Sponsored by:
Senator ANDREW ZWICKER
District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Space and Pennacchio
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Main Library Alliance.
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:
74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development
37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services
2541 Division of State Library
GRANTS-IN-AID
51-2541 Library Services ...................................................... $500,000
Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation,
Division of State Library .................................... $500,000
Grants-in-Aid:
51 Main Library Alliance ............................. ($500,000)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to provide grants-in-aid funding to the Main Library Alliance.
The Main Library Alliance is a non-profit organization that provides services, programs, learning platforms, cost-sharing, and a technology framework to over 50 library buildings in the northwestern part of the State. The Main Library Alliance and its member libraries serve over 700,000 patrons in over 100 municipalities in Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Union, and Warren counties.