An Act appropriating $33,000,000 from the “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” for the acquisition of lands by the State 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 from the “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19), to the Department of Environmental Protection the sum of $33,000,000 for the acquisition of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes. This sum shall be allocated as follows:
Project County Municipality Amount
(1) CAPE MAY PENINSULA $3,000,000
Cape May Peninsula
Cape May Cape May City
Cape May Point Boro
Dennis Twp
Lower Twp
Middle Twp
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Upper Twp
West Cape May Boro
Woodbine Boro
(2) CROSSROADS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION 4,000,000
Princeton Battlefield to Monmouth
Mercer East Windsor Twp
Ewing Twp
Hamilton Twp
Hightstown Boro
Lawrence Twp
Robbinsville Twp
West Windsor Twp
Middlesex Cranbury Twp
Monroe Twp
Plainsboro Twp
South Brunswick Twp
Monmouth Allentown Boro
Englishtown Boro
Freehold Twp
Manalapan Twp
Marlboro Twp
Millstone Twp
Roosevelt Boro
Upper Freehold Twp
Princeton to Morristown
Hunterdon Delaware Twp
East Amwell Twp
Flemington Boro
Franklin Twp
Frenchtown Boro
Kingwood Twp
Lambertville City
Raritan Twp
Readington Twp
Stockton Boro
Morris Chatham Boro
Chatham Twp
Chester Boro
Harding Twp
Long Hill Twp
Madison Boro
Mendham Boro
Mendham Twp
Morris Plains Boro
Morris Twp
Morristown Town
Randolph Twp
Somerset Bedminster Twp
Bernards Twp
Bernardsville Boro
Bound Brook Boro
Branchburg Twp
Bridgewater Twp
Far Hills Boro
Franklin Twp
Green Brook Twp
Hillsborough Twp
Manville Boro
Millstone Boro
Montgomery Twp
North Plainfield Boro
Peapack-Gladstone Boro
Raritan Boro
Rocky Hill Boro
Somerville Boro
South Bound Brook Boro
Warren Twp
Watchung Boro
Washington Crossing to Princeton Battlefield
Hunterdon East Amwell Twp
West Amwell Twp
Mercer Hopewell Boro
Hopewell Twp
Pennington Boro
Princeton Twp
Trenton City
(3) DELAWARE & RARITAN CANAL GREENWAY 1,000,000
Hunterdon Delaware Twp
Kingwood Twp
Lambertville City
Stockton Boro
West Amwell Twp
Mercer Ewing Twp
Hamilton Twp
Hopewell Twp
Lawrence Twp
Princeton Twp
Trenton City
Middlesex New Brunswick City
Plainsboro Twp
South Brunswick Twp
Somerset Franklin Twp
(4) DELAWARE BAY WATERSHED GREENWAY 4,000,000
Alloways Creek Greenway
Salem Alloway Twp
Elsinboro Twp
Lower Alloways Creek Twp
Pilesgrove Twp
Quinton Twp
Upper Pittsgrove Twp
Cape May Tributaries
Cape May Dennis Twp
Lower Twp
Middle Twp
Upper Twp
Cohansey River Greenway
Cumberland Bridgeton City
Fairfield Twp
Greenwich Twp
Hopewell Twp
Lawrence Twp
Shiloh Boro
Upper Deerfield Twp
Salem Alloway Twp
Dividing/ Nantuxent/ Cedar/ Back Creeks Greenway
Cumberland Commercial Twp
Downe Twp
Fairfield Twp
Lawrence Twp
Maurice River Greenway
Atlantic Buena Boro
Buena Vista Twp
Cape May Dennis Twp
Cumberland Commercial Twp
Deerfield Twp
Maurice River Twp
Millville City
Vineland City
Gloucester Clayton Boro
Elk Twp
Franklin Twp
Glassboro Boro
Monroe Twp
Newfield Boro
Salem Elmer Boro
Pittsgrove Twp
Upper Pittsgrove Twp
Salem River/ Mannington Greenway
Salem Carneys Point Twp
Elsinboro Twp
Mannington Twp
Oldmans Twp
Pennsville Twp
Pilesgrove Twp
Upper Pittsgrove Twp
Woodstown Boro
Stow Creek Greenway
Cumberland Greenwich Twp
Stow Creek Twp
