ASSEMBLY, No. 5120 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED DECEMBER 9, 2024
ASSEMBLY, No. 5120
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED DECEMBER 9, 2024
Sponsored by: Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL District 11 (Monmouth) Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR. District 5 (Camden and Gloucester) SYNOPSIS Appropriates $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act appropriating $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust the sum of $16,598,738 from dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), for the purpose of providing, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding: (1) capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section; (2) historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section; and (3) easement purchases as listed in subsection d. of this section. b. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of capital preservation grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section: County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award Atlantic Atlantic City Atlantic City Fire Station #8 (Northside Institutional Historic District) 750,000 Atlantic Atlantic City Casino Reinvestment Development Authority Atlantic City Convention Hall 750,000 Atlantic Atlantic City Inlet Public/Private Association, Inc. Absecon Lighthouse 750,000 Bergen Fair Lawn Boro Borough of Fair Lawn Naugle-Vanderbeck House 537,509 Bergen Oradell Boro County of Bergen New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company 750,000 Burlington New Hanover Twp New Hanover Township General Edward S. Godfrey House 149,257 Camden Camden City Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc. USS New Jersey (BB-62) 350,000 Camden Cherry Hill Twp Cherry Hill Township Kay-Evans Farmstead (Croft Farmstead) 638,286 Camden Gibbsboro Boro Borough of Gibbsboro John Lucas House 552,094 Cape May Lower Twp Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (trading as Cape May MAC) Cape May Lighthouse 23,166 Cape May Lower Twp Lower Township Judge Nathaniel Foster House 150,000 Essex Livingston Twp Township of Livingston Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force House and Condit Family Cook House 370,750 Essex Montclair Twp The Montclair Foundation Van Vleck House & Gardens (Mountain Historic District) 337,197 Hudson Jersey City Save Ellis Island Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island 191,152 Hudson Jersey City Jersey City Free Public Library Jersey City Public Library (Van Vorst Park Historic District) 600,000 Hunterdon Flemington Boro Hunterdon County Historical Society Doric House (Flemington Historic District) 8,153 Hunterdon Holland Twp Township of Holland Riegel Ridge Community Center 120,000 Hunterdon Raritan Twp Hunterdon Land Trust Case-Dvoor Farmstead 750,000 Mercer Hamilton Twp The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Isaac Watson House 40,200 Mercer Hopewell Boro Borough of Hopewell Hopewell Railroad Station 146,676 Mercer Trenton City Historic Trenton Masonic Temple Masonic Temple (State House Historic District) 60,300 Mercer Trenton City City of Trenton Roebling Machine Shop 750,000 Mercer Lawrence Twp Lawrence Township Baker-Brearley House 400,000 Monmouth Asbury Park City Asbury Park African-American Music Project, Inc. Turf Club 313,075 Monmouth Shrewsbury Boro Monmouth County Historical Association Allen House 200,000 Monmouth West Long Branch Boro Monmouth University Shadow Lawn - Phase 2 750,000 Morris Dover Town Dover Area Historical Society Condict House/ Presbyterian Church House (Blackwell Street Historic District) 150,000 Morris Mendham Boro Mendham Borough Cary Barn (Stephen Cary House) 434,845 Morris Morristown Town Morris County Historical Society Acorn Hall 168,225 Morris Morristown Town The Woman's Club of Morristown, Inc. Dr. Lewis Condict House 350,900 Morris Mountain Lakes Boro Borough of Mountain Lakes Mountain Lakes Train Station (Mountain Lakes Historic District) 270,950 Morris Netcong Boro The Growing Stage - The Children's Theatre of New Jersey Palace Theatre 150,000 Morris Rockaway Twp Township of Rockaway Ford-Faesch Manor House 400,000 Morris Washington Twp Middle Valley Community Center, Inc. Middle Valley Community Center (Middle Valley Historic District) 30,900 Ocean Toms River Twp Ocean County Historical Society Elizabeth Sculthorp Force House 12,600 Passaic Paterson City County of Passaic Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District - Phase 2 750,000 Passaic Wayne Twp Township of Wayne Van Duyne House 407,520 Somerset Bernards Twp The Friends of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, Inc. Kennedy-Martin- Stelle Farmstead 577,384 Union Berkeley Heights Twp Township of Berkeley Heights Littel-Lord Farmstead 384,067 Union Clark Twp Township of Clark Seventeenth Century Clark House 145,950 Union Rahway City Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association Merchants and Drovers Tavern 120,000 Union Scotch Plains Twp Preserve Shady Rest Committee Shady Rest Golf and Country Club 150,000 Union Union Twp Liberty Hall Museum Liberty Hall 89,844 TOTAL $15,031,000 c. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section: County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award Atlantic Atlantic City City of Atlantic City Atlantic City Fire Station #6/Atlantic City Fire Station #9 49,999 Atlantic Atlantic City Atlantic City Liberty Hotel 75,000 Bergen Dumont Boro Borough of Dumont Derick Banta House 25,875 Bergen Fair Lawn Boro Radburn Association Radburn Historic District 75,000 Burlington Bordentown City Bordentown Historical Society Clara Barton Schoolhouse (Bordentown Historic District) 43,867 Burlington Florence Twp Roebling Main Gate Museum 101 Second Avenue (Roebling Historic District) 18,750 Camden Camden City Camden County Historical Society Pomona Hall (Cooper House) 43,110 Cumberland Millville City Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM) Millville Army Air Field Historic District 13,830 Essex Nutley Twp Van Riper House, Inc. Van Riper House 9,634 Hudson Weehawken Twp Township of Weehawken Hackensack Water Company Complex 56,250 Hunterdon Clinton Twp The 1759 Vought House, Inc., A Revolutionary War Loyalist Homestead Christoffel Vought Farmstead 16,111 Hunterdon Lambertville City The Kalmia Club The Kalmia Club 26,250 Hunterdon Readington Twp Readington Township Taylor's Mill (Taylor's Mill Historic District) 34,290 Hunterdon Stockton Boro Stockton Borough District No.98 Schoolhouse 43,875 Mercer Hamilton Twp The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Isaac Watson House 53,400 Mercer Hamilton Twp Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc. Isaac Pearson House 20,145 Mercer Hopewell Twp Washington Crossing Park Association, Inc. Washington Crossing State Park 75,000 Mercer Trenton City Historic Trenton Masonic Temple Masonic Temple (State House Historic District) 31,350 Mercer Trenton City Greater Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation Greater Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church 18,700 Mercer Trenton City Old Barracks Association Old Barracks 66,450 Monmouth Fair Haven Boro Borough of Fair Haven Fisk Chapel 38,625 Monmouth Middletown Twp Township of Middletown Dempsey Pump House 38,100 Monmouth Red Bank Boro Borough of Red Bank Monmouth Boat Club 45,000 Morris Boonton Town The Town of Boonton Darress Theatre 75,000 Morris Chester Twp Morris County Park Commission Willowwood Arboretum 47,175 Morris Randolph Twp Friends Meeting House & Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ Friends Meetinghouse 75,000 Somerset Franklin Twp Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead Association, Inc. Van Liew Farmhouse (East Millstone Historic District) 39,540 Somerset Somerville Boro NJ Department of Environmental Protection Old Dutch Parsonage 75,000 Sussex Stillwater Twp Historical Society of Stillwater Township Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex 19,537 Sussex Vernon Twp Vernon Township Historic Society Rickey Farm 16,125 Union Rahway City City of Rahway Rahway Library 35,250 Union Plainfield City City of Plainfield Plainfield YMCA (Plainfield Civic Historic District) 26,250 Union Plainfield City Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM Plainfield Masonic Temple, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM 75,000 Union Union Twp Union Township Historical Society Caldwell Parsonage 65,250 TOTAL $1,467,738 d. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the sum of $100,000 shall be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of the following easement purchases: County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award Burlington Bordentown City NJ Historic Trust Easement Purchase $100,000 TOTAL $100,000 e. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. f. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project that previously received funding for historic preservation purposes appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-21), or that receives funding pursuant to this act, shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the New Jersey Historic Trust, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. For the purposes of this subsection, "Green Acres bond act" means P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.2007, c.119, P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1987, c.265. g. The expenditure of moneys appropriated pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.). 2. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust from the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $1,920,000 for paying administrative costs associated with administering the applicable provisions of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.). 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $18,518,738 to implement the provisions of this act. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT The bill appropriates $18,518,738 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects contained in the bill and associated administrative expenses. The funding in this bill is provided from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax (CBT) revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution, approved by the voters of the State in November 2014. The "Preserve New Jersey Act" implements the constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for open space, farmland, and historic preservation. The "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund" was established by section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act." The funding contained in this bill will be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust to provide capital preservation grants for 43 projects, totaling $15,031,000 (listed in subsection b. of section 1 of the bill), and historic site management grants, including heritage tourism initiatives, for 34 projects, totaling $1,467,738 (listed in subsection c. of section 1 of the bill). In addition, of the funding, $100,000 will be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust to purchase a historic preservation easement. Lastly, the bill appropriates $1,920,000 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for administrative expenses incurred in the implementation of the "Preserve New Jersey Act." Capital preservation grants fund the restoration, preservation, repair, and rehabilitation of historic sites for new or continued use by nonprofit organizations or local governments. There are three levels of capital preservation grants: Level I grants of $5,000 to $150,000; Level II grants of $150,001 to $750,000; and Multi-Phase Level II grants range of $500,000 to $750,000. Historic site management grants help fund preservation planning projects, such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, construction documents, and heritage tourism initiatives to improve visitors' experiences at historic sites. All of the grants require a match from the recipient. All of the properties are listed or eligible to be listed in the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts. The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Preservation Trust. The bill also provides that any transfer of any funds to another project, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in the bill would require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. The bill further provides that, to the extent there are funds remaining after the projects listed in this bill are offered funding, the New Jersey Historic Trust, with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, may use those funds to provide additional funding for historic preservation projects, provided those projects were previously approved for funding pursuant to various other laws or approved for funding pursuant to this bill.
An Act appropriating $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax revenues for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust the sum of $16,598,738 from dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution in the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), for the purpose of providing, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding: (1) capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section; (2) historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section; and (3) easement purchases as listed in subsection d. of this section.
b. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of capital preservation grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award
Atlantic Atlantic City Atlantic City Fire Station #8 (Northside Institutional Historic District) 750,000
Atlantic Atlantic City Casino Reinvestment Development Authority Atlantic City Convention Hall 750,000
Atlantic Atlantic City Inlet Public/Private Association, Inc. Absecon Lighthouse 750,000
Bergen Fair Lawn Boro Borough of Fair Lawn Naugle-Vanderbeck House 537,509
Bergen Oradell Boro County of Bergen New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company 750,000
Burlington New Hanover Twp New Hanover Township General Edward S. Godfrey House 149,257
Camden Camden City Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc. USS New Jersey (BB-62) 350,000
Camden Cherry Hill Twp Cherry Hill Township Kay-Evans Farmstead (Croft Farmstead) 638,286
Camden Gibbsboro Boro Borough of Gibbsboro John Lucas House 552,094
Cape May Lower Twp Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (trading as Cape May MAC) Cape May Lighthouse 23,166
Cape May Lower Twp Lower Township Judge Nathaniel Foster House 150,000
Essex Livingston Twp Township of Livingston Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force House and Condit Family Cook House 370,750
Essex Montclair Twp The Montclair Foundation Van Vleck House & Gardens (Mountain Historic District) 337,197
Hudson Jersey City Save Ellis Island Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island 191,152
