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DALE G. CALDWELL Lieutenant Governor  \nPO BOX 330  \nTRENTON NJ 08625-0330  \nEDWARD D. WENGRYN Chairman  \nCHARLES ROOHR Executive Director  \nAugust 18, 2026  \nSenator Nicholas P. Scutari Senate President  \n67 Walnut Ave Clark, NJ 07066  \nAssemblyman Craig J. Coughlin Speaker of the General Assembly  \n569 Rahway Ave Woodbridge, NJ 07095  \nMaureen McMahon, Executive Director Office of Legislative Services  \nNJ State House Annex 145 W. State Street 2nd floor – Room 210 Trenton NJ 08608  \nRe: Special Occasion Events on Preserved Farmland:  \nAnnual Report Update to the Governor and Legislature  \nDear Senator Scutari, Assemblyman Coughlin, and Ms. McMahon:  \nThe Special Occasion Events (SOE) law, P.L. 2023, c.9, requires the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) to submit an initial report to the Governor and Legislature by August 1, 2024 on SOEs authorized under the law. Updates to the report are required on an annual basis, and a revised report is required once every four years.  \nPlease see attached for a copy of the Annual Report Update that was adopted by the SADC at its July 23, 2026 meeting.  \nSincerely,  \nCharles Roohr Executive Director  \nEnclosure  \nSpecial Occasion Events on Preserved Farmland: Annual Report Update to the Governor and Legislature  \nJuly 23, 2026  \nState Agriculture Development Committee  \nTable of Contents  \nBackground 2  \n2025 SOE Law Amendments 2  \nReporting Requirements 3  \nOutreach and Education 4  \nSOE Quantitative Data 4  \nIssues, Observations, and Other Data 7  \nSOE Regulations 15  \nRecommendations for SOE Law Amendments 15  \nLooking Forward 16  \nAppendix 17  \nBackground  \nP.L. 2023, c.9 became law on February 3, 2023 and was amended by P.L.2025, c.83 on July 1, 2025. The law recognizes that holding special occasion events (SOEs), under certain conditions, can have positive effects on preserved farms. The SOE law’s findings and declarations include the following:  \nWith proper oversight, special occasion events on preserved farmland can have minimal impact on the land's viability for farming and provide for new business opportunities for farmers in the State without displacing agricultural or horticultural production as the first priority use of preserved farmland or disrupting neighborhoods that surround preserved farms. (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-32.15e.)  \nThe SOE law amended the Agriculture Retention and Development Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-11 et seq. (ARDA), to allow SOEs to be held on preserved farms, provided the owner or operator of the farm receives prior written approval from the easement holder and meets other statutory requirements. The law also allows municipalities, under certain circumstances, to require an application for approval of SOEs, and contains limits on the cost and scope of the application.  \nAn SOE is defined as “a wedding, lifetime milestone event, or other cultural or social event conducted, in whole or in part, on preserved farmland on a commercial farm.”For the purposes of the SOE law, SOEs do not include the following:  \n• Activities eligible for Right to Farm Act protection;  \n• Recreational uses already permitted under the farmland preservation deed of easement; and  \n• Weddings held for the owner, operator, or employee of the commercial farm or weddings held for certain family members of the commercial farm owner.  \n2025 SOE Law Amendments  \nP.L.2025, c.83 amended the SOE law’s requirements regarding the use of permanent structures for holding SOEs. Previously, permanent structures less than five years old could not be used for SOEs. The 2025 amendments allowed such structures to be used if either of the following two conditions is met:  \n1) The structure was constructed and is used in accordance with the Right to Farm Act (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-9) by a winery for the primary purpose of facilitating the tasting, sale, consumption, production, packaging, or marketing of wine, wine-related products, or farm-related products, as determined by the easement","cbCaitua7DuJEuCp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitua7DuJEuCp","pdf",7569841,92,"English","# Background\n# 2025 SOE Law Amendments\n# Reporting Requirements\n# Outreach and Education\n# SOE Quantitative Data\n# Issues, Observations, and Other Data\n# SOE Regulations\n# Recommendations for SOE Law Amendments\n# Looking Forward\n# Appendix","[{\"question\":\"What legal requirement drives this annual update to the Governor and Legislature?\",\"answer\":\"The SOE law requires the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) to submit an initial report by August 1, 2024 and to provide annual updates, with a revised report required once every four years.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the 2025 amendment change rules for using permanent structures for SOEs?\",\"answer\":\"P.L. 2025, c.83 allows certain recently built permanent structures (less than five years old) to be used if they meet either a Right to Farm Act winery-related primary-purpose condition or a revenue-percentage condition.\"},{\"question\":\"What is an SOE under the law, and what events are excluded?\",\"answer\":\"An SOE is defined as a wedding, lifetime milestone event, or other cultural or social event conducted on preserved farmland on a commercial farm. 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