P.L. 1996, c.106 (A40)

An Act appropriating $15,000,000 from the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, appropriating $3,782,325 from the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, reappropriating $1,876,838 from the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," and reappropriating $1,876,837 from the "Open Space Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, to provide matching grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes.

1. a. There is appropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection from the "1995 New Jersey Green Trust Fund" established pursuant to section 23 of the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, the sum of $15,000,000, and from the "1992 New Jersey Green Trust Fund" established pursuant to section 22 of the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, the sum of $3,782,325, and there is reappropriated to the department from the "1992 New Jersey Green Trust Fund" established pursuant to section 22 of the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, the sum of $1,876,838, and from the "1989 New Jersey Green Acres Fund" established pursuant to section 18 of the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, the sum of $1,876,837, to provide matching grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes, which sum shall include administrative costs. The following projects are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section:

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION	PROJECT NAME	COUNTY	MUNICIPALITY	APPROVED AMOUNT
American Littoral Society	Anchoring Point Acq.	Atlantic	Egg Harbor Twp.	$250,000
Passaic River Coalition	Passaic River Park	Bergen	Lyndhurst Twp.	$350,000
Cedar Run Conservancy, Inc.	Cedar Run Project	Burlington	Medford Twp.	$500,000
Audubon Wildlife Society, Inc.	Hawkin's Road Acq.	Burlington	Southampton and Medford Twps.	$ 80,000
NJ Conservation Foundation	Four Mile Circle	Burlington	Woodland Twp.	$ 50,000
Rancocas Conservancy	Springland Corp. Tract	Burlington	Southampton Twp.	$ 44,000
Rancocas Conservancy	Pemberton Beech Woods	Burlington	Pemberton Boro.	$133,000
Rancocas Conservancy	Rancocas Creek/ N/Branch Pres.	Burlington	Pemberton Twp.	$205,000
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, Inc.	Cedar Run Project	Burlington	Medford Twp.	$407,000
Merabash Museum Inc.	Johnstone Center	Burlington	Bordentown Twp.	$500,000
Rancocas Conservancy	Arney's Mount	Burlington	Springfield and Pemberton Twps.	$500,000
The Nature Conservancy	Manumuskin River Addi- tions 2	Cumberland	Millville City	$400,000
Natural Lands Trust Inc.	Maurice River Bluffs	Cumberland	Millville City	$500,000
South Jersey Land Trust	Upper Deerfield Park Acq.	Cumberland	Upper Deerfield Twp.	$191,000
Black United Fund of New Jersey, Inc.	Ambrose/Ward Mansion Acq.	Essex	East Orange City	$285,000
South Jersey Land Trust	Black Acres Acq.	Gloucester	Monroe Twp.	$500,000
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION	PROJECT NAME	COUNTY	MUNICIPALITY	APPROVED AMOUNT
Historic Beaver Brook Homestead, Inc.	Beaver Brook Farm Acq.	Hunterdon	Clinton Twp.	$500,000
The Nature Conservancy	Milford Bluffs Additions	Hunterdon	Holland Twp. and Milford Boro.	$400,000
Trust for Public Land	Readington Greenways Additions	Hunterdon	Readington Twp.	$500,000
NJ Conservation Foundation	Wickecheoke Creek Acq. Phase II	Hunterdon	Delaware and Kingwood Twps.	$500,000
Delaware & Raritan Greenway, Inc.	Northern Stony Brook, Phase II	Hunterdon	East Amwell Twp.	$200,000
Megan's Place Fund, Inc.	Megan's Place	Mercer	Hamilton Twp.	$ 50,000
Delaware & Raritan Greenway, Inc.	Woolsey Brook	Mercer	Hopewell Twp.	$300,000
Delaware & Raritan Greenway, Inc.	Moore's Creek	Mercer	Hopewell Twp.	$500,000
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space	Jacobs Creek Greenway	Mercer	Hopewell Twp.	$500,000
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space	Hopewell Greenbelt 2	Mercer	Hopewell Twp.	$500,000
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space	Upper Jacobs Creek Conserv.	Mercer	Hopewell Twp.	$500,000
Delaware & Raritan Greenway, Inc.	Central Stony Brook II	Mercer	Hopewell Twp.	$500,000
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space	Hopewell-Watershed Connector	Mercer	Hopewell Twp.	$500,000
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION	PROJECT NAME	COUNTY	MUNICIPALITY	APPROVED AMOUNT
Monmouth Conservation Foundation	Roberts Swamp Brook Acq.	Monmouth	Manasquan Boro.	$203,000
Friends of Monmouth Battlefield	Monmouth Battlefield Adds. 2	Monmouth	Manalapan Twp.	$500,000
Morris Parks and Land Conservancy	Morris Conservation Area	Morris	Rockaway Twp.	$500,000
NJ Conservation Foundation	Black River Greenway	Morris	Chester Twp.	$500,000
