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NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-12 - Pledge, covenant of State

13:8C-12. Pledge, covenant of State  12. The State does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued or incurred pursuant to the authorization of this act that the State will not limit or alter the rights or powers hereby vested in the trust in any way that would jeopardize the interest of the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations or inhibit or prevent performance or fulfillment by the trust of the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations, or prevent the trust from obtaining sufficient revenues which, together with other available funds, shall be sufficient to meet all expenses of the trust and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the holders, as provided in any agreement provided for in this act, until the bonds, notes or other obligations, together with interest thereon, are fully met and discharged or provided for. The failure of the State to appropriate moneys for any purpose of this act shall not be deemed or construed to be a violation of this section. L.1999,c.152,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-13 - Investment of moneys, funds in the trust

13:8C-13. Investment of moneys, funds in the trust  13. The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this act, and the bonds, notes or other obligations shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1999,c.152,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-14 - Property of trust declared public

13:8C-14. Property of trust declared public  14. All property of the trust is declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any political subdivision thereof. All bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a body corporate and politic of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds, notes and other obligations, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, revenues, income and other moneys received or to be received by the trust and pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, notes and other obligations, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation, except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes. L.1999,c.152,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-15 - Annual fiscal report to Governor, Legislature; audits

13:8C-15. Annual fiscal report to Governor, Legislature; audits  15. On or before the first day of September in each year, commencing with the calendar year after the date of enactment of this act, the trust shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding State fiscal year to the Governor and to the Legislature, in addition to responding to other requests made by the Legislature from time to time. The report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year, a long range financing plan for the next five years and a more specific short range financing plan for the next year with respect to providing the funding necessary to achieve the goals and objectives of this act, and a summary of the progress made to date on achieving those goals and objectives. The trust shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the trust and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the State Auditor, or the State Auditor's legally authorized representative, may examine the accounts and books of the trust. L.1999,c.152,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-16 - Services rendered to trust

13:8C-16. Services rendered to trust  16. All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions, and commissions of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to render any and all services to the trust as may be within the area of their respective governmental functions as fixed or established by law, and as may be requested by the trust. Insofar as possible, the cost and expense of any services shall be met and provided for by those officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions. L.1999,c.152,s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-18.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-18.1 - Allocation of amount exceeding $1,000,000,000.

13:8C-18.1 Allocation of amount exceeding $1,000,000,000.  3. Of the total of up to $1,150,000,000 in proceeds raised by the trust from the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations, and transferred by the trust to the State Treasurer and deposited by the State Treasurer into the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19) and the Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-20) as required pursuant to subsection a. of section 18 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-18), any amounts exceeding $1,000,000,000 in such proceeds shall be allocated and deposited into those two trust funds as follows notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of section 18 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-18) to the contrary: a. 80% thereof to the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund to be used for the purposes of that trust fund; and b. 20% thereof to the Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund to be used for the purposes of that trust fund. L.2004,c.126,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-19 - "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund."

13:8C-19 "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund."  19. The State Treasurer shall establish a fund to be known as the "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund." The State Treasurer shall deposit into the fund all moneys transferred from the trust to the State Treasurer for deposit into the fund pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 18 of this act and any other moneys appropriated by law for deposit into the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be invested in permitted investments or shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in those depositories as the State Treasurer may select, and may be invested and reinvested in permitted investments or as other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. All interest or other income or earnings derived from the investment or reinvestment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys derived from the payment of principal and interest on the loans to local government units authorized in subsection b. of section 27 of this act shall also be held in the fund. Such grants, contributions, donations, and reimbursements from federal aid programs, including but not limited to funding received by the State from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, 16 U.S.C. s.4601-4 et al., and from other public or private sources as may be used lawfully for the purposes of section 26 of this act shall also be held in the fund, but shall be expended in accordance with any purposes for which the moneys were designated and in compliance with any conditions or requirements attached thereto. The moneys in the fund are specifically dedicated and shall be applied to the cost of the purposes set forth in section 26 of this act. Moneys derived from the payment of principal and interest on the loans to local government units authorized in subsection b. of section 27 of this act are specifically dedicated for the issuance of additional loans in accordance with subsection b. of section 27 of this act. Moneys in the fund shall not be expended except in accordance with appropriations from the fund made by law. Unexpended moneys due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings shall be returned to the fund, except as otherwise provided pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 23 of this act, to be used for the purposes of the fund. L.1999,c.152,s.19; amended 2005, c.281, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-20 - "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund."

