarding any modifications that should be made to existing insurance coverage plans. L.1997,c.236,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.18
Interfering with persons performing duties under act
Status: in_force

No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this act. L.1941, c. 151, p. 502, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-41 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-41
Jurisdiction; enforcement
Status: in_force

41. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of actions for penalties under this act and such penalties shall be collected and enforced in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). If judgment be rendered for the plaintiff and the defendant fails forthwith to pay the amount of the judgment and the costs and charges incident thereto, said defendant may be committed to the county jail for any period not exceeding one hundred days. L.1941,c.274,s.41; amended 1953, c.5, s.36; 1991,c.91,s.171.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-9 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
Slaughter and burial of infected animals in certain cases
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the department it shall appear that the disease is not likely to yield to remedial treatment, or that the expense of such treatment will be greater than the value of the animals infected; and when in any case the disease is likely, in the judgment of the department, to be communicated to other animals, it may cause the animals infected to be slaughtered immediately and their remains to be buried at least four feet beneath the surface of the ground or it may cause the animal to be disposed of otherwise in accordance with instructions. The department may require that all places in which the same have been kept be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 870, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.39 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.39
Hearings
Status: in_force

Upon receiving any information of a violation of any provision of this act or of any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, the Secretary or any agent designated by him for such purpose, is empowered to hold hearings upon said violation and, upon finding the violation to have been committed, to assess a penalty against the violator in such amount, not to exceed the maximum limit set forth in section 38, as the secretary deems proper under the circumstances. If the violator pays such penalty as settlement, no further prosecution shall be had upon that violation. Payment of such a penalty shall be deemed equivalent to a conviction for violation of this act. L.1970, c. 66, s. 39.
N.J. Stat. § 4:6-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-2
§ 4:6-2
Status: in_force

The department shall study and investigate or cause to be studied and investigated, outbreaks of any bee disease and other conditions unfavorable to the development of bees within the state.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-32.14 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-32.14
Inapplicability of pilot program.
Status: in_force

3 a. Notwithstanding any other law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the pilot program established pursuant to P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.) and extended pursuant to this act shall not apply to any special occasion event at a winery that is not on preserved farmland. b. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall not have any authority to regulate or restrict any special occasion event conducted at a winery beyond the scope of the authority granted pursuant to P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.). L.2018, c.30, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1B-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-2
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares: a. That the preservation of agricultural open space and the retention of agricultural activities would serve the best interests of all citizens of this State by insuring the numerous social, economic and environmental benefits which accrue from the continuation of agriculture in the Garden State. b. That past and present policies and efforts of this State intended to promote such preservation and retention, while beneficial and worthy of continuation, have been inadequate to insure the permanent existence of such activities, which constitute a vital and benevolent use of the land which is so rapidly disappearing in this, the most densely populated and highly urbanized State in the nation. c. That it is both necessary and desirable to implement additional policies, including the creation of an agricultural preserve, designed to provide for such preservation and retention. d. That it is the express intention of this act to promote and insure the continuation of such activities within the agricultural preserve as provided herein. L.1976, c. 50, s. 2, eff. July 22, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-24 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-24
Hearing by secretary when verified complaint filed
Status: in_force

When a verified complaint is filed with the secretary, as mentioned in section 4:11-23 of this title, with respect to any person applying for or holding a license, the secretary shall conduct a hearing thereon and shall furnish such person with a copy of the complaint and a notice of the time and place of hearing, which notice shall be served either personally or by registered mail directed to his place of business or last known residence address, with postage fully prepaid, at least ten days prior to the time fixed for hearing. In the hearing of any complaint the secretary or assistant whom he may designate may sign and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, take depositions, receive evidence and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of such accounts, records and memoranda as may be material for the determination of the matter alleged in the complaint. The secretary or assistant whom he may designate shall render a decision either dismissing the complaint or specifying the facts which he deems established at the hearing.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1A-6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-6
Equipment and staff
Status: in_force

It shall be the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture to furnish such equipment and staff as is necessary to implement the work of the council within the limits of appropriations for the purpose. L.1959, c. 22, p. 99, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.8
Place of butter fat tests
Status: in_force

All samples of milk or cream that are taken for the purpose of determining the per centum of butter fat to be used as a basis of payment for milk or cream purchased shall at all times remain on the premises where taken, except that a sufficient amount may be transferred to approved test bottles and the butter fat tests be completed at approved laboratories with the director's written permission. When tests are made at such approved laboratories each fresh or composite sample is to be treated to disperse the butter fat content evenly throughout the sample and two test bottles are to be charged on the premises where the fresh or composite sample was originally taken. Unless such permission is granted, the butter fat tests shall be completed on the premises where the samples were originally taken. L.1943, c. 100, p. 328, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:27-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-12
Aquaculture sites not designated freshwater wetland, conditions.
Status: in_force

12. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, an aquaculture site, for which all appropriate permits required by law have been obtained, that was not originally a freshwater wetland as defined pursuant to the "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act," P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.) or any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, prior to being utilized for aquaculture shall not be designated a freshwater wetland because of the subsequent growth of aquatic organisms at the aquaculture site. b. Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall develop appropriate methods and procedures to implement this section. L.1997,c.236,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 4:27-20 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-20
Aquaculture component for model planning and zoning ordinances.
Status: in_force

20. The Office of State Planning established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-201), in consultation with the Pinelands Commission as it affects the pinelands area designated pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-11), shall develop, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), an aquaculture component for model planning and zoning ordinances. L.1997,c.236,s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-48 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-48
Exempt municipalities
Status: in_force

Any municipality, which adopts an ordinance that conforms to the standards promulgated pursuant to this act within 12 months of their promulgation and obtains the approval of the committee thereto, shall be exempt from sections 5 through 9 of this act, until such time as the local district determines that the municipality is not enforcing said ordinance. L.1975, c. 251, s. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-47 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-47
Warrantless arrest for fighting or baiting offenses.
Status: in_force

4:22-47. A sheriff, undersheriff, police officer, municipal humane law enforcement officer, chief humane law enforcement officer, or humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals may enter any building or place where there is an exhibition of the fighting or baiting of a living animal or creature, where preparations are being made for such an exhibition, or where a violation otherwise of R.S.4:22-24 is occurring, arrest without warrant all persons there present, and take possession of all living animals or creatures engaged in fighting or there found and all implements or appliances used or to be used in such exhibition. amended 1989, c.35, s.4; 1997, c.247, s.6; 2005, c.372, s.18; 2017, c.331, s.17; 2023, c.250, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3
Purposes of incorporation
Status: in_force

