Sponsored by:
Senator STEPHEN M. SWEENEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
SYNOPSIS
Provides supplemental appropriations of $500,000 to the Apportionment Commission and $500,000 to the New Jersey Redistricting Commission.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, P.L.2021, c.133.
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.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, there are appropriated from the General Fund the following amounts for the purposes specified:
01 LEGISLATURE
70 Government Direction, Management, and Control
77 Legislative Commissions and Committees
DIRECT STATE SERVICES
09-0040 Apportionment Commission .................................. $500,000
09-0056 New Jersey Redistricting Commission .................. $500,000
Total Direct State Services Appropriation,
Legislative Commissions ................................. $1,000,000
Direct State Services:
Apportionment Commission:
09 Expenses of Commission......................... ($500,000)
New Jersey Redistricting Commission:
09 Expenses of Commission......................... ($500,000)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides supplemental appropriations of $500,000 each to the Apportionment Commission and the New Jersey Redistricting Commission.
The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Act provided $2 million for the expenses of the Apportionment Commission. As required by the New Jersey Constitution, the Apportionment Commission is charged with the drawing of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.
The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Act also provided $1.5 million for the New Jersey Redistricting Commission. The State Constitution provides for the New Jersey Redistricting Commission to draw the lines of the State’s 12 congressional districts.