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This bill makes a one-time supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million for Fiscal Year 2023 to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) from the General Fund. This appropriation would be used to supplement the monies appropriated to provide matching grants for deer fencing on certain farmland pursuant to P.L.2021, c.451 (C.4:20-6.1). The FY 2023 budget allocated $1 million for this purpose. Pursuant to P.L.2021, c.451 (C.4:20-6.1), a program was established within the DOA to provide matching grants for deer fencing to certain owners and operators of unpreserved farms, farms for which pinelands development credits have been sold or otherwise conveyed pursuant to the Pinelands Development Credit Bank Act, and farms that are located in sending zones under the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act. Under the program, the DOA awards grants of up to $200 per acre, not to exceed a total of $20,000 per applicant for up to 50 percent of eligible project costs, which would include the cost to purchase deer fencing, maintain existing deer fencing, or any other eligible costs.

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Shirley Turner (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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