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P.L. 1997, CHAPTER 166, approved July 18, 1997

Senate, No. 2140

 

 

 

 

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. 2138 of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2991 of 1997):

 

Local

Government Unit

County

Project

Approved Amount

East Rutherford Boro

Bergen

Sesselmann Park Acq.

$ 185,000

Harrington Park Boro

Bergen

Parkland Additions Acq.

210,000

North Arlington Boro

Bergen

Passaic River Greenway Acq.

150,000

Oakland Boro

Bergen

Mirror Lake Acq.

100,000

Oakland Boro

Bergen

Conservation Area Acq.

775,000

Old Tappan Boro

Bergen

Park Addition Acq.

485,000

Upper Saddle River Boro

Bergen

Mettowee Farm Acq.

1,600,000

Belleville Twp.

Essex

Reservoir Acq.

260,000

Belleville Twp.

Essex

Senior Park Acq.

110,000

Califon Boro

Hunterdon

Park Addition Acq.

60,000

Clinton Twp.

Hunterdon

Clinton Open Space Acq.

3,000,000

Delaware Twp.

Hunterdon

Sergeantsville Green Acq.

300,000

High Bridge Boro

Hunterdon

Lake Solitude Acq.

1,800,000

Lambertville City

Hunterdon

Lambertville Open Space Acq.

2,025,000

Raritan Twp.

Hunterdon

Raritan Land Acq. Plan

3,000,000

Readington Twp.

Hunterdon

Greenway Incentive Acq.

3,000,000

Morris County

Morris

Cooper Mill Addition Acq.

255,000

Morris Plains Boro

Morris

Central Avenue Tract Acq.

160,000

Netcong Boro

Morris

Scenic Vista Acq.

1,500,000

Randolph Twp.

Morris

Randolph Acq. Program

3,000,000

Bedminster Twp.

Somerset

Bedminster Village Acq.

220,000

Bedminster Twp.

Somerset

Pluckemin Village Acq.

920,000

Hillsborough Twp.

Somerset

Hillsborough Land Acq.

3,000,000

Montgomery Twp.

Somerset

Open Space 4 Acq.

1,500,000

Somerset County
























Somerset

County Open Space Plan Acq.:

   Bedminster Twp.

   Bernards Twp.

   Bernardsville Boro

   Bound Brook Boro

   Branchburg Twp.

   Bridgewater Twp.

   Far Hills Boro

   Franklin Twp.

   Green Brook Twp.

   Hillsborough Twp.

   Manville Boro

   Millstone Boro

   Montgomery Twp.

   North Plainfield Boro

   Peapack-Gladstone

       Boro

   Raritan Boro

   Rocky Hill Boro

   Somerville Boro

   South Bound Brook

       Boro

   Warren Twp.

   Watchung Boro

3,000,000

Green Twp.

Sussex

Green Twp. Park Acq.

560,000

Washington Twp.

Warren

Meadow Breeze Acq.

355,000

 

    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. 2138 of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2991 of 1997), section 1 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. 2139 of 1997 or Assembly Bill No. 2992 of 1997), and section 5 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. 2141 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.

 

    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 $31,530,000. 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 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 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 northern NJ.