Bill Text: NJ S2889 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-04 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S2889 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S2889-Introduced.html
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 annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74.
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.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, there is appropriated from the Property Tax Relief Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services 2541 Division of State Library
STATE AID |
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51-2541 Per Capita Library Aid (PTRF)........................................... |
$10,500,000 |
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Total State Aid Appropriation, |
$10,500,000 |
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Division of State Library............................................... |
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State Aid: |
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51 Per Capita Library Aid (PTRF)................... |
($10,500,000) |
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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, 2024.
The purpose of the bill is to better enable libraries to serve the public with access to information and cultural enrichment.