N.J. Stat. § 4:22-46.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-46.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in sections 2 through 5 of P.L.2023, c.129 (C.4:22-46.1 et al.): "Animal care agency" means a shelter, pound, kennel, or animal rescue organization, as those terms are defined in section 1 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.1), or a humane society or other organization that has temporary custody of an animal. "Animal cruelty violation" means a civil or criminal violation of chapter 19 or 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or any other State law concerning animal cruelty. "Enforcement agency" means any agency, department, organization, or county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or any agent, humane law enforcement officer, or representative thereof, involved in law enforcement or animal control, or the monitoring of animal welfare and animal cruelty violations. "Reasonable costs of care" means: the costs of shelter, food, water, and bedding necessary to house an animal; the costs of necessary care to improve an animal's psychological well-being, including, but not limited to, training and enrichments designed to provide mental and physical stimulation; and the costs of necessary veterinary care for an animal, including, but not limited to, surgical intervention, medicine, vaccinations, and euthanasia and disposal costs, as determined necessary by a licensed veterinarian. "Reasonable costs of care" does not include the costs of elective surgical procedures. L.2023, c.129, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-11.11 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11.11
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (a) "Eggs" means eggs in the shell that are the product of domesticated chickens. (b) "Consumers" means any person who acquires eggs for consumption in his own household and not for resale. (c) "Institutional consumer" means a restaurant, hotel, boarding house, or any other business, facility, or place in which eggs are prepared or offered as food for use by its patrons, residents, inmates or patients. (d) "Retailer" means any person who markets eggs to ultimate consumers. (e) "Market" means sell, offer for sale, give, barter, exchange, or distribute in any manner. (f) "Person" means any individual, producer, firm, partnership, exchange, association, trustee, receiver, corporation, or any other entity and any member, officer, employee or agent thereof. (g) "Grade" means specifications defining the limits of variation in quality of eggs in such a manner as to differentiate among classes of eggs, and the letter, number, or other symbol by which reference thereto may be made. (h) "Standard" means specifications of the physical characteristics of any or all of the component parts of individual eggs. (i) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the State of New Jersey or his duly authorized deputy or agent. (j) "State board" means the State Board of Agriculture of the Department of Agriculture of the State of New Jersey. L.1965, c. 94, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-46 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-46
Secretary; powers and duties; marketing program; hearing; notice; administration
Status: in_force

The secretary shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act. In order to effectuate the purposes of this act the secretary is authorized to issue, administer and enforce the provisions of marketing programs promulgated hereunder regulating producer marketing or handling of agricultural commodities upon approval of persons directly affected as provided in section 13. Whenever the secretary has reason to believe that the issuance of a marketing program or major amendments to an existing marketing program will tend to effectuate the purposes of this act with respect to any agricultural commodity, he shall upon application of the producers of any agricultural commodity, or any organization representing 10% of such persons, conduct a public hearing after due notice upon a proposed marketing program or major amendments to an existing marketing program. Notice of any hearing called for such purpose shall be given by the secretary by publishing a notice of the hearing for a period of not less than 3 days in a newspaper of general circulation published in the capital of the State and in such other local newspapers as the secretary may prescribe. No such public hearing shall be held prior to 5 days after the last day of such publication. The secretary shall mail a copy of the notice of hearing to any producers or processors of such agricultural commodity whose names and addresses appear upon lists of such persons on file in the department. A copy of the proposed program or amendment shall be provided to any interested person upon request. The notice of hearing shall set forth the date and place of hearing, the agricultural commodity, the geographical area covered by the proposed marketing program or amendment and the subject matter to be covered by the hearing. The hearing shall be public and all testimony shall be received under oath. A full and complete record of all proceedings at the hearing shall be made and maintained on file in the office of the secretary. At the hearing the secretary shall receive all testimony relevant to the subject of the hearing. L.1971, c. 308, s. 4, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-64 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-64
Contributions in lieu of advance deposits; repayment
Status: in_force

In lieu of requiring advance deposits for defraying administrative advertising, sales promotion, research or education expenses, the secretary is authorized to receive and disburse for such expense purposes contributions made by producers or others. Neither the council nor the secretary shall be held responsible for the repayment of such contributions. Whenever the marketing program accounts are sufficient to so warrant, the council shall recommend and the secretary shall authorize the repayment of contributions or authorize the application of such contributions to the assessment obligations of the persons who made the contributions. L.1971, c. 308, s. 22, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-56 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-56
Referendum date
Status: in_force

At each public hearing upon a marketing program or a major amendment the secretary may receive evidence relating to the time necessary for the receipt of written consent. He shall establish a referendum date on which consent must be received. L.1971, c. 308, s. 14, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-16
Powers
Status: in_force

Every board may: a. Develop an educational and informational program concerning farmland preservation techniques and recommended agricultural management practices to advise and assist municipalities, farmers and the general public with respect to the implementation of these techniques; b. Provide assistance to farm operators concerning permit applications and information regarding the regulatory practices of State government agencies. L.1983, c. 32, s. 9, eff. Jan. 26, 1983, operative Jan. 26, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-25 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-25
§ 4:16-25
Status: in_force

The director of the extension service shall select for purposes of demonstration, farms in the various counties of this state which are most convenient of access to the majority of the farmers of such counties, the owners of which consent thereto and agree to co-operate in such demonstration work. The work upon any particular farm may be abandoned at any time it becomes evident that the work upon that farm fails to produce the proper results.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8-17.20 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17.20
Precautions to insure correct identity
Status: in_force

It shall not constitute a violation of this act for any person to have sold or offered or exposed for sale agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seed, which was incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, variety, type or origin (if required), which seed cannot be identified by examination thereof, unless he has failed to obtain an invoice, genuine grower's or tree seed collector's declaration or other labeling information and to take such other precautions as may be reasonable to insure the identity to be that stated. A genuine grower's declaration of variety shall affirm that the grower holds records of proof concerning parent seed, such as invoice and labels. L.1963, c. 29, s. 8. Amended by L.1984, c. 201, s. 9, eff. Nov. 28, 1984, operative Jan. 1, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-47 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-47
Reports by producers
Status: in_force

In order to provide the secretary with necessary information, he may require any producer of any agricultural commodity to file with the department a report showing: (a) Name and address; (b) The agricultural commodity or commodities with which the person is involved; and (c) The quantity of the agricultural commodity produced or handled by the said person in the marketing season next preceding the filing of the report. L.1971, c. 308, s. 5, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-4
Use of tax collections to pay claims; handling of fund
Status: in_force

The sums of money collected from the tax imposed by virtue of this article shall be appropriated in the annual budget and the taxing ordinance of the taxing district to make good any loss which may be sustained by any person by the destruction or wounding of his sheep, lambs, domestic animals or poultry, except dogs and cats, within the taxing district where the tax is collected and shall be kept as a separate fund for that purpose by the officer having charge of the general funds of the taxing district. The appropriation shall be made by adding to the budget substantially the following words: "Anticipated revenue from tax on dogs, $ , to be used for payment of claims for damages by dogs to sheep, lambs, domestic animals or poultry." Claims for damages shall be presented to the governing body as provided in section 4:19-5 of this title, and shall be paid in the order in which they are presented and approved if there is sufficient money in the fund for that purpose. If there is not sufficient money on hand in the fund, the claims, as and when approved, shall be held and paid as soon as the collections from the tax will permit. If the collections from the tax in any year are not sufficient to pay all the claims presented and approved, there shall be assessed and collected in the following year a tax in addition to the annual tax provided in this article, which shall be sufficient to pay such claims. Any balance in the fund after all claims for the year which have been presented and approved have been paid, shall be transferred to a special account to be kept separate and apart from any of the other accounts of the municipality. Whenever the fund at the close of any fiscal year of the municipality shall equal the amount received by it from such dog tax for the then next preceding three years, then the surplus over and above such amount shall be paid over by the officer having charge of the general funds of the taxing district to the surplus revenue account of the municipality at the close of the year in which the surplus arises, and the tax provided for in this article need not be assessed for the ensuing fiscal year, or thereafter until the net amount of the special fund has been reduced from such stated amount by the payment of claims presented and approved. The use of general funds of the municipality to pay claims for damages, or the use of the moneys collected from such dog tax in any other manner than as provided in this article, shall be a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-32.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-32.5
Approval required.
Status: in_force

5. a. No person may construct, install, or operate biomass energy generation facilities, structures, or equipment on any land that is valued, assessed and taxed pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.), without the approval of the Department of Agriculture, in addition to any other approvals that may be required by law. b. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations concerning: (1) the construction, installation, and operation of biomass energy generation facilities, structures, and equipment and the management of biomass fuel for such facilities, structures, and equipment on farms; and (2) the process by which a landowner may apply for the approval required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, including establishment of reasonable application fees, if necessary, to help pay for the cost of review of the application, except no application fee may be charged for preserved farmland as defined in section 1 of P.L.2009, c.213 (C.4:1C-32.4). c. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the construction, installation, or operation of any biomass, solar, or wind energy generation facility, structure, or equipment in the pinelands area, as defined and regulated by the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.), shall comply with the standards of P.L.1979, c.111 and the comprehensive management plan for the pinelands area adopted pursuant to P.L.1979, c.111. d. For the purposes of this section, "biomass" means an agricultural crop, crop residue, or agricultural byproduct that is cultivated, harvested, or produced on the farm, or directly obtained from a farm where it was cultivated, harvested, or produced, and which can be used to generate energy in a sustainable manner, except with respect to preserved farmland, "biomass" means the same as that term is defined in section 1 of P.L.2009, c.213 (C.4:1C-32.4). L.2009, c.213, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-105 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-105
§ 4:5-105
Status: in_force

The department may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this article.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-93.37 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-93.37
Imported animals; conditions; indemnity
Status: in_force

No indemnity shall be paid on animals which have been imported into the State unless the following conditions shall have been met: (a) the animal shall have been imported into the State in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board covering such importation, (b) the animal shall have been added to the herd under a plan of the division calling for payment of indemnities in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board covering such herd additions, and (c) the animal shall have been owned and maintained within the State for at least sixty days prior to the test showing a positive reaction. Proof of ownership of any such animal shall be furnished by the owner to the department, upon its request. L.1946, c. 257, p. 898, s. 17. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 33, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-103 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-103
§ 4:5-103
Status: in_force

The owner of such premises must provide for the proper disposition of all dead or diseased poultry under the supervision or direction of a representative of the bureau or its authorized agent.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-34 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-34
Actions subject to "New Jersey Tort Claims Act"
Status: in_force

Any action undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be an exercise of a government function and shall be subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq. L.1989, c.307, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-42 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-42
Establishment; appointment of State Chemist; employees
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture the office of State Chemist. The State Chemist shall be appointed by the State Board of Agriculture in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture in the same manner as other officers of the department are appointed and shall be subject to the supervision of the secretary. The secretary shall assign to the office of State Chemist such employees in the Department of Agriculture as may be necessary to assist the State Chemist in the performance of his duties. L.1965, c. 80, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.23 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.23
Repeal
Status: in_force

Article two of chapter twelve of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes is repealed. L.1943, c. 100, p. 332, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-43 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-43
Information provided to prospective owner
Status: in_force

6. An owner, keeper or harborer of a dog that has been surgically debarked or silenced shall, prior to selling or donating the dog, inform the prospective owner that the dog has been surgically debarked or silenced. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense. L.2002,c.102,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-13
Rules of evidence and procedure; proceedings of director
Status: in_force

The hearings before and the proceedings of the director shall be conducted in accordance with such rules of evidence and procedure as the director may from time to time prescribe. L.1941, c. 274, p. 719, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-72 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-72
Reimbursement, federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Agriculture shall disburse annually to each enrolled dairy farmer in the State the amount of the annual premium paid by the enrolled dairy farmer for coverage under the federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program up to the amount of the premium for coverage for the first 5,000,000 pounds of annual milk production per farm, the first tier of coverage under the program. The department, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations establishing procedures for the disbursement of funds to reimburse each enrolled dairy farmer in the State the amount the enrolled dairy farmer has paid for the annual premium for coverage authorized pursuant to this subsection under the federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program. b. The Department of Agriculture shall include in its annual budget request to the Governor an amount equal to the moneys necessary to pay the annual premiums for the coverage authorized pursuant to subsection a. of this section under the federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program for all enrolled dairy farmers in the State. The Legislature shall appropriate the necessary funds to the department for this purpose. c. As used in this section: "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. "Enrolled dairy farmer" means a dairy farmer enrolled in the federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program. "Federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program" means the federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program that replaced the former federal Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers pursuant to the federal Agricultural Act of 2018. L.2021, c.401.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-108 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-108
License for sale or distribution
Status: in_force

No person shall sell, give away or distribute to a person within the State any tuberculin, mallein, serum, virus, vaccine, bacterin or analogous product for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes for animals without a license or written permission therefor granted by the director of the division. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 994, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-31 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-31
Blending proceeds of sales
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that no provisions of this act shall prevent a producer co-operative association or producer co-operative corporation approved by the director, which sells the milk of or for its members or of persons who are now or hereafter under contract with such producer co-operative association or producer co-operative corporation, from blending the proceeds of all its or their net sales either within or without the State, and so paying its members or contractees; provided, however, no producer co-operative association or producer co-operative corporation shall be exempt from any other orders, rules or regulations promulgated by the director. L.1941, c. 274, p. 726, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-39 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-39
Repeal
Status: in_force

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed. L.1948, c. 447, p. 1782, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-21.5
Vineland laboratory; expansion and improvement
Status: in_force

The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey is authorized and directed to expand and improve the facilities and equipment of the existing poultry pathology laboratory at Vineland by the expenditure of not in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). L.1953, c. 347, p. 1912, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8B-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-2
Prohibition against sale or distribution of treated grain other than for seeding unless dyed or colored
Status: in_force

No distributor shall sell or distribute or have in his possession with intent to sell or distribute for food or feed purposes any treated grain in bulk or package or any grain in bulk or package in which treated grain has been co-mingled or blended which he knows or has reason to know contains any poisonous or deleterious substance in quantity which may render it injurious to the health of man or animal and such treated grain shall not be sold or distributed for any purpose, other than for seeding, unless it is colored or dyed a color contrasting with its natural color so as to make such grain readily identifiable as treated grain. A distributor of any treated grain which is sold or distributed for a purpose other than seeding shall comply with all provisions of this act. L.1961, c. 125, p. 747, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-25 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-25
Public body may not exercise right of eminent domain; begin construction
Status: in_force

The provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, no public body shall exercise the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of land in a municipally approved program or from which a development easement has been conveyed pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-24), nor shall any public body advance a grant, loan, interest subsidy or other funds within a municipally approved program, or with regard to land from which a development easement has been conveyed pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-24), for the construction of dwellings, commercial facilities, transportation facilities, or water or sewer facilities to serve nonfarm structures unless the Governor declares that the action is necessary for the public health, safety and welfare and that there is no immediately apparent feasible alternative. If the Governor so declares, the provisions of section 12 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-19) shall apply. L.1983, c.32, s.18; amended 1989,c.310,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-111 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-111
Report of each sale and injection of tuberculin or mallein
Status: in_force

Each sale, donation or distribution of tuberculin or mallein and each injection or test made with tuberculin or mallein within this State shall be reported in writing to the director of the division within seven days immediately after such sale, donation, distribution or test. The report shall be signed by the person making the same, and shall give the name of the purchaser or receiver of the tuberculin or mallein, the amount, the date of sale, donation or distribution, the name and address of the owner of the animals to be injected or tested, the locality where the test or injection was made, the description of the animals tested and a complete record of the test in detail upon blanks supplied by the department. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 995, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-53 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-53
Establishment, maintenance of Development Potential Transfer Registry
Status: in_force

5. a. The board shall establish and maintain a Development Potential Transfer Registry, which shall include: (1) The name and address of every person to whom and from whom development potential is sold or otherwise conveyed, the date of the conveyance, and the consideration, if any, received therefor; (2) The name and address of any person who has utilized development potential, the location of the land to which and from which the development potential was transferred, and the date this transfer was made; and (3) An annual enumeration of the total number of development transfers, listing the municipality or municipalities involved in the transfer and the instrument of transfer. b. No person shall purchase or otherwise acquire, encumber, or utilize any development potential without recording that fact, within 10 business days thereof, with the bank. c. The board shall make available (1) in the form of an annual report the information included in the registry to the county and each municipality that has adopted a development transfer ordinance, and (2) upon request, pertinent information to any other person. The first annual report shall be submitted to the Governor and Legislature and shall be made available to the public on the first anniversary of the effective date of this act. L.1993,c.339,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-42 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-42
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

