CHAPTER 163
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 Paulins Kill 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.1997, c.160 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.
Approved July 18, 1997.