Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:24-17.5

  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The whole area of the State shall, at all times, be covered by a soil conservation district. Each soil conservation district shall cover the whole area of one or more counties. A tri-county soil conservation district shall serve the counties of Hudson, Essex and Passaic to be known as the Hudson, Essex and Passaic Soil Conservation District. Bi-county soil conservation districts shall serve the following pairs of counties: Middlesex-Monmouth, Somerset-Union and Cape May-Atlantic to be known as the Freehold, Somerset-Union and Cape-Atlantic Soil Conservation Districts respectively. Every other county in the State shall be served by its own soil conservation district to be known as “the County Soil Conservation District” with the name of each such county inserted. The State Soil Conservation Committee shall work with the supervisors of the multi-county soil conservation districts to encourage the formation of a soil conservation district in each county of the State, pursuant to the procedures contained in P.L.1966, c. 77 (C. 4:24-17.1 et seq.).

L.1977, c. 264, s. 3, eff. Oct. 18, 1977. Amended by L.1979, c. 459, s. 7, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.

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