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NJ Rev Stat § 13:9B-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:9B-29 - Report

13:9B-29. Report  The department shall, within two years of the effective date of this act, prepare and submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Senate Energy and Environment Committee and the Assembly Energy and Natural Resources Committee, or their designated successors. The report shall describe:  (1) The success or failure of mitigation measures performed in actual development situations, both within the State and in other states, the nature of the mitigation measures, and the state-of-the-art techniques used for mitigation; and  (2) Recommendations for legislative or administrative action necessary to ensure the long term protection of freshwater wetlands from damage and degradation resulting from land use activities, pollution, and hydrologic changes which occur in upstream regions of the same watersheds of particular freshwater wetlands.  L. 1987, c. 156, s. 29.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:9B-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:9B-30 - Local regulation preempted

13:9B-30. Local regulation preempted  It is the intent of the Legislature that the program established by this act for the regulation of freshwater wetlands constitute the only program for this regulation in the State except to the extent that these areas are regulated consistent with the provisions of section 6 of this act. To this end no municipality, county, or political subdivision thereof, shall enact, subsequent to the effective date of this act, any law, ordinance, or rules or regulations regulating freshwater wetlands, and further, this act, on and subsequent to its effective date, shall supersede any law or ordinance regulating freshwater wetlands enacted prior to the effective date of this act. Between the enactment and effective date of this act, no municipality, county, or political subdivision thereof shall enact any law, ordinance, or rule and regulation requiring a transition area adjacent to a freshwater wetland; provided however, that any such law, ordinance, or rule and regulation adopted prior to the enactment of this act shall be valid until the effective date of this act.  L. 1987, c. 156, s. 30.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:9C-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:9C-1 - Definitions

13:9C-1. Definitions  1. As used in this act: "Council" means the Wetlands Mitigation Council established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-14).  "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Wetlands" means freshwater wetlands as defined pursuant to P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et al.), or coastal wetlands as defined pursuant to P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.).  "Wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration" means those activities or techniques designed to create wetlands or enhance or restore degraded wetlands.  "Wetlands permit" means a permit approved and issued by the department for activities regulated pursuant to P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et al.) or P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.).  L.1993,c.298,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:9C-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:9C-2 - Responsibilities of the department, council

13:9C-2. Responsibilities of the department, council  2. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, in addition to its responsibilities under P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et al.) and P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.), and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt, within six months of the effective date of this act, rules and regulations to assist counties in identifying areas suitable for wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration, and which shall be used by the Wetlands Mitigation Council to approve or disapprove areas so identified by the governing body of a county.  b. If the governing body of a county submits to the council a map of areas proposed for use in wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration, and any supporting documents or information that the council may require, the council shall review and approve or disapprove the submittal within 120 days of receipt thereof. The council may conduct site visits and evaluations as may be necessary within that time to confirm the suitability for wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration of the areas being proposed. The council may approve some of the areas identified by the county while disapproving other areas, stating the reasons for the disapproval of areas in writing.  c. Whenever the department issues a wetlands permit within a county with an approved list of areas suitable for wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration and the department is requiring wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration as a condition of the permit, the department may utilize the list of sites approved by the council for that county in identifying the areas wherein the wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration activities are to take place.  L.1993,c.298,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:9C-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:9C-3 - Identification, inventory of areas suitable for use in county

13:9C-3. Identification, inventory of areas suitable for use in county  3. a. The governing body of a county may, in consultation with the municipalities within its territorial jurisdiction, identify and inventory areas within the county that it deems suitable for use in wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration in the event a wetlands permit is issued by the Department of Environmental Protection and the department requires the creation, enhancement, or restoration of wetlands as a condition of the permit.  b. Upon identification, the governing body shall forward to the council a map of the areas and any supporting documents or information that the council may require in order to review and approve or disapprove the use of those areas for wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration purposes.  L.1993,c.298,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:9C-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:9C-4 - Nonapplicability of act

13:9C-4. Nonapplicability of act  4. a. Nothing in this act shall be construed to discourage or prevent the creation, enhancement, or restoration of wetlands on the site of the approved regulated activity or to discourage or prevent the use of any area suitable for the creation, enhancement, or restoration of wetlands because the area was not previously approved by the council pursuant to section 2 of this act.  b. No State, regional, county, or local governmental entity, agency, or authority may deny or disapprove a permit, approval, or other authorization, which is required pursuant to law, rule, regulation, or local resolution or ordinance in order to develop a parcel or engage in any other activities thereon, because the parcel is located within an area approved by the council pursuant to section 2 of this act as being suitable for wetlands creation, enhancement, or restoration.  L.1993,c.298,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:10-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:10-1 - Geological survey part of department of conservation and development

