ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2111

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 13, 1996

      The Assembly Appropriations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No.2111.

      Assembly Bill No.2111 appropriates $5,000,000 to the Department of Corrections from the "Public Purpose Buildings and Community Based Facilities Construction Fund" for the replacement of the heat distribution system at the Bayside State Prison. The present system is the original heat distribution system installed as part of the original construction of the facility in 1969, which due to age and subsurface conditions in that area has deteriorated.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill appropriates $5,000,000 from the Public Purpose Buildings and Community Based Facilities Construction Fund (P.L.1989, c.184) to the Department of Corrections to replace the heat distribution system at Bayside State Prison.