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USA Statutes : new_jersey
Title : TITLE 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS
Chapter : 13:20-29
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13:20-29. Agricultural, horticultural development, review required; enforcement.
31. a. (1) Any agricultural or horticultural development in the preservation area that would result in the increase, after the date of enactment of this act either individually or cumulatively, of agricultural impervious cover by three percent or more of the total land area of a farm management unit in the preservation area shall require the review and approval by the local soil conservation district of a farm conservation plan which shall be prepared and submitted by the owner or operator of the farm management unit. Upon approval of the farm conservation plan by the local soil conservation district, the owner or operator of the farm management unit shall implement the plan on the farm management unit. The local soil conservation district shall transmit a copy of an approved farm conservation plan to the State Soil Conservation Committee, and, if any part of the farm management unit is preserved under any farmland preservation program, to the State Agriculture Development Committee.
(2) Any agricultural or horticultural development in the preservation area that would result in the increase, after the date of enactment of this act either individually or cumulatively, of agricultural impervious cover by nine percent or more of the total land area of a farm management unit in the preservation area shall require the review and approval by the local soil conservation district of a resource management systems plan which shall be prepared and submitted by the owner or operator of the farm management unit.
Prior to the approval of a resource management systems plan by a local soil conservation district, a copy of the resource management systems plan shall be forwarded by the local soil conservation district to the Department of Environmental Protection for review and approval, with or without conditions, or denial within 60 days after receipt by the department. Upon approval of the resource management systems plan by the local soil conservation district and the Department of Environmental Protection, the owner or operator of the farm management unit shall implement the plan on the farm management unit. The local soil conservation district shall transmit a copy of an approved resource management systems plan to the State Soil Conservation Committee, and, if any part of the farm management unit is preserved under any farmland preservation program, to the State Agriculture Development Committee.
(3) A farm conservation plan required pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection and a resource management systems plan required pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be prepared in accordance with science-based standards, consistent with the goals and purposes of this act, which standards shall be established by the State Board of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, the State Agriculture Development Committee, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the United States Department of Agriculture. Within 270 days after the date of enactment of this act, the State Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall develop and adopt, pursuant to the ~Administrative Procedure Act,~ P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), these standards and any other rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
b. (1) If any person violates any provision of subsection a. of this section, any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, or a farm conservation plan or a resource management systems plan approved pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Department of Agriculture or the local soil conservation district may institute a civil action in the Superior Court for injunctive relief to prohibit and prevent the violation or violations and the court may proceed in a summary manner.
(2) (a) Any person who violates any provision of subsection a. of this section, any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, or a farm conservation plan or a resource management systems plan approved pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be liable to a civil administrative penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense. No assessment shall be levied pursuant to this subsection until after the party has been notified by certified mail or personal service and provided an opportunity for a hearing.
(b) Any amount assessed under this subsection shall fall within a range established in a penalty schedule adopted by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the ~Administrative Procedure Act,~ which shall take into account the seriousness and duration of the violation and whether the violation involves the failure to prepare or to implement a farm conservation plan or resource management systems plan. The schedule shall also provide for an enhanced penalty if the violation causes an impairment to water quality. Any civil administrative penalty assessed under this subsection may be compromised by the Secretary of Agriculture upon the posting of a performance bond by the violator, or upon such terms and conditions as the secretary may establish by regulation.
(c) Any person who fails to pay a civil administrative penalty in full pursuant to this subsection shall be subject, upon order of a court, to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense. Any such civil penalty imposed may be collected with costs in a summary proceeding pursuant to the ~Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,~ P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the ~Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999~ in connection with this subsection.
(d) All penalties collected pursuant to this subsection shall either be used, as determined by the council, by the State Agriculture Development Committee for the preservation of farmland in the preservation area or by any development transfer bank used or established by the council to purchase development potential in the preservation area.
c. Nothing in this act, the regional master plan, any rules or regulations adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to this act, or any amendments to a master plan, development regulations, or other regulations adopted by a local government unit to specifically conform them with the regional master plan shall be construed to alter or compromise the goals, purposes, policies, and provisions of, or lessen the protections afforded to farmers by, the ~Right to Farm Act,~ P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et seq.), and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
d. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to alter or obviate the requirements of any other applicable State or local laws, rules, regulations, development regulations, or ordinances.
L.2004,c.120,s.31.
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