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2019, c.099 (S542 2R) §§1,2CHAPTER -99 C.13:1L-11.1  &An 13:1L-11.2Act  designating P.L.High Point State Park as High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial and amending and supplementing P.L.1983, c.324.

2019, CHAPTER 99, approved May 10, 2019 Senate, No.

542 (Second Reprint)     An Act designating High Point State Park as High Point 2[Veterans’]2 State Park 2and New Jersey Veterans Memorial2 and amending and supplementing P.L.1983, c.324.

      C.13:1L-11.1  1.   Findings, (Newdeclarations section) relative Theto Legislaturedesignating findsHigh Point State Park as High Point State Park and declaresNew that:Jersey Veterans Memorial.

     a.    1.    InThe 1918,Legislature thefinds New Jersey Department of Conservation and Developmentdeclares proposedthat: the creation “on the Kittatinny Mountains in Sussex and Warren counties a great forest park for the benefit of the whole people.”      b.    In 1920, Director Alfred Gaskil of the Division of Parks and Forestry suggested “that the park be established as the State’s memorial to its sons who had made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.”      c.     1[In fulfillment of this plan,]1 Colonel Anthony Kuser deeded his mountaintop summer estate at High Point to the State in 1923 for a public park and avian sanctuary.

     a.     In 1918, the New Jersey Department of Conservation and Development proposed the creation “on the Kittatinny Mountains in Sussex and Warren counties a great forest park for the benefit of the whole people.”      b.    In 1920, Director Alfred Gaskil of the Division of Parks and Forestry suggested “that the park be established as the State’s memorial to its sons who had made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.”      c.     Colonel Anthony Kuser deeded his mountaintop summer estate at High Point to the State in 1923 for a public park and avian sanctuary.

     e.     The High Point 2[Veterans’]2 Monument was dedicated to the “Glory and Honor and Eternal Memory of New Jersey’s heroes by land, sea, and air, in all wars of our Country” in June 1930.

     f.     Although the High Point 2[Veterans’]2 Monument is one of the most visible and best known landmarks in the State, and is a symbol of the State’s parks and forests, the purpose for which it was built has 1[receded from memory] diminished over time1,time, and the surrounding park is 1[now]1 only known by the name High Point State Park.  Park.      g.    It is therefore appropriate to rename the entire park to 1[emphasize the original purpose to which it was dedicated and to] match the honoring of veterans for which the iconic monument was dedicated, and thereby show1 respect 1to1 the men and women who have given their lives to protect this country.

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      b.   C.13:1L-11.2  TheHigh DepartmentPoint ofState EnvironmentalPark Protection,designated throughas itsHigh DivisionPoint ofState ParksPark and Forestry,New shallJersey alterVeterans itsMemorial. official publications to reflect this designation, and shall make expeditious efforts to replace any existing signs, advertisements, or any other public indicators of the park’s name to reflect this designation.         3.    Section 11 of P.L.1983, c.324 (C.13:1L-11) is amended to read as follows:

     11. 2. a.  In specific regard to High Point 2[Veterans’]2 State Park 2and New Jersey Veterans Memorial2, the department shall not allow the shooting or trapping of birds on park grounds, other than that of vermin, and then only by authorized representatives of the State.

a.

High Point State Park is designated as High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial.

     b.    The Department of Environmental Protection, through its Division of Parks and Forestry, shall alter its official publications to reflect this designation, and shall make expeditious efforts to replace any existing signs, advertisements, or any other public indicators of the park’s name to reflect this designation.

       3.    Section 11 of P.L.1983, c.324 (C.13:1L-11) is amended to read as follows:

  C.13:1L-11  Shooting or trapping of birds at High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial prohibited;

preservation of Island Beach State Park.

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In specific regard to High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial, the department shall not allow the shooting or trapping of birds on park grounds, other than that of vermin, and then only by authorized representatives of the State.

(cf:     4.    This act shall take effect immediately.

P.L.1983, c.324, s.11)        4.   Approved ThisMay act10, shall2019. take effect immediately.

                                            Designates High Point State Park as High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial.