S3023

An Act appropriating $4,750,000 from the “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” and various Green Acres bond 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 sum of $4,750,000 from the “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” and the various funds established pursuant to Green Acres bond acts, made available due to project cancellations, 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 and for the purpose of providing grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection c. of this section.

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
(1) American Littoral Society	Delaware Bay Acquisitions	Cape May Cumberland Salem	Dennis Twp Lower Twp Middle Twp Upper Twp Bridgeton City Deerfield Twp Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Millville City Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp Vineland City Alloway Twp Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Pennsville Twp Quinton Twp	$175,000
(2) D & R Greenway Land Trust	Greenway Acq:			350,000
	Central Stony Brook Greenway	Hunterdon Mercer	Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Pennington Boro Princeton Boro
		Middlesex	Cranbury Twp
	Crossroads of the American Revolution	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
		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
		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
		Essex	Belleville Twp Irvington Twp Livingston Twp Maplewood Twp Millburn Twp Newark City Nutley Twp
		Gloucester	National Park Boro West Deptford Twp Westville Boro
		Hudson	East Newark Boro Harrison Town Kearny Town
		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
		Mercer	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
		Middlesex	All municipalities
	Delaware Bay Estuary Acq	Cumberland	Deerfield Twp Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp
		Salem	Elinsboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Pennsville Twp
	Delaware River Tributaries Acq	Burlington	Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Chesterfield Twp North Hanover Twp
		Mercer	Hamilton Twp Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Robbinsville Twp West Windsor Twp Trenton City
		Middlesex	Monroe Twp
		Monmouth	Allentown Boro Upper Freehold Twp
	Griggstown Canal Acq	Middlesex	Highland Park Boro
		Somerset	Franklin Twp Rocky Hill Boro
	Sourlands Mountain Acq	Hunterdon	East Amwell Twp Lambertville City West Amwell Twp
		Mercer	Hopewell Twp
		Somerset	Branchburg Twp Hillsborough Twp Montgomery Twp
	Upper Millstone	Mercer	West Windsor Twp
	Greenway	Middlesex	Cranbury Twp Highland Park Boro Monroe Twp Plainsboro Twp South Brunswick Twp
		Monmouth	Millstone Twp
(3) Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space	Hopewell Valley Park Acq	Mercer	Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp	175,000
(4) Friends of West Windsor Open Space	Duck Pond Run – Greenway Initiative	Mercer	West Windsor Twp	175,000
(5) Harding Land Trust	Open Spaces & Natural Places of Harding Twp	Morris	Harding Twp	125,000
(6) Hunterdon Land Trust	Priority Areas	Hunterdon	All municipalities	350,000
(7) New Jersey Conservation Foundation	Priority Area Acq:			350,000
	Appalachian Trail Buffers	Sussex	Wantage Twp
	Arthur Kill Greenway	Middlesex	Edison Twp
		Union	Linden City Springfield Twp Union Twp
	Black River Greenway	Hunterdon	Clinton Twp Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp Readington Twp Tewksbury Twp
		Morris	Chester Boro Chester Twp
		Somerset	Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Hillsborough Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro Raritan Boro
	Burden Hill Forest/	Cape May	Lower Twp Middle Twp
	Delaware Bay	Cumberland	Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Millville City Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp Vineland City
		Gloucester	Logan Twp South Harrison Twp Woolwich Twp
		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
	South Jersey Metro:
	Camden Greenway	Camden	Camden City
	Delaware River Heritage Trail	Burlington	Beverly City Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Burlington City Burlington Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delanco Twp Delran Twp Edgewater Park Twp Fieldsboro Boro Florence Twp Mansfield Twp Palmyra Boro Riverside Twp Riverton Boro Willingboro Twp
		Camden	Merchantville Boro Pennsauken Twp
		Mercer	Hamilton Twp Trenton City
	Pine Barrens:
	Ellwood Corridor	Atlantic	Buena Vista Twp Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Twp Estell Manor City Folsom Boro Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Hammonton Town Mullica Twp Weymouth Twp
