STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Supplemental appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund community-based violence intervention initiatives.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, P.L.2021, c.133.
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.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice
19 Central Planning, Direction and Management
1000 Office of the Attorney General
GRANTS-IN-AID
099-1000 Office of the Attorney General...................... $10,000,000
Total Grants-in-Aid: Appropriation,
Law Enforcement ........................................... $10,000,000
Grants-in-Aid:
06 Community-Based Violence Intervention $10,000,000
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill appropriates $10 million to the Office of the Attorney General in the Department of Law and Public Safety to fund community-based violence intervention initiatives.
In FY 2022, the State appropriated $10 million to fund Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Programs to reduce gun violence and help crime victims.
This $10 million supplemental appropriation will continue the State’s support of these initiatives.