New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 50 - PINELANDS COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Subchapter 5 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LAND USES AND INTENSITIES
Part V - SPECIAL PINELANDS DEVELOPMENT CREDIT PURCHASE PROGRAM
Section 7:50-5.51 - Purpose
This Part establishes a special program for the State's purchase of Pinelands Development Credits, utilizing funds appropriated by the State for this purpose. The program is administered in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Pinelands Development Credit Bank and is intended to increase the amount of important agricultural and forested lands permanently protected in the Preservation Area District, the Agricultural Production Areas and the Special Agricultural Production Areas. All Pinelands Development Credits purchased through this special program shall also be retired so that the development rights purchased by the State are not used for density bonuses in Regional Growth Areas or for other development activities authorized in this Plan.