Bill Text: NJ A837 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Makes $240,000 supplemental appropriation to Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A837 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A837-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 837

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman  BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE

District 34 (Essex and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Holley

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Makes $240,000 supplemental appropriation to Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission.

 

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, 2020 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 2019 (P.L.2019, c.150).

 

     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.2019, c.150, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

 

74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

70 Government Direction, Management, and Control

74 General Government Services

DIRECT STATE SERVICES

01-2505 Office of the Secretary of State ...........................................

$240,000

Total Direct State Services Appropriation, General  

    Government Services ...............................................                                                                                                

$240,000

Direct State Services:

                  Special Purpose:

 

 

         01        Martin Luther King Jr.

                           Commemorative Commission ...

($240,000)

 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides for a supplemental appropriation of $240,000 to the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission. Established in 1989, the commission advises the Governor and the Legislature on Statewide activities in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy.

     The commission organizes an Annual King Holiday Commemorative Celebration each year in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. The commemorative celebration is the premier event in the State of New Jersey that honors Dr. King and brings together a diverse group of people to celebrate his life. The commission also develops programs designed to educate the citizens of New Jersey about the civil rights movement.

     The $240,000 supplemental appropriation would enable the commission to continue to move forward with bringing communities together and raising public awareness of Dr. King's ideals and philosophy.

     Makes $240,000 supplemental appropriation to Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission.

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