13:8C-20 "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund."  20. The State Treasurer shall establish a fund to be known as the "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund." The State Treasurer shall deposit into the fund all moneys transferred from the trust to the State Treasurer for deposit into the fund pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 18 of this act and any other moneys appropriated by law for deposit into the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be invested in permitted investments or shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in those depositories as the State Treasurer may select, and may be invested and reinvested in permitted investments or as other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. All interest or other income or earnings derived from the investment or reinvestment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Such grants, contributions, donations, and reimbursements from federal aid programs and from other public or private sources as may be used lawfully for the purposes of section 37 of this act shall also be held in the fund, but shall be expended in accordance with any purposes for which the moneys were designated and in compliance with any conditions or requirements attached thereto. The moneys in the fund are specifically dedicated and shall be applied to the cost of the purposes set forth in section 37 of this act. Moneys in the fund shall not be expended except in accordance with appropriations from the fund made by law. Unexpended moneys due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings shall be returned to the fund, except as otherwise provided pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection b. of section 23 of this act, to be used for the purposes of the fund. L.1999,c.152,s.20; amended 2005, c.281, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-21 - "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund."

13:8C-21 "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund."  21. The State Treasurer shall establish a fund to be known as the "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund." The State Treasurer shall deposit into the fund all moneys transferred from the Garden State Preservation Trust to the State Treasurer for deposit into the fund pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 18 of this act and any other moneys appropriated by law for deposit into the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be invested in permitted investments or shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in those depositories as the State Treasurer may select, and may be invested and reinvested in permitted investments or as other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. All interest or other income or earnings derived from the investment or reinvestment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Such grants, contributions, donations, and reimbursements from federal aid programs and from other public or private sources as may be used lawfully for the purposes of section 41 of this act shall also be held in the fund, but shall be expended in accordance with any purposes for which the moneys were designated and in compliance with any conditions or requirements attached thereto. The moneys in the fund are specifically dedicated and shall be applied to the cost of the purposes set forth in section 41 of this act. Moneys in the fund shall not be expended except in accordance with appropriations from the fund made by law. Unexpended moneys due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings shall be returned to the fund, except as otherwise provided pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection c. of section 23 of this act, to be used for the purposes of the fund. L.1999,c.152,s.21; amended 2005, c.281, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-22 - Audits by State Auditor

13:8C-22. Audits by State Auditor  22. a. The State Auditor shall conduct audits of the expenditures from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund, the Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, and the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund as necessary to determine from time to time whether moneys from those funds have been expended for costs consistent with Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution, this act, any appropriations of those moneys made by the Legislature, and any requirements established therefor by the trust. The State Auditor shall transmit the audit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, and to the members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or their successors. The State Auditor shall also provide copies of the audit to the Governor, the State Treasurer, and the trust. b. The State Auditor shall review bond, note and other obligation issuances of the trust and report annually to the members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or their successors, on the status of the bonds, notes and other obligations of the trust and projects financed from the proceeds of the bonds, notes or other obligations. The report shall include the investment status of all unexpended bond, note or other obligation proceeds and provide a description of any bond, note or other obligation issues expected during a fiscal year, including type of issue, estimated amount of bonds, notes or other obligations to be issued, and the expected month of sale. L.1999,c.152,s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-25.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-25.1 - Submission of Open Space Master Plan.

