Approval of this act would authorize $200 million in funding for Green Acres, farmland, Blue Acres, and historic preservation projects through the sale of State general obligation bonds. The Green Acres program preserves open space, including parks, fish and wildlife habitat, flood prone or affected areas, and lands that protect water supplies. It also funds park improvements and facilities. Of the total sum authorized: (1) $109 million will be used for Green Acres; (2) $73 million will be used for farmland preservation purposes; (3) $12 million will be used to fund a new "Blue Acres" program by which the State may purchase from willing sellers, for open space preservation purposes, properties in the Delaware River, Passaic River, and Raritan River basin floodways that are prone to or have incurred flood or storm damage; and (4) $6 million will be used for historic preservation purposes.
Source for Popular Vote data: New Jersey Division of Elections. Ballot Questions Tally For November 2007 General Election, New Jersey Division of Elections (http://www.nj.gov/oag/elections/2007results/07general-election/07-official-general-election-tallies(pub-ques)-12.3.07.pd) (accessed 20 Dec 2007)