Sponsored by:
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to Department of State to fund Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 26, 2015 (P.L.2015, c.63).
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.2015, c.63, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development 36 Higher Educational Services Grants-In-Aid |
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82-2415 Institutional Support .......................................................... |
$1,000,000 |
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Total Grants-In-Aid Appropriation, |
$1,000,000 |
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Agricultural Experiment Station ..................................... |
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Grants-In-Aid: |
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82 Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory........ |
($1,000,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a State fiscal year 2016 supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of State for the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at the Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station. The purpose of this appropriation is to enhance seed production and to facilitate research innovation.
The Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory has a 120-year tradition of disseminating research results and working with State and federal agencies, fisheries, and aquaculture communities, concentrating on species of commercial importance to New Jersey. Enhancing seed production through selective breeding allows for the development of genetically improved, disease-resistant, shellfish better suited for the New Jersey shoreline.