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A1874
ASSEMBLY, No. 1874
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAMES J. KENNEDY
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman AURA K. DUNN
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Inganamort,
Assemblywoman Katz and Assemblyman DiMaio
SYNOPSIS
���� Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $17
million to DEP for grants for certain lake management activities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, P.L.2022, c.49.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and the General Assembly
of the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.�
In
addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2022, c.49, the annual
appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, there is
appropriated the following amount for the purpose specified:
42 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
40 Community Development and Environmental Management
43 Science and Technical Programs
GRANTS-IN-AID
06-4850
Water
Monitoring........................................................
$17,000,000
Total Grants-In-Aid
Appropriation,���������������������������
��������� Stormwater Management
Grants
$17,000,000
Grants-In-Aid:
06
Stormwater Management Grants
..........................................
($17,000,000)
The amounts hereinabove appropriated shall be used for providing grants
to assist qualified entities to pay for the management and maintenance of lakes
for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to section 2 of this act.
���� 2.� a.� The amounts
appropriated in section 1 of this act shall be used for providing grants to
assist qualified entities to pay for the management and maintenance of lakes
for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to the provisions of this
section.
���� b.� The department shall
establish a program for the purpose of providing grants with the moneys
allocated pursuant to section 1 of this act to assist qualified entities to pay
certain costs associated with the management and maintenance of lakes for recreation
and conservation purposes.
���� c.� (1)� In establishing the
program required pursuant to this section, the department shall develop
criteria for the evaluation and ranking of applications to provide priority to
projects:
���� (a)� submitted by qualified
entities responsible for a lake with public access; and
���� (b)� to improve water quality
and increase recreational access and use of lakes, including projects to
control nutrient levels in lakes in order to prevent future harmful algal
blooms.
���� (2)� A grant issued pursuant
to this section may be used for stormwater and nonpoint source pollution
management activities that would, as determined by the department, directly
enhance, improve, or protect the use of a lake for recreation and conservation
purposes.
���� (3)� The Commissioner of
Environmental Protection shall develop an application by which a qualified
entity may apply for a grant pursuant to this section, and criteria by which to
rank the applications received by the department.� The commissioner shall provide
notice of the availability of funding for this program and make the application
available on the department's Internet website.
���� d.� As used in this section:
���� �Greenwood Lake Commission�
means the commission created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.402
(C.32:20A-3).
���� �Lake Hopatcong Commission�
means the commission created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2000, c.175
(C.54:4B-3).
���� �Qualified entity� means: the
Greenwood Lake Commission; the Lake Hopatcong Commission; a local government
unit; an entity established pursuant to law or an entity established pursuant
to ordinance by the municipalities surrounding a publicly-accessible lake for
the management of the lake, including, but not limited to, the Deal Lake
Commission or the Lake Topanemus Park Commission; or a nonprofit organization
that is exempt from federal taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. s.501 (c)(3) and
whose mission is the management or maintenance of a publicly-accessible lake.
���� �Recreation and conservation
purposes� means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999,
c.152 (C.13:8C-3).
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill makes a one-time
supplemental appropriation of $17 million for Fiscal Year 2023 to the
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from the General Fund.� The bill
directs the DEP to establish a program to use these funds for grants to assist qualified
entities to pay certain costs associated with the management and maintenance of
lakes for recreation and conservation purposes.
���� The bill requires the DEP to
develop criteria for the evaluation and ranking of applications to provide
priority to projects submitted by qualified entities responsible for a lake
with public access; and projects to improve water quality and increase recreational
access and use of lakes, including projects to control nutrient levels in lakes
in order to prevent future harmful algal blooms.� The bill provides that a
grant issued pursuant to the bill may be used for stormwater and nonpoint
source pollution management activities, if the DEP determines that those
activities would directly enhance, improve, or protect the use of a lake for
recreation and conservation purposes.
���� The bill defines �qualified
entity� to mean:� the Greenwood Lake Commission; the Lake Hopatcong Commission;
a local government unit; an entity established pursuant to law or an entity
established pursuant to ordinance by the municipalities surrounding a publicly-accessible
lake for the management of the lake, including, but not limited to, the Deal
Lake Commission or the Lake Topanemus Park Commission; or a nonprofit
organization that is exempt from federal taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. s.501
(c)(3) and whose mission is the management or maintenance of a
publicly-accessible lake.