SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4274

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 16, 2021

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4274.

      This bill provides supplemental appropriations of $500,000 each to the Apportionment Commission and the New Jersey Redistricting Commission. 

      The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Act provided $2 million for the expenses of the Apportionment Commission.  As required by the New Jersey Constitution, the Apportionment Commission is charged with the drawing of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected. 

      The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Act also provided $1.5 million for the New Jersey Redistricting Commission.  The State Constitution provides for the New Jersey Redistricting Commission to draw the lines of the State’s 12 congressional districts.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.