ASSEMBLY, No. 917

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblyman ROCCO

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, 1995 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 1994 (P.L.1994, c.67).

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.1994, c.67, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

GRANTS-IN-AID

74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

30 Educational, Cultural and Intellectual Development

37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services

Grants:

    South Jersey Symphony Orchestra...................($50,000)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill appropriates $50,000 to the Department of State for a grant by the State Council of the Arts to the South Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The grant will be used to defray operating expenses of the orchestra. Since 1981 the orchestra has made an outstanding contribution to the educational and cultural enrichment of the State's eight southernmost counties, an area served by few professional arts organizations. The orchestra performs an average of 25 concerts a year at various sites throughout the region.

    The New Jersey Council on the Arts has been a major source of support for the orchestra over the past 12 years. However, the council recently announced it would not be awarding a grant this year, thereby placing the orchestra's entire 1994-1995 season in jeopardy. The modest appropriation provided by this bill will allow the orchestra to continue to bring fine music to the residents of the eight-county region.

Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for grant to South Jersey Symphony Orchestra.