New Jersey Statutes 28:2-32. Findings, declarations regarding railroad, transportation museum
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 28:2-32
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. New Jersey has long been disadvantaged by the absence of an official historical exhibit site and institution for its large transportation artifacts. As a result, our State‘s artifacts have been collected by transportation museums in neighboring states supported by state and federal funds. Tourism, as well as museum volunteer labor, has also “migrated” out of the State to follow these artifacts.
b. Pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1993, c.209 (C. 52:16A-46), as amended by P.L.1997, c.50, the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Museum Commission, authorized pursuant to an appropriation of $357,000 in Fiscal Year 2000, has developed a master plan for the proposed railroad and transportation museum, prepared by the firm of Wallace Roberts and Todd in May 2000. The master plan examines the establishment of the museum in the town of Phillipsburg, Warren County, with the development of a satellite facility in the borough of Netcong, Morris County and including the feasibility of rail excursions between Netcong and Phillipsburg.
c. Pursuant to the master plan, the commission, in a report issued in September 2000, recommends to the Governor, the Legislature and the Department of Transportation that the final site for the museum be principally located in the town of Phillipsburg, Warren County, with a satellite location in the borough of Netcong, Morris County. The commission recommends that the museum be called the “New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center.”
d. It is in the public interest for the Legislature to establish the location and final site of the New Jersey transportation and railroad museum in the town of Phillipsburg, Warren County, with a satellite facility in the borough of Netcong, Morris County, the museum to be called the “New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center.”
L.2001, c.113,s.1.