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.