S2247. Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.

New Jersey Legislature. 2012-2013 Regular Session. Senate.

Introduced:
Oct 04, 2012
Last Action:
Jan 25, 2013
Approved P.L.2013, c.9.

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History

Oct 04, 2012: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Oct 15, 2012: Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Oct 15, 2012: Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

Oct 25, 2012: Passed by the Senate (39-0)

Nov 19, 2012: Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Nov 19, 2012: Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

Dec 03, 2012: Substituted for A3370

Dec 03, 2012: Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0)

Jan 25, 2013: Approved P.L.2013, c.9.

Summary

The bill appropriates $8,930,975 from the "2009 Green Acres Fund" to provide grants to various nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes. The "2009 Green Acres Fund" was established pursuant to the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117. Of the amount appropriated, $6,630,975 is allocated for acquisition projects and $2,300,000 is allocated for park development projects. The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the DEP and the Garden State Preservation Trust. The bill also would allow the DEP to re-distribute certain other moneys, which have been returned to the department due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings, for the purpose of providing additional funding, for recreation and conservation purposes, to previously approved and funded projects of nonprofit entities, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. This additional funding, if provided from a Green Acres bond act, may include administrative costs.