{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-1l-17.3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-17.3","heading":"Definitions relative to community forestry","body":"3.  As used in sections 1 through 9 of this act:\n\"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection;\n\"Community forestry\" means the planting, protection, care and management of trees and other related natural resources within a municipality or county;\n\"Department\" means the Department of Environmental Protection;\n\"Local government\" means a municipality, county or other political subdivision of the State, or any agency thereof;\n\"Shade tree commission\" means a municipal body created pursuant to R.S.40:64-1 et seq. or a county body created pursuant to R.S.40:37-1 et seq.; and\n\"State Forester\" means the State Forester designated pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1983, c.324 (C.13:1L-17).\nL.1996,c.135,s.3.","path":["TITLE 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"7852e84d1a7578a34c8797cb9f254cc6204bf775b80e86749733547668139c8e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-1l-17.2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-1l-17.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}