Bill Text: NJ A4345 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.*
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-10 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4345 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4345-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman ADAM J. TALIAFERRO
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen DeAngelo and Wilson
SYNOPSIS
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for Council on Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs for purposes of base realignment and closure.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 4, 2015, with amendments.
An Act concerning an annual appropriation for the Council on Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs and supplementing P.L.1992, c.86 (C.38A:3-16 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. 1a.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, there shall be appropriated annually an amount not to exceed $200,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs for use by the Council on Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs for the preservation of military installations in the event of federal action on base realignment and closure.
1b. Any contract or agreement with a lobbyist or governmental affairs agent to be paid, in part or in whole, from funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall be awarded every two years in a manner substantially similar to the process set forth in P.L.1997, c.399 (C.52:34-9.1 et seq.).
c. No later than July 15th of each year, the Council on Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs shall file a written report that details each expenditure from the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section during the immediately preceding State fiscal year ending June 30th.
The report shall be accompanied by copies of the receipts for each item or service purchased or for which an expenditure was made at a cost greater than a de minimus amount, together with: (1) the name and mailing address of the person, business, or organization receiving payment; and (2) a brief description of the item or service.
The report shall be available as a public record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C. 47:1A-1 et seq.) and shall be posted on the website of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
