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An Act to Amend and Supplement “An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 and regulating the disbursement thereof,” approved June 29, 2021.

 

     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.2021, c.133, there are appropriated and de-appropriated the following sums for the purposes specified:

 

26 Department of Corrections

10. Public Safety and Criminal Justice

16. Detention and Rehabilitation

7025. System-Wide Program Support

GRANTS-IN-AID

13-7025 Institutional Program Support.................................................................................................................. $11,000,000

    Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, Detention and Rehabilitation................................................................ $11,000,000

Grants-in-Aid:

    13   Purchase of Service for Inmates Incarcerated In County Penal Facilities…....... ($11,000,000)

 

42 D EPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

40. Community Development and Environmental Management

42. Natural Resource Management

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

29-4875 Environmental Management and Preservation – Constitutional Dedication........................................... $22,000

    Total Capital Construction Appropriation, Natural Resource Management........................................................ $22,000

Capital Projects:

    29   Preserve New Jersey Blue Acres Fund – Constitutional Dedication............................ ($22,000)

 

43. Science and Technical Programs

DIRECT STATE SERVICES

29-4850 Environmental Management and Preservation – Constitutional Dedication...................................... $8,918,000

    Total Direct State Services Appropriation, Science and Technical Programs............................................... $8,918,000

Direct State Services:

    29   Water Resources Monitoring and Planning – Constitutional Dedication............... ($8,918,000)

 

44. Site Remediation and Waste Management

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

29-4815 Environmental Management and Preservation – Constitutional Dedication................................... $30,321,000

    Total Capital Construction Appropriation, Site Remediation and Waste Management............................ $30,321,000

Capital Projects:

    29   Hazardous Substance Discharge Remediation – Constitutional Dedication......... ($8,918,000)

    29   Private Underground Storage Tank Remediation – Constitutional Dedication....... (8,918,000)

    29   Hazardous Substance Discharge Remediation Loans & Grants –

                Constitutional Dedication........................................................................................... (12,485,000)

 

54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

20. Physical and Mental Health

23. Behavioral Health Services

7700. Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services

DIRECT STATE SERVICES

09-7700 Addiction Services........................................................................................................................................ $7,500,000

    Total Direct State Services Appropriation, Behavioral Health Services......................................................... $7,500,000

Direct State Services:

    09   Alcohol Treatment Fund Program................................................................................. ($7,500,000)

 

STATE AID

08-7700 Community Services (PTRF)...................................................................................................................... $7,069,000

    Total Direct State Services Appropriation, Behavioral Health Services......................................................... $7,069,000

State Aid:

    09   Support of Patients in County Psychiatric Hospitals (PTRF)................................... ($7,069,000)

 

94 INTERDEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS

70. Government Direction, Management, and Control

74. General Government Services

DIRECT STATE SERVICES

01-9400 Property Rentals............................................................................................................................................ $7,000,000

    Total Direct State Services Appropriation, General Government Services.................................................... $7,000,000

 

Direct State Services:

    01   Existing and Anticipated Leases.................................................................................... ($7,000,000)

 

     2.    The language provisions in section 1 of P.L.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2022, are amended to read as follows:

 

22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

40 Community Development and Environmental Management

41 Community Development Management

GRANTS-IN-AID

The amount appropriated for Affordable Housing Programs shall be allocated for the following purposes: (1) an amount not to exceed $5,000,000, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, is appropriated to the Department of Community Affairs to support activities to increase the production of affordable housing by streamlining the permitting and construction review processes at the State and municipal levels, including but not limited to technology upgrades to departmental systems and grants to local units for training and technology upgrades to enhance the efficiency of their permitting and review processes; (2) an amount not to exceed $20,000,000, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, is appropriated to the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) for a Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance Program to assist in stabilizing neighborhoods through owner-occupancy and providing home ownership opportunities to households that would otherwise remain tenants; (3) an amount not to exceed $10,000,000, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, is appropriated to the HMFA for a Risk Share Pilot Program to enhance the competitiveness of HMFA multifamily mortgage products by providing financial assistance for insurance premiums associated with affordable housing development; and (4) an amount not to exceed $22,000,000, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, is appropriated to the HMFA to support the operations of a Multifamily Gap Financing Pool that provides necessary gap financing to make possible the construction of additional multifamily projects, a portion not to exceed $10,000,000 of which may be used to address the urgent need for affordable workforce housing by providing subsidies for units accessible to families earning between 80% and 120% of Area Median Income, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

The amount hereinabove appropriated for HMFA Capital Improvement Assistance Program is appropriated to the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (“HMFA”) and shall be made available as loans, secured by mortgages, to finance: (1) costs associated with rehabilitation and physical improvements at selected eligible affordable housing properties needing assistance due to the impacts of natural disasters and other emergent circumstances; or (2) debt, liabilities or other obligations owed to a local unit (as such term is defined in Section 1 of P.L.1960, c.169 (C.40A:1-1)), or a county improvement authority created pursuant to P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-46) and which are guaranteed by a local unit, and which existed prior to the natural disaster or other emergent circumstances.  Loans made available pursuant to this provision shall be provided in accordance with guidelines to be promulgated by the Executive Director no less than 60 days from receipt of the funds; provided, however, that the HMFA may alter such guidelines at a later date.  The guidelines shall specify that initial priority is provided to HMFA-financed properties that suffered damages from Hurricane Ida in 2021.

 

70. Government Direction, Management, and Control

75. State Subsidies and Financial Aid

STATE AID

Of the amount hereinabove appropriated for Transitional Aid to Localities, amounts may be allocated by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services to any State agency or department, county or county improvement authority to pay for services provided to or on behalf of a participating municipal government unit pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between that State agency or department, county or county improvement authority, as applicable, and the Division of Local Government Services, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

 

54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

20 Physical and Mental Health

23 Mental Health and Addition Services

7700 Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services

DIRECT STATE SERVICES

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, the amount hereinabove appropriated to the Direct State Services Alcohol Treatment Fund Program may be transferred to the Dedicated Alcohol Treatment Programs Fund account to supplement any anticipated shortfall from the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Revenue Fund, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

     Approved June 30, 2022.