Should any section or provision of this act be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the act as a whole or any other part thereof shall not be affected. L.1963, c. 116, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 4:2-16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-16
Llama designated as agricultural livestock
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the llama, Lama glama, or any other species of the genus Lama capable of being raised, bred, or kept in the State, shall be designated as agricultural livestock and shall be subject to the laws, rules and regulations governing the importation, care and breeding of that type of animal in the State. Nothing in this section or in any other law, rule or regulation, including the "Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act," P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.), shall be construed to classify llamas as exotic animals or wildlife. L.1994,c.33,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4
Application for license; fee.
Status: in_force

4:11-4. A person, before engaging in the business referred to in section 4:11-3 of this Title shall, annually on or before June 1, 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. The application shall state the nature of the business, the breed or breeds of cattle, sheep, horses or swine which the applicant proposes to handle, the 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 such firm, association, partnership or the names of the officers of the corporation, and the name of the agent or agents of the applicant, the municipality and the post-office address at which the business is to be conducted, and such other facts as the secretary shall prescribe. The applicant shall further satisfy the secretary of his or its character, financial responsibility and good faith in seeking to engage in the business. Amended 1949, c.209, s.3; 1966, c.27, s.4; 1971, c.235, s.2; 1998, c.105, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1B-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-12
Actions to enforce development easements
Status: in_force

The Department of Environmental Protection is hereby empowered to institute, in the name of the State, any proceeding intended to enforce the conditions or restrictions on the use and development of land created pursuant to the State purchase of development easements as provided herein. L.1976, c. 50, s. 12, eff. July 22, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-31 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-31
§ 4:11-31
Status: in_force

A person licensed under the provisions of this article and conducting business under the license shall keep a copy thereof, to be furnished by the secretary, posted in a conspicuous place in or at his place of business and exposed for inspection by any person who may properly make such inspection.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-14 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-14
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

4:11-14. A person who shall: a. Engage in or carry on the business of buying or receiving cattle, sheep, horses or swine, or receiving, selling, exchanging, soliciting or negotiating the sale, resale, exchange or shipment of cattle, sheep, horses or swine, as dealer, broker or agent, within the meaning of this article, without first having obtained a license as provided in this article; or b. Violate any of the provisions of this article-- Shall be liable to a penalty of $200.00 for the first offense and $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense, which penalty shall be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article 1 of chapter 23 of this Title (R.S.4:23-1 et seq.) and in such proceeding the defendant may be arrested upon the commencement of the action. If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff the court shall cause a defendant who shall fail to pay forthwith the amount of the judgment rendered against him, and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period of not less than five nor more than 90 days in the case of a first offense and not less than 10 nor more than 200 days for a second and each subsequent offense. Amended 1949, c.209, s.7; 1953, c.5, s.24; 1966, c.27, s.8; 1998, c.105, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-59 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-59
Contents of certificate
Status: in_force

The certificate of tuberculin test shall contain the following information: a. The number of cattle to be brought in and the lines and route over which they are to travel; b. The tag number, gender, breed, approximate age, color and markings of the animal; c. The name and address of the person from whom the cattle were consigned, and the name and address of the consignee; d. The date of the tuberculin test, and the kind of test made; and e. The signature of the veterinarian making the test with a complete record of the same made in accordance with the method prescribed by the department, and such other information as may be deemed advisable. Amended by L.1947, c. 207, p. 869, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-75.12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-75.12
Indemnification of owner for slaughtered animals or destroyed materials
Status: in_force

When an animal is killed or materials destroyed to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease or any other exotic or foreign disease, the State shall pay to the owner an indemnity as provided in R.S. 4:5-10, subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the board, which may provide for indemnity for materials that may need to be destroyed to control any such disease or prevent its spread. L.1948, c. 436, p. 1689, s. 12. Amended by L.1973, c. 47, s. 4, eff. March 2, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-28 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-28
Licenses; dealers; processors; subdealers; stores
Status: in_force

No milk dealer, processor, subdealer or store, as defined in this act, shall buy milk from producers or others for sale, disposal, importation, transportation, storage or manufacture, or sell, transport, import, dispose of, store or distribute milk or otherwise engage in the milk business within this State, unless duly licensed as in this act provided, and it shall be unlawful for a milk dealer, processor, subdealer or store to buy milk from a milk dealer, processor, subdealer, or store who is unlicensed, or to sell to milk dealers, processors, subdealer or store in this State who is unlicensed, or in any way to deal in or handle milk which he may have reason to believe has previously been dealt in or handled in violation of the provisions of this act or any order, rule or regulation of the director promulgated pursuant thereto. The licenses required by this act are for the purpose of correcting unfair, unjust, destructive and demoralizing practices in the milk industry in this State, and to prevent demoralization of agricultural interests engaged in the production of milk in this State. The licenses required by this act shall be in addition to any other license or permit required by any law of this State, or by any ordinance of a local board of health or other body exercising the powers thereof in any municipality of this State, and shall not be considered as such a license or certificate as is contemplated by section 40:52-1 of the Revised Statutes. When the department of health of the State of New Jersey or any local board of health shall refuse to license, suspend or revoke the right of a licensee to sell or distribute milk or cream in a particular municipality, the license granted by the director shall so far as said municipality is concerned be suspended or revoked for such time as such suspension or revocation shall be continued by said municipality. L.1941, c. 274, p. 724, s. 28.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-21.3
Studies of communicable diseases of domestic fowls authorized
Status: in_force

The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey, through its Department of Poultry Husbandry, is authorized and directed to make studies of Newcastle Disease of poultry, and other communicable diseases of domestic fowls, with respect to the nature of such diseases, their causes, symptoms, and control measures, in effort to assist those engaged in poultry farming in this State in the treatment and control of such diseases, and to report results, as accrued, through the usual channels of publication employed by that institution. L.1947, c. 287, p. 999, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-12
Post-mortem examination of dead or slaughtered animals
Status: in_force

If, between October first and May first of any year, a veterinarian who has been regularly graduated in veterinary medicine, desires to make a post-mortem examination of an animal he has attended or at the request of the owner of an animal that has died within the city limits, he may do so, if the examination is made within twenty hours of the death or slaughter of the animal. In every such case he shall notify the city scavenger, or remover of carcasses of animals, of the hour of the examination, and the scavenger shall arrange to remove the carcass in not more than three hours after the beginning of the examination.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-5
Claims for and establishment of damages
Status: in_force

When any person shall sustain damage by the destruction or wounding of his sheep, lambs, domestic animals or poultry, except dogs and cats, he may take two respectable freeholders of the taxing district wherein the damage was done, who are not related to him, to view the animals or poultry so killed or wounded. If it shall appear to their satisfaction that the animals or poultry were killed or wounded by a dog or dogs, the freeholders shall make a return or certificate thereof in writing, properly verified, stating the amount of damages such person has sustained. That certificate, together with the properly verified certificate of the person suffering the damage, setting forth the facts of the case in full and the estimate of damages sustained, shall entitle the person damaged to the sum stated therein, to be paid by the governing body of the municipality in conformity with this article; except that if the damages certified appear to the governing body to be excessive, it may require the facts stated, claimed and exhibited to be investigated before it under oath and shall award payment accordingly. No claim for damages shall be valid unless the certificate is filed with the clerk of the municipality within thirty days after the damage for which claim is made has been sustained.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-15
Authorizing foreign corporations to transact business
Status: in_force

A foreign corporation organized for the purpose of engaging in any of the activities mentioned in section 4:13-3 of this Title, and desiring to operate under the privileges granted by this statute, before transacting any business in this State, shall file in the office of the Secretary of State: a. A copy of its charter or certificate of incorporation; b. A statement, attested by its president and secretary under its corporate seal that it is organized as a nonprofit, cooperative agricultural association, and that it is operated for the mutual benefit of its members, and designating its principal office in this State and an agent upon whom process against the corporation may be served, which agency shall continue until the substitution, by writing, of another agent. Such agent shall be a domestic corporation duly qualified to act, a partnership or a natural person of full age actually a resident in this State; Upon the filing of such certificate and statement, the Secretary of State shall issue to such corporation, by whatever name known a certificate authorizing it to transact business in this State. Upon issuance of such certificate, the foreign cooperative shall forthwith file with the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall charge a filing fee of $5.00, duplicates of the said certificate and statement together with the following: c. A copy of its current bylaws, duly attested by its president and secretary, under its corporate seal. d. A certified copy of the certificate of authority issued by the Secretary of State. e. Upon filing of all required documents and payment of filing fee with the Secretary of Agriculture, the foreign cooperative shall acquire all of the rights and privileges granted under the terms of this chapter and be subject to its provisions including the filing of annual reports and statements. Amended by L.1953, c. 332, p. 1882, s. 3; L.1966, c. 286, s. 14; L.1971, c. 324, s. 9, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-18
Election of directors; by-laws; adoption; contents
Status: in_force

At the first meeting of the association the directors shall be elected and, by majority vote of the members or their written assent, bylaws shall be adopted regulating the conduct and management of the association. A copy of the bylaws certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed forthwith in the office of the Secretary of Agriculture. The bylaws shall provide the method for amending the bylaws. The bylaws shall, within the limitations of this chapter, prescribe: a. The time, place and manner of calling and conducting its meetings one of which shall be designated as the annual meeting and the number of members or delegates necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; b. The number and qualifications of members and the conditions under which membership shall be granted and terminated; rules governing the issuance, transfer and cancellation of membership certificates and certificates of common and other classes of stock and the manner of ascertaining the interests of members in the assets, if any, of the association; rules governing the exercise of the privileges of members; rules governing the method, time and manner of the resignation or withdrawal of members; and rules for ascertaining and paying the value of a member's interest upon his death, withdrawal, resignation, expulsion or the forfeiture of his membership; c. The number of the directors and the time, place and manner of their election and removal, their powers and duties, their number, not less than a majority, necessary to the exercise of their powers, and their compensation, if any, also their qualifications, manner of nominations, district and other eligibility requirements; d. The officers, their terms of office, the time and manner of their appointment and removal, their powers and duties and the manner in which their compensation, if any, shall be determined; e. The amount of entrance, organization and membership fees, if any, the manner and method of collection of the same, and the purposes for which they may be used; f. The amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association, the charge, if any, to be paid by each patron for services rendered by the association to him and the time of payment and manner of collection; g. The date of the commencement of its business or fiscal year; h. The manner in which the dissolution may be effectuated and the division and distribution of the remaining funds. i. Any other provisions proper and necessary to carry out the purposes for which the association was formed. Amended by L.1953, c. 332, p. 1883, s. 4; L.1966, c. 286, s. 16; L.1971, c. 324, s. 10, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:18A-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-4
Vouchers
Status: in_force

Money requisitioned for the purposes specified in section three of this act shall be paid by the treasurer upon receipt by him of a voucher duly signed and attested by the secretary. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1152, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-22.1
Site plan for leaf composting facility; annual inspection
Status: in_force

a. Every Soil Conservation District shall develop a site plan for each proposed leaf composting facility to be located on agricultural or horticultural land, or on lands owned or operated by a recognized academic institution, within the district. The site plan shall include such information as may be prescribed by the Department of Environmental Protection and shall be certified in a manner as may be prescribed by the department. b. Every Soil Conservation District shall conduct an annual inspection of each operational leaf composting facility located on agricultural or horticultural land, or on lands owned or operated by a recognized academic institution, within the district and authorized by the department in order to certify to the department that the facility is operated and maintained in compliance with the rules and regulations adopted by the department therefor and the site plan developed by the district, and in conformance with recommended agricultural management practices. L.1989,c.151,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-5
Use by similar organizations of term "co-operative"
Status: in_force

No person, firm, corporation or association organized after February 28, 1924, for the purpose of engaging in any of the activities mentioned in section 4:13-3 of this Title, shall use the word "co-operative" as part of its corporate or other business name or title unless it has organized under this chapter, or has been authorized to transact business in New Jersey under section 15 of this chapter. Amended by L.1966, c. 286, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.25 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.25
Deficiency in primary plant nutrients; penalties
Status: in_force

25. If an official analysis shows that a commercial fertilizer is deficient in one or more of its guaranteed primary plant nutrients (nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and soluble potash) beyond the investigational allowance as established by regulation or if the over-all index value of the fertilizer is below the level established by regulation, a penalty of five times the commercial value of such deficiency shall be assessed by the State Chemist against the licensee. Subsequent violations within two years of the first violation shall be subject to an additional penalty of not less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00. L.1970,c.66,s.25; amended 2002, c.34, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-32.18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-32.18
Inspection, preserved farm, grantee, committee, compliance determination, appropriate credentials, rights, limitations.
Status: in_force

4. a. The grantee and the committee shall have the right, without advance notice, to inspect a preserved farm on which special occasion events are held, upon presentation of appropriate credentials during normal business hours or during a special occasion event, in order to determine compliance with the provisions of P.L.2023, c.9 (C.4:1C-32.15 et seq.). b. A permittee engaged in conducting special occasion events on preserved farmland shall not be subjected to an inspection for any particular type of event authorized pursuant to P.L.2023, c.9 (C.4:1C-32.15 et seq.) more than once per year without good cause demonstrated by the grantee or committee. L.2023, c.9, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-14.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-14.5
§ 4:7-14.5
Status: in_force

The board may enter into agreements with the United States department of agriculture or the department, bureau or other state agency of any other state in the Union, or any or all of them, for the purpose of establishing co-ordinating plant pest control eradication work in New Jersey in so far as deemed desirable by the said board to further the purpose of this article.
N.J. Stat. § 4:14-5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-5
§ 4:14-5
Status: in_force

The state board of agriculture may adopt suitable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this title, for the government of the county boards of agriculture.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-54 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-54
Destruction of animals found in disabled condition.
Status: in_force

4:22-54. When an animal or creature is found on the highway or elsewhere, whether abandoned or not, in a maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled condition, a court of competent jurisdiction, sheriff of the county, chief humane law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or municipal humane law enforcement officer may appoint a suitable person to examine and destroy such animal or creature if unfit for further use. amended 1953, c.5, s.85; 2017, c.331, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-15.3
Right to adequate food.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Legislature hereby recognizes the right to adequate food. b. The right to adequate food shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) the satisfaction of nutritional needs; (2) food availability; (3) physical access to food; (4) economic access to food; (5) the acceptability and cultural relevance of foods, considering the non-nutrition-related values associated with food and food consumption, and the well-founded concerns of consumers about the nature of the foods available; (6) sustainability; (7) food sovereignty; and (8) access to, and the availability and sanitation of, water for use by individuals for personal and domestic consumption and for the production of food in a sufficient, healthy, acceptable, and affordable manner. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the basis for, or subject to, a private right of action for violations of this resolution or any other law. L.2025, JR 19, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-4
§ 4:21-4
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall debar a person from driving horses, cattle, sheep or swine along or over the streets or highways of a township to or from pasture, or from using the streets or highways for the purpose of driving over them in any lawful way.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-64 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-64
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Milk case" means a rigid, reusable milk container case including wood, metal or plastic, which is used for packing and transporting or delivering cartons, bottles, jugs or other packages of milk and milk products by milk dealers, processors or subdealers, and which the owner intends for return and reuse in the ordinary course of his business. b. "Owner" means the person whose name, registered trademark or other business identification is clearly printed, embossed, inscribed or otherwise marked on a milk case. L.1982, c. 216, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19A-15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-15
Report; recommendations
Status: in_force

Not later than 1 year following the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall submit a written report to the Legislature detailing the operation of the pilot program and shall make recommendations concerning the practicability and feasibility of the establishment of additional clinics. The commissioner may accompany this report with any recommendations for legislation or other action appropriate for adoption or consideration by the Legislature. L.1983, c. 180, s. 6, eff. May 10, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5A-25 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-25
Penalties; enforcement
Status: in_force

