Sponsored by:
Senator RONALD L. RICE
District 28 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Ruiz and Weinberg
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY 2013 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to Department of Community Affairs for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June , 2013 and regulating the disbursement thereof, " approved June , 2012 (P.L. , c. ).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L. , c. , there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 50 Economic Planning, Development and Security 55 Social Services Program GRANTS-IN-AID |
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50-8050 Community Programs ...................................................... |
$10,000,000 |
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Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, |
$10,000,000 |
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Social Services Program .............................................. |
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Grants-in-Aid: |
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50 Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund .... |
($10,000,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a FY 2013 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10,000,000 to the Department of Community Affairs.
The Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund provides funding to address lead-based paint in New Jersey in a comprehensive and focused manner. Programs include lead-based paint hazard control through lead abatement or interim controls; emergency relocation of households which include a child with an elevated blood lead level; extensive statewide, regional and community based education and outreach; training courses in lead disciplines such as lead-safe building maintenance practices; identification of lead-safe housing via a web-based Lead Safe Housing Registry available to the public; increases in identification of lead-based paint hazards and lead dust hazards via the distribution of free dust-wipe kits and purchasing X-ray fluorescence analyzers for use by local health departments.