Bill Text: NJ A5044 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 23-10)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-29 - Substituted by S3354 [A5044 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A5044-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblywoman ELIZABETH MAHER MUOIO
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman JON M. BRAMNICK
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act appropriating $8,992,898 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues and various Green Acres funds to provide grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is appropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection the following sums for the purpose of providing grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection b. of this section, to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and to undertake stewardship activities pursuant to subsection d. of this section:
(1) $6,758,000 from the dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the "Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund" and the unexpended balances in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund - Constitutional Dedication account made available for this purpose pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2016, c.10;
(2) $1,244,665 from the "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and any Green Acres fund established pursuant to a Green Acres bond act, made available due to project cancellations and withdrawals; and
(3) $990,233 from the "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and any Green Acres fund established pursuant to a Green Acres bond act, made available due to interest earnings.
b. The following projects for the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
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(1) Crossroads of the American Revolution Association |
National Heritage Area Preservation Project |
Bergen |
Bogota Boro Carlstadt Boro East Rutherford Boro Fort Lee Boro Garfield City Hackensack City Hasbrouck Heights Boro Leonia Boro Little Ferry Boro Lodi Boro Lyndhurst Twp Maywood Boro Moonachie Boro New Milford Boro North Arlington Boro Palisades Park Boro Ridgefield Park Village River Edge Boro Rochelle Park Twp Rutherford Boro South Hackensack Twp Teterboro Boro Wallington Boro Wood-Ridge Boro
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$250,000 |
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Burlington |
Beverly City Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Burlington City Burlington Twp Chesterfield Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delanco Twp Delran Twp Edgewater Park Twp Fieldsboro Boro Florence Twp Hainesport Twp Mansfield Twp Maple Shade Twp Moorestown Twp Mount Holly Twp Mount Laurel Twp Palmyra Boro Riverside Twp Riverton Boro Springfield Twp Westampton Twp Willingboro Twp
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Camden |
Audubon Boro Audubon Park Boro Brooklawn Boro Camden City Cherry Hill Twp Collingswood Boro Gloucester City Haddon Heights Boro Haddon Twp Haddonfield Boro Merchantville Boro Mount Ephraim Boro Oaklyn Boro Pennsauken Twp Woodlynne Boro
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Essex |
Belleville Twp Irvington Twp Livingston Twp Maplewood Twp Millburn Twp Newark City Nutley Twp
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Gloucester |
National Park Boro West Deptford Twp Westville Boro
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Hudson |
East Newark Boro Harrison Town Kearny Town
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Hunterdon |
Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Flemington Boro Franklin Twp Frenchtown Boro Kingwood Twp Lambertville City Raritan Twp Readington Twp Stockton Boro West Amwell Twp
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Mercer
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East Windsor Twp Ewing Twp Hamilton Twp Hightstown Boro Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Pennington Boro Princeton Boro Trenton City Washington Twp West Windsor Twp
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Middlesex |
All municipalities
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Monmouth |
Aberdeen Twp Allentown Boro Colts Neck Twp Englishtown Boro Freehold Boro Freehold Twp Holmdel Twp Manalapan Twp Marlboro Twp Matawan Boro Millstone Twp Roosevelt Boro Upper Freehold Twp
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Morris |
Boonton Town Boonton Twp Butler Boro Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Chester Boro Denville Twp Dover Town East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Harding Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Madison Boro Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Mine Hill Twp Montville Twp Morris Plains Boro Morris Twp Morristown Town Mountain Lakes Boro Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Boro Rockaway Twp Victory Gardens Boro Wharton Boro
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Passaic |
Clifton City Passaic City
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Somerset |
All municipalities
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Union |
All municipalities
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(2) D & R Greenway Land Trust |
Greenway Acq |
Bergen |
Bogota Boro Carlstadt Boro East Rutherford Boro Fort Lee Boro Garfield City Hackensack City Hasbrouck Heights Boro Leonia Boro Little Ferry Boro Lodi Boro Lyndhurst Twp Maywood Boro Moonachie Boro New Milford Boro North Arlington Boro Palisades Park Boro Ridgefield Park Village River Edge Boro Rochelle Park Twp Rutherford Boro South Hackensack Twp Teterboro Boro Wallington Boro Wood-Ridge Boro
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500,000 |
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Burlington |
Beverly City Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Burlington City Burlington Twp Chesterfield Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delanco Twp Delran Twp Edgewater Park Twp Fieldsboro Boro Florence Twp Hainesport Twp Mansfield Twp Maple Shade Twp Moorestown Twp Mount Holly Twp Mount Laurel Twp Palmyra Boro Riverside Twp Riverton Boro Springfield Twp Westampton Twp Willingboro Twp