Hudson Jersey City Jersey City Free Public Library Jersey City Public Library (Van Vorst Park Historic District) 600,000
Hunterdon Flemington Boro Hunterdon County Historical Society Doric House (Flemington Historic District) 8,153
Hunterdon Holland Twp Township of Holland Riegel Ridge Community Center 120,000
Hunterdon Raritan Twp Hunterdon Land Trust Case-Dvoor Farmstead 750,000
Mercer Hamilton Twp The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Isaac Watson House 40,200
Mercer Hopewell Boro Borough of Hopewell Hopewell Railroad Station 146,676
Mercer Trenton City Historic Trenton Masonic Temple Masonic Temple (State House Historic District) 60,300
Mercer Trenton City City of Trenton Roebling Machine Shop 750,000
Mercer Lawrence Twp Lawrence Township Baker-Brearley House 400,000
Monmouth Asbury Park City Asbury Park African-American Music Project, Inc. Turf Club 313,075
Monmouth Shrewsbury Boro Monmouth County Historical Association Allen House 200,000
Monmouth West Long Branch Boro Monmouth University Shadow Lawn - Phase 2 750,000
Morris Dover Town Dover Area Historical Society Condict House/ Presbyterian Church House (Blackwell Street Historic District) 150,000
Morris Mendham Boro Mendham Borough Cary Barn (Stephen Cary House) 434,845
Morris Morristown Town Morris County Historical Society Acorn Hall 168,225
Morris Morristown Town The Woman's Club of Morristown, Inc. Dr. Lewis Condict House 350,900
Morris Mountain Lakes Boro Borough of Mountain Lakes Mountain Lakes Train Station (Mountain Lakes Historic District) 270,950
Morris Netcong Boro The Growing Stage - The Children's Theatre of New Jersey Palace Theatre 150,000
Morris Rockaway Twp Township of Rockaway Ford-Faesch Manor House 400,000
Morris Washington Twp Middle Valley Community Center, Inc. Middle Valley Community Center (Middle Valley Historic District) 30,900
Ocean Toms River Twp Ocean County Historical Society Elizabeth Sculthorp Force House 12,600
Passaic Paterson City County of Passaic Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District - Phase 2 750,000
Passaic Wayne Twp Township of Wayne Van Duyne House 407,520
Somerset Bernards Twp The Friends of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, Inc. Kennedy-Martin- Stelle Farmstead 577,384
Union Berkeley Heights Twp Township of Berkeley Heights Littel-Lord Farmstead 384,067
Union Clark Twp Township of Clark Seventeenth Century Clark House 145,950
Union Rahway City Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association Merchants and Drovers Tavern 120,000
Union Scotch Plains Twp Preserve Shady Rest Committee Shady Rest Golf and Country Club 150,000
Union Union Twp Liberty Hall Museum Liberty Hall 89,844
TOTAL $15,031,000
County
Municipality
Name of
Organization
Project Name
Grant Award
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Atlantic City
Fire Station #8 (Northside Institutional Historic District)
750,000
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
Atlantic City Convention Hall
750,000
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Inlet Public/Private Association, Inc.
Absecon Lighthouse
750,000
Bergen
Fair Lawn Boro
Borough of Fair Lawn
Naugle-Vanderbeck House
537,509
Bergen
Oradell Boro
County of Bergen
New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company
750,000
Burlington
New Hanover Twp
New Hanover Township
General Edward S. Godfrey House
149,257
Camden
Camden City
Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.
USS New Jersey (BB-62)
350,000
Camden
Cherry Hill Twp
Cherry Hill Township
Kay-Evans Farmstead (Croft Farmstead)
638,286
Camden
Gibbsboro Boro
Borough of Gibbsboro
John Lucas House
552,094
Cape May
Lower Twp
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (trading as Cape May MAC)
Cape May Lighthouse
23,166
Cape May
Lower Twp
Lower Township
Judge Nathaniel Foster House
150,000
Essex
Livingston Twp
Township of Livingston
Theophilus Ward/Thomas Force House and Condit Family Cook House
370,750
Essex
Montclair Twp
The Montclair Foundation
Van Vleck House & Gardens (Mountain Historic District)
337,197
Hudson
Jersey City
Save Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island
191,152
Hudson
Jersey City
Jersey City Free Public Library
Jersey City Public Library (Van Vorst Park Historic District)
600,000
Hunterdon
Flemington Boro
Hunterdon County Historical Society
Doric House (Flemington Historic District)
8,153
Hunterdon
Holland Twp
Township of Holland
Riegel Ridge Community Center
120,000
Hunterdon
Raritan Twp
Hunterdon Land Trust
Case-Dvoor Farmstead
750,000
Mercer
Hamilton Twp
The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Isaac Watson House
40,200
Mercer
Hopewell Boro
Borough of Hopewell
Hopewell Railroad Station
146,676
Mercer
Trenton City
Historic Trenton Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple (State House Historic District)
60,300
Mercer
Trenton City
City of Trenton
Roebling Machine Shop
750,000
Mercer
Lawrence Twp
Lawrence Township
Baker-Brearley House
400,000
Monmouth
Asbury Park City
Asbury Park African-American Music Project, Inc.
