13. a. At least once each State fiscal year, the Department of Environmental Protection, the State Agriculture Development Committee, and the New Jersey Historic Trust shall each submit to the Garden State Preservation Trust a list of projects recommended to receive funding pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.). Except as otherwise provided by P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), such funding recommendations shall be based upon the same respective priority systems, ranking criteria, and funding policies as those established pursuant to sections 23, 24, 26, 27, and 37 through 42 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-23, C.13:8C-24, C.13:8C-26, C.13:8C-27, and C.13:8C-37 through C.13:8C-42), section 7 of P.L.2005, c.178 (C.13:8C-38.1), and sections 1 and 2 of P.L.2001, c.405 (C.13:8C-40.1 and C.13:8C-40.2), and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
b. The Garden State Preservation Trust shall review the project lists submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and prepare, and submit to the Governor and to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly for introduction in the Legislature, proposed legislation appropriating moneys pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) to fund projects on any such list. The Legislature may approve one or more appropriation bills containing a project list or lists submitted by the Garden State Preservation Trust pursuant to this subsection.