Assembly Committee Statement to Second Reprint Senate, No. 3618, with Committee Amendments (New Jersey)

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

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
           AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

                          STATEMENT TO

                           [Second Reprint]
                        SENATE, No. 3618
                         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 Senate Bill No. 3618 (2R).
          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, Senate Bill No. 3618
      (2R) is identical to Assembly Bill No. 4926 (1R), 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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