13:10-1. Geological survey part of department of conservation and development  The board of conservation and development, hereinafter designated as the board, shall have the control, direction and supervision of the state geological survey, with all the authority, powers and duties in regard thereto formerly held and exercised by the board of managers of the geological survey.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:10-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:10-2 - State geologist; appointment; term

13:10-2. State geologist; appointment; term  The board, subject to the approval of the governor, shall appoint a state geologist, who shall be a resident of this state and a qualified geologist, and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:10-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:10-5 - Reports of state geologist; printing, distribution and sale

13:10-5. Reports of state geologist; printing, distribution and sale  The state geologist shall make to the governor an annual administrative report of the operation of the geological survey; and he shall, from time to time, prepare or cause to be prepared such scientific reports as are pertinent to the work of the geological survey. The state purchasing commissioner may, upon the recommendation of the board of conservation and development, order printed any or all of such scientific reports. The cost of printing such reports shall be paid from the appropriation for printing public documents. Should the general demand for the publication of the annual or other reports of the geological survey make it advisable, the state purchasing commissioner may, on recommendation of the board, furnish the same at the cost of paper, printing and distribution, or may authorize the sale thereof by duly appointed agents, on like terms. All moneys received from sales authorized by this section shall be paid into the state treasury.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:11A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:11A-1 - Definitions relative to maritime history, marine life preservation projects

13:11A-1. Definitions relative to maritime history, marine life preservation projects  2. As used in this act: "Accounts" means the "Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account" and the "Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account" created pursuant to section 6 of this act; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection; "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "Director" means the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation; "Division" means the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation. L.1997,c.74,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:11A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:11A-2 - Criteria for selection of maritime history, marine life preservation projects, grants

13:11A-2. Criteria for selection of maritime history, marine life preservation projects, grants  4. a. The department shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), establish the criteria and process for selection of maritime history or marine life preservation projects to be supported by special license plates issued pursuant to section 3 of this act, the procedures for awarding of grants, and the limitation on the amount of individual grants from the Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account created pursuant to section 6 of this act. b. Following adoption of these rules and regulations, the department shall select the project or projects to be selected for special license plates issued pursuant to section 3 of this act, after consultation with the director regarding the estimated costs of issuing those special license plates and the potential revenues therefrom, and include the selection and grant allocation in the department's budget request. L.1997,c.74,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:11A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:11A-3 - Creation of "Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account," "Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account"

13:11A-3. Creation of "Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account," "Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account"  6. a. There are created in the Department of Environmental Protection two special non-lapsing accounts to be known as the "Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account" and the "Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account." There shall be deposited into each of the accounts, the amounts collected from license plate fees collected pursuant to section 5 of this act, less the amounts necessary to reimburse the division for administrative costs pursuant to section 7 of this act, as follows: (1) the amount collected from Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum license plate fees shall be deposited in the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account; and (2) the amount collected from other maritime history or marine life preservation project license plate fees shall be deposited in the Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account. b. Monies deposited in the accounts shall be dedicated to the purposes set forth in section 8 of this act. Monies deposited in the accounts shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in public depositories as defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-41), and may be invested or reinvested in such securities as are approved by the State Treasurer. Interest or other income earned on monies deposited into the accounts, and any monies which may be appropriated or otherwise become available for the purposes of the accounts, shall be credited to and deposited in the accounts for use as set forth in this act. L.1997,c.74,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:11A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:11A-4 - Recommendation for appropriation; purposes

13:11A-4. Recommendation for appropriation; purposes  8. a. The Governor shall include in the annual budget recommendations to the Legislature, pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1944, c.112 (C.52:27B-20), a recommendation for an appropriation from the accounts created pursuant to section 6 of this act for the purposes set forth in this section. The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the department from the first $600,000 in license plate fees collected pursuant to section 5 of this act and deposited in the accounts: (1) An amount not to exceed $400,000 for a grant to the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum for the purposes of supporting and maintaining the museum, to be appropriated from the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account created pursuant to section 6 of this act; and (2) An amount not to exceed $200,000 for a grant to an agency, group, organization or individual responsible for a maritime history or marine life preservation project selected by the department as eligible for a special license plate issued pursuant to section 3 of this act, to be appropriated from the Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account created pursuant to section 6 of this act and allocated as provided in the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 4 of this act . b. If an amount less than $600,000 is collected from license plate fees pursuant to section 5 of this act in any given year, the amounts provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection a. of this section shall be reduced proportionately. L.1997,c.74,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:11A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:11A-5 - Interagency memorandum of agreement

13:11A-5. Interagency memorandum of agreement  10. The commissioner, the director, and the State Treasurer shall develop and enter into an interagency memorandum of agreement setting forth the procedures to be followed by the department and the division in carrying out their respective responsibilities under this act. L.1997,c.74,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-1 - Corporate existence of canal and banking company continued

