ENATE, No. 1346

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JUNE 20, 1996

By Senators PALAIA and BENNETT

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, 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:

      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 Victims of Crime Compensation Board (VCCB). Funds for this award come from federal criminal fines, penalty assessments and bond forfeitures. These federal monies will 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.