Bill Text: NJ S1380 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [S1380 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S1380-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator MICHAEL L. TESTA, JR.
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Senator TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Steinhardt
SYNOPSIS
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act establishing the Civil Air Patrol Fund; making an appropriation, and supplementing Title 38A of the New Jersey Statues.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is hereby created in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs a non-lapsing fund known as the "Civil Air Patrol Fund," which shall be held separate and apart from all other funds of the State. All monies appropriated annually for the Civil Air Patrol by the Legislature, federal and other grants received by the State and any other monies as may thereafter be donated by members of the public shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer, to be held in the fund until appropriated by law. Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this act, and periodically thereafter, the State Treasurer shall certify to the Legislature the total amount of monies in the fund.
b. Monies in the "Civil Air Patrol Fund" shall be used by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to provide support and funding to the Civil Air Patrol Wing in the State, which may include but need not be limited to:
(1) cadet programs that focus on STEM, aviation and space career fields, search and rescue training, disaster relief training, cyber training, or flight training;
(2) training and preparation of Emergency Services qualified volunteers to further their search and rescue training, and disaster relief mission readiness;
(3) the purchase of a Redbird Simulator;
(4) ongoing maintenance and hanger space rental;
(5) ongoing First Aid/CPR training;
(6) mobile disaster relief mission base equipment;
(7) American Red Cross shelter manager training; and
(8) Incident Command System training courses.
c. There shall be appropriated annually from the General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs the sum of $100,000 for deposit in the "Civil Air Patrol Fund" to effectuate the purposes and objectives of this section. Any unspent monies in the fund shall be carried forward.
2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs the sum of $100,000 for deposit in the "Civil Air Patrol Fund" to effectuate the purposes and objectives of section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would create a "Civil Air Patrol Fund" within the Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs. Under the bill, the "Civil Air Patrol Fund" is a non-lapsing fund which is to be credited by all monies appropriated annually by the Legislature, federal and other grants received by the State and any donations made by members of the public. This bill would require an appropriation to the fund of $100,000 annually from the General Fund. The monies in the "Civil Air Patrol Fund" shall be used by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to provide support and funding to the New Jersey Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
The bill also appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to implement the provisions of the bill.
The Civil Air Patrol was founded in 1936 by Gill Robb Wilson, a World War I aviator and the New Jersey director of aeronautics. Wilson envisioned mobilizing America's civilian aviators for national defense and shortly after, launched his national program. The Civil Air Patrol was approved by the federal government and national recruiting began on December 8th, 1941. Since the program's inception, the Civil Air Patrol has played key roles in World War II, the Cold War, and national defense in a post-9/11 world. Today, the Civil Air Patrol continues to have a profound impact by aiding in mobilizations for COVID-19 by delivering supplies, building and staffing field hospitals and transporting vaccine vials. The Civil Air Patrol also develops pertinent new programs and new technology, such as multispectral imaging for post-disaster damage assessment.
