New JerseyFuture Green Acres grants and loans could not fund artificial turf fields
If enacted, grants or loans awarded after the bill takes effect could not pay for artificial turf fields when Green Acres funds cover any part.
What it does
Grants or loans awarded after this bill takes effect could not pay to buy, use, install, or replace artificial turf fields if Green Acres funds cover any part.
Argument forThe limit could mean fewer turf fields are installed with these awards, which may reduce the plastic runoff described in the bill.
Argument againstTowns and schools planning artificial turf fields might need other money because future Green Acres funded awards could no longer pay for them.
More detail
The bill would bar certain grants and loans from paying for artificial turf fields. The rule would cover grants or loans paid for at least partly by the Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund or any other Green Acres Fund. Covered awards could not pay to buy, use, install, or replace artificial turf fields. The bill would take effect immediately if enacted; the ban would apply to awards made after that date.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 17Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd ReadingLatest
- Vote recorded Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- May 7Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste CommitteeIntroduced
- Sep 17Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd ReadingLatest
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