Approp.
P.L. 1996, CHAPTER 109, approved August 28, 1996
Assembly, No. 43
An Act approving projects of certain local government units in northern 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.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 41 of 1996):
Local County Project Approved
Government Amount
Unit
Lodi Boro Bergen Saddle River Pk. Dev. $ 206,000
Lodi Boro Bergen Arnot St. Athletic Fld. Dev. $ 445,000
Lodi Boro Bergen Saddle River Pk. Acq. $ 500,000
Paramus Boro Bergen Paramus Conserv. Area Acq. $1,750,000
Ridgefield Bergen Multi Park Dev. $ 195,000
Park Village
River Vale Bergen Green Acres Expansion Acq. $ 250,000
Twp.
Belleville Twp. Essex Mun. Stadium Complex Dev. $2,000,000
Cedar Grove Essex Hilltop Acq. $5,000,000
Twp.
Local County Project Approved
Government Amount
Unit
North Caldwell Essex Hilltop Rec. Expans. Acq. $1,500,000
Twp.
Verona Twp. Essex Verona Hilltop Park Acq. $5,000,000
Frenchtown Boro Hunterdon Plessy Field Acq. $ 350,000
High Bridge Boro Hunterdon Boro Golf Course Acq. $1,900,000
Readington Twp. Hunterdon Kolodzinski Acq. $ 250,000
Chester Twp. Morris Black River Greenway Acq. $4,000,000
Mendham Twp. Morris Buttermilk Falls Acq. $2,600,000
Passaic City Passaic Dundee Island Field Dev. $ 400,000
Passaic City Passaic Third Ward Pk. Restor. Dev. $ 500,000
Passaic County Passaic Lambert Castle Grounds Dev. $1,000,000
(in Paterson City)
Paterson City Passaic Park Program Ph. 3 Dev. $ 534,000
Pompton Lakes Passaic Lakeside Park Dev. $ 500,000
Boro
Bridgewater Twp. Somerset Prince Rogers Park Dev. $ 500,000
Montgomery Somerset Open Space 3 Acq. $1,200,000
Twp.
Montgomery Somerset Arboretum Dev. $ 45,000
Twp.
Frankford Twp. Sussex Frankford Rec. 3 Dev. $ 150,000
Montague Twp. Sussex Recreational Dev. $ 150,000
Wantage Twp. Sussex Wantage Twp. Park Dev. $ 150,000
Belvidere Town Warren Pool Rehab. Dev. $ 200,000
Warren County Warren Whitelake Greenway $1,500,000
(in Hardwick Twp.)
b. Any transfer of any funds or project sponsor, or change in project site, 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, sections 5 and 6 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 41 of 1996), section 1 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 42 of 1996), and section 1 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 44 of 1996), 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, and shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would approve projects of certain local government units
in northern 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 northern New Jersey projects is $32,775,000. This bill is part of a four-bill legislative package approving the funding of Green Acres projects of local government units around the State.
To the extent that there are funds remaining after those local government unit projects in northern 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 "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, and 1992 Green Acres bond acts.
Approves funding of Green Acres projects for certain local government units in northern NJ.