	Forked River Mountain Add	Ocean	Lacey Twp Ocean Twp
	Four Mile Circle	Burlington	Bass River Twp Burlington Twp Pemberton Twp Tabernacle Twp Washington Twp Woodland Twp
	Greater Kettle Run	Burlington	Evesham Twp Medford Twp
	Highlands Region:
	Arcadia Lake/Newark Watershed	Passaic	West Milford Twp
	Kittatinny Forest Area	Sussex	Frankford Twp Hampton Twp
	Morris County Additions	Morris	Boonton Town Butler Boro Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Denville Twp Dover Town East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Harding Twp Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Madison Boro Morris Plains Boro Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Olive Twp Mountain Lakes Boro Netcong Boro Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Boro Rockaway Twp Victory Gardens Boro Wharton Boro
	Musconetcong Valley	Warren	Franklin Twp Greenwich Twp Mansfield Twp Washington Twp
	Pyramid Mountain Addition	Morris	Boonton Twp Kinnelon Boro Montville Twp
	Scotts Mtn Acq	Warren	Harmony Twp Lopatcong Twp White Twp
	Sparta Mountain Greenway	Morris Sussex	Jefferson Twp Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Mine Hill Twp Mount Arlington Boro Randolph Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp Andover Twp Byram Twp Hopatcong Boro Sparta Twp
	Vernon Marsh	Sussex	Vernon Twp
	Western Piedmont:
	Back Brook	Hunterdon	East Amwell Twp Lambertville City West Amwell Twp
	Sourland Mountain	Mercer	Hopewell Twp Princeton Boro
		Somerset	Montgomery Twp
	Wickecheoke Creek Acq	Hunterdon	Delaware Twp Franklin Twp Kingwood Twp Raritan Twp Stockton Boro
(8) NY-NJ Trail Conference	Green Corridors 2	Bergen	Mahwah Twp	175,000
		Hunterdon	Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Holland Twp Lebanon Boro Union Twp
		Morris	Chester Twp Jefferson Twp Morris Twp Mt. Olive Twp Rockaway Boro Washington Twp
		Passaic	Ringwood Boro Wanaque Boro West Milford Twp
		Sussex	Byram Twp Green Twp Hopatcong Boro Sparta Twp Vernon Twp
		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
(9) Open Space Institute Land Trust	Project Priority Areas	Bergen Hudson Morris Warren	All municipalities All municipalities All municipalities All municipalities	175,000
(10) Save Hamilton Open Space	Hamilton Twp Greenways, Trails & Rural Conservation	Mercer	Hamilton Twp	175,000
(11) South Jersey Land and Water Trust	South Jersey Watersheds	Gloucester Salem	All municipalities Carneys Point Twp Oldmans Twp Pilesgrove Twp	100,000
(12) Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association	Watershed Connectors	Mercer	Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Princeton Boro	175,000
(13) Tewksbury Land Trust	Land Acq	Hunterdon	Tewksbury Twp	175,000
(14) The Land Conservancy of New Jersey	Priority Areas Acq	Bergen	Mahwah Twp Oakland Twp	350,000
		Essex	Bloomfield Twp Caldwell Boro Livingston Twp West Orange Twp
		Morris	Boonton Twp Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Denville Twp East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro 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
		Passaic	Ringwood Boro West Milford Twp
		Somerset	Peapack-Gladstone Boro
		Sussex	Andover Boro Byram Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hopatcong Boro Lafayette Twp Stillwater Twp Vernon Twp
		Warren	Allamuchy Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Greenwich Twp Hardwick Twp Harmony Twp Pohatcong Twp
(15) The Nature Conservancy	Priority Areas Acq:			350,000
	Cape May Project Area	Cape May	Cape May City Cape May Point Boro Dennis Twp Lower Twp Middle Twp West Cape May Boro
		Cumberland	Maurice River Twp
	Delaware Bay Greenway	Cumberland	Commercial Twp Downe Twp Fairfield Twp Lawrence Twp Maurice River Twp Millville City Vineland City
	East and West Plains	Burlington	Bass River Twp Pemberton Boro Pemberton Twp Washington Twp Woodland Twp
	Ellwood Corridor	Atlantic	Estell Manor City Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Mullica Twp
	Forked River Mountain	Ocean	Lacey Twp Ocean Twp
	High Mt Project Area	Passaic	North Haledon Boro Wayne Twp
	Hirst Ponds	Atlantic	Galloway Twp
	Limestone Forest Acq	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
		Warren	Allamuchy Twp Blairstown Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Hardwick Twp Hope Twp
	Maurice River Project Area	Cumberland	Maurice River Twp Millville City
	Oswego River Lowlands	Ocean	Barnegat Twp Eagleswood Twp Little Egg Harbor Twp Stafford Twp
	Willow Grove	Gloucester Salem	Franklin Twp Pittsgrove Twp
