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NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.10 - Impeding or preventing inspections

4:5-106.10. Impeding or preventing inspections  No authorized representative of the department shall be impeded or prevented from entering any garbage-feeding hog farm or any part of any building, or any part of the premises for the purpose of making inspections of the premises and the methods of operation as prescribed by this act or by the rules and regulations of the board as adopted and promulgated under this act. L.1957, c. 140, p. 535, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.11 - Frequency of inspections

4:5-106.11. Frequency of inspections  The department shall send an authorized representative to inspect the buildings and premises of each licensee as often as it deems necessary and at least once during each license year. L.1957, c. 140, p. 536, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.12 - Examination of records

4:5-106.12. Examination of records  Any authorized representative of the department may examine such records as are required, on forms supplied by the department, pertaining to the operation of a garbage-feeding hog farm. Copies of such records shall be submitted to the department on request. L.1957, c. 140, p. 536, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.13 - Violations; issuance, restoration, revocation or suspension of licenses; hearings

4:5-106.13. Violations; issuance, restoration, revocation or suspension of licenses; hearings  The department shall have power to refuse to issue or restore, and to revoke or suspend the license of any person upon due hearing, on proof of violation of any provision of this act or of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act, and shall have the power to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of such books, records and papers as it may desire. A written statement of the charges against such person shall be served upon him at least 10 days before the day set for the hearing. The hearing shall be before the Secretary of Agriculture or a duly authorized representative of the department and the person complained against shall have an opportunity to produce witnesses or other evidence in his behalf, and to confront witnesses against him. L.1957, c. 140, p. 536, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.14 - Penalties

4:5-106.14. Penalties  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or any order, rule or regulation made by the board under this act, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $100.00 and for the second and each subsequent offense to a penalty of not more than $200.00. L.1957, c. 140, p. 536, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.15 - Jurisdiction

4:5-106.15. Jurisdiction  15. Jurisdiction of proceedings to collect penalties collectible under the provisions of this act is vested in the Superior Court and the municipal court in any municipality where the defendant may be apprehended or where he may reside. Process shall be either a summons or warrant and shall be prosecuted in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.).  L.1957,c.140,s.15; amended 1991,c.91,s.157.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.16 - Imprisonment upon failure to pay judgment

4:5-106.16. Imprisonment upon failure to pay judgment  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 until the judgment is paid but no such imprisonment shall exceed 30 days in the case of the first offense or 90 days for a second or subsequent offense. L.1957, c. 140, p. 537, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.17 - Committee representing swine industry

4:5-106.17. Committee representing swine industry  The board shall appoint a committee of 5 representatives of the swine industry of the State, 1 of whom shall be a producer of grain-fed swine, and 4 of whom shall be feeders of cooked or treated garbage. The members of this committee shall be appointed for 3-year terms running from January 1 to January 1, 3 years thereafter except that of the first members appointed, 1 shall be for a term of 1 year, 2 for a term of 2 years and 2 for a term of 3 years, as designated by the board. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired term only. The committee shall serve as an advisory committee to the board and to the secretary on all matters pertaining to the swine industry and to the control of contagious and infectious diseases of swine. All members of the committee shall serve without compensation. L.1957, c. 140, p. 537, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.18 - Effective date of license

4:5-106.18. Effective date of license  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.19 - Municipal regulations

4:5-106.19. Municipal regulations  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-106.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-106.20 - Effective date

4:5-106.20. Effective date  This act shall take effect December 1, 1957. L.1957, c. 140, p. 538, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-107 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-107 - Definitions

4:5-107. Definitions  As used in this article: "Division" means the Division of Animal Health. "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 994, s. 11; L.1967, c. 175, s. 10, eff. July 25, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-108 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-108 - License for sale or distribution

4:5-108. License for sale or distribution  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-109 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-109 - Rules and regulations; revocation of license

4:5-109. Rules and regulations; revocation of license  The director of the division may make rules and regulations for the enforcement of this article and failure to comply with the same shall be sufficient cause for him to revoke the license granted or permission given. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 994, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-110 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-110 - Permission to administer disease-producing substance

4:5-110. Permission to administer disease-producing substance  No person shall inject or otherwise administer to any domestic animal any virus or other disease-producing substance, or substance containing pathogenic or disease-producing germs of a kind that is virulent for domestic animals, unless specific permission for the purpose is granted by the director of the division in writing, upon blanks provided by the department for that purpose. Amended by L.1950, c. 293, p. 994, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-111 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-111 - Report of each sale and injection of tuberculin or mallein

4:5-111. Report of each sale and injection of tuberculin or mallein  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-112 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-112 - Penalty

4:5-112. Penalty  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5A-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5A-20 - Definitions

4:5A-20. Definitions  a. "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. b. "Disposal plant" means a place of business or the location where the carcasses of domestic animals or meat packing house refuse are: (1) received or unloaded; (2) processed for the purpose of obtaining the hides, skin, grease residue, fertilizer, food for animals or any other by-product in any manner; or (3) fed to hogs, dogs, fur bearing or other animals, but shall not include an establishment inspected under the "Federal Meat Inspection Act" (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) c. "Carcasses of domestic animals" means bodies or any part thereof of dead livestock which are not intended for human food. d. "Reportable diseases" means diseases dangerous to animal health as enumerated in regulations of the department adopted under the authority of section 7 of P.L.1950, c. 293 (C. 4:1-21.5). e. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. L.1983, c. 179, s. 1, eff. May 10, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5A-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5A-21 - Disposal plant; license to operate or conduct; fees; rules and regulations

