CHAPTER 455

 

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

 

(1) Beautiful Mountainside

 

Levi Cory Park Acq

 

Union

 

Mountainside Boro

 

$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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Cumberland

Deerfield Twp

Fairfield Twp

Greenwich Twp

Hopewell Twp

Stow Creek Twp

Upper Deerfield Twp

 

 

 

 

Gloucester

National Park Boro

West Deptford Twp

Westville Boro

 

 

 

 

Hunterdon

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Mercer

 

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Middlesex

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Monmouth

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Morris

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Salem

Elsinboro Twp

Lower Alloways Creek Twp

Mannington Twp

Pennsville Twp

 

 

 

 

Somerset

All municipalities

 

 

(3) Friends of Hopewell Quarry, Inc.

 

Quarry Swim Club

 

Mercer

 

Hopewell Twp

 

250,000

 

(4) Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space

Hopewell Valley Park Acq

Mercer

Ewing Twp

Hopewell Boro

Hopewell Twp

Lawrence Twp

Pennington Boro

 

250,000

(5) Friends of Princeton Open Space

 

Millstone River Watershed

 

Mercer

Princeton Boro

250,000

(6) Greater Culver Lake Watershed Conservation Foundation

 

Watershed Protection Program

 

Sussex

 

Frankford Twp

 

250,000

(7) Hunterdon Land Trust

 

Hunterdon Open Space Plan Priority Areas

 

Hunterdon

All municipalities

250,000

(8) Lamington Conservancy

Central Lamington Project

Hunterdon

Readington Twp

Tewksbury Twp

 

210,772

 

 

 

Morris

Chester Twp

Washington Twp

 

 

 

 

Somerset

Bedminster Twp

Peapack-Gladstone Boro

 

 

(9) Monmouth Conservation Foundation

 

Open Space Plans 2

Monmouth

All municipalities

250,000

(10) New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Priority Area Acq

 

Atlantic

 

 

Buena Vista Twp

Egg Harbor City

Egg Harbor Twp

Estell Manor City

Folsom Boro

Galloway Twp

Hamilton Twp

Hammonton Town

Mullica Twp

Weymouth Twp

 

500,000

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Camden

Camden City

Merchantville Boro

Pennsauken Twp

 

 

 

 

Cape May

Lower Twp

Middle Twp

 

 

 

 

Cumberland

Fairfield Twp

Greenwich Twp

Hopewell Twp

Maurice River Twp

Millville City

Stow Creek Twp

Upper Deerfield Twp

Vineland City

 

 

 

 

Gloucester

Logan Twp

South Harrison Twp

Woolwich Twp

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Mercer

East Windsor Twp

Ewing Twp

Hamilton Twp

Hightstown Boro

Hopewell Twp

Lawrence Twp

Trenton City

Princeton Boro

Robbinsville Twp

West Windsor Twp

 

 

 

 

Middlesex

 

Edison Twp

 

 

 

 

Monmouth

Allentown Boro

Millstone Twp

Upper Freehold Twp

 

 

 

 

Morris

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Ocean

Lacey Twp

Ocean Twp

Plumsted Twp

 

 

 

 

Passaic

West Milford Twp

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Somerset

Bedminster Twp

Bernards Twp

Bernardsville Boro

Branchburg Twp

Bridgewater Twp

Far Hills Boro

Hillsborough Twp

Montgomery Twp

Peapack-Gladstone Boro

Raritan Boro

 

 

 

 

Sussex

 

Andover Twp

Byram Twp

Frankford Twp

Green Twp

Hampton Twp

Hopatcong Boro

Sparta Twp

Vernon Twp

Wantage Twp

 

 

 

 

Union

Linden City

Springfield Twp

Union Twp

 

 

 

 

Warren

Blairstown Twp

Franklin Twp

Frelinghuysen Twp

Greenwich Twp

Hardwick Twp

Harmony Twp

Lopatcong Twp

Mansfield Twp

Pohatcong Twp

Washington Twp

White Twp

 

 

(11) Open Space Institute Land Trust

Project Priority Areas

 

Bergen

 

Hudson

All municipalities

 

All municipalities

250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morris

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Warren

All municipalities

 

 

(12) Passaic River Coalition

 

Passaic River Preservation Project

Bergen

 

 

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

 

250,000

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Somerset

Bernards Twp

Bernardsville Boro

Far Hills Boro

Warren Twp

 

 

 

 

Sussex

Hardyston Twp

Sparta Twp

Vernon Twp

 

 

 

 

Union

Berkely Heights Twp

New Providence Boro

Summit City

 

 

(13) Rancocas Conservancy

Rancocas Watershed Acq

 

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

 

250,000

 

 

Morris

Chester Boro

Chester Twp

Mine Hill Twp

Mendham Boro Mendham Twp

Mount Arlington Twp

Mount Olive Twp

Randolph Twp

Roxbury Twp

Washington Twp

 

 

 

 

Somerset

Bedminster Twp

Bernards Twp

Bernardsville Boro

Branchburg Twp

Bridgewater Twp

Far Hills Boro

Hillsborough Twp

Peapack-Gladstone Boro

Raritan Boro

 

 

(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

 

250,000

 

 

Warren

Allamuchy Twp

Blairstown Twp

Frelinghuysen Twp

Hardwick Twp

Hope Twp

Knowlton Twp

Mansfield Twp

White Twp

 

 

(16) South Jersey Land and Water Trust

South Jersey Watersheds

 

Gloucester

 

Salem

 

All municipalities

 

Carney's Point Twp Oldmans Twp

Pilesgrove Twp

75,000

 

 

 

 

 

(17) Tewksbury Land Trust

 

Land Acq

Hunterdon

Tewksbury Twp

196,447

 

(18) The Land Conservancy of New Jersey

Priority Areas Acq

Bergen

Franklin Lakes Boro

Mahwah Twp

Oakland Twp

 

500,000

 

 

Essex

Bloomfield Twp

Caldwell Boro

Livingston Twp

West Orange Twp

 

 

 

 

Middlesex

Woodbridge Twp

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Passaic

Ringwood Boro

West Milford Twp

 

 

 

 

Somerset

Bernardsville Boro

Peapack-Gladstone Boro

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Warren

Allamuchy Twp

Blairstown Twp

Franklin Twp

Frelinghuysen Twp

Greenwich Twp

Hardwick Twp

Harmony Twp

Hope Twp

Pohatcong Twp

White Twp

 

 

(19) The Watershed Institute

 

 

Watershed Connectors

 

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

 

500,000

 

 

Bergen

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Burlington

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Camden

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Cumberland

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Essex

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Gloucester

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Hudson

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Hunterdon

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Mercer

Hamilton Twp

Robbinsville Twp

 

 

 

 

Middlesex

Carteret Boro

Old Bridge Twp

Woodbridge Twp

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Morris

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Passaic

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Salem

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Somerset

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Sussex

All municipalities

 

 

 

 

Union

Linden City

Rahway City

 

 

 

 

Warren

All municipalities

 

 

(21) Washington Twp Land Trust

 

 

Schooley's Mountain Corridor And Vicinity

 

Morris

 

Washington Twp

 

250,000

 

(22) YMCA Camp Ockanickon

 

Camp Ockanickon Conservation and Recreation Program

Burlington

 

Medford Twp

Shamong Twp

 

250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

$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

 

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

 

Ocean

 

Toms River

 

250,000

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

$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

 

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

 

 

 

$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.