Salem Alloway Twp
Lower Alloways Creek Twp
Quinton Twp
(5) DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED GREENWAY 4,000,000
Assinkunk Creek Watershed
Burlington Mansfield Twp
Big Timber Creek
Camden Clementon Boro
Gloucester Twp
Lindenwold Boro
Pine Hill Boro
Gloucester Deptford Twp
Westville Boro
Cooper River Greenway
Camden Berlin Twp
Camden City
Gibbsboro Boro
Haddon Twp
Lindenwold Boro
Voorhees Twp
Crosswicks Creek Watershed
Burlington Bordentown City
Bordentown Twp
Chesterfield Twp
Mansfield Twp
North Hanover Twp
Mercer Hamilton Twp
Robbinsville Twp
Trenton City
Monmouth Allentown Boro
Millstone Twp
Upper Freehold Twp
Ocean Jackson Twp
Plumsted Twp
Delaware River Bluffs
Hunterdon Delaware Twp
Frenchtown Boro
Kingwood Twp
Lambertville City
Stockton Boro
West Amwell Twp
Mercer Ewing Twp
Hopewell Twp
Nishisakawick Greenway
Hunterdon Alexandria Twp
Delaware Twp
Frenchtown Boro
Kingwood Twp
Oldmans Creek Greenway
Gloucester Logan Twp
South Harrison Twp
Woolwich Twp
Salem Oldmans Twp
Pilesgrove Twp
Upper Pittsgrove Twp
Raccoon Creek Greenway
Gloucester East Greenwich Twp
Elk Twp
Greenwich Twp
Harrison Twp
Logan Twp
Woolwich Twp
Rancocas Creek Greenway
Burlington Cinnaminson Twp
Delanco Twp
Delran Twp
Eastampton Twp
Hainesport Twp
Lumberton Twp
Medford Twp
Moorestown Twp
Mount Holly Twp
Mount Laurel Twp
Pemberton Twp
Riverside Twp
Southampton Twp
Springfield Twp
Westampton Twp
Willingboro Twp
Trenton / Hamilton Marsh
Burlington Bordentown Twp
Chesterfield Twp
Mercer Hamilton Twp
Trenton City
Woodbury Creek Watershed
Gloucester National Park Boro
West Deptford Twp
(6) HIGHLANDS GREENWAY 6,000,000
Bergen Mahwah Twp
Oakland Boro
Hunterdon Alexandria Twp
Bethlehem Twp
Bloomsbury Boro
Califon Boro
Clinton Town
Clinton Twp
Glen Gardner Boro
Hampton Boro
High Bridge Boro
Holland Twp
Lebanon Boro
Lebanon Twp
Milford Boro
Tewksbury Twp
Union Twp
Morris Boonton Town
Boonton Twp
Butler Boro
Chester Boro
Chester Twp
Denville Twp
Dover Town
Hanover Twp
Harding Twp
Jefferson Twp
Kinnelon Boro
Mendham Boro
Mendham Twp
Mine Hill Twp
Montville Twp
Morris Plains Boro
Morris Twp
Morristown Town
Mount Arlington Boro
Mount Olive Twp
Mountain Lakes Boro
Netcong Boro
Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp
Pequannock Twp
Randolph Twp
Riverdale Boro
Rockaway Boro
Rockaway Twp
Roxbury Twp
Victory Gardens Boro
Washington Twp
Wharton Boro
Passaic Bloomingdale Boro
Pompton Lakes Boro
Ringwood Boro
Wanaque Boro
West Milford Twp
Somerset Bedminster Twp
Bernards Twp
Bernardsville Boro
Far Hills Boro
Peapack-GladstoneBoro
Sussex Byram Twp
Franklin Boro
Green Twp
Hamburg Boro
Hardyston Twp
Hopatcong Boro
Ogdensburg Boro
Sparta Twp
Stanhope Boro
Vernon Twp
Warren Allamuchy Twp
Alpha Boro
Belvidere Town
Franklin Twp
Frelinghuysen Twp
Greenwich Twp
Hackettstown Town
Harmony Twp
Hope Twp
Independence Twp
Liberty Twp
Lopatcong Twp
Mansfield Twp
Oxford Twp
Phillipsburg Town
Pohatcong Twp
Washington Boro
Washington Twp
White Twp
(7) NON-PROFIT CAMPS 1,000,000
Youth Camps
Bergen Mahwah Twp
Burlington Evesham Twp
Medford Twp
Tabernacle Twp
Cumberland Greenwich Twp
Hopewell Twp
Gloucester Franklin Twp
Hunterdon East Amwell Twp
Readington Twp
Monmouth Wall Twp
Morris Kinnelon Boro
Rockaway Boro
Ocean Ocean Twp
Passaic Ringwood Boro
West Milford Twp
Salem Alloway Twp
Somerset Franklin Twp
Sussex Byram Twp