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Camden |
Audubon Boro Audubon Park Boro Brooklawn Boro Camden City Cherry Hill Twp Collingswood Boro Gloucester City Haddon Heights Boro Haddon Twp Haddonfield Boro Merchantville Boro Mount Ephraim Boro Oaklyn Boro Pennsauken Twp Woodlynne Boro
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Cumberland |
Deerfield Twp Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp
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Essex |
Belleville Twp Irvington Twp Livingston Twp Maplewood Twp Millburn Twp Newark City Nutley Twp
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Gloucester |
National Park Boro West Deptford Twp Westville Boro
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Hudson |
East Newark Boro Harrison Town Kearny Town
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Hunterdon |
Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Flemington Boro Franklin Twp Frenchtown Boro Kingwood Twp Lambertville City Raritan Twp Readington Twp Stockton Boro West Amwell Twp
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Mercer
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East Windsor Twp Ewing Twp Hamilton Twp Hightstown Boro Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Pennington Boro Princeton Boro Robbinsville Twp Trenton City Washington Twp West Windsor Twp
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Middlesex |
All municipalities
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Monmouth |
Allentown Boro Millstone Twp Upper Freehold Twp
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Salem |
Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Pennsville Twp
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Somerset |
Branchburg Twp Franklin Twp Hillsborough Twp Montogomery Twp Rocky Hill Boro
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(3) Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space |
Hopewell Valley Park Acq |
Mercer |
Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp
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250,000 |
(4) Friends of Princeton Open Space
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Millstone River Watershed
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Mercer |
Princeton Boro |
100,000 |
(5) Fyke Nature Association |
Ramapo Mountain Conservation Area
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Bergen |
Mahwah Twp Oakland Boro |
250,000 |
(6) Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association
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2nd Street Park Acq |
Atlantic |
Hamilton Twp |
81,000 |
(7) Hunterdon Land Trust
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Hunterdon Open Space Plan Priority Areas
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Hunterdon |
All municipalities |
250,000 |
(8) Lamington Conservancy |
Central Lamington Project |
Hunterdon |
Tewksbury Twp |
250,000 |
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Morris |
Chester Twp Washington Twp
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Somerset |
Bedminster Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro
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(9) Monmouth Conservation Foundation
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Open Space Plans 2 |
Monmouth |
All municipalities |
250,000 |
(10) New Jersey Conservation Foundation |
Priority Area Acq
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Atlantic
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Buena Vista Twp Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Twp Estell Manor City Folsom Boro Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Hammonton Town Mullica Twp Weymouth Twp
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500,000 |
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Burlington |
Bass River Twp Beverly City Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Burlington City Burlington Twp Chesterfield Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delanco Twp Delran Twp Evesham Twp Medford Twp New Hanover Twp North Hanover Twp Pemberton Twp Shamong Twp Southampton Twp Tabernacle Twp Washington Twp Woodland Twp
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Camden |
Camden City Merchantville Boro Pennsauken Twp
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Cape May |
Lower Twp Middle Twp
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Cumberland |
Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Millville City Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp Vineland City
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Gloucester |
Logan Twp South Harrison Twp Woolwich Twp
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Hunterdon |
Alexandria Twp Clinton Twp Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Franklin Twp Frenchtown Boro Holland Twp Kingwood Twp Lambertville City Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp Milford Boro Raritan Twp Readington Twp Stockton Boro Tewksbury Twp West Amwell Twp
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Mercer |
East Windsor Twp Hamilton Twp Hightstown Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Trenton City Princeton Boro Robbinsville Twp West Windsor Twp
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Middlesex
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Edison Twp |
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Monmouth |
Allentown Boro Millstone Twp Upper Freehold Twp
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Morris |
Boonton Town Boonton Twp Butler Boro Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Chester Boro Chester Twp Denville Twp Dover Town East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Harding Twp Jefferson Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Madison Boro Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Mine Hill Twp Montville Twp Morris Plains Boro Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Arlington Boro Mount Olive Twp Mountain Lakes Boro Netcong Boro Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Boro Rockaway Twp Roxbury Twp Victory Gardens Boro Washington Twp Wharton Boro
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Ocean |
Lacey Twp Ocean Twp
