Bill Text: NJ A2227 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee [A2227 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2227-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 26, 2015 (P.L.2015, c.63).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2015, c.63, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services 2541 Division of State Library State aid |
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51-2541 Per Capita Library Aid ................................................... |
$3,000,000 |
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Total State Aid Appropriation, Division of State Library .................................................................................... |
$3,000,000 |
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State Aid: |
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51 Per Capita Library Aid ......................... |
($3,000,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $3 million from the General Fund to increase the State fiscal year 2016 funding for Per Capita Library Aid. The purpose of the bill is to better enable the State's libraries to serve the public with access to information and cultural enrichment.
Per Capita Library Aid has waned over the course of the Great Recession.
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Per Capita Library Aid Over the Past Ten Fiscal Years |
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FY16 |
$3.676 million |
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FY15 |
$3.676 million |
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FY14 |
$3.676 million |
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FY13 |
$3.676 million |
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FY12 |
$3.676 million |
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FY11 |
$3.676 million |
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FY10 |
$7.176 million |
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FY09 |
$7.973 million |
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FY08 |
$8.665 million |
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FY07 |
$8.665 million |
Meanwhile, as funding for Per Capita Library Aid has dwindled, the State's population has increased by approximately 400,000 residents and visits to public libraries have grown over 20%. Now, as New Jersey emerges from the Great Recession, it is time to replenish Per Capita Library Aid to better afford the public access to the informative and cultural opportunities indicative of a blossoming recovery.
