New Jersey-2018-S3151-Introduced

An Act appropriating $1,190,349 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.

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

1. a. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust the following sums 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:

(1) $1,026,621 from dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51); and

(2) $11,000 from the unexpended balances of dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund - Constitutional Dedication account made available for this purpose pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2018, c.53.

b. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

County	Municipality	Name of Organization	Project Name	Grant Award
Atlantic	Atlantic City	Atlantic City	Fire Station #8	$50,000
Bergen	Ridgewood Village	The James Rose Center	James C. Rose Residence	37,224
Burlington	Florence Township	Roebling Museum	Roebling Wire Company	36,415
Camden	Haddonfield Borough	Historical Society of Haddonfield	Greenfield Hall	24,352
Cape May	Lower Township	Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation	Hangar #1	29,813
Cape May	Lower Township	Historic Cold Spring Village Foundation	Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District	37,107
Cape May	Lower Township	Lower Township	Judge Nathaniel Foster House	38,850
Cumberland	Bridgeton City	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Courthouse	50,000
Cumberland	Greenwich Township	Greenwich Township	Old Stone School	11,109
Gloucester	Glassboro Borough	Glassboro Historic Preservation Commission	West Jersey Depot Train Station (Glassboro Train Station)	7,500
Gloucester	Washington Township	Washington Township Historic Preservation Commission	George Morgan Stone House	5,001
Gloucester	Woolwich Township	Gloucester County Historical Society	Moravian Church	43,186
Hudson	Hoboken City	Hoboken City	Hoboken Firehouses & Fireman's Monument	37,500
Hudson	Hoboken City	Hoboken Public Library Board of Trustees	Hoboken Free Public Library and Manual Training School	50,000
Hunterdon	Flemington Borough	Hunterdon County Historical Society	Mahlon Fisher Residence (Doric House)	20,625
Hunterdon	Kingwood Township	Kingwood Township	William Lindsay White House	30,000
Mercer	Hamilton Township	Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.	Isaac Pearson House	50,000
Mercer	Pennington Borough	The Watershed Institute	Andrew & Hannah Drake Farmstead/Brookdale Farm	49,090
Mercer	Trenton City	Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund	In and Out Social Club	22,500
Middlesex	North Brunswick Township	North Brunswick Historical Society, Inc.	Buckelew/Austin/Webb/ Pulda Farm Historic District	21,375
Monmouth	Shrewsbury Borough	Monmouth County Historical Association	Allen House	47,550
Morris	Denville Township	Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation, Inc.	Ayres' Farm	5,550
Morris	Morristown Town	Morris County Historical Society	Jacob Ford Powder Mill Site	30,954
Morris	Roxbury Township	Roxbury Township	Lafayette School	14,156
Morris	Washington Township	Middle Valley Community Center	Middle Valley Chapel	5,000
Passaic	Paterson City	Passaic County	Lambert Castle	50,000
Passaic	Wayne Township	Friends of Passaic County Parks	Dey Mansion (Passaic County Interpretive Plan)	41,397
Passaic	Wayne Township	Wayne Township	Van Riper Hopper House & Van Duyne House	28,500
Somerset	Bedminster Township	Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House	Voorhees Dutch Barn	50,000
Somerset	Somerville Borough	Somerville Borough	Daniel Robert House	23,535
Sussex	Newton Town	Sussex County Historical Society	Old Newton Academy	34,225
Sussex	Vernon Township	Vernon Township Historical Society	Black Creek Site	5,107
Union	Clark Township	Union County	Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge	50,000

TOTAL $1,037,621

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.

e. The expenditure of moneys appropriated pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.).

2. There is appropriated from dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), to the New Jersey Historic Trust the sum of $152,728 for the purpose of providing organizational, administrative and other work and services, including salaries, equipment, materials and services necessary to administer the applicable provisions of this act.

3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $1,179,349 to implement the provisions of this act.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

The bill appropriates $1,190,349 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of providing historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects contained in this bill, and associated administrative expenses.

The funding in this bill is provided from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax (CBT) revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution, approved by the voters of the State in November 2014, including the unexpended balances in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund - Constitutional Dedication account made available for these purposes pursuant to P.L.2018, c.53 (i.e., the FY2019 annual appropriations act). The "Preserve New Jersey Act" implements for State fiscal years 2017 through 2019, the constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for open space, farmland, and historic preservation. Specifically, of the funding provided in this bill, $1,179,349 is from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," and $11,000 is from the unexpended balances in the Diesel Risk Mitigation Fund - Constitutional Dedication account. The "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund" was established by section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act."

The 33 projects listed in this bill have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Preservation Trust.

Historic site management grants support non-construction activities. Of the projects in this bill: 29 grants will help fund preservation planning projects such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, and construction documents; and four grants will help fund projects to improve visitors' experience at historic sites by assessing heritage tourism potential and creating interpretive plans and signage. All the grants require a match from the recipient. All of the properties are listed or eligible to be listed in the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts, and the project names in the bill are the names of the properties as they are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and may not reflect the current names of the property.

The bill also 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 further provides that to the extent 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.

Lastly, this bill appropriates $152,728 from the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund" to the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of providing funding for the organizational, administrative and other work and services, including salaries, equipment, materials and services necessary to administer the applicable provisions of this bill.