SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4218

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 16, 2021

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4218, with committee amendments.

      As amended, the bill appropriates $2 million to the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority for the purpose of supporting any costs associated with hosting the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Convention in Atlantic City in July 2022. 

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amendments provide that the monies appropriated by the bill would be provided to the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.  As introduced, the bill would have appropriated these monies to the NAACP New Jersey State Conference.

      The committee amendments also clarify that these monies may only be used to support costs associated with hosting the NAACP National Convention in Atlantic City.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.