Bill Text: NJ S2896 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 33-13)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-17 - Approved P.L.2011, c.100. [S2896 Detail]
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An Act appropriating $39,000,000 from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," the "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to the State Agriculture Development Committee for planning incentive grants to counties for farmland preservation purposes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is appropriated to the State Agriculture Development Committee the following sums for the purpose of providing planning incentive grants to counties pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1) for up to 80% of the cost of acquisition of development easements on farmland for projects approved as eligible for such funding pursuant to this section:
(1) $34,987,879 from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 18 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117;
(2) $223,667 from the "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 18 of the "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007," P.L.2007, c.119, made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of monies previously appropriated; and
(3) $3,788,454 from the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Garden State Preservation Trust Act," P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-20), made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of previously appropriated funds.
The total expenditure by the State Agriculture Development Committee pursuant to subsections b. and c. of this section shall not exceed $39,000,000.
b. The following projects are eligible for funding with the monies appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
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Applicant (County) |
Municipality |
Amount of Grant
|
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Bergen County
|
Allendale Boro Closter Boro Emerson Boro Franklin Lakes Boro Hillsdale Boro Mahwah Twp Montvale Boro Norwood Boro Oakland Boro Old Tappan Boro Paramus Boro River Vale Twp Saddle River Boro Woodcliff Lake Boro Wyckoff Twp
|
$1,500,000 |
|
Burlington County |
Chesterfield Twp Eastampton Twp Florence Twp Hainesport Twp Lumberton Twp Mansfield Twp Medford Twp New Hanover Twp North Hanover Twp Pemberton Twp Shamong Twp Southampton Twp Springfield Twp Tabernacle Twp Westampton Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Cape May County |
Dennis Twp Lower Twp Middle Twp Upper Twp West Cape May Boro Woodbine Boro
|
1,500,000 |
|
Cumberland County |
Deerfield Twp Downe Twp Fairfield Twp Greenwich Twp Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Shiloh Boro Stow Creek Twp Upper Deerfield Twp Vineland City
|
1,500,000 |
|
Gloucester County |
Clayton Boro East Greenwich Twp Elk Twp Franklin Twp Greenwich Twp Harrison Twp Logan Twp Mantua Twp Monroe Twp South Harrison Twp Washington Twp Woolwich Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Hunterdon County |
Alexandria Twp Bethlehem Twp Clinton Twp Delaware Twp East Amwell Twp Franklin Twp Hampton Boro Holland Twp Kingwood Twp Lebanon Twp Raritan Twp Readington Twp Tewksbury Twp Union Twp West Amwell Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Mercer County |
East Windsor Twp Hamilton Twp Hopewell Twp Lawrence Twp Robbinsville Twp West Windsor Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Middlesex County |
Cranbury Twp East Brunswick Twp Monroe Twp North Brunswick Twp Old Bridge Twp Plainsboro Twp South Brunswick Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Monmouth County |
Colts Neck Twp Freehold Twp Holmdel Twp Howell Twp Manalapan Twp Marlboro Twp Middletown Twp Millstone Twp Roosevelt Boro Upper Freehold Twp Wall Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Morris County |
Boonton Twp Chatham Twp Chester Boro Chester Twp Denville Twp Harding Twp Lincoln Park Boro Long Hill Twp Mendham Boro Mendham Twp Mine Hill Twp Montville Twp Morris Twp Mount Olive Twp Pequannock Twp Randolph Twp Rockaway Twp Roxbury Twp Washington Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Ocean County |
Jackson Twp Lakewood Twp Plumsted Twp Toms River Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Passaic County |
Bloomingdale Boro Clifton City North Haledon Boro Ringwood Boro Totowa Boro Wanaque Boro Wayne Twp West Milford Twp Woodland Park Boro
|
1,500,000 |
|
Salem County |
Alloway Twp Elsinboro Twp Lower Alloways Creek Twp Mannington Twp Oldmans Twp Pilesgrove Twp Pittsgrove Twp Quinton Twp Upper Pittsgrove Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Somerset County |
Bedminster Twp Bernards Twp Bernardsville Boro Branchburg Twp Bridgewater Twp Far Hills Boro Franklin Twp Hillsborough Twp Millstone Boro Montgomery Twp Peapack-Gladstone Boro Rocky Hill Boro Warren Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Sussex County |
Andover Boro Andover Twp Frankford Twp Fredon Twp Green Twp Hampton Twp Hardyston Twp Lafayette Twp Montague Twp Sandyston Twp Sparta Twp Stillwater Twp Vernon Twp Wantage Twp
|
1,500,000 |
|
Warren County |
Allamuchy Twp Alpha Boro Blairstown Twp Franklin Twp Frelinghuysen Twp Greenwich Twp Hardwick Twp Harmony Twp Hope Twp Independence Twp Knowlton Twp Liberty Twp Mansfield Twp Pohatcong Twp Washington Twp White Twp |
1,500,000 |
c. (1) In addition to the funding provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, each applicant identified in subsection b. of this section shall be eligible, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Agriculture Development Committee providing for a county planning incentive grant program competitive grant fund, to receive an additional grant not to exceed $3,000,000 from the monies appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The total expenditure by the State Agriculture Development Committee pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed $15,000,000.
(2) The maximum grant award an applicant identified in subsection b. of this section may receive pursuant to the funding provided by subsection b. of this section and paragraph (1) of this subsection is $4,500,000.
2. a. Of the monies appropriated pursuant to P.L.2009, c.94 from the "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 18 of the "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007," P.L.2007, c.119, the sum of $223,667 is made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of previously appropriated funds.
b. Of the monies appropriated or reappropriated pursuant to P.L.1999, c.138, P.L.2000, c.49, P.L.2001, c.306, and P.L.2007, c.184 from the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Garden State Preservation Trust Act," P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-20), the sum of $3,788,454 is made available due to project withdrawals, cancelled obligations, and reallocation of previously appropriated funds.
3. The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.2007, c.119, P.L.1999, c.180 (C.4:1C-43.1), P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.), and P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.), as appropriate.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill appropriates $39 million to the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) for the purpose of providing planning incentive grants to counties for up to 80% of the cost of acquisition of development easements on farmland for farmland preservation purposes.
Of this funding: $34,987,879 is from the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 18 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117; $223,667 is reappropriated from the "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 18 of the "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007," P.L.2007, c.119, made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of monies previously appropriated; and $3,788,454 is reappropriated from the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Garden State Preservation Trust Act," P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-20), made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of monies previously appropriated for projects.
These funds will be used to provide planning incentive grants to 16 counties for up to 80% of the cost of acquisition of development easements on farmland. The 16 counties will each receive a "base grant" of $1.5 million. These counties would also be eligible to compete to receive an additional grant of up to $3 million each from the "competitive grant fund" of $15 million pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of the bill, for a maximum grant award of $4.5 million.
These allocations and the projects listed in this bill have been approved by the SADC and the Garden State Preservation Trust.
Lastly, this bill would cancel certain prior appropriations totaling $4,012,121 for farmland preservation projects which have been made available due to project withdrawals, canceled obligations, and reallocation of previously appropriated funds, thereby making those moneys available for appropriation again to fund other farmland preservation projects.
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
