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

13:8-33. Classes of trails The State trails system shall be composed of the following classes of trails: a. State scenic trails, which will be extended trails so located as to provide maximum potential for the appreciation of natural areas and for the conservation and enjoyment o…

13:8-34. Establishment of system; uniform markers; coordination with national trails system a. The department is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to establish a State trails system of recreation trails, scenic trails and connecting or side trails in the State composed o…

13:8-35. Establishment and designation; recreation and scenic trails; Appalachian trail; connecting or side trails a. The department may establish and designate recreation and scenic trails over lands administered by it. b. There is hereby established as the initial scenic trail …

13:8-36. Selection of routes and rights-of-way; criteria a. The selected route shall be compatible with the preservation or enhancement of the environment it traverses, and the boundaries of the right-of-way shall be established in such a manner that they protect the scenic value…

13:8-37. Use of state lands; acquisition of lands or interests in land The department may use for trail purposes lands owned by the State, with the concurrence of the head of the administering agency, and may acquire lands or interests in land by scenic easements, written coopera…

13:8-38. Noninterference with nature and purposes by use of trail; maintenance of natural and scenic qualities Within the external boundaries of the right-of-way, the natural vegetation shall be kept undisturbed except for any clearing required for construction of the trail, occa…

13:8-39. Development and maintenance of trails; written cooperative agreements a. The department shall provide for the development and maintenance of trails established under this act and shall cooperate with and encourage other State agencies to operate, develop and maintain por…

13:8-40. Studies for designation of additional trails The department shall make studies for the purpose of determining the feasibility and desirability of designating additional trails as recreation or scenic trails. L.1974, c. 159, s. 11, eff. Nov. 14, 1974.

13:8-41. Review of formal declarations of railroad right-of-way abandonments for inclusion in system The department shall review all formal declarations of railroad right-of-way abandonments by the Interstate Commerce Commission or other Federal agencies, for possible inclusion i…

13:8-42. Rules and regulations The commissioner may adopt and promulgate pursuant to law, rules and regulations governing the use, protection, management, development and administration of the trails system and such other rules and regulations as he deems necessary to effectuate …

13:8-43. Violations; penalties Any person violating any provision of this act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $50.00 to be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et s…

13:8-44. Funds available for acquisition of lands or interests therein The commissioner may use any sum hereafter appropriated by any act from the proceeds of the sale of bonds under the New Jersey Green Acres Land Acquisition Act of 1971, P.L.1971, c. 419 (C. 13:8A-19 et seq.), …

13:8-44.1 "Chingwe Brook" in Wildcat Rock Shelter designated. 1. The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall officially name the brook which is part of the Wildcat Rock Shelter, located on a parcel along the Wallkill Valley Mineral Heritage Trail in Frank…

13:8-44.2 Notification of name of brook. 2. The Commissioner shall take appropriate action to notify the public and the community of the naming of the brook by erecting appropriate signs bearing that name and updating the State internet website with the name of the brook. L.2005,…

13:8-45. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers Act." L.1977, c. 236, s. 1, eff. Sept. 28, 1977.

13:8-46. Legislative findings and declarations The Legislature hereby finds and declares that many of the rivers of New Jersey, or sections thereof, together with adjacent land areas, possess outstanding scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, floral, historic, cultura…

13:8-47. Definitions As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. b. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. c. "Designated adjacent area of land…

13:8-48. Establishment; components; administration; classification of river areas The department is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to establish a State system of rivers to be known as the New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers System, which shall comprise river areas classi…

13:8-49. Inclusion of river in system; determination of suitability; hearings; designation; notice In order to determine the suitability of any river for inclusion in the system, the department shall: a. Complete the delineation of the flood hazard area for such river as required…

13:8-50. State lands; use for system; scenic easements; acquisition or agreements a. The department may use for the purposes of the system lands owned by the State, with the concurrence of the head of the administering agency, and acquire scenic easements in such lands by written…

13:8-51. Funds; authorization to apply for, accept and expend The department is hereby authorized to apply for, accept and expend funds from any public or private source for the planning or acquisition of lands, scenic easements thereto, or the development of facilities for the s…

13:8-52. Rules and regulations; use by commissions created by municipalities; transmittal; veto by legislature a. The department is hereby empowered and directed, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act" (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), and after public hearings thereon, to promulgat…

13:8-53. Municipal wild and scenic river commissions; authority; members; failure to adopt and enforce rules and regulations; enforcement by department a. Within 6 months of the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to subsection a. of section 8 of this act, each affected mu…

