An Act appropriating $8,872,682 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues to provide grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations 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 the sum of $8,872,682 from the dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the “Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund,” established pursuant to section 6 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48), and the unexpended balances in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund – Constitutional Dedication account and the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund Administrative Costs – Constitutional Dedication account made available for this purpose pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2019, c.150, for the purpose of providing grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection b. of this section, to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and to undertake stewardship activities pursuant to subsection d. of this section:
b. The following projects for the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
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(1) Beautiful Mountainside
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Levi Cory Park Acq
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Union
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Mountainside Boro
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$250,000 |
(2) D & R Greenway Land Trust |
Greenway Acq |
Burlington |
Beverly City Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Burlington City Burlington Twp Chesterfield Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delanco Twp Delran Twp Edgewater Park Twp Fieldsboro Boro Florence Twp Hainesport Twp Mansfield Twp Maple Shade Twp Moorestown Twp Mount Holly Twp Mount Laurel Twp Palmyra Boro Riverside Twp Riverton Boro Springfield Twp Westampton Twp Willingboro Twp |
500,000 |
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Camden |
Audubon Boro Audubon Park Boro Brooklawn Boro Camden City Cherry Hill Twp Collingswood Boro Gloucester City Haddon Heights Boro Haddon Twp Haddonfield Boro Merchantville Boro Mount Ephraim Boro Oaklyn Boro Pennsauken Twp Woodlynne Boro
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Cumberland |
Deerfield Twp Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp
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Gloucester |
National Park Boro West Deptford Twp Westville Boro
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Hunterdon |
All municipalities
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Mercer
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All municipalities
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Middlesex |
All municipalities
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Monmouth |
All municipalities
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Morris |
All municipalities
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Salem |
Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Pennsville Twp
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Somerset |
All municipalities
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(3) Friends of Hopewell Quarry, Inc.
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Quarry Swim Club
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Mercer
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Hopewell Twp
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250,000
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(4) Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space |
Hopewell Valley Park Acq |
Mercer |
Ewing Twp Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Pennington Boro
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250,000 |
(5) Friends of Princeton Open Space
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Millstone River Watershed
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Mercer |
Princeton Boro |
250,000 |
(6) Greater Culver Lake Watershed Conservation Foundation
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Watershed Protection Program
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Sussex
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Frankford Twp
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250,000 |
(7) Hunterdon Land Trust
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Hunterdon Open Space Plan Priority Areas
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Hunterdon |
All municipalities |
250,000 |
(8) Lamington Conservancy |
Central Lamington Project |
Hunterdon |
Readington Twp Tewksbury Twp
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210,772
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Morris |
Chester Twp Washington Twp
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Somerset |
Bedminster Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro
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(9) Monmouth Conservation Foundation
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Open Space Plans 2 |
Monmouth |
All municipalities |
250,000 |
(10) New Jersey Conservation Foundation |
Priority Area Acq
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Atlantic
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Buena Vista Twp Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Twp Estell Manor City Folsom Boro Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Hammonton Town Mullica Twp Weymouth Twp
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500,000 |
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Burlington |
Bass River Twp Beverly City Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Burlington City Burlington Twp Chesterfield Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delanco Twp Delran Twp Evesham Twp Fieldsboro Boro Florence Twp Mansfield Twp Medford Twp New Hanover Twp North Hanover Twp Pemberton Twp Shamong Twp Southampton Twp Springfield Twp Tabernacle Twp Washington Twp Woodland Twp
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Camden |
Camden City Merchantville Boro Pennsauken Twp
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Cape May |
Lower Twp Middle Twp
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Cumberland |
Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Maurice River Twp Millville City Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp Vineland City
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Gloucester |
Logan Twp South Harrison Twp Woolwich Twp
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Hunterdon |
Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Clinton Twp Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Franklin Twp Frenchtown Boro Holland Twp Kingwood Twp Lambertville City Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp Milford Boro Raritan Twp Readington Twp Stockton Boro Tewksbury Twp West Amwell Twp
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Mercer |
East Windsor Twp Ewing Twp Hamilton Twp Hightstown Boro Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Trenton City Princeton Boro Robbinsville Twp West Windsor Twp
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Middlesex
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Edison Twp
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Monmouth |
