40:12-15.4 - Lands acquired by county held in trust - New Jersey Statutes

40:12-15.4  Lands acquired by county held in trust4.  Lands acquired by a county using revenue raised pursuant to this act shall be held in trust and shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized under this act.

After conducting at least one public hearing thereon and upon a finding that the purposes of this act might otherwise be better served or that any land acquired by a county pursuant thereto is required for another public use, which finding shall be set forth in a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, adopted by the governing body of the county, the governing body may convey, through sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition, title to, or a lesser interest in, that land, provided that the governing body shall replace any land conveyed under this section by land of at least equal fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness, size, quality, and location to the land conveyed, and any monies derived from the conveyance shall be deposited into the "County Open Space, Recreation, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of this act for use for the purposes authorized by this act for monies in the county trust fund.  Any such conveyance shall be made in accordance with the "Local Lands and Buildings Law," P.L.1971, c.199 (C.40A:12-1 et seq.).  In the event of conveyance by exchange, the land or improvements thereon to be transferred to the trust shall be at least equal in fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness, size, quality, and location to the land or improvements transferred from the trust.

L.1997,c.24,s.4.