6. a. The department shall annually adopt a penalty schedule for specific violations of the provisions of this act or regulations adopted pursuant to this act. Penalties shall be set between a minimum of $100.00 to a maximum of $3,000.00 per violation. b. Penalties shall be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court or any municipal court where the defendant may reside, or where the violation was detected, or where the defendant was apprehended shall have jurisdiction to enforce the act and the regulations adopted thereunder. c. The department may bring an administrative action before an administrative law judge to enforce the provisions of this act or regulations adopted thereunder. Any final determination and penalty assessment by an administrative law judge may be enforced in the Superior Court in an action brought for that purpose by the Attorney General on behalf of the department. d. Any habitual violation of the provisions of this act or any regulations adopted thereunder may be restrained by the Superior Court in an action brought for that purpose by the Attorney General on behalf of the department. L.1983,c.179,s.6; amended 1991,c.91,s.158.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5A-22 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-22
Inspections
Status: in_force

A licensee shall, upon the presentation of official credentials by any department employee or other duly authorized representative of the Secretary of Agriculture, during ordinary business hours, permit the representative to enter his place of business and examine the records required to be kept under section 4 of this act and the facilities and inventory pertaining to the business of the licensee, and to take reasonable samples of the inventory. Any necessary facilities, other than reproduction equipment, for the examination and copying of records and for the examination and sampling of inventory shall be afforded to the department employee or other authorized representative of the secretary. L.1983, c. 179, s. 3, eff. May 10, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-112 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-112
Penalty
Status: in_force

A person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense to be sued for and recovered in a civil action by and in the name of the department. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 28, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22A-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22A / Section 22A-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Department" means the Department of Health. b. "Disposal" or "dispose" means permanent interment or inurnment, above or below ground, cremation, mass incineration, communal burial, placement in a landfill, processing by a rendering facility or any other method of legal disposition. c. "Pet" means a member of the kingdom of living beings, commonly known as a domestic animal, that has the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor response to stimulation, yet is not human, and which has been adapted or tamed to live in intimate association with, and for the pleasure or advantage of, the human species, and includes, but is not limited to, dogs, cats, gerbils, fish, birds, snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs and rabbits. d. "Pet cemetery" means any land, place, structure, facility or building provided by any person, whether or not for profit, to veterinarians or members of the general public for use, or reservation for use, for the permanent interment or inurnment above or below ground of pet remains. e. "Disposal facility" means a facility, owned or operated by any person, whether or not for profit, that offers to dispose of deceased pets. L. 1985, c. 401, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-6
Duties of board
Status: in_force

The board of managers shall: a. Locate the experiment station and branches; b. Appoint a director who shall have the general management and oversight of the experiments and investigations necessary to carry out the objects of the institution; c. Employ competent chemists and other assistants necessary to analyze soils, fertilizers and objects of agricultural interest, so as to properly carry on the work of the station; and may employ such competent persons for investigation in floriculture as may be required; d. Make an annual report of its work to the governor of the state.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-52 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-52
Report to Governor.
Status: in_force

4. Within 12 months after the task force's organizational meeting, and at least biennially thereafter, the task force shall submit a written report to the Governor, and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, summarizing its work in the prior year, which report may include any recommendations for legislative or regulatory action to improve, promote, and protect the health and well-being of the State's residents, animals, and environment. Reports issued pursuant to this section shall be posted on the Internet website of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Health. L.2021, c.117, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-25.2c — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-25.2c
Clearinghouse website for farmer to offer produce, dairy products; rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education and the Department of Health, shall establish and maintain, or partner with a nonprofit organization to establish and maintain, a website to serve as a clearinghouse for farmers to provide produce and dairy products to school breakfast programs, school lunch programs, and food banks throughout the State. The website shall include a list of schools, school districts, and food banks with a need for produce or dairy products, organized by county, with hyperlinks to each individual school, school district, or food bank website. b. The Department of Agriculture may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act. L.2014, c.41, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-56 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-56
§ 4:7-56
Status: in_force

A person who shall knowingly and willfully sell any manure containing any Canada thistle, or seeds of the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to the fine and imprisonment as provided in section 4:7-55 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-16
Plants infested with insects likely to spread, as nuisance
Status: in_force

All growers of or dealers in plants of any kind, upon their own or upon leased lands or premises, shall free and keep freed all plants, shrubs, trees, vines, cuttings, cions, buds, stocks or other plant parts grown, cultivated or dealt in by them, from all injurious insects that might spread from the plants infested to others on the public highways or upon lands adjoining or belonging to others. All plants, shrubs, trees or parts of such so infested, are hereby declared to be a nuisance, to be abated as prescribed in sections 4:7-17 to 4:7-35 of this title, and their maintenance after notice given as set forth in section 4:7-17 of this title shall render the grower or dealer liable to the penalty prescribed in section 4:7-18 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-40 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-40
§ 4:7-40
Status: in_force

On the day stated in the notice of the department or on any subsequent day or days convenient to it, the officers or agents of the department may enter the lands and premises, and there use such recognized measures as the department may deem advisable to abate and suppress the gipsy moth and its preliminary stages and to protect surrounding vegetation or plant life therefrom.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.19 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.19
Violations of act or rules; penalty.
Status: in_force

19. Except as otherwise provided in this act, any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with sections 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, or 18 of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Health pursuant to section 14 of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5.00 nor more than $50 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Commissioner of Health, or by and in the name of the local board of health of the municipality, or by and in the name of the municipality, as the case may be, except that for the first offense in cases of violations of sections 2, 4, and 6 of this act, the penalty shall be not less than $1.00 nor more than $50, to be recovered in the same manner. L.1941, c.151, s.19; amended 1942, c.132; 1974, c.69, s.2; 2012, c.17, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-69 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-69
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this act shall be subject to a fine of up to $100.00 for the illegal possession of up to nine milk cases and not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 or imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both, for the illegal possession of any greater number of milk cases. L.1982, c. 216, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-10
Commercial agricultural operation not a nuisance, compliance with practices.
Status: in_force

7. In all relevant actions filed subsequent to the effective date of P.L.1998, c.48 (C.4:1C-10.1 et al.), there shall exist an irrebuttable presumption that no commercial agricultural operation, activity or structure 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, shall constitute a public or private nuisance, nor shall any such operation, activity or structure be deemed to otherwise invade or interfere with the use and enjoyment of any other land or property. L.1983,c.31,s.7; amended 1998, c.48, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-3
Per diem and expenses
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall each receive a per diem of twenty dollars ($20.00), while in actual attendance at board meetings or in the performance of official duties, but not in excess of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) in any one year, and shall further receive reimbursement for such actual and necessary expenses as are incurred in the performance of official duties, upon certification by the chairman. L.1941, c. 274, p. 716, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-22 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22
Expulsion of members; removal of director or officer
Status: in_force

A member, director or officer who is also a director of the association may, for cause, be expelled from membership or removed from office, by vote of not less than 2/3 of the directors present and voting at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of the board of directors called for the purpose. Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the bylaws, a member or stockholder member, as the case may be, may lose his membership and his right to vote if he ceases to belong to the class eligible for membership, or has done no business with an association for the previous fiscal year of the association. The person against whom charges are to be presented shall be given at least 20 days' written notice of the time, place and object of any such meeting, and of the charges against him and at the meeting shall have an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel and by witnesses in regard thereto. Amended by L.1966, c. 286, s. 18; L.1971, c. 324, s. 12, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-43 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-43
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the "Agricultural Research, Development and Promotion Act of 1970." L.1971, c. 308, s. 1, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:27-16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-16
Management practices for control of soil erosion, sedimentation.
Status: in_force

16. The State Soil Conservation Committee in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Aquaculture Advisory Council, shall develop, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), management practices for control of soil erosion and sedimentation for aquacultural systems. L.1997,c.236,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1A-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-4
Study and recommendations
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the council to study and make recommendations concerning the social and economic conditions in rural areas, including those relative to land use, planning, farm production, taxation, farm labor, water supply, marketing, schools, health services, police and fire protection, industrial development, and any other factors that are peculiarly related to rural areas. L.1959, c. 22, p. 98, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:18A-6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-6
Powers of secretary of agriculture; delegation of authority
Status: in_force

The secretary, pursuant to regulations to be promulgated by him, subject to the approval of the Attorney General of this State, is authorized and empowered to: (a) Collect, compromise, adjust or cancel claims and obligations heretofore or hereafter arising out of or administered under this act or under any mortgage, lease, contract or agreement heretofore or hereafter entered into or administered pursuant to this act and, if in his judgment, necessary and advisable, pursue the same to final collection in any court having jurisdiction; and (b) Bid for and purchase at any execution, foreclosure or other sale, or otherwise to acquire property upon which the secretary has a judgment lien by reason of, or which is pledged, mortgaged, conveyed or which otherwise secures any loan or other indebtedness heretofore or hereafter owing to or acquired by the secretary under this act. The foregoing authorities may be delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States with respect to assets heretofore or hereafter transferred to him pursuant to section 5 of this act. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1153, s. 6. Amended by L.1962, c. 78, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-22 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-22
Dog declared vicious by municipal court; conditions.
Status: in_force

6. a. The municipal court shall declare the dog vicious if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the dog: (1) killed a person or caused serious bodily injury to a person; or (2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2019, c.82). b. A dog shall not be declared vicious for inflicting death or serious bodily injury upon a person if the dog was provoked. The municipality shall bear the burden of proof to demonstrate that the dog was not provoked. c. If the municipal court declares a dog to be vicious, and no appeal is made of this ruling pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1989, c.307 (C.4:19-25), the court may order: (1) the dog's owner to comply with certain restrictions to protect the public that are at least as stringent as the requirements for potentially dangerous dogs pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1989, c.307 (C.4:19-24) and section 12 of P.L.1989, c.307 (C.4:19-28); or (2) the dog to be euthanized in a humane and expeditious manner, except that no dog may be euthanized during the pendency of an appeal. d. As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" means serious bodily injury as defined in subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:11-1. L.1989, c.307, s.6; amended 1994, c.187, s.3; 2019, c.82, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-17
§ 4:7-17
Status: in_force

Whenever complaint is made to the department that a person is maintaining a nuisance as defined in section 4:7-16 of this title, the department shall investigate the truth of the charge, or cause the same to be investigated, as soon as conveniently possible. If after investigation the department decides that a nuisance exists, it shall notify the owner or occupant of the premises of the fact, in writing. The department shall include in the notice a statement of the conditions constituting the nuisance, an order that the same be abated within a specified time, which shall not be less than ten days from the date of the notice nor less than eight days from the date of its service, and a direction written or printed pointing out the methods which should be taken to abate the nuisance. The notice and order may be served personally or by depositing the same in the post office, properly stamped, addressed to the owner or occupant of the land or premises upon which the nuisance exists. The directions for treatment may consist of a printed circular, bulletin or report of the department or of the agricultural experiment station or an extract from the same.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-8
§ 4:10-8
Status: in_force

A certificate, when not superseded by a finding of the grade or other classification of any farm products, issued under this chapter, shall be accepted in any court of this state as prima facie evidence of the true grade or other classification of the farm product at the time of its classification.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-24 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-24
Mediation of controversies
Status: in_force

The director or the board may act as mediator and arbitrator in any controversy or issue that may arise among or between producers, milk dealers, processors, stores, subdealers and consumers as between themselves or that may arise between them as groups. L.1941, c. 274, p. 723, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-24 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-24
Advisory committee
Status: in_force

The rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Agriculture may provide for an advisory committee of authorized users of the State brand, who shall advise the Secretary of Agriculture as to the general plan of any publicity and advertising campaign. The members of any such advisory committee shall serve without compensation. L.1939, c. 136, p. 462, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.30 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.30
Misbranding
Status: in_force

No person shall distribute a misbranded product. A commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner 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 product. (c) If it is not labeled in accordance with any applicable provisions of sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of this act and of regulations prescribed under this act. (d) If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial fertilizer, or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or commercial fertilizer, unless such plant nutrient or commercial fertilizer conforms to the definitions or terms prescribed by regulation. In the adoption of such regulations due regard shall be given to commonly accepted definitions and official fertilizer terms such as those issued by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials. L.1970, c. 66, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 4:15-6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-6
§ 4:15-6
Status: in_force

The owner of any stud farm used for the breeding of fancy trotting or racing stock in this state may hold upon such farm, as often as he may deem proper, fairs or exhibitions for the development of speed or other desired qualities, and, to encourage competition, may offer premiums and rewards for stock exhibited and for superiority in the objects sought for, and ask, demand and receive, for his own use, reasonable fees for admittance.
N.J. Stat. § 4:28-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-13
"New Jersey Hemp Farming Fund."
Status: in_force

8. a. There is established in the Department of Agriculture a special nonlapsing fund to be known as the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Fund." Moneys in the fund shall be used for the administration and enforcement of P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.). b. The fund shall be credited with: (1) penalties and fees collected by the department pursuant to P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.); (2) moneys as are appropriated by the Legislature; (3) moneys made available to the department for the purposes of P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.), including federal funds; and (4) any return on investment of moneys deposited in the fund. L.2019, c.238, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-12
Review by Superior Court; bond
Status: in_force

Any person, applicant or licensee aggrieved by any order or determination of the board made pursuant to this act may obtain a review of the action complained of by the Superior Court in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ, which court shall have jurisdiction to suspend, reverse or vacate the order or determination so made by the board, and the court may, in its discretion, require a bond not exceeding in amount the costs or money involved, payable to the State of New Jersey, as the court may prescribe, with sureties satisfactory to said court, conditioned for the prompt payment of all costs and damages arising from or caused by the delay in the effectiveness or enforcement of the order or determination complained of or in the prompt prosecution of the proceeding. L.1941, c. 274, p. 719, s. 12. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 38, s. 33.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-49 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-49
Certificate of occupancy for project; conditions for issuance
Status: in_force

No certificate of occupancy for a project shall be issued by a municipality or any other public agency unless there has been compliance with the provisions of a certified plan for permanent measures to control soil erosion and sedimentation. L.1975, c. 251, s. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1976. Amended by L.1979, c. 459, s. 10, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-55 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-55
Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. L.1975, c. 251, s. 17, eff. Jan. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-32.20 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-32.20
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, the committee may adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such regulations as the committee deems necessary to implement the applicable provisions of this act, which shall be effective for a period not to exceed 12 months. The committee shall thereafter adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to implement P.L.2023, c.9 (C.4:1C-32.15 et seq.), including any rules and regulations necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of section 3 of P.L.2023, c.9 (C.4:1C-32.17). The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall provide forms, processes, and procedures that are the least burdensome as feasible and which are necessary to implement P.L.2023, c.9 (C.4:1C-32.15 et seq.). A grantee may accept applications pursuant to this act and approve applications for special occasion events that comply with the provisions of this act prior to the adoption of the rules required under this section. Upon adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to this section, all approvals pursuant to this act shall comply with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee. L.2023, c.9, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1A-5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1A / Section 1A-5
Access to information, data, and findings applicable to rural conditions
Status: in_force

