SENATE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 1710

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: JANUARY 27, 1997 

      The Senate Environment Committee favorably reports Senate Bill No. 1710.

      This bill would approve certain farmland preservation projects in northern counties of the State as eligible for funding from the "Green Acres, Clean Water, Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 1992," P.L.1992, c.88, and from the "Open Space Preservation Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.183, with respect to (1) providing grants to counties and municipalities for up to 80% of the cost of acquisition of development easements on farmland; and (2) providing for up to 100% of the cost of acquisition of development easements under such emergency conditions as the State Agriculture Development Committee determines, in accordance with the provisions of the bond acts.

      This bill is identical to Assembly Bill No. 328.