SENATE, No. 1461
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 19, 1996
By Senators ADLER, BAER, Rice, Casey, Girgenti, Lesniak, MacInnes, Kenny, O'Connor, Lipman, Bryant and Lynch
An Act supplementing and amending "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 28, 1996 (P.L.1996, c. 42).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.1996, c. 42, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sums for the purposes specified:
DIRECT STATE SERVICES 42 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 40 Community Development and Environmental Management 42 Natural Resource Management |
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12-4875 Parks Management .............................. .......................................................................................... |
$1,180,000 |
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Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ............................................. |
($748,000) |
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Special Purpose: ................................................................. |
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Restoration of "Free Tuesday" and |
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program enhancement ........................................ ................................................. |
($632,000) |
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14-4885 Shellfish and Marine Fisheries |
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Management ...................................... |
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$20,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ................................................. |
($20,000) |
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24-4876 Palisades Interstate Park Commission ... |
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$400,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ............................................. |
($400,000) |
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43 Science and Technical Programs |
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01-4820 Radiation Protection ........................... |
$1,000,000 |
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Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ..................................................... |
($660,000) |
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Special Purpose: |
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Nuclear Emergency Response .................... .................................... |
($340,000) |
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02-4801 Air Pollution Control ............................ |
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$825,000 |
Special Purpose: |
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Toxic Catastrophe Prevention .................... ........................................... |
($550,000) |
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Worker and Community Right to |
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Know Act ............................................. |
($100,000) |
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Oil Spill Prevention ................................... .................................................... |
($175,000) |
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04-4835 Pesticide Control .................................. |
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$400,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ..................................................... |
($270,000) |
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Services Other Than Personal ........................ |
($130,000) |
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18-4810 Science and Research ........................... |
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$875,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ..................................................... |
($725,000) |
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Special Purpose: |
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State Laboratories: Environmental Sampling. |
($150,000) |
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44 Site Remediation |
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19-4815 Publicly-Funded Site Remediation ......... |
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$1,520,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ..................................................... |
($1,450,000)) |
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Special Purpose: |
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Spill Prevention, Response and Site Cleanup, |
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Non-Site Specific Costs ......................... .......................................... |
($70,000) |
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27-4815 Responsible Party Site Remediation ...... |
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$1,780,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................... ..................................................... |
($1,780,000) |
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45 Environmental Regulation |
02-4892 Air Pollution Control ......................... |
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$20,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................. ................................................... |
($20,000) |
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05-4840 Water Supply and Watershed |
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Management .................................. |
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$600,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................. ................................................... |
($600,000) |
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08-4891 Water Pollution Control ..................... |
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$1,350,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................. ................................................... |
($1,000,000) |
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Services Other Than Personal ...................... |
($350,000) |
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17-4900 Solid Waste Resource Management ... |
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$2,600,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................. ................................................... |
($1,837,000) |
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Services Other Than Personal ...................... |
($463,000) |
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Special Purpose: |
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Clean Communities - Administration ........ |
($300,000) |
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23-4910 Hazardous Waste Management .......... |
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$930,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................. ................................................... |
($582,000) |
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Services Other Than Personal ...................... |
($123,000) |
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Special Purpose: |
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Major Hazardous Waste Facilities |
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Siting Act - Siting Commission ............ ............................ |
($225,000) |
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47 Enforcement Policy |
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02-4855 Air Pollution Control ......................... |
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$250,000 |
Services Other Than Personal ...................... |
($250,000) |
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08-4855 Water Pollution Control ..................... |
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$500,000 |
Services Other Than Personal ...................... |
($500,000) |
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17-4855 Solid Waste Resource Management ... |
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$250,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................. ........................................... |
($250,000) |
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23-4855 Hazardous Waste Management .......... |
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$200,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................................. ........................................... |
($200,000) |
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2. Section 1 of P.L. 1996, c.42 is amended to read as follows:
a. On Page 39:
DIRECT STATE SERVICES 34 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 30 Educational, Cultural and Intellectual Development 34 Educational Support Services |
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33-5067 Service to Local Districts................................. [6,265,000] 4,265,000 |
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Total Appropriation, Educational Support Services ........... |
[$18,316,000] |
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$16,316,000 |
Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages .................... [($11,226,000 )] ($9,226,000) |
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b. On Page 39:
The Department of Education shall realize a saving of $2,000,000 in the Service to Local Districts program as the result of consolidating 21 county offices into four regional administrative units.
