STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.
District 9 (Ocean)
Senator BRIAN P. STACK
District 33 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes counties to reduce greenhead fly populations; appropriates $50,000.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning pest control and supplementing chapter 9 of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes and making an appropriation.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The board of county commissioners of any county in which the population of greenhead flies has become a local nuisance or pest problem may authorize, designate, and employ the county mosquito extermination commission to conduct a program for the reduction of the greenhead fly population in affected areas of the county which shall consist of the manufacture, placement, and maintenance of greenhead fly box traps developed by Rutgers, the State University.
2. There is appropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection $50,000 from the General Fund, to be distributed as grants to affected counties for the purpose of funding a greenhead fly extermination program pursuant to the provisions of this act.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill empowers a board of county commissioners to authorize its county mosquito extermination commission to conduct a program to reduce the population of greenhead flies in areas of the county where they have become a significant nuisance or pest problem. The bill specifies that the programs are to consist of the manufacture, placement, and maintenance of greenhead fly box traps that have been developed by Rutgers, the State University. The bill appropriates $50,000 from the General Fund for the funding of greenhead fly extermination programs in affected counties.