13:8-54. Development of facilities for public welfare on state-owned land Nothing in this act shall be construed so as to prohibit the department from developing facilities on any State-owned land within a component river area of the system to provide for the public welfare, incl…

13:8-55. Guidelines for preparation of reports Within 1 year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall promulgate guidelines for the preparation of the reports required for designation of component river areas of the system and for the management of the four class…

13:8-56. Easements and rights-of-way on state-owned land; grants; reclassification of designation of component river area a. The department may grant easements and rights-of-way upon, over, under, across, or through any State-owned land within a component river area of the system…

13:8-57. Violations; penalty; injunction Any person who violates the provisions of any rule or regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this act shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense. If such violation is of a continuing nature, each day in which it continues sh…

13:8-58. Funds expendable for acquisition of lands or scenic easements The commissioner may use any sum hereafter appropriated by any act from the proceeds of the sale of bonds under the "New Jersey Green Acres and Recreation Opportunities Bond Act of 1974" (P.L.1974, c. 102), wh…

13:8-59. Component river area within flood hazard area or part of state park, wildlife refuge or similar area; acts governing Any portion of a component river area included in the system which is delineated as within the boundaries of a flood hazard area pursuant to section 3 of …

13:8-60. Inclusion of component river areas in national wild and scenic rivers system The Governor is hereby authorized to make application on behalf of the State for the inclusion of component river areas of the New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers System in the National Wild and S…

13:8-61. Severability If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affec…

13:8-62. Liberal construction of act This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose and intent hereof. L.1977, c. 236, s. 18, eff. Sept. 28, 1977.

13:8-63. Designation of initial components of system The department shall, within 1 year of the effective date of this act, complete all of the necessary requirements as herein provided for the designation of that portion of the Mullica river from Lake Atsion at State Highway 206…

13:8-64. Wildlife sanctuary defined As used in this act, "wildlife sanctuary" means that portion of a State park dedicated to the preservation and protection of the animals inhabiting that portion of the park. L.1982, c. 167, s. 1, eff. Nov. 4, 1982.

13:8-65. Ferber plot; designation as sanctuary The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall designate as a wildlife sanctuary that portion of Wawayanda State Park commonly known as the "Ferber plot" and more accurately described as Block 247, part of Lot 3 and Block 249, al…

13:8-66. Penalties; enforcement 3. a. Any person who abuses, mutilates, injures, removes or destroys any animal inhabiting a wildlife sanctuary shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 and not more than $5,000.00, to be collected in a civil action instituted by the D…

13:8-67. Release of animals into sanctuary The release of animals onto the wildlife sanctuary by any person or group of persons for their protection and preservation shall be permitted as prescribed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. L.1982, c. 167, s. 4, eff. Nov. …

13:8-68. Rules and regulations The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may propose, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary rules and regulations and prescribe procedures to effect and enforce…

13:8A-1. Short title This act may be cited as the "New Jersey Green Acres Land Acquisition Act of 1961." L.1961, c. 45, p. 477, s. 1, eff. June 3, 1961.

13:8A-10. Conditions precedent to local assistance grant; rules and regulations governing administration, operation and use of lands A grant may not be made under this act until the local unit has adopted regulations governing the administration, use and development of the lands …

13:8A-11. Grants by state treasurer upon approval by commissioner; amount of grant Grants under this act shall be made by the State Treasurer upon certification of approval by the commissioner. Each grant shall be in an amount equal to 50% of the actual price to be paid for the l…

13:8A-12. Acquisition of lands subject to rights of another; conservation easements Without limitation of the definition of "lands" herein, the commissioner may acquire, or approve grants to assist a local unit to acquire: (a) lands subject to the right of another to occupy the s…

13:8A-13. Disposal of acquired land; disposition of returned moneys 13. (a) Lands acquired by a local unit with the aid of a grant under this act shall not be disposed of or diverted to a use for other than recreation and conservation purposes without the approval of the commissi…

13:8A-14. Discrimination prohibited Use of lands acquired under this act by the State or with State assistance shall not be restricted by any conditions of race, creed, color or nationality, and shall not be restricted by any condition of residence except by direction of or with …

13:8A-15. Sale of lands by local unit to state Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lands to be acquired by the State under this act from any local unit may be sold to the State by the unit at private sale. L.1961, c. 45, p. 481, s. 15.

13:8A-16. Powers of commissioner The commissioner, in executing this act, may do all things necessary or useful and convenient in connection with the acquisition of lands by the State or with the assistance of the State, including the following: (a) Make arrangements for and dire…