Bill Text: NJ A3149 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Changes entity responsible for management of NJ School of Conservation to nonprofit organization, and directs DOE to request funding for center annually.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-10-21 - Approved P.L.2022, c.116. [A3149 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A3149-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator BOB SMITH
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator RICHARD J. CODEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Jasey, Senators Ruiz, Gill, Zwicker and Johnson
SYNOPSIS
Changes entity responsible for management of NJ School of Conservation to nonprofit organization, and directs DOE to request funding for center annually.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended on September 29, 2022 by the General Assembly pursuant to the Governor's recommendations.
An Act concerning the New Jersey School of Conservation and amending, supplementing, and repealing various sections of P.L.1981, c.148.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1981, c.148 (C.18A:64I-1) is amended to read as follows:
1. The 240 acre tract of land known as the New Jersey School of Conservation, located in Stokes State Forest, Sussex county, New Jersey, together with all the buildings thereon, and under the management and control of the Division of Parks [,] and Forestry [and Recreation] in the Department of Environmental Protection, shall be used in perpetuity as a school for environmental field study under the direction of [the Board of Trustees of Montclair State University] the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. 1Within 60 days of enactment, the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation will enter into a lease or similar agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection upon such terms as are customary for the Department of Environmental Protection's administration of state lands or other residential facilities and as otherwise agreed upon by the parties.1
(cf: P.L.2017, c.178, s.42)
2. (New section) a. No later than January 15 of each year, the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation shall submit to the 1[Commissioner of Education] Governor, Commissioner of Environmental Protection, and the Legislature1 a financial statement that contains all available revenue and expenditure figures for the New Jersey School of Conservation during the current fiscal year and an estimate of revenue and expenditure figures for the subsequent fiscal year, including a requested amount for State funding for the subsequent fiscal year.
b. 1[The Commissioner of Education shall include an appropriate amount of funding to maintain and support the New Jersey School of Conservation in the school aid portion of the Department of Education's annual budget request.]1 The Department of 1[Education] Environmental Protection1 shall 1[grant] provide1 all moneys appropriated 1[for this purpose]1 by an annual appropriations act 1for the maintenance and support of the New Jersey School of Conservation1 to the Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation, which shall expend the funds for the expenses necessary for the operation of the New Jersey School of Conservation, including maintenance of the grounds and buildings, purchase of equipment, funding educational programs, and housing students and teachers.
3. Sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1981, c.148 (C.18A:64I-2 and C.18A:64I-3) are repealed.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
