Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims’ rights and VCCO assistance.
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, 2020 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 2019 (P.L.2019, c.150).
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.2019, c.150, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY 80 Special Government Services 82 Protection of Citizens’ Rights
GRANTS-IN-AID |
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19-1440 Victims of Crime Compensation Office ............................. |
$750,000 |
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Total Grants-In-Aid Appropriation, |
$750,000 |
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Victims of Crime Compensation Office........................... |
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Grants-In-Aid: |
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19 Public Awareness Campaign: Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights and VCCO Assistance ……………. |
($750,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $750,000 from the General Fund to the Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) in the Department of Law and Public Safety for a public awareness campaign to inform victims of the provisions of the Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights and of the availability of compensation and other assistance from VCCO.