ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1000

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: JUNE 24, 1996

 

      The Assembly Appropriations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1000.

      Assembly Bill No. 1000 appropriates $15,979,046,000 in State funds and $5,462,282,000 in federal funds for the State budget for Fiscal Year 1997. In accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, Section II, par. 2, New Jersey Constitution, the Fiscal Year 1997 appropriations bill identifies anticipated resources sufficient to meet projected appropriations.

      The following summary compares the overall budget recommendations of the Governor's Fiscal Year 1997 budget recommendation with the appropriations bill as reported by the committee:

 

THE FY 1997 APPROPRIATIONS BILL IN BRIEF

($ millions)

 


Appropriations

Governor's Budget

Recommendations


A-1000 Bill

Non-Federal Resources Available, All Funds

 

  Undesignated Fund Balances

     July 1, 1996

$889.9

$872.7

  Non-Federal Revenues Anticipated

$15,644.8

$15,656.5

  Total Non-Federal Resources Available

$16,534.7

$16,529.2

Non-Federal Appropriations, All Funds

  Direct State Services

$5,095.1

$5,044.7

  Grants-in-Aid

$3,665.3

$3,749.3

  State Aid

$6,395.0

$6,384.6

  Debt Service

$463.1

$446.9

  Capital Construction

$366.3

$353.6

      Total

$15,984.7

$15,979.0

Undesignated Fund Balances, All Funds, June 30, 1997

$550.0

$550.2

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS BY DEPARTMENTS, ALL FUNDS


Appropriations

Governor's Budget

Recommendations


A-1000 Bill

Legislature

$50.1

$50.0

Chief Executive

$5.0

$5.0

Agriculture

$11.6

$12.7

Banking and Insurance

$39.2

$37.2

Commerce

$43.0

$40.7

Community Affairs

$894.8

$901.7

Corrections

$713.2

$716.6

Education

$4,893.3

$4,884.8

Environmental Prot. & Energy

$299.0

$305.8

Health

$91.9

$93.2

Human Services

$3,637.9

$3,718.4

Labor

$76.0

$76.0

Law and Public Safety

$365.8

$366.8

Military & Veteran's Affairs

$54.8

$56.7

Personnel

$24.7

$24.7

State

$890.8

$897.5

Transportation

$713.1

$703.8

Treasury

$1,282.6

$1,266.3

Misc. Executive Commissions

$2.0

$2.0

Interdepartmental

$1,547.9

$1,476.0

Judiciary

$348.0

$343.1

          TOTAL

15,984.7

15,979.0

 

(Note: Totals may not agree due to rounding)