New Jersey § 13:8c-25

§ 13:8c-25.

Within one year after the date of enactment of this act, and biennially thereafter

until and including 2008, the Garden State Preservation Trust, after consultation

with the Department of Environmental Protection, the State Agriculture Development

Committee, the New Jersey Historic Trust, the Pinelands Commission, the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, and the Office of State Planning in the Department of Community Affairs, shall prepare

and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a written report, which shall: a. Describe the progress being made on achieving the goals and objectives of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and this act with respect to the acquisition and development of lands for recreation

and conservation purposes, the preservation of farmland, and the preservation of historic

properties, and provide recommendations with respect to any legislative, administrative,

or local action that may be required to ensure that those goals and objectives may

be met in the future; b. Tabulate, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, the total acreage for

the entire State, and the acreage in each county and municipality, of lands acquired

for recreation and conservation purposes and of farmland preserved for farmland preservation

purposes that have been applied toward meeting the goals and objectives of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and this act with respect to the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation

purposes and the preservation of farmland; c. Tabulate, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, the total acreage for

the entire State, and the acreage in each county and municipality, of any donations

of land that have been applied toward meeting the goals and objectives of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and this act with respect to the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation

purposes and the preservation of farmland; d. List, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, and by project name, project

sponsor, and location by county and municipality, all historic preservation projects

funded with constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part; e. Indicate those areas of the State where, as designated by the Department of Environmental

Protection in the Open Space Master Plan prepared pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c. 76 ( C.13:8C-25.1 ), the acquisition and development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation

purposes is planned or is most likely to occur, and those areas of the State where

there is a need to protect water resources, including the identification of lands

where protection is needed to assure adequate quality and quantity of drinking water

supplies in times of drought, indicate those areas of the State where the allocation

of constitutionally dedicated moneys for farmland preservation purposes is planned

or is most likely to occur, and provide a proposed schedule and expenditure plan for

those acquisitions, developments, and allocations, for the next reporting period,

which shall include an explanation of how those acquisitions, developments, and allocations

will be distributed throughout all geographic regions of the State to the maximum

extent practicable and feasible; f. List any surplus real property owned by the State or an independent authority of

the State that may be utilizable for recreation and conservation purposes or farmland

preservation purposes, and indicate what action has been or must be taken to effect

a conveyance of those lands to the department, the committee, local government units,

qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations, or other entities or persons so that

the lands may be preserved and used for those purposes; g. List, for the reporting period, all projects for which applications for funding

under the Green Acres, farmland preservation, and historic preservation programs were

received but not funded with constitutionally dedicated moneys during the reporting

period, and the reason or reasons why those projects were not funded; h. Provide, for the reporting period, a comparison of the amount of constitutionally

dedicated moneys annually appropriated for local government unit projects for recreation

and conservation purposes in municipalities eligible to receive State aid pursuant

to P.L.1978, c. 14 ( C.52:27D-178 et seq. ) to the average amount of Green Acres bond act moneys annually appropriated for such

projects in the years 1984 through 1998; and i. Tabulate, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, the total acreage for

the entire State, and the acreage in each county and municipality, of lands acquired

for recreation and conservation purposes that protect water resources and that protect

flood-prone areas.