ASSEMBLY, No. 3857

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 16, 2020


Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblywoman  SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex)

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Senator  JOSEPH P. CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

Senator  ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Senator  TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Senator  NILSA I. CRUZ-PEREZ

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

Senator  DAWN MARIE ADDIEGO

District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)

Senator  NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI

District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)

Senator  THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

Senator  CHRISTOPHER "KIP" BATEMAN

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Senator  CHRIS A. BROWN

District 2 (Atlantic)

Senator  DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.

District 13 (Monmouth)

Senator  STEVEN V. OROHO

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Chaparro, Timberlake, Assemblymen Johnson, Mejia, Armato, Assemblywomen Jimenez, Vainieri Huttle, McKnight, Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Spearman, Assemblywoman Lopez, Assemblymen Wimberly and Holley

 

SYNOPSIS

     Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks.

 

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, 2020 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 2019 (P.L.2019, c.150).

 

     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.2019, c.150, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

 

10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

40 Community Development and Environmental Management

49 Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation

 

GRANTS-IN-AID

05-3350 Food and Nutrition Services  ...........................

$15,000,000

Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation,                                                                            

$15,000,000

 Agricultural Resources, Planning, and Regulation…..

Grants-in-Aid:

 

 

   05  Community Food Bank

            of New Jersey ………………………..

($10,800,000)

 

   05  Food Bank of South Jersey ……….

(2,400,000)

 

   05  Fulfill Monmouth & Ocean …………

(1,800,000)

 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill supplements the FY 2020 appropriations act by appropriating $15 million for grants to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, the Food Bank of South Jersey, and Fulfill Monmouth & Ocean to provide food assistance to households in need.