New Jersey § 13:8c-30

§ 13:8c-30.

a. With respect to lands acquired using any funding source other than constitutionally

dedicated moneys, whether prior to the date of enactment of this act or thereafter,

and owned in fee simple by the State or by a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization,

and which lands are permanently preserved for recreation and conservation purposes,

the State shall pay annually on October 1 to each municipality in which those lands

are located the following amounts: $2 per acre of lands so acquired and owned for

any municipality for which all lands owned in fee simple by the State or by a qualifying

tax exempt nonprofit organization for recreation and conservation purposes constitute

less than 20% of the total land area of the municipality; $5 per acre of lands so

acquired and owned for any municipality for which all lands owned in fee simple by

the State or by a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization for recreation and

conservation purposes constitute at least 20% but less than 40% of the total land

area of the municipality; $10 per acre of lands so acquired and owned for any municipality

for which all lands owned in fee simple by the State or by a qualifying tax exempt

nonprofit organization for recreation and conservation purposes constitute at least

40% but less than 60% of the total land area of the municipality, and $20 per acre

of lands so acquired and owned for any municipality for which all lands owned in fee

simple by the State or by a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization for recreation

and conservation purposes constitute at least 60% of the total land area of the municipality. b. In the event payments in lieu of taxes are due and payable from the State on those

lands pursuant to another law, and those payments, if made by the State, would exceed

those that would be paid pursuant to this section, the payments shall be made in accordance

with the other law. In no case shall payments be made to a municipality in compliance with both this

section and any other applicable law. c. Any payments made by the State pursuant to this section shall be paid from the

General Fund but not from constitutionally dedicated moneys. d. All sums of money received by the respective municipalities as compensation for

loss of tax revenue pursuant to this section shall be applied to the same purposes

as is the tax revenue from the assessment and collection of taxes on real property

of these municipalities, and to accomplish this end the sums shall be apportioned

in the same manner as the general tax rate of the municipality for the tax year preceding

the year of receipt. e. For the purposes of this section, lands owned in fee simple by the State for recreation

and conservation purposes shall mean State parks and forests, as defined pursuant

to section 3 of P.L.1983, c. 324 ( C.13:1L-3 ), State wildlife management areas, and any other lands owned in fee simple by the

State and administered by the Department of Environmental Protection for recreation

and conservation purposes.