S 472 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Clarifies that fishing license is not required to fish at private community lake.

This bill (S 472) clarifies that residents of private homeowner communities and their authorized guests do not need a fishing license to fish in their community's private lake. It specifically defines a "private community lake" as a manmade, self-contained body of water owned by the community, under exclusive resident control, and maintained at their sole expense. The bill amends existing fishing law to explicitly state that such lakes are not considered "state waters" requiring a license, resolving ambiguity where the Division of Fish and Wildlife was not applying an existing exemption. This directly affects residents and guests of defined private communities (like homeowner associations or retirement communities) who fish in their own lakes.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
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