An association may be organized to engage in any co-operative activities for its members, and within the limitations hereinafter in this chapter set forth, for nonmembers in connection with any of the following: a. The marketing, selling of, bargaining and contracting for agricultural products and the by-products thereof; or b. The production, manufacture, harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, hauling, handling, shipping, ginning or utilization thereof; c. The manufacturing, purchasing, contracting for, or hiring, selling or supplying machinery, equipment, services or supplies, including livestock; d. The hiring or supplying of labor; e. The financing of any one or more of the above enumerated activities; or f. Any one or more of the activities specified in this section. Amended by L.1953, c. 332, p. 1881, s. 2; L.1966, c. 286, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.22 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.22
Fiscal period for permits and licenses
Status: in_force

All permits and licenses required to be issued by this act shall be issued for a fiscal period ending June thirtieth of each year. L.1943, c. 100, p. 332, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 4:6-14 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-14
Shipments of queen bees without certificate attached; penalty
Status: in_force

No package or parcel containing queen bees shall be shipped or delivered from an apiary where queen bees are raised for sale without having attached to it a certificate from the department, giving the date of the last inspection, and containing the statement that the apiary in which the bees were reared was, at the time of the inspection, free from disease as defined in section 4:6-1 of this Title. A person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of $200.00. Amended by L.1977, c. 159, s. 4, eff. July 14, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-51 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-51
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

The sections and parts of sections included in this act are hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections; if any such section or part of section shall be held invalid, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this act, nor the context in which such part of section so held invalid may appear, excepting to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding shall directly apply. The intention and purpose of this act as hereinbefore defined extends to the regulation of the milk producing and marketing industry and to the control generally of milk to be sold to the inhabitants of the State of New Jersey to the full extent permitted by the Constitutions of this State and of the United States as applied to legislation enacted under the emergency conditions described in this act or enacted under the police power of the State. L.1941, c. 274, p. 738, s. 51.
N.J. Stat. § 4:4-20.6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-20.6
Misbranding
Status: in_force

A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded: a. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. b. If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed. c. If it is not labeled as required in section 5 of this act. d. If it purports to contain or is represented as containing or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the State board. e. If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this act to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. L.1970, c. 338, s. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

4:11-1. As used in this article: "Agent" means any person buying, receiving, soliciting or negotiating the sale of cattle, sheep, horse or swine for or on behalf of any dealer or broker. "Broker" means any person engaged in the business of soliciting or negotiating the sale, resale, exchange or shipment of cattle, sheep, horse or swine. "Cattle" means all dairy, feeding, beef or breeding animals of bovine genus. "Sheep" means all animals of ovine genus. "Swine" means all animals of porcine genus. "Dealer" means any person engaged in the business of buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, soliciting or negotiating the sale, resale, exchange or shipment of any cattle, sheep , horse or swine. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture. "Horse" means all animals of equus genus. Amended 1949, c.209, s.1; 1966, c.27, s.1; 1998, c.105, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-1
§ 4:3-1
Status: in_force

For the purpose of encouraging the development of commercial poultry and egg production in this state along sound economic lines, the department of agriculture may co-operate with the executive committee of the New Jersey State Poultry Association in arranging an annual educational program and exhibits significant and important to the poultry industry of the state.
N.J. Stat. § 4:4-20.10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-20.10
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

a. The State board is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations for commercial feeds and pet foods as are specifically authorized in this act and such other reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper for the efficient administration of this act. In the interest of uniformity, the State board shall by regulation adopt, unless it determines that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this act or are not appropriate to conditions which exist in this State, the following: (1) The definition of feed ingredients and feed terms adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials and published in the official publication of that organization, and (2) Any regulation promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (U.S.C. Title 21, Sec. 301, et seq.). b. Before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this act, the State board shall comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (P.L.1968, c. 410) (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1970, c. 338, s. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-12
Attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of documents
Status: in_force

In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the secretary, or the employees designated by him for the purpose, may: a. Require the attendance before him, or any of them, of any person from whom reports have been requested, or of any employee of such person; b. Administer oaths to, and take testimony of, any such person, or his employee; and c. Require the production by such person, or his employee, of any books, records and other documentary evidence relating to the farm products about which reports have been requested.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-23 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-23
Receipts from sale or use of labels; expenditure
Status: in_force

Direct contributions and moneys derived from the sale or use of labels denoting the State brand shall be recorded separately by products, which shall be designated by the contributors or purchasers or users of labels, and each such amount shall be expended as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct for general publicity purposes to advertise the product from which the revenue was derived. L.1939, c. 136, p. 462, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-13
§ 4:10-13
Status: in_force

The secretary may make and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13
Application for permit; contents; fee; discretion in granting or denying permit
Status: in_force

Any person who desires to offer baby chicks for sale at any auction or auction sale barn or community sale, shall apply for a permit so to do to the secretary of agriculture on a form which shall be prescribed and furnished by him. The application shall be signed by the person who proposes to conduct such sale together with the person who owns the property in or on which such sale is to be conducted, if the person who proposes to conduct such sale does not own such property. The application shall designate the date of the proposed sale, the number and breed of the chicks which are to be offered for sale and the person by whom they were produced, and shall be accompanied by a fee in the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each and every day or fraction thereof during or on which it is proposed to sell such baby chicks. The director of the Division of Animal Industry is hereby authorized in his discretion to grant or to deny the permit requested in such application, and, if deemed necessary or advisable, to require the applicant to submit a certificate, in such form as the secretary of agriculture may prescribe, certifying that the baby chicks which are to be offered for sale are in a healthy condition and free from such diseases as the secretary of agriculture may designate. L.1938, c. 82, p. 200, s. 2. Amended by L.1950, c. 272, p. 926, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-35 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-35
§ 4:5-35
Status: in_force

