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Bill Text

S4223 

SENATE, No. 4223 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 14, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes payment of relocation costs under Blue 
Acres program. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning the Blue Acres program and amending 
P.L.2016, c.12.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 3 of P.L.2016, 
c.12 (C.13:8C-45) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� As used in P.L.2016, 
c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.): 

���� �Acquisition� or �acquire� 
means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 
(C.13:8C-3).

���� �Blue Acres cost� means the 
expenses incurred in connection with:� all things deemed necessary or useful 
and convenient for the acquisition by the State or a qualifying tax exempt 
nonprofit organization, for recreation and conservation purposes, of lands that 
have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or 
storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such 
damage; the execution of any agreements or franchises deemed by the Department 
of Environmental Protection to be necessary or useful and convenient in 
connection with any Blue Acres project authorized by P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 
et seq.); the procurement or provision of appraisal, archaeological, 
architectural, conservation, design, engineering, financial, geological, 
historic research, housing counseling, hydrological, inspection, legal, 
planning, relocation, surveying, or other professional advice, estimates, 
reports, services, or studies; the purchase of title insurance; the undertaking 
of feasibility studies; the demolition of structures, the removal of debris, 
and the restoration of lands to a natural state or to a state useful for 
recreation and conservation purposes, which activities may be carried out 
through direct contracts with service providers, and shall not require the 
approval of the Division of Property Management and Construction in the 
Department of the Treasury; the establishment of a reserve fund or funds 
for working capital, operating, maintenance, or replacement expenses as the Director 
of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury may 
determine; the provision of direct payments, advances, or bridge loans to 
households for relocation expenses; and reimbursement to any fund of the 
State of moneys that may have been transferred or advanced therefrom to any 
fund established by� P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), or any moneys that 
may have been expended therefrom for, or in connection with, P.L.2016, c.12 
(C.13:8C-43 et seq.).

���� �Blue Acres project� means any 
project of the State or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization to relocate 
residents from or acquire, via fee simple sale, sale commitment letter, 
right of occupancy, leaseback, life estate, or other transfer of property 
interest, for recreation and conservation purposes, lands that have been 
damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or 
storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such 
damage, including through the use of nature-based infrastructure such as 
bioswales, living shorelines, vegetative basins, and vegetated berms.

���� �Commissioner� means the 
Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

���� �Committee� means the State 
Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to section 4 of 
P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-4).

���� �Constitutionally dedicated 
CBT moneys� means any moneys made available pursuant to Article VIII, Section 
II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution deposited in the funds established 
pursuant to sections 6, 7, 8, and 9 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48 through 
C.13:8C-51), and appropriated by law, for recreation and conservation, farmland 
preservation, or historic preservation purposes set forth in Article VIII, 
Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution or P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 
et seq.). 

���� �Convey� or �conveyance� means 
the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3).

���� �Cost� means the expenses 
incurred in connection with:� all things deemed necessary or useful and 
convenient for the acquisition or development of lands for recreation and 
conservation purposes, the acquisition of development easements or fee simple 
titles to farmland, or the preservation of historic properties, as the case may 
be; the execution of any agreements or franchises deemed by the Department of 
Environmental Protection, State Agriculture Development Committee, or New 
Jersey Historic Trust, as the case may be, to be necessary or useful and 
convenient in connection with any project funded in whole or in part using 
constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys; the procurement or provision of 
apprais