Bill Text: NJ A1001 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-11-15 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A1001 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A1001-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman ROY FREIMAN
District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)
Assemblywoman YVONNE LOPEZ
District 19 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen DeAngelo, Danielsen, Assemblywomen Tucker, Murphy, Assemblyman Verrelli, Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Wirths, Space, Assemblywomen Mosquera, Lampitt, Assemblymen Houghtaling, Conaway, Karabinchak, Assemblywomen McKnight and Vainieri Huttle
SYNOPSIS
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act permitting the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to accept moneys for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements and supplementing chapter 13 of Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs shall be permitted to accept moneys received by the department as gifts, grants, or donations from the public and private sectors for the purpose of public service announcements for the prevention of veteran suicide.
Moneys received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a special nonlapsing fund maintained by the State Treasurer. Moneys credited to such account shall be appropriated solely to fund public service announcements for the prevention of veteran suicide.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill permits the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMAVA) to accept gifts, grants, donations from the public and private sectors for the purpose of public service announcements for the prevention of veteran suicide. Revenues received by the department will be deposited into a special nonlapsing fund maintained by the State Treasurer.
