SENATE LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 1826

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MARCH 24, 1997

      The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1826.

      This bill would appropriate $10,470,832 to the Department of Corrections from the "Correctional Facilities Construction Fund" for renovations to the Vroom Building, the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility and Northern State Prison.

      This bill is identical to Assembly Bill No. 2683 as amended and released by the committee also on this date.