Bill Text: NJ S4147 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Appropriates $16,380,595 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-12-21 - Approved P.L.2021, c.318. [S4147 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-S4147-Introduced.html

---

SENATE, No. 4147

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 12, 2021

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Appropriates $16,380,595 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act appropriating $16,380,595 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 $15,055,595 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, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding:  (1) capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section; (2) historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section; and (3) emergency intervention funds pursuant to subsection d. of this section.

     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	City of Atlantic City	Fire Station #8 (Fire Department 4 & Drill School)	$750,000
Bergen	Ridgewood Village	Village of Ridgewood	John A. L. Zabriskie House	499,166
Burlington	Bordentown City	Bordentown Historical Society	Bordentown Historic District (Clara Barton School)	109,034
Burlington	Burlington City	City of Burlington	Burlington Historic District (The Carriage House)	142,164
Burlington	Burlington City	Doane Academy	St. Mary's Hall (Doane Academy)	114,628
Burlington	Burlington Twp	Friends of West Hill, Inc.	West Hill	7.619
Burlington	Evesham Twp	Evesham Historical Society	John Inskeep Homestead	23,347
Burlington	Mount Laurel Twp	Alice Paul Institute	Alice Paul Birthplace (Paulsdale)	304,500
Burlington	Riverton Boro	Riverton Steamboat Landing Foundation	Riverton Steamboat Landing (Riverton Yacht Club)	322,500
Camden	Camden City	Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc. (DBA Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial)	USS New Jersey (BB-62)	750,000
Camden	Camden City	Newton Monthly Meeting (NMN)	Newton Friends Meetinghouse	104,388
Camden	Haddonfield Boro	Haddonfield Friends School	Haddonfield Friends School	725,000
Camden	Lawnside Boro	Lawnside Historical Society, Inc.	Peter Mott House	60,607
Cape May	Cape May City	Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities	Emlen Physick Estate	38,763
Cape May	Lower Twp	NASW Foundation	Hangar No. 1	362,880
Cumberland	Bridgeton City	County of Cumberland	Bridgeton Historic District (Cumberland County Courthouse)	545,557
Essex	Bloomfield Twp	Township of Bloomfield	Collins House	450,000
Essex	Livingston Twp	Township of Livingston	Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force House and Condit Family Cook House	403,052
Essex	Nutley Twp	Historic Restoration Trust of the Town of Nutley, NJ	Kingsland Manor	23,910
Hudson	Jersey City	City of Jersey City	Reservoir #3	750,000
Hunterdon	Clinton Town	Red Mill Museum Village	M.C. Mulligan & Sons Quarry (Red Mill, Hunt's Mill)	46,656
Hunterdon	Flemington Boro	County of Hunterdon	Multiphase Phase II Commitment: Flemington Historic District: Hunterdon County Courthouse	750,000
Hunterdon	Kingwood Twp	Kingwood Township	William Lindsay White House	247,121
Mercer	Hamilton Twp	Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.	Isaac Pearson House	126,531
Mercer	Pennington Boro	The Watershed Institute	Andrew and Hannah Drake Farmstead/ Brookdale Farm	320,570
Mercer	Princeton Boro	Historic Morven, Inc.	Morven	31,434
Mercer	Princeton Boro	Boro of Princeton	Princeton Ice Company (Mountain Lakes Preserve)	395,218
Mercer	Trenton City	City of Trenton	Trenton City Hall	749,909
Monmouth	Rumson Boro	SLT&CC Landmark Friends, Inc.	Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club	304,070
Morris	Dover Town	Dover Area Historical Society	Condict House/ Presbyterian Church House	38,618
Morris	Madison Boro	Borough of Madison	Madison Masonic Lodge	488,100
Morris	Madison Boro	Museum of Early Trades & Crafts	Madison Public Library and the James Building	303,933
Morris	Mendham Boro	Borough of Mendham	Phoenix House	348,565
Morris	Morristown Town	Morris County Historical Society	Acorn Hall	248,350
Morris	Morristown Town	Morris Museum	Normandy Park Historic District (Twin Oaks)	472,893
Morris	Netcong Boro	The Growing Stage - Children's Theatre of New Jersey	Palace Theater	87,728
Morris	Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp	Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms	Craftsman Farms	750,000
Morris	Randolph Twp	Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ	Friends Meetinghouse	221,500
Ocean	Barnegat Twp	County of Ocean	Mary Etta Cox House	518,645
Passaic	Paterson City	County of Passaic	Multiphase Phase II Commitment: Lambert Castle	750,000
Passaic	Ringwood Boro	Skylands Association	Skylands (Pump House)	43,200
Passaic	West Milford Twp	Friends of Long Pond Ironworks	Long Pond Iron Works (Hewitt Church)	56,730
Union	Berkeley Heights Twp	Township of Berkeley Heights	Littel-Lord Farmstead	60,000
Union	Union Twp	Liberty Hall Museum, Inc.	Liberty Hall	110,004
Warren	Allamuchy Twp	Allamuchy Township School District	Rutherfurd Hall (Rutherfurd Mansion)	122,000
Warren	Harmony Twp	Township of Harmony	Van Nest-Hoff-Vannatta Farm	25,000

