Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Permits transfer of escheated civil forfeiture funds from Unclaimed Personal Property Trust Fund to General Fund for appropriation to Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on October 26, 2020, with amendments.
A Supplement to 1[the Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations act, P.L.2019, c.150] “An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021 and regulating the disbursement thereof,” approved September 29, 2020 (P.L.2020, c.97)1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following language provision is added to the General Provisions of 1[P.L.2019, c.150] P.L.2020, c.971, the annual State appropriations act for Fiscal Year 1[2020, as amended and supplemented by P.L.2020, c.43] 20211:
1[105.] 102.1 Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, in addition to any other amounts transferred from the Unclaimed Personal Property Trust Fund to the General Fund and appropriated herein, there is appropriated from the Unclaimed Personal Property Trust Fund for transfer to the General Fund, an amount not to exceed $2,400,000 comprising unclaimed assets seized by the County of Essex prior to January 1, 2017 pursuant to N.J.S.2C:64-1 et seq., and deposited in the Unclaimed Personal Property Trust Fund on or after July 1, 2020, which amount is appropriated subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting to the Office of the Essex County Prosecutor for law enforcement purposes including, but not limited to, the implementation of a county-wide police body-worn camera and video storage program.
1[2. Section 105 of P.L.2019, c.150 is amended to read as follows:
[105.] 106. this act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
(cf: P.L.2020, c.43, s.9)]1
2. 1Section 102 of P.L.2020, c.97 is amended to read as follows:
[102] 103. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020.1
(cf: P.L.2020, c.97, s.102)
3. This act shall take effect immediately.