Sponsored by:
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Turner
SYNOPSIS
Extends pilot program authorizing special occasion events at wineries on preserved farmland; implements reporting requirement.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Economic Growth Committee on April 5, 2018, with amendments.
AN ACT concerning special occasion events at certain wineries and supplementing P.L.2014, c.16 1(C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.)1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of P.L.2014, c.16 to the contrary, sections 1 through 5 of P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 through C.4:1C-32.11) shall be and remain in effect for two years following the 1[enactment of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)] effective date of this act1, and shall be retroactive to March 1, 2018.
2. a. Each county agriculture development board shall prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), an annual report. Each annual report shall include findings that summarize the activities of wineries on preserved farmland in the county of the board’s jurisdiction and make recommendations for the pilot program established pursuant to P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.).
b. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1):
(1) an interim report, within 30 days 1[following] after1 the 1[enactment of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)] effective date of this act1; and
(2) a final report, at least 45 days before the expiration of the pilot program established pursuant to P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.) 1and extended pursuant to this act1.
c. The interim and final reports required pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall review the implementation and operation of the pilot program established pursuant to P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.), summarize the findings and recommendations of the annual reports prepared pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature to amend, extend, or make permanent the program.
13. a. Notwithstanding any other law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the pilot program established pursuant to P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.) and extended pursuant to this act shall not apply to any special occasion event at a winery that is not on preserved farmland.
b. The State Agriculture Development Committee shall not have any authority to regulate or restrict any special occasion event conducted at a winery beyond the scope of the authority granted pursuant to P.L.2014, c.16 (C.4:1C-32.7 et seq.).1
1[3.] 4.1 This act shall take effect immediately.