CHAPTER 85
An Act appropriating moneys from the "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" to assist local government units in northern New Jersey 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 from the "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19), the sum of $11,050,000 to provide grants or loans, or both, to assist local government units to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes. The following projects to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection:
(1) Planning Incentive Acquisition Projects:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
UNIT AMOUNT
Chester Twp Morris Chester Twp $400,000
Open Space Acq
Denville Twp Morris Denville Open 100,000
Space Acq
East Hanover Twp Morris East Hanover 400,000
Twp Acq
Hanover Twp Morris Open Space Acq 400,000
Jefferson Twp Morris Jefferson 350,000
Acq Plan
Mendham Twp Morris Open Space Acq 400,000
Mine Hill Twp Morris Open Space Acq 400,000
Montville Twp Morris Montville Open 400,000
Space Acq
Morris Twp Morris Morris Twp Open 400,000
Space Acq
Parsippany-Troy Hills Morris Open Space Acq 400,000
Twp
Randolph Twp Morris Randolph Acq 400,000
Program
Roxbury Twp Morris Roxbury Open 400,000
Space Plan Acq
Passaic County Passaic Open Space 750,000
Plan Acq
Bloomingdale Boro Passaic Open Space 400,000
Master Plan Acq
Byram Twp Sussex Byram Open 400,000
Space Plan Acq
Frankford Twp Sussex Open Space Acq 350,000
Union County Union Open Space & 750,000
Recreation Plan
Acq
Warren County Warren Warren County 750,000
Open Space Plan
Acq
Allamuchy Twp Warren Allamuchy Twp 400,000
Open Space Acq
Greenwich Twp Warren Planning 400,000
Incentive Acq
SUBTOTAL $8,650,000
(2) Site Specific Incentive Acquisition Projects:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
UNIT AMOUNT
Edgewater Boro Bergen Grand Cove $400,000
Marina Acq
Woodcliff Lake Bergen Woodcliff Lake 100,000
Boro Historic Park Acq
SUBTOTAL $500,000
(3) Standard Acquisition Projects:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
UNIT AMOUNT
East Rutherford Bergen Veterans Park $400,000
Boro Extension Acq
Franklin Lakes Bergen Woodside Ave 400,000
Boro Acq
Kinnelon Boro Morris Pyramid 300,000
Mountain
Park Extension
Acq
Linden City Union Land Acq 400,000
SUBTOTAL $1,500,000
(4) Non Urban Development Projects:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
UNIT AMOUNT
Hackettstown Warren Riverfront Park $400,000
Town Dev
SUBTOTAL $400,000
GRAND TOTAL ALL CATEGORIES $11,050,000
b. Any transfer of funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection a. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
c. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection a. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project of a local government unit 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, or that receives funding approved pursuant to P.L.2003, c.84, P.L.2003, c.86, or P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. 1863 of 2002 or Assembly Bill No. of ), 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.
For the purposes of this subsection, "Green Acres bond act" means 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.
Approved June 6, 2003.