CHAPTER 178

An Act appropriating $750,000 from the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, for soil and water conservation projects, and appropriating $5,000,000 from the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, for the acquisition of fee simple titles to farmland.

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

    1.    There is appropriated from the "1992 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 24 of the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, to the State Agriculture Development Committee the sum of $750,000 for the purpose of providing grants to landowners for up to 50% of the cost of soil and water conservation projects approved as eligible for such funding.

    2.    There is appropriated from the "1995 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 25 of the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, to the State Agriculture Development Committee the sum of $5,000,000 for the purpose of providing for the cost of acquisition of fee simple titles to farmland.

    3.    The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.1992, c.88 or P.L.1995, c.204, as appropriate.

    4.    This act shall take effect immediately.

    Approved July 31, 1997.