The department may co-operate with an organization or organizations or recommend the formation of a new organization in a county, township, municipality or other designated area and delegate to such organization or organizations any duties it may deem advisable for the purpose of promoting and carrying out the work in connection with the tuberculin testing of cattle for the control and eradication of tuberculosis.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-34 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-34
§ 4:24-34
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any county, or other governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any county-owned or other publicly owned lands, lying within the boundaries of any district organized hereunder, to co-operate to the fullest extent compatible with the purposes for which such lands are held.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-21.1
Turkey breeding and feeding research farm
Status: in_force

For the purpose of promoting the development of the agricultural resources of the State and for encouraging the further development of the important poultry industry in the State, the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station is hereby authorized to establish and maintain in the vicinity of Millville a turkey breeding and feeding research farm, and to employ such assistants as may be necessary to carry on the operation of the same. L.1938, c. 179, p. 389, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.12
Fee for dog license.
Status: in_force

12. a. The governing body of each municipality may, by ordinance, fix the sum to be paid annually for a dog license and each renewal thereof, as required by section 3 of this act, which sum shall be not less than $1.50 or more than $21; provided however, that the governing body may by ordinance, provide for a reduction or waiver of the sum to be paid by an owner who presents a certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian stating that the dog has been spayed or neutered. In the absence of any local ordinance, the fee for all dog licenses shall be $1.50. b. The governing body of each municipality, may, by ordinance, fix the sum to be paid for a 3-year dog license and each renewal thereof, which sum shall be not more than 3 times the sum charged for an annual license under subsection a. of this section. In the absence of such a local ordinance, the license fee for a 3-year dog license shall be $4.50. The Department of Health shall promulgate appropriate regulations concerning veterinarians' certificates for rabies inoculations of dogs for 3-year periods in connection with licenses issued under this subsection. L.1941, c.151, s.12; amended 1954, c.118; 1966, c.64, s.3; 1978, c.168; 2007, c.7; 2012, c.17, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-34 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-34
Persons acquiring developmental easement; sale to board
Status: in_force

Any person or organization acquiring a development easement, by purchase, gift or otherwise, may apply to sell that development easement to the board, provided that the land on which the development easement was acquired shall be subject to the conditions and provisions of this act and that the board and the committee make a determination to purchase the development easement in the manner prescribed in section 24 of this act. L.1983, c. 32, s. 27, eff. Jan. 26, 1983, operative Jan. 26, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:4-20.3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-20.3
Definitions of words and terms
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Person" means individual, partnership, corporation and association. b. "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, or barter, commercial feed; or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed to a contract feeder. c. "Distributor" means any person who distributes. d. "Commercial feed" means all materials except unmixed seed, whole or processed, when not adulterated within the meaning of section 7 which are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed, provided, that the State board by regulation may exempt from this definition, or from specific provisions of this act, commodities such as hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds, or substances when such commodities, compounds or substances are not intermixed or mixed with other materials and are not adulterated within the meaning of section 7 of this act. e. "Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed. f. "Mineral feed" means a commercial feed intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients. g. "Drug" means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than man, and articles other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body. h. "Customer formula feed" means commercial feed which consists of a mixture of commercial feeds and feed ingredients, or either thereof, each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser. i. "Manufacture" means to grind, mix or blend, or further process a commercial feed for distribution. j. "Facility" means each separate mill or plant, fixed or mobile. k. "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that of others. l . "Product name" means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. m. "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed is distributed. n. "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper, or (2) accompanying such commercial feed. o . "Ton" means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois. p. "Per cent" or "percentages" means percentages by weight. q. "Official sample" means a sample of commercial feed taken by the Secretary of Agriculture or his agent in accordance with the provisions of section 11(c), (e), or (f) of this act. r. "Contract feeder" means a person who as an independent contractor, feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby such commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided to such person and whereby such person's remuneration is determined all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount or quality of product. s. "Pet" means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the household of the owner thereof. t. "Pet food" means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by pets. u. "Department" means the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and includes the State Board of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture, and all employees and agents thereof. v. "State board" means the State Board of Agriculture of New Jersey. w. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of New Jersey. x. "State Chemist" means the person appointed by the State board, subject to the supervision of the secretary. L.1970, c. 338, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-8
Failure to make and maintain portion of partition fence
Status: in_force

When a person after due notice shall fail to make or amend and maintain his part or proportion of a partition fence as required by section 4:20-7 of this Title, the other person may make or amend and maintain the same wholly, in which event he shall be entitled to receive, from the person so failing, the entire expense thereof, if he is not using his adjoining lands for the pasturage or keeping of animals, or if he is so using his adjoining lands, he shall be entitled to receive 1/2 of the expenses thereof, if the other person is using his adjoining lands for said purposes, as appraised and certified in writing by 2 disinterested members of the township committee where the lands lie, together with the legal fees of such committee for their services as ascertained in writing. Upon nonpayment by the delinquent person of the sum so found and the fees certified to be due, the other person may recover such sums, with costs of suit, in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 44, s. 53; L.1958, c. 45, p. 149, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-8
Use of appropriations
Status: in_force

The secretary shall use the sum of money appropriated by section 31 of this act, and any other sums as may be appropriated from time to time for like purposes, to assist the committee in administering the provisions of this act to make grants to assist boards or any other local units as authorized herein, to acquire development easements, to purchase fee simple absolute titles to farmland for resale with agricultural deed restrictions for farmland preservation purposes, and to make grants to landowners to fund soil and water conservation projects, on land devoted to farmland preservation programs within duly certified agricultural development areas. With respect to moneys to be utilized to make grants for soil and water conservation projects, the secretary shall not approve any grant unless it shall be for a project which is also part of a farm conservation plan approved by the local soil conservation district. L. 1983, c. 32, s. 4; amended 1988,c.4,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-100 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-100
Transportation of infected or exposed poultry or containers
Status: in_force

No live poultry affected with or directly exposed to European fowl pest or any other contagious, infectious or communicable disease of poultry, and no carcass or carcasses of such poultry which have died from any such disease, or the coops, crates or other containers used in the handling of such diseased or dead poultry, or manure or litter from such diseased poultry or containers, shall be shipped, transported or moved from points within this State except under a permit from the director of the division. Amended by L.1967, c. 175, s. 9, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-69 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-69
Assessments as personal debts; action for collection; penalty
Status: in_force