Hampton Twp
Sandyston Twp
Sparta Twp
Stillwater Twp
Vernon Twp
Wantage Twp
Warren Hardwick Twp
Independence Twp
Mansfield Twp
(8) PINELANDS 4,000,000
Atlantic Brigantine City
Buena Boro
Buena Vista Twp
Corbin City
Egg Harbor City
Egg Harbor Twp
Estell Manor City
Folsom Boro
Galloway Twp
Hamilton Twp
Hammonton Town
Mullica Twp
Port Republic City
Weymouth Twp
Burlington Bass River Twp
Evesham Twp
Medford Lakes Boro
Medford Twp
New Hanover Twp
North Hanover Twp
Pemberton Twp
Shamong Twp
Southampton Twp
Springfield Twp
Tabernacle Twp
Washington Twp
Woodland Twp
Wrightstown Boro
Camden Berlin Boro
Berlin Twp
Chesilhurst Boro
Waterford Twp
Winslow Twp
Cape May Dennis Twp
Middle Twp
Upper Twp
Woodbine Boro
Cumberland Maurice River Twp
Vineland City
Gloucester Franklin Twp
Monroe Twp
Ocean Barnegat Twp
Beachwood Boro
Berkeley Twp
Eagleswood Twp
Jackson Twp
Lacey Twp
Lakehurst Boro
Little Egg Harbor Twp
Manchester Twp
Ocean Twp
Plumsted Twp
South Toms River Boro
Stafford Twp
Toms River Twp
Tuckerton Boro
(9) RIDGE AND VALLEY GREENWAY 4,000,000
Sussex Andover Boro
Andover Twp
Branchville Boro
Frankford Twp
Fredon Twp
Green Twp
Hampton Twp
Lafayette Twp
Montague Twp
Newton Town
Sandyston Twp
Stillwater Twp
Sussex Boro
Walpack Twp
Wantage Twp
Warren Blairstown Twp
Frelinghuysen Twp
Hackettstown Town
Hardwick Twp
Hope Twp
Knowlton Twp
Liberty Twp
(10) URBAN PARKS ` 2,000,000
Bergen Edgewater Boro
Camden Camden City
Essex Belleville Twp
Bloomfield Twp
Caldwell Boro
East Orange City
Glen Ridge Boro
Irvington Twp
Maplewood Twp
Montclair Twp
Newark City
Nutley Twp
Orange City Twp
South Orange Village Twp
West Orange Twp
Hudson Bayonne City
East Newark Boro
Guttenberg Town
Harrison Town
Hoboken City
Jersey City
Kearny Town
North Bergen Twp
Union City
Weehawken Twp
West New York Town
Mercer Trenton City
Middlesex Edison Twp
Monmouth Long Branch City
Passaic Paterson City
Totowa Boro
Union Elizabeth City
Fanwood Boro
Garwood Boro
Hillside Twp
Linden City
Plainfield City
Rahway City
Roselle Boro
Roselle Park Boro
Union Twp
Winfield Twp
TOTAL $33,000,000
b. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project site, 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 State project that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, section 2 of this 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.
d. The expenditure of moneys appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions of subsection o. of section 26 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-26).
e. For the purposes of this section, “Green Acres bond act” means P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1989, c.183.
2. a. There is reappropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection the unexpended balances, due to project 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 for State projects to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, for the purpose of providing additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, to any State project 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 section 1 of this act, 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.
b. For the purposes of this section, "Green Acres bond act" means P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1989, c.183.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 26, 2008.