SENATE LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 1261

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: JUNE 13, 1996

 

      The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1261.

      This bill appropriates $5,000,000 in bond funds to the Department of Corrections for the replacement of the heat distribution system at the Bayside State Prison. These monies were provided under the "Public Purpose Buildings and Community-Based Facilities Construction Bond Act of 1989."

      It is the committee's understanding that the original heat distribution system which was installed when the facility was constructed in 1969 is still in use, but has deteriorated due to age and subsurface conditions.