(16) Trust For Public Land	Project Priority Areas:			350,000
	Atlantic Balanced Communities Acq	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
	Bay to Bay	Monmouth	Allenhurst Boro Asbury Park City Avon-By-The-Sea Boro Belmar Boro Bradley Beach Boro Brielle Boro Deal Boro Interlaken Boro Loch Arbour Village Long Branch City Manasquan Boro Monmouth Beach Boro Neptune Twp Sea Bright Boro Sea Girt Boro Spring Lake Boro Spring Lake Heights Boro Wall Twp
	Bergen Co. Open Space Partnership	Bergen	All municipalities
	Beyond the Century Plan – Barnegat Bay	Monmouth	Freehold Twp
	Initiative	Ocean	Barnegat Light Boro Berkeley Twp Brick Twp Eagleswood Twp Jackson Twp Lacey Twp Little Egg Harbor Twp Long Beach Twp Manchester Twp Ocean Twp Stafford Twp Toms River Twp Tuckerton Boro
	Camden Balanced Communities Acquisition	Camden	Berlin Boro Camden City Cherry Hill Twp Clementon Boro Gloucester Twp Haddon Twp Lindenwold Boro Pennsauken Twp Voorhees Twp
	Delaware River Inland	Burlington	Bordentown Twp Burlington Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delran Twp Florence Twp Mansfield Twp Mount Laurel Twp Springfield Twp Willingboro Twp
	Essex Co. Open Space	Essex	All municipalities
	Harbor Estuaries Acq	Bergen	East Rutherford Boro
		Hudson	Jersey City Secaucus Town
		Middlesex	Carteret Boro Old Bridge Twp Woodbridge Twp
		Monmouth	Aberdeen Twp Atlantic Highlands Boro Fair Haven Boro Hazlet Twp Highlands Boro Keansburg Boro Keyport Boro Matawan Boro Middletown Twp Rumson Boro Union Beach Boro
		Union	Linden City Rahway City
	Hudson Co Open Space	Hudson	All municipalities
	Hunterdon Co Open Space Partnership	Hunterdon	All municipalities
	Interstate 195 Corridor	Mercer	Hamilton Twp Robbinsville Twp
		Monmouth	Allentown Boro Freehold Boro Freehold Twp Howell Twp Millstone Twp Upper Freehold Twp Wall Twp
	Metedeconk Watershed Protection	Monmouth	Freehold Twp Howell Twp Millstone Twp Wall Twp
		Ocean	Brick Twp Jackson Twp Lakewood Twp
	Morris Open Space Acq	Morris	All municipalities
	Passaic Open Space	Passaic	All municipalities
	Somerset Open Space Acq	Somerset	All municipalities
	Sussex Open Space Partnership	Sussex	All municipalities
	Upper Delaware River Watershed	Hunterdon	Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Bloomsbury Boro Hampton Boro Holland Twp Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp
		Morris	Mount Arlington Boro Mount Olive Twp Netcong Boro Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
		Sussex	Andover Boro Andover Twp Branchville Boro Byram Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp Hopatcong Boro Lafayette Twp Montague Twp Newton Town Sandyston Twp Sparta Twp Stanhope Boro Stillwater Twp Walpack Twp Wantage Twp
		Warren	All municipalities
	Wanaque Gap Acq	Bergen	Mahwah Twp
TOTAL				$3,725,000

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
Camden Special Services District	Joseph Cooper House Renovation	Camden	Camden City	$175,000
Cooper’s Ferry Partnership	N. Camden Waterfront Park II	Camden	Camden City	175,000
Cramer Hill Community Development Corp.	Von Nieda Park Improvement III	Camden	Camden City	175,000
Hamilton Area YMCA	Sawmill Improvement Project	Mercer	Hamilton Twp	175,000
Passaic River Rowing Association	Passaic River Rowing Association Boathouse	Bergen	Lyndhurst Twp North Arlington Boro	175,000
Washington Park Association	Washington & Lincoln Park Improvements	Hudson	Jersey City Union City	150,000
TOTAL				$1,025,000

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 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.

f. 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.

g. 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.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

The bill appropriates $4,750,000 in Green Acres funds to provide grants to various nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes. This funding is from the balances in the “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” and the various Green Acres funds established pursuant to Green Acres bond acts made available due to project cancellations. The “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” was established by the “Garden State Preservation Trust Act,” and
“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.

Of the amount appropriated, $3,725,000 is allocated for acquisition projects and $1,025,000 is allocated for park development projects.

The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the Department of Environmental Protection (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.