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P.L. 1997, CHAPTER 163, approved July 18, 1997

Senate, No. 2022

 

 

 

An Act appropriating $21,610,000 from the “Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995,” P.L.1995, c.204, for the development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes.

 

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

 

    1.    a. There is appropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection 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, the sum of $21,610,000 for the development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes. This sum shall include administrative costs and shall be allocated for various State park and wildlife management area renovation, rehabilitation and development projects as follows:

 

LIBERTY STATE PARK

 

ESTIMATED

      COST                                          PROJECT                                                COUNTY

 

$10,000,000                                     Jersey City                                               Hudson

 

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$10,000,000

 

 

PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK

 

ESTIMATED

      COST                                          PROJECT                                                COUNTY

 

 $800,000                               Ross Dock

                                                    Englewood Cliffs Boro            Bergen

 

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 $800,000


HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

 

ESTIMATED

      COST                                          PROJECT                                                COUNTY

 

    $500,000                                     Various                                                    Bergen

                                                                                                                         Hudson

 

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    $500,000

 

 

FISH, GAME AND WILDLIFE

 

ESTIMATED

      COST                                          PROJECT                                                COUNTY

 

 $1,700,000                                      Assunpink

                                                              East Windsor Twp.                            Mercer

                                                              Washington Twp.                              Mercer

                                                              Millstone Twp.                                  Monmouth

                                                              Roosevelt Boro                                  Monmouth

                                                              Upper Freehold Twp.                         Monmouth

 

        60,000                                     Capoolong Creek Br.

                                                              Franklin Twp.                                           Hunterdon

 

        12,000                                     Clinton

                                                              Bethlehem Twp.                                Hunterdon

                                                              Union Twp.                                        Hunterdon

 

        70,000                                     Colliers Mills

                                                              Jackson Twp.                                     Ocean

                                                              Plumsted Twp.                                   Ocean

 

      100,000                                     Columbia Lake

                                                              Knowlton Twp.                                  Warren

 

   2,000,000                                      Hackettstown

                                                              Hackettstown                                     Warren

                                                              Mansfield Twp.                                  Warren

 

        50,000                                     Manahawkin

                                                              Stafford Twp.                                            Ocean

 

        50,000                                     Manasquan

                                                              Wall Twp.                                          Monmouth

                                                              Brick Twp.                                         Ocean

 

        10,000                                     Paulinskill Lake

                                                              Hampton Twp.                                   Sussex

 

        25,000                                     Pemberton Lake

                                                              Pemberton Twp.                                Burlington

 

        25,000                                     Penns Grove

                                                              Carneys Point Twp.                           Salem

                                                              Oldmans Twp.                                   Salem

 

      500,000                                     Pequest

                                                              Liberty Twp.                                      Warren

                                                              Mansfield Twp.                                  Warren

                                                              Oxford Twp.                                      Warren

                                                              White Twp.                                        Warren

 

      250,000                                     Rockport Game Farm

                                                              Mansfield Twp.                                  Warren

 

        80,000                                     Round Valley

                                                              Clinton Twp.                                      Hunterdon

 

        25,000                                     Silver Lake

                                                              Hardyston Twp.                                 Sussex

 

        19,000                                     Wildcat Ridge 

                                                              Rockway Twp.                                   Morris

 

      100,000                                     Absecon Boat Ramp Improvements

                                                              Absecon City                                     Atlantic

 

      600,000                                     Cedar Creek Boat Ramp

                                                              Lawrence Twp.                                  Cumberland

 

      150,000                                     Pennsville Boat Ramp Improvements

                                                              Pennsville Twp.                                 Salem

 

      250,000                                     Salem Canal Boat Ramp

                                                              Mannington Twp.                              Salem

 

      200,000                                     Turnpike Bridge Area Fishing Access

                                                              Burlington Twp.                                Burlington

 

   1,000,000                                      Delaware Estuary Nat. Res. Ctr.