The council shall have access to such information, data, and findings of State, county and local agencies as apply to rural conditions. L.1959, c. 22, p. 99, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et seq.): "Board" or "county board" means a county agriculture development board established pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-14). "Commercial farm" means (1) a farm management unit of no less than five acres producing agricultural or horticultural products worth $2,500 or more annually and satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property taxation pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.), (2) a farm management unit less than five acres, producing agricultural or horticultural products worth $50,000 or more annually and otherwise satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property taxation pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.), or (3) a farm management unit that is a beekeeping operation producing honey or other agricultural or horticultural apiary-related products, or providing crop pollination services, worth $10,000 or more annually. "Committee" means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-4). "Farm management unit" means a parcel or parcels of land, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, together with agricultural or horticultural buildings, structures, and facilities, producing agricultural or horticultural products, and operated as a single enterprise. "Farm market" means a facility used for the wholesale or retail marketing of the agricultural output of a commercial farm and products that contribute to farm income, except that if a farm market is used for retail marketing, at least 51 percent of the annual gross sales of the retail farm market shall be generated from sales of agricultural output of the commercial farm or at least 51 percent of the sales area shall be devoted to the sale of agricultural output of the commercial farm, and except that if a retail farm market is located on land less than five acres in area, the land on which the farm market is located shall produce annually agricultural or horticultural products worth at least $2,500. "Full-time, year-round equine-related farm employee" means any person employed by the owner or operator of a commercial farm on a full-time, year-round basis to provide proper care and ensure the safety of horses on the commercial farm, including, but not limited to, a groom or other employee working in a stable. "Full-time, year-round equine-related farm employee" shall not include a migrant, seasonal, or temporary employee. "Resident farm employee" means a person who is employed by the owner or operator of a commercial farm to engage in agricultural production activities on a full-time basis on the commercial farm. "Resident farm employee" shall not include a full-time, year-round equine-related farm employee, the owner of the farm, or any lineal descendant of the owner. "Shellfish" means the same as the term is defined in R.S.50:1-5. "Shellfish aquaculture" means the propagation, rearing, and subsequent harvesting of shellfish in controlled or selected environments, and the subsequent processing, packaging, and marketing of such shellfish, and includes activities to intervene in the rearing process to increase production such as stocking, feeding, transplanting, and providing for protection from predators. "Shellfish aquaculture management unit" means an area, contiguous or noncontiguous, together with buildings, structures, and facilities, on which shellfish aquaculture is occurring and which is operated as a single enterprise. "Shellfish commercial farm" means a shellfish aquaculture management unit that engages in shellfish aquaculture and produces shellfish worth $40,000 or more annually. "Shellfish farm market" means a structure co-located with a shellfish post-harvest activities facility that is part of the shellfish aquaculture management unit used for the wholesale or retail marketing of the shellfish output of a shellfish commercial farm and products that contribute to farm income, except that if a shellfish farm market is used for retail marketing, at least 51 percent of the annual gross sales of the retail farm market shall be generated from sales of shellfish output of the shellfish commercial farm or at least 51 percent of the sales area shall be devoted to the sale of shellfish output of the shellfish commercial farm. "Shellfish post-harvest activities" means the storage, processing, and packaging activities carried out at a shellfish aquaculture management unit. "Single enterprise" means a person, including a business entity, that coordinates operations and combines resources in pursuit of the same business purpose, as evidenced by items including, but not limited to: common owners, principals, managers, directors, shareholders, or employees; integrated business records, financial statements, and tax returns; shared business resources; centralized accounting processes; commingling of income or expenses; the sharing of profits, losses, or liabilities; or common bank accounts. L.1983, c.31, s.3; amended 1998, c.48, s.1; amended 2015, c.75, s.1; 2020, c.154, s.1; 2023, c.20, s.1; 2025, c.55, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-16
§ 4:5-16
Status: in_force

When a county, city, township, district, animal, herd of animals or poultry is quarantined pursuant to this article and public notice thereof is given as provided in section 4:5-14 of this title, no owner, keeper or other person shall drive or transport, or permit to be driven or transported, into, out of, or from one place to another within such county, city, township, district or place of quarantine, any animal of the kind named in the quarantine, or visit any animal, herd of animals or poultry so quarantined without a written permit signed by the department or its constituted agent or representative.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-33 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-33
§ 4:5-33
Status: in_force

The department may co-operate with the bureau of animal industry of the United States in any general national system which may be adopted by such bureau for the prevention of the spread of bovine tuberculosis and any other contagious or infectious disease, and its eradication in the United States and its territories.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-38 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-38
Testing and quarantine at instance of three-fourths of owners within area
Status: in_force

When seventy-five per cent of the cattle owners in a county, township, municipality or other designated area have filed petitions and agreements with the department for the tuberculin testing of their cattle under the area or any other plan of testing approved by the department, the department shall cause a notice of such fact to be published in two newspapers of general circulation in the county or counties where the cattle are maintained and after a period of thirty days from the publication of the notice the state board of agriculture shall order placed under quarantine all cattle that have not been officially tuberculin tested or whose owners have not petitioned for an official tuberculin test and under such quarantine no cattle shall be sold, given away or otherwise removed from the premises except on written order issued by the department. All owners of cattle quarantined under this section shall be allowed the same privilege of petitioning the department for the application of an official tuberculin test and removal of the quarantine as provided for in this article.
N.J. Stat. § 4:6-15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-15
Requirements respecting importation of bees or used supplies; penalty
Status: in_force

No colony or nucleus of bees or used apiary supplies coming from a state or country having apiary inspection service shall be accepted by any person or common carrier for transportation to a point within this State unless accompanied by a valid certificate of inspection stating that the colony or supplies are free from infectious or contagious bee diseases. A colony or nucleus of bees or used apiary supplies coming into this State from a state or country having no apiary inspection service shall be immediately reported by the consignee and by the person or carrier delivering them in this State, giving the name and address of the consignee, to the department, which shall cause the shipment to be inspected at such time as shall be expedient. This section shall not apply to the delivery of queen bees when not accompanied by brood or comb, or to bees shipped in wire cages when not accompanied by brood or comb. A person who shall violate this section shall be liable to a penalty of $100.00 for each offense. Amended by L.1977, c. 159, s. 5, eff. July 14, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-15
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in sections 4:7-16 to 4:7-35 of this title: "Department" means the department of agriculture. "Nursery" includes all lands, premises and buildings upon, on or in which plants, trees, shrubs or vines of any kind, whether for fruit, shade or ornament, are grown for sale within the state or for shipment to other states or countries. "Nurseryman" includes any person, firm, copartnership or corporation growing plants, trees, shrubs or vines for sale, or dealing in such stock, whether he or they be owners, lessees or tenants of or on the premises upon which the stock is grown or offered for sale. "Nursery stock" includes all plants, shrubs, trees and vines grown for sale, as well as buds, grafts, stocks, cions and other parts of plants, shrubs, trees and vines that may be sold for propagation; but shall not include herbaceous annuals or plants, flowers, vines or cuttings grown under glass and commonly known as florists' stock.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-3
Interference with impounding of animals; penalty
Status: in_force

A person, having charge of horses, cattle, sheep or swine found running at large in the streets or highways or trespassing upon the improved lands of another, who shall attempt to hinder or take away such animals from a person taking or driving or attempting to take or drive them to the pound; or a person who shall unlawfully drive from a public pound in the township horses, cattle, sheep or swine which are therein impounded, shall be liable to a penalty of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to be recovered in a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction by and for the use of any person prosecuting the suit. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 45, s. 57.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-11.22 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11.22
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The State board in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act" (P.L.1968, c. 410, C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) may adopt and promulgate, from time to time, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer and implement this act. Said rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. L.1965, c. 94, s. 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. Amended by L.1972, c. 39, s. 1, approved May 25, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-39 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-39
Sale of fee simple absolute interest in land; notice
Status: in_force

a. A landowner who wishes to sell a fee simple absolute interest in land that becomes enrolled after the effective date of P.L.1989, c.28 (C.4:1C-38 et al.) in a municipally approved program or other farmland preservation program established pursuant to sections 14 and 13 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-21 and 4:1C-20), respectively, shall give to the committee written notice, by certified mail, that a contract of sale has been executed for the property. The notice shall set forth the terms and conditions of the executed contract of sale and shall have attached a copy of that contract. The notice of executed contract of sale shall also include any other information that the committee may reasonably require by regulation. The committee shall have the first right and option to purchase the land upon substantially similar terms and conditions, which right and option shall be exercisable as provided by this section. If the committee chooses to exercise the first right and option, the committee shall give notice of that intent to the landowner within a period of 30 days following the date of receipt of the notice of executed contract of sale. The committee shall submit its offer to match the terms and conditions of the executed contract of sale to the landowner within the 60 days following the expiration of the 30-day period. If no notice is given within the 30-day period that the committee intends to exercise the first right and option, or if no offer is submitted to the landowner within the 60-day period following the 30-day period, the owner may at the expiration of the 30-day period or the 60-day period, as the case may be, convey the land to the proposed purchaser named in the executed contract of sale upon the terms and conditions specified therein, or to the proposed purchaser's assignee as provided in that executed contract of sale. If the owner fails to convey the land to the named proposed purchaser or an assignee thereof pursuant to the executed contract of sale, the land shall again become subject to the committee's first right and option to purchase as provided by this section. A landowner may elect to convey the land to the committee upon the exercise of the committee's first right and option to purchase without breaching the original contract of sale, notwithstanding that the committee's offer is different than, or provides for lower consideration than, that in the original executed contract of sale. b. The provisions of this section shall apply to any sale of a fee simple absolute interest in land that becomes enrolled in a municipally approved program or other farmland preservation program subsequent to the effective date of P.L.1989, c.28 (C.4:1C-38 et al.), except that any person enrolled in a municipally approved program or other farmland preservation program prior to the effective date of P.L.1989, c.28 (C.4:1C-38 et al.) may agree to provide this first right and option to purchase in a manner consistent with this section. c. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall apply to the sale of a fee simple absolute interest in land from which a development easement of limited term has been conveyed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 17 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-24) during the term of that development easement and for one year thereafter. L.1989, c.28, s.2; amended 1989,c.310,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22A-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22A / Section 22A-2
5-acre minimum
Status: in_force

A pet cemetery which commences operations on or after the effective date of this act and which provides for the permanent, below-ground interments of pets shall consist of not less than five contiguous acres of real property in total area, including any structures, facilities or buildings situated thereon which are related to pet cemetery purposes. L. 1985, c. 401, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-25.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-25.5
Slaughter, transport of horses for human consumption; disorderly persons offense.
Status: in_force

1. a. Any person who knowingly slaughters a horse for human consumption commits a disorderly persons offense. b. Any person who sells, barters, or offers for sale or barter, at wholesale or retail, for human consumption, the flesh of a horse or any product made in whole or in part from the flesh of a horse commits a disorderly persons offense, provided that the person knew or reasonably should have known that the flesh was from a horse, or that the product was made in whole or in part from the flesh of a horse. c. Any person who knowingly transports a horse for the purpose of slaughter for human consumption, or who knowingly transports horsemeat, or any product made in whole or in part from the flesh of a horse, for the purpose of human consumption, commits a disorderly persons offense. d. Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes to the contrary, any person found guilty of violating this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 and a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 days. e. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on a newspaper that inadvertently, unintentionally, or unknowingly accepts or publishes advertising that includes the offering for sale, trade, or distribution of any item in violation of any provision of this section. However, if a newspaper knowingly accepts or publishes advertising that includes the offering for sale, trade, or distribution any such item, the newspaper shall be in violation of the applicable provisions of this section. L.2012, c.52, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-27 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-27
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, when used in this act, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: "Controlled Atmosphere Storage," "Modified Atmosphere Storage," "Crisp Air," "CA" or other terms or abbreviations of similar import shall mean the storage of agricultural commodities under conditions which comply with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. "Agricultural commodities" shall mean fruit, vegetable, ornamental, horticultural and floricultural products. "Person" shall mean a natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation. L.1962, c. 62, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-39 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-39
Copies of proclamation; mailing; filing
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall also mail a copy of such proclamation to the clerk of each county in the State. The county clerk shall file the copy received by him without charge but need not record it. L.1951, c. 303, p. 1092, s. 11. Amended by L.1953, c. 332, p. 1886, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-21.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-21.5
Powers of department; quarantines
Status: in_force

The department may institute and enforce such measures as it may deem necessary to control infectious or contagious diseases of live stock and poultry, diseases of plants, injurious insects and other plant pests; may initiate and carry out programs for promoting more economical methods of marketing and distribution of farm products, in the interests of consumers of the State, and programs for the promotion of agriculture in general; and may carry out such other activities or control programs related to agriculture as the Legislature may from time to time assign to it. The board may establish and enforce general or local quarantines and issue and enforce orders and regulations to carry out the duties listed in this section. The department shall file in the office of the Secretary of State copies of all quarantines established and public orders issued by the board. L.1950, c. 293, p. 992, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.7 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.7
Permission to use fresh samples as basis of payment; taking and testing fresh samples; preservation
Status: in_force

Any person licensed under this act to purchase milk on a butter fat basis may make joint application with the producers from whom the milk is purchased for permission to use fresh samples as a basis of payment, which permission may be granted at the discretion of the director. When fresh samples are used, a representative sample shall be taken from at least two daily deliveries each half month of the several lots of milk delivered by each producer; such fresh samples shall be taken on scattered days during the testing period, the days to be selected by the licensed sampler who draws the samples, each sample to be of such size that the residue for check tests will be sufficient to make duplicate Babcock tests. Before a portion of such fresh sample shall be taken for testing, the contents of the container from which it is drawn shall be so treated that the butter fat therein is evenly dispersed. Fresh samples shall be tested within a period of twenty-four hours after being drawn, and shall be properly refrigerated at all times prior to testing. Within six days after the close of each testing period a written or printed statement of the average of the several tests for the period, and specifying the period covered, shall be furnished to the producers of the milk represented by such fresh samples. After such fresh samples have been tested their residues shall be stabilized with a preservative approved by the director, stored in bottles of approved design, plainly marked with the name or number of the producer represented, and shall be properly refrigerated and available for check testing for a period of not less than ten days after the original test. L.1943, c. 100, p. 327, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-36 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-36
Fees
Status: in_force

Every person required by this act to be licensed shall pay a yearly license fee as follows: Store--each and every store selling milk shall pay a license fee based on average volume of milk sold during the previous two months as follows: tores selling 500 quart equivalents or less per week .......... $12.00 Stores selling 501 to 1,500 quart equivalents per week .......... $24.00 Stores selling 1,501 to 3,000 quart equivalents per week .......... $36.00 Stores selling 3,001 quart equivalents or more per week .......... $48.00 provided, however, that a store selling milk exclusively for consumption on the premises shall not be required to obtain a license nor pay a license fee; and provided, further, that a store selling only milk which is evaporated or condensed in hermetically sealed cans shall not be required to obtain a license or pay a license fee. Any person applying for a license to engage in business as a store at a new location shall pay a fee of $12.00 for the first year of operation, but any person acquiring an existing store shall pay a fee based upon the average volume of milk sold during the previous two months in accordance with the store fee schedule above. Milk dealers--every milk dealer shall pay a fee of $0.01 per hundredweight of milk sold for consumption within the State excluding dealer to dealer sales; but a milk dealer processing milk for sale to other dealers shall pay a minimum fee of $650.00 per year and a milk dealer selling to stores and consumers shall pay a minimum fee of $30.00 per year. A milk dealer engaged in handling milk in the State of New Jersey, but selling milk only in another state or engaged only in manufacturing shall pay a license fee of $150.00 per year. A milk dealer who during the year prior to the one for which the application is being made sold a quality of milk which would yield a fee of less than $300.00 per year may pay his full fee at the beginning of the license year based upon the prior year's business. Milk dealers shall pay the fee by the fifteenth of each month for the previous month. Failure to pay the fee shall be the basis for the suspension or revocation of license or the assessment of penalty as herein provided for any other violations of this act. There shall be no refund except to correct a clerical error or where a license is applied for and the director declines to grant the license to the applicant. L.1941, c. 274, p. 729, s. 36. Amended by L.1956, c. 196, p. 724, s. 1; L.1962, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Dec. 5, 1962; L.1983, c. 344, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-2
§ 4:19-2
Status: in_force

The assessors of the several taxing districts in this state shall set down in a separate column on the several duplicates opposite the name of each person, the number of dogs which he owns or harbors at the time of the annual assessment.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.15
Bulk soil conditioners; statement of information
Status: in_force

For each kind of soil conditioner distributed in bulk in this State, a written or printed statement of the information required by section 14 of this act shall accompany each delivery and be supplied to the customer at the time of delivery. L.1970, c. 66, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-15
Duties
Status: in_force

Every board shall: a. Develop and adopt, after public hearings, agricultural retention and development programs, which shall have as their principal purpose the long-term encouragement of the agricultural business climate and the preservation of agricultural land in the county; b. Establish the minimum acreage of significant masses of reasonably contiguous land required for the creation of a municipally approved program or other farmland preservation programs; c. Establish minimum standards for the inclusion of land in a municipally approved program or other farmland preservation programs; d. Review and approve, conditionally approve or disapprove petitions for the formation of a municipally approved program or other farmland preservation programs, and monitor the operations thereof; e. Review and approve, conditionally approve or disapprove, prior to any applications to the committee, any request for financial assistance authorized by this act; f. Monitor and make appropriate recommendations to the committee and to county and municipal governing bodies and boards with respect to resolutions, ordinances, regulations and development approvals which would threaten the continued viability of agricultural activities and farmland preservation programs within agricultural development areas; g. At the request of a municipality, require that any person proposing any nonagricultural development in an agricultural development area prepare and submit a statement as to the potential impact the proposed development would have on agricultural activities in the area. L.1983, c. 32, s. 8, eff. Jan. 26, 1983, operative Jan. 26, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:15-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-13
Moneys for premiums, awards and maintenance
Status: in_force

