An Act appropriating $11,777,499 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 $10,777,499 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 capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section and historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding.
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
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Atlantic |
Atlantic City |
NJ State Park Service
|
Absecon Lighthouse
|
$88,560 |
|
Atlantic |
Margate City |
Save Lucy Committee, Inc.
|
Lucy, the Margate Elephant |
673,668 |
|
Burlington |
Fieldsboro Boro |
Borough of Fieldsboro |
White Hill Mansion |
24,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Burlington
|
Mt. Holly Twp |
Burlington County
|
Burlington County Prison |
526,500 |
|
Camden |
Camden City
|
Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.
|
USS New Jersey |
500,000 |
|
Cape May |
Cape May City |
Cape May MAC
|
Emlen Physick Estate
|
81,620 |
|
Essex |
Newark City |
Newark Performing Arts Corp. |
Salaam Temple (Symphony Hall)
|
750,000 |
|
Essex |
West Orange Twp |
Llewellyn Park Preservation Foundation, Inc.
|
Llewellyn Park Historic District |
150,000 |
|
Hudson |
Jersey City |
Save Ellis Island Inc |
Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island & Liberty Island
|
560,422 |
|
Mercer |
Hopewell Boro |
Borough of Hopewell |
Hopewell Railroad Station
|
249,907 |
|
Monmouth |
West Long Branch Boro |
Monmouth University
|
Shadow Lawn
|
750,000 |
|
Morris |
Boonton Town |
Town of Boonton
|
Stone Arch Bridge |
320,000 |
|
Morris |
Morristown Town |
Morris County Park Commission
|
Speedwell Village
|
115,000 |
|
Morris |
Roxbury Twp
|
Lake Hopatcong Foundation
|
Landing Railroad Station |
$254,879 |
|
Morris |
Roxbury Twp |
Roxbury Historic Trust, Inc.
|
King Store and Homestead
|
177,127 |
|
Ocean |
Barnegat Twp |
Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders
|
Mary Etta Cox House
|
750,000 |
|
Passaic |
Clifton City |
City of Clifton
|
US Animal Quarantine Station
|
300,750 |
|
Passaic |
Paterson City |
County of Passaic |
Passaic County Regrant Program
|
500,000 |
|
Passaic |
Paterson City
|
New Jersey Community Development Corporation
|
First Presbyterian Church of Paterson |
750,000 |
|
Passaic |
Ringwood Boro
|
NJ State Park Service |
Ringwood Manor |
550,000 |
|
Salem |
Salem City |
Stand Up For Salem |
Broadway Historic District (J.C. Penney)
|
630,000 |
|
Somerset |
Warren Twp |
Township of Warren
|
Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting |
218,495 |
|
Union |
Scotch Plains Twp
|
Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House Inc.
|
Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House |
337,161 |
|
Warren |
Franklin Twp |
Musconetcong Watershed Assoc. |
Hoffman Grist Mill |
525,000 |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
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|
|
|
$9,783,089 |
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 |
Englewood City |
Woman's Club of Englewood |
Brinckerhoff Carriage House
|
$39,600 |
|
Bergen |
Fair Lawn Boro |
The Radburn Association
|
Radburn |
42,255 |
|
Bergen |
Fort Lee Boro |
Palisades Parks Conservancy
|
Palisades Interstate Park |
50,000 |
|
Camden |
Camden City |
City of Camden |
Camden City Hall
|
50,000 |
|
Camden |
Camden City |
Newton Monthly Meeting
|
Newton Friends Meetinghouse |
21,390 |
|
Cumberland |
Vineland City |
Siloam Cemetery Association
|
Siloam Cemetery |
30,000 |
|
Cumberland |
Vineland City |
Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society
|
Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society Building
|
20,790 |
|
Essex |
Montclair Twp |
Montclair History Center
|
Israel Crane House |
45,150 |
|
Hunterdon |
High Bridge Boro |
Borough of High Bridge
|
Solitude House
|
25,500 |
|
Mercer |
Hopewell Twp
|
Mercer County Park Commission
|
Pleasant Valley Historic District |
46,937 |
|
Mercer |
Trenton City |
City of Trenton
|
Mercer Cemetery |
50,000 |
|
Mercer |
Trenton City |
First Presbyterian Church of Trenton
|
First Presbyterian Church |
44,482 |
|
Mercer |
Trenton City |
New Jersey Historic Trust |
Discover New Jersey License Plate Program
|
50,000 |
|
Mercer |
Trenton City |
Trent House Association
|
William Trent House |
42,360 |
|
Middlesex |
Jamesburg Boro |
Borough of Jamesburg |
Ensley-Mount-Buckalew House
|
48,750 |
|
Middlesex |
Metuchen Boro |
Borough of Metuchen |
Middlesex Avenue/Woodwild Park Historic District
|
15,000 |
|
Middlesex |
New Brunswick City
|
Rutgers University |
Queen's Campus |
22,275 |
|
Monmouth |
Middletown Twp |
Navesink Maritime Heritage Association
|
Grover House |
22,291 |
|
Monmouth |
Rumson Boro |
SLTCC Landmark Friends, Inc. |
Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
|
17,738 |
|
Morris |
Denville Twp |
Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.
|
Ayres’ Farm (Ayres Knuth Farmstead) |
29,738 |
|
Morris |
Madison Boro |
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts |
Madison Public Library and the James Building
|
50,000 |
|
Morris |
Mendham Boro |
Borough of Mendham
|
Phoenix House |
12,000 |
|
Morris |
Morristown Twp |
Morris Museum |
Twin Oaks (Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen Residence)
|
30,180 |
|
Passaic |
Paterson City |
City of Paterson
|
Great Falls / S.U.M Historic District (ATP Site)
|
50,000 |
|
Passaic |
Wayne Twp |
County of Passaic
|
Dey Mansion |
19,443 |
|
Somerset |
Franklin Twp |
NJ State Park Service |
Six Mile Run Historic District
|
23,531 |
|
Somerset |
Montgomery Twp |
Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
|
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
|
50,000 |
|
Union |
Plainfield City |
Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM |
Plainfield Masonic Temple
|
45,000 |
|
TOTAL |
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|
|
$994,410 |
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 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.
f. 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 $1,000,000 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 $11,777,499 to implement the provisions of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved February 4, 2021.