Sponsored by:
Senator STEVEN V. OROHO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Senator EDWARD DURR
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that farm, farmstand, or other agricultural operation selling firewood obtained from property other than seller’s shall not be considered lumber yard; prohibits sale of untreated firewood from outside of State.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the sale of firewood, and supplementing P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Any farmstand or location on a farm, or location used by a farm or other agricultural operation, to sell firewood obtained from property other than the seller’s land shall not be considered a lumber yard under municipal land use regulations or for other regulatory purposes.
b. Any firewood obtained from outside of the State shall not be sold or offered for sale at any farmstand or location on a farm, or location used by a farm or other agricultural operation, in the State unless it is heat treated and certified as heat treated and pest free by the state of origin of the firewood.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would provide that any farmstand or location on a farm, or location used by a farm or other agricultural operation, to sell firewood obtained from property other than the seller’s land would not be considered a lumber yard under municipal land use regulations or for other regulatory purposes. The bill, as amended, also prohibits any firewood obtained from outside of the State to be sold or offered for sale at any farmstand or location on a farm, or location used by a farm or other agricultural operation, in the State unless it is heat treated and certified as heat treated and pest free by the state of origin of the firewood.