Bill > A4519

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State to identify a series of historic sites and memorials to be part of the New Jersey Historical Markers Trail. The bill requires the Statewide trail to be inclusive of all eras and diverse cultural aspects of New Jersey's history, as well as be geographically representative of the entire State. Under the bill, the division would develop and maintain an interactive website providing information on the New Jersey Historical Markers Trail and other historic sites and memorials throughout the State. The bill requires the division to update the website whenever a historic site or memorial is added to the New Jersey Historical Markers Trail or whenever a governmental entity establishes a new historic site or memorial. Additionally, the bill requires the division to collect information for an inventory on existing county or municipal historic marker programs in the State. The bill also requires the division to accept submissions from the public recommending, for inclusion on the New Jersey Historical Markers Trail, historic sites and memorials not owned, operated, or maintained by a governmental entity through an electronic submission form made available by the division on its Internet website. The State of New Jersey has a rich and diverse history. A Statewide historic markers trail is not only an opportunity to commemorate the persons, places, and events that have contributed to the cultural heritage of the State but also an opportunity to increase New Jersey residents' sense of pride of place, enhance cultural tourism throughout the State, educate the public about New Jersey's rich and diverse history, and encourage the public to preserve historic resources.

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Roy Freiman (D)*,  Eric Houghtaling (D)*,  Carol Murphy (D)*,  Herbert Conaway (D),  John McKeon (D),  Parker Space (R),  Harold Wirths (R), 

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee (on 05/13/2019)