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Passaic |
West Milford Twp
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Salem |
Alloway Twp Carneys Point Twp Elmer Boro Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Oldmans Twp Pennsville Twp Pilesgrove Twp Pittsgove Twp Quinton Twp Upper Pittsgrove Twp Woodstown Boro
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Somerset |
Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Hillsborough Twp Montgomery Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro Raritan Boro
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Sussex
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Andover Twp Byram Twp Frankford Twp Hampton Twp Hopatcong Boro Sparta Twp Vernon Twp Wantage Twp
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Union |
Linden City Springfield Twp Union Twp
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Warren |
Franklin Twp Greenwich Twp Harmony Twp Lopatcong Twp Mansfield Twp Pohatcong Twp Washington Twp White Twp
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(11) NY-NJ Trail Conference |
Green Corridors 2 |
Bergen |
Mahwah Twp |
250,000 |
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Hunterdon |
Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Holland Twp Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp Union Twp
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Morris |
Chester Twp Jefferson Twp Morris Twp Mt. Olive Twp Rockaway Boro Rockaway Twp Washington Twp
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Passaic |
Ringwood Boro Wanaque Boro West Milford Twp
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Sussex |
Byram Twp Green Twp Hopatcong Boro Sparta Twp Vernon Twp
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Harmony Twp Hope Twp Independence Twp Liberty Twp Lopatcong Twp Mansfield Twp Oxford Twp Washington Twp White Twp
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(12) Passaic River Coalition
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Passaic River Preservation Project |
Bergen
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Allendale Boro Elmwood Park Boro Fair Lawn Boro Garfield City Hohokus Boro Lyndhurst Twp Mahwah Twp Oakland Boro Ridgewood Village Rutherford Boro Saddle River Boro Upper Saddle River Boro Wallington Boro
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250,000 |
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Essex |
Cedar Grove Twp Fairfield Twp Livingston Twp Newark City Roseland Boro Verona Twp West Caldwell Twp
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Morris |
Butler Boro Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Chester Twp Denville Twp East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Jefferson Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Montville Twp Morris Twp Morristown Town Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Twp
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Passaic |
Bloomingdale Boro Clifton City Hawthorne Boro Little Falls Twp Passaic City Paterson City Pompton Lakes Boro Ringwood Boro Totowa Boro Wanaque Boro Wayne Twp West Milford Twp Woodland Park Boro
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Somerset |
Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Warren Twp
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Sussex |
Hardyston Twp Sparta Twp
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Union |
Berkely Heights Twp New Providence Boro Summit City
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(13) Rancocas Conservancy |
Rancocas Watershed Acq
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Burlington |
All municipalities |
214,000 |
(14) Raritan Headwaters Association |
Raritan Headwaters Acq |
Hunterdon |
Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Califon Twp Clinton Boro Clinton Twp Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Franklin Twp Glen Gardener Boro Hampton Twp High Bridge Boro Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp Raritan Twp Readington Twp Tewksbury Twp Union Twp West Amwell Twp
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250,000 |
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Morris |
Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Flemington Boro Hillsborough Twp Raritan Boro
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Somerset |
Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Peapack-Gladstone Boro
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(15) Ridge and Valley Conservancy |
Open Space Conservation Plan |
Sussex |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp LafayetteTwp Sandyston Twp Stillwater Twp Wantage Twp
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250,000 |
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Blairstown Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Hardwick Twp Hope Twp Knowlton Twp Mansfield Twp White Twp
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(16) Save Hamilton Open Space
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Greenways, Trails & Rural Resource Conservation
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Mercer |
Hamilton Twp
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150,000 |
(17) Tewksbury Land Trust
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Land Acq |
Hunterdon |
Tewksbury Twp |
250,000 |
(18) The Land Conservancy of New Jersey |
Priority Areas Acq |
Bergen |
Franklin Lakes Boro Mahwah Twp Oakland Twp
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500,000 |
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Essex |
Bloomfield Twp Caldwell Boro Livingston Twp West Orange Twp
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Middlesex |
Woodbridge Twp
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Morris |
Boonton Twp Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Denville Twp East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Jefferson Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Madison Boro Mine Hill Twp Montville Twp Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Olive Twp Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
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Passaic |
Ringwood Boro West Milford Twp
