New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 76 - STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Subchapter 5 - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT COST-SHARING
Section 2:76-5.2 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

"Board" means a county agriculture development board established pursuant to 4:1C-14 or a subregional agricultural retention board established pursuant to 4:1C-17.

"Committee" means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to 4:1C-4.

"Development easement" means an interest in land, less than fee simple absolute title thereto, which enables the owner to develop the land for any nonagricultural purpose as determined by and acquired under the provisions of 4:1C-11 et seq., P.L. 1983, C.32 and any relevant rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

"Farmland preservation program" means any voluntary program, the duration of which is at least eight years, authorized by law enacted subsequent to the effective date of the "Farmland Preservation Bond Act of 1981," P.L. 1981, C.276, which has as its principal purpose the long term preservation of significant masses of reasonably contiguous agricultural land within the agricultural development areas adopted pursuant to 4:1C-11 et seq., P.L. 1983, C.32 and the maintenance and support of increased agricultural production as the first priority use of that land.

"Fund" means the "Farmland Preservation Fund" created pursuant to the "Farmland Preservation Bond Act of 1981", P.L. 1981, c.276, and any future funds authorized for the purpose of providing grants to landowners for soil and water conservation projects.

"Municipally approved farmland preservation program", hereinafter referred to as "municipally approved program," means any voluntary program, the duration of which is at least eight years, authorized by law enacted subsequent to the effective date of the "Farmland Preservation Bond Act of 1981," P.L. 1981, C.276, which has as its principal purpose the long term preservation of significant masses of reasonably contiguous agricultural land within agricultural development areas adopted pursuant to 4:1C-11 et seq., P.L. 1983, C.32 and the maintenance and support of increased agricultural production as the first priority use of that land. Any municipally approved program shall be established pursuant to 4:1C-21.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.

"Soil and water conservation project", hereinafter referred to as project, means any project designed for the control and prevention of soil erosion and sediment damages, the control of pollution on agricultural lands, the impoundment, storage and management of water for agricultural purposes, or the improved management of land and soils to achieve maximum agricultural productivity.

"Soil conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this State organized in accordance with the provisions of 4:24-1 et seq.

"State Soil Conservation Committee" means an agency of the State established pursuant to 4:24-1 et seq.