Assessments levied by the secretary shall constitute personal debts of persons so assessed and when due shall be payable to the secretary. In the event of failure to pay any such assessment upon the due date, the secretary may file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction for the collection thereof. In the event any producer or processor duly assessed fails to make full payment on or before the due date, the secretary is authorized to add to the unpaid assessment an amount not exceeding 10% to defray the cost of collecting the unpaid assessment. L.1971, c. 308, s. 27, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-13
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Agricultural development areas" means areas identified by a county agricultural development board pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of this act and certified by the State Agriculture Development Committee; b. "Agricultural use" means the use of land for common farmsite activities, including but not limited to: production, harvesting, storage, grading, packaging, processing and the wholesale and retail marketing of crops, plants, animals and other related commodities and the use and application of techniques and methods of soil preparation and management, fertilization, weed, disease and pest control, disposal of farm waste, irrigation, drainage and water management, and grazing; c. "Board" means a county agriculture development board established pursuant to section 7 or a subregional agricultural retention board established pursuant to section 10 of this act; d. "Committee" means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to section 4 of the "Right to Farm Act," P.L. 1983, c. 31 (C. 4:1C-4); e. "Cost," as used with respect to cost of fee simple absolute title, development easements or soil and water conservation projects, includes, in addition to the usual connotations thereof, interest or discount on bonds; cost of issuance of bonds; the cost of inspection, appraisal, legal, financial, and other professional services, estimates and advice; and the cost of organizational, administrative and other work and services, including salaries, supplies, equipment and materials necessary to administer this act; f. "Development easement" means an interest in land, less than fee simple absolute title thereto, which enables the owner to develop the land for any nonagricultural purpose as determined by the provisions of this act and any relevant rules or regulations promulgated pursuant hereto; g. "Development project" means any proposed construction or capital improvement for nonagricultural purposes; h. "Farmland preservation program" or "municipally approved farmland preservation program" (hereinafter referred to as municipally approved program) means any voluntary program, the duration of which is at least 8 years, authorized by law enacted subsequent to the effective date of the "Farmland Preservation Bond Act of 1981," P.L. 1981, c. 276, which has as its principal purpose the long-term preservation of significant masses of reasonably contiguous agricultural land within agricultural development areas adopted pursuant to this act and the maintenance and support of increased agricultural production as the first priority use of that land. Any municipally approved program shall be established pursuant to section 14 of this act; i. "Fund" means the "Farmland Preservation Fund" created pursuant to the "Farmland Preservation Bond Act of 1981," P.L. 1981, c. 276; j. "Governing body" means, in the case of a county, the governing body of the county, and in the case of a municipality, the commission, council, board or body, by whatever name it may be known, having charge of the finances of the municipality; k. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture; l. "Soil and water conservation project" means any project designed for the control and prevention of soil erosion and sediment damages, the control of pollution on agricultural lands, the impoundment, storage and management of water for agricultural purposes, or the improved management of land and soils to achieve maximum agricultural productivity; m. "Soil conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this State organized in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 4:24-1 et seq.; n. "Agricultural deed restrictions for farmland preservation purposes" means a statement containing the conditions of the conveyance and the terms of the restrictions set forth in P.L. 1983, c. 32 and as additionally determined by the committee on the use and the development of the land which shall be recorded with the deed in the same manner as originally recorded. L. 1983, c. 32, s. 3; amended 1988,c.4,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-31 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-31
Orders, rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by the director of milk control, in effect on the effective date hereof, shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law. L.1948, c. 447, p. 1780, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8B-3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-3
Statement of treatment
Status: in_force

A distributor of any treated grain which is sold or distributed for a purpose other than seeding shall deliver or have delivered to the purchaser or other transferee at the time of the sale or transfer thereof a written statement setting forth the specific treatment, known by him to have been applied to the grain and the quantity of such grain delivered. Such statement shall also be made a part of the invoice or bill of lading covering such sale or transfer. The distributor shall deliver or have delivered to the State Seed Analyst within 7 days of such sale or transfer 2 copies of such statement together with the name and address of the distributor and the purchaser or other transferees. The State Seed Analyst shall forward forthwith 1 copy of such statement to the commissioner. L.1961, c. 125, p. 747, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-35 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-35
Potatoes; prohibited acts; packaging requirements
Status: in_force

No person shall sell, expose or offer for sale, or transport for sale, potatoes in open or closed packages, except for delivery to processing plants, packing houses, or to a storage for packing, unless: (a) Each such package bears conspicuously in plain words and figures, on the outside, or on a durable insert, or stuffer within, which is readily readable from the outside, or on a tag firmly affixed to the package--(1) the word "potatoes," (2) the grade, (3) the net quantity in weight, measure or numerical count, and (4) the name and address of the person under whose authority the potatoes were packed. (b) The potatoes in each such package conform to the markings on or within such package in every particular. (c) The shown face or shown surface reasonably represents the entire contents of the package. Potatoes in open or closed packages not graded in conformity with any of the U.S. Standard grades may be exposed, offered or transported for sale or sold as "Unclassified" or "Culls" if so marked in a conspicuous manner. L.1963, c. 116, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-17.2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-17.2
Unlawful treatment of certain animals.
Status: in_force

