Sponsored by:
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to Election Law Enforcement Commission in DLPS for enforcement and staffing activities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, P.L.2022, c.49.
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.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purposes specified:
66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice
13 Special Law Enforcement Activities
1420 Election Law Enforcement Commission
DIRECT STATE SERVICES
17-1420 Election Law Enforcement Commission ............ $1,500,000
Total Direct State Services appropriation,
Election Law Enforcement .............................. $1,500,000
Direct State Services:
17 Enforcement and Staffing Activities.... ($1,500,000)
The amount herein above appropriated for Enforcement and Staffing Activities shall be utilized for the enforcement of the provisions of "The New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act," P.L.1973, c.83
(C.19:44A-1 et seq.), and to ensure there are a sufficient number of employees as are necessary to carry out the commission's enforcement duties.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides a supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 from the General Fund to the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) in the Department of Law and Public Safety for staffing and enforcement activities. ELEC is responsible for administering State laws regarding campaign finance.