Bill Text: NJ A3370 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-12-03 - Substituted by S2247 [A3370 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3370-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MATTHEW W. MILAM
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman NELSON T. ALBANO
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman GARY S. SCHAER
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman MARLENE CARIDE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman ALBERT COUTINHO
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act appropriating $8,930,975 from the "2009 Green Acres Fund" to provide grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire or develop lands 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 $8,930,975 to the Department of Environmental Protection from the "2009 Green Acres Fund," established pursuant to section 17 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117, for the purpose of providing grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection b. of this section and for the purpose of providing grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection c. of this section.
b. The following projects for the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
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(1) Bayshore Discovery Project |
Bayshore Public Access Acq
|
Cumberland
|
Commercial Twp
|
$250,000 |
(2) Bergen SWAN
|
Ramapo Mountain Conservation Area
|
Bergen |
Mahwah Twp |
250,000 |
(3) Crossroads of the American Revolution Association
|
National Heritage Area Preservation Project |
Mercer |
Robbinsville Twp |
250,000 |
(4) D & R Greenway Land Trust |
Greenway Acq |
|
|
250,000 |
|
Central Stony Brook Greenway |
Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
|
Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp
Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Pennington Boro Princeton Twp
Cranbury Twp
|
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Delaware Bay Estuary Acq |
Cumberland |
Deerfield Twp Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp
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Salem |
Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Pennsville Twp
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Delaware River Tributaries Acq |
Burlington |
Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Chesterfield Twp North Hanover Twp
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Mercer |
Hamilton Twp Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Robbinsville Twp Trenton City West Windsor Twp
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Middlesex |
Monroe Twp
|
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Monmouth |
Upper Freehold Twp
|
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Griggstown Canal Acq |
Middlesex |
Highland Park Boro
|
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Somerset
|
Franklin Twp Rocky Hill Boro
|
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Sourlands Mountain Acq |
Hunterdon |
East Amwell Twp Lambertville City West Amwell Twp
|
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Mercer |
Hopewell Twp
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Somerset |
Branchburg Twp Hillsborough Twp Montgomery Twp
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Upper Millstone |
Mercer |
West Windsor Twp
|
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Greenway |
Middlesex |
Cranbury Twp Highland Park Boro Monroe Twp Plainsboro Twp South Brunswick Twp
|
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Monmouth |
Millstone Twp
|
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(5) Fyke Nature Association |
Ramapo Mountain Conservation Area
|
Bergen |
Mahwah Twp
|
250,000 |
(6) Friends Of Princeton Open Space |
Millstone River Watershed
|
Mercer |
Princeton Twp |
250,000 |
(7) Great Swamp Watershed Association
|
Primrose Farms Acq
|
Morris |
Harding Twp |
200,000 |
(8) Harding Land Trust |
Open Spaces & Natural Places of Harding Twp
|
Morris |
Harding Twp |
250,000 |
(9) Heritage Conservancy
|
Musconetcong River Valley Lasting Landscapes Initiative
|
Hunterdon
Morris
Sussex
Warren |
Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Bloomsbury Boro Hampton Boro Holland Twp Lebanon Twp
Mount Olive Twp Washington Twp
Byram Twp
Allamuchy Twp Franklin Twp Greenwich Twp Hackettstown Town Independence Twp Mansfield Twp Pohatcong Twp Washington Twp
|
250,000 |
(10) Hunterdon Land Trust
|
Priority Areas |
Hunterdon |
All municipalities |
250,000 |
(11) Lamington Conservancy |
Central Lamington Project |
Hunterdon
Morris
Somerset |
Tewksbury Twp
Chester Twp Washington Twp
Bedminster Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro
|
250,000 |
(12) Monmouth Conservation Foundation
|
Open Space Plans 2 |
Monmouth |
All municipalities |
250,000 |
(13) New Jersey Conservation Foundation |
Priority Area Acq
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
Appalachian Trail Buffers
|
Sussex
|
Wantage Twp
|
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Arthur Kill Greenway |
Middlesex
|
Edison Twp |
|
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Union |
Linden City Springfield Twp Union Twp
|
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Black River Greenway |
Hunterdon |
Clinton Twp Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp Readington Twp Tewksbury Twp
|
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Morris |
Chester Boro Chester Twp
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Somerset |
Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Hillsborough Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro Raritan Boro
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Burden Hill Forest/ |
Cape May |
Lower Twp Middle Twp |
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Delaware Bay |
Cumberland |
Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Millville City Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp Vineland City