The department may include in its annual budget request an item not in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for the purposes of this act. Any moneys appropriated for these purposes shall be expended only for premiums, awards and maintenance of the associations' one-day shows. L.1953, c. 302, p. 1843, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5A-23 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-23
Records
Status: in_force

Each licensee shall keep at his place of business a record of each place at which he obtains carcasses of domestic animals, containing location, name and address of owner, date picked up and the sequence in which carcasses are picked up from each place on each date. L.1983, c. 179, s. 4, eff. May 10, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-51 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-51
Findings of secretary; basis
Status: in_force

In making any findings pursuant to this act, the secretary shall base his findings upon the facts, testimony and evidence received at the public hearing together with any other relevant facts available to him from official publications or records of the department and other governmental agencies referred to at the hearing. L.1971, c. 308, s. 9, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-11 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-11
Place of hearings; technical rules of evidence
Status: in_force

Any hearing by the director or by the board may be held in any part of the State and neither the director nor the board shall be bound by technical rules of evidence. L.1941, c. 274, p. 719, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-38 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-38
Conduct of appeal; disposition on appeal
Status: in_force

The appeal shall be conducted by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, without a jury, in accordance with its rules and shall be confined to the record and any additional testimony which may be taken pursuant to the provisions of section seventeen hereof. The court may affirm the rule, order, decision or determination of the director, or may suspend, reverse, vacate or modify it if the substantial rights of the appellant have been prejudiced as a result of the director's rule, order, decision or determination being: (1) Contrary to constitutional rights or privileges; or (2) In excess of the statutory authority of the director; or (3) Affected by other error of law; or (4) Made or promulgated upon unlawful procedure; or (5) Unsupported by substantial evidence in view of the entire record as submitted; or (6) Arbitrary or capricious. In making the foregoing determinations the court shall review the whole record or such portions thereof as may be cited by any party; and due account shall be taken of the rule of prejudicial error. Substantial evidence shall mean the quantum of evidence similar to that necessary to sustain a jury's finding in an action at law. L.1948, c. 447, p. 1782, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-17
Disbursement of moneys; promoting sale of farm products; labels
Status: in_force

All moneys so deposited in the "New Jersey Farm Products Publicity Fund" shall be disbursed by the Secretary of Agriculture for advertising and general publicity purposes, to be determined in co-operation with contributing commodity groups, to promote the sale of New Jersey farm products; for the expenses of printing and distributing labels to be used in identifying products sold under official State brands as hereinafter provided; and for other expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this act; provided, however, that no greater amount shall be expended from such fund for the promotion of a publicity campaign for any particular product than the amount of revenue in such fund derived from such product. The Secretary of Agriculture shall keep accurate accounts of the receipts and disbursements of this fund, which accounts may be subject to audit by the State Comptroller. L.1939, c. 136, p. 460, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.26 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.26
Determination and publication of value of primary plant nutrients
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining the commercial values to be applied under section 25 of this act, the State Board of Agriculture shall determine and publish annually the values per pound of nitrogen, including water insoluble nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, soluble potash, and other plant nutrients as determined by the State board, in commercial fertilizers in this State. The values so determined and published shall be used in determining and assessing penalties. L.1970, c. 66, s. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22A-5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22A / Section 22A-5
Removal of dedication
Status: in_force

Once a pet cemetery is dedicated pursuant to the provisions of this act, the dedication shall not be removed unless the dedication is removed by an order of the Superior Court in a proceeding brought by the pet cemetery owner for this purpose and upon proof satisfactory to the court that: a. No disposals were made in, or that all disposals have been removed from, that portion of the property from which the dedication is sought to be removed; b. The pet cemetery owner has received from those persons, or their heirs or assigns, whose pets have been disposed of in the pet cemetery, and from those persons, or their heirs or assigns, who have purchased or otherwise reserved rights of disposal in the pet cemetery for their pets, written authorizations to remove the dedication from their respective sites, and to remove the pets already disposed of in the sites from which the dedication is to be removed. The court may waive the written authorization requirement for any particular pet if the court is satisfied that the pet cemetery owner has made a good faith effort to locate the pet owner, or the heirs or assigns thereof, but has been unable to do so. Any removals of pet remains pursuant to this subsection shall be performed at the expense of the pet cemetery owner, and any written authorizations pursuant to this subsection may be given for legal consideration; and c. The pet cemetery owner has arranged, at the pet cemetery owner's own expense, for relocation sites for removed pet remains satisfactory to the pet owners, or the heirs or assigns thereof, or has refunded thereto all moneys taken for disposal purposes; and has refunded to those pet owners, or their heirs or assigns, who purchased rights of disposal for pets, all moneys received therefrom. All refunds made under this subsection shall be with interest at the rate of interest for savings accounts at State- and federally-chartered banking institutions of this State. If the court is satisfied that the pet cemetery owner has made a good faith effort to locate a pet owner, or the heirs or assigns thereof, but has been unable to do so, the court may determine an alternative manner of disposal of that particular pet, if the pet was disposed of, and may waive the refunding requirements of this subsection. L. 1985, c. 401, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-22.1
Minimum prices; limits on power of director to fix
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 21 and 22 of the act to which this act is a supplement notwithstanding, the director's power to fix or refix minimum prices to be charged the consumer for milk shall be subject to the following: a. In fixing or refixing the minimum price to be charged the consumer, the director shall utilize a single minimum marketing margin which will yield no more than a reasonable return for the lowest cost, most efficient milk dealers and store outlets. This minimum marketing margin shall represent the difference between the minimum price for producer milk established under the applicable Federal-State milk marketing orders (adjusted to 3.25% butterfat content) and the minimum price established for milk sold by stores to consumers. To provide assurance that low cost milk will continue to be available to consumers throughout the State, the director shall not increase the minimum marketing margin in effect under Order 69-1 of the Division of Dairy Industry (measured from the midpoint of the applicable Class I bracket) unless the director shall find, after such notice and hearing as are required by section 23 of the act to which this act is a supplement, that the costs of processing, distributing and selling milk through stores has increased above the average of such costs during the base year of 1974. In making such determination of subsequent cost increases, the director may utilize such economic formulas embodying indices of cost and productivity as may be appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this act and the act to which this act is a supplement. b. Pursuant to the provisions of section 23 of the act to which this act is a supplement, public hearings shall be held before the adoption or amendment of any such economic formula. Such hearings, however, shall not be required in order to implement changes in the minimum marketing margin pursuant to said economic formulas; provided, however, that any interested party who contends that the application of a specific economic formula will result in minimum milk prices charged the consumer in excess of that price level required to yield no more than a reasonable return for the lowest cost, most efficient milk dealers and store outlets shall be given a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate such contention at a public hearing. L.1976, c. 105, s. 1, eff. Oct. 18, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1B-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-8
Implementation of program
Status: in_force

The program shall be implemented by the departments in the following manner: a. An intensive informational and educational effort will be undertaken to provide residents, landowners and elected officials within the program area with the basic objectives and details of the program. Such effort shall be conducted at public meetings held within, or in the vicinity of, the program area as well as through the mails. b. Voluntary offers to sell the development easements to prime agricultural lands will be solicited from such landowners in the program area. Such landowners will be asked to offer to sell such development easements to the State at a price which, in the opinion of the landowner, represents a fair value of the development potential of such lands for nonagricultural purposes as determined in accordance with the provisions of this act. A final date for the submission of such offers shall be fixed by the departments in the regulations promulgated pursuant to section 14 of this act. c. Such offers will be reviewed and evaluated by the departments, with the advice of the steering committee as provided in section 9 of this act, in order to determine the suitability of the prime agricultural lands represented thereby for inclusion in the program. Decisions regarding such suitability shall be based upon the satisfaction of the following criteria: (1) The degree to which such offers reflect price levels which appear to be within the financial resources of the program; (2) Suitability as to soil classification or other criteria for prime agricultural lands as provided by this act; (3) The degree to which such offers would facilitate the formulation of an agricultural preserve as defined in section 4 of this act. The departments shall reject any offer for the sale of development easements to prime agricultural lands which are unsuitable according to the above criteria. d. Two separate independent appraisals shall be conducted for each remaining parcel of prime agricultural lands so offered and deemed suitable. Such appraisals shall determine the current overall fair market value of such parcels for all purposes, including nonagricultural and development purposes, as well as the current fair market value of such parcels for agricultural purposes. The difference between current overall fair market value and current agricultural fair market value shall represent an appraisal of the value of development easements to such parcels. Such appraisals shall be conducted by independent, professional appraisers selected by the departments from among members of recognized organizations of real estate appraisers. e. After receiving the results of such appraisals, the departments shall compare the appraised value and the offered value of development easements to such parcels. Following such comparison, and after consultation with the steering committee, the departments shall determine (1) whether the acquisition of all or a portion of such development easements would be within the financial resources of the program and (2) whether such acquisition would provide for the formulation of the agricultural preserve as provided by this act. Decisions concerning the acquisition of specific development easements shall be made within 6 months of the final date fixed for the submission of offers for such easements. f. Following a determination of the satisfaction of such criteria and the submission to the committee of a report containing a positive recommendation concerning such acquisition, the Department of Environmental Protection is hereby empowered to purchase such development easements on behalf of the State. L.1976, c. 50, s. 8, eff. July 22, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-96 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-96
§ 4:5-96
Status: in_force

Proper facilities must be provided by the owner of all receiving points or stations, slaughtering and distributing points or other premises where live poultry is kept for any purpose, for the handling of healthy poultry and the cleaning and disinfecting of all infected or exposed equipment, and the disposition of all dead or diseased poultry.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-11 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-11
Inspection of imported plant material
Status: in_force

If the department has any reason to suspect the presence of a dangerous disease in any shipment of plant material imported from without the state, it may order the examination of every package of such material, in transit or at the point of delivery, and shall not authorize its acceptance or delivery until satisfied that no dangerous disease is present. When inspection is considered necessary the department shall at once notify the carrier for hire to that effect, which carrier shall thereupon hold the material subject to the further order of the department. The department shall make any necessary inspection of material in transit or at point of destination as promptly as possible after notice of its arrival within the state. The department may in its discretion authorize the delivery of any plant material to the consignee, subject to inspection at unpacking. If no inspection is considered necessary the department shall at once notify the carrier for hire and the consignee, to that effect, which notice shall serve as an authority for the delivery and receipt of the material.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19A-5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-5
Animal Population Control Fund
Status: in_force

6. a. The commissioner may solicit and accept funds from any public or private source to help carry out the provisions of P.L.1983, c.172 (C.4:19A-1 et al.) . b. All fees collected pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1983, c.172 (C.4:19-15.3b) and sections 3 and 4 of P.L.1983, c.172 (C.43:19A-2 and C.4:19A-3), all moneys from the application and renewal fees collected for animal welfare license plates issued pursuant to P.L.1993, c.184 (C.39:3-27.55 et seq.), and all moneys received pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall be placed in a special fund to be known as the "Animal Population Control Fund," which shall be separate from the General State Fund. All moneys in the "Animal Population Control Fund" shall be used by the commissioner exclusively for the implementation and promotion of the program and for the costs associated with the administration of P.L.1983, c.172 (C.4:19A-1 et al.), except as provided in subsection c. of this section. c. Moneys deposited into the fund generated by the collection of application fees for animal welfare license plates issued pursuant to P.L.1993, c.184 (C.39:3-27.55 et seq.) shall be utilized by the commissioner to reimburse the Division of Motor Vehicles for all costs incurred by the division, as certified by the director, of producing, issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of animal welfare license plates. No moneys deposited in the "Animal Population Control Fund," established in subsection b. of this section, except for the moneys generated by the collection of application fees for animal welfare license plates issued pursuant to P.L.1993, c.184 (C.39:3-27.55 et seq.), shall be utilized by the Department of Health or the Division of Motor Vehicles for any expenses, administrative or otherwise, related to the animal welfare license plates, or the advertising and publicizing thereof, including, but not limited to notices, posters and signs to be circulated or posted by the department or the division. d. The director shall annually certify to the commissioner the average cost per license plate incurred in the immediately preceding year by the division in producing, issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of animal welfare license plates. The annual certification of the average cost per license plate shall be approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor. e. In the event that the average cost per license plate as certified by the director and approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, is greater than the $50 application fee established in subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1993, c.184 (C.39:3-27.55) in two consecutive fiscal years, the director may discontinue the issuance of animal welfare license plates. L.1983,c.172,s.6; amended 1993,c.184,s.5; 1995,c.145,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-97 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-97
§ 4:5-97
Status: in_force

The receiving point or station, including the equipment thereof, and in addition all cars, trucks, wagons or other vehicles, coops, crates, batteries and other containers, used at any time in the handling of live poultry, must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-21.15 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-21.15
Reduction of population of certain species of blackbirds
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture shall institute, provide for and enforce such measures as it shall deem necessary to reduce the population of starlings, red-winged blackbirds, grackles and cowbirds, known collectively as blackbirds. Control procedures shall be selected and executed so as to protect human life, other birds and wildlife. L.1965, c. 191, s. 1, eff. Dec. 14, 1965.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-27 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-27
County appropriations
Status: in_force

The boards of chosen freeholders of the various counties of this state may appropriate for the purpose of farm demonstration work in their several counties such sums of money as shall seem to them just and proper to be expended in the counties making such appropriation by the county agricultural agent, under the supervision and direction of the director of the extension service. Appropriations made by any county shall be used only in such county in addition to the funds appropriated by the state and in furtherance of the projects contemplated by sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-50 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-50
County planning board as agent for district
Status: in_force

In those counties where the district does not maintain its central office, the board of freeholders may, by resolution, direct the county planning board to act as an agent of the district within that county and to administer the powers granted to the district pursuant to this act, until such time as a district is established within that county. The committee shall establish guidelines to implement this section. L.1975, c. 251, s. 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-75.6 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-75.6
Appraisal of value of materials destroyed
Status: in_force

The value of materials ordered destroyed by the department because of contamination by or exposure to the disease shall be determined by agreement between the owner or his agent and an authorized agent or representative of the department, such appraisement to be based on the market price and the condition of such materials. Such appraisal shall be official and shall be accepted by the owner and the department, and no further claim shall be made against the State by the owner. L.1948, c. 436, p. 1687, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:15-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-1
"Association" defined
Status: in_force

"Association" as used in this article shall include all corporations organized for the purpose of holding agricultural fairs and exhibitions.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.11 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.11
Disposition of fees collected.
Status: in_force

11. License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of sections 3, 8, 9 and 16 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.3, C.4:19-15.8, C.4:19-15.9, and C.4:19-15.16), except registration tag fees, shall be forwarded to the treasurer of the municipality within 30 days after collection or receipt and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the following purposes only: for collecting, keeping and disposing of dogs liable to seizure under P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.) or under local dog control ordinances; for local prevention and control of rabies; for providing antirabic treatment under the direction of the local board of health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to rabies; for payment of damage to or losses of poultry and domestic animals, except dogs and cats, caused by a dog or dogs; for compliance with the requirements of subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.2017, c.189 (C.4:22-17.6); and for administering the provisions of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.). Any unexpended balance remaining in the special account shall be retained therein until the end of the third fiscal year following and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section. At the end of the third fiscal year following, and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from the special account to the general funds of the municipality any amount then in the account which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special account during the last two fiscal years next preceding. The registration tag fee for each dog shall be forwarded within 30 days after collection by the clerk or other official designated to license dogs to the State Department of Health which department shall forward the sum to the State Treasurer who shall place all such moneys in a special account for use only by the State Department of Health in administering P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.) and for the prevention and control of rabies throughout the State, and such account is hereby declared to be a trust fund not subject to legislative appropriation. At the end of the third fiscal year following the adoption of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.) and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be withdrawn from this trust fund and transferred to the general funds of the State any amount then in the trust fund which is in excess of the total amount paid into the trust fund during the last two fiscal years next preceding. L.1941, c.151, s.11; amended 1966, c.64, s.2; 1981, c.235, s.3; 2017, c.189, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-11.16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11.16
Stop sale orders
Status: in_force