Allentown Boro Millstone Twp Upper Freehold Twp
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Morris |
All municipalities
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Ocean |
Lacey Twp Ocean Twp Plumsted Twp
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Passaic |
West Milford Twp
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Salem |
Alloway Twp Carneys Point Twp Elmer Boro Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Oldmans Twp Pennsville Twp Pilesgrove Twp Pittsgove Twp Quinton Twp Upper Pittsgrove Twp Woodstown Boro
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Somerset |
Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Hillsborough Twp Montgomery Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro Raritan Boro
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Sussex
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Andover Twp Byram Twp Frankford Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hopatcong Boro Sparta Twp Vernon Twp Wantage Twp
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Union |
Linden City Springfield Twp Union Twp
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Warren |
Blairstown Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Greenwich Twp Hardwick Twp Harmony Twp Lopatcong Twp Mansfield Twp Pohatcong Twp Washington Twp White Twp
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(11) Open Space Institute Land Trust |
Project Priority Areas
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Bergen
Hudson |
All municipalities
All municipalities |
250,000 |
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Morris |
All municipalities
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Warren |
All municipalities
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(12) Passaic River Coalition
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Passaic River Preservation Project |
Bergen
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Allendale Boro Elmwood Park Boro Fair Lawn Boro Franklin Lakes Boro Garfield City Glen Rock Boro Hohokus Boro Lyndhurst Twp Mahwah Twp Midland Park Boro Montvale Boro Oakland Boro Ramsey Boro Ridgewood Village Rochelle Park Twp Rutherford Boro Saddle Brook Twp Saddle River Boro Upper Saddle River Boro Waldwick Boro Wallington Boro Wyckoff Twp
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250,000 |
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Essex |
Belleville Twp Caldwell Boro Cedar Grove Twp Essex Fells Twp Fairfield Twp Glen Ridge Boro Livingston Twp Millburn Twp Montclair Twp Newark City North Caldwell Boro Nutley Twp Roseland Boro Verona Twp West Caldwell Twp West Orange Twp
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Morris |
Boonton Town Boonton Twp Butler Boro Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Chester Twp Denville Twp Dover Town East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Harding Twp Jefferson Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Madison Boro Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Montville Twp Morris Plains Boro Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Arlington Boro Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Boro Rockaway Twp Roxbury Twp
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Passaic |
Bloomingdale Boro Clifton City Hawthorne Boro Little Falls Twp Passaic City Paterson City Pompton Lakes Boro Ringwood Boro Totowa Boro Wanaque Boro Wayne Twp West Milford Twp Woodland Park Boro
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Somerset |
Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Far Hills Boro Warren Twp
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Sussex |
Hardyston Twp Sparta Twp Vernon Twp
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Union |
Berkely Heights Twp New Providence Boro Summit City
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(13) Rancocas Conservancy |
Rancocas Watershed Acq
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Burlington |
All municipalities |
165,000 |
(14) Raritan Headwaters Association |
Raritan Headwaters Acq |
Hunterdon |
Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Califon Boro Clinton Town Clinton Twp Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Flemington Boro Franklin Twp Glen Gardener Boro Hampton Twp High Bridge Boro Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp Raritan Twp Readington Twp Tewksbury Twp Union Twp West Amwell Twp
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250,000 |
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Morris |
Chester Boro Chester Twp Mine Hill Twp Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Mount Arlington Twp Mount Olive Twp Randolph Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
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Somerset |
Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Hillsborough Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro Raritan Boro
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(15) Ridge and Valley Conservancy |
Open Space Conservation Plan |
Sussex |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp Lafayette Twp Sandyston Twp Stillwater Twp Wantage Twp
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250,000 |
|
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Blairstown Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Hardwick Twp Hope Twp Knowlton Twp Mansfield Twp White Twp
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(16) South Jersey Land and Water Trust |
South Jersey Watersheds
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Gloucester
Salem
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All municipalities
Carney's Point Twp Oldmans Twp Pilesgrove Twp |
75,000 |
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(17) Tewksbury Land Trust
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Land Acq |
Hunterdon |
Tewksbury Twp |
196,447
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(18) The Land Conservancy of New Jersey |
Priority Areas Acq |
Bergen |
Franklin Lakes Boro Mahwah Twp Oakland Twp
|
500,000 |
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Essex |
Bloomfield Twp Caldwell Boro Livingston Twp West Orange Twp
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Middlesex |
Woodbridge Twp
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Morris |
Boonton Twp Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Denville Twp East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Jefferson Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Madison Boro Mine Hill Twp Montville Twp Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Olive Twp Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
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Passaic |
Ringwood Boro West Milford Twp
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Somerset |
Bernardsville Boro Peapack-Gladstone Boro
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Sussex |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Byram Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hopatcong Boro Lafayette Twp Sparta Twp Stillwater Twp Vernon Twp
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Blairstown Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Greenwich Twp Hardwick Twp Harmony Twp Hope Twp Pohatcong Twp White Twp
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(19) The Watershed Institute
