Bill Text: NJ S2668 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-11 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2668 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S2668-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
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, 2018 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved July 4, 2017 (P.L.2017, c.99).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2017, c.99, there is appropriated out of the Property Tax Relief Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services 2541 Division of State Library
STATE AID |
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51-2541 Per Capita Library Aid (PTRF)........................................... |
$10,500,000 |
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Total State Aid Appropriation, |
$10,500,000 |
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Division of State Library............................................... |
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State Aid: |
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51 Per Capita Library Aid....................... |
($10,500,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $10.5 million from the Property Tax Relief Fund to increase the State fiscal year 2018 funding for Per Capita Library Aid. The purpose of the bill is to better enable the State's libraries to serve the public with access to information and cultural enrichment.
Per Capita Library Aid has waned over the past decade.
Per Capita Library Aid Over the Past Ten Fiscal Years
FY17 $3.676 million
FY16 $3.676 million
FY15 $3.676 million
FY14 $3.676 million
FY13 $3.676 million
FY12 $3.676 million
FY11 $3.676 million
FY10 $7.176 million
FY09 $7.973 million
FY08 $8.665
million
As funding for Per Capita Library Aid has dwindled, the State's population has increased by approximately 300,000 residents. It is time to replenish Per Capita Library Aid to better afford the public access to the informative and cultural opportunities it had in years past.
