N.J. Stat. § 4:1C-22

The creation of a municipally approved program shall be documented in the following manner: a. The petition in its final form shall be filed and recorded, in the same manner as a deed, with the county clerk and shall be filed with the municipal clerk; b. The petition, the municipal ordinance of adoption and the county resolution or ordinance of adoption, as the case may be, shall be filed with the committee; and c. The petition in its final form shall be filed with the municipal tax assessor for the purpose of qualifying for the exemption from property taxation on new farm structures and improvements within the municipally approved program, as authorized and provided in the Constitution. The documentation of the creation of the municipally approved program as prescribed herein shall in no way be construed to constitute or in any other way authorize exclusive agricultural zoning. L.1983, c. 32, s. 15, eff. Jan. 26, 1983, operative Jan. 26, 1983.