ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3000

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: JUNE 23, 1997

 

      The Assembly Appropriations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3000.

      Assembly Bill No. 3000 appropriates $16,790,152,000 in State funds and $6,041,554,000 in federal funds for the State budget for Fiscal Year 1998. In accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, Section II, par. 2, New Jersey Constitution, the Fiscal Year 1998 appropriations bill identifies anticipated resources sufficient to meet projected appropriations.

      The following summary compares the overall budget recommendations of the Governor's Fiscal Year 1998 budget recommendation with the appropriations bill as reported by the committee:

 

THE FY 1998 APPROPRIATIONS BILL IN BRIEF

($ millions)


Appropriations

Governor's Budget

Recommendations


A-3000 Bill

Non-Federal Resources Available, All Funds

 

  Undesignated Fund Balances

     July 1, 1996

$907.0

$1,078.3

  Non-Federal Revenues Anticipated

$16,063.8

$16,261.8

  Total Non-Federal Resources Available

$16,970.9

$17,340.1

Non-Federal Appropriations, All Funds

  Direct State Services

$5,061.4

$5,107.7

  Grants-in-Aid

$3,828.2

$3,853.3

  State Aid

$6,534.1

$6,829.4

  Debt Service

$491.2

$483.7

  Capital Construction

$505.9

$516.0

      Total

$16,420.9

$16,790.2

Undesignated Fund Balances, All Funds, June 30, 1997

$550.0

$550.0

SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS BY DEPARTMENTS, ALL FUNDS


Appropriations

Governor's Budget

Recommendations


A-3000 Bill

Legislature

$52.8

$52.8

Chief Executive

$5.1

$5.1

Agriculture

$10.2

$10.7

Banking and Insurance

$39.6

$39.6

Commerce

$40.8

$41.0

Community Affairs

$892.3

$903.7

Corrections

$728.5

$752.1

Education

$5,078.0

$5,354.9

Environmental Prot. & Energy

$338.8

$349.4

Health and Senior Services

$1,006.3

$1,009.1

Human Services

$2,959.1

$2,967.4

Labor

$59.8

$75.8

Law and Public Safety

$357.4

$362.6

Military & Veteran's Affairs

$54.4

$56.3

Personnel

$25.4

$25.4

State

$871.6

$898.9

Transportation

$730.5

$717.7

Treasury

$1,336.0

$1,346.6

Misc. Executive Commissions

$2.3

$2.8

Interdepartmental

$1,484.4

$1,466.4

Judiciary

$347.5

$351.9

          TOTAL

16,420.9

16,790.2

 

(Note: Totals may not agree due to rounding)