Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman MELINDA KANE
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to assign distribution of funding for Community Security Initiatives to Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act amending P.L.2024, c.22, the Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act, to adjust the distribution of Homeland Security funding for Community Security Initiatives.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following line item in section 1 of P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for State Fiscal Year 2025, is amended to read as follows:
66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice
19 Central Planning, Direction and Management
1005 Homeland Security and Preparedness
GRANTS-IN-AID
13-1005 Homeland Security and Preparedness............... $18,500,000
Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, Central
Planning, Direction and Management............ $18,500,000
Grants-in-Aid:
13 [Jewish Federation of New Jersey -] Community Security Initiatives............................................................. ($1,500,000)
(cf: P.L.2024, c.22, s.1)
2. The following language provision is added to section 1 of P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for State Fiscal Year 2025:
66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice
19 Central Planning, Direction and Management
1005 Homeland Security and Preparedness
GRANTS-IN-AID
Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, the amounts hereinabove appropriated for Community Security Initiatives shall be allocated to the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey for distribution, in equal amounts, to each Jewish Federation located in the State to support the costs of community security initiatives undertaken by each federation, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
3. This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2025 currently appropriates $1.5 million for Community Security Initiatives. This bill amends the appropriations act to specifically allocate these funds to the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey for distribution, in equal amounts, to each Jewish Federation located in the State to defray the costs of community security initiatives undertaken by each federation.
In its current form, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2025 appropriates these funds to the Jewish Federation of New Jersey. However, because this is not the official name of an organization, this bill assigns the responsibility for distributing these funds Statewide to the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.