SENATE, No. 1382

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 24, 1996

 

 

By Senators MATHEUSSEN and O'CONNOR

 

 

An Act appropriating $2,100,000 from the "Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Bond Act of 1988," P.L.1988, c.78, for the construction, reconstruction, development, extension, improvement and equipment of classrooms, academic buildings, libraries, computer facilities and other higher education buildings at New Jersey's public and private institutions of higher education.

 

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

 

    1. There is appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education, in but not of the Department of State, from the "Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund" created pursuant to section 14 of the "Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Bond Act of 1988," P.L.1988, c.78, the sum of $2,100,000 for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, developing, extending, improving and equipping classrooms, academic buildings, libraries, computer facilities and other higher education buildings. The sum shall be allocated to the following institutions of higher education which shall provide funds to projects which have been approved by the Commission on Higher Education as provided below:

 


PROJECT

INSTITUTION

FUNDS

P.L. 1988, c.78

BOND FUNDS

CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHER

EDUCATION BUILDINGS AT

NEW JERSEY STATE COLLEGES

 

 

Underground electrical

distribution system at Rowan College

of New Jersey

 $417,000

 $500,000

CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

BUILDINGS AT INDEPENDENT

INSTITUTIONS

 

 

Renovation of Gannon Hall                                     

at Saint Peter's College

  $3,869,000

  $1,600,000

 

    2. The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act are subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.1988, c.78.

 

    3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill appropriates $2,100,000 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Bond Fund created pursuant to the "Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Bond Act of 1988," P.L.1988, c.78, for individual projects at Rowan College of New Jersey and Saint Peter's College.

    The bill appropriates $500,000 for the proposed project at Rowan College for the construction of an underground electrical distribution system. The project entails removing all overhead electrical distribution on the south side of the campus and replacing it with the underground system. The current system is outdated and has resulted in numerous power outages. The Rowan College project was approved by the Commission on Higher Education on January 27, 1995.

    The bill also appropriates $1,600,000 to Saint Peter's College for the renovation of Gannon Hall. The proposed renovation would include new labs, non-movable lab equipment, and the retro-fitting of existing mechanical and electrical systems. The project work would also include new ventilation systems, chemical storage rooms, fume hoods, new heating controls, and work required to bring the building into compliance with the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," 42 U.S.C.§12101 et seq. The Saint Peter's project was approved by the Commission on Higher Education on October 27, 1995.


 

Appropriates $2,100,000 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Bond Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for projects at certain college.