Bill Text: NJ A789 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriates $1.6 million to Dept. of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee [A789 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A789-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman R. BRUCE LAND
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman ELIZABETH MAHER MUOIO
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Quijano
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates $1.6 million to Dept. of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
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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10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 40 Community Development and Environmental Management 49 Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation DIRECT STATE SERVICES |
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06-3360 Marketing and Development Services.................................. |
$1,600,000 |
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Total Direct State Services Appropriation, |
$1,600,000 |
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Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation........... |
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Direct State Services: |
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Special Purpose: 06 Promotion/Market Development............... |
($1,600,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $1.6 million from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture to increase funding for the Jersey Fresh program.
The Jersey Fresh program is an advertising, promotional, and quality grading program launched in 1984 to help farmers inform consumers about the availability and variety of fruits and vegetables grown in New Jersey, and later expanded to include seafood, landscape plants, and other agricultural products.
