SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT, WAGERING, TOURISM & HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3991

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 19, 2024

      The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3991.

     P.L.2023, c.74, the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Act, appropriated $6 million to the Department of Community Affairs for distribution to the Town of West New York to support the construction of an overpass project.  However, $3 million of this appropriation lapsed to the Property Tax Relief Fund at the end of Fiscal Year 2024.  As of December 2024, the $3 million balance of this appropriation remains unexpended.

     In order to restore and reauthorize the full amount appropriated in FY 2024 for the Town of West New York, the bill provides a FY 2025 supplemental appropriation of $3 million and adds budget language re-appropriating the balance of the FY 2024 appropriation to support the construction of the recreation center by the municipality.