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Somerset |
Bernardsville Boro Peapack-Gladstone Boro
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Sussex |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Byram Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hopatcong Boro Lafayette Twp Sparta Twp Stillwater Twp Vernon Twp
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Greenwich Twp Hardwick Twp Harmony Twp Pohatcong Twp
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(19) The Nature Conservancy
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Priority Area Acq |
Atlantic |
Estell Manor City Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Mullica Twp
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500,000 |
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Burlington |
Bass River Twp Pemberton Boro Pemberton Twp Washington Twp Woodland Twp
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Cape May |
Cape May City Cape May Point Boro Dennis Twp Lower Twp Middle Twp West Cape May Boro
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Cumberland |
Commercial Twp Downe Twp Fairfield Twp Lawrence Twp Maurice River Twp Millville City Vineland City
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Gloucester
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Franklin Twp
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Ocean |
Barnegat Twp Eagleswood Twp Lacey Twp Little Egg Harbor Twp Ocean Twp Stafford Twp
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Passaic |
North Haledon Boro Wayne Twp
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Salem
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Pittsgrove Twp |
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Sussex |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp Lafayette Twp Montague Twp Newton Town Sandyston Twp Stillwater Twp Walpack Twp Wantage Twp
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Blairstown Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Hardwick Twp Hope Twp
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(20) Trust For Public Land
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Project Priority Areas |
Atlantic |
Absecon City Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Twp Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Linwood City Northfield City Pleasantville City Port Republic City Somers Point City
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500,000 |
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Bergen |
All municipalities
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Burlington |
All municipalities
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Camden |
All municipalities
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Cumberland |
All municipalities
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Essex |
All municipalities
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Gloucester |
All municipalities
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Hudson |
All municipalities
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Hunterdon |
All municipalities
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Mercer |
Hamilton Twp Robbinsville Twp
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Middlesex |
Carteret Boro Old Bridge Twp Woodbridge Twp
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Monmouth |
Aberdeen Twp Allenhurst Boro Allentown Boro Asbury Park City Atlantic Highlands Boro Avon-By-The-Sea Boro Belmar Boro Bradley Beach Boro Brielle Boro Deal Boro Fair Haven Boro Freehold Boro Freehold Twp Hazlet Twp Highlands Boro Howell Twp Interlaken Boro Keansburg Boro Keyport Boro Loch Arbour Village Long Branch City Manasquan Boro Matawan Boro Middletown Twp Millstown Twp Monmouth Beach Boro Neptune Twp Rumson Boro Sea Bright Boro Sea Girt Boro Spring Lake Boro Spring Lake Heights Boro Union Beach Boro Wall Twp
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Morris |
All municipalities
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Ocean |
Barnegat Twp Barnegat Light Boro Berkeley Twp Brick Twp Eagleswood Twp Jackson Twp Lacey Twp Lakewood Twp Little Egg Harbor Twp Long Beach Twp Manchester Twp Ocean Twp Plumsted Twp Stafford Twp Toms River Twp Tuckerton Boro
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Passaic |
All municipalities
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Salem |
All municipalities
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Somerset |
All municipalities
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Sussex |
All municipalities
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Union |
Linden City Rahway City
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Warren |
All municipalities
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TOTAL |
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$5,795,000 |
c. The following projects for the development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
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Brookdale Park Conservancy, Inc. |
Brookdale Park Improvement Project
|
Essex |
Bloomfield Twp Montclair Twp |
$250,000 |
Camden Special Services District |
North Camden Waterfront Park III
|
Camden |
Camden City |
250,000 |
Congregation Ahavas Sholom
|
Lincoln Avenue Schoolyard Improvements
|
Essex |
Newark City |
250,000 |
Cooper's Ferry Partnership
|
N. Camden Waterfront Park II
|
Camden |
Camden City |
250,000 |
Essex County Parks Foundation
|
Multi-park Improvements |
Essex |
Newark City |
250,000 |
Friends of Passaic County Parks
|
Goffle Brook Park Improvements
|
Passaic |
Hawthorne Boro |
200,000 |
Isles, Inc. |
Calhoun St. Park Renovation
|
Mercer |
Trenton City |
250,000 |
Passaic River Rowing Association |
Passaic River Rowing Association Boathouse
|
Bergen |
Lyndhurst Twp North Arlington Boro |
250,000 |
United Community Corporation
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West Side Park Improvements |
Essex |
Newark City |
250,000 |
Zoological Society of NJ |
TBZ Penguin Exhibit
|
Essex |
West Orange Twp |
250,000 |
TOTAL |
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$2,450,000 |
d. The following stewardship activity projects are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
