New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session

New Jersey Assembly Bill A3034 Compare Versions

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1	1	ASSEMBLY, No. 3034 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
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17	17	Sponsored by: Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE District 36 (Bergen and Passaic) Assemblyman ROY FREIMAN District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset) Assemblyman WILLIAM W. SPEARMAN District 5 (Camden and Gloucester) Co-Sponsored by: Assemblyman Sauickie SYNOPSIS Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $100,000 appropriation; appropriates $100,000. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
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23	23	Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
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27	27	Assemblyman ROY FREIMAN
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51	51	Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $100,000 appropriation; appropriates $100,000.
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61	61	An Act concerning the promotion of aquaculture products through the Jersey Fresh Program, supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, and making an appropriation. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. The department, as part of the Jersey Fresh Program, shall advertise and promote aquaculture products, the quality of which complies with standards adopted by the department and is verified thereby through the use of an appropriate quality grading system. The department shall develop and implement an appropriate quality grading system specific to the grading of aquaculture products, as distinguished from wild-caught seafood products, which system shall be consistent with, and similar to, the quality grading system that is used, by the department, to grade the quality of other agricultural commodities for the purposes of the Jersey Fresh Program. b. In addition to the monies appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act and otherwise appropriated or allocated to the Jersey Fresh Program, in each fiscal year following the effective date of this act, there shall be annually appropriated, from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture, $100,000 for the sole purpose of facilitating the department's advertisement and promotion of aquaculture products, under the Jersey Fresh Program, as provided by subsection a. of this section. c. As used in this section: "Aquaculture product" means fish or shellfish that is produced in the State, or in State waters, through means of aquaculture, as defined by section 3 of the "New Jersey Aquaculture Development Act," P.L.1997, c.226 (C.4:27-3). "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. "Jersey Fresh Program" means the agricultural commodity marketing and quality grading program established by the department pursuant to R.S.4:10-6, P.L.1971, c.308 (C.4:10-43 et seq.), and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of $100,000 for the purpose of the promotion of aquaculture products produced in the State as part of the Jersey Fresh Program. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote aquaculture products as part of the Jersey Fresh Program. The Jersey Fresh Program is the marketing and quality grading program that is currently used, by the department, to advertise and promote the availability of fruit and vegetable agricultural commodities that have been produced in the State and graded for quality. This bill would expand the Jersey Fresh Program to additionally include marketing for fish and shellfish that are produced in the State, or in State waters, through means of aquaculture, and the quality of which complies with standards adopted by the department and is verified thereby through the use of an appropriate quality grading system. The bill would require the department to develop and implement a quality grading system that is specific to the grading of aquaculture products, as distinguished from wild-caught seafood products, which system is to be consistent with, and similar to, the quality grading system that is used, by the department, to grade the quality of other agricultural commodities for the purposes of the Jersey Fresh Program. The bill provides an initial appropriation of $100,000 for the bill's purposes, and it additionally provides for an annual appropriation of $100,000 to be made in each fiscal year after the bill's effective date, in order to facilitate the ongoing marketing and promotion of aquaculture products under the Jersey Fresh Program. The monies made available under the bill would be in addition to any other monies that may be appropriated or allocated to the Jersey Fresh Program.
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63	63	An Act concerning the promotion of aquaculture products through the Jersey Fresh Program, supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, and making an appropriation.
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67	67	Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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71	71	1. a. The department, as part of the Jersey Fresh Program, shall advertise and promote aquaculture products, the quality of which complies with standards adopted by the department and is verified thereby through the use of an appropriate quality grading system. The department shall develop and implement an appropriate quality grading system specific to the grading of aquaculture products, as distinguished from wild-caught seafood products, which system shall be consistent with, and similar to, the quality grading system that is used, by the department, to grade the quality of other agricultural commodities for the purposes of the Jersey Fresh Program.
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73	73	b. In addition to the monies appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act and otherwise appropriated or allocated to the Jersey Fresh Program, in each fiscal year following the effective date of this act, there shall be annually appropriated, from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture, $100,000 for the sole purpose of facilitating the department's advertisement and promotion of aquaculture products, under the Jersey Fresh Program, as provided by subsection a. of this section.
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75	75	c. As used in this section:
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77	77	"Aquaculture product" means fish or shellfish that is produced in the State, or in State waters, through means of aquaculture, as defined by section 3 of the "New Jersey Aquaculture Development Act," P.L.1997, c.226 (C.4:27-3).
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79	79	"Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
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81	81	"Jersey Fresh Program" means the agricultural commodity marketing and quality grading program established by the department pursuant to R.S.4:10-6, P.L.1971, c.308 (C.4:10-43
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87	87	2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of $100,000 for the purpose of the promotion of aquaculture products produced in the State as part of the Jersey Fresh Program.
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101	101	This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote aquaculture products as part of the Jersey Fresh Program. The Jersey Fresh Program is the marketing and quality grading program that is currently used, by the department, to advertise and promote the availability of fruit and vegetable agricultural commodities that have been produced in the State and graded for quality. This bill would expand the Jersey Fresh Program to additionally include marketing for fish and shellfish that are produced in the State, or in State waters, through means of aquaculture, and the quality of which complies with standards adopted by the department and is verified thereby through the use of an appropriate quality grading system. The bill would require the department to develop and implement a quality grading system that is specific to the grading of aquaculture products, as distinguished from wild-caught seafood products, which system is to be consistent with, and similar to, the quality grading system that is used, by the department, to grade the quality of other agricultural commodities for the purposes of the Jersey Fresh Program.
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103	103	The bill provides an initial appropriation of $100,000 for the bill's purposes, and it additionally provides for an annual appropriation of $100,000 to be made in each fiscal year after the bill's effective date, in order to facilitate the ongoing marketing and promotion of aquaculture products under the Jersey Fresh Program. The monies made available under the bill would be in addition to any other monies that may be appropriated or allocated to the Jersey Fresh Program.