2 a. Except as provided in subsections b. and c. of this section, it is unlawful to expose any dog, domestic companion animal, or service animal to adverse environmental conditions for more than 30 minutes, unless the animal has continuous access to proper shelter, as set forth in section 5 of this act. b. When State or local officials issue an order of evacuation due to weather or other emergency conditions, an owner or other person with custody or control of a dog, domestic companion animal, or service animal shall make every effort to evacuate with the animal, and shall not leave the animal indoors or outdoors while unattended and tethered. If evacuation with the owner or other person with custody or control of the dog, domestic companion animal, or service animal is not an option, the owner or other person with custody or control of the animal shall make every effort to: (1) deliver the animal to a safe haven not impacted by the emergency, which may include, but is not limited to, a licensed kennel, shelter, or pound, temporary animal shelter established for the purposes of the emergency, the residence of a friend, relative, or other caregiver, or other suitable facility capable of ensuring the animal's safety; or (2) secure the animal in an indoor area that is clear of hazards and is as protective of the dog, domestic companion animal, or service animal as possible under the circumstances, and alert local emergency responders to the animal's location. c. The requirements of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to a dog, domestic companion animal, or service animal if any person, including the animal's owner or person with custody or control of the animal: (1) is in the presence of the animal and exposed to the same adverse environmental conditions as the animal at all times that the animal is exposed to these adverse environmental conditions; and (2) can see the animal at all times while the animal is exposed to the adverse environmental conditions, unless the person is blind or visually impaired so that the person cannot see the animal due to the blindness or visual impairment, in which case the person shall remain immediately adjacent to the animal at all times while the animal and the person are exposed to the adverse environmental conditions. As used in this subsection, "blind" means a person whose vision in the person's better eye with proper correction does not exceed 20/200 or who has a field defect in the person's better eye with proper correction which contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees; and "visually impaired" means having a condition in which a person has a corrected visual acuity not exceeding 20/70, but not less than 20/200, in the person's better eye, or in which the peripheral field of the person's vision has contracted so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 40 degrees but no less than 20 degrees. d. The requirements of subsections a. and b. of this section shall not apply to any cat living outside with no apparent owner, commonly referred to as, or considered to be, a feral cat. e. (1) The owner of a dog, domestic companion animal, or service animal shall be liable for a violation of subsection a. of this section that occurs on any property belonging to the owner or on which the owner resides at the time of the violation, regardless of whether the owner is present when the violation occurs. (2) The person with custody or control of a dog, domestic companion animal, or service animal who is not the owner of the animal shall be liable for a violation of subsection a. of this section that occurs on any property belonging to the person with custody or control of the animal or on which the person with custody or control of the animal resides at the time of the violation, regardless of whether the person is present when the violation occurs. L.2017, c.189, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-52 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-52
Certification of area as modified accredited area
Status: in_force

When the percentage of tuberculous cattle within a county, township, municipality or other designated area enrolled in the area or any other plan of tuberculin testing approved by the department as shown by the last preceding tuberculin test of all breeding and dairy cattle within the county, township, municipality or other designated area is reduced to meet the requirements of a "modified accredited area" as officially defined by the United States department of agriculture, the department shall apply to the United States department of agriculture for the certification of such county, township, municipality or other designated area as a "modified accredited area" .
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

"Agricultural products" includes horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, fur-bearing animals, poultry, bee and any farm products, including fresh and salt water food products. "Association" means an association incorporated or a foreign corporation authorized to do business under this chapter. "Member" means an actual member of an association without capital stock and a holder of common stock in an association with capital stock. Amended by L.1953, c. 332, p. 1881, s. 1; L.1966, c. 286, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.3c — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.3c
Additional fee for dogs; disposition
Status: in_force

In addition to the fee charged pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.3) and forwarded to the Department of Health pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.11), any person applying for the license and registration tag pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.2) shall pay an additional fee of $0.20 for any dog. All fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer to be placed in the "Pilot Clinic Fund" created pursuant to P.L.1983, c.180 (C.4:19A-10 et seq.), to be used by the Commissioner of Health for the operation of the animal sterilization pilot clinic established pursuant to that act. L.1983, c. 181, s. 1, eff. May 10, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-11.18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11.18
Complaint; warrant
Status: in_force

1. Upon the filing of the verified complaint the court may issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of the county or other peace officer, commanding such officer to seize and take in his possession the eggs described in the complaint, and bring the same before the court which issued the warrant and to summon the person named in the warrant, and any other person who may be found in possession of the eggs, to appear at the time and place therein specified. L.1965, c. 94, s. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1966; amended 2023, c.250, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.5
Persons taking sample, approval of; record; duplicate statements and records
Status: in_force

No sample of milk or cream taken for the purpose of making a butter fat test, and no weight or measure of milk or cream to be used as a basis of payment under the provisions of this act shall be taken by any person nor any employee of such person who has not first been approved by the director to be competent to weigh and sample milk and cream. Immediately after the milk or cream has been measured a record shall be made showing the date, the producer's name or number, and the weight or volume of milk or cream received, and such record shall be available to the director at all reasonable times and each producer of said milk or cream shall upon request within twenty-four hours following each daily delivery be furnished a duplicate statement giving the date and the weight or volume of milk or cream delivered, and in addition the person receiving the milk shall furnish to each producer a record of the daily weight or volume of milk or cream received and the test thereof for each period of delivery. Such period of delivery shall not exceed sixteen days and the statement required to be furnished to producers shall be furnished within six days after the end of such period of delivery. If in the opinion of the director it will effectuate the purpose of this act he may require an individual licensee to furnish each producer with a duplicate record of the weight or volume of milk or cream received immediately following each delivery of such milk or cream. L.1943, c. 100, p. 325, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-93.27 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-93.27
Tests; standards
Status: in_force

All tests, either official or private, shall be made according to the standards established and methods prescribed and by laboratories or individuals approved by the board. Tests shall be accepted only where the technic employed in conducting them has been approved by the director of the division who also may refuse to accept any test. L.1946, c. 257, p. 895, s. 7. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 32, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-16.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-16.1
Adoption of standards, rules, regulations for treatment of domestic livestock
Status: in_force

1. a. The State Board of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and within six months of the date of enactment of this act, shall develop and adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.): (1) standards for the humane raising, keeping, care, treatment, marketing, and sale of domestic livestock; and (2) rules and regulations governing the enforcement of those standards. b. Notwithstanding any provision in this title to the contrary: (1) there shall exist a presumption that the raising, keeping, care, treatment, marketing, and sale of domestic livestock in accordance with the standards developed and adopted therefor pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall not constitute a violation of any provision of this title involving alleged cruelty to, or inhumane care or treatment of, domestic livestock; (2) no person may be cited or arrested for a first offense involving a minor or incidental violation, as defined by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, of any provision of this title involving alleged cruelty to, or inhumane care or treatment of, domestic livestock, unless that person has first been issued a written warning. c. For the purposes of this act, "domestic livestock" means cattle, horses, donkeys, swine, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, fowl, and any other domesticated animal deemed by the State Board of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, to be domestic livestock for such purposes, according to rules and regulations adopted by the department and the board pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act." L.1995,c.311,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19A-14 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-14
Acceptance of funds; pilot clinic fund
Status: in_force

a. The commissioner may accept funds from any public or private source to help carry out the purposes of this act. b. All fees collected pursuant to P.L.1983, c.181 (C.4:19-15.3c) or pursuant to section 2 of this act, and all moneys received pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be placed in a special fund to be known as the "Pilot Clinic Fund" which shall be separate from the General State Fund and which shall be used for the purposes established herein. L.1983, c. 180, s. 5, eff. May 10, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-30 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-30
Appropriations, records and property transferred
Status: in_force

