Bill Text: NJ A3593 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriates $16,250,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 13-6)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-25 - Approved P.L.2013, c.25. [A3593 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3593-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MATTHEW W. MILAM
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblyman REED GUSCIORA
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman McKeon
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $16,250,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act appropriating $16,250,000 from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to the State Agriculture Development Committee for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is appropriated to the State Agriculture Development Committee the sum of $16,250,000 from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 18 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117, for the purpose of providing planning incentive grants to municipalities pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1) and approved as eligible for such funding pursuant to subsection b. of this section.
b. The following projects are eligible for funding with the monies appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
|
Municipality |
County |
Project Area |
Amount of Grant Not to Exceed
|
|
Hopewell Twp |
Cumberland |
Hopewell Twp |
$750,000
|
|
Upper Deerfield Twp |
Cumberland |
Upper Deerfield Twp |
500,000
|
|
Franklin Twp |
Gloucester |
Franklin Twp |
500,000
|
|
Woolwich Twp |
Gloucester |
Woolwich Twp |
500,000
|
|
Alexandria Twp |
Hunterdon |
Alexandria Twp |
500,000
|
|
Delaware Twp |
Hunterdon |
Delaware Twp |
500,000
|
|
East Amwell Twp |
Hunterdon |
East Amwell Twp |
500,000
|
|
Holland Twp |
Hunterdon |
Holland Twp |
500,000
|
|
Kingwood Twp |
Hunterdon |
Kingwood Twp |
500,000
|
|
Readington Twp |
Hunterdon |
Readington Twp |
500,000
|
|
Hopewell Twp |
Mercer |
Hopewell Twp |
500,000
|
|
Howell Twp |
Monmouth |
Howell Twp |
500,000
|
|
Manalapan Twp |
Monmouth |
Manalapan Twp |
500,000
|
|
Marlboro Twp |
Monmouth |
Marlboro Twp |
500,000
|
|
Millstone Twp |
Monmouth |
Millstone Twp |
500,000
|
|
Upper Freehold Twp
|
Monmouth |
Upper Freehold Twp |
500,000
|
|
Pilesgrove Twp |
Salem |
Pilesgrove Twp |
500,000
|
|
Pittsgrove Twp |
Salem |
Pittsgrove Twp |
500,000
|
|
Upper Pittsgrove Twp
|
Salem |
Upper Pittsgrove Twp |
500,000
|
|
Bedminster Twp |
Somerset |
Bedminster Twp |
500,000
|
|
Hillsborough Twp |
Somerset |
Hillsborough Twp |
500,000
|
|
Montgomery Twp |
Somerset |
Montgomery Twp |
500,000
|
|
Peapack-Gladstone Boro
|
Somerset |
Peapack-Gladstone Boro |
500,000
|
|
Frankford Twp |
Sussex |
Frankford Twp |
750,000
|
|
Green Twp |
Sussex |
Green Twp |
750,000
|
|
Blairstown Twp |
Warren |
Blairstown Twp |
500,000
|
|
Franklin Twp |
Warren |
Franklin Twp |
500,000
|
|
Freylinghuysen Twp
|
Warren |
Freylinghuysen Twp |
500,000
|
|
Greenwich Twp |
Warren |
Greenwich Twp |
500,000
|
|
Knowlton Twp |
Warren |
Knowlton Twp |
500,000
|
|
White Twp |
Warren |
White Twp |
500,000
|
|
TOTAL |
|
|
$16,250,000 |
2. The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.), P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1), and P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.), as appropriate.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would appropriate $16,250,000 to the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) for planning incentive grants to municipalities pursuant to a program established by P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1) for farmland preservation purposes.
This funding is from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" established pursuant to section 18 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117.
This bill would provide grants to 31 municipalities in nine counties.
The allocations and projects listed in this bill have been approved by the SADC and the Garden State Preservation Trust.
