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NJ S1538

NJ S1538
Authorizes counties to reduce greenhead fly populations; appropriates $50,000.


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Introduced
01/13/2026
In Committee
01/13/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

2026-2027 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill empowers a board of county commissioners to authorize its county mosquito extermination commission to conduct a program to reduce the population of greenhead flies in areas of the county where they have become a significant nuisance or pest problem. The bill specifies that the programs are to consist of the manufacture, placement, and maintenance of greenhead fly box traps that have been developed by Rutgers, the State University. The bill appropriates $50,000 from the General Fund for the funding of greenhead fly extermination programs in affected counties.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes county boards of commissioners to permit their county mosquito extermination commissions to implement programs aimed at reducing greenhead fly populations in areas where they are a significant nuisance, by manufacturing, placing, and maintaining special box traps developed by Rutgers, the State University, and appropriates $50,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Environmental Protection to provide grants to affected counties for these extermination programs.

Committee Categories

Housing and Urban Affairs

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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