All appropriations available and to become available to the Milk Control Board and to the existing office of director of milk control abolished by this act are hereby transferred to the Department of Agriculture. The records and property of the Milk Control Board are hereby transferred to the Department of Agriculture. L.1948, c. 447, p. 1780, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-19 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-19
Annual reports by chiefs to secretary
Status: in_force

The director of each division shall, on or before October first in each year, present to the secretary a report of the work of the department under his charge and supervision, together with his recommendations for the extension, improvement or more efficient performance thereof. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 992, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.4
License to make butter fat test
Status: in_force

No person nor any employee of any person shall make a butter fat test unless he shall first have procured a license from the director authorizing him to make such test. Application for such license shall be made to the director on a form prescribed and furnished by the director. The applicant shall be examined by the director for the purpose of determining his knowledge of, and his ability to make, such a test accurately and shall pay an examination fee of two dollars ($2.00). If such applicant shall pass such examination satisfactorily and shall satisfy the director as to his moral character, he shall receive such license to test milk and cream for butter fat upon the payment of the further sum of one dollar ($1.00). The license shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in which it was issued, but may be revoked or suspended by the director at any time because of the licensee's incompetency or proof of the violation of any provision of this act. Such license shall be renewable annually upon application, without examination, upon the payment of a renewal fee of one dollar ($1.00). L.1943, c. 100, p. 325, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-74 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-74
Application to taxes on poultry feed, white potatoes, asparagus, and apples; alteration of rates, form and manner
Status: in_force

The councils and commodity programs heretofore created and established under chapter 47 (C. 54:47A-1 et seq.) and chapter 169 (C. 54:47B-1 et seq.) of the laws of 1957 and chapter 18 (C. 54:47C-1 et seq.) and chapter 80 (C. 54:47D-1 et seq.) of the laws of 1959 shall be subject to the provisions of section 15 of this act. The councils under said chapters may alter the assessment rates prescribed therein and the form and manner of the assessment prescribed with respect thereto, in the same manner as provided in section 17 of this act. L.1971, c. 308, s. 32, eff. Sept. 2, 1971. Amended by L.1975, c. 142, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-27 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-27
Review of refusal or revocation of license
Status: in_force

The action of the department in refusing to grant or in revoking a license shall be subject to review by the Superior Court in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. Whenever any proceeding is taken to review a revocation the license shall be deemed to be in full force and effect until the final determination of such proceeding, if the fee for the license has been paid, subject, however, to the order of the said court. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 35, s. 25.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.18
Comprehensive system of reporting; regulations
Status: in_force

When the State board, after public hearing following due notice, finds it desirable to obtain or disseminate more detailed distribution statistics, it may by regulation prescribe a more comprehensive system of reporting. L.1970, c. 66, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-78 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-78
Certification by taxation director
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Taxation shall certify by March 1, 1986 and by March 1 annually thereafter to the New Jersey Wine Industry Advisory Council the number of taxable gallons of wine sold by plenary winery and farm winery licensees during the preceding taxable year. L. 1985, c. 233, s. 4, eff. July 11, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-22 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-22
District a governmental subdivision and body corporate; enumeration of powers of districts and supervisors
Status: in_force

4:24-22. A soil conservation district organized under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this State, and a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district, and the supervisors thereof, shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this chapter: a. To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion and the preventive and control measures needed, to publish the results of such surveys, investigations, or research, and to disseminate information concerning such preventive and control measures; provided, however, that in order to avoid duplication of research activities, no district shall initiate any research program except in co-operation with the agricultural experiment stations or any other agency of this State, as may be dealing with allied problems; b. To conduct in co-operation with existing State agencies, projects within the district on lands owned or controlled by this State or any of its agencies, with the co-operation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner thereof, or those who have rights or interests in such lands, in order to demonstrate methods of soil erosion control; c. To carry out preventive and control measures within the district including but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, on lands owned or controlled by this State or any of its agencies, with the co-operation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district; d. To co-operate, or enter into agreements with, and within the limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to, any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any owner of lands within the district, in the carrying on of erosion control and prevention operations within the district, subject to such conditions as the supervisors may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this chapter; e. To acquire machinery and other necessary personal property, to make provision for its safekeeping and to dispose of said property when no longer needed; f. To make available, on such terms as it shall prescribe, to landowners within the district, agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment, as will assist such landowners to carry on operations upon their lands for the conservation of soil resources and for the prevention and control of soil erosion; g. To construct, improve, and maintain such structures as may be necessary or convenient for the performance of any of the operations authorized in this chapter; h. To develop comprehensive plans for the conservation of soil resources and for the control and prevention of soil erosion within the district, which plans shall specify in such detail as may be possible, the acts, procedures, performances, and avoidances which are necessary or desirable for the effectuation of such plans, including the specifications of engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, cropping programs, tillage practices, and changes in use of land; and to publish such plans and information and bring them to the attention of owners of lands within the district; i. To develop site plans for the construction, operation and maintenance of proposed leaf composting facilities located on agricultural or horticultural land, or on lands owned or operated by a recognized academic institution, as required pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1989, c.151 (C.4:24-22.1); and to conduct an annual inspection of each operational facility within the district authorized by the Department of Environmental Protection in order to certify to the department that the facility is in compliance with the rules and regulations adopted by the department therefor and is operating in conformance with recommended agricultural management practices; j. To act as agent for the United States, or any of its agencies, or for this State or any of its agencies, in connection with any soil-conservation, erosion-control, or erosion-prevention project within its boundaries; to accept payments, donations, gifts, and contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise, from the United States or any of its agencies, or from this State or any of its agencies, or from any governmental subdivision or its agencies, or from any corporation, association, group or individual, and to use or expend such moneys, services, materials, or other contributions in carrying on its operations; k. To sue and be sued in the name of the district; to have a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed; to have perpetual succession unless terminated as hereinafter provided; to make and execute contracts and other instruments, necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; to make, and from time to time amend and repeal, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, to carry into effect its purposes and powers; l. To acquire, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, any real property located within the district, or any interest or estate therein, which is required for the proper exercise by the district of its powers; provided, however, that the district shall not acquire any real property, or interest or estate therein, by condemnation without first obtaining the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Environmental Protection; m. As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this chapter, to, or the performance of work upon, any lands not owned or controlled by this State or any of its agencies, the supervisors may require contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits, and may require landowners to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such lands as will tend to prevent or control erosion thereon; n. To borrow money for the purchase of equipment, either with or without security; o. No provisions with respect to the acquisition, operations, or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to a district organized hereunder unless the Legislature shall specifically so state. Amended 1957, c.48; 1960, c.20; 1966, c.77, s.6; 1989,c.151,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-18.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.1
Counties authorized to issue promotional labeling for agricultural products.
Status: in_force

