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P.L.2014, CHAPTER 15, approved June 30, 2014

Senate, No. 2276

 

 


An Act to amend and supplement "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June   , 2014 (P.L.2014, c.  ).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    In addition to the language provisions and appropriations made under P.L.2014, c.  , the following language provisions and appropriations are added:

16  DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

50 Economic Planning, Development, and Security

55 Social Services Programs

GRANTS-IN-AID

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, the amounts hereinabove appropriated in the Out-of-Home Placements account is subject to the following condition: amounts that become available as a result of the return of persons from in-State and out-of-State residential placements to community programs within the State may be transferred from the Residential Placements account to the appropriate Child Protection and Permanency Services account, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, the amounts hereinabove appropriated for the Out-of-Home Placements, Independent Living and Shelter Care, Foster Care, Subsidized Adoption, and Family Support Services accounts are available for the payment of obligations applicable to prior fiscal years.

The amounts hereinabove appropriated for Foster Care, Subsidized Adoption , and Independent Living and Shelter Care are subject to the following condition: any change by the Department of Children and Families in the rates paid for these programs shall be approved by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Receipts in the Marriage and Civil Union License Fee Fund in excess of the amount anticipated are appropriated for Domestic Violence Prevention Services.

Funds recovered under P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.) during the current fiscal year are appropriated for resource families and other out-of-home placements.

Receipts from counties for persons under the care and supervision of Child Protection and Permanency are appropriated for the purpose of providing State Aid to the counties, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Of the amount hereinabove appropriated for the Purchase of Social Services account, $1,000,000 is appropriated for the programs administered under the "New Jersey Homeless Youth Act," P.L.1999, c.224 (C.9:12A-2 et seq.), and  Child Protection and Permanency shall prioritize the expenditure of this allocation to address transitional living services in the division's region that is experiencing the most severe over-capacity.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, no funds hereinabove appropriated for Out-of-Home Treatment Services, Care Management Organizations, Youth Incentive Program, Behavioral Assistance and In-Home Community Services, Family Support Services and Mobile Response shall be expended for any individual served by Children's System of Care, with the exception of court-ordered placements or to ensure services necessary to prevent risk of harm to the individual or others, unless that individual makes a full and complete application for Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare, as applicable. Individuals receiving services from appropriations covered by the exceptions above shall apply for Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare, as applicable, in a timely manner, as shall be defined by the Commissioner of Children and Families, after receiving services.

Of the amounts hereinabove appropriated for the School Linked Services Program, there shall be available $400,000 for the After School Reading Initiative, $200,000 for the After School Start-Up Fund, $400,000 for School Health Clinics, and $530,000 for Positive Youth Development.

Of the amount hereinabove appropriated for the Domestic Violence Prevention Services, $1,150,000 is payable out of the Marriage and Civil Union License Fee Fund. If receipts to that fund are less than anticipated, the appropriation shall be reduced by the amount of the shortfall.

Of the amounts hereinabove appropriated for Substance Abuse Services, an amount not to exceed $10,024,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to fund the Division of Child Protection and Permanency Child Welfare Substance Abuse Treatment Services contracts as specified in the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Of the amounts hereinabove appropriated for the Purchase of Social Services, an amount as specified in the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Human Services Division of Family Development shall be transferred to the Department of Human Services Division of Family Development to fund the Post Adoption Child Care Program, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Of the amounts hereinabove appropriated for Early Childhood Services, an amount as specified in the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Human Services Division of Family Development shall be transferred to the Department of Human Services Division of Family Development to fund the Strengthening Families Initiative Training Program, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

In order to permit flexibility in the handling of appropriations and ensure the timely payment of claims to providers of medical services, amounts may be transferred among accounts in the Children's System of Care program classification.  Amounts may also be transferred to and from various items of appropriation within the General Medical Services program classification of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services and the Children's System of Care program classification in the Department of Children and Families.  All such transfers are subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.  Notice of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting's approval shall be provided to the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer on the effective date of the approved transfer.

