Sponsored by:
Senator LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
Senator JOSEPH CONIGLIO
District 38 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Buono and Karcher
SYNOPSIS
Supplemental appropriation of $4 million for Governor’s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Infantile Autism.
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, 2007 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved July 8, 2006 (P.L.2006, c.45).
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.2006, c.45, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural and Intellectual Development 36 Higher Educational Services 2420 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey GRANTS-IN-AID |
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82-2420 Institutional Support ...................................................... |
$4,000,000 |
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Direct State Services: |
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82 Governor’s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Infantile Autism........................ |
($4,000,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides a supplemental appropriation of $4 million to the Governor’s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Infantile Autism established under P.L.1999, c.105 (C.30:6D-56 et seq.). The council is currently funded from receipts deposited in the “Autism Medical Research and Treatment Fund” in the Department of the Treasury, which was established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.144 (C.30:6D-62.2). These receipts are derived from a $1 surcharge established under P.L.2003, c.144 for motor vehicle fines and penalties imposed by the court pursuant to R.S.39:5-41.
At a time when the number of persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders is rapidly increasing, this supplemental appropriation will provide the council with the funding that it needs for its grant- and contract-awarding activity in support of autism medical research and treatment.