A 469 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Authorizes cannabis cultivation on land receiving farmland assessment.

This bill (A469) removes a prohibition that previously prevented cannabis cultivation on land receiving farmland assessment under New Jersey's Farmland Assessment Act of 1964. The amendment to Section 7 of P.L.2009, c.307 allows cannabis cultivators to operate on agricultural land that qualifies for lower tax assessment. This directly affects medical and recreational cannabis businesses seeking to use farmland for cultivation, eliminating a significant barrier to land use. The key mechanism is the removal of a specific restriction that required cannabis operations to be on non-farmland. This policy change provides more flexibility in land use for cannabis cultivation while maintaining other regulatory requirements.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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