Bill Text: NJ A4113 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Appropriates $1,393,084 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 22-10)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Approved P.L.2013, c.134. [A4113 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A4113-Chaptered.html

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Approp.

 

P.L.2013, CHAPTER 134, approved August 9, 2013

Assembly, No. 4113

 

 

An Act appropriating $1,393,084 from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" for the purpose of making historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects.

 

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

 

     1.    a. There is appropriated $1,393,084 to the New Jersey Historic Trust from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 20 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 historic site management grants as listed in subsection b. of this section, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding.

     b.    The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of historic site management grants with the moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

 

County	Municipality	Name of Organization	Project Name	Grant Award
Burlington	Bordentown City	Christ Church	Christ Church Cemetery, Bordentown	$7,500
Burlington	Burlington City	St. Mary's Episcopal Church	St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington	50,000
Burlington	Chesterfield Twp	Crosswicks Community Association	Crosswicks Community House	21,525
Burlington	Moorestown Twp	Perkins Center for the Arts	Perkins Center for the Arts	34,500
Burlington	Mt Laurel Twp	Jacob's Chapel AME Church	Jacob's Chapel AME Church	50,000
Camden	Camden City	Cooper's Ferry Partnership	Benjamin Cooper House	15,000
Camden	Camden City	St. Paul's Church	St. Paul's Church, Camden	49,669
Camden	Gibbsboro Boro	Gibbsboro Boro	John Lucas House	50,000
Camden	Haddon Heights Boro	Haddon Heights Boro	Glover Fulling Mill	50,000
Camden	Haddonfield Boro	NJ Department of Environmental Protection	Indian King Tavern	50,000
Cape May	Lower Twp	Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society	Nathaniel Foster House	15,000
Cumberland	Commercial Twp	Bayshore Discovery Project	Bivalve Shipping Sheds and Wharves	46,125
Essex	Montclair Twp	Montclair Historical Society	Israel Crane House	28,500
Essex	Newark City	Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church	Bellevue Avenue Congregational Church	41,074
Hudson	Hoboken City	Hoboken City	Hoboken City Hall	37,500
Hudson	Jersey City	Barrow Mansion Development Corporation	Barrow Mansion	50,000
Hunterdon	Clinton Town	Red Mill Museum Village	Hunt's Mill and M.C. Mulligan & Sons Quarry	13,309
Hunterdon	Raritan Twp	Hunterdon Land Trust	Case/Dvoor Farmstead	45,000
Mercer	Ewing Twp	Preservation New Jersey	First Presbyterian Church, Ewing	37,125
Middlesex	New Brunswick City	First Reformed Church of New Brunswick	Dutch Reformed Church of New Brunswick	50,000
Middlesex	New Brunswick City	Greater New Brunswick Daycare Council, Inc	Livingston Avenue United Church of Christ	50,000
Middlesex	Spotswood Boro	St. Peter's Episcopal Church	St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Spotswood	39,377
Middlesex	Woodbridge Twp	Woodbridge Twp	Barron Arts Center	50,000
Monmouth	Asbury Park City	Trinity Episcopal Church	Trinity Episcopal Church	49,350
Monmouth	Atlantic Highlands Boro	Atlantic Highlands Historical Society	Strauss Mansion	33,660
Monmouth	Middletown Twp	The AIDS Resource Foundation for Children	Lieutenant's Quarters Building #2, Fort Hancock	50,000
Monmouth	Wall Twp	Information Age Learning Center	Camp Evans Historic District	50,000
Morris	Madison Boro	Museum of Early Trades and Crafts	James Library Building	21,375
Morris	Morris Twp	Morris County Park Commission	Fosterfields Living Historical Farm	40,930
Passaic	Paterson City	Passaic County	Passaic County Courthouse and Annex	20,000
Passaic	Wayne Twp	Wayne Historical Commission	Van Riper-Hopper House, Van Duyne House	9,487
Union	Kenilworth Boro	Kenilworth Historical Society	Oswald J. Nitschke House	20,813
Union	Plainfield City	Grace Episcopal Church	Grace Episcopal Church	33,900
Union	Scotch Plains Twp	Fanwood and Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House, Inc	Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House	50,000
Union	Springfield Twp	First Presbyterian Church of Springfield	First Presbyterian Church of Springfield	47,265
Union	Summit City	Reeves-Reed Arboretum	The Clearing	35,100
Warren	Allamuchy Twp	Allamuchy Twp Board of Education	Rutherfurd Hall	50,000
TOTAL				$1,393,084

 

     c.    Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

     d.    To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project of a local government unit or qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization that previously received funding for historic preservation purposes appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-21), or that receives funding pursuant to this act, shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the New Jersey Historic Trust, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

     For the purposes of this subsection, "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.1987, c.265.

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     The bill appropriates $1,393,084 from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" to the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of making historic site management grants for the historic preservation projects listed in this bill.

     The "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" was established pursuant to section 20 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117.

     The 37 projects listed in this bill have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Preservation Trust.

     The historic site management grants support non-construction activities such as long-term planning of operations and programs including building assessments, accessibility, landscape plans, and creating educational campaigns to increase public awareness. Included among the 37 projects listed in the bill are three heritage tourism grant projects totaling $146,125.

     The bill provides that any transfer of any funds to another project, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in the bill would require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.

     The bill also provides that to the extent that there are funds remaining after those projects listed in this bill are offered funding, the New Jersey Historic Trust, with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, may use those funds to provide additional funding for historic preservation projects of local government units or qualifying tax-exempt nonprofit organizations previously approved for funding pursuant to various other laws or approved for funding pursuant to this bill.

 

 

                                

 

     Appropriates $1,393,084 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.