ASSEMBLY, No. 2413

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 7, 1996

By Assemblyman ROBERTS, Assemblywoman FRISCIA and Assemblyman Wisniewski

An Act concerning the disposition of certain excess receipts in the State's vending machine program and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

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

    1. There is appropriated annually to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired in the Department of Human Services from funds recovered from audits or other collection activities an amount sufficient to offset the administrative costs of the State's vending machine program and to reimburse vendors for the costs of any audits and other collection activities, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. Receipts in excess of $130,000, collected in any State fiscal year, shall be appropriated annually to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaird for the purpose of expanding vision screening services, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. The unexpended balance of such receipts at the end of the State fiscal year on June 30, 1996 and any subsequent fiscal year shall be appropriated to expand vision screening services.

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill codifies budget language regarding the use of certain excess receipts realized by the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired to expand vision screening services. Such language has been included in the annual appropriations act for several years and it is appropriate that this language be incorporated into permanent law.

Expands vision screening services offered by the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.