New Jersey § 13:8c-56

§ 13:8c-56.

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

the Garden State Preservation Trust, after consultation with the Department of Environmental

Protection, the State Agriculture Development Committee, and the New Jersey Historic

Trust shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c. 164 ( C.52:14-19.1 ), a written report, which shall: a. Describe the progress being made with respect to the acquisition and development

of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including lands that have incurred

flood or storm damage or are likely to do so, or that may buffer or protect other

properties from flood or storm damage, 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 enable the Department of Environmental

Protection, the State Agriculture Development Committee, and the New Jersey Historic

Trust to meet their goals and objectives; 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, including lands that protect water supplies

and lands that have incurred flood or storm damage or are likely to do so, or that

may buffer or protect other properties from flood or storm damage, using (1) funding

provided by this act, and (2) any other funding provided for such purposes; 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 farmland preserved

for farmland preservation purposes using (1) funding provided by this act, and (2)

any other funding provided for such purposes; d. 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 for recreation and conservation purposes or farmland preservation purposes; e. List, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, and by location by county

and municipality, all stewardship activities funded pursuant to subsection b. of section

6 of this act 1 and paragraph (2) of subsection b. of section 8 of this act; 2 f. List, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, and by project name, project

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

including emergency intervention and the acquisition of historic preservation easements,

funded with constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys in whole or in part; g. 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, including lands that have incurred flood or storm damage or are likely to

do so, or that may buffer or protect other properties from flood or storm damage,

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 CBT 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; h. 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; i. List, for the reporting period, all projects for which applications for funding

under the Green Acres, Blue Acres, farmland preservation, and historic preservation

programs were received but not funded with constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys or

other funds during the reporting period, and the reason or reasons why those projects

were not funded; j. 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 have

incurred flood or storm damage or are likely to do so, or that may buffer or protect

other properties from flood or storm damage; and k. Describe any other information or statistics necessary to document the expenditure

of funds pursuant to this act in conjunction with the expenditure of funds pursuant

to P.L.1999, c. 152 ( C.13:8C-1 et al.) and any Green Acres bond act. 1

N.J.S.A. § 13:8C-48. 2

N.J.S.A. § 13:8C-50.