A6107

An Act appropriating $13,902,723 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 $11,902,723 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

Atlantic	Linwood City	City of Linwood	Linwood Borough School #1 (Linwood Public Library)	$60,000
Atlantic	Margate City	Save Lucy Committee, Inc.	Lucy, the Margate Elephant	20,400
Burlington	Burlington City	City of Burlington	William R. Allen School	746,250

Burlington	Edgewater Park Twp	The Shipman Mansion Foundation, Inc.	Red Dragon Canoe Club	125,700
Camden	Cherry Hill Twp	Cherry Hill Township	Barclay Farmstead	90,000
Cape May	Lower Twp	HCSV Foundation	Spicer Leaming House (HCSV)	51,200

Cape May	Lower Twp	Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities	The Cape May Lighthouse	29,090
Cumberland	Commercial Twp	Bayshore Center at Bivalve	Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses & Docks/Meerwald Schooner	533,105
Cumberland	Millville City	Millville Army Air Field Museum, Inc.	Millville Army Air Field Historic District	42,189
Gloucester	National Park Boro	Gloucester County	James and Ann Whitall House at Red Bank Battlefield	142,500
Gloucester	Washington Twp	Washington Township Historic Preservation Commission	George Morgan Jr. Stone House	22,887
Gloucester	Woolwich Twp	Gloucester County Historical Society	Moravian Church	90,000
Hudson	Hoboken City	Hoboken Public Library	Hoboken Free Public Library and Manual Training School	750,000
Hudson	Jersey City	City of Jersey City	Reservoir #3	750,000
Hunterdon	Clinton Twp	1759 Vought House, Inc.	Christoffel Vought Farmstead	15,000
Hunterdon	Flemington Boro	Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders	Flemington Historic District (Hunterdon County Courthouse)	747,000
Hunterdon	Raritan Twp	Hunterdon Land Trust	Case-Dvoor Farmstead	750,000
Mercer	Princeton Boro	Historic Morven, Inc.	Morven	53,550
Mercer	Trenton City	NJ Community Capital (Community Loan Fund of NJ), City of Trenton	East Trenton Library	750,000
Middlesex	Piscataway Twp	Township of Piscataway/ Fellowship for Metlar House	Metlar House (Knapp/Bodine House)	175,000
Monmouth	Wall Twp	Allaire Village Inc.	Deserted Village of Allaire Historic District	20,000
Monmouth	Wall Twp	Info-Age Science & History Learning Center	Camp Evans Historic District	14,124
Morris	Denville Twp	Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.	Ayres (Knuth) Farm	73,000
Morris	Mount Olive Twp	Township of Mount Olive	Seward House	504,675
Morris	Randolph Twp	Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery Association of Randolph Township	Friends Meetinghouse	143,844
Morris	Rockaway Twp	Township of Rockaway	Ford-Faesch Manor House	348,388
Morris	Roxbury Twp	Roxbury Township	Morris Canal Inclined Plane 2 East	50,040
Ocean	Berkeley Twp	Township of Berkeley	Manitou Park School House	656,537
Ocean	Seaside Heights Boro	Borough of Seaside Heights	Dr. Floyd L. Moreland Carousel and Wurlitzer 146 Band Organ	750,000
Passaic	Paterson City	City of Paterson	Van Houten House	250,000
Passaic	Paterson City	County of Passaic	Lambert Castle (Belle Vista)	750,000
Salem	Elsinboro Twp	Salem Old House Foundation	Abel Nicholson House	86,400
Somerset	Bernardsville Boro	Friends of Historic Bernardsville	Dunster Squibb House	222,349
Sussex	Layton Twp	Peters Valley School of Craft	Peters Valley Historic District	51,150
Union	Berkeley Heights Twp	County of Union	Feltville Historic District	450,000
Union	Rahway City	Merchants and Drovers Museum	Merchants and Drovers Tavern	150,000
Warren	Knowlton Twp	Knowlton Township Historic Commission	Ramsaysburg Homestead	365,725
Warren	Mansfield Twp	Township of Mansfield	Mount Bethel Methodist Church	120,000