c. On Page 67:
66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice 12 Law Enforcement |
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6-1200 Patrol Activities and Crime Control .... [$110,729,000] $108,629,000 |
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Total Appropriation, Law Enforcement .... [$181,948,000] $179,848,000 |
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Personal Services: |
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Salaries and Wages ........[($141,575,000)] ($139,475,000) |
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d. On Page 94:
74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sub-Total Appropriation, Department of State ....................... |
$845,167,000 |
Less: |
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Savings from elimination of Department of State ................ |
($2,800,000) |
Savings from merger of Division of Elections and Election Law Enforcement Commission ............................................. |
($150,000) |
Total Appropriation, Department of State ......[$845,167,000] $842,217,000 |
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e. On Page 103:
82 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
[ The unexpended balance in the Productivity and Efficiency Program is appropriated for the same purpose.]
f. On Pages 106-7:
94 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS 70 Government Direction, Management and Control 74 General Government Services 9410 Employee Benefits |
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03-9410 Employee Benefits ....................... [$1,173,879,000] $1,172,379,000 |
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Total Appropriation, Employee Benefits . [$1,173,879,000] $1,172,379,000 |
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Less: |
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Savings from Elimination of Patronage Positions |
1,500,000 |
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In addition to the sums hereinabove for the Employee Benefits program classification, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall transfer or credit to these accounts the sum of $1,500,000 from appropriations made to various spending agencies to reflect savings as a result of the elimination of two high salaried patronage positions from each department. This additional sum shall be appropriated for the Employee Benefits program classification.
g. On Page 108:
9420 State Contingency Fund |
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04-9420 State Contingency Fund ........................ [$17,210,000]$14,960,000 |
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Total Appropriation, Employee Benefits....... [$17,210,000]$14,960,000 |
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Special Purpose: |
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To the Governor, for allotment to the various departments or agencies, to meet any condition of emergency or necessity; provided however, that a sum not in excess of $5,000 shall be available for the expense of officially receiving dignitaries and for incidental expenses, including lunches for non-salaried board members and others for whom official reception shall be beneficial to the State..................... |
[($2,000,000)] ($1,000,000) |
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Contingency Funds ..................................... .............................................. |
[ (1,500,000)] |
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(250,000) |
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(cf: P.L. 1996, c. 42, s.1)
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would substantially restore to the Department of Environmental Protection the reductions in funding that resulted from enactment of the FY 1997 Appropriations Act (P.L. 1996, c. 42). That act effectively reduced the DEP budget by over $17 million. This bill would restore $14.9 million to the department.
To fund this restoration, this bill would reduce appropriations made in the FY 1997 Appropriations Act by a total of $10,800,000 and would increase available revenues by approximately $5,000,000. The spending reductions in this bill are as follows:
● $2 million from consolidating Department of Education county offices.
● $2.1 million from the elimination of State Police services to non-rural municipalities.
● $2.8 million from the elimination of the Department of State and the transfer of its necessary functions to other departments.
● $150,000 from merging the Division of Elections and the Election Law Enforcement Commission.
● $2.250 million from reductions in the appropriation to various contingency funds.
● $1.5 million from the elimination of two patronage positions in each department.
Lastly, this bill would lapse the remaining FY1996 funds (estimated to be $5 million) in the Department of the Treasury's Productivity and Efficiency Program.
Appropriates $14.9 million to DEP to restore FY1997 budget cuts; reduces FY1997 appropriations by $10.8 million; increases available revenues by approximately $5 million.