ASSEMBLY, No. 1775

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 18, 1996

 

 

By Assemblyman LANCE, Assemblywoman WRIGHT, Assemblymen Bateman, Garrett, Assemblywoman Myers, Assemblymen Kavanaugh, Kramer and Gregg

 

 

An Act approving certain farmland preservation projects in northern New Jersey as eligible for funding from the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, and from the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183.

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    1.    The following projects are eligible for funding with monies made available from the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, and from the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, and appropriated or reappropriated to the State Agriculture Development Committee pursuant to section 1 of P.L. , c. (C.    ) (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 1774 of 1996):

 

Project

(farm)

County

Municipality

Acres

(+/-)

Amount of

Grant Not

To Exceed

Paulik

Hunterdon

Delaware/

Kingwood

99

   $275,000

Bowers

Hunterdon

Union

107

    350,000

Delaney

Hunterdon

Union/Bethlehem

110

    150,000

 

 

 

 

 

Mercer/

Sakowsky

Mercer

Hamilton

68

    250,000

Kessler

Mercer

Washington

38

    150,000

Ponczek

Mercer

Washington

100

    125,000

 

 

 

 

 

Davison

Middlesex

Cranbury

119

    700,000

Project

(farm)

County

Municipality

Acres

(+/-)

Amount of

Grant Not

To Exceed

Washington Twp.

Morris

Washington

312

 2,075,000

 

 

 

 

 

Negri

Somerset

Franklin

100

    725,000

Peacos

Somerset

Franklin

66

    300,000

Staats

Somerset

Montgomery

83

    600,000

 

 

 

 

 

Harden

Sussex

Wantage

238

    525,000

Postma

Sussex

Wantage

92

    175,000

 

 

 

 

 

Semanchik

Warren

Allamuchy

19

      75,000

 

    2.    The expenditure of the sums appropriated or reappropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.1989, c.183 and P.L.1992, c.88, as appropriate.

 

    3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill would approve certain farmland preservation projects in northern counties of the State as eligible for funding from the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, and from the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, with respect to (1) providing grants to counties and municipalities for up to 80% of the cost of acquisition of development easements on farmland; and (2) providing for up to 100% of the cost of acquisition of development easements under such emergency conditions as the State Agriculture Development Committee determines, in accordance with the provisions of the bond acts.

 

 

                             

 

Approves funding of certain farmland preservation projects in northern NJ.