Bill Text: NJ S4436 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires return of unexpected balances from FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025 appropriations for Hudson County Jail (PTRF); authorizes supplemental appropriation to Hudson County for general operating aid.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-08 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S4436 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-S4436-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator RAJ MUKHERJI
District 32 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires return of unexpended balances from FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025 appropriations for Hudson County Jail (PTRF); authorizes supplemental appropriation to Hudson County for general operating aid.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act to supplement the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following language provisions are added to section 1 of P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2026:
22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
70 Government Direction, Management, and Control
75 State Subsidies and Financial Aid
STATE AID
Notwithstanding the provision of any law or regulation to the contrary, the County of Hudson shall return to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Property Tax Relief Fund, not later than June 30, 2026, the unexpended balances not to exceed $28,100,000 from the amounts appropriated for Hudson County Jail (PTRF) pursuant to P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2023, P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2024, and P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2025, respectively.
There is appropriated from the General Fund an amount not to exceed $28,100,000 to the Department of Community Affairs for distribution to the County of Hudson as general operating aid, except that the amount appropriated for the County of Hudson shall not exceed the total amount of unexpended balances returned by the county to the State Treasurer from the amounts appropriated for Hudson County Jail (PTRF) pursuant to P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2023, P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2024, and P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the County of Hudson to return the unexpended balances of State appropriations provided to the county to support capital improvements at the Hudson County Correctional and Rehabilitation Center. The annual State appropriations acts for State Fiscal Years 2023, 2024, and 2025 appropriated a total of $28.1 million from the Property Tax Relief Fund (PTRF) to Hudson County for this purpose. The bill requires the unexpended balances to be returned to the State Treasurer by June 30, 2026 for deposit into the PTRF.
This bill also authorizes a General Fund appropriation, not to exceed $28.1 million, to the County of Hudson for general operating aid. The bill provides that the total amount appropriated to the County of Hudson for general operating aid cannot exceed the total amount of unexpended balances returned by the County of Hudson from the appropriations for Hudson County Jail (PTRF) in State Fiscal Years 2023, 2024, and 2025.