If, after inspection, the secretary determines that any eggs are being offered, displayed, stored, processed, or transported in violation of this act, the secretary may issue a stop sale order as to such eggs directed to the owner or custodian thereof. Such order shall specify the reason for its issuance and shall detail the character of the violation. No eggs to which a stop sale order applies shall be marketed until and unless the order has been withdrawn. Such order shall continue in effect until the law has been complied with and such eggs are released in writing by the secretary or until such stop sale order is otherwise legally terminated, and in either case, upon the payment of the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith. L.1965, c. 94, s. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-10
§ 4:20-10
Status: in_force

When two of the township committee shall determine the parts or shares of any partition fence to be made under the provisions of this article, they shall specify in writing the time within which such fence shall be made by the parties, respectively, to whom such parts or shares have been assigned.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-8
§ 4:16-8
Status: in_force

There shall be appropriated annually out of the general revenues of the state for salaries and wages and for the expenses of maintenance and operation of the experiment station and its authorized activities, such sums as may be included for that purpose in any appropriation act.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-8
Buying or selling affected or exposed animals a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

A person who without a permit from the department shall knowingly buy or sell, or cause to be bought or sold, an animal which is a part of a herd or stock held in quarantine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 870, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-27 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-27
Hearing on subsequent actions of dog
Status: in_force

11. If the municipal court finds that the dog is not vicious or potentially dangerous, the municipal court shall retain the right to convene a hearing to determine whether the dog is vicious or potentially dangerous for any subsequent actions of the dog. L.1989,c.307,s.11; amended 1994,c.187,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-19.1
Chamber or device to induce hypoxia; dismantlement and removal
Status: in_force

Within 30 days of the effective date of this act, any chamber or device used to induce hypoxia through decompression or in any other manner shall be dismantled and removed from the premises. The owner of any premises on which the chamber or device remains 30 days subsequent to the effective date of this act shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense. L.1982, c. 76, s. 3, eff. July 22, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-4
"Department" defined
Status: in_force

As used in this article the word "department" means the department of agriculture.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8-17.21 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17.21
State seed analyst; agents
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture shall appoint a State Seed Analyst and such other agents as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1963, c. 29, s. 9. Amended by L.1968, c. 198, s. 3, eff. July 19, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-11 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-11
§ 4:1-11
Status: in_force

The board may establish rules and regulations for its own proceedings and for the government and control of the department, the officers and employees therein and the performance by them of their duties.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-22.1
Federal grants
Status: in_force

Subject to approval by the State Board of Agriculture, and in cases where State funds are required, within the limits of State appropriations made therefor, the department may apply for and accept grants from the Federal Government or any officer or agency thereof, and may comply with the terms, conditions and limitations thereof, and enter into agreements therefor, for any program to promote the interests of agriculture and rural life in New Jersey. Any moneys so received shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey. The State Treasurer shall disburse same on receipt by him of a voucher certified or approved by the Secretary of Agriculture or his duly authorized agent. Such expenditures shall be for the purposes named in this act and shall be made in the same manner as other Federal funds, devoted to specific purposes, are now disbursed by the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey. L.1955, c. 63, p. 209, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-9.4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-9.4
Agricultural management practice adoption, housing, resident farm employee.
Status: in_force

3. a. The committee shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), an agricultural management practice for the housing of a resident farm employee. The agricultural management practice shall provide that the amount of resident farm employee housing shall correlate to the amount of labor needed on the farm. b. The construction, installation, and provision of housing pursuant to this section shall comply with the State Uniform Construction Code adopted pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), the "Seasonal Farm Labor Act," P.L.1945, c.71 (C.34:9A-1 et seq.), the "Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act," (29 U.S.C. s.1801 et seq.), and applicable Department of Community Affairs standards and requirements. c. A municipality shall not deny or withhold the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for housing for a resident farm employee if the housing complies with the provisions of this section and the agricultural management practice adopted by the committee. d. Housing constructed, installed, or provided pursuant to this section shall be used only as housing for a resident farm employee. A resident farm employee shall not be charged rent to live in resident farm employee housing. L.2025, c.55, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-20 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-20
Rules, regulations and orders of director; promulgation; enforcement; service
Status: in_force

The director may adopt, promulgate and enforce all rules, regulations and orders necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. An order applying only to a person named therein shall be served on the person affected by personal delivery of a certified copy or by mailing a copy thereof to him at his last known address, and if such person be a corporation then the order shall be served in the same manner upon any officer or agent of the corporation upon whom a summons may be served, pursuant to the provisions of section 2:26-43 of the Revised Statutes. All rules, regulations and orders adopted by the director shall be filed by him in his office and said file shall be a public record. All orders and determinations of the director shall include the findings of fact upon which such orders or determinations are based. L.1941, c. 274, p. 721, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-60 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-60
Effective date; filing; publication
Status: in_force

Any program promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this act shall become effective upon the filing of a copy of the program in the office of the Secretary of the State of New Jersey. The secretary may publish the program in the newspapers of general circulation and may mail copies of the order to interested persons. L.1971, c. 308, s. 18, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-30 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-30
Municipality to register, identify potentially dangerous dogs; publicize phone numbers to report violations
Status: in_force

14. Each municipality shall: a. issue a potentially dangerous dog registration number and red identification tag along with a municipal potentially dangerous dog license upon a demonstration of sufficient evidence by the owner to the animal control officer that he has complied with the court's orders. The last three digits of each potentially dangerous dog registration number issued by a municipality will be the three number code assigned to that municipality in the regulations promulgated pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1989, c.307 (C.4:19-33). The animal control officer shall verify, in writing, compliance to the municipal clerk or other official designated to license dogs in the municipality; b. publicize a telephone number for reporting violations of this act. This telephone number shall be forwarded to the department and any changes in this number shall be reported immediately to the department. L.1989,c.307,s.14; amended 1994,c.187,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-68 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-68
Evidence of offenses
Status: in_force

The using, buying, selling, possession, destroying, or defacing of a milk case by any person without the written consent of the owner shall be accepted in a court of competent jurisdiction as prima facie evidence of a violation of this act. L.1982, c. 216, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-1.1
Applicability of act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall apply to licenses issued for the license year commencing July 1, 1959, and thereafter. L.1959, c. 81, p. 207, s. 2, eff. June 9, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.8a — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.8a
Requirements for specialty fertilizer; definitions.
Status: in_force

10. Any specialty fertilizer labeled for use on turf and intended for use by consumers shall: a. Contain no more than 0.7 pounds of water-soluble nitrogen and no more than 0.9 pounds of total nitrogen at least 20 percent of which shall consist of slow release nitrogen per 1,000 square feet when applied pursuant to the instructions on the container; and b. Contain no phosphorus, except when specifically labeled for the following purposes: (1) providing nutrients to specific soils and target vegetation as determined to be necessary pursuant to a soil test conducted by a laboratory identified pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.2010, c.112 (C.58:10A-66) and performed no more than three years before the application, and pursuant to the associated annual fertilizer recommendation issued by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers, the State University; (2) establishing vegetation for the first time, such as after land disturbance, provided the application is in accordance with the standards and requirements established under the "Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act," P.L.1975, c.251 (C.4:24-39 et seq.) and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto; (3) reestablishing or repairing a turf area; or (4) delivering liquid or granular fertilizer under the soil surface, directly to the feeder roots. c. Nothing in this section shall apply to fertilizer derived from processed sewage wastewater solids or manipulated animal or vegetable manure. d. As used in this section: "Consumer" means an individual who buys fertilizer for personal or household use and not for business purposes. "Manipulated animal or vegetable manure" means manure that is ground, pelletized, mechanically dried, or otherwise treated to assist with the use of manure as a fertilizer. "Slow release nitrogen" means nitrogen in a form that is released over time that is not water soluble. "Turf" means land, including residential property, that is planted in closely mowed, managed grass, except land used in the operation of a commercial farm as that term is defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-3). "Water-soluble nitrogen" means nitrogen in a water-soluble form that does not have slow or controlled release properties. L.2010, c.112, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18
Official brands for agricultural products; registration as trade-mark
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Agriculture may design, determine and adopt official brands to be used on labels on packages and containers to identify New Jersey produced agricultural products either fresh or processed. The design of such brand or brands may contain the whole or part of the seal of the State of New Jersey or the outline of the map of the State. Each of such brands, when adopted by the Secretary of Agriculture, may be registered as a trade-mark in the office of the Secretary of State under the provisions of chapter three of Title 56 of the Revised Statutes, or any other provision of law which may hereinafter be enacted relating to the registration of trade-marks. Any such trade-mark shall be registered by the Secretary of State without the exaction of any fee therefor. The Secretary of Agriculture may in his discretion register any such mark with the United States Government and any other State or foreign country. L.1939, c. 136, p. 461, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:3-18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-18
Penalties; recovery; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

7. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this act shall for the first offense be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and for any subsequent offense shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00). A civil action for the recovery of a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this act may be instituted and the penalty recovered either in the Superior Court or before the municipal court of any municipality. Jurisdiction to hear and determine actions under this act is hereby conferred upon the said courts. L.1938,c.82,s.7; amended 1953, c.5, s.3; 1991,c.91,s.156.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-17
Grounds for refusal or revocation of license
Status: in_force

The secretary may decline to grant or may revoke a license when he is satisfied of the existence of the following causes or any one of them: a. Where a money judgment has been secured by any milk producer and has been entered against the applicant or licensee and remains unsatisfied of record; b. Where there has been a failure to make prompt settlement with persons from whom he buys milk; c. Where there have been combinations to fix prices; d. Where there has been a continual course of dealing of such nature as to satisfy the secretary of the inability of the applicant or licensee to conduct the business properly or of an intent to deceive or defraud creditors; e. Where there has been a continued and persistent failure to keep records required by the secretary or by law; or where there is a refusal on the part of the licensee to produce books, accounts or records of transactions in the carrying on of the business for which his license was granted; f. Where there has been a continued and persistent failure to prepare and deliver any statements or to post any schedules required by law to be prepared and delivered or posted. Amended by L.1949, c. 249, p. 803, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-106.20 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-106.20
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect December 1, 1957. L.1957, c. 140, p. 538, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 4:28-7 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-7
Findings, declarations relative to hemp.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that hemp is a viable agricultural crop and a potentially valuable agricultural commodity in the State, and that hemp should be cultivated, handled, processed, transported, and sold in the State to the maximum extent permitted by federal law. It is the purpose of P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.) to: promote the cultivation and processing of hemp; develop new commercial markets for farmers and businesses through the sale of hemp products; promote the expansion of the State's hemp industry to the maximum extent permitted by federal law; allow farmers and businesses to cultivate, handle, and process hemp, and to sell hemp products for commercial purposes; and to move the State and its citizens to the forefront of the hemp industry. L.2019, c.238, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-106.19 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-106.19
Municipal regulations
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall preclude municipal regulation of garbage-feeding hog farms, provided such municipal control is consistent with, and in furtherance of, the provisions of this act; nor shall anything herein contained prevent the adoption of any ordinance or other regulation by the governing body or the local board of health of any municipality to exclude from the municipality any garbage-feeding hog farms or the importation of garbage into the municipality for hog feeding purposes; nor nullify any existing valid ordinance or other regulation of such nature heretofore adopted. L.1957, c. 140, p. 537, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-37 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-37
Severability of provisions; partial invalidity
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be severable, and if any of the provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this act. It is hereby declared as the legislative intent that this act would have been adopted had such unconstitutional provision not been included therein. L.1944, c. 43, p. 99, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 4:20-14 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-14
§ 4:20-14
Status: in_force

When two of the township committee, called as provided in this chapter to determine any matter in difference, cannot agree in their determination, they may call upon a disinterested freeholder of the neighborhood to join with them, and the determination of any two of them, made and certified in writing in the manner provided in this chapter, shall be binding and conclusive between the parties.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-26.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-26.1
Deductions from contracts by members with buyers, handlers or processors payable to association; liability for failure to deduct
Status: in_force

Where any person, partnership, firm or corporation has voluntarily become a member of a nonprofit co-operative agricultural marketing association incorporated pursuant to chapter 13 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, and when any such member shall contract prior to harvest with any buyer, handler or processor for the sale of agricultural commodities, such member may authorize by an appropriate provision in a contract with the association or by a separate request, any such buyer, handler or processor of agricultural commodities to make deductions from moneys due such member in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the member and the association in their agreement and the buyer, handler or processor shall forward all moneys so deducted to such designated association on or before the fifteenth of the month following the month in which payment is made to the member, together with a statement showing the amount of agricultural commodities delivered by the member to buyer, handler or processor from which deductions are made. Buyers, handlers, or processors may, however, retain 5% of such deductions to cover cost of bookkeeping involved. It shall be unlawful for any buyer, handler, or processor to fail or refuse to make such deductions and forward such payments as prescribed herein and in the event of such failure or refusal, the buyer, handler or processor shall be liable to such association in a civil action for a sum equal to the amount of the deductions, plus interest, costs, and a reasonable counsel fee. L.1973, c. 52, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-49 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-49
Declaration of legislative intent; action to restrain unlawful acts
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the instant, whenever that may be, that the handling within the State, by a milk dealer, of milk produced outside of the State, becomes a subject of regulation by the State, in the exercise of its police powers, the restrictions set forth in this act respecting such milk so produced shall apply and the powers conferred by this act on the director shall attach. After any such milk so produced shall have come to rest within the State, any sale, within the State, by a licensed milk dealer, processor, subdealer or store or a milk dealer required by this act to be licensed, of any such milk purchased from the producer at a price lower than that required to be paid for milk produced within the State, purchased under similar conditions, shall be unlawful and deemed a violation of this act, and for continued violations the director, by the Attorney-General, may maintain an action in the Superior Court to restrain such further unlawful acts. L.1941, c. 274, p. 738, s. 49. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 40, s. 39.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-37.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-37.1
Acquisition of property for farmland preservation purposes.
Status: in_force

2. A county, county agriculture development board, or municipality may acquire real property in fee simple for farmland preservation purposes, which property may be resold or leased by the county, county agriculture development board, or municipality with an agricultural deed restriction placed on the property by the county, county agriculture development board, or municipality. L.2009, c.147, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-41.24 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41.24
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall become effective July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. L.1943, c. 100, p. 332, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-36 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-36
Enforcement of law by Department of Weights and Measures; disposition of fines and penalties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Department of Weights and Measures to enforce the provisions of this act, and in connection therewith, the department, its employees, or agents are authorized to enter any storehouse, warehouse, stable, railroad yard, railroad car, or any other building or place where unmanufactured horse manure is kept, stored, dealt in, or transported for delivery within this State. All fines and penalties, collected under the provisions of this act, shall be paid into the general fund of the State Treasury. L.1944, c. 43, p. 99, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-19 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-19
Investigations; powers of director
Status: in_force

The director shall have power to investigate all matters pertaining to the production, distribution, importation, storage, disposal, classification, sale or resale, conditions and terms of sale or resale, costs of production, distribution, sale and resale, processing, sale for manufacture, of milk as defined in this act in the State of New Jersey as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1941, c. 274, p. 721, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-106.18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-106.18
Effective date of license
Status: in_force

No license to operate a garbage-feeding hog farm shall be required in order to operate such a farm prior to January 1, 1958. On and after January 1, 1958, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a garbage-feeding hog farm in this State, unless such person is the holder of the license required by this act. L.1957, c. 140, p. 537, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 4:6-18 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-18
Right of entry to inspect; interference with officers
Status: in_force

For the purpose of making the investigations and inspections specified in this chapter and to enforce the provisions of the same, the officers and agents of the department shall have free entry upon or into any apiaries or premises where bees are kept or hives or combs or other bee-keeping equipment and appliances are stored. Any interference with or obstruction made to such officers or agents while engaged in the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter shall subject the offender to punishment as a disorderly person under the general laws of the state, upon a charge made against him by the officer interfered with.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-16
Liability of owner regardless of viciousness of dog
Status: in_force

The owner of any dog which shall bite a person while such person is on or in a public place, or lawfully on or in a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, shall be liable for such damages as may be suffered by the person bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of such dog or the owner's knowledge of such viciousness. For the purpose of this section, a person is lawfully upon the private property of such owner when he is on the property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of this state or the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or when he is on such property upon the invitation, express or implied, of the owner thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-13 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-13
Appointment and compensation of officers and employees
Status: in_force

