Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman YVONNE LOPEZ
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Expands purpose of FY2024 State-aid appropriation to City of Perth Amboy to allow use for broader pedestrian safety.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act to Amend the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following item in section 1 of P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, is amended as follows:
22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
70 Government Direction, Management, and Control
75 State Subsidies and Financial Aid
STATE AID
04-8030 Local Government Services ................................ $2,000,000
Total State Aid appropriation,
State Subsidies and Financial Aid ................... $2,000,000
State Aid:
04 Perth Amboy [Convery Boulevard] Pedestrian [Bridge] Safety (PTRF)............................................................. ($2,000,000)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends an appropriation under the FY 2024 appropriations act, P.L.2023, c.74, of $2 million from the Property Tax Relief Fund to the City of Perth Amboy. The appropriation, as enacted on June 30, 2023, specified that the funds were to be used for a pedestrian bridge, but in the time since the FY 2024 appropriations act was enacted, the bridge was deemed unfeasible. This bill will allow the City of Perth Amboy to expend the appropriated funds for other pedestrian safety projects.