Upper Raritan Watershed Assoc.	Hacklebarney Greenway	Morris	Washington Twp.	$500,000
Wildlife Preserves Inc.	Troy Meadows Acq. 1	Morris	Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp.	$500,000
Upper Raritan Watershed Assoc.	Black River Greenway	Morris	Chester Twp.	$500,000
Passaic River Coalition	Wildlife Refuge	Morris	East Hanover Twp.	$500,000
Holgate Environmental Land Protection, Inc.	The Holgate Marsh	Ocean	Long Beach Twp.	$500,000
Trust for Public Land	Barnegat Bay Watershed-Inland	Ocean	Berkeley, Lacey and Manchester Twps.	$500,000
Ocean County Izaak Walton League	Barnegat Bay Islands	Ocean	Dover, Barnegat and Long Beach Twps.	$300,000
NJ Conservation Foundation	Forked River Mountain-Additions	Ocean	Ocean and Lacey Twps.	$500,000
Forked River Mountain Coalition, Inc.	Wells Mills Park Corridor, Ph. 1	Ocean	Lacey and Ocean Twps.	$500,000
Trust for Public Land	Barnegat Bay Waterfront	Ocean	Berkeley and Ocean Twps.	$500,000
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION	PROJECT NAME	COUNTY	MUNICIPALITY	APPROVED AMOUNT
Ocean County Izaak Walton League	Reedy Creek	Ocean	Brick Twp.	$500,000
Passaic River Coalition	Clinton Woods	Passaic	West Milford Twp.	$250,000
The Nature Conservancy	Willow Grove Lake Acq.	Salem/ Cumberland	Pittsgrove Twp. and Vineland City	$400,000
NJ Conservation Foundation	Sourland Mountain Acq.	Somerset	Hillsborough Twp.	$450,000
Delaware & Raritan Greenway, Inc.	Simonson Brook	Somerset	Franklin Twp.	$100,000
Delaware & Raritan Greenway, Inc.	Ingersoll Rand	Somerset	Montgomery Twp.	$400,000
Passaic River Coalition	Russia Brook Sanctuary	Sussex/ Morris	Sparta and Jefferson Twps.	$200,000
The Nature Conservancy	Arctic Meadows Preserve	Sussex	Stillwater Twp.	$100,000
The Nature Conservancy	Sussex Swamp	Sussex	Newton Town	$200,000
Ridge and Valley Conservancy	Paulinskill River	Sussex/ Warren	Fredon, Hampton and Hardwick Twps.	$485,000
New Jersey Audubon Society	Sparta Mountain Acq.	Sussex/ Morris	Sparta, Hardyston and Jefferson Twps.	$500,000
The Nature Conservancy	Paulinskill/ Pequest Openspace	Warren	Hardwick Twp.	$400,000
Ridge and Valley Conservancy	Bear Creek Preserve	Warren	Allamuchy and Frelinghuysen Twps.	$428,000
New Jersey Audubon Society	Bacon Run Corridor	Warren	Allamuchy and Independence Twps.	$250,000
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION	PROJECT NAME	COUNTY	MUNICIPALITY	APPROVED AMOUNT
The Nature Conservancy	Johnsonburg Swamp 2	Warren/ Sussex	Frelinghuysen and Green Twps.	$100,000
Ridge and Valley Conservancy	Limestone Forest Sinks and Springs	Warren	Hardwick Twp.	$425,000
Phillipsburg Riverview Organization	Mountain Greenway	Warren	Phillipsburg Town and Lopatcong Twp.	$500,000

b. Any transfer of any funds or project sponsor, or change in project site, listed in this section, subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.38, or in paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1991, c.522, shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

2. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in section 1 of this act are offered funding or additional funding pursuant thereto, the projects of qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations listed in subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.38, and in paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1991, c.522, shall be eligible for funding, including administrative costs, in a sequence consistent with the priority system established by the Department of Environmental Protection, and shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

3. The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1989, c.183, as appropriate.

This bill would appropriate or reappropriate to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from the 1995, 1992, and 1989 Green Acres bond acts the sum of $22,536,000 to provide matching grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes, which sum would include administrative costs.

To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in this bill are offered funding or additional funding pursuant thereto, the projects of qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations listed in

subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.38, and in paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1991, c.522, would be eligible for funding, including administrative costs, in a sequence consistent with the priority system established by the DEP, and subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

The appropriation made by this bill would exhaust all Green Acres bond act funds allocated for matching grants to nonprofit organizations.

Appropriates $22,536,000 from various Green Acres bond acts for matching grants to various nonprofit entities to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes.