Bill Text: NJ S1361 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Redirects certain State funding for specific arts, cultural, and historic organizations to competitive grant program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S1361 Detail]

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SENATE, No. 1361

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  MICHAEL L. TESTA, JR.

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Redirects certain State funding for specific arts, cultural, and historic organizations to competitive grant program.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  


An Act amending P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

 

Whereas, The fiscal year 2023 appropriations act includes an overabundance of special appropriations that benefit specifically-named public and private organizations and groups, including various arts, cultural, and historic organizations; and

Whereas, These special, direct appropriations are included in the appropriations act without providing similar organizations and groups across the State the opportunity to earn these public dollars; and

Whereas, The fiscal year 2023 appropriations act inappropriately singles out many arts, cultural, and historic organizations when other similar organizations have legitimate needs that have been ignored; and

Whereas, State funds can be more fairly and efficiently allocated if they are redirected to a competitive grant program that recognizes the needs of all arts, cultural, and historic organizations and seeks regional balance in the distribution of monies; now, therefore,

 

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

 

     1.  The following items in section 1 of P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, are amended to read as follows:

 

22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

50 Economic Planning, Development, and Security

55 Social Services Programs

GRANTS-IN-AID

05-8050  Community Resources.......... [$166,571,000] $155,021,000

                 Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation,                                       

                   Social Services Program .. [$166,571,000] $155,021,000

Grants-in-Aid:

[05          Newark Museum................................................. ($5,700,000)

05            Camden County Historical Society ....................... (250,000)

05            Lambert Castle Visiting Center .......................... (3,600,000)

05            Collingswood Foundation for the Arts - Collingswood Grand Ballroom ......................................................................... (2,000,000)]

 

74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development

37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services

GRANTS-IN-AID

05-2530  Support of the Arts.................... [$40,375,000] $53,925,000

                 Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation,                                       

                   Cultural and Intellectual Development Services [$47,878,000] $61,428,000

Grants-in-Aid:

[05   Newark Symphony Hall Infrastructure Project ($6,000,000)

05     Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey.............. ($175,000)

05     The Papermill Playhouse - Capital Improvements ($2,000,000)]

05     Arts, Cultural, and Historic Organizations Fund .... $21,725,000

 

The amount hereinabove appropriated for "Arts, Cultural, and Historic Organizations Fund" shall be used to establish a competitive grant program in the Department of State that provides funds to support the missions and financial and capital needs of qualifying arts, cultural, and historic organizations. The Secretary of State shall establish reasonable eligibility criteria, and identify any priority funding areas, for the distribution of grants under the program, provided however that, to the maximum extent possible, funds awarded under the grant program shall be allocated equally among the northern, central, and southern regions of the State.

 

94 INTERDEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS

70 Government Direction, Management, and Control

74 General Government Services

GRANTS-IN-AID

09-9460  Aid to Independent Authorities [$148,934,000] $146,934,000

 

     (From General Fund  .......................

 

[$134,657,000] $132,457,000

 

)

 

                 Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation, General Government Services       [$148,934,000] $146,934,000

Grants-in-Aid:

[09   New Jersey Performing Arts Center-Operating Aid ($2,000,000)]

 

 

FEDERAL FUNDS

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, moneys are appropriated from the federal "Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund" (SFRF) established pursuant to the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021," Pub. L. 117-2, in the following amounts for the following purposes without the additional approval by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee:

Program

Agency

Appropriation

TOTAL          

                         $1,763,447,000

Rutgers University - Capital Needs

State

$300,000,000

Water Infrastructure

DEP

300,000,000

Home Lead Paint Remediation

DCA

170,000,000

UPK Facilities Fund (SDA)

DOE

120,000,000

Rebuild by Design Hoboken

DEP

100,000,000

Liberty State Park

IDA

50,000,000

Capital Improvements, Statewide

IDA

50,000,000

Enrollment Based Payment Extension

DHS

48,000,000

Resident Services Upgrades

OIT

40,000,000

Railroad and Bus Operations (NJ Transit Improvements)

DOT

40,000,000

Overlook Medical Center - Emergency Department Renovation

DOH

35,000,000

Child Care Facilities Fund

EDA

30,000,000

Real Estate Projects Fund - Property Assemblage

EDA

30,000,000

Revolutionary War State Owned Historic Sites

Treasury

25,000,000

Greenway Planning, Development, and Remediation

DEP

20,000,000

Maternal and Infant Health Center Capital

EDA

20,000,000

Middlesex County College

Treasury

20,000,000

Middlesex County Improvement Authority

DCA

20,000,000

Union County Improvement Authority

DCA

20,000,000

Kean University Science Buildings

State

20,000,000

Arts Support and Placemaking

EDA

15,000,000

Unemployment Processing Modernization and Improvements

DOL

15,000,000

IHE Mental Health Provider Grants

OSHE

15,000,000

State Building Electrification Pilot

Treasury

10,000,000

Increased County Jail Population due to COVID

DOC

10,000,000

RWJ Barnabas Health - Mobile Health Division

DOH

10,000,000

Gap Financing - Real Estate Projects Funding

EDA

10,000,000

Telehealth Mental Health Supports

OSHE

10,000,000

Resident Services Upgrades

MVC

9,000,000

Capital Health - Satellite Emergency Department, Trenton

DOH

8,000,000

Paulsboro Port Road Paving

DOT

8,000,000

Virtua Health - Hospital Infrastructure and Workforce Education

DOH

8,000,000

Ferry Terminal Support - Carteret

NJT

8,000,000

Ferry Terminal Support - South Amboy

NJT

8,000,000

Irvington Park

DCA

7,500,000

Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit

DCA

7,500,000

School Linked Services Federal Revenue Planning

DCF

6,500,000

Newark Pedestrianization

DCA

6,500,000

Universal Newborn Home Visitation

DCF

6,000,000

Office of Eviction Prevention

DCA

5,500,000

Assertive Community Treatment Pilot

DCF

5,000,000

[New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Community Center] Arts, Cultural, and Historic Organizations Fund

[IDA] State

5,000,000

Centralized Advertising Budget

DHS

5,000,000

South Toms River Landfill

DEP

5,000,000

Elizabeth, Storm Recovery Support

DCA

5,000,000

Atlantic County Airport

DCA

5,000,000

Stormwater Drainage Repair & Replacement - NJ State Prison

DOC

5,000,000

Inspira Health - Hospital Infrastructure and Workforce Education

DOH

5,000,000

Cooper University Hospital - Ronald McDonald House Southern New Jersey

DOH

5,000,000

Carrier Clinic - Inpatient Behavioral Health Expansion

DOH

5,000,000

St. Peter's Hospital - Family Health Center

DOH

5,000,000

Coriell Institute for Medical Research - New Research Facility

DOH

5,000,000

Rowan University-Rutgers Camden Board of Governors

State

5,000,000

The New Valley Hospital -

Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness

DOH

5,000,000

COVID Respite Services

DCF

4,300,000

County Area Agencies on Aging

DHS

4,000,000

Port Liberte Ferry Terminal

NJT

4,000,000

Developing Resiliency with Engaging Approaches to Maximize Success (DREAMS)

DOE

3,600,000

Educator and Staff Training Initiatives

DOE

3,300,000

Hudson County Jail

DOC

3,200,000

Worker Experience & Service Delivery

OOI

3,200,000

Veterans Haven North HVAC System

MVA

2,930,000

Teen Mental Health First Aid Pilot

DHS

2,700,000

Neighborhood Preservation Program

DCA

2,500,000

Potable Water Treatment Improvements - New Lisbon/Hunterdon

DHS

2,417,000

Higher Education Peer Counseling

DHS

2,400,000

State Police - Storage Warehouses

LPS

2,200,000

Manufacturing Initiative - Workforce Development

DOL

2,000,000

CareWell Health - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility

DCA

2,000,000

United in Care

DCA

1,500,000

Mental Health First Aid

DHS

1,500,000

Society for Prevention of Teen Suicide

DCF

1,200,000

Employer Supports CC&R Agency Support

DHS

1,000,000

IHE MH Professional Development

OSHE

1,000,000

Former State Buildings Planning Study

Treasury

1,000,000

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

 

     This bill redirects approximately $21.7 million in State funds included in the fiscal year 2023 appropriations act for specific arts, cultural, and historic organizations to a competitive grant program in the Department of State called the Arts, Cultural, and Historic Organizations Fund. The bill also redirects $5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to the program, which funds are currently dedicated for New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Community Center. Total available funding for the program, therefore, is $26.7 million.

     The grant program would provide funds to support the missions and financial and capital needs of qualifying arts, cultural, and historic organizations. Under the bill, the Secretary of State would establish reasonable eligibility criteria, and identify any priority funding areas, for the distribution of grants under the program. The bill requires, to the maximum extent possible, that funds awarded under the grant program would be allocated equally among the northern, central, and southern regions of the State.

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