4:5A-21. Disposal plant; license to operate or conduct; fees; rules and regulations  No person shall operate or conduct a disposal plant without a license from the department. The department shall, by rule and regulation adopted in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), set fees for licenses and set reasonable inspection and sanitation standards for operators, buildings, containers and vehicles. Fees for licensing shall cover clerical, printing and inspection costs of the department. L.1983, c. 179, s. 2, eff. May 10, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5A-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5A-22 - Inspections

4:5A-22. Inspections  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5A-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5A-23 - Records

4:5A-23. Records  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5A-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5A-24 - Hauling and transporting carcasses of animals dead from disease

4:5A-24. Hauling and transporting carcasses of animals dead from disease  A licensee may haul and transport the carcasses of animals that have died from disease, in a covered vehicle, bed or tank which is watertight and is so constructed that no drippings or seepings from the carcasses can escape from the vehicle, bed or tank. Such vehicle shall not be driven into the yard, or upon the premises of any person, unless the driver first obtains the permission of the person. L.1983, c. 179, s. 5, eff. May 10, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5A-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5A-25 - Penalties; enforcement

4:5A-25. Penalties; enforcement  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5A-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5A-26 - Rules and regulations

4:5A-26. Rules and regulations  The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act to prevent the spread of disease among domestic animals. L.1983, c. 179, s. 7, eff. May 10, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-1 - Definitions

4:6-1. Definitions  As used in this chapter: a. "Department" means the department of agriculture. b. "Disease" unless otherwise herein limited or enlarged means the diseases known as American foulbrood or European foulbrood or other discoverable, contagious or infectious bee disease.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-2 - Study of outbreaks

4:6-2. Study of outbreaks  The department shall study and investigate or cause to be studied and investigated, outbreaks of any bee disease and other conditions unfavorable to the development of bees within the state.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-3 - Infested colonies or apparatus as nuisance

4:6-3. Infested colonies or apparatus as nuisance  A colony of honey bees, or apparatus used in bee-keeping, known to be infested with American foulbrood or European foulbrood or other serious, discoverable, contagious or infectious bee disease is hereby declared a public nuisance and subject to abatement as provided in this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-4 - Investigation of apiaries

4:6-4. Investigation of apiaries  The department shall investigate or cause to be investigated all apiaries or other places where bees are kept or raised in this state and all complaints of the existence of diseases of any kind in apiaries or other places where bees are kept or raised in this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-5 - Inspection of apiaries raising queen bees for sale

4:6-5. Inspection of apiaries raising queen bees for sale  A person in this State engaged in the rearing of queen bees for sale shall have his apiary inspected at least twice during each summer and a person who shall fail to comply with this requirement shall be liable to a penalty of $200.00. The department shall inspect all such apiaries at least twice each season, when requested by the owner. Amended by L.1977, c. 159, s. 1, eff. July 14, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-6 - Certification of apiaries raising queen bees for sale

4:6-6. Certification of apiaries raising queen bees for sale  Whenever the department shall find any apiary where queen bees are raised for sale to be free from disease, as defined in section 4:6-1 of this title, he shall furnish the owner with a certificate to that effect. The certificate shall state the date of its expiration. It may be revoked at any time the department shall find evidence of the appearance of disease as defined in said section 4:6-1 in the queen rearing yard.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-7 - Notice to owner of diseased apiary

4:6-7. Notice to owner of diseased apiary  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-8 - Contents of notice and order for treatment

4:6-8. Contents of notice and order for treatment  The notice and order for treatment, referred to in section 4:6-7 of this title, shall be in writing and shall specify the time within which the prescribed treatment shall be administered, which shall not be less than eight days after the service of the notice. The directions for treatment shall be written or printed and may consist of a bulletin or other publication of the department or of the state agricultural experiment station.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-9 - Quarantine provision included in notice and order

4:6-9. Quarantine provision included in notice and order  In order to prevent the spread of the disease as defined in section 4:6-1 of this title between the time of its discovery and its eradication the notice and order shall include a provision placing the bee yard and equipment, of which the infected colony or equipment is a part, under quarantine forbidding the removal, sale, barter or giving away of the whole or any part thereof until the quarantine is lifted in whole or in part by written notice from the department.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-10 - Type of hives required; seizure of other types as nuisances

4:6-10. Type of hives required; seizure of other types as nuisances  On and after July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or to maintain honey bees in any hives other than modern, movable, frame hives which permit the thorough examination of every comb in order to detect the presence of bee diseases. All other types of boxes or receptacles for bees which are in use after July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, are hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and a menace to the community, and the Department of Agriculture may seize and destroy the same without remuneration to the owner. Amended by L.1939, c. 104, p. 385, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-11 - Compliance with orders; powers in case of noncompliance

4:6-11. Compliance with orders; powers in case of noncompliance  The person upon whom the notice and order, referred to in sections 4:6-7 to 4:6-10 of this title, is served shall comply with it in all respects within the time limited in such notice and order. Upon failure to comply with the notice or order to treat or transfer bees, the department may give such assistance or take such summary action as, in its judgment, is necessary to prevent the spread of disease, as defined in section 4:6-1 of this title even though such action involves, in extreme cases, the immediate destruction of bees and equipment without compensation.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:6-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:6-12 - Keeping of infested bees; penalty

4:6-12. Keeping of infested bees; penalty  No person shall have or keep in his possession or in an apiary, a colony of bees infested by the diseases known as American foulbrood or European foulbrood or by any other disease which is contagious or infectious in its nature and injurious to honey bees in their egg, larvae, pupal or adult stages, and a person who shall have or keep in his possession any colony of bees so infested, after notice of the existence of the disease given as provided in sections 4:6-7 to 4:6-9 of this Title, shall be liable to a penalty of $200.00. Amended by L.1977, c. 159, s. 2, eff. July 14, 1977.