New Jersey 2022-2023 Regular Session

New Jersey Assembly Bill A2807 Compare Versions

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1	1	ASSEMBLY, No. 2807 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 220th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 28, 2022
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3	3	ASSEMBLY, No. 2807
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7	7	STATE OF NEW JERSEY
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9	9	220th LEGISLATURE
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13	13	INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 28, 2022
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17	17	Sponsored by: Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE District 36 (Bergen and Passaic) SYNOPSIS Requires State Board of Agriculture to provide list of environmentally harmful plant species to certain committees of Legislature each year. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
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21	21	Sponsored by:
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23	23	Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
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37	37	Requires State Board of Agriculture to provide list of environmentally harmful plant species to certain committees of Legislature each year.
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47	47	An Act concerning environmentally harmful plant species and supplementing chapter 7 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. The State Board of Agriculture shall provide annually to the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee or their successors, a list of all plant species, which, in the opinion of the board, should not be sold or cultivated in the State because of the plant's detrimental effect on the environment. For each item, the list shall include: a. the binomial name and all common names of the plant; b. the life cycle of the plant; c. the means of reproduction of the plant; d. the geographical distribution of the plant throughout the State; e. whether or not the plant is considered by the Department of Environmental Protection to be an invasive species; f. whether or not the plant has a detrimental effect on the migration and life cycle of animal pollinators; and g. any detrimental effect on the environment caused by the plant. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT This bill requires the State Board of Agriculture to provide each year a list of environmentally harmful plants to the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee or their successors. The list of environmentally harmful plants would include information about the life cycle, means of reproduction, geographical distribution, adverse effects on pollinators, and adverse effects on the environment as whole of each plant.
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49	49	An Act concerning environmentally harmful plant species and supplementing chapter 7 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
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53	53	Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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57	57	1. The State Board of Agriculture shall provide annually to the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee or their successors, a list of all plant species, which, in the opinion of the board, should not be sold or cultivated in the State because of the plant's detrimental effect on the environment. For each item, the list shall include:
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59	59	a. the binomial name and all common names of the plant;
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61	61	b. the life cycle of the plant;
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63	63	c. the means of reproduction of the plant;
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65	65	d. the geographical distribution of the plant throughout the State;
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67	67	e. whether or not the plant is considered by the Department of Environmental Protection to be an invasive species;
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69	69	f. whether or not the plant has a detrimental effect on the migration and life cycle of animal pollinators; and
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75	75	2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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85	85	This bill requires the State Board of Agriculture to provide each year a list of environmentally harmful plants to the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee or their successors.
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87	87	The list of environmentally harmful plants would include information about the life cycle, means of reproduction, geographical distribution, adverse effects on pollinators, and adverse effects on the environment as whole of each plant.