Bill Text: NJ A5462 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A5462 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A5462-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson and Assemblyman DeAngelo
SYNOPSIS
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations act, P.L.2020, c.97.
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.2020, c.97, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2021, there is appropriated 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 (PTRF)........................................... |
$10,500,000 |
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Total State Aid Appropriation, |
$10,500,000 |
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Division of State Library............................................... |
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State Aid: |
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51 Per Capita Library Aid....................... |
($10,500,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $10.5 million from the Property Tax Relief Fund to increase the State funding for Per Capita Library Aid in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.
The purpose of the bill is to better enable libraries to serve the public with access to information and cultural enrichment.
