Bill Text: NJ A3149 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Changes entity responsible for management of NJ School of Conservation to nonprofit organization, and directs DOE to request funding for center annually.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-10-21 - Approved P.L.2022, c.116. [A3149 Detail]
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An Act concerning the New Jersey School of Conservation and amending, supplementing, and repealing various sections of P.L.1981, c.148.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1981, c.148 (C.18A:64I-1) is amended to read as follows:
C.18A:64I-1 Certain land used in perpetuity.
1. The 240 acre tract of land known as the New Jersey School of Conservation, located in Stokes State Forest, Sussex county, New Jersey, together with all the buildings thereon, and under the management and control of the Division of Parks and Forestry in the Department of Environmental Protection, shall be used in perpetuity as a school for environmental field study under the direction of the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Within 60 days of enactment, the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation will enter into a lease or similar agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection upon such terms as are customary for the Department of Environmental Protection's administration of state lands or other residential facilities and as otherwise agreed upon by the parties.
C.18A:64I-5 Financial statement; revenue, expenditure estimates; Governor, Commissioner of Environmental Protection, Legislature.
2. a. No later than January 15 of each year, the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation shall submit to the Governor, Commissioner of Environmental Protection, and the Legislature a financial statement that contains all available revenue and expenditure figures for the New Jersey School of Conservation during the current fiscal year and an estimate of revenue and expenditure figures for the subsequent fiscal year, including a requested amount for State funding for the subsequent fiscal year.
b. The Department of Environmental Protection shall provide all moneys appropriated by an annual appropriations act for the maintenance and support of the New Jersey School of Conservation to the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation, which shall expend the funds for the expenses necessary for the operation of the New Jersey School of Conservation, including maintenance of the grounds and buildings, purchase of equipment, funding educational programs, and housing students and teachers.
Repealer.
3. Sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1981, c.148 (C.18A:64I-2 and C.18A:64I-3) are repealed.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved October 21, 2022.
