SENATE, No. 263

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Senators GIRGENTI and GORMLEY

A Supplement to "An Act making an appropriation for the support of State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 1995 (P.L.1995, c.164).

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

    1. Upon certification by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of Treasury that federal funds to support the expenditures listed below are available, the following sum is appropriated:

FEDERAL FUNDS

66. DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY

80. SPECIAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES

82. PROTECTION OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS

19-1440 Violent Crimes Compensation Board.................$2,236,000

    Special Purpose:

      Violent Crimes Compensation.................($2,236,000)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill appropriates $2,236,000 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime to the Department of Law and Public Safety for crime victim assistance and compensation programs of the Violent Crimes Compensation Board (VCCB). Funds for this award come from federal criminal fines, penalty assessments, and bond forfeitures, which are collected by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the U.S. Courts and deposited into the Crime Victims Fund. These federal monies would provide direct support to victims of violent crime for the two-year period which began October 1, 1995. This federal grant award is based on the amount of the State's expenditures by the VCCB for crime victim assistance and compensation programs in the previous fiscal year.

Supplemental appropriation of $2,236,000 in federal funds for VCCB crime victim assistance and compensation.