ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2898

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 12, 1997

      The Assembly Environment, Science and Technology Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 2898.

      This bill would appropriate $21,610,000 from the “1995 New Jersey Green Acres Fund,” established pursuant to section 22 of the “Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995,” P.L.1995, c.204, for the development of State park (i.e., Liberty State Park, Palisades Interstate Park, and the Hackensack Meadowlands) and wildlife management area lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes. This sum would include administrative costs.