Bill Text: NJ A4284 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that school districts and nonpublic schools may receive reimbursement for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2016 for testing school drinking water for lead.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Approved P.L.2017, c.86. [A4284 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A4284-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that school districts may receive reimbursement for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2016 for testing school drinking water for lead.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act to amend "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 2016 (P.L.2016, c.10).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following language provision in section 1 of P.L.2016, c.10, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
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34 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development 31 Direct Educational Services and Assistance STATE AID 03-5120 Miscellaneous Grants-in-Aid |
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, the amount hereinabove appropriated for Lead Testing for Schools is subject to the following condition: amounts shall be paid to school districts, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, based on approved applications for reimbursement of the costs of: 1) testing school drinking water pursuant to program requirements established by the department, which shall be effective upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law; and 2) testing school drinking water on or after January 1, 2016, but prior to the department's filing of the program requirements with the Office of Administrative Law, if the testing that has been conducted meets or exceeds the program requirements established by the department.
(cf: P.L.2010, c.10, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The annual appropriations act
for fiscal year 2016-2017 included a $10 million appropriation to be used to
reimburse school districts for costs incurred when conducting lead testing in
drinking water in schools. The corresponding language provision stipulated
that the reimbursement would be made pursuant to program requirements to be
established by the Department of Education, which would be effective upon
filing with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). The department's
requirements stated that school districts would only be eligible to receive a
reimbursement for lead testing
performed after July 13, 2016. This bill would allow a school district to
receive a reimbursement for lead testing conducted on or after January 1, 2016,
but before the department filed the program requirements with the OAL, if the
lead testing meets or exceeds the program requirements established by the
department.
