Bill Text: NJ S4419 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates "Census Complete Count Trust Fund" in Department of State for funding efforts to achieve full count of State's population each federal decennial census.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-08 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S4419 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-S4419-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Creates "Census Complete Count Trust Fund" in Department of State for funding efforts to achieve full count of State's population each federal decennial census.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the allocation of funds each year for undertaking a full count of the State's population during each federal decennial census and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. There is established in the Department of State a "Census Complete Count Trust Fund," into which shall be appropriated from the State General Fund the sum of $1 million annually. Moneys in the fund shall be invested in permitted investments or shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in those depositories as the State Treasurer may select, and may be invested and reinvested in permitted investments or as other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. All interest or other income or earnings derived from the investment or reinvestment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Moneys in the fund shall be used by the Department of Sate to fund State, local, and community efforts to achieve the full count of the State's population in each federal decennial census. The Legislature may prescribe by law the complete count activities that shall be eligible to receive funds in the years and months preceding the census day.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill creates a "Census Complete Count Trust Fund" in the Department of State for the funding efforts to achieve a full count of State's population during each federal decennial census.
Under the bill, the State would appropriate into the fund from the State General Fund the sum of $1 million annually. Moneys in the fund would be invested and all interest or other income or earnings derived from such investment or reinvestment would be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund would be used by the department to fund State, local, and community efforts to achieve the full count of the State's population in each federal decennial census. The Legislature may prescribe by law the complete count activities that would be eligible to receive funds in the years and months preceding the census day.