The board, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint the secretary of agriculture, and in conjunction with the secretary may appoint an assistant secretary of agriculture and shall appoint the directors of divisions, the chiefs of the various bureaus, the inspectors, veterinarians, experts and all other officers, agents and employees of the department, except the clerks and stenographers attached thereto. The board, upon the advice and recommendation of the secretary, shall fix the compensation of all officers and employees subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, except where otherwise provided by statute. Amended by L.1939, c. 40, p. 57, s. 2; L.1944, c. 202, p. 724, s. 6; L.1950, c. 293, p. 991, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-3
§ 4:1-3
Status: in_force

The state house commission shall provide the department with suitable and convenient offices, furniture and equipment, sufficient to accommodate it and to allow its work to be conveniently and efficiently performed.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1B-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Agricultural Preserve Demonstration Program Act." L.1976, c. 50, s. 1, eff. July 22, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-93.25 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-93.25
Certificate showing freedom from disease
Status: in_force

Whenever official tests of any herd of live stock are made and such live stock is found to be free from brucellosis, a certificate setting forth such fact may be issued by the director of the division when authorized by the board; provided, all rules and regulations and provisions of any agreement, under the plan adopted by the board for the control and eradication of brucellosis in the herd, shall have been complied with. L.1946, c. 257, p. 895, s. 5. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 31, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8-17.27 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17.27
Seizure of seeds; condemnation; disposition
Status: in_force

Any lot of seed not in compliance with the provisions of this act shall be subject to seizure by the State on complaint of the State Seed Analyst to a court of competent jurisdiction. In the event the court finds the seed to be in violation of the provisions of this act and orders the condemnation thereof, said seed shall be denatured, processed, destroyed, relabeled, or otherwise disposed of in compliance with the laws of this State; provided, that in no instance shall the court order such disposition of said seed without first having given the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for the release of said seed or permission to process or relabel it to bring it into compliance with this act. L.1963, c. 29, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-25.1
"Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week."
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Department of Education, shall coordinate with farmers in the State, the New Jersey Farm to School Network or its successor entity, public, private, and charter schools and their food services, and other interested and relevant organizations and groups, as determined by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education, to establish: (1) an annual week of promotional events to be known as "Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week" to be celebrated each year throughout the State with the holding of relevant promotional events during the last week of September; and (2) an annual week, during such week as may be designated by the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Department of Education, which shall be known as "New Jersey Agricultural Literacy Week," to encourage classroom activities to be celebrated each year throughout the State by providing sample educational resources, including, but not limited to, resources that highlight how agricultural products provide the necessary ingredients for meals. b. "Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week" shall highlight and promote the value and importance of New Jersey agriculture and fresh foods produced in New Jersey, and the value and importance of fresh farm foods for children, their general health, and their success in school. The promotional events shall be provided to: (1) children through school breakfast, lunch, and snack programs and in the classroom; (2) community groups, churches, and service organizations; (3) the public at large at farms and community farmers markets; and (4) other organizations or groups or at other locations in the State determined by the Department of Agriculture to be beneficial for the success of promoting the value and importance of New Jersey agriculture and fresh foods produced in New Jersey. c. "New Jersey Agricultural Literacy Week" shall highlight, at a minimum, the importance of agriculture and how the agricultural products in the State provide the necessary ingredients for meals. The Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Department of Education, shall make available sample educational resources for appropriate grade levels based on their connection to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. L.2011, c.10, s.1; 2023, c.51, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:4-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-20.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Commercial Feed Law of 1970." L.1970, c. 338, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-16 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-16
General powers of association
Status: in_force

Every association may: a. Have succession, by its corporate name, for the period limited in its certificate of incorporation, and, when no period is limited, perpetually; b. Sue and be sued in any court; c. Make and use a common seal, and alter it at will; d. Hold, purchase and convey such real and personal estate as its purposes require, and all other real estate which has been bona fide conveyed or mortgaged to the association by way of security, or in satisfaction of debts, or purchased at sales upon judgment or decree obtained for debts. The power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take it by devise or bequest; e. Elect a board of directors; f. Make by-laws, not inconsistent with the law, for the management of its property, the regulation of its affairs, and the conduct and management of the association; g. Engage in any one or more of the activities enumerated in section 4:13-3 of this Title and specified in the certificate of incorporation; h. Make contracts necessary in the conduct of its operations and the transaction of its affairs; i. Borrow money necessary in the conduct of its operations and issue notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness therefor and give security, by mortgage or otherwise, for the payment thereof; and make advances to members; j. Establish reserve funds for contingencies and for working capital and patrons' revolving capital funds, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and invest such funds as provided in the by-laws; k. Foster membership in the association by advertising or by educational or other lawful means; l . Purchase, or otherwise acquire, and hold, own and exercise all rights of ownership in, and sell, transfer or pledge shares of the capital stock or bonds of any corporation or association engaged in a related activity, or in the handling or marketing of any of the products handled by the association; m. Become a member of or consolidate or merge with one or more other associations and wind up and dissolve itself, or be wound up and dissolved, in manner mentioned in section 4:13-11 of this Title; n. Exercise such incidental powers as may be necessary, or conducive to or expedient for the benefit of the association, in the exercise of any of the powers herein enumerated. Amended by L.1951, c. 303, p. 1087, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:16-9 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-9
§ 4:16-9
Status: in_force

The chemist or chemists of the experiment station shall analyze all samples of milk, butter or other farm products, or the imitations thereof, that may be sent to the station by the department of health, and shall report to such department the results of the analysis, and the costs thereof shall be paid out of the appropriation made to the station.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-67 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-67
Offenses
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to: a. Receive, take, store, buy, sell, dispose, use or otherwise possess any milk case without the consent of the owner; b. Refuse to return any milk case to the owner upon demand; c. Deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise remove or conceal any name, registered trademark or other business identification of an owner of a milk case, for the purpose of destroying or removing from the milk case evidence of its ownership. L.1982, c. 216, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-21 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-21
Powers of director enumerated
Status: in_force

The director may fix the price at which milk is to be bought, sold, or distributed; regulate conditions and terms of sale; establish and require observance of fair trade practices; supervise, regulate and control the entire milk industry of the State of New Jersey, including the production, importation, classification, processing, transportation, disposal, sale or resale, storage or distribution of milk as defined in this act in the State of New Jersey in those matters and in every way necessary to carry out the purposes of this act and necessary to control or prevent unfair, unjust, destructive or demoralizing practices which are likely to result in the demoralization of agricultural interest in this State engaged in the production of milk or interfere with the maintenance of a fresh, wholesome supply of sanitary milk for the consumers of this State; provided, however, that nothing contained in this act shall be construed as authorizing the director to adopt, promulgate or enforce orders, rules or regulations containing provisions or sanitary regulations as defined in section one of this act; and provided, further, that nothing contained in this act or orders, rules or regulations adopted thereunder shall conflict with or be construed to abrogate or affect the status, force or operation of any public health law, any sanitary regulation or any local health ordinance, code or regulation, or Title 24 of the Revised Statutes and amendments thereof and supplements thereto. L.1941, c. 274, p. 722, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-34 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-34
Refusal or suspension or revocation of license; notice of hearing
Status: in_force

Before declining to grant a license or conditioning or limiting a license, or suspending or revoking a license previously granted, the director shall give notice to the applicant or licensee personally, or by mail addressed to his last known address, and afford him an opportunity to appear and be heard with respect thereto at a time and place specified in such notice. Such applicant or licensee shall have the right to be heard in person or by attorney, and to offer evidence pertinent to the subject of the hearing, and to that end to invoke the powers of the director with respect to the compulsory attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents by subpoena. A duly certified copy of the order of the director of such hearing shall be served upon the applicant or the licensee in the manner provided by section twenty of this act. L.1941, c. 274, p. 727, s. 34.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-1.1
Prevention of damage by floodwater or sediment; conservation of water for agricultural purposes
Status: in_force

The purposes of soil conservation and the control and prevention of soil erosion to be furthered by the State Soil Conservation Committee and of the soil conservation districts shall include, wherever applicable, the prevention of damage to soil and soil resources by floodwater or by sediment and the furtherance of conservation of water for agricultural purposes. L.1959, c. 129, p. 570, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12A-57 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-57
Penalty for distributor's failure to comply or interference
Status: in_force

A distributor who shall: a. Fail to comply with the requirements of this act; b. With intent to deceive, answer or report falsely in response to any requirement of this act; or c. Willfully interfere with the Department of Agriculture or its authorized agents in the performance of duties prescribed by this act-- shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), to be sued for and recovered in an action at law by and in the name of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. The penalty when recovered shall be paid into the State treasury. L.1942, c. 263, p. 707, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:15-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-2
Authority to hold fairs and exhibitions
Status: in_force

An association may: a. Hold fairs and exhibitions of agricultural, horticultural, mechanical and manufacturing productions, collections and discoveries of works of art, of live stock and animals, and for the encouragement of competition in the breeding of stock and the development of speed and other qualities in animals; b. Provide and maintain grounds, buildings, road tracks, walks and other improvements necessary or desirable for the proper display of exhibits; c. Encourage competition by the offer and payment of premiums and awards for stock and articles of a superior kind, class or quality; and d. Ask and receive reasonable fees for the admittance of exhibitors and visitors.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-15.33a — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15.33a
Fertilizer regulation
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules and regulations it may deem appropriate concerning the preparation, processing or distribution of seafood wastes to be used to fertilize or otherwise improve the chemical or physical characteristics of soil. L. 1986, c. 80, s. 1, eff. Aug. 6, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 4:17-2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-2
Trespass; enforcement; penalties; liability.
Status: in_force

4:17-2. a. Except as provided otherwise pursuant to subsection b. of this section, any person who trespasses upon the agricultural or horticultural lands of another is liable to a civil penalty of not less than $100.00. b. In addition to any other applicable fines, penalties, or restitution that may be assessed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.522 (C.2C:18-6) or any other law, any person who knowingly or recklessly operates a motorized vehicle or rides horseback upon the lands of another without obtaining and in possession of the written permission of the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee thereof, or damages or injures any tangible property, including, but not limited to, any fence, building, feedstocks, crops, live trees, or any domestic animals, located on the lands of another shall be liable to: (1) a civil penalty of not less than $1,000; and (2) the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee of the lands for any reasonable and necessary expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred by the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee to ensure that the lands are restored to their condition prior to commission of the offense. The court shall make a finding of the amount of expenses incurred and damages sustained and order the defendant to pay as appropriate. c. Any civil penalty imposed pursuant to subsection a. or b. of this section shall be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under 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 "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999." If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense. d. Nothing in this article shall relieve owners of agricultural or horticultural lands from the obligation to provide conspicuous posting prohibiting trespass on the waters or banks along or around any waters listed for stocking with fish in the current fish code adopted pursuant to section 32 of P.L.1948, c. 448 (C.13:1B-30) before a trespass violation may be found. e. As used in this article, "agricultural or horticultural lands" means lands devoted to the production for sale of plants and animals useful to man, encompassing plowed or tilled fields, standing crops or their residues, cranberry bogs and appurtenant dams, dikes, canals, ditches and pump houses, including impoundments, man-made reservoirs and the adjacent shorelines thereto, orchards, nurseries and lands with a maintained fence for the purpose of restraining domestic livestock. "Agricultural or horticultural lands" shall also include lands in agricultural use, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-13) where public notice prohibiting trespass is given by actual communication to the actor, conspicuous posting, or fencing or other enclosure manifestly designed to exclude intruders.
amended 1953, c.5, s.41; 1983, c.521, s.1; 1991, c.91, s.172; 2018, c.121, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-8
Certification to governor of names of members elect
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Agriculture shall certify the names of those elected by the convention to the Governor for appointment, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and for the issuance of commissions for the term for which each has been chosen. Amended by L.1944, c. 202, p. 723, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-93.32 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-93.32
Agreement as to value of condemned animal; appraisement; compensation
Status: in_force

The veterinarian making an official test, or any authorized agent of the department, may make an agreement with the owner as to the valuation of the animal condemned, based on its market value for dairy, breeding or beef purposes as of the day of appraisement, or the owner of the animal condemned may agree that the value of the animal be determined by appraisement as provided in section 14 or section 15 of this act. For each animal slaughtered as the result of an official test under a program prescribed by the board to prevent the spread of brucellosis, the owner shall receive the net proceeds of the sale of the animal and, in addition thereto, subject to the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the board governing compensation for condemned animals, may be paid indemnity based on the market value of the animal or animals to be slaughtered immediately prior to the time of the discovery of the infection, subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the board. L.1946, c. 257, p. 896, s. 12. Amended by L.1973, c. 47, s. 5, eff. March 2, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-43 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-43
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The functions, powers and duties of the chemist of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station prescribed by chapters 4 and 9 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 316 of the laws of 1951 are continued, but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to and vested in the State Chemist established hereunder and shall be exercised and performed by him. L.1965, c. 80, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-12
Assignment of functions and duties; supervision
Status: in_force

The board shall assign to the various divisions, bureaus, officers and employees, their proper functions and duties and either directly, or through the secretary, supervise and control the performance thereof. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 990, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-4
Notice to department by veterinarians and others of existence or appearance of disease
Status: in_force

In case certain contagious or infectious diseases, which are designated by the Department of Agriculture as a particular and dangerous menace to the animal health of the State, shall appear or be suspected to exist in any locality, all veterinarians practicing in the State who shall gain knowledge of the existence or suspected existence of such disease, or any person who shall gain knowledge of the existence or suspected existence of such disease among animals owned by him or on premises owned or controlled by him, shall notify the Department of Agriculture of the facts within forty-eight hours. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 869, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-10.4 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-10.4
Rules, regulations, standards.
Status: in_force

8. a. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall adopt, in consultation with the Attorney General and pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), standards determining what constitutes a direct threat to public safety pursuant to section 6 and section 7 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-9 and C.4:1C-10). b. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall adopt, in consultation with the Department of Health and Senior Services and pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), standards determining what constitutes a direct threat to public health pursuant to section 6 and section 7 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-9 and C.4:1C-10). c. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.1998, c.48 (C.4:1C-10.1 et al.) and P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et al.). L.1998, c.48,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-25.2 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-25.2
Violations; petty disorderly persons offense
Status: in_force

2. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1939, c.315 (C.4:22-25.1) shall be guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense. L.1939,c.315,s.2; amended 1953,c.5,s.62; 1995,c.355,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-55 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-55
§ 4:7-55
Status: in_force

A person who shall knowingly and willfully bring into this state a bale of hay containing Canada thistle, or seeds of the same, or any grass or grain seeds with which the seeds of Canada thistle are mixed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary of the county in which such conviction shall take place, or both fine and imprisonment may be imposed, in the discretion of the court.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-29 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-29
Packing or repacking permit
Status: in_force

Any person desiring to pack or repack an agricultural commodity which is represented as having been exposed to controlled atmosphere storage shall apply to the secretary for a permit. Permits shall expire 1 year after the issuance thereof and may be renewed annually unless revoked or suspended for violation of this statute or regulations issued pursuant thereto. L.1962, c. 62, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8-17.19a — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17.19a
Inapplicability of act to seeds sold directly by grower
Status: in_force

No provision of the New Jersey State Seed Law (Revision of 1963, P.L.1963, c. 29 (C. 4:8-17.13 et seq.) shall apply to seeds produced by a farmer on his own premises and sold by him directly to the consumer, provided the farmer is not engaged in the business of selling seeds not produced by him. L.1984, c. 201, s. 3, eff. Nov. 28, 1984, operative Jan. 1, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 4:11-34 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-34
Penalty for violations; jail for nonpayment
Status: in_force

A person, who shall engage in the business of commission merchant, dealer or broker, as defined in section 4:11-15 of this Title, without first having obtained a license as provided in this article shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $3,000.00 a day for each day of operation. Any grower or producer of perishable agricultural commodities, poultry products or poultry who knowingly sells to, or utilizes the services of, any unlicensed commission merchant, dealer or broker shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $3,000.00, or who shall violate any other provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty of $100.00 for the first offense and $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense, to be sued for and recovered with costs in the name of the department in the manner provided in article 1 of chapter 23 of Title (s. 4:23-1 et seq.) and in such proceeding the defendant may be arrested upon the commencement of the action. If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff the court shall cause a defendant who shall fail to pay forthwith the amount of the judgment rendered against him, and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period of not less than 5 nor more than 90 days for a first offense and not less than 10 nor more than 200 days for the second and each subsequent offense. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 35, s. 26; L.1977, c. 427, s. 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.21 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.21
Courts of jurisdiction, summary hearing, process
Status: in_force

