Bill Text: NJ S230 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriates $470,000 for Deal Lake maintenance projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee [S230 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S230-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator SEAN T. KEAN
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $470,000 for Deal Lake maintenance projects.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 28, 2007 (P.L.2007, c.111).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2007, c.111, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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42 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 40 Community Development and Environmental Management 42 Natural Resource Management GRANTS-IN-AID |
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21-4895 Natural Resources Engineering .......................................... |
$470,000 |
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Total Grants-In-Aid Appropriation, |
$470,000 |
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Natural Resource Management ....................................... |
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Grants-In-Aid: |
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21 Deal Lake Commission Projects .............. |
($470,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends the FY 2008 Appropriations Act by providing a grant of $470,000 to the Deal Lake Commission to finance necessary maintenance projects for Deal Lake in Monmouth County. Although the Department of Environmental Protection owns Deal Lake, the Deal Lake Commission, a public corporation consisting of seven municipalities bordering the 158 acre lake, is responsible for its maintenance and upkeep. Many longstanding projects needed to maintain the lake's environmental health have been deferred because of difficulties in obtaining public funds and financing.
The grant provided by the bill would allow the commission to begin three high priority projects that are necessary for the long term health of the lake. These projects entail flood control, management of nonpoint source pollution, and the hydro-raking of 14 acres of lake-bottom to remove weeds and leaves built up over five decades.
