SENATE, No. 438
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator DIANE B. ALLEN
District 7 (Burlington)
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Cruz-Perez
SYNOPSIS
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 11, 2017, with amendments.
An Act concerning an annual appropriation for the 1[Council on Armed Forces] Department of Military1 and Veterans’ Affairs and supplementing P.L.1992, c.86 (C.38A:3-16 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, there shall be appropriated annually an amount not to exceed $200,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs 1[for use by the Council on Armed Forces and Veterans’ Affairs]1 for the preservation of military installations in the event of federal action on base realignment and closure.
1b. Any contract or agreement with a lobbyist or governmental affairs agent to be paid, in part or in whole, from funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall be awarded every two years in a manner substantially similar to the process set forth in P.L.1997, c.399 (C.52:34-9.1 et seq.).
c. No later than July 15th of each year, the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs shall file a written report that details each expenditure from the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section during the immediately preceding State fiscal year ending June 30th.
The report shall be accompanied by copies of the receipts for each item or service purchased or for which an expenditure was made at a cost greater than a de minimus amount, together with: (1) the name and mailing address of the person, business, or organization receiving payment; and (2) a brief description of the item or service.
The report shall be available as a public record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) and shall be posted on the website of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.