21. The Superior Court and the municipal courts shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine in a summary manner proceedings for violations of any of the provisions of this act. Penalties for such violations shall be enforced and recovered pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) at the suit of the Commissioner of Health of the State of New Jersey or of the local board of health or the municipality. Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant. L.1941,c.151,s.21; amended 1953, c.5, s.49; 1991,c.91,s.174.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.16a — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.16a
Rules, regulations concerning training, educational qualifications for animal control officers.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Health shall, within 120 days after the effective date of P.L.1983, c.525, and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations concerning the training and educational qualifications for the certification of animal control officers, including, but not limited to, a course of study approved by the commissioner and the Police Training Commission, in consultation with the New Jersey Certified Animal Control Officers Association, which acquaints a person with: (1) The law as it affects animal control, animal welfare, and animal cruelty; (2) Animal behavior and the handling of stray or diseased animals; and (3) Community safety as it relates to animal control. (4) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2017, c.331) Any person 18 years of age or older may satisfy the courses of study established pursuant to this subsection at that person's own time and expense; however, nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing a person to exercise the powers and duties of an animal control officer absent municipal appointment or authorization pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.525 (C.4:19-15.16b). b. (1) The commissioner shall provide for the issuance of a certificate to a person who possesses, or acquires, the training and education required to qualify as a certified animal control officer pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection a. of this section and to a person 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. The commissioner shall not issue a certificate to any person convicted of, or found civilly liable for, a violation of any provision of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes. (2) The commissioner shall revoke the certificate of any person convicted of, or found civilly liable for, a violation of any provision of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, and shall place the name of the person on the list established pursuant to subsection c. of this section. c. (1) The commissioner shall establish a list of all persons issued a certificate pursuant to subsection b. of this section (a) for whom that certificate has been revoked, or (b) who have been convicted of, or found civilly liable for, a violation of any provision of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes. The commissioner shall provide each municipality in the State with a copy of this list within 30 days after the list is established and not less often than annually thereafter if no revised list required pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection has been issued in the interim. (2) Upon receipt of a notice required pursuant to section 3 or 4 of P.L.2003, c.67 (C.4:22-57 or C.2B:12-17.1) involving a person who has been issued a certificate pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the commissioner shall add to the list the name of the person convicted of, or found civilly liable for, a violation of any provision of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes according to the notice, and shall issue a copy of the revised list to each municipality within 30 days after receipt of any notice. L.1983, c.525, s.3; amended 1997, c.247, s.2; 2003, c.67, s.1; 2012, c.17, s.8; 2017, c.331, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-1
Annual dog taxes
Status: in_force

A person shall, except as hereinafter provided, be taxed annually the sum of one dollar for each dog above the age of six months kept or harbored in a taxing district of this state, sometimes in this article called a municipality, and two dollars for each additional dog above the age of six months. A further dog tax may be levied annually when legally ordered and shall be assessed and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other annual taxes raised for the use of the state, county or municipalities. This article shall not apply to taxing districts wherein the running at large of dogs is or shall be restrained or regulated by ordinance.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-15.5 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-15.5
Actions to promote, protect right to adequate food.
Status: in_force

5. a. Every State, county, and municipal entity is encouraged to: (1) take all necessary affirmative and compensatory actions to promote, respect, and protect the exercise of the right to adequate food; (2) coordinate and collaborate with other State, county, and municipal entities as necessary to implement the right to adequate food; and (3) coordinate and collaborate with private persons and entities as necessary to implement the right to adequate food. b. Every State, county, and municipal entity is encouraged to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture to: (1) prioritize policies and programs that: (a) help New Jersey farmers better access the commercial food market in this State; (b) help New Jersey farmers make farming a sustainable lifestyle; and (c) contribute to growing the number of new farmers in the State; (2) when purchasing food, prioritize the purchase of food from New Jersey farms; (3) when implementing policies or making policy decisions, consider the implications to farmers; and (4) promote farmland preservation and utilization. L.2025, JR 19, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:23-10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-10
§ 4:23-10
Status: in_force

All penalties which are recoverable under the provisions of this article shall when recovered and after payment of costs be paid into the state treasury by the person authorized to sue for and recover same.
N.J. Stat. § 4:15-10 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-10
Maintenance and use
Status: in_force

The state house commission is authorized to maintain the state exhibition building which was erected as provided in the act entitled "An act to provide for the erection and maintenance of a state exhibition building for the display and exhibit of the educational features, and the institutional, agricultural and horticultural products of the state, and making an appropriation therefor," approved March tenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (L.1921, c. 40, p. 67). Such building and the land on which it is situated shall be held in the name of the state by the state house commission or its successors in office and shall be used for the purposes enumerated in the title of said act.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1C / Section 1C-17
Subregional agricultural retention board; membership; dissolution
Status: in_force

a. If any board of chosen freeholders has not created a board within 1 year of the effective date of this act, the governing body of any municipality located within that county may, singly or jointly by parallel ordinance with other contiguous municipalities within the county, establish a subregional agricultural retention board, which shall have the same responsibilities as a county board, except that its jurisdiction shall not exceed the boundaries of the municipality or municipalities establishing the board. Every subregional agricultural retention board may receive State moneys from the fund pursuant to the provisions of this act. b. The members of a subregional agricultural retention board shall be appointed in the same manner as a county board, except that the planning board representative shall be from the municipal planning board and the appointive members shall be residents of the municipality. If two or more municipalities jointly create a subregional board, the number of members thereof shall be multiplied by the number of municipalities involved. c. If the governing body of the county creates a board subsequent to the establishment of a subregional agricultural retention board, the subregional body shall, within 90 days of the date of the creation of the board, be dissolved but may remain advisory to the board. The board shall honor any contractual commitments of the subregional agricultural retention board. L.1983, c. 32, s. 10, eff. Jan. 26, 1983, operative Jan. 26, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 4:24-17.3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-17.3
New supervisors; appointment; time of taking office
Status: in_force

Upon the effective date of a division of a district or the combination of 2 or more districts, the terms of office of the supervisors theretofore in office shall terminate and new supervisors, appointed by the State Soil Conservation Committee in accordance with Revised Statutes 4:24-12, shall take office as the governing body of the district or districts so created. L.1966, c. 77, s. 3, eff. June 14, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 4:10-39 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-39
Enforcement of act by secretary; powers
Status: in_force

The secretary is charged with the enforcement of this act and for that purpose the secretary or his authorized agents shall have power: (a) To enter and inspect all premises and places within the State where potatoes are produced, packed or stored for sale, shipped, delivered for shipment, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, and to inspect such places and all potatoes, potato containers and equipment found in any such places. (b) To issue and enforce a written "stop sale, use, or removal" order to the owner or custodian of any packages of potatoes found improperly marked in violation of any provisions of this act, or rule or regulation adopted hereunder. Such order may require that the packages be held at a designated place until such packages of potatoes have been properly marked under this act, or rule or regulation adopted hereunder, and released by the secretary or his authorized agent. L.1963, c. 116, s. 6. Amended by L.1974, c. 164, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:8-17.17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17.17
Other unlawful acts
Status: in_force

No person within this State shall-- (a) Detach, alter, deface, or destroy any label provided for in this act or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder, or alter or substitute seed in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this act. (b) Disseminate any false or misleading advertisements concerning seed in any manner or by any means. (c) Hinder or obstruct in any way, any authorized person in the performance of his duties under this act. (d) Fail to comply with a "stop sale" order or to move or otherwise handle or dispose of any lot of seed held under a "stop sale" order or tags attached thereto except with express permission of the State Seed Analyst, and for the purpose specified thereby. (e) Use the word "type" in any labeling in connection with the name of any agricultural seed variety. L.1963, c. 29, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-12
Record of purchases and periodical statement thereof to vendor
Status: in_force

A proprietor of a milk gathering station shall keep, in such form as the secretary may prescribe, a record of transactions of purchases of milk or cream by him. He shall, at least semimonthly, deliver to each person from whom he receives or purchases milk or cream and in the unit of measure used in computing the amount due therefor, an itemized statement of the several amounts or quantities of such milk or cream so received or purchased at such milk station from such person during the prior half month, or, if statements are delivered more frequently than semimonthly, during the period which has elapsed since the delivery of such last prior statement. If the milk or cream is purchased or received on a butter fat basis, the statements shall include the percentage, or average percentage, of butter fat contained in the milk or cream as determined by tests, periodical or otherwise. A proprietor shall keep a correct account of all the milk or cream daily received or purchased from each person at such milk station, which account shall be open to inspection by such person.
N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.17 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.17
Seizure of dogs, going on premises for
Status: in_force

Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this act is hereby authorized to go upon any premises to seize for impounding any dog or dogs which he may lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog or dogs, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog if said owner is present and forbids the same. L.1941, c. 151, p. 502, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 4:18A-3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-3
Uses of funds
Status: in_force

The fund shall be available to the secretary for: (a) Such rural rehabilitation purposes which were permissible under the Certificate of Incorporation of the now dissolved New Jersey Rural Rehabilitation Corporation as may from time to time be agreed upon by the secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate, including but not limited to, loans to farmers for the purpose of leasing, purchasing and acquiring title in land, and making improvements thereon, for the purchase of farm equipment, livestock, materials and supplies needed for the production of crops, livestock and poultry, and to finance the employment of farm labor, and for any other costs incidental to the production, processing, distribution and marketing of food. Loans shall be made at such rates of interest and upon such security and other terms and conditions as the secretary may prescribe. (b) Loans to be insured by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-128), as now or hereafter amended, subject to all of the provisions of said Subtitle A and the applicable provisions of Subtitle D of that act as now or hereafter amended. (c) For transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 5 of this act, and (d) For administrative expenses which shall not, without the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, exceed 3% annually of the then book value of the assets. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1152, s. 3. Amended by L.1962, c. 78, s. 1, eff. June 11, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 4:9-38 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-38
Composting, handling, etc. of animal wastes.
Status: in_force

12. The Department of Agriculture shall, by rule or regulation and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), establish criteria and standards for the composting, handling, storage, processing, utilization and disposal of animal wastes as provided in section 19 of P.L.1997, c.236 (C.4:27-19). L.1989,c.151,s.12; amended 1997, c.236, s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 4:15-12 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-12
Advisory committee
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture may appoint an advisory committee of one person from each branch of the livestock industry to further this type of agricultural endeavor. L.1953, c. 302, p. 1843, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-8 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-8
Amending certificate
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation may be amended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members or delegates present and acting at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, on 10 days' notice; if the amendment has first been approved by a 2/3 vote of the directors present and acting at a duly constituted meeting, and if the certificate as so amended is such as might have been originally made and filed under this chapter. A certificate of the amendment under the association's seal, signed by the president and acknowledged by the secretary, shall be filed in the manner provided in section 4:13-6 of this Title. Amended by L.1966, c. 286, s. 9; L.1971, c. 324, s. 4, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-25.3 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-25.3
Sale, barter of products made from dog or cat fur; prohibited
Status: in_force

1. Any person who sells, barters, or offers for sale or barter, at wholesale or retail, the fur or hair of a domestic dog or cat or any product made in whole or in part from the fur or hair of a domestic dog or cat commits a crime of the fourth degree, provided that the person knew or reasonably should have known that the fur or hair was from a domestic dog or cat or that the product was made in whole or in part from the fur or hair of a domestic dog or cat. This section shall not apply to the sale or barter, or offering for sale or barter, of the fur or hair of a domestic dog or cat cut at a commercial grooming establishment or at a veterinary office or clinic or for scientific research purposes. As used in this section, "domestic dog or cat" means a dog (Canis familiaris) or cat (Felis catus or Felis domesticus) that is generally recognized in the United States as being a household pet and shall not include coyote, fox, lynx, bobcat, or any other wild canine or feline species. L.1999,c.307,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 4:5-74 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-74
§ 4:5-74
Status: in_force

For the proper enforcement of the provisions of this article the state board of agriculture may make and enforce orders, rules and regulations for the control and eradication and to prevent the spread of tuberculosis or any other contagious or infectious disease to the cattle of the state; and may issue any quarantine orders deemed necessary to prevent the entrance of cattle affected with a contagious or infectious disease.
N.J. Stat. § 4:1-43.1 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-43.1
Transfer and civil service status of employees of chemist and seed analyst of New Jersey agricultural experiment station
Status: in_force

Upon the establishment July 1, 1966 in the Department of Agriculture of the offices of State Chemist and State Seed Analyst, in accordance with P.L.1965, chapter 80, all positions or employments theretofore held with the chemist of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in the exercise of the functions, powers and duties prescribed by chapters 4 and 9 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 316 of the laws of 1951 and with the seed analyst of said experiment station in the exercise of the functions, powers and duties prescribed by chapters 125 of the laws of 1961 and 29 of the laws of 1963, which can be allocated to the classified service, in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, shall be so allocated under appropriate titles, by the Civil Service Commission; and all persons regularly employed by said chemist and seed analyst prior to July 1, 1966, who consent to their transfer to the Department of Agriculture in implementation of P.L.1965, chapter 80, shall be recorded, without examination, as having been permanently appointed thereto as of the dates of their respective original appointments by said chemist or seed analyst, under said titles, and shall thereafter hold the same under and subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes relating to the classified service. L.1966, c. 63, s. 1, eff. June 6, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 4:13-44 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-44
Public policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and the public policy of this State to establish and support the right of any producer to join voluntarily and belong to cooperative associations. L.1962, c. 131, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 4:7-9 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-9
§ 4:7-9
Status: in_force

All notices, orders or directions issued by the department in connection with this article shall be in writing, supplemented by such printed matter as may be needed to explain the written orders. They shall be served personally upon the owner or manager of the nursery or other establishment or place where the diseased plants are found, or, if no owner or manager can be found in such place, the notice may be delivered to any person found on the place, or may be attached to some conspicuous object on the place. The notice or order shall specify a time, not less than three days from its date, within which it must be complied with.
N.J. Stat. § 4:22-48 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-48
Forfeiture, sale of seized animals
Status: in_force

4:22-48. The person seizing animals, creatures, implements or appliances as authorized in section 4:22-47 of this Title, shall, within 24 hours thereafter, apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to have the same forfeited and sold. If, upon the hearing of the application, it is found and adjudged that at the time of the seizure the animals, creatures, implements or appliances were engaged or used in violation of section 4:22-47 or paragraphs "e," "f," "g," "u," "v," or "w" of section 4:22-26 of this Title, or were owned, possessed or kept with the intent that they should be so engaged or used, they shall be adjudged forfeited, and the court shall order the same sold in such manner as it shall deem proper, and after deducting the costs and expenses, shall dispose of the proceeds as provided in section 4:22-55 of this Title. A bird or animal found or adjudged to be of no use or value may be liberated or disposed of as directed by the court. The costs of sheltering, caring for, treating, and if necessary, destroying an animal or creature, including veterinary expenses therefor, until the animal or creature is adjudged forfeited and sold, liberated, or disposed of pursuant to this section shall be borne by the owner of the animal or creature. A creature or property which is adjudged not forfeited shall be returned to the owner, and the person making the seizure shall pay all costs and expenses thereof. Amended 1953, c.5, s.82; 1989,c.35,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 4:12-43 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-43
§ 4:12-43
Status: in_force

Any milk dealer or milk company which neglects to make deductions when authorized in writing by each individual milk producer to make specified deductions, or any milk dealer or milk company who neglects for a period of fifteen days to forward, by check or otherwise, all sums deducted (less five per cent for bookkeeping costs) to the designated association, together with a statement showing amount in pounds of individual milk producers' delivery for month in which deductions were made, shall be subject to the provisions of section 4:12-44 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 4:6-7 — NJ Code / Title 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7
§ 4:6-7
Status: in_force

Whenever in the course of the inspections or investigations made or carried on by the department as provided in this chapter, it shall become aware of the existence of disease as defined in section 4:6-1 of this title in any apiary or colony of bees, it shall notify the owner or manager of the infested or diseased apiary or colony of the character of the infestation and of the treatment to be administered for the eradication of such disease.