                                                              Maurice River Twp.                           Cumberland

 

   1,000,000                                      Demolition (fish factory)

                                                              Little Egg Harbor Twp.                     Ocean

 

   1,160,000                                      Field Station Consolidation

                                                              Bethlehem Twp.                                Hunterdon

                                                              Union Twp.                                        Hunterdon

 

      100,000                                     Handicap Ranges

                                                              Corbin City                                        Atlantic

                                                              Estell Manor City                              Atlantic

                                                              Hamilton Twp.                                   Atlantic

                                                              Mullica Twp.                                     Atlantic

                                                              Winslow Twp.                                   Camden                                                              Upper Twp.                                        Cape May

                                                              Commercial Twp.                              Cumberland

                                                              Downe Twp.                                      Cumberland

                                                              Monroe Twp.                                     Gloucester

                                                              Union Twp.                                        Hunterdon

                                                              Freehold Twp.                                    Monmouth

                                                              Upper Freehold Twp.                         Monmouth

                                                              Chester Twp.                                      Morris

                                                              Eagleswood Twp.                              Ocean

                                                              Jackson Twp.                                     Ocean

                                                              Little Egg Harbor Twp.                     Ocean

                                                              Plumsted Twp.                                   Ocean

                                                              Stafford Twp.                                            Ocean

                                                              Sandyston Twp.                                 Sussex

                                                              Mansfield Twp.                                  Warren

                                                              Oxford Twp.                                      Warren

 

        90,000                                     Sedge House

                                                              Ocean Twp.                                        Ocean

 

        30,000                                     Southern Regional Shop

                                                              Winslow Twp.                                   Camden

 

      154,000                                     Statewide Env./ Health/ Life-Safety       All

 

      500,000                                     Wildlife Diversity

                                                              Corbin City                                        Atlantic

                                                              Estell Manor City                              Atlantic

                                                              Dennis Twp.                                      Cape May

                                                              Lower Twp.                                       Cape May

                                                              Middle Twp.                                      Cape May

                                                              Upper Twp.                                        Cape May

                                                              Downe Twp.                                      Cumberland

                                                              Maurice River Twp.                           Cumberland

                                                              Stow Creek Twp.                               Cumberland

                                                              Vineland City                                            Cumberland

                                                              Washington Twp.                              Mercer

                                                              Millstone Twp.                                  Monmouth

                                                              Roosevelt Boro                                  Monmouth

                                                              Upper Freehold Twp.                         Monmouth

                                                              Chester Boro                                      Morris

                                                              Chester Twp.                                      Morris

                                                              Rockaway Twp.                                 Morris

                                                              Barnegat Twp.                                   Ocean

                                                              Eagleswood Twp.                              Ocean

                                                              Lacey Twp.                                        Ocean

                                                              Little Egg Harbor Twp.                     Ocean

                                                              Manchester Twp.                               Ocean

                                                              Ocean Twp.                                        Ocean

                                                              Stafford Twp.                                            Ocean

                                                              Elsinboro Twp.                                  Salem

                                                              Mannington Twp.                              Salem

                                                              Pennsville Twp.                                 Salem

                                                              Andover Twp.                                    Sussex

                                                              Fredon Twp.                                      Sussex

                                                              Green Twp.                                        Sussex

                                                              Liberty Twp.                                      Warren

                                                              Mansfield Twp.                                  Warren

                                                              Oxford Twp.                                      Warren

                                                              White Twp.                                        Warren

 

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$10,310,000

 

 

    b.    Any transfer of funds, change in project sponsor, or change in project 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 projects listed in P.L. , c. (C. ) (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2897 of 1997) shall be eligible for additional funding, including administrative costs, utilizing those remaining moneys, in a sequence consistent with the priority system established by the Department of Environmental Protection, and with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

 

    2.    The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.1995, c.204.

 

    3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    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 and wildlife management area lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes. This sum would include administrative costs.

 

 

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Appropriates $21,610,000 from 1995 Green Acres bond act for Green Acres development projects by the State.