ASSEMBLY, No. 1001

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  JOANN DOWNEY

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman  ROY FREIMAN

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen DeAngelo, Danielsen, Assemblywomen Tucker, Murphy, Assemblyman Verrelli, Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Wirths, Space, Assemblywomen Mosquera, Lampitt, Assemblymen Houghtaling, Conaway, Karabinchak, Assemblywomen McKnight and Vainieri Huttle

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee with technical review.

  


An Act permitting the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to accept moneys for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements and supplementing chapter 13 of Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs shall be permitted to accept moneys received by the department as gifts, grants, or donations from the public and private sectors for the purpose of public service announcements for the prevention of veteran suicide. 

     Moneys received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a special nonlapsing fund maintained by the State Treasurer.  Moneys credited to such account shall be appropriated solely to fund public service announcements for the prevention of veteran suicide. 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.