Bill Text: NJ S4006 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Supplemental appropriation of $50 million to Law Enforcement Unmanned Aircraft Systems Radar Technology Grant Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee [S4006 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S4006-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
Senator JON M. BRAMNICK
District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Supplemental appropriation of $50 million to Law Enforcement Unmanned Aircraft Systems Radar Technology Grant Program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, P.L.2024, c.22.
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.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice
12 Law Enforcement
GRANTS-IN-AID
99-1200 Administration and Support Services ................ $50,000,000
Total Grants-In-Aid appropriation,
Law Enforcement ........................................... $50,000,000
Grants-In-Aid:
99 Law Enforcement Unmanned Aircraft Systems Radar Technology Grant Program ........................................................... ($50,000,000)
The amount appropriated herein for the Law Enforcement Unmanned Aircraft Systems Radar Technology Grant Program shall be used to implement a program under the Department of Law and Public Safety which will enable State and local police departments to receive assistance with purchasing radar equipment to detect and track unmanned aircraft systems.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill supplements the FY 2025 appropriations act by appropriating $50 million to the Department of Law and Public Safety. This funding establishes the Law Enforcement Unmanned Aircraft Systems Radar Technology Grant Program for State and local officials to purchase radar equipment to detect and track unidentifiable sightings of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as drones.
Due to the recent surge in unexplained mass UAS sightings and usage of UAS in national airspace, law enforcement should be equipped appropriately to reduce the potential threat to critical infrastructure.
This supplemental appropriation provides necessary support to State and local law enforcement in safeguarding vital assets and ensuring strict adherence to all regulations and requirements associated with UAS ownership and operation in New Jersey.
