Sponsored by:
Senator BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Makes General Fund supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to DMVA for air quality studies to support campaign for award of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Jets at 177th Air National Guard base.
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, 2018 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved July 4, 2017 (P.L.2017, c.99).
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.2017, c.99, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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67 DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice 14 Military Services DIRECT STATE SERVICE |
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60-3600 Joint Training Center Management and Operations............ |
$50,000 |
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Total Direct State Services Appropriation, Military Services |
$50,000 |
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Direct State Services: |
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60 Services Other Than Personal. |
($50,000) |
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The amounts hereinabove appropriated to the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs are for the purpose of having air quality studies conducted to support the efforts to advance New Jersey’s candidacy in obtaining the federal award for the F-35 fighter jet at the 177th Air National Guard base.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a General Fund supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs for the purpose of having air quality studies conducted to support the efforts to advance New Jersey’s candidacy in obtaining the federal award for the F-35 fighter jet at the 177th Air National Guard base. The United States Air Force is in the process of selecting air bases as potential locations for the deployment of new fighter jets, F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. By appropriating the funding for air quality studies, the State is supporting efforts to advance New Jersey’s candidacy in obtaining the F-35 fighter jets. Assembly Resolution No. 149 of 2016 and Senate Resolution No. 55 of 2016, both filed with the Secretary of State, urged the United States Air Force to base the F-35 fighter jets at the 177th Air National Guard base.