ASSEMBLY, No. 780

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  BOB ANDRZEJCZAK

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman  JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman  R. BRUCE LAND

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Houghtaling

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Appropriates $3.5 million to Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory improvements project.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  


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, 2014 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 28, 2013 (P.L.2013, c.77).

 

     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.2013, c.77, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

40 Community Development and Environmental Management

49 Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

02-3320 Plant Pest and Disease Control ...........................................

$3,500,000

Total Capital Construction Appropriation,                                                                                                 

$3,500,000

      Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation ……....

Capital Construction:

 

 

02   Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory improvements project ...

($3,500,000)

 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill appropriates $3.5 million to the Department of Agriculture for infrastructure-energy improvements at the Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory.  The laboratory is a 21,000 square-foot special use facility constructed in 1985 and is more than 25 years old.  These funds will provide for the installation of new HVAC equipment, ductwork, and piping; installation of a building automation system; and revision of the electrical power system to comply with current building codes.  These upgrades are expected to add 25 years or more to the useful life of the facility.