Bill Text: NJ A5113 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Appropriates $11,777,499 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)

Status: (Passed) 2021-02-04 - Approved P.L.2021, c.12. [A5113 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A5113-Chaptered.html

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Approp.

 

P.L. 2021, CHAPTER 12, approved February 4, 2021

Assembly, No. 5113

 

 

An Act appropriating $11,777,499 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust the sum of $10,777,499 from dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), for the purpose of providing capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section and historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding.

     b.    The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of capital preservation grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

 

County	Municipality	Name of Organization	Project Name	Grant Award
Atlantic	Atlantic City	NJ State Park Service	Absecon Lighthouse	$88,560
Atlantic	Margate City	Save Lucy Committee, Inc.	Lucy, the Margate Elephant	673,668
Burlington	Fieldsboro Boro	Borough of Fieldsboro	White Hill Mansion	24,000
Burlington	Mt. Holly Twp	Burlington County	Burlington County Prison	526,500
Camden	Camden City	Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.	USS New Jersey	500,000
Cape May	Cape May City	Cape May MAC	Emlen Physick Estate	81,620
Essex	Newark City	Newark Performing Arts Corp.	Salaam Temple (Symphony Hall)	750,000
Essex	West Orange Twp	Llewellyn Park Preservation Foundation, Inc.	Llewellyn Park Historic District	150,000
Hudson	Jersey City	Save Ellis Island Inc	Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island & Liberty Island	560,422
Mercer	Hopewell Boro	Borough of Hopewell	Hopewell Railroad Station	249,907
Monmouth	West Long Branch Boro	Monmouth University	Shadow Lawn	750,000
Morris	Boonton Town	Town of Boonton	Stone Arch Bridge	320,000
Morris	Morristown Town	Morris County Park Commission	Speedwell Village	115,000
Morris	Roxbury Twp	Lake Hopatcong Foundation	Landing Railroad Station	$254,879
Morris	Roxbury Twp	Roxbury Historic Trust, Inc.	King Store and Homestead	177,127
Ocean	Barnegat Twp	Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders	Mary Etta Cox House	750,000
Passaic	Clifton City	City of Clifton	US Animal Quarantine Station	300,750
Passaic	Paterson City	County of Passaic	Passaic County Regrant Program	500,000
Passaic	Paterson City	New Jersey Community Development Corporation	First Presbyterian Church of Paterson	750,000
Passaic	Ringwood Boro	NJ State Park Service	Ringwood Manor	550,000
Salem	Salem City	Stand Up For Salem	Broadway Historic District   (J.C. Penney)	630,000
Somerset	Warren Twp	Township of Warren	Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting	218,495
Union	Scotch Plains Twp	Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House Inc.	Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House	337,161
Warren	Franklin Twp	Musconetcong Watershed Assoc.	Hoffman Grist Mill	525,000

 

TOTAL

$9,783,089

     c.     The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

 