Turf Club
313,075
Monmouth
Shrewsbury Boro
Monmouth County Historical Association
Allen House
200,000
Monmouth
West Long Branch Boro
Monmouth University
Shadow Lawn - Phase 2
750,000
Morris
Dover Town
Dover Area Historical Society
Condict House/ Presbyterian Church House (Blackwell Street Historic District)
150,000
Morris
Mendham Boro
Mendham Borough
Cary Barn (Stephen Cary House)
434,845
Morris
Morristown Town
Morris County Historical Society
Acorn Hall
168,225
Morris
Morristown Town
The Woman's Club of Morristown, Inc.
Dr. Lewis Condict House
350,900
Morris
Mountain Lakes Boro
Borough of Mountain Lakes
Mountain Lakes Train Station (Mountain Lakes Historic District)
270,950
Morris
Netcong Boro
The Growing Stage - The Children's Theatre of New Jersey
Palace Theatre
150,000
Morris
Rockaway Twp
Township of Rockaway
Ford-Faesch Manor House
400,000
Morris
Washington Twp
Middle Valley Community Center, Inc.
Middle Valley Community Center (Middle Valley Historic District)
30,900
Ocean
Toms River Twp
Ocean County Historical Society
Elizabeth Sculthorp Force House
12,600
Passaic
Paterson City
County of Passaic
Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District - Phase 2
750,000
Passaic
Wayne Twp
Township of Wayne
Van Duyne House
407,520
Somerset
Bernards Twp
The Friends of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, Inc.
Kennedy-Martin- Stelle Farmstead
577,384
Union
Berkeley Heights Twp
Township of Berkeley Heights
Littel-Lord Farmstead
384,067
Union
Clark Twp
Township of Clark
Seventeenth Century Clark House
145,950
Union
Rahway City
Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association
Merchants and Drovers Tavern
120,000
Union
Scotch Plains Twp
Preserve Shady Rest Committee
Shady Rest Golf and Country Club
150,000
Union
Union Twp
Liberty Hall Museum
Liberty Hall
89,844
TOTAL
$15,031,000
c. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award
Atlantic Atlantic City City of Atlantic City Atlantic City Fire Station #6/Atlantic City Fire Station #9 49,999
Atlantic Atlantic City Atlantic City Liberty Hotel 75,000
Bergen Dumont Boro Borough of Dumont Derick Banta House 25,875
Bergen Fair Lawn Boro Radburn Association Radburn Historic District 75,000
Burlington Bordentown City Bordentown Historical Society Clara Barton Schoolhouse (Bordentown Historic District) 43,867
Burlington Florence Twp Roebling Main Gate Museum 101 Second Avenue (Roebling Historic District) 18,750
Camden Camden City Camden County Historical Society Pomona Hall (Cooper House) 43,110
Cumberland Millville City Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM) Millville Army Air Field Historic District 13,830
Essex Nutley Twp Van Riper House, Inc. Van Riper House 9,634
Hudson Weehawken Twp Township of Weehawken Hackensack Water Company Complex 56,250
Hunterdon Clinton Twp The 1759 Vought House, Inc., A Revolutionary War Loyalist Homestead Christoffel Vought Farmstead 16,111
Hunterdon Lambertville City The Kalmia Club The Kalmia Club 26,250
Hunterdon Readington Twp Readington Township Taylor's Mill (Taylor's Mill Historic District) 34,290
Hunterdon Stockton Boro Stockton Borough District No.98 Schoolhouse 43,875
Mercer Hamilton Twp The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Isaac Watson House 53,400
Mercer Hamilton Twp Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc. Isaac Pearson House 20,145
