Sponsored by:
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Gopal, Turner, Rice, Gill, Singleton and Ruiz
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY 2019 supplemental appropriation of $9,000,000 to Department of State for New Jersey Complete Count Commission.
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, 2019 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved July 1, 2018 (P.L.2018, c.53).
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.2018, c.53, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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$9,000,000 |
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Total Direct State Services Appropriation, |
$9,000,000 |
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01 Complete Count Commission ..………. |
($9,000,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $9,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of State for the New Jersey Complete Count Commission.
The commission was established pursuant to P.L.2018, c.115 to develop, recommend, and assist in the administration of a census outreach strategy to encourage full participation in the 2020 federal decennial census of the population. The census outreach strategy will be designed to ensure a complete and accurate count of New Jersey’s population, and is required to include, but would not be limited to:
· State agency initiatives to encourage participation in the 2020 census;
· the establishment and support of school-based outreach programs;
· partnerships with non-profit community-based organizations; and
· a multi-lingual and multi-cultural, multi-media campaign with information that may be widely disseminated among all of the State’s diverse populations and communities.
The supplemental appropriation will support the commission in the development and implementation of these strategies.