N.J. Admin. Code § 5:101-2.15

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 5:101-2.15 - Ineligible costs

(a) Costs incurred in the following activities are not eligible for funding by the historic preservation grant program:

1. Acquisition of real or personal property, unless grant is for easement acquisition pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:101-2.13 ;

2. New construction, unless for access improvements and as part of a preservation or rehabilitation project;

3. Administrative or operational costs of the agency receiving funding, except as specified at N.J.A.C. 5:101-2.8(a)8 ;

4. Donated materials and/or donated in-kind services;

5. Expenses for publicity, unless stipulated in the grant agreement;

6. Charges more than the lowest responsive bid, when the State or the recipient requires competitive bidding, unless the Trust agrees in advance to the higher cost;

7. Charges for deficits or overdrafts;

8. Interest expense;

9. Damage judgments arising from constructing, or equipping a facility, whether determined by judicial process, arbitration, negotiation, or otherwise;

10. Services, materials, or equipment obtained by a local governmental unit or nonprofit organization under any other State program;

11. Contract cost overruns, not approved, which exceed the allowable amount under contract specifications;

12. Costs for grant application expenses;

13. Lobbying;

14. Work including construction, research, and preparation of plans and reports performed outside the approved project period;

15. Work including construction, research and preparation of plans and reports not included in the scope of work set forth in the project agreement;

16. Funds spent for eligible project work prior to submission of an application shall not exceed 25 percent of the overall project costs requested;

17. Work that does not comply with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards;

18. Work performed for a local government unit which has not been awarded in compliance with the State Contracts Law, 52:32-1 et seq., or the Local Public Contracts Law, 40A:11-1 et seq.;

19. Work performed for a nonprofit organization that has not been awarded in compliance with the pre-qualification and bidding requirements of the Trust, unless the costs of the work performed totaled less than $100,000 and was bid competitively;

20. Routine maintenance work;

21. Costs related to buildings that are used primarily as a house of worship;

22. For construction grants, the costs incurred for planning and site management activities or documents that were funded by a planning grant;

23. Planning, refurbishing, or installing permanent or temporary museum exhibits, except as noted at N.J.A.C. 5:101-2.9(a)4 iii and (a)6iii; and

24. Collections management including:

i. Cataloging an artifact or archival collection;

ii. Appraising or documenting collections; or

iii. Instituting conservation measures for artifacts.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:101-2.15

Adopted by 55 N.J.R. 2474(a), effective 12/18/2023