1. A county, after consulting with the Department of Agriculture, may create, adopt, and issue promotional labels to be used on agricultural products to identify agricultural products, either fresh or processed, that are produced in the county. L.2017, c.366, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-43 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-43
Subpenas; issuance; failure to obey
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall have the power to issue subpenas to compel production of any pertinent records, books or documents or the attendance of witnesses in any matter pertaining to his duties under this act and shall have the power to administer oaths in taking testimony. Subpenas shall be issued under the seal of the superintendent and shall be served in the same manner as subpenas issued out of any court of this State. Upon the failure of any person to obey a subpena as aforesaid, the superintendent may apply to the Superior Court for appropriate relief. L.1942, c. 248, p. 674, s. 9. Amended by L.1979, c. 307, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-9 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-9
Commercial farm owners, operators; permissible activities.
Status: in_force

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal or county ordinance, resolution, or regulation to the contrary, the owner or operator of a commercial farm, located in an area in which, as of December 31, 1997 or thereafter, agriculture is a permitted use under the municipal zoning ordinance and is consistent with the municipal master plan, or which commercial farm is in operation as of the effective date of P.L.1998, c.48 (C.4:1C-10.1 et al.), and the operation of which conforms to agricultural management practices recommended by the committee and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), or whose specific operation or practice has been determined by the appropriate county board, or in a county where no county board exists, the committee, to constitute a generally accepted agricultural operation or practice, and all relevant federal or State statutes or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and which does not pose a direct threat to public health and safety may: a. Produce agricultural and horticultural crops, trees and forest products, livestock, and poultry and other commodities as described in the Standard Industrial Classification for agriculture, forestry, fishing, and trapping or, after the operative date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2003, c.157 (C.4:1C-9.1), included under the corresponding classification under the North American Industry Classification System; b. Process and package the agricultural output of the commercial farm; c. Provide for the operation of a farm market, including the construction of building and parking areas in conformance with municipal standards; d. Replenish soil nutrients and improve soil tilth; e. Control pests, predators, and diseases of plants and animals; f. Clear woodlands using open burning and other techniques and install and maintain vegetative and terrain alterations and other physical facilities for water and soil conservation and surface water control in wetland areas; g. Conduct on-site disposal of organic agricultural wastes; h. Conduct agriculture-related educational and farm-based recreational activities provided that the activities are related to marketing the agricultural or horticultural output of the commercial farm; i. Engage in the generation of power or heat from biomass, solar, or wind energy, provided that the energy generation is consistent with the provisions of P.L.2009, c.213 (C.4:1C-32.4 et al.), as applicable, and the rules and regulations adopted therefor and pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.213 (C.4:1C-9.2); j. Engage in any other agricultural activity as determined by the State Agriculture Development Committee and adopted by rule or regulation pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.); k. House any full-time, year-round equine-related farm employee in the same building or facility as horses in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2020, c.154 (C.4:1C-9.3); and l. House a resident farm employee in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2025, c.55 (C.4:1C-9.4). L.1983, c.31, s.6; amended 1998, c.48, s.2; 2003, c.157, s.6; 2009, c.213, s.2; 2020, c.154, s.2; 2025, c.55, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-25.6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-25.6
Mobile farmers' market pilot program.
Status: in_force

4. a. In order to promote and facilitate improved access to fresh produce by low-income residents of urban food deserts, the Department of Agriculture shall develop and assist in the implementation of a mobile farmers' market pilot program, to be known as the "New Jersey Fresh Mobiles Initiative." The pilot program shall operate in one or more municipalities, selected by the Secretary of Agriculture, in which residents have limited access to nutritious foods through supermarkets, grocery stores, and farmers' markets, which agree to participate in the program. The department shall identify, on its Internet website, the municipalities selected for participation, and the vendor supply areas at which, and the times during which, fresh mobile vendors will be accessible for community residents. The pilot program shall operate for a period of at least one year. No later than one year after the pilot program is established and becomes effective, the department shall submit to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, a written report containing information on the implementation of the pilot program, including a recommendation on the feasibility and desirability of implementing the initiative on a Statewide basis. b. As a part of the Fresh Mobiles Initiative Pilot Program, the department shall be authorized to: (1) establish qualifications for fresh mobile vendors and assist the participating municipalities in identifying and recruiting appropriate qualified persons to act as fresh mobile vendors in the pilot program to be operated in the participating municipality, provided that the vendors agree to accept any low-income food vouchers as payment at the mobile venues established under the pilot program as a condition of participation in the program; (2) assist the participating municipalities in designating one or more vendor supply areas to be used for vendor sales, which designations shall ensure a high level of accessibility to vendors by community residents; (3) coordinate and encourage partnerships between the participating municipalities and such fresh mobile vendors as deemed necessary to better enable and ensure the prompt or efficient delivery of fresh produce to urban food desert communities and the provision of a year-round supply of fresh produce through the pilot program; (4) take appropriate actions to encourage consumer participation in the initiative and increase consumer familiarity with regard to the various types of produce offered by fresh mobile vendors; (5) take appropriate actions to encourage, at the discretion of the individual fresh mobile vendor, the acceptance of any method of payment, including, but not limited to, cash, credit, or check; (6) develop educational and informational materials for distribution to consumers, which materials may incorporate information pertaining to the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables, the importance of incorporating fresh produce into the diet, or any other topic that is relevant to the work of the initiative; and (7) take such other actions, including but not limited to adopting rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), that the secretary deems necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of this act. L.2011, c.223, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-5
§ 4:7-5
Status: in_force

