Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the regulation of bees and apiary activities, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary, the Department of Agriculture shall not regulate the minimum property size required per number of hives for the purpose of keeping honeybees or related apiary activities.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from regulating the minimum property size required per number of hives for the purpose of keeping honeybees or related apiary activities.