Bill Text: NJ A5280 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires return of unexpended balances from certain FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025 appropriations to Hudson County; authorizes supplemental appropriation to Hudson County for general operating aid.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-28 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A5280 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-A5280-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblyman GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman JERRY WALKER
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires return of unexpended balances from certain FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025 appropriations to Hudson County; authorizes supplemental appropriation to Hudson County for general operating aid.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act to supplement the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following language provisions are added to section 1 of P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2026:
22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
70 Government Direction, Management, and Control
75 State Subsidies and Financial Aid
STATE AID
Notwithstanding the provision of any law or regulation to the contrary, the County of Hudson shall return to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Property Tax Relief Fund, not later than June 30, 2026, the unexpended balances not to exceed $28,100,000 from the amounts appropriated for Hudson County Jail (PTRF) pursuant to P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2023, P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2024, and P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2025, respectively, and the amount appropriated for Hudson County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Capital Renovations (PTRF) pursuant to P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2025.
There is appropriated from the General Fund an amount not to exceed $28,100,000 to the Department of Community Affairs for distribution to the County of Hudson as general operating aid, except that the amount appropriated for the County of Hudson shall not exceed the total amount of unexpended balances returned by the county to the State Treasurer from the amounts appropriated for Hudson County Jail (PTRF) pursuant to P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2023, P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2024, and P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2025, and the amount appropriated for Hudson County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Capital Renovations (PTRF) pursuant to P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2025, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
2. This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the County of Hudson to return the unexpended balances of State appropriations provided to the county to support capital improvements at the Hudson County Correctional and Rehabilitation Center. The annual State appropriations acts for State Fiscal Years 2023, 2024, and 2025 appropriated a total of $28.1 million from the Property Tax Relief Fund to Hudson County for this purpose. The bill requires the unexpended balances to be returned to the State Treasurer by June 30, 2026 for deposit into the PTRF.
The bill also authorizes a General Fund appropriation, not to exceed $28.1 million, to the County of Hudson for general operating aid. The bill provides that the total amount appropriated to the County of Hudson for general operating aid cannot exceed the total amount of unexpended balances returned by the County of Hudson from the appropriations for Hudson County Jail (PTRF) in State Fiscal Years 2023, 2024, and 2025 and the appropriation for Hudson County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Capital Renovations (PTRF) in State Fiscal Year 2025.
