Bill Text: NJ S3575 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-9)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2018-01-08 - Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (67-0-0) [S3575 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S3575-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 3575

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 4, 2017

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

Senator  DIANE B. ALLEN

District 7 (Burlington)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act appropriating $4,990,934 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.

 

     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 capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section and historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding:

     (1)   $2,016,934 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)   $2,974,000 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.2017, c.99.

     b.    The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of capital preservation 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
Bergen	Oakland Boro	Oakland Borough	Van Allen House	$118,765
Bergen	Rutherford Boro	Rutherford Borough	Rutherford World War I Monument	61,800
Burlington	Bordentown City	Bordentown Historical Society	Bordentown Friends Meeting House	88,110
Burlington	Bordentown City	Christ Episcopal Church	Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery	18,000
Burlington	Medford Lakes Boro	Protestant Community Church of Medford Lakes	Protestant Community Church of Medford Lakes	113,640
Burlington	Mount Holly Twp	Mount Holly Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends	Friends Meeting House, Mount Holly	90,000
Camden	Camden City	Cooper's Ferry Partnership	Joseph Cooper House	72,000
Cape May	Lower Twp	Historic Cold Spring Village	Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District	68,040
Cape May	Lower Twp	Naval Air Station Wildwood	Hangar #1 (Naval Air Station Wildwood)	38,820
Cape May	Lower Twp	Cape May Maritime Museum	USCG Motor Lifeboat CG-36538	54,315
Cumberland	Bridgeton City	Center for Historic American Building Arts	Cumberland Nail and Iron Works Site	93,666
Essex	Newark City	Newark Public Library	Free Public Library of the City of Newark	86,184
Essex	Newark City	House of Prayer Episcopal Church	House of Prayer Episcopal Church and Rectory (Plume House)	150,000
Essex	South Orange Village Twp	Township of South Orange Village	Connett Memorial Library	500,000
Hudson	Jersey City	Grace Church Van Vorst	Grace Church Van Vorst	87,269
Hunterdon	Clinton Town	Red Mill Museum Village	M.C. Mulligan & Sons' Quarry (The Red Mill)	107,400
Hunterdon	Lambertville City	Lambertville City	A.H. Holcombe House (Lambertville City Hall)	76,119
Mercer	Hopewell Twp	Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Commission	Mount Rose Distillery Site	14,910
Mercer	Trenton City	Trenton City	Jackson Street Bridge	150,000
Middlesex	Plainsboro Twp	Plainsboro Township	John Van Buren Wicoff House	150,000
Monmouth	Allentown Boro	Allentown Public Library Association	First Baptist Church and Parsonage	12,078
Monmouth	Long Branch City	Long Branch Historical Museum Association	Church of the Presidents	150,000
Monmouth	Manasquan Boro	Manasquan Borough	Squan Beach Life Saving Station	75,000
Monmouth	Shrewsbury Boro	Christ Church of Shrewsbury	Christ Church, Shrewsbury	117,213
Morris	Morristown Town	Morris County Historical Society	Acorn Hall	139,020
Morris	Morristown Town	Church of the Redeemer	Church of the Redeemer, Morristown	386,300
Morris	Roxbury Twp	Lake Hopatcong Foundation	Landing Railroad Station	259,775
Passaic	Paterson City	Passaic County	Courthouse & Annex Gaetano Frederici Monuments	16,200
Passaic	Wayne Twp	Wayne Township	Van Duyne House	39,000
Salem	Salem City	Stand Up For Salem Inc.	J.C. Penney Building, Salem	361,323
Somerset	Franklin Twp	Six Mile Run Reformed Church	Six Mile Run Reformed Church, Franklin Township	83,598
Somerset	Branchburg Twp	Neshanic Reformed Church	Neshanic Reformed Church, Branchburg	92,630
Union	Scotch Plains Twp	Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary-Frazee House Inc.	Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House	257,000
Warren	Franklin Twp	Musconetcong Watershed Association	Hoffman Grist Mill	370,000
TOTAL				$4,498,175

 

     c.     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
Burlington	Chesterfield Twp	Fernbrook Environmental Education Center	Fernbrook Farm Historic District	$12,375
Burlington	Mount Holly Twp	St. Andrew's Episcopal Church	St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Mount Holly	50,000
Camden	Camden City	Camden County Historical Society	Pomona Hall	21,563

 

Camden	Camden City	St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church	St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church, Camden	5,000
Camden	Gloucester Twp	Gloucester Historical & Scenic Preservation Fund	Upton Log Cabin	6,750
Camden	Haddonfield Boro	First Presbyterian Church	First Presbyterian Church of Haddonfield	26,843
Essex	Caldwell Boro	Borough of Caldwell	Caldwell Historic Resources Survey	15,000
Gloucester	Washington Twp	Washington Township Historic Preservation Commission	George Morgan Stone House	16,500
Hunterdon	Kingwood Twp	First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship	Old Stone Church	25,500
Hunterdon	Raritan Twp	Hunterdon Land Trust	Case-Dvoor Farmstead	15,192
Mercer	Princeton Boro	Historic Morven Inc.	Morven	37,500
Mercer	Princeton Boro	Princeton Theological Seminary	Stuart Hall	50,000
Mercer	Trenton City	Community Loan Fund of NJ	East Trenton Public Library	17,635
Morris	Morristown Town	Morris County Historical Society	Acorn Hall-Carriage House	18,525
Passaic	Paterson City	NJ Community Development Corporation	First Presbyterian Church of Paterson	50,000
Somerset	Franklin Twp	Meadows Foundation	Symen Van Wickle House	48,126
Union	Berkeley Heights Twp	Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs	Feltville Historic District (Deserted Village of Feltville)	50,000
Union	Plainfield City	Plainfield Fire Dept.	Fire House Number 4, Plainfield	26,250
TOTAL				$492,759

    

     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 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.52 (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.

     f.     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 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 $2,016,934 to implement the provisions of this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     The bill appropriates $4,990,934 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects contained in this bill. 

     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.2017, c.99 (i.e., the FY2018 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, $2,016,934 is from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," and $2,974,000 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 funding contained in this bill will be used to provide capital preservation grants for 34 projects, totaling $4,498,175, and historic site management grants for 18 projects, totaling $492,759.  Capital preservation grants fund the restoration, preservation, repair, and rehabilitation of historic sites for new or continued use by nonprofit organizations or county and municipal governments.  The properties must be listed or eligible for listing in the State or National Register of Historic Places.  There are two levels of capital preservation grants:  Level I grants of $5,000 to $150,000, and Level II grants of $150,001 to $750,000.  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.

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

     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.