[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1228

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  SADAF F. JAFFER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators A.M.Bucco, Turner, Assemblymen Giblin and Thomson

SYNOPSIS

     Allows certain airports to carry over certain grant money into future years.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on January 19, 2023, with amendments.

An Act concerning grant funding for certain airports and supplementing P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-89 et al.).

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.    a.  Any airport that has been awarded a grant provided through the “Airport Safety Fund” established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-92) or under the Department of Transportation’s Airport Improvement Program on or after January 1, 2019, may ²be allowed, at the sole discretion of the Commissioner of Transportation, to² carry over grant money awarded from the Airport Safety Fund or under the department’s Airport Improvement Program into future fiscal years, without the funds being rescinded by the department, provided that:

     (1)   the airport has applied for any necessary municipal or county approvals, or both, as applicable;

     (2)   ¹the airport¹ submits to the department a schedule of the expected expenditure of such money;

     (3)   the use of such money is authorized pursuant to the grant agreement, the "New Jersey Airport Safety, Security and Improvement Act," P.L.1983, c.264 (C.6:1-89 et al.), the Airport Improvement Program, or, as applicable, a combination thereof; and

     (4)   any such carryover is not incompatible with federal aid or assistance overseen by the department. 

     b.    The Department of Transportation may promulgate rules and regulations concerning the carryover of grant money pursuant to this section.

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.