Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Statement to Assembly No. 4501 (December 16, 2024)

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The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee reported Assembly Bill No. 4501 favorably on December 16, 2024. It amends the "Right to Farm Act" so housing for full-time resident farm employees on a commercial farm is a protected activity, and directs the SADC to adopt a matching agricultural management practice.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
           AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

                         STATEMENT TO

                     ASSEMBLY, No. 4501

       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                        DATED: DECEMBER 16, 2024

          The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture
      Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4501.
          This bill amends and supplements the “Right to Farm Act,”
      P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et seq.), to allow housing for resident farm
      employees on a commercial farm to be a permissible activity and
      eligible for Right to Farm protections.
         The bill directs the State Agriculture Development Committee
      (SADC) to adopt an agricultural management practice that permits
      the housing of resident farm employees. The bill defines “resident
      farm employee” as a person employed by the owner or operator of a
      commercial farm to engage in agricultural production activities on a
      full-time basis on the commercial farm. The term does not include a
      full-time, year-round equine-related farm employee.


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