4. a. The following species shall be considered prohibited invasive species:
(1) Norway maple (Acer platanoides);
(2) tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima);
(3) mimosa tree or Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin);
(4) porcelain berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata);
(5) Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata);
(6) Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii);
(7) Japanese clematis (Clematis terniflora);
(8) autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata);
(9) weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula);
(10) winged burning bush (Euonymus alatus);
(11) English ivy (Hedera helix);
(12) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus);
(13) European privet (Ligustrum vulgare);
(14) Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii);
(15) Morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii);
(16) purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria);
(17) Japanese crabapple (Malus toringo);
(18) Chinese silver grass (Miscanthus sinensis);
(19) Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum);
(20) Oriental photinia (Photinia villosa);
(21) Callery or Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana);
(22) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica);
(23) jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens);
(24) multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora);
(25) European water chestnut (Trapa natans);
(26) Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii);
(27) Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda);
(28) Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis);
(29) sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata);
(30) running bamboo (Phyllostachys); and
(31) any additional species formally listed, in rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 7 of this act, as a prohibited invasive species.
b. Commencing on the first day of the 13th month next following the effective date of this act, no person shall propagate a prohibited invasive species in this State, or import or otherwise introduce a prohibited invasive species into this State, without a written conditional use waiver issued pursuant to this act.
c. Commencing on the first day of the 49th month next following the effective date of this act, except as provided under P.L.1963, c.29 (C.4:8-17.13 et seq.) and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, no person shall sell, distribute, export, or offer or otherwise make available for sale, distribution, or exportation, a prohibited invasive species, or the seeds of a prohibited invasive species, in the State without a conditional use waiver issued pursuant to this act.
d. The prohibitions established in subsections b. and c. of this section shall apply to any invasive species, including any non-hybrid sub-species, variety, cultivar, or other subcategory thereof, which is formally listed, in rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 7 of this act, as a prohibited invasive species.
e. The following cultivars and varieties of prohibited invasive species shall be exempt from the prohibitions established in subsections b. and c. of this section, but when sold, offered for sale, distributed, imported, exported, or otherwise propagated for sale or distribution shall be labelled and accompanied with the educational materials developed by the Invasive Species Council pursuant to subsection c of section 6 of this act:
(1) the following cultivars of Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii):
(a) Aurea;
(b) UCONNBTCP4N;
(c) UCONNBTB113;
(d) UCONNBTB048; and
(e) UCONNBTB039;
(2) the following cultivars or varieties of Chinese Silver grass (Miscanthus sinensis):
(a) NCMS1; and
(b) Tift M77;
(3) any additional cultivars or varieties exempted pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 7 of this act.
f. The exemptions provided by subsection e. of this section shall expire two years after the effective date of this act, unless the department, in consultation with the New Jersey Invasive Species Council and the Department of Agriculture, adopts rules and regulations to continue the exemptions.