Mercer Hopewell Twp Washington Crossing Park Association, Inc. Washington Crossing State Park 75,000
Mercer Trenton City Historic Trenton Masonic Temple Masonic Temple (State House Historic District) 31,350
Mercer Trenton City Greater Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation Greater Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church 18,700
Mercer Trenton City Old Barracks Association Old Barracks 66,450
Monmouth Fair Haven Boro Borough of Fair Haven Fisk Chapel 38,625
Monmouth Middletown Twp Township of Middletown Dempsey Pump House 38,100
Monmouth Red Bank Boro Borough of Red Bank Monmouth Boat Club 45,000
Morris Boonton Town The Town of Boonton Darress Theatre 75,000
Morris Chester Twp Morris County Park Commission Willowwood Arboretum 47,175
Morris Randolph Twp Friends Meeting House & Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ Friends Meetinghouse 75,000
Somerset Franklin Twp Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead Association, Inc. Van Liew Farmhouse (East Millstone Historic District) 39,540
Somerset Somerville Boro NJ Department of Environmental Protection Old Dutch Parsonage 75,000
Sussex Stillwater Twp Historical Society of Stillwater Township Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex 19,537
Sussex Vernon Twp Vernon Township Historic Society Rickey Farm 16,125
Union Rahway City City of Rahway Rahway Library 35,250
Union Plainfield City City of Plainfield Plainfield YMCA (Plainfield Civic Historic District) 26,250
Union Plainfield City Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM Plainfield Masonic Temple, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM 75,000
Union Union Twp Union Township Historical Society Caldwell Parsonage 65,250
TOTAL $1,467,738
County
Municipality
Name of
Organization
Project Name
Grant Award
Atlantic
Atlantic City
City of Atlantic City
Atlantic City Fire Station #6/Atlantic City Fire Station #9
49,999
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Atlantic City
Liberty Hotel
75,000
Bergen
Dumont Boro
Borough of Dumont
Derick Banta House
25,875
Bergen
Fair Lawn Boro
Radburn Association
Radburn Historic District
75,000
Burlington
Bordentown City
Bordentown Historical Society
Clara Barton Schoolhouse (Bordentown Historic District)
43,867
Burlington
Florence Twp
Roebling Main Gate Museum
101 Second Avenue (Roebling Historic District)
18,750
Camden
Camden City
Camden County Historical Society
Pomona Hall (Cooper House)
43,110
Cumberland
Millville City
Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM)
Millville Army Air Field Historic District
13,830
Essex
Nutley Twp
Van Riper House, Inc.
Van Riper House
9,634
Hudson
Weehawken Twp
Township of Weehawken
Hackensack Water Company Complex
56,250
Hunterdon
Clinton Twp
The 1759 Vought House, Inc., A Revolutionary War Loyalist Homestead
Christoffel Vought Farmstead
16,111
Hunterdon
Lambertville City
The Kalmia Club
The Kalmia Club
26,250
Hunterdon
Readington Twp
Readington Township
Taylor's Mill (Taylor's Mill Historic District)
34,290
Hunterdon
Stockton Boro
Stockton Borough
District No.98 Schoolhouse
43,875
Mercer
Hamilton Twp
The Founders Committee, NJ State Society of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Isaac Watson House
53,400
Mercer
Hamilton Twp
Historical Society of Hamilton Township, Inc.
Isaac Pearson House
20,145
Mercer
Hopewell Twp
Washington Crossing Park Association, Inc.
