A6273

An Act appropriating $15,815,984 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 $13,839,484 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) emergency intervention as provided in subsection d. of this section. Of the amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection, the sum of $5,000,000 is available due to interest earnings on the dedicated corporation business tax revenues pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution.

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	City of Atlantic City	West Pavilion (Atlantic City Convention Hall)	750,000
Burlington	Eastampton Township	Burlington County	Smithville Historic District (Revised Nomination)	750,000
Burlington	Roebling (Florence Township)	Roebling Main Gate Museum	101 Second Avenue	74,887
Burlington	Mount Holly Township	The National Society of the Colonial Dames of the America in The State of New Jersey	Old Schoolhouse	40,722
Burlington	Moorestown Township	Community House of Moorestown	Moorestown Community House	49,500
Camden	Camden City	Camden County Historical Society	Benjamin Cooper Ferry and Tavern	750,000
Camden	Camden City	The Home Port Alliance of the USS New Jersey Inc.	USS New Jersey (BB-62)	750,000
Camden	Glendora (Gloucester Township)	Gloucester Township	Hillman Hospital House (Gabriel Davis Tavern)	150,000
Camden	Haddon Township	Camden County	Ebenezer Hopkins House (Cooper River Park Historic District)	334,837
Cumberland	Port Norris (Commercial Township)	Bayshore Center at Bivalve	A.J. Meerwald Schooner	164,000
Cumberland	Millville City	Millville Army Air Field Museum	Millville Army Air Field Historic District	67,692
Essex	Bloomfield Township	Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Department	Oakes Estate	435,660
Essex	Maplewood Township	Township of Maplewood	Woman’s Club of Maplewood (Maplewood Village Historic District)	702,850
Essex	Montclair Township	The Montclair Foundation	William D. Van Vleck House (Mountain Historic District)	397,310
Hudson	Weehaken Township	Township of Weehawken	Hackensack Water Company Complex	383,750
Hunterdon	Lambertville City	Lambertville Historical Society	James Marshall House	42,332
Hunterdon	Raritan Township	Hunterdon Land Trust	Case-Dvoor Farmstead	30,000
Hunterdon	Raritan Township	Hunterdon Land Trust	Case Dvoor Farmstead Phase 2	750,000
Hunterdon	Tewksbury Township	Tewksbury Library Association	31 Old Turnpike Road (Oldwick Historic District)	430,213
Mercer	Hamilton Township	Hamilton Township	Isaac Pearson House	34,800
Mercer	Titusville (Hopewell Township)	Washington Crossing Park Association, Inc.	Washington Crossing State Park	324,459
Mercer	Trenton City	Mercer county Improvement Authority	Old Eagle Tavern	750,000
Middlesex	Perth Amboy City	City of Perth Amboy	Perth Amboy Public Library	750,000
Monmouth	Allentown Borough	Allentown Public Library Association, Inc.	First Baptist Church	50,052
Monmouth	Millstone Township	Friends of Millstone Township Historic Registered Properties	Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church	30,000
Monmouth	Red Bank Borough	Monmouth Boat Club	Monmouth Boat Club	750,000
Morris	Dover Town	Orchard Street Gatehouse Historical Association	Orchard Street Cemetery Gatehouse	150,000
Passaic	Little Falls Township	Little Falls Historical Society	Municipal Building (Little Falls Old Town Hall)	472,885
Passaic	Paterson City	County of Passaic	Passaic County Courthouse Annex (Passaic County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District)	750,000
Passaic	Paterson City	County of Passaic	Passaic County Courthouse Annex (Passiac County Court House, and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District) Phase 3	750,000
Passaic	Ringwood Borough	Skylands Association	Skylands	150,000
Sussex	Layton (Sandyston Township)	Peters Valley School of Craft	Hilltop Farm (Peters Valley Historic District)	21,000
Union	Union Township	Liberty Hall Museum, Inc.	Liberty Hall (Governor William Livingston House)	89,995
TOTAL				12,126,944

