NJ Passes S-560 1997 Places Ticks Under Mosquito Control

Below is an excerpt from this bill which places tick control in mosquito control. CLICK HERE FOR BILL

County mosquito control agencies throughout the State are
11 currently staffed and equipped to control nuisance and vector species
12 of mosquitoes. These commissions or agencies provide a central
13 operational unit within each county with the capability to advise and
14 assist 1[a State Lyme Disease Vector Management Board] the
15 Department of Health1 in the development and implementation of an
16 integrated approach to 1[the control of tick populations on public
17 lands within each county] manage tick-borne disease vectors1.
18 (cf: P.L.1991, c.277, s.1)