TOTAL

$10,950,103

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	New Milford Boro	New Milford Borough	French Huguenot Cemetery and Huguenot Church Site Historic District	$11,250
Burlington	Burlington City	Doane Academy	Doane Academy	41,524
Burlington	Edgewater Park Twp	Shipman Mansion Foundation, Inc.	Red Dragon Canoe Club	15,150
Burlington	Mt. Holly Twp	John Woolman Memorial Association	John Woolman Memorial House	38,445
Burlington	Mt. Laurel Twp	Alice Paul Institute	Alice Paul Birthplace (Paulsdale)	27,263
Burlington	New Hanover Twp	New Hanover Township	General Edward S. Godfrey House	30,000
Camden	Camden City	Camden County Historical Society	Benjamin Cooper Ferry and Tavern	50,000
Camden	Haddonfield Boro	Haddonfield Friends School	Haddonfield Friends School	50,000
Hudson	Bayonne City	City of Bayonne	Bayonne Truck (Hook and Ladder) House #1	22,500
Hudson	Jersey City	City of Jersey City	Van Vorst Park Historic District	45,000
Hudson	Jersey City	Hudson County	Lincoln Park (West Side Park)	50,000
Mercer	Trenton City	Old Barracks Association	Old Barracks	16,239
Mercer	Trenton City	Trent House Association	William Trent House	46,950
Mercer	Trenton City	Trenton Downtown Association	Old Barracks	30,000
Middlesex	Edison Twp	Thomas Edison Memorial Tower Corporation/dba Edison Memorial Center at Menlo Park	Thomas A. Edison Memorial Tower	28,688
Monmouth	Allentown Boro	Allentown Public Library Association, Inc.	First Baptist Church and Parsonage	18,750
Morris	Boonton Town	Town of Boonton	Boonton Ironworks	50,000
Morris	Chester Twp	Morris County Park Commission	Merchiston Farm	50,000
Morris	Morris Plains Boro	Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms	Craftsman Farms	43,875
Morris	Morristown Twp	Morris County Park Commission	Moses Estey House at The Speedwell Village Historic District	23,625
Morris	Rockaway Twp	Morris County Park Commission	Mount Hope Miner’s Church	23,738
Morris	Roxbury Twp	Roxbury Township	Lafayette School	12,815
Passaic	Clifton City	City of Clifton	John and Anna Vreeland/Hamilton House	25,312
Passaic	Clifton City	Friends of Passaic County Parks	Westervelt-Vanderhoef House	14,049
Passaic	Paterson City	City of Paterson	Great Falls Historic District (Ivanhoe Mill Wheelhouse)	50,000
Passaic	Paterson City	County of Passaic	Passaic County Courthouse	50,000
Passaic	Paterson City	Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, Inc.	S.U.M. Auxiliary Steam Plant Foundation	24,000
Passaic	West Milford Twp	Friends of Long Pond Ironworks	Long Pond Iron Works (Hewitt Church)	13,447
Warren	Franklin Twp	Musconetcong Watershed Association	Hoffman Grist Mill	50,000
TOTAL				$952,620

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 local government unit or qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization 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 $2,000,000 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 $13,902,723 to implement the provisions of this act.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

The bill appropriates $13,902,723 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects contained in the bill and associated administrative expenses.

The funding in this bill is provided from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax (CBT) revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution, approved by the voters of the State in November 2014. The “Preserve New Jersey Act” implements the constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for open space, farmland, and historic preservation. The “Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund” was established by section 9 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act.”

The funding contained in this bill will be used to provide capital preservation grants for 38 projects, totaling $10,950.103, and historic site management grants for 29 projects, totaling $952,620. Capital preservation grants fund the restoration, preservation, repair, and rehabilitation of historic sites for new or continued use by nonprofit organizations or local governments. Twenty-six of the historic site management grants will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents, and three historic site management grants will help fund heritage tourism initiatives to improve visitors’ experiences at historic sites. There are three levels of capital preservation grants: Level I grants of $5,000 to $150,000; Level II grants of $150,001 to $750,000; and Multi-Phase Level II grants range of $500,000 to $750,000. Five of the 38 capital preservation grants are for the first phase of large-scale, multi-phased projects. (Future phases of these projects will be eligible for funding in subsequent funding rounds.) All of the grants require a match from the recipient. All of the properties are listed or eligible to be listed in the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts.

In addition, the bill also appropriates $2 million to the New Jersey Historic Trust for administrative expenses incurred in the implementation of the “Preserve New Jersey Act.”

The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Preservation Trust.

The bill also provides that any transfer of any funds to another project, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in the bill would require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. The bill further provides that, to the extent there are funds remaining after those projects listed in this bill are offered funding, the New Jersey Historic Trust, with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, may use those funds to provide additional funding for historic preservation projects carried out by local government units or qualifying tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, provided those projects were previously approved for funding pursuant to various other laws or approved for funding pursuant to this bill.