Title 13, Title 13: CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS

13:1B-15.167 Notification of interest. 6. a. Any group, organization, business, or individual interested in developing and maintaining a monarch butterfly waystation in accordance with this act shall notify the department. Such notification may include a request to adopt, if poss…

13:1B-15.168 Immunity from liability. 7. a. No department, agency, bureau, board, commission, authority, or other entity of the State, or of any county or municipality, and no employee thereof, shall be liable to any person for any injury or damages that may be caused or sustaine…

13:1B-15.169 Donations. 8. Any person may donate to the department, or to a county, municipality, or school, funds, supplies, or services for use in the "Adopt a Monarch Butterfly Waystation" program, and the department and any county, municipality, or school are authorized to ac…

13:1B-15.170 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Milkweed for Monarchs Act." L.2017, c.252, s.1.

13:1B-15.171 Findings, declarations relative to the "Milkweed for Monarchs" program. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies migrate south from Canada and the United States to Mexico, stopping at sites along the way, like New J…

13:1B-15.172 Definitions relative to the "Milkweed for Monarchs" program. 3. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Program volunteer" means any group, organization, business, or individual who has been assigned a stormwater managemen…

13:1B-15.173 Establishment of the "Milkweed for Monarchs" program. 4. The department shall, within 180 days after the effective date of this act, establish the "Milkweed for Monarchs" program. The purpose of the program shall be to utilize volunteer labor in a cooperative effort …

13:1B-15.174 Responsibilities of department. 5. a. The department shall: (1) Establish criteria for the planting of milkweed in stormwater management basins on State-owned lands; (2) Develop a packet of information and instructions and, within the limits of funds made available t…

13:1B-15.175 Notification of intent. 6. a. Any group, organization, business, or individual interested in adopting a stormwater management basin for the purpose of planting milkweed in accordance with this act shall notify the department. Such notification may include a request t…

13:1B-15.176 Immunity from liability. 7. a. No department, agency, bureau, board, commission, authority, or other entity of the State, or of any county or municipality, and no employee thereof, shall be liable to any person for any injury or damages that may be caused or sustaine…

13:1B-15.177 Donations. 8. Any person may donate to the department, or to a county, municipality, or school, funds, supplies, or services for use in the "Milkweed for Monarchs" program, and the department and any county, municipality, or school are authorized to accept such donat…

13:1B-15.178 Standards for use of pollinator-friendly native plant species in grid supply solar facilities. 8. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.), the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the board, shall…

13:1B-15.2. Definitions The term "recreation" as used in this act means any activity, voluntarily engaged in, which contributes to the physical, mental or moral development of the individual or group participating therein, and includes any activity in the fields of music, drama, …

13:1B-15.3. Appropriations There is appropriated for the purposes of this act such amounts as may, from time to time, be included therefor in any annual or supplemental appropriation act. L.1950. c. 338, p. 1119, s. 3, eff. July 24, 1950.

13:1B-15.4. Definitions The following terms wherever used or referred to in this act shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development…

13:1B-15.5. Responsibility of department for acquiring, maintaining and preserving natural areas The department is hereby vested with the responsibility of acquiring, maintaining and preserving natural areas within the State as a habitat for rare and vanishing species of plant an…

13:1B-15.6. Creation of natural areas section in Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation; administration; powers and duties There is hereby created in the department a natural areas section in the Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the function of which shall be, unde…

13:1B-15.7. Natural areas council; membership; terms; vacancies; reimbursement for expenses; meetings There shall be within this section a natural areas council which shall consist of 7 members. The administrative head of the section shall serve as a member, ex officio. The other…

13:1B-15.8. Duty of council to advise commissioner The council shall advise the commissioner in matters relating to the administration of this act and shall co-operate with the section: (a) In the development of rules and regulations to establish standards for the acquisition, ma…

13:1B-15.9. Acquisition of lands Lands acquired by the State pursuant to this act shall be acquired by the commissioner in the name of the State. They may be acquired by gift, purchase or otherwise on such terms and subject to such conditions and restrictions as the commissioner,…

13:1B-16. Division of Veterans' Services, powers and duties transferred to All of the functions, powers and duties of the Division of Veterans' Services of the existing Department of Economic Development, and of the Department of Economic Development and the Co-ordinator and Comm…

13:1B-17. Veterans loan authority transferred to Department; powers and duties The veterans loan authority created by an act entitled "An act to provide for guaranteed or insured bank loans to certain war veterans for the purposes of establishing or re-establishing themselves in …

13:1B-18. Powers and duties of public housing and development authority to be performed through Division of Veterans' Services The functions, powers and duties of the public housing and development authority under and pursuant to "An act providing for housing for veterans of Worl…