Washington Crossing State Park
75,000
Mercer
Trenton City
Historic Trenton Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple (State House Historic District)
31,350
Mercer
Trenton City
Greater Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation
Greater Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
18,700
Mercer
Trenton City
Old Barracks Association
Old Barracks
66,450
Monmouth
Fair Haven Boro
Borough of Fair Haven
Fisk Chapel
38,625
Monmouth
Middletown
Twp
Township of Middletown
Dempsey Pump House
38,100
Monmouth
Red Bank Boro
Borough of Red Bank
Monmouth Boat Club
45,000
Morris
Boonton Town
The Town of Boonton
Darress Theatre
75,000
Morris
Chester Twp
Morris County Park Commission
Willowwood Arboretum
47,175
Morris
Randolph Twp
Friends Meeting House & Cemetery Association of Randolph Township, NJ
Friends Meetinghouse
75,000
Somerset
Franklin Twp
Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead Association, Inc.
Van Liew Farmhouse (East Millstone Historic District)
39,540
Somerset
Somerville Boro
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Old Dutch Parsonage
75,000
Sussex
Stillwater Twp
Historical Society of Stillwater Township
Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex
19,537
Sussex
Vernon Twp
Vernon Township Historic Society
Rickey Farm
16,125
Union
Rahway City
City of Rahway
Rahway Library
35,250
Union
Plainfield City
City of Plainfield
Plainfield YMCA (Plainfield Civic Historic District)
26,250
Union
Plainfield City
Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM
Plainfield Masonic Temple, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F & AM
75,000
Union
Union Twp
Union Township Historical Society
Caldwell Parsonage
65,250
TOTAL
$1,467,738
d. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the sum of $100,000 shall be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of the following easement purchases:
County Municipality Name of Organization Project Name Grant Award
Burlington Bordentown City NJ Historic Trust Easement Purchase $100,000
TOTAL $100,000
County
Municipality
Name of
Organization
Project Name
Grant Award
Burlington
Bordentown City
NJ Historic Trust
Easement Purchase
$100,000
TOTAL
$100,000
e. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
f. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b., c., or d. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project that previously received funding for historic preservation purposes appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-21), or that receives funding pursuant to this act, shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the New Jersey Historic Trust, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
For the purposes of this subsection, "Green Acres bond act" means P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.2007, c.119, P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1987, c.265.
g. The expenditure of moneys appropriated pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.).
2. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust from the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $1,920,000 for paying administrative costs associated with administering the applicable provisions of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.).
3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act," P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51), the sum of $18,518,738 to implement the provisions of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill appropriates $18,518,738 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects contained in the bill and associated administrative expenses.
The funding in this bill is provided from constitutionally dedicated corporation business tax (CBT) revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution, approved by the voters of the State in November 2014. The "Preserve New Jersey Act" implements the constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for open space, farmland, and historic preservation. The "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund" was established by section 9 of the "Preserve New Jersey Act."
The funding contained in this bill will be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust to provide capital preservation grants for 43 projects, totaling $15,031,000 (listed in subsection b. of section 1 of the bill), and historic site management grants, including heritage tourism initiatives, for 34 projects, totaling $1,467,738 (listed in subsection c. of section 1 of the bill). In addition, of the funding, $100,000 will be used by the New Jersey Historic Trust to purchase a historic preservation easement. Lastly, the bill appropriates $1,920,000 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for administrative expenses incurred in the implementation of the "Preserve New Jersey Act."
Capital preservation grants fund the restoration, preservation, repair, and rehabilitation of historic sites for new or continued use by nonprofit organizations or local governments. There are three levels of capital preservation grants: Level I grants of $5,000 to $150,000; Level II grants of $150,001 to $750,000; and Multi-Phase Level II grants range of $500,000 to $750,000. Historic site management grants help fund preservation planning projects, such as condition assessments, historic structure reports, archaeological investigations, construction documents, and heritage tourism initiatives to improve visitors' experiences at historic sites. All of the grants require a match from the recipient. All of the properties are listed or eligible to be listed in the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, either individually or within designated historic districts.
The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Preservation Trust.
The bill also provides that any transfer of any funds to another project, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in the bill would require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. The bill further provides that, to the extent there are funds remaining after the projects listed in this bill are offered funding, the New Jersey Historic Trust, with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, may use those funds to provide additional funding for historic preservation projects, provided those projects were previously approved for funding pursuant to various other laws or approved for funding pursuant to this bill.