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An Act approving projects of certain local government units in northeastern 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.

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. 1320 of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 41 of 1996):

Local Government Unit	County	Project	Approved Amount
Bayonne City	Hudson	Public Boat Ramp Dev.	$ 342,000
Guttenberg Town	Hudson	Baseball Field Dev.	$ 500,000
Harrison Town	Hudson	J.F.K. Stadium Dev.	$ 500,000
Hoboken City	Hudson	Hudson River Waterfront Pk. Dev.	$2,000,000
Local Government Unit	County	Project	Approved Amount
Hudson County	Hudson	Environmental Projects Dev. (in Jersey City, Harrison Town, and Kearny Town)	$2,000,000
Hudson County	Hudson	Laurel Hill Ext. Acq. (in Secaucus Town)	$ 500,000
Jersey City	Hudson	Fitzgerald/Holota Pk. Dev.	$ 230,000
Union City	Hudson	38th Street Park Dev.	$ 250,000
Union City	Hudson	Ellsworth Park Phase 2 Dev.	$1,500,000
Weehawken Twp.	Hudson	Weehawken Stadium III Dev.	$ 500,000
Weehawken Twp.	Hudson	Park Ave. Acq.	$ 80,000
West New York Town	Hudson	Donnelly Park II Dev.	$ 950,000
Elizabeth City	Union	Baseball Fld. & Rec. Dev.	$ 375,000
Plainfield City	Union	Multi Park Improvements Dev.	$ 170,000
Rahway City	Union	Union/Allen St. Conserv. Acq.	$ 750,000
Roselle Boro	Union	Multi Playground Renov. Dev.	$ 418,000
Union Twp.	Union	Voorhees Park Dev.	$ 500,000

b. Any transfer of any funds or project sponsor, or change in project site, 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, sections 5 and 6 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No.1320 of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 41 of 1996), section 1 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. 1319 of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 42 of 1996), and section 1 of P.L. , c. (now before the Legislature as Senate Bill No. 1325 of 1996 or Assembly Bill No. 43 of 1996), 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, and shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

This bill would approve projects of certain local government units in northeastern 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 northeastern New Jersey projects is $11,565,000. This bill is part of a four-bill legislative package approving the funding of Green Acres projects of local government units around the State.

To the extent that there are funds remaining after those local government unit projects in northeastern 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 "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, and 1992 Green Acres bond acts.

Approves funding of Green Acres projects for certain local government units in northeastern NJ.