13:1B-19. Director of Division of Veterans' Services The Division of Veterans' Services shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such division. He shall be a person of demonstrated int…

13:1B-2. Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development; appointment; term; salary The administrator and head of the department shall be a commissioner, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development, and who shall be a person qualified by …

13:1B-20 Veterans' Services Council. 22. There shall be within the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, a Veterans' Services Council which shall consist of twelve members and shall include no less than two women. The Deputy Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs shall serve a…

13:1B-21 Powers and duties of Veterans' Services Council. 23. The Veterans' Services Council shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, formulate comprehensive policies for the co-ordination of all services for the benefit of veterans and their dependents. The council sh…

13:1B-22. Powers and duties of Economic Council to be performed by Veterans' Services Council The Veterans' Services Council shall succeed to, and shall exercise and perform, the functions, powers and duties of the Economic Council of the existing Department of Economic Developme…

13:1B-23. Division of Fish and Game, powers and duties transferred to All of the functions, powers and duties of the Division of Fish and Game of the existing State Department of Conservation, of the Fish and Game Council therein, and of the State Commissioner of Conservation rel…

13:1B-24. Fish and Game Council; members; terms There shall be within the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, a Fish and Game Council which shall consist of 11 members, each of whom shall be chosen with due regard to his knowledge of and interest in the conservation of fish and …

13:1B-25. Sportsmen's clubs eligible for membership In order to permit for the broadest possible representation of sportsmen in the making of recommendations for appointment of sportsmen to membership in the council, every sportsmen's club, duly organized and existing under and b…

13:1B-26. Chairman of Fish and Game Council; vacancies; removal; compensation; eligibility Each Governor shall designate one of the members of the council as chairman of such council. Any member of the council so designated shall serve as such chairman at the pleasure of the Gove…

13:1B-27. Director of Division of Fish and Game The Division of Fish and Game shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person with special training and experience in wild life management and otherwise qualified to direct the work of such division. Th…

13:1B-28. Council to formulate policies; other duties In addition to its powers and duties otherwise hereinafter provided, the Fish and Game Council shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, formulate comprehensive policies for the protection and propagation of fish, bi…

13:1B-29. Definitions As used in this article, unless otherwise specifically indicated: "Division" means the Division of Fish and Game in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development. "Council" means the Fish and Game Council in the Division of Fish and Game of the Dep…

13:1B-3. Duties of commissioner The commissioner, as head of the department, shall: a. Administer the work of the department; b. Appoint and remove officers and other personnel employed within the department, subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Se…

13:1B-30. State Fish and Game Code For the purpose of providing an adequate and flexible system of protection, propagation, increase, control and conservation of fresh water fish, game birds, game animals, and fur-bearing animals in this State, and for their use and development f…

13:1B-31. Regulations and amendments thereof relating to fish Any regulation of the council or amendment thereto adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article which relates to fresh water fish, or any species or variety thereof, after the council has first determined the nee…

13:1B-32. Regulations and amendments thereof relating to game Any regulation of the council or amendment thereto adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article which relates to game birds, game animals or fur-bearing animals, after the council has first determined the need fo…

13:1B-33. Public hearing on regulations; notice Prior to final adoption by the council of any regulation authorized to be established pursuant to the provisions of this article, or any amendment thereto or repealer thereof, the council shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice …

13:1B-34. Adoption of regulations, amendments or repealers; publication; evidence; emergencies If after such hearing the council is satisfied that the proposed regulation, amendment or repealer, or any part of such regulation, amendment or repealer, is advisable, it may adopt the…

13:1B-35. Review of regulations, amendments or repealers Any regulation, or amendment thereto, or repealer thereof adopted by the council pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be subject to review on certiorari, or action or proceeding in lieu thereof, to any court of …

13:1B-36. Violation of Fish and Game Code provisions It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code adopted and published in accordance with the provisions of this article. L.1948, c. 448, p. 1803, s. 38.

13:1B-37. Cost of licenses, permits or fees not affected The provisions of the State Fish and Game Code shall not in any manner affect, change or modify any of the provisions of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes setting or determining the amount or cost of licenses, permits or fee…

13:1B-38. Wardens and deputies; powers and duties The fish and game wardens and deputy fish and game wardens shall enforce all the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, and may execute all processes issued for the violation of such provisions, and serve subpoenas issued for…

13:1B-39. Pending prosecutions; violation of laws rendered inoperative The adoption by the council of any regulation pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not affect any prosecution pending on the effective date of such regulation, nor prevent the institution of any pr…