ASSEMBLY, No. 2862

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MAY 1, 1997

By Assemblymen ROBERTS and KELLY

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, 1997 and regulating the disbursement thereof,” approved June 28, 1996 (P.L.1996, c.42).

    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.1996, c.42, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

Local Firefighters' Training and Programs........($1,500,000)

Fund 40 additional positions in the

 Division of Fire Safety......................................($2,500,000)

            2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill appropriates $4,000,000 to the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs to fund training and other programs for firefighters and to permit the hiring of 40 additional staff members in the Division of Fire Safety.

    It is the intent of the sponsor that any unused balances in FY 1997 for these purposes shall be carried forward into FY 1998 and used for the same purposes.

    The sponsor believes that the infusion of these funds into the Division of Fire Safety will facilitate the delivery of training programs, and the development of new programs Statewide for the benefit of the fire service. The sponsor also believes that staff in the Division of Fire Safety must be increased in order to provide the programs and support required of it by the members of New Jersey's fire service.

Supplemental appropriation of $4,000,000 to Division of Fire Safety in DCA to fund local firefighters' training and programs and division salaries.