N.J. Admin. Code § 7:3-3.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:3-3.3 - Professional services of an Approved Forester

(a) An Approved Forester is authorized to provide an owner the following professional services:

1. Preparing for, or in consultation with, the owner:

i. A forest stewardship plan, plan amendment, or plan conversion, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:3-5; or

ii. A woodland management plan or plan amendment in accordance with the Farmland Assessment Act rules at N.J.A.C. 18:15-2.10; and

2. Provided that the requirements of (b) below are satisfied, signing the certification of compliance with the approved plan on a woodland data form that accompanies an owner's annual application for farmland assessment, pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act rules at N.J.A.C. 18:15-2.7.

(b) An Approved Forester shall certify a woodland data form if he or she has made the following determinations:

1. The owner has a Department-approved forest stewardship plan or woodland management plan that applies to the property and has not expired;

2. The woodland data form is the version prescribed for use in that calendar year by the Director of the Division of Taxation in New Jersey's Department of the Treasury, available at www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/prntlpt.shtml;

3. The form is fully and properly completed and the information provided is true and accurate; and

4. The management of the property is in conformance with the plan.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:3-3.3

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 3824(a), effective 12/18/2017