Assembly Committee Statement to First Reprint Assembly, No. 4926, with Committee Amendments (New Jersey)

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Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to [First Reprint] Assembly, No. 4926, with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated June 12, 2025. The committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4926 (1R), which as amended requires the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation, no later than 36 months after the effective date, to jointly develop a "Wildlife Corridor Action Plan" and to update it every 10 years. The statement says the bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 3618 (2R), as amended and reported on the same date. The committee amendments remove the $90,000 appropriation and update the bill's title and synopsis.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
           AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

                          STATEMENT TO

                             [First Reprint]
                     ASSEMBLY, No. 4926
                         with committee amendments



       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                            DATED: JUNE 12, 2025

          The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and
      Agriculture Committee reports favorably and with committee
      amendments Assembly Bill No. 4926 (1R).
          As amended and reported, this bill requires the Department of
      Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Transportation
      (DOT), no later than 36 months after the effective date of the bill, to
      jointly develop a “Wildlife Corridor Action Plan” (plan) that: (1)
      identifies wildlife corridors, wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots, and
      existing or planned barriers to wildlife movement along these
      corridors; (2) maximizes the effectiveness and safety of wildlife
      corridors; and (3) incorporates the other elements and actions
      enumerated in the bill. The bill requires the DEP and the DOT to
      update the plan every 10 years. In addition, the bill requires the DOT,
      no later than 36 months after the plan has been submitted to the
      Governor and the Legislature, to review the plan and identify and
      recommend crossing projects for inclusion, to the extent feasible, in
      certain transportation projects. The bill authorizes the DEP and the
      DOT, while developing the plan and reviewing the plan for crossing
      projects to be included in certain transportation projects, to call upon
      the advice and services of other State agencies and independent
      authorities, federal agencies, and national and State conservation,
      environment, or wildlife groups and organizations.
          Finally, the bill permits the DEP and the DOT to adopt regulations
      necessary to implement the bill’s provisions.
          As amended and reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No.
      4926 (1R) is identical to Senate Bill No. 3618 (2R), as was also
      amended and reported by the committee on this date.

      COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
         The committee amended the bill to remove the $90,000
      appropriation and update the bill’s title and synopsis.

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