Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
Assemblyman GARY S. SCHAER
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman SHEILA Y. OLIVER
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
Senator SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Oroho
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY 2016 supplemental appropriations of $6,500,000 and adds language provision.
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 30, 2016 and regulating the disbursement thereof," P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No. 4600).
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. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No. 4600), there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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78 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 60 Transportation Programs 62 Public Transportation STATE AID |
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04-6050 Public Transportation Services....................................... |
$6,000,000 |
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Total State Aid Appropriation, |
$6,000,000 |
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Public Transportation Services..................................... |
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State Aid: |
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04 Transportation Assistance for Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents…. |
($6,000,000) |
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74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development 36 Higher Educational Services Grants-In-Aid |
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80-2400 Statewide Planning and Coordination for Higher Education. |
$500,000 |
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Total Grants-In-Aid Appropriation, |
$500,000 |
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Statewide Planning and Coordination for Higher Education. |
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Grants-In-Aid: |
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80 Security Enhancements |
($500,000) |
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The Secretary of Higher Education shall allocate the amount hereinabove appropriated for Security Enhancements to the institution of higher education determined by the Secretary to be most in need of security enhancements in order to protect the safety of students and faculty.
2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
STATEMENT
This bill makes supplemental appropriations totaling $6.5 million from the General Fund during FY 2016. Of that amount, $6 million is appropriated from the General Fund to the Transportation Assistance for Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents program within New Jersey Transit. In FY 2016, $18,264,000 is to be appropriated to the program from the Casino Revenue Fund. This additional appropriation from the General Fund would bring total support for the program to $24,264,000.
This bill also appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for security enhancements to the institution of higher education determined by the Secretary to be most in need of security enhancements for the protection and safety of students and faculty.