New Jersey § 23:2a-15

§ 23:2a-15.

a. There shall be appropriated each fiscal year to the Department of Environmental

Protection a sum sufficient to provide the State match required to qualify for any

federal grants or other assistance apportioned and made available to the State of

New Jersey under the State Wildlife Grants Program or any similar program established

pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation for the purpose of benefitting wildlife

and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished. b. The annual State match appropriation requirement under subsection a. of this section

shall be met through the appropriation, from the “Endangered and Nongame Species of

Wildlife Conservation Fund” established by section 1 of P.L.1981, c. 170 ( C.54A:9-25.2 ), from the “Wildlife Conservation Fund” established by section 1 of P.L.1993, c. 119 ( C.39:3-33.10 ), or from any other fund or account established by law exclusively or primarily to

fund the conservation of endangered or nongame wildlife and their habitat, of moneys,

credited in such funds or accounts, that cumulatively exceed an amount equal to the

total amount from those funds or accounts that was used in State fiscal year 2005

to support programs and activities related to the conservation of endangered or nongame

wildlife and their habitat, which support is ineligible to meet the State match requirement

under the State Wildlife Grants Program. c. In any fiscal year, to the extent that funds directed to be appropriated under

subsection b. of this section are insufficient to meet the annual State match appropriation

requirement under subsection a. of this section, the remaining amount necessary to

meet that requirement shall be made from the General Fund. d. The sum appropriated under this section each fiscal year shall be expended by the

Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection for the

purposes and in accordance with the requirements of the federal program and to allow

the Endangered and Nongame Species Program in the division to perform its duties and

responsibilities.