Bill Text: NJ S2455 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S2455 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S2455-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2455

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MAY 9, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

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 2022 appropriations act, P.L.2021, c.133.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    In In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2022, there is appropriated the following sum for the purpose specified:

 

74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services 2541 Division of State Library   STATE AID
	51-2541 Per Capita Library Aid (PTRF)...........................................		$10,500,000
	Total State Aid Appropriation,		$10,500,000
	Division of State Library...............................................
	State Aid:
	51      Per Capita Library Aid.......................	($10,500,000)

 

     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, 2022. 

     The purpose of the bill is to better enable libraries to serve the public with access to information and cultural enrichment.