13:12-1. Corporate existence of canal and banking company continued  The corporate existence of the Morris Canal and Banking Company, chartered by the act entitled "An act to incorporate a company to form an artificial navigation between the Passaic and Delaware rivers," passed December thirty-one, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four (L.1824, p. 158), and hereinafter in this chapter designated as the "canal and banking company" , is continued.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-2 - "Morris canal" defined

13:12-2. "Morris canal" defined  The term "Morris canal" as used in this chapter, and hereinafter designated as the "canal" , means and includes all of the property, lands, rights, easements, privileges and franchises of whatsoever character vested on March eleven, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, in the Morris Canal and Banking Company as well as that which on said date had passed to or had been directly or indirectly acquired by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, a corporation of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as lessee under and by virtue of a certain indenture of lease, dated May fourth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, between the Morris Canal and Banking Company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company under and by virtue of the authority of the act entitled "A further supplement to "An act to incorporate a company to form an artificial navigation between the Passaic and Delaware rivers,' passed December thirty-one, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four," approved March fourteen, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one (L.1871, c. 153, p. 444), including two tracts of land and land under water in Jersey City fronting on the Hudson river, known as the "Little basin" and the "Big basin" , respectively, and including any water rights and rights of diversion vested on March eleven, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, or prior to such date, vested in the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company or the Morris Canal and Banking Company, excepting any such rights that may have been acquired by any municipality of this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-4 - Rights in certain lakes, etc., vested in canal and banking company in trust for certain purposes

13:12-4. Rights in certain lakes, etc., vested in canal and banking company in trust for certain purposes  The rights vested in the Canal and Banking Company to impound and divert waters of lakes, ponds and streams, and the property and rights vested in such company in Lake Hopatcong, Lake Musconetcong--otherwise known as Stanhope reservoir--Cranberry lake, Bear ponds, the pond on the Musconetcong river at Saxton Falls, and Greenwood lake, together with all such lands, easements, rights and other property, the title to which is vested in such company in trust for the State of New Jersey, as may be necessary to maintain such lakes and ponds, or as may be of public value for public parks or recreation areas, shall be retained by such company in trust for the State of New Jersey, for the public use of conserving the public waters of the State or for public use for recreation, and shall be and are hereby dedicated to such public use; and the Canal and Banking Company is hereby authorized and directed to control, maintain and operate the dams and sluice gates at such lakes and ponds for the purpose aforesaid and in such manner that the rights of the riparian owners upon such lakes and ponds and the outlets thereof shall be properly conserved. Amended by L.1939, c. 326, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-5 - Use of Lake Hopatcong for boating, etc.; maintenance of water level

13:12-5. Use of Lake Hopatcong for boating, etc.; maintenance of water level  The waters of Lake Hopatcong may be used as an aquatic public park, for boating, bathing, fishing and winter sports, and the lake level shall be maintained for such purposes at the normal high water mark as established on March eleven, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, natural elements permitting.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-7 - Management and control of property by canal and banking company

13:12-7. Management and control of property by canal and banking company  Pending the sale of the property authorized or directed by the provisions of this chapter to be sold, such property shall continue to be managed and controlled by the canal and banking company. All the other property and rights, the title to which is vested in the canal and banking company in trust for the state of New Jersey, shall continue to be managed and controlled by the canal and banking company.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-8 - Board of directors of canal and banking company; voting capital stock

13:12-8. Board of directors of canal and banking company; voting capital stock  The board of directors of the canal and banking company shall consist of three members, two of whom shall constitute a quorum. The members of the board shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the canal company, and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development, the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury and their successors in office shall be eligible to serve as directors of the canal and banking company. The capital stock of the canal and banking company, the title to which is vested in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development in trust for the State by section 13:12-6 of this Title, shall, at each election of directors of the canal and banking company, be voted in favor of the election as such directors of the persons then holding the offices of Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development, State Treasurer, and Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, respectively. Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1793, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-9 - General powers of board of directors

13:12-9. General powers of board of directors  The directors elected pursuant to section 13:12-8 of this title shall manage the affairs of the canal and banking company, and shall be fully vested with all the rights and powers, except as modified by this chapter of the board of directors of such company existing prior to March nineteen, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, which former board, and the terms of office of the members thereof are abolished.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:12-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:12-10 - Grants to municipalities to lay and maintain sewer pipes under and along canal right of way

13:12-10. Grants to municipalities to lay and maintain sewer pipes under and along canal right of way  The board of directors of the canal and banking company shall have power to grant to any municipality or municipalities the right and easement of laying, constructing, replacing, renewing and forever maintaining, under or along the right of way of the Morris canal, sewer pipes for the preservation of the purity of the potable waters of this state and the protection of the health of the inhabitants of such municipality or municipalities. Any such grant or grants shall be made only when the board of directors is satisfied that such pipes are necessary and convenient. All pipes laid under any such grant or grants shall be laid under the supervision of and in the manner prescribed by the board of directors.