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Gloucester |
Logan Twp South Harrison Twp Woolwich Twp
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Salem |
Alloway Twp Carneys Point Twp Elmer Boro Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Oldmans Twp Pennsville Twp Pilesgrove Twp Pittsgrove Twp Quinton Twp Upper Pittsgrove Twp Woodstown Boro
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South Jersey Metro:
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Camden Greenway
|
Camden |
Camden City
|
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Delaware River Heritage Trail
|
Burlington
Camden
Mercer
|
Beverly City Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Burlington City Burlington Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delanco Twp Delran Twp Edgewater Park Twp Fieldsboro Boro Florence Twp Mansfield Twp Palmyra Boro Riverside Twp Riverton Boro Willingboro Twp
Merchantville Boro Pennsauken Twp
Hamilton Twp Trenton City
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Pine Barrens:
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Ellwood Corridor |
Atlantic |
Buena Vista Twp Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Twp Estell Manor City Folsom Boro Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Hammonton Town Mullica Twp Weymouth Twp
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Forked River Mountain Add |
Ocean |
Lacey Twp Ocean Twp
|
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Four Mile Circle |
Burlington |
Bass River Twp Burlington Twp Pemberton Twp Tabernacle Twp Washington Twp Woodland Twp
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Greater Kettle Run |
Burlington |
Evesham Twp Medford Twp
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Highlands Region:
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Arcadia Lake/Newark Watershed
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Passaic |
West Milford Twp |
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Kittatinny Forest Area |
Sussex |
Frankford Twp Hampton Twp
|
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Morris County Additions |
Morris |
Boonton Town Butler Boro Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Denville Twp Dover Town East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Harding Twp Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Madison Boro Morris Plains Boro Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Olive Twp Mountain Lakes Boro Netcong Boro Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Boro Rockaway Twp Victory Gardens Boro Wharton Boro
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Musconetcong Valley |
Warren |
Franklin Twp Greenwich Twp Mansfield Twp Washington Twp
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Pyramid Mountain Addition |
Morris |
Boonton Twp Kinnelon Boro Montville Twp
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Scotts Mountain Acq |
Warren |
Harmony Twp Lopatcong Twp White Twp
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Sparta Mountain Greenway |
Morris
Sussex |
Jefferson Twp Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Mine Hill Twp Mount Arlington Boro Randolph Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
Andover Twp Byram Twp Hopatcong Boro Sparta Twp
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Vernon Marsh |
Sussex |
Vernon Twp
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Western Piedmont:
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Back Brook |
Hunterdon |
East Amwell Twp Lambertville City West Amwell Twp
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Sourland Mountain |
Mercer |
Hopewell Twp Princeton Twp
|
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Somerset |
Montgomery Twp
|
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Wickecheoke Creek Acq |
Hunterdon |
Delaware Twp Franklin Twp Kingwood Twp Raritan Twp Stockton Boro
|
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(14) NJ Audubon Society
|
Ramapo Mountain Conservation Area
|
Bergen |
Mahwah Twp |
250,000 |
(15) NY/NJ Baykeeper |
Aberdeen Regional Park Acq
|
Monmouth |
Aberdeen Twp |
250,000 |
(16) NY-NJ Trail Conference |
Ramapo Mountain Conservation Area
|
Bergen |
Mahwah Twp |
250,000 |
(17) Open Space Conservancy |
Project Priority Areas |
Bergen
Hudson
Morris
Warren
|
All municipalities
All municipalities
All municipalities
All municipalities
|
250,000 |
(18) P.A.R.K.S. Corp
|
Secure Park Project |
Passaic |
Paterson City |
65,000 |
(19) Passaic River Coalition |
Passaic River Preservation Project |
Bergen |
Allendale Boro Elmwood Park Boro Fair Lawn Boro Garfield City Ho-Ho-Kus Boro Lyndhurst Twp Mahwah Twp Oakland Boro Ridgewood Village Rutherford Boro Saddle River Boro Upper Saddle River Boro Wallington Boro
|
250,000 |
|
|
Essex |
Cedar Grove Twp Fairfield Twp Livingston Twp Newark City Roseland Boro Verona Twp West Caldwell Twp
|
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Morris |
Butler Boro Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Denville Twp East Hanover Twp Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Jefferson Twp Kinnelon Boro Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Montville Twp Morris Twp Morristown Town Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Riverdale Boro Rockaway Twp
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Passaic |
Bloomingdale Boro Clifton City Hawthorne Boro Little Falls Twp Passaic City Paterson City Pompton Lakes Boro Totowa Boro Wanaque Boro Wayne Twp West Milford Twp Woodland Park Boro
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Somerset |
Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Warren Twp
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Sussex |
Hardyston Twp Sparta Twp
|
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Union |
Berkeley Heights Twp New Providence Boro Summit City