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
Bergen	Ho-Ho-Kus Borough	The Friends of the Hermitage	The Hermitage (Waldwic Cottage)	75,000
Bergen	Oradell Borough	Bourgh of Oradell	Oradell Railroad Station	49,012
Burlington	Moorestown Township	Saving Historic Moorestown	Thomas Cowperthwaite House	57,188
Burlington	Roebling (Florence Township)	Roebling Main Gate Museum	101 Second Avenue (Roebling Historic District)	19,500
Burlington	Pemberton Township (Brown Mills)	Whitesbog Preservation Trust, Inc.	Whitesbog Historic District	21,712
Burlington	Willingboro Township	Township of Willingboro	City Federal Savings and Loan Space Bank Futuro	39,465
Cape May	Cape May City	East Lynne Theater Company	Allen AME Church (Cape May Historic District)	39,863
Cape May	Cape May City	Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities	Emlen Physick Estate (Cape May Historic District)	65,347
Cape May	West Cape May Borough	Borough of West Cape May	West Cape May Historic District	36,000
Cumberland	Millville City	Millville Army Air Field Museum	Millville Army Air Field Historic District	7,125
Essex	Belleville Township	Township of Belleville	Reformed Dutch Church of the Second River	26,250
Essex	Bloomfield Township	Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Department	Collins House	45,000
Essex	Montclair Township	Friends of the Howe House	369 Claremont Avenue (Mountain Historic District)	37,875
Essex	Montclair Township	Township of Montclair	647 Bloomfield Avenue (Montclair Central Business Historic District)	46,875
Essex	Newark City	Friends of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Inc.	Mount Pleasant Cemetery	74,994
Essex	Nutley Township	Van Riper House, Inc.	Van Riper House	37,980
Hunterdon	Clinton Town	Hunterdon Art Museum	Dunham’s Mill/Parry’s Mill	54,701
Hunterdon	Tewksbury Township	Tewksbury Land Trust	Hollow Broke Preserve Bridge	13,073
Mercer	Hamilton Township	Township of Hamilton	Isaac Pearson House	44,983
Mercer	Titusville (Hopewell Township)	EagleVision Productions, Inc.	Washington Crossing State Park	25,000
Mercer	Trenton City	League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education Fund	204 W State Street (State House Historic District Boundary Increase)	44,932
Monmouth	Holmdel Township	Township of Holmdel	Horn Antenna	74,930
Morris	Morris Plains (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township)	Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms	Craftsman Farms	75,000
Morris	Dover Town	Orchard Street Gatehouse Historical Association	Orchard Street Cemetery Gatehouse	13,140
Morris	Jefferson Township	Township of Jefferson	George Chamberlain House	5,380
Morris	Madison Borough	Museum of Early Trades and Crafts	Madison Public Library and the James Building	54,612
Passaic	Paterson City	County of Passaic, Department of Cultural and Historic Affairs	Belle Vista (Lambert Castle)	50,000
Passaic	Paterson City	Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc.	Belle Vista (Lambert Castle)	75,000
Passaic	Wayne Township	County of Passaic	Dey Mansion	66,375
Salem	Pennsville Township	NJ State Park Service: Fort Mott State Park	Fort Mott and Finn’s Point National Cemetery	75,000
Somerset	Bound Brook Borough	Bound Brook Borough	402 E High Street (Bound Book Public Library)	70,350
Somerset	Somerset (Franklin Township)	Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead Association, Inc.	Van Liew Farmhouse	71,897
Somerset	Warren Township	Township of Warren	Kirch-Ford House	47,512
Union	Plainfield City	Historical Society of Plainfield	Nathaniel Drake House	16,725
Warren	Hope Township	Help Our Preservation Effort	Crusen House (Hope Historic District)	27,897
Warren	Hope Township	Help Our Preservation Effort	Cooper House (Hope Historic District)	26,847
TOTAL				1,612,540

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 to aid eligible applicants to address an emergency created by any human-made or natural event that threatens the immediate viability of a historic resource. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection c. of section 9 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51) to the contrary, the expenditure of funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall not require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.

e. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b. or c. 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. or c. 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 $1,976,500 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 $10,815,984 to implement the provisions of this act.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

The bill appropriates $15,815,984 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 33 projects, totaling $12,126,944 (listed in subsection b. of section 1 of the bill), and historic site management grants, including heritage tourism initiatives, for 36 projects, totaling $1,612,540 (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 aid eligible applicants to address an emergency created by any human-made or natural event that threatens the immediate viability of a historic
resource. Lastly, the bill appropriates $1,976,500 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.