CHAPTER 106
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.
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 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 |
Paulins Kill 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 |
Paulins Kill/ 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.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved August 28, 1996.