County	Municipality	Name of Organization	Project Name	Grant Award
Bergen	Englewood City	Woman's Club of Englewood	Brinckerhoff Carriage House	$39,600
Bergen	Fair Lawn Boro	The Radburn Association	Radburn	42,255
Bergen	Fort Lee Boro	Palisades Parks Conservancy	Palisades Interstate Park	50,000
Camden	Camden City	City of Camden	Camden City Hall	50,000
Camden	Camden City	Newton Monthly Meeting	Newton Friends Meetinghouse	21,390
Cumberland	Vineland City	Siloam Cemetery Association	Siloam Cemetery	30,000
Cumberland	Vineland City	Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society	Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society Building	20,790
Essex	Montclair Twp	Montclair History Center	Israel Crane House	45,150
Hunterdon	High Bridge Boro	Borough of High Bridge	Solitude House	25,500
Mercer	Hopewell Twp	Mercer County Park Commission	Pleasant Valley Historic District	46,937
Mercer	Trenton City	City of Trenton	Mercer Cemetery	50,000
Mercer	Trenton City	First Presbyterian Church of Trenton	First Presbyterian Church	44,482
Mercer	Trenton City	New Jersey Historic Trust	Discover New Jersey License Plate Program	50,000
Mercer	Trenton City	Trent House Association	William Trent House	42,360
Middlesex	Jamesburg Boro	Borough of Jamesburg	Ensley-Mount-Buckalew House	48,750
Middlesex	Metuchen Boro	Borough of Metuchen	Middlesex Avenue/Woodwild Park Historic District	15,000
Middlesex	New Brunswick City	Rutgers University	Queen's Campus	22,275
Monmouth	Middletown Twp	Navesink Maritime Heritage Association	Grover House	22,291
Monmouth	Rumson Boro	SLTCC Landmark Friends, Inc.	Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club	17,738
Morris	Denville Twp	Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.	Ayres' Farm (Ayres Knuth Farmstead)	29,738
Morris	Madison Boro	Museum of Early Trades and Crafts	Madison Public Library and the James Building	50,000
Morris	Mendham Boro	Borough of Mendham	Phoenix House	12,000
Morris	Morristown Twp	Morris Museum	Twin Oaks (Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Residence)	30,180
Passaic	Paterson City	City of Paterson	Great Falls / S.U.M Historic District (ATP Site)	50,000
Passaic	Wayne Twp	County of Passaic	Dey Mansion	19,443
Somerset	Franklin Twp	NJ State Park Service	Six Mile Run Historic District	23,531
Somerset	Montgomery Twp	Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum	Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church	50,000
Union	Plainfield City	Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM	Plainfield Masonic Temple	45,000
TOTAL				$994,410

 

     d.    Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b. or c. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

     e.     To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b. or c. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project that previously received funding for historic preservation purposes appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-21), or that receives funding pursuant to this act, shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the New Jersey Historic Trust, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

     For the purposes of this subsection, "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, and P.L.1987, c.265.

     f.     The expenditure of moneys appropriated pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.).

 

     2.    There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust from the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $1,000,000 for paying administrative costs associated with administering the applicable provisions of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.).

 

     3.    There is appropriated from the General Fund to the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $11,777,499 to implement the provisions of this act.

 

     4.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     The bill appropriates $11,777,499 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects contained in the bill and associated administrative expenses.

     The funding in this bill is provided from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax (CBT) revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution, approved by the voters of the State in November 2014.  The "Preserve New Jersey Act" implements the constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for open space, farmland, and historic preservation.  The "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund" was established by section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act." 

     The funding contained in this bill will be used to provide capital preservation grants for 24 projects, totaling $9,783,089, and historic site management grants for 28 projects, totaling $994,410.  In addition, the bill appropriates $1 million to the New Jersey Historic Trust for administrative expenses incurred in the implementation of the "Preserve New Jersey Act."

     Capital preservation grants fund the restoration, preservation, repair, and rehabilitation of historic sites for new or continued use by nonprofit organizations or local governments.  There are three levels of capital preservation grants:  Level I grants of $5,000 to $150,000; Level II grants of $150,001 to $750,000; and Multi-Phase Level II grants range of $500,000 to $750,000.  Historic site management grants help fund preservation planning projects, such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, construction documents, and heritage tourism initiatives to improve visitors' experiences at historic sites.  All of the grants require a match from the recipient.  All of the properties are listed or eligible to be listed in the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts. 

     The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Preservation Trust. 

     The bill also provides that any transfer of any funds to another project, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in the bill would require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.  The bill further provides that, to the extent there are funds remaining after the projects listed in this bill are offered funding, the New Jersey Historic Trust, with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, may use those funds to provide additional funding for historic preservation projects, provided those projects were previously approved for funding pursuant to various other laws or approved for funding pursuant to this bill.

 

 

                                

 

     Appropriates $11,777,499 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.