New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 101 - GARDEN STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST FUND GRANTS PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND ELIGIBILITY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS › Section 5:101-2.15 - Ineligible costs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Costs incurred in
				the following activities are not eligible for funding by the historic preservation
				grant program:
1. Acquisition of real or personal
				property, unless grant is for easement acquisition pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				5:101-2.13 ;
2. New construction, unless for access
				improvements and as part of a preservation or rehabilitation project;
3. Administrative or operational costs of the
				agency receiving funding, except as specified at
				N.J.A.C.
				5:101-2.8(a)8 ;
4. Donated materials and/or donated in-kind
				services;
5. Expenses for publicity,
				unless stipulated in the grant agreement;
6. Charges more than the lowest responsive bid,
				when the State or the recipient requires competitive bidding, unless the Trust
				agrees in advance to the higher cost;
7.
				Charges for deficits or overdrafts;
8.
				Interest expense;
9. Damage judgments
				arising from constructing, or equipping a facility, whether determined by judicial
				process, arbitration, negotiation, or otherwise;
10. Services, materials, or equipment obtained by
				a local governmental unit or nonprofit organization under any other State
				program;
11. Contract cost overruns, not
				approved, which exceed the allowable amount under contract specifications;
12. Costs for grant application
				expenses;
13. Lobbying;
14. Work including construction, research, and
				preparation of plans and reports performed outside the approved project
				period;
15. Work including construction,
				research and preparation of plans and reports not included in the scope of work set
				forth in the project agreement;
16.
				Funds spent for eligible project work prior to submission of an application shall
				not exceed 25 percent of the overall project costs requested;
17. Work that does not comply with the Secretary
				of the Interior's Standards;
18. Work
				performed for a local government unit which has not been awarded in compliance with
				the State Contracts Law,
				52:32-1 et seq., or the Local Public
				Contracts Law,
				40A:11-1 et seq.;
19. Work performed for a nonprofit organization
				that has not been awarded in compliance with the pre-qualification and bidding
				requirements of the Trust, unless the costs of the work performed totaled less than
				$100,000 and was bid competitively;
20.
				Routine maintenance work;
21. Costs
				related to buildings that are used primarily as a house of worship;
22. For construction grants, the costs incurred
				for planning and site management activities or documents that were funded by a
				planning grant;
23. Planning,
				refurbishing, or installing permanent or temporary museum exhibits, except as noted
				at N.J.A.C.
				5:101-2.9(a)4 iii and (a)6iii;
				and
24. Collections management
				including:
i. Cataloging an artifact or archival
				collection;
ii. Appraising or
				documenting collections; or
iii.
				Instituting conservation measures for artifacts.