SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3176

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  NOVEMBER 12, 2020

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3176.

      This bill appropriates a total of $87,444,690 from the “New Jersey Library Construction Fund.”  Under the bill, $86,484,040 is appropriated to the State Librarian for the purpose of providing project grants for the construction, reconstruction, development, extension, improvement, and furnishing of New Jersey public libraries.  The bill also appropriates $625,000 and $335,650, respectively, to the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority and the State Librarian for the administration of the “New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act.”

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.