Approp.
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.