Bill Text: NJ S2895 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered

New Jersey Senate Bill 2895 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-8)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-17 - Approved P.L.2011, c.99. [S2895 Detail]

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P.L.2011, CHAPTER 99, approved August 17, 2011

Senate, No. 2895

An Act appropriating $23,000,000 from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and the "Garden State 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 following sums, totaling $23,000,000, 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:

(1) $17,015,002 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; and

(2) $5,984,998 from the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Garden State Preservation Trust Act," P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-20), made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of previously appropriated funds.

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
Upper Deerfield Twp	Cumberland	Upper Deerfield Twp	$750,000
Elk Twp	Gloucester	Elk Twp	750,000
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
Franklin Twp	Hunterdon	Franklin Twp	500,000
Holland Twp	Hunterdon	Holland Twp	500,000
Kingwood Twp	Hunterdon	Kingwood Twp	500,000
Raritan Twp	Hunterdon	Raritan Twp	500,000
Readington Twp	Hunterdon	Readington Twp	500,000
Tewksbury Twp	Hunterdon	Tewksbury Twp	500,000
Union Twp	Hunterdon	Union Twp	750,000
West Amwell Twp	Hunterdon	West Amwell Twp	500,000
Hopewell Twp	Mercer	Hopewell Twp	500,000
Colts Neck Twp	Monmouth	Colts Neck Twp	500,000
Holmdel Twp	Monmouth	Holmdel 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
Alloway Twp	Salem	Alloway 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
Bernards Twp	Somerset	Bernards Twp	500,000
Branchburg Twp	Somerset	Branchburg Twp	500,000
Franklin Twp	Somerset	Franklin Twp	500,000
Hillsborough Twp	Somerset	Hillsborough Twp	500,000
Montgomery Twp	Somerset	Montgomery Twp	500,000
Peapack-Gladstone Boro	Somerset	Peapack-Gladstone Boro	750,000
Blairstown Twp	Warren	Blairstown Twp	750,000
Franklin Twp	Warren	Franklin Twp	500,000
Freylinghuysen Twp	Warren	Freylinghuysen Twp	500,000
Greenwich Twp	Warren	Greenwich Twp	500,000
Harmony Twp	Warren	Harmony Twp	500,000
Hope Twp	Warren	Hope Twp	500,000
Knowlton Twp	Warren	Knowlton Twp	500,000
Pohatcong Twp	Warren	Pohatcong Twp	500,000
White Twp	Warren	White Twp	750,000
TOTAL			$23,000,000

2. Of the monies appropriated or reappropriated pursuant to P.L.1999, c.138, P.L.2000, c.49, P.L.2000, c.78, P.L.2000, c.79, P.L.2000, c.168, P.L.2001, c.105, P.L.2001, c.181, P.L.2001, c.182, P.L.2001, c.185, P.L.2003, c.80, P.L.2003, c.81, P.L.2003, c.82, P.L.2003, c.83, P.L.2003, c.271, P.L.2003, c.272, P.L.2005, c.14, P.L.2005, c.15, P.L.2005, c.16, P.L.2005, c.181, P.L.2005, c.182, P.L.2006, c.71, P.L.2006, c.74, P.L.2007, c.185, and P.L.2009, c.93 from the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-20), the sum of $5,984,998 is made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of previously appropriated funds.

3. The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.), P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.), and P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1), as appropriate.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

This bill would appropriate $23,000,000 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.

Of this funding, $17,015,002 is from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and $5,984,998 is reappropriated from the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund." The "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" was 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, and the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" was established pursuant to the "Garden State Preservation Trust Act," P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.).

This bill would provide grants to 43 municipalities in eight counties.

The allocations and projects listed in this bill have been approved by the SADC and the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT).

This bill would cancel certain prior appropriations totaling $5,984,998 for farmland preservation projects which have been made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of previously appropriated funds, thereby making those moneys available for appropriation again to fund other farmland preservation projects.

Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.