N.J.S. § 13:8C-45 Definitions Relative to the "Preserve New Jersey Act."

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 194.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 13:8C-45

As used in P.L. 2016, c. 12(C.13:8C-43 et seq.):

"Acquisition" or "acquire" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L. 1999, c. 152(C.13:8C-3).

"Blue Acres cost" means the expenses incurred in connection with: all things deemed necessary or useful and convenient for the acquisition by the State or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization, for recreation and conservation purposes, of lands that have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such damage; the execution of any agreements or franchises deemed by the Department of Environmental Protection to be necessary or useful and convenient in connection with any Blue Acres project authorized by P.L. 2016, c. 12(C.13:8C-43 et seq.); the procurement or provision of appraisal, archaeological, architectural, conservation, design, engineering, financial, geological, historic research, hydrological, inspection, legal, planning, relocation, surveying, or other professional advice, estimates, reports, services, or studies; the purchase of title insurance; the undertaking of feasibility studies; the demolition of structures, the removal of debris, and the restoration of lands to a natural state or to a state useful for recreation and conservation purposes; the establishment of a reserve fund or funds for working capital, operating, maintenance, or replacement expenses as the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury may determine; and reimbursement to any fund of the State of moneys that may have been transferred or advanced therefrom to any fund established by P.L. 2016, c. 12(C.13:8C-43 et seq.), or any moneys that may have been expended therefrom for, or in connection with, P.L. 2016, c. 12(C.13:8C-43 et seq.).

"Blue Acres project" means any project of the State or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization to acquire, for recreation and conservation purposes, lands that have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such damage.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

"Committee" means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to section 4 of P.L. 1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-4).

"Constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys" means any moneys made available pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution deposited in the funds established pursuant to sections 6, 7, 8, and 9 of P.L. 2016, c. 12(C.13:8C-48 through C.13:8C-51), and appropriated by law, for recreation and conservation, farmland preservation, or historic preservation purposes set forth in Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution or P.L. 2016, c. 12(C.13:8C-43 et seq.).