|
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(20) Phillipsburg Riverview Organization
|
Shabecong Mountain Preserve |
Warren |
Washington Boro |
250,000 |
(21) Ramapough Conservancy
|
Ramapo Mountain Conservation Area
|
Bergen |
Mahwah Twp Oakland Boro |
250,000 |
(22) Rancocas Conservancy |
Rancocas Watershed Acq
|
Burlington |
All municipalities |
200,000 |
(23) Schiff Natural Lands Trust, Inc
|
Schiff-Mount Paul Greenway |
Morris |
Chester Twp Mendham Boro Mendham Twp |
250,000 |
(24) South Vineland Little League
|
Little League Complex Acq |
Cumberland
|
Vineland City
|
65,975 |
(25) Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association
|
Watershed Connectors |
Mercer |
Hopewell Twp Princeton Twp
|
250,000 |
(26) The Land Conservancy of New Jersey |
Priority Areas Acq |
Essex |
Bloomfield Twp Livingston Twp West Orange Twp
|
250,000 |
|
|
Morris |
Boonton Twp Chatham Boro Chatham Twp Denville Twp Jefferson Twp Kinnelon Boro Madison Boro Mine Hill Twp Montville Twp Morris Twp Morristown Town Mount Olive Twp Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Rockaway Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
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Passaic |
Ringwood Boro West Milford Twp
|
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Somerset |
Peapack-Gladstone Boro
|
|
|
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Sussex |
Andover Boro Byram Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hopatcong Boro Lafayette Twp Stillwater Twp Vernon Twp
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Greenwich Twp Hardwick Twp Harmony Twp Pohatcong Twp
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(27) The Nature Conservancy
|
Priority Area Acq |
|
|
250,000 |
|
Cape May Project Area |
Cape May
|
Cape May City Cape May Point Boro Dennis Twp Lower Twp Middle Twp West Cape May Boro
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Cumberland |
Maurice River Twp
|
|
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Delaware Bay Greenway |
Cumberland |
Commercial Twp Downe Twp Fairfield Twp Lawrence Twp Maurice River Twp Millville City Vineland City
|
|
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East and West Plains |
Burlington |
Bass River Twp Pemberton Boro Pemberton Twp Washington Twp Woodland Twp
|
|
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Ellwood Corridor
|
Atlantic |
Estell Manor City Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Mullica Twp
|
|
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Forked River Mountain |
Ocean |
Lacey Twp Ocean Twp
|
|
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High Mt Project Area |
Passaic |
North Haledon Boro Wayne Twp
|
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Hirst Ponds |
Atlantic |
Galloway Twp
|
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Limestone Forest Acq |
Sussex |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp Lafayette Twp Montague Twp Newton Town Sandyston Twp Stillwater Twp Walpack Twp Wantage Twp
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Warren |
Allamuchy Twp Blairstown Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Hardwick Twp Hope Twp
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Maurice River Project Area |
Cumberland |
Maurice River Twp Millville City
|
|
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Oswego River Lowlands |
Ocean |
Barnegat Twp Eagleswood Twp Little Egg Harbor Twp Stafford Twp
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Willow Grove
|
Gloucester
Salem
|
Franklin Twp
Pittsgrove Twp |
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(28) Trust For Public Land
|
Project Priority Areas |
|
|
250,000 |
|
Atlantic Balanced Communities Acq |
Atlantic |
Absecon City Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Twp Galloway Twp Hamilton Twp Linwood City Northfield City Pleasantville City Port Republic City Somers Point City
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Bay to Bay |
Monmouth |
Allenhurst Boro Asbury Park City Avon-By-The-Sea Boro Belmar Boro Bradley Beach Boro Brielle Boro Deal Boro Interlaken Boro Loch Arbour Village Long Branch City Manasquan Boro Monmouth Beach Boro Neptune Twp Sea Bright Boro Sea Girt Boro Spring Lake Boro Spring Lake Heights Boro Wall Twp
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Bergen Co. Open Space Partnership
|
Bergen |
All municipalities |
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Beyond the Century Plan - Barnegat Bay |
Monmouth |
Freehold Twp |
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Initiative |
Ocean |
Barnegat Light Boro Berkeley Twp Brick Twp Eagleswood Twp Jackson Twp Lacey Twp Little Egg Harbor Twp Long Beach Twp Manchester Twp Ocean Twp Stafford Twp Toms River Twp Tuckerton Boro
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Camden Balanced Communities Acq |
Camden |
Berlin Boro Camden City Cherry Hill Twp Clementon Boro Gloucester Twp Haddon Twp Lindenwold Boro Pennsauken Twp Voorhees Twp
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Delaware River Inland |
Burlington |
Bordentown Twp Burlington Twp Cinnaminson Twp Delran Twp Florence Twp Mansfield Twp Mount Laurel Twp Springfield Twp Willingboro Twp
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Essex Co. Open Space
|
Essex |
All municipalities |
|
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Harbor Estuaries Acq |
Bergen |
East Rutherford Boro |
|
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Hudson |
Jersey City Secaucus Town
|
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Middlesex |
Carteret Boro Old Bridge Twp Woodbridge Twp
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Monmouth |
Aberdeen Twp Atlantic Highlands Boro Fair Haven Boro Hazlet Twp Highlands Boro Keansburg Boro Keyport Boro Matawan Boro Middletown Twp Rumson Boro Union Beach Boro
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|
|