No person shall import into the state or distribute by sale, gift or otherwise within the state, any plant material, cuttings, seeds, bulbs, tubers, trees, shrubs or vines known to be infested with any disease which by transmission to another plant would cause the death or mutilation of the latter.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-33 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-33
Pending actions or proceedings; orders or recommendations
Status: in_force

This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the director of milk control, and pending on the effective date of this act, but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the director of the Office of Milk Industry established hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or recommendation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, the director of milk control, and all such matters or proceedings pending before such director on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the director of the Office of Milk Industry established hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect. L.1948, c. 447, p. 1780, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 4:27-21 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-21
Review of worker's compensation package coverages.
Status: in_force

21. The Department of Labor, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and the aquaculture industry, shall review worker's compensation package coverages to assess their general applicability to aquaculture industry needs, and make recommendations accordingly to all appropriate entities with respect to any needed modifications. L.1997,c.236,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-13
Right of entry to inspect; interference with inspectors
Status: in_force

To make the inspections, investigations and examinations provided for in this article and to enforce the provisions of the same, the inspectors and agents of the department may enter upon lands open or inclosed, upon which such inspections, examinations or investigations are necessary, or where any nuisance as defined in section 4:7-6 of this title is maintained or charged, or into any storehouse or building containing plant material, cuttings, seeds, bulbs, tubers, trees, shrubs or vines, which they are directed or authorized by this article to inspect. Any interference with or obstruction made to any such inspector or agent while engaged in the performance of the duties imposed by this article, shall subject the offender to punishment as a disorderly person under the general laws of this state upon a charge made against him by the inspector or agent interfered with.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-43.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-43.1
Farmland preservation planning incentive grant program.
Status: in_force

1. a. There is established in the State Agriculture Development Committee a farmland preservation planning incentive grant program, the purpose of which shall be to provide grants to eligible counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes as authorized pursuant to this act. b. To be eligible to apply for a grant, a county or municipality shall: (1) Identify project areas of multiple farms that are reasonably contiguous and located in an agriculture development area authorized pursuant to the "Agriculture Retention and Development Act," P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.); (2) Establish an agricultural advisory committee. In the case of a county, the county agriculture development board shall serve this function. In the case of a municipality, members of a municipal agricultural advisory committee shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the municipal governing body, and the committee shall report to the municipal planning board. A municipal agricultural advisory committee shall be composed of at least three, but not more than five, members who shall be residents of the municipality, with a majority of the members actively engaged in farming and owning a portion of the land they farm. For the purposes of this paragraph, "mayor" shall mean the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 3.2 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-5); (3) Establish and maintain a dedicated source of funding for farmland preservation pursuant to P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.), or an alternative means of funding for farmland preservation, such as, but not limited to, repeated annual appropriations or repeated issuance of bonded indebtedness, which the State Agriculture Development Committee deems to be, in effect, a dedicated source of funding because of a demonstrated commitment on the part of the county or municipality; and (4) In the case of a municipality, prepare a farmland preservation plan element pursuant to paragraph (13) of section 19 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-28) in consultation with the agriculture advisory committee established pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection. c. In the event a municipality is seeking funding from the county toward the purchase of development easements, the municipality shall submit an application to the county agriculture development board. In all other cases, a municipality shall submit its application directly to the State Agriculture Development Committee. d. A municipality, in submitting an application to the county agriculture development board or the State Agriculture Development Committee as appropriate, or a county, in submitting an application to the State Agriculture Development Committee, shall outline a multi-year plan for the purchase of multiple farms in a project area and indicate its annual share of the estimated purchase price. The municipality, in order to enhance its application, may submit its proposal jointly with one or more contiguous municipalities if the submission would result in the preservation of a significant area of reasonably contiguous farmland. The application shall include, in the case of a municipality, a copy of the farmland preservation plan element prepared pursuant to paragraph (13) of section 19 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-28); an estimate of the cost of purchasing development easements on all of the farms in a designated project area, to be determined in consultation with the county agriculture development board or through an appraisal for the entire project area; and an inventory showing the characteristics of each farm in the project area which may include, but need not be limited to, size, soils and agricultural use. e. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall make decisions regarding suitability for funding of development easement purchases for planning incentive grants based on whether the project area provides an opportunity to preserve a significant area of reasonably contiguous farmland that will promote the long term viability of agriculture as an industry in the municipality or county. After the State Agriculture Development Committee has given approval to an application, the municipality or county shall submit two appraisals for each parcel for which funding is requested. The appraisals shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of section 24 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-31). Approved funding shall be allocated by the municipality, the county and the State to each parcel in the project area under an agreement that commits each level of government to a specific payment in each of the years included in the plan for purchase. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require that any parcel in a project area receive a price per acre that is the same as any other parcel in that project area or that any parcel must be purchased with installment payments because other parcels in the project area are so purchased. f. Purchases of development easements on farmland pursuant to this act shall be made with the approval of the State Agriculture Development Committee and the municipality, and in the event county funds are provided, with the approval of the county agriculture development board. g. If a county does not provide funding toward the purchase of the development easement, the State Agriculture Development Committee shall hold title to the development easement. h. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this act, and shall establish ranking and funding criteria separately from, but similar to, those used in the program established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.), except that ranking and funding criteria shall be applied to the project area as a whole and not to individual parcels and priority shall be given to those applications that utilize option agreements, installment purchases, donations, and other methods for the purpose of leveraging monies made available by P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.). L.1999,c.180,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.44 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.44
Report of suspect purchase, theft, loss by distributors.
Status: in_force

3. A distributor of restricted commercial fertilizer shall immediately report any suspect purchase pattern, theft or loss of inventory of a restricted commercial fertilizer to the appropriate law enforcement agency. L.2005,c.37,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-14 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-14
Annual report by board to legislature
Status: in_force

The secretary shall lay before the board the reports of the directors of divisions which are required by section 4:1-19 of this Title to be presented, and the board shall incorporate the same, or so much thereof as it shall deem pertinent and proper, together with such additional matter pertaining to the work of the department and the promotion of the agricultural interests of the State as it may determine, in an annual report to be submitted by it to the following session of the Legislature. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 991, s. 3.