 

TOTAL

$14,103,890

     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	Fair Lawn Boro	The Radburn Association	Radburn Historic District	$50,000
Bergen	Fort Lee Boro	Crossroads of the American Revolution, Inc.	Palisades Interstate Park	50,000
Burlington	Florence Twp	Roebling Main Gate Museum (DBA: Roebling Museum)	Roebling Historic District	15,155
Camden	Gibbsboro Boro	Borough of Gibbsboro	John Lucas House	50,000
Camden	Haddon Twp	Camden County Parks Department	Ebenezer Hopkins House	50,000
Cape May	Cape May City	Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities	Emlen Physick Estate	47,370
Cape May	Cape May City	Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities	Emlen Physick Estate	50,000
Cumberland	Downe Twp	Downe Township	Union Hall	29,000
Essex	Newark City	Newark Landmarks	Weequahic High School	13,580
Essex	Newark City	South Mountain TheaterWorks, Inc, (d/b/a/ South Mountain TV)	Krueger Mansion	50,000
Hudson	Jersey City	City of Jersey City	Fickens Warehouse	50,000
Hunterdon	High Bridge Boro	Borough of High Bridge	Solitude House	7,500
Mercer	Trenton City	Isles, Inc.	Elks - BPOE Building (Carver Center YMCA)	50,000
Mercer	Trenton City	Trent House Association	William Trent House	37,403
Monmouth	Highlands Boro	Twin Lights Historical Society	Navesink Lighthouse (Twin Lights) (Navesink Light Station)	27,072
Monmouth	Middletown Twp	Township of Middletown	Dempsey Pump House	15,000
Monmouth	Millstone Twp	Millstone Township Historic Preservation Commission	Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church	50,000
Morris	Washington Twp	Washington Township Land Trust of Morris County, Inc.	Obadiah LaTourette Grist & Saw Mill (German Valley Historic District)	36,000
Passaic	Clifton City	Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc.	Morris Canal	50,000
Sussex	Newton Town	Town of Newton	Newton Town Plot Historic District	30,000
Union	Plainfield City	Historical Society of Plainfield	Nathaniel Drake House	14,025
Union	Plainfield City	The Plainfield Garden Club	Cedar Brook Park	9,000
Union	Westfield Town	Westfield Historical Society	William Edgar Reeve House	45,600
Warren	Franklin Township	Musconetcong Watershed Association	Hoffman Grist Mill	50,000
TOTAL				$876,705

 

     d.    Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the sum of $75,000 shall be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of providing funds for emergency intervention, as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-45).  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection c. of section 9 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51) to the contrary, the expenditure of funds pursuant to this subsection shall not require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor. 

     e.     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.

     f.     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.

     g.    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 $1,325,000 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 $16,380,595 to implement the provisions of this act.

     4.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     The bill appropriates $16,380,595 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 by the New Jersey Historic Trust to provide capital preservation grants for 46 projects, totaling $14,103,890 (listed in subsection b. of section 1 of the bill), and historic site management grants for 24 projects, totaling $876,705 (listed in subsection c. of section 1 of the bill).  In addition, of the funding, $75,000 will be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of "emergency intervention," to assist historic properties across the State as emergencies arise.  Lastly, the bill appropriates $1.325 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 "Preserve New Jersey Act" authorizes the use of monies in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund" for emergency intervention and defines "emergency intervention" as an immediate assessment or capital improvement necessary to protect or stabilize the structural integrity of a historic property.

     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.