SENATE, No. 521
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
210th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2002 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator SHARPE JAMES
District 29 (Essex and Union)
Senator RONALD L. RICE
District 28 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Codey, Furnari, Bryant, Baer, Lesniak, Littell, Bennett, Singer, Bark, Inverso, Connors, Vitale, Turner, Kenny and Kyrillos
SYNOPSIS
Supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Newark City's plane crash costs.
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, 2000 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 28, 1999 (P.L.1999, c.138).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.1999, c.138, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 40 Community Development and Environmental Management 41 Community Development Management GRANTS-IN-AID |
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04-8030 Local Government Services ................................... |
$1,500,000 |
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Total Appropriation, Local Government Services |
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$1,500,000 |
Grant: To fund Newark City's Plane Crash Costs ......................................................... |
($1,500,000) |
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In addition to the amount appropriated hereinabove, there is appropriated out of the General Fund such additional sums as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs upon submission of documentation from the City of Newark that their actual plane crash costs exceeded $1.5 million.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would appropriate $1,500,000 to the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to fund a grant to the City of Newark to reimburse the city for costs incurred in responding to the November 26, 1999 crash of a single engine private plate in the Kent Street area of the Central Ward. In response to the crash, which killed four people (including all three plane passengers) and injured two dozen others, the city undertook extensive cleanup of the crash site, restoration of damaged residences and businesses, and relocation assistance to families whose homes were made uninhabitable.
In addition to the $1.5 million amount being appropriated, this bill would also appropriate additional amounts deemed necessary by the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs if the City of Newark can demonstrate that its actual plane crash costs exceeded $1.5 million.