Bill Text: NJ S2435 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriates $3.5 million to Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory improvements project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-27 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2435 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2435-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2435

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 27, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JEFF VAN DREW

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Appropriates $3.5 million to Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory improvements project.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

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:

10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 40 Community Development and Environmental Management 49 Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
02-3320 Plant Pest and Disease Control ...........................................		$3,500,000
Total Capital Construction Appropriation,		$3,500,000
Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation ..........
Capital Construction:
02   Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory improvements project ...	($3,500,000)

 

2.      This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill appropriates $3.5 million to the Department of Agriculture for infrastructure-energy improvements at the Phillip Alampi Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory.  The laboratory is a 21,000 square-foot special use facility constructed in 1985 and is more than 25 years old.  These funds will provide for the installation of new HVAC equipment, ductwork, and piping; installation of a building automation system; and revision of the electrical power system to comply with current building codes.  These upgrades are expected to add 25 years or more to the useful life of the facility.