A4582 1R

An Act appropriating $32,500,000 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues to the State Agriculture Development Committee for planning incentive grants to counties 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 sum of $32,500,000 from dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the “Preserve New Jersey Farmland Preservation Fund,” established pursuant to section 8 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-50), and the unexpended balances in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund - Constitutional Dedication account made available for this purpose pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2016, c.10, for the purpose of providing planning incentive grants to counties pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1) for up to 80% of the cost of acquisition of development easements on farmland for projects approved as eligible for such funding pursuant to this section.

b. The following projects are eligible for funding with the monies appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

Applicant (County)	Municipality	Amount of Grant
Bergen County	Allendale Boro Closter Boro Demarest Boro Emerson Boro Franklin Lakes Boro Harrington Park Boro Hillsdale Boro Mahwah Twp Montvale Boro Norwood Boro Oakland Boro Old Tappan Boro Paramus Boro Park Ridge Boro River Vale Twp Saddle River Boro Waldwick Boro Westwood Boro Woodcliff Lake Boro Wyckoff Twp	$500,000
Burlington County	Bass River Twp Bordentown Twp Burlington Twp Chesterfield Twp Cinnaminson Twp Eastampton Twp Evesham Twp Florence Twp Hainesport Twp Lumberton Twp Mansfield Twp Medford Twp Moorestown Twp Mount Laurel Twp New Hanover Twp North Hanover Twp Pemberton Boro Pemberton Twp Shamong Twp Southampton Twp Springfield Twp Tabernacle Twp Washington Twp Westampton Twp Woodland Twp Wrightstown Boro	1,000,000
Cumberland County	Deerfield Twp Downe Twp Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Shiloh Boro Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp Vineland City	1,000,000
Gloucester County	Clayton Boro East Greenwich Twp Elk Twp Franklin Twp Glassboro Boro Greenwich Twp Harrison Twp Logan Twp Mantua Twp Monroe Twp South Harrison Twp Swedesboro Boro Washington Twp West Deptford Twp Woolwich Twp	1,000,000
Hunterdon County	Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Clinton Twp Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Franklin Twp Hampton Boro Holland Twp Kingwood Twp Lebanon Twp Raritan Twp Readington Twp Tewksbury Twp Union Twp West Amwell Twp	1,000,000
Mercer County	East Windsor Twp Hamilton Twp Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Princeton Boro Robbinsville Twp West Windsor Twp	1,000,000
Middlesex County	Cranbury Twp East Brunswick Twp Monroe Twp North Brunswick Twp Old Bridge Twp Plainsboro Twp Sayreville Boro South Brunswick Twp	1,000,000
Monmouth County	Colts Neck Twp Farmingdale Boro Freehold Twp Holmdel Twp Howell Twp Manalapan Twp Marlboro Twp Middletown Twp Millstone Twp Roosevelt Boro Tinton Falls Boro Upper Freehold Twp Wall Twp	1,000,000
Morris County	Boonton Twp Chatham Twp Chester Boro Chester Twp Denville Twp Harding Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Madison Boro Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Mine Hill Twp Montville Twp Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Arlington Boro Mount Olive Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Rockaway Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp	1,000,000
Salem County	Alloway Twp Carneys Point Twp Elmer Boro Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Oldmans Twp Pilesgrove Twp Pittsgrove Twp Quinton Twp Upper Pittsgrove Twp Woodstown Boro	1,000,000
Somerset County	Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Franklin Twp Hillsborough Twp Millstone Boro Montgomery Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro Rocky Hill Boro Warren Twp	1,000,000
Sussex County	Andover Boro Andover Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp Lafayette Twp Montague Twp Newton Town Sandyston Twp Sparta Twp Stillwater Twp Vernon Twp Wantage Twp	1,000,000
Warren County	Allamuchy Twp Alpha Boro Blairstown Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Greenwich Twp Hardwick Twp Harmony Twp Hope Twp Independence Twp Knowlton Twp Liberty Twp Mansfield Twp Oxford Twp Pohatcong Twp Washington Twp White Twp	1,000,000

TOTAL		$12,500,000

c. (1) In addition to the funding provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, each applicant identified in subsection b. of this section shall be eligible, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Agriculture Development Committee providing for a county planning incentive grant program competitive grant fund, to receive a grant not to exceed $5,000,000 from the monies appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

(2) The following applicants shall be eligible, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Agriculture Development Committee providing for a county planning incentive grant program competitive grant fund, to receive a grant not to exceed $5,000,000 from the monies appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

Applicant (County)	Municipality
Atlantic County	Buena Boro Buena Vista Twp Corbin City Estell Manor City Folsom Boro Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Hammonton Town Mullica Twp
Camden County	Berlin Boro Berlin Twp Cherry Hill Twp Chesilhurst Boro Gloucester Twp Voorhees Twp Waterford Twp Winslow Twp
Cape May County	Dennis Twp Lower Twp Middle Twp Upper Twp West Cape May Boro Woodbine Boro
Ocean County	Jackson Twp Lakewood Twp Plumsted Twp Toms River Twp
Passaic County	Bloomingdale Boro Clifton City North Haledon Boro Ringwood Boro Totowa Boro Wanaque Boro Wayne Twp West Milford Twp

(3) (a) The total expenditure by the State Agriculture Development Committee pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed $20,000,000.

(b) The maximum grant award an applicant identified in subsection b. of this section may receive pursuant to the funding provided by subsection b. of this section and paragraph (1) of this subsection is $6,000,000.

(c) The maximum grant award an applicant identified in paragraph (2) of this subsection may receive pursuant to the funding provided by this subsection is $5,000,000.

¹2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the “Preserve New Jersey Farmland Preservation Fund,” established pursuant to section 8 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-50), an amount determined by the State Treasurer to be necessary to implement the provisions of this act.¹

¹[2.] 3.¹ The expenditure of the sum appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1), P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.), and P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.), as appropriate.

¹[3.] 4.¹ This act shall take effect immediately.