Authorizes expenditures from open space trust funds to develop or maintain recreation and conservation land although the land was not acquired by the municipality.

This bill (A 3559) allows New Jersey municipalities with voter-approved "open space taxes" to use those funds for developing or maintaining recreation and conservation land within their borders - even if the land isn’t owned by the municipality (e.g., public school fields or land owned by other public entities). Currently, such funds could only be spent on land the municipality itself acquired. The bill permits municipalities to adopt an ordinance authorizing this expanded use, ensuring improvements benefit local residents. It directly affects municipalities collecting these specific taxes and the recreation/conservation land within their jurisdiction.