SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT, WAGERING, TOURISM & HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4420

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 11, 2026

      The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4420.

      This bill amends the "Regional Rehabilitation and Reentry Center Authority Act" to remove a regional rehabilitation and reentry center authority’s (authority) power to place an assessment on the property taxes paid by each resident of a participating county and to instead require participating counties to pay an assessment directly to the authority.  The assessment authorized by the bill is to be determined by the average daily population of the inmates from each county, as certified by the chief financial officer of the authority, which is to be applied to the total revenue needs in the authority’s budget.  The chief financial officer of the authority is to certify the proportional share for each county concerning what the portion is for general operations and what portion is to support debt service.

      Each proportional share of each participating county is to be conveyed to the respective county chief financial officer for inclusion in the county’s annual budget.  The portion of the proportional share assessment for each county pertaining to debt service is to be an eligible cap exception pursuant to P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.1 et seq.).  The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs is to certify that the amount of the proportional share assessment is included as an appropriation in each participating county’s annual operation budget, as a condition of State approval for budget adoption, pursuant to the "Local Budget Law."