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Union |
Linden City Rahway City
|
|
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Hudson Co. Open Space
|
Hudson |
All municipalities |
|
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Hunterdon Co. Open Space Partnership |
Hunterdon |
All municipalities
|
|
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Interstate 195 Corridor |
Mercer |
Hamilton Twp Robbinsville Twp
|
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|
|
Monmouth |
Allentown Boro Freehold Boro Freehold Twp Howell Twp Millstone Twp Upper Freehold Twp Wall Twp
|
|
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Metedeconk Watershed Protection |
Monmouth |
Freehold Twp Howell Twp Millstone Twp Wall Twp
|
|
|
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Ocean |
Brick Twp Jackson Twp Lakewood Twp
|
|
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Morris Open Space Acq |
Morris |
All municipalities
|
|
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Passaic Open Space
|
Passaic |
All municipalities |
|
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Somerset Open Space Acq
|
Somerset |
All municipalities |
|
|
Sussex Open Space Partnership
|
Sussex |
All municipalities |
|
|
Upper Delaware River Watershed |
Hunterdon |
Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Bloomsbury Boro Hampton Boro Holland Twp Lebanon Boro Lebanon Twp
|
|
|
|
Morris |
Mount Arlington Boro Mount Olive Twp Netcong Boro Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
|
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|
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Sussex |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Branchville Boro Byram Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp Hopatcong Boro Lafayette Twp Montague Twp Newton Town Sandyston Twp Sparta Twp Stanhope Boro Stillwater Twp Walpack Twp Wantage Twp
|
|
|
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Warren |
All municipalities
|
|
|
Wanaque Gap Acq
|
Bergen |
Mahwah Twp |
|
(29) YMCA Camp Ockanickon |
Camp Ockanickon Conservation & Recreation Program
|
Burlington |
Medford Twp Shamong Twp |
100,000 |
TOTAL |
|
|
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$6,630,975 |
c. The following projects for the development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
Nonprofit Organization |
Project |
County |
Municipality |
Approved Amount
|
Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark
|
Jesse Allen Park |
Essex |
Newark City |
$200,000 |
Branch Brook Park Alliance |
Branch Brook Park Improvements
|
Essex |
Newark City |
200,000 |
Cooper's Ferry Partnership |
North Camden Waterfront Park Dev
|
Camden |
Camden City |
200,000 |
Friends of Anderson Park |
Anderson Park Improvements
|
Essex |
Montclair Twp |
150,000 |
Hackensack Riverkeeper |
Skyway Riverfront Park
|
Hudson |
Jersey City |
200,000 |
Historic Paulus Hook Assoc, Inc
|
Paulus Hook Park Renovation
|
Hudson |
Jersey City |
150,000 |
Ironbound Community Corporation
|
Newark Riverfront Park Improvements
|
Essex |
Newark City |
200,000 |
La Casa de Don Pedro |
Branch Brook Park Improvements
|
Essex |
Newark City |
200,000 |
North Ward Center |
Branch Brook Park Improvements
|
Essex |
Belleville Twp Newark City |
200,000 |
Passaic River Rowing Association |
Passaic River Rowing Association Boathouse
|
Bergen |
Lyndhurst Twp |
200,000 |
Roberto Clemente League
|
Branch Brook Park Rehabilitation |
Essex |
Belleville Twp Newark City |
200,000 |
Zoological Society of NJ |
Sea Lion Exhibit
|
Essex |
West Orange Twp |
200,000 |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
$2,300,000 |
d. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b. or c. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
e. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b. or c. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project of a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund, established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19), for recreation and conservation purposes shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
f. There is reappropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection the unexpended balances, due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings, of the amounts appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, for the purposes of: (1) this section; and (2) providing additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, to any project of a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for recreation and conservation purposes, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. Any such additional funding provided from a Green Acres bond act may include administrative costs.
g. For the purposes of this section, "Green Acres bond act" means P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.2007, c.119, P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1989, c.183.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill appropriates $8,930,975 from the "2009 Green Acres Fund" to provide grants to various nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
The "2009 Green Acres Fund" was established pursuant to the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117.
Of the amount appropriated, $6,630,975 is allocated for acquisition projects and $2,300,000 is allocated for park development projects.
The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the DEP and the Garden State Preservation Trust.
The bill also would allow the DEP to re-distribute certain other moneys, which have been returned to the department due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings, for the purpose of providing additional funding, for recreation and conservation purposes, to previously approved and funded projects of nonprofit entities, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. This additional funding, if provided from a Green Acres bond act, may include administrative costs.