CHAPTER 78
AN ACT appropriating funds from the Correctional Facilities Construction Fund of 1987 for county assistance for certain correctional facilities.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is appropriated to the Department of Corrections from the "Correctional Facilities Construction Fund of 1987" created pursuant to the "Correctional Facilities Construction Bond Act of 1987," P.L.1987, c.178, the sum of $6,266,135.00 for the following purpose:
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
County Assistance Program
Bergen County (75 State Beds).......$6,266,135
Total Appropriation.........................$6,266,135
b. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is authorized to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the appropriate county officials regarding the terms and conditions upon which the county assistance shall be made. At a minimum, however, the terms and conditions shall include:
(1) The availability and use of a specific number of beds to be reserved for prisoners remanded by the State; and
(2) Per diem rates favorable to the State in recognition of its contribution to the construction costs of the facility.
2. There is also appropriated from "Correctional Facilities Construction Fund of 1987" such items as may be necessary to meet for advertising, engraving, printing, clerical, legal or other services necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon them by the provisions of the act.
3. In order to provide flexibility in administering the provisions of this act, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections may apply to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury for permission to transfer a part of any item to any other item within the respective department accounts in the Correctional Facilities Construction Fund. The transfers shall be made in a manner consistent with section 29 of P.L.1987, c.178.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved July 25, 1996.