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Watershed Connectors
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Mercer |
Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Pennington Boro Princeton Boro
|
250,000 |
(20) Trust For Public Land
|
Project Priority Areas |
Atlantic |
Absecon City Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Twp Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Linwood City Northfield City Pleasantville City Port Republic City Somers Point City
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500,000 |
|
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Bergen |
All municipalities
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Burlington |
All municipalities
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Camden |
All municipalities
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Cumberland |
All municipalities
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Essex |
All municipalities
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Gloucester |
All municipalities
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Hudson |
All municipalities
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Hunterdon |
All municipalities
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Mercer |
Hamilton Twp Robbinsville Twp
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Middlesex |
Carteret Boro Old Bridge Twp Woodbridge Twp
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Monmouth |
Aberdeen Twp Allenhurst Boro Allentown Boro Asbury Park City Atlantic Highlands Boro Avon-by-the-Sea Boro Belmar Boro Bradley Beach Boro Brielle Boro Deal Boro Fair Haven Boro Freehold Boro Freehold Twp Hazlet Twp Highlands Boro Howell Twp Interlaken Boro Keansburg Boro Keyport Boro Loch Arbour Village Long Branch City Manasquan Boro Matawan Boro Middletown Twp Millstown Twp Monmouth Beach Boro Neptune Twp Rumson Boro Sea Bright Boro Sea Girt Boro Spring Lake Boro Spring Lake Heights Boro Union Beach Boro Upper Freehold Twp Wall Twp
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Morris |
All municipalities
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Ocean |
Barnegat Twp Barnegat Light Boro Berkeley Twp Brick Twp Eagleswood Twp Jackson Twp Lacey Twp Lakewood Twp Little Egg Harbor Twp Long Beach Twp Manchester Twp Ocean Twp Plumsted Twp Stafford Twp Toms River Twp Tuckerton Boro
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Passaic |
All municipalities
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Salem |
All municipalities
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Somerset |
All municipalities
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Sussex |
All municipalities
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Union |
Linden City Rahway City
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Warren |
All municipalities
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(21) Washington Twp Land Trust
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Schooley's Mountain Corridor And Vicinity
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Morris
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Washington Twp
|
250,000
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(22) YMCA Camp Ockanickon
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Camp Ockanickon Conservation and Recreation Program |
Burlington
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Medford Twp Shamong Twp
|
250,000
|
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TOTAL |
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$6,147,219 |
c. The following projects for the development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
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Branch Brook Park Alliance
|
Ballantine Gates Improvements
|
Essex |
Newark City |
$250,000 |
Cooper’s Ferry Partnership
|
N. Camden Waterfront Park II
|
Camden |
Camden City |
250,000 |
Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc.
|
Highlands Field Improvements
|
Passaic |
West Milford Twp
|
250,000 |
Hamilton Partnership for Paterson. |
Alexander Hamilton Visitor Center Landscaping
|
Passaic
|
Paterson City
|
250,000 |
Passaic River Rowing Association |
Passaic River Rowing Association Boathouse
|
Bergen |
Lyndhurst Twp North Arlington Boro |
250,000 |
Reeves-Reed Arboretum
|
Reeves-Reed Arboretum Improvements
|
Union
|
Summit City |
250,000 |
South Mountain Conservancy
|
Locust Grove Improvements
|
Essex |
Millburn Twp
|
174,230
|
Toms River Field of Dreams
|
Toms River Field of Dreams
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Ocean
|
Toms River
|
250,000
|
TOTAL |
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$1,924,230 |
d. The following stewardship activity projects are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
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Flat Rock Brook Nature Association
|
Boardwalk Trail Restoration
|
Bergen
|
Englewood City
|
$72,500
|
Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc. |
Rea House Historic Landscape Restoration
|
Passaic
|
Hawthorne Boro
|
250,000
|
Harding Land Trust
|
Gatehouse Environmental Enhancement Project
|
Morris |
Harding Twp |
60,000
|
Hunterdon Land Trust
|
Dvoor Farm Stewardship
|
Hunterdon |
Raritan Twp
|
168,533
|
The Land Conservancy of New Jersey
|
West Brook Preserve Riparian Restoration Project
|
Passaic
|
West Milford Twp |
130,000
|
The Watershed Institute
|
Habitat Restoration and Environmental Education Project
|
Mercer
|
Hopewell Twp
|
120,200
|
TOTAL |
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$801,233 |
e. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
f. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project of a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization 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 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.
g. There is reappropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection the unexpended balances, due to project withdrawals, 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 to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, for the purposes of: (1) this section; and (2) providing additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, to any project of a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization 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, 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.
h. For the purposes of this section:
“Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” means the fund established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19).
“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, P.L.1989, c.183, P.L.1987, c.265, and P.L.1983, c.354.
“Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund” means the fund established pursuant to section 6 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48).
“Stewardship activity” means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-45).
2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the “Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund,” established pursuant to section 6 of the “Preserve New Jersey Act,” P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48), an amount determined by the State Treasurer to be necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved January 21, 2020.