13:8C-25.1 Submission of Open Space Master Plan.  5. a. Within one year after the date of enactment of P.L.2002, c.76 (C.13:8C-25.1 et al.), and annually thereafter, the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Office of State Planning in the Department of Community Affairs, the Pinelands Commission, and the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature an Open Space Master Plan, which shall indicate those areas of the State where the acquisition and development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes 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, and which shall provide a proposed schedule and expenditure plan for those acquisitions and developments for the next reporting period, which shall include an explanation of how those acquisitions and developments will be distributed throughout all geographic regions of the State to the maximum extent practicable and feasible. b. The department shall provide any information the Garden State Preservation Trust deems necessary in preparing its biennial report pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-25). L.2002,c.76,s.5; amended 2004, c.120, s.52.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-28 - Use of power of eminent domain

13:8C-28. Use of power of eminent domain  28. The State shall not use the power of eminent domain in any manner for the acquisition of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part unless a concurrent resolution approving that use is approved by both Houses of the Legislature; except that, without the need for such a concurrent resolution, the State may use the power of eminent domain to the extent necessary to establish a value for lands to be acquired from a willing seller by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part. L.1999,c.152,s.28.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-31 - Use of lands acquired, developed by State using dedicated money

13:8C-31. Use of lands acquired, developed by State using dedicated money  31. Lands acquired or developed by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part shall not be conveyed, disposed of, or diverted to use for other than recreation and conservation purposes without the approval of the commissioner and the State House Commission established pursuant to R.S.52:20-1 et seq. Approval shall not be given unless the commissioner shall agree to pay an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the land at the time of the proposed conveyance, disposal, or diversion, as determined by the State House Commission, into the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund; and the amount to be paid shall be determined also in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-51 et seq.). Moneys so returned to that fund shall be deemed wholly a part of the portion of that fund available for the acquisition by the State of lands for recreation and conservation purposes as provided pursuant to this act. L.1999,c.152,s.31.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-33 - Permissible actions by local government unit for other lands

13:8C-33. Permissible actions by local government unit for other lands  33. a. For lands held by a local government unit for recreation and conservation purposes that were neither acquired nor developed for any of those purposes with any financial assistance from the State, and which have been included in an inventory of lands prepared for the purposes of complying with section 32 of this act, the local government unit may (1) change the recreation and conservation purpose for which the lands are being used to another recreation and conservation purpose, including but not limited to developing the lands for public outdoor recreation, or (2) construct a building or other structure on the lands for public indoor recreation, provided that the local government unit has held at least one public hearing on the proposed change in purpose or use at least 90 days prior to final approval thereof by the local government unit. Any action taken by a local government unit pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be a conveyance, disposal, or diversion for the purposes of subsection b. of section 32 of this act. b. The local government unit shall provide to the commissioner (1) at least 30 days' advance written notice of any public hearing to be held on any such change in purpose or use, (2) within 90 days after final approval of the change in purpose or use by the local government unit, written proof that any such public hearing was held, and (3) written notice of the change in purpose or use within 90 days after it has been effected. L.1999,c.152,s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-34 - Conveyance of land by local government unit, conditions

13:8C-34. Conveyance of land by local government unit, conditions  34. a. A local government unit may convey lands held by the local government unit for recreation and conservation purposes to the federal government, the State, another local government unit, or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization, provided that (1) the lands will continue to be preserved and used for recreation and conservation purposes, (2) any restrictions on the lands when they were held by the local government unit are maintained by the new owner, and (3) at least one public hearing on the proposed conveyance is held by the local government unit at least 90 days prior to final approval thereof by the local government unit. b. The local government unit shall provide to the commissioner (1) at least 30 days' advance written notice of any public hearing to be held on any such conveyance, (2) within 90 days after final approval of the conveyance by the local government unit, written proof that any such public hearing was held, and (3) written notice of the conveyance within 90 days after it has been executed. L.1999,c.152,s.34.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:8C-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:8C-35 - Conveyance of land acquired using dedicated money by State, county, local government unit, restrictions

13:8C-35. Conveyance of land acquired using dedicated money by State, county, local government unit, restrictions  35. a. No lands acquired or developed by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part may be conveyed except in accordance with the provisions of this act, P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-51 et seq.), and any other applicable law. b. No lands acquired or developed by a county for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part may be conveyed except in accordance with the provisions of this act, P.L.1993, c.36 (C.40A:12-13.5 et seq.), and any other applicable law. c. No lands acquired or developed by a local government unit, other than a county, for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part may be conveyed except in accordance with the provisions of this act and any other applicable law. L.1999,c.152,s.35.