ASSEMBLY, No. 854 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION ASSEMBLY, No. 854 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION Sponsored by: Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY District 18 (Middlesex) SYNOPSIS Supplemental appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund community-based violence intervention initiatives. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. Sponsored by: Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY District 18 (Middlesex) SYNOPSIS Supplemental appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund community-based violence intervention initiatives. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, P.L.2021, c.133. 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.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purpose specified: 66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY 10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice 19 Central Planning, Direction and Management 1000 Office of the Attorney General GRANTS-IN-AID 099-1000 Office of the Attorney General...................... $10,000,000 Total Grants-in-Aid: Appropriation, Law Enforcement ........................................... $10,000,000 Grants-in-Aid: 06 Community-Based Violence Intervention $10,000,000 2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT This bill appropriates $10 million to the Office of the Attorney General in the Department of Law and Public Safety to fund community-based violence intervention initiatives. In FY 2022, the State appropriated $10 million to fund Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Programs to reduce gun violence and help crime victims. This $10 million supplemental appropriation will continue the State's support of these initiatives. A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, P.L.2021, c.133. 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.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purpose specified: 66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY 10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice 19 Central Planning, Direction and Management 1000 Office of the Attorney General GRANTS-IN-AID 099-1000 Office of the Attorney General...................... $10,000,000 Total Grants-in-Aid: Appropriation, Law Enforcement ........................................... $10,000,000 Grants-in-Aid: 06 Community-Based Violence Intervention $10,000,000 2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT This bill appropriates $10 million to the Office of the Attorney General in the Department of Law and Public Safety to fund community-based violence intervention initiatives. In FY 2022, the State appropriated $10 million to fund Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Programs to reduce gun violence and help crime victims. This $10 million supplemental appropriation will continue the State's support of these initiatives.