A2992

By Assemblywomen FARRAGHER, WRIGHT, Assemblymen Azzolina, Cottrell, Kramer, Malone, Arnone and Assemblywoman J. Smith

An Act approving projects of certain local government units in central New Jersey as eligible for funding with moneys made available from the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, or the "New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1983," P.L.1983, c.354.

1. a. The following projects are eligible for funding with moneys made available from the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, or the "New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1983," P.L.1983, c.354, and which moneys are appropriated or reappropriated pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2991 of 1997):

Local Government Unit	County	Project	Approved Amount
East Windsor Twp.	Mercer	Bear Brook Park Acq.	$ 850,000
Hamilton Twp.	Mercer	Tyndale Farm Acq.	400,000
Hamilton Twp.	Mercer	Isaac Pearson House Acq.	170,000
Hamilton Twp.	Mercer	Veterans Park Acq.	525,000
Lawrence Twp.	Mercer	Drexel Woods Park Acq.	2,050,000
Mercer County	Mercer	Roebling Complex Acq.	400,000
Edison Twp.	Middlesex	Woodland Grove Acq.	375,000
Edison Twp.	Middlesex	Mill Road Park Acq.	1,070,000
Edison Twp.	Middlesex	Woodland Avenue Park Acq.	1,230,000
Middlesex County	Middlesex	County Open Space Program Acq.: Carteret Boro Cranbury Twp. Dunellen Boro East Brunswick Twp. Edison Twp. Helmetta Boro Highland Park Boro Jamesburg Boro Metuchen Boro Middlesex Boro Milltown Boro Monroe Twp. New Brunswick City North Brunswick Twp. Old Bridge Twp. Perth Amboy City Piscataway Twp. Plainsboro Twp. Sayreville Boro South Amboy City South Brunswick Twp. South Plainfield Boro South River Boro Spotswood Boro Woodbridge Twp.	3,000,000
Freehold Twp.	Monmouth	Freehold Acq. Plan	3,000,000
Millstone Twp.	Monmouth	Top Step Farm Acq.	1,740,000
Union Beach Boro	Monmouth	Bayfront Acq.	100,000
Upper Freehold Twp.	Monmouth	Upper Freehold Park Acq.	3,000,000

b. Any transfer of funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection a. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

c. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection a. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, the local government unit projects listed in P.L.1984, c.224, P.L.1985, c.479, P.L.1986, c.208, P.L.1988, c.23, P.L.1989, c.194, P.L.1991, c.13, P.L.1991, c.14, P.L.1991, c.15, P.L.1991, c.16, P.L.1991, c.522, P.L.1993, c.200, P.L.1993, c.201, P.L.1993, c.266, P.L.1993, c.267, P.L.1994, c.37, P.L.1994, c.45, P.L.1994, c.51, P.L.1994, c.52, P.L.1995, c.199, P.L.1995, c.200, P.L.1995, c.201, P.L.1995, c.202, P.L.1995, c.203, P.L.1996, c.107, P.L.1996, c.108, P.L.1996, c.109, P.L.1996, c.110, section 5 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2991 of 1997), section 1 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2993 of 1997), and section 5 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2994 of 1997), shall be eligible for funding or additional funding, including administrative costs, in a sequence consistent with the priority system established by the Department of Environmental Protection. Any such transfer of funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

This bill would approve projects of certain local government units in central New Jersey as eligible for funding with moneys made available from the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, or the "New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1983," P.L.1983, c.354. The funding will be used to provide low-interest loans or grants, or both, to assist the local government units to acquire and develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and includes administrative costs. The total sum of the approved amounts for the central New Jersey projects is $17,910,000. This bill is part of a four-bill legislative package approving the funding of Green Acres or Blue Acres projects of local government units around the State.

To the extent that there are funds remaining after those local government unit projects in central New Jersey listed in this bill are offered funding, the bill also authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection, with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, to use those funds for local government unit projects listed in the three other Green Acres or Blue Acres "local government" bills of this legislative package as well as for local government unit projects previously approved for funding pursuant to various acts implementing the 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, and 1995 Green Acres bond acts.

Approves funding of Green Acres projects for certain local government units in central NJ.