Sponsored by:
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Quijano, Assemblyman Verrelli, Assemblywomen Timberlake, Speight, McKnight, Jasey, Murphy, Downey, Swain and Assemblyman Tully
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and unemployment compensation benefits and supplementing chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall make available on its website and emails concerning unemployment benefits a link to the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-246 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to make available on its website and in its emails concerning unemployment benefits a link to the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as “SNAP”.