STATE OF NEW JERSEY
213th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2008 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator CHRISTOPHER "KIP" BATEMAN
District 16 (Morris and Somerset)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator S.Kean
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $2,000,000 for New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment Museum.
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, 2001 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 2000 (P.L.2000, c.53).
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.2000, c.53, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
42 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
40 Community Development and Environmental Management
42 Natural Resource Management
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
12-4875 Parks Management: .........................................$2,000,000
Total Capital Construction Appropriation,
Parks Management ..............................$2,000,000
Capital Construction:
12 New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment
Museum.........................................................($2,000,000)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill appropriates $2.0 million to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the design and construction of the New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment Museum at Allaire State Park in Monmouth County. These funds will provide for the construction of the museum to preserve the equipment and history of firefighting. The funds also may be used to update the construction and design plans previously prepared for the museum.
The museum will house the collection of fire fighting apparatus donated to the State by Ernest N. Day. Mr. Day began donating fire equipment and memorabilia to the State in 1963. The collection, known as the "Day Collection," includes pieces of equipment and memorabilia dating back to the turn of the century and once belonging to New Jersey municipalities.
P.L.1973, c.378 authorized the establishment of a State fire engine and equipment museum, and provided for the creation of an advisory commission to select an appropriate site for the museum. A site in Allaire State Park in Monmouth County was chosen as the location for the museum.