ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4459

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED:  OCTOBER 22, 2018

 

      The Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 4459.

      This bill adds tick control to the duties of the State and country mosquito control commissions.

      Under current law, no Statewide or countywide measures are authorized to control the tick population.  This bill would authorize the State and county mosquito control commissions to create and implement tick control measures.  The commissions would use their existing revenue-raising powers to finance any tick control measures that they deem appropriate.