ASSEMBLY, No. 1283

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblywomen GILL and WEINBERG

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 are appropriated out of the General Fund the following sums for the purposes specified:

GRANTS-IN-AID

54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

50 Economic Planning, Development and Security

55 Social Services Programs

7570 Division of Youth and Family Services--Grants-In-Aid

17-7570 Substitute Care..............................................           $750,000

Grants:

    Domestic Violence Program...............       ($750,000)

    Total Appropriation, Department of Human Services.       $750,000

66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY

10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice

12 Law Enforcement--Grants-In-Aid

1020 Division of Criminal Justice

09-1020 Criminal Justice.............................................           $750,000

Grants:

    Prosecution of Domestic Violence......      ($500,000)

    Domestic Violence Crisis Teams.........      ($250,000)

    Total Appropriation, Department of Law

    and Public Safety.....................................................            $750,000

    Total Appropriation, Grants-In-Aid.........................          $1,500,000

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill appropriates a total of $1.5 million to two departments for various domestic violence programs.

    The sum of $750,000 is appropriated to the Department of Human Services to fund, through the designated domestic violence service provider in each county, victim counselors to perform counseling in buildings in which the domestic violence hearings are held by the Family Part of Superior Court.

    A total of $750,000 is appropriated to the Department of Law and Public Safety, of which $500,000 is allocated for demonstration projects on the targeted prosecution of domestic violence offenses and $250,000 is allocated for grants to municipalites to fund the establishment or the continued operation of domestic crisis teams.

Appropriates $750,000 each to DHS and DL&PS for domestic violence programs.