ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 117

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 13, 2020

      The Assembly Agriculture Committee reports favorably Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 117.

      This concurrent resolution embodies the finding of the Legislature that the State Agriculture Development Committee regulations entitled “Winery Special Events on Preserved Farmland” and adopted as N.J.A.C. 2:76-27 et seq. are not consistent with the  intent of the Legislature. 

      The State Agriculture Development Committee will have 30 days from the date of transmittal of this resolution to amend or withdraw the rules and regulations or the Legislature may, by passage of another concurrent resolution, exercise its authority under the Constitution to invalidate the rules and regulations in whole or in part.