[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 3943
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED JUNE 10, 2021
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Ruiz
SYNOPSIS
Establishes State supplement for federal summer food service program meals.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on June 17, 2021, with amendments.
An Act concerning summer food service programs and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall provide a 10-cent per meal supplement to the existing federal reimbursement to operators of the federal summer food service program.
b. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall provide guidance and support to school districts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
c. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall prepare and issue an annual report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature on the annual cost of the summer food service program supplement to the State per month, and the number of additional students, since the prior year, participating in the summer food service program.
d. The Legislature shall annually appropriate such funds as are necessary to implement this act.
2. This act shall take effect June 1, 1[2023] 20221.