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African American Fund of NJ |
Ambrose Ward Mansion Grounds Renovation
|
Essex |
East Orange City |
$250,000 |
Friends of Passaic County Parks |
Garret Mountain Deer Fence
|
Passaic |
Paterson City Woodland Park Boro |
88,500 |
Friends of Princeton Open Space
|
Billy Johnson Nature Preserve Restoration
|
Mercer |
Princeton Boro |
50,000 |
Harding Land Trust
|
Primrose Farm Restoration
|
Morris |
Harding Twp |
54,525 |
Musconetcong Watershed Association
|
Musconetcong Island Access Project |
Hunterdon |
Franklin Twp |
52,453 |
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
|
Preserve Improvements
|
Mercer
Ocean |
Hopewell Twp
Lacey Twp Ocean Twp
|
100,020 |
Tewksbury Land Trust |
Fox Hill Stewardship Project
|
Hunterdon |
Tewksbury Twp |
98,150 |
The Land Conservancy of New Jersey |
Wildflower Meadow Restoration
|
Morris |
Mount Olive Twp |
54,250 |
TOTAL |
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$747,898 |
e. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
f. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project of a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for recreation and conservation purposes shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
g. There is reappropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection the unexpended balances, due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings, of the amounts appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, for the purposes of: (1) this section; and (2) providing additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, to any project of a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for recreation and conservation purposes, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. Any such additional funding provided from a Green Acres bond act may include administrative costs.
h. For the purposes of this section:
"Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" means the fund established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19).
"Green Acres bond act" means P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.2007, c.119, P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, P.L.1989, c.183, P.L.1987, c.265, and P.L.1983, c.354.
"Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund" means the fund established pursuant to section 6 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48).
"Stewardship activity" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-45).
2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the "Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund," established pursuant to section 6 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48), an amount determined by the State Treasurer to be necessary to implement the provisions of section 1 of this act.
3. This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill appropriates $8,992,898 to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to provide grants to various nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Of the total appropriated: $6,758,000 is from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax (CBT) revenues; $1,244,665 is made available due to project cancellations and withdrawals; and $990,233 is made available from interest earnings. The amounts made available due to project cancellations and withdrawals and interest earnings are from balances in the "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres funds established pursuant to Green Acres bond acts. Of the amount appropriated by the bill: $5,795,000 is allocated for acquisition projects; $2,450,000 is allocated for park development projects; and $747,898 is allocated for stewardship activity projects.
The CBT revenues appropriated in this bill are provided from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution, approved by the voters of the State in November 2014, including the unexpended balances in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund - Constitutional Dedication account made available for these purposes pursuant to P.L.2016, c.10 (i.e., the FY2017 annual appropriations act).
The "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), implements for State fiscal years 2017 through 2019, the constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for open space, farmland, and historic preservation. The "Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund" was established by section 6 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act." The act provides that of the 60 percent of dedicated CBT revenues allocated each year for the Green Acres program: 55 percent is to be used for State open space acquisition and development projects; 38 percent is to be used for grants and loans to fund local government open space acquisition and development projects; and 7 percent is to be used for grants to fund open space acquisition and development projects undertaken by qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations. Further, of the allocated funding for open space acquisition and development projects by qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations, 11 percent is to be used to fund stewardship activities. "Stewardship activity" is defined in the act as an activity, which is beyond routine operations and maintenance, undertaken to repair or restore lands acquired or developed for recreation and conservation purposes for the purpose of enhancing or protecting those lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
The "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" was established by the "Garden State Preservation Trust Act," and "Green Acres funds" refers to various funds created pursuant to Green Acres bond acts.
The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the DEP and the Garden State Preservation Trust.
The bill also would allow the DEP to re-distribute certain other moneys, which have been returned to the department due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings, for the purpose of providing additional funding, for recreation and conservation purposes, to previously approved and funded projects of nonprofit entities, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. This additional funding, if provided from a Green Acres bond act, may include administrative costs.