Of the amounts hereinabove appropriated for Out-of-Home Placements and Independent Living and Shelter Care, such amounts as determined by the Department of Children and Families may be transferred between such accounts to properly align expenditures based upon changes in client placements, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Of the amounts hereinabove appropriated for Foster Care and Subsidized Adoption, such amounts as determined by the Department of Children and Families may be transferred between such accounts to address the movement of children from foster care to a permanent adoption setting, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, receipts from the increases in divorce filing fees enacted in the amendment to N.J.S.22A:2-12 by section 41 of P.L.2003, c.117, are appropriated for transfer to the General Fund as general State revenue, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Of the amount hereinabove appropriated for Women's Services, there is allocated to the lead domestic violence agencies in the State and to the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women the amount appropriated for FY 2014 to those agencies plus $1,840,000 to offset costs of providing core domestic violence services, and there is allocated to the  21 county-based sexual violence  service organizations and the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault the amount appropriated for  FY 2014 to those agencies plus $400,000 to offset the costs of providing direct services for victims of sexual violence.

 

 

82  DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

70  Government Direction, Management, and Control

73  Financial Administration

DIRECT STATE SERVICES

Receipts from the sale of confiscated equipment, materials, and supplies under the "Cigarette Tax Act," P.L.1948, c.65 (C.54:40A-1 et seq.) are appropriated as may be necessary for confiscation, storage, disposal, and other related expenses thereof.

Upon certification of the Director of the Division of Taxation, the State Treasurer shall pay, upon warrants of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, such claims for refund as may be necessary under the provisions of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes, as amended and supplemented.

Such amounts as are required for the acquisition of equipment essential to the modernization of processing tax returns, are appropriated from tax collections, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

The amount necessary to provide administrative costs incurred by the Division of Taxation and the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services to meet the statutory requirements of the "New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act," P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.) is appropriated from the Enterprise Zone Assistance Fund, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-12) there are appropriated such amounts as may be required to compensate the Department of the Treasury for costs incurred in administering the "Tourism Improvement and Development District Act," P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.).

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, there are available out of fees from the cost of collection imposed pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1987, c.76 (C.54:49-12.1) such amounts as may be required for compliance and enforcement activities associated with the collection process as promulgated by the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights under P.L.1992, c.175.

In addition to the amounts hereinabove appropriated for Taxation Services and Administration, such additional amounts as may be necessary are appropriated to fund costs of the collecting and processing of debts, taxes, and other fees and charges owed to the State, including but not limited to the services of auditors and attorneys and enhanced compliance programs, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall provide the Joint Budget Oversight Committee with written reports on the detailed appropriation and expenditure of sums appropriated pursuant to this provision.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of the "Lead Hazard Control Assistance Act," P.L.2003, c.311 (C.52:27D-437.4), such amounts as are necessary are appropriated from the Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund for the Department of the Treasury's administrative costs, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

There are appropriated from the Dedicated Cigarette Tax Revenue Fund established pursuant to P.L.2004, c.68 (C.34:1B-21.16 et seq.) such amounts as are required under the contract between the Treasurer and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority entered into pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2004, c.68 (C.34:1B-21.21).

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, receipts from agreements entered into by the Director of the Division of Taxation pursuant to P.L.1992, c.172 (C.54:49-12.2 et seq.) are appropriated as may be necessary for contingency fees stipulated in such agreements and any other related expenses thereof.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 54 of P.L.2002, c.34 (C.App.A:9-78) deposits made to the New Jersey Domestic Security Account are appropriated for transfer to the Department of Health to support medical emergency disaster preparedness for bioterrorism, to the Department of Law and Public Safety for State Police salaries related to statewide security services and counter-terrorism programs, and to the Department of Agriculture for the Agro-Terrorism program, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

There are appropriated out of the State Lottery Fund such amounts as may be necessary for costs required to implement the "State Lottery Law," P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.) and for payment for commissions, prizes, and expenses of developing and implementing games pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-7).

State Lottery Fund receipts in excess of anticipated contributions to education and State institutions, and reimbursement of administrative expenditures, are appropriated for the same purposes, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, there are appropriated from receipts from communications fees such amounts as may be necessary for telecommunications costs required in the administration of the State Lottery.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, there are appropriated from receipts from the sale of advertising and/or promotional products by the State Lottery, such amounts as may be necessary for advertising costs required in the administration of the State Lottery pursuant to P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.).

There are appropriated such amounts as are necessary to fund the hospitals' share of monies collected pursuant to the hospital care payment act, P.L.2003, c.112 (C.17B:30-41 et seq.), subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

The amount hereinabove appropriated for the Records Management program is payable from receipts deposited in the New Jersey Public Records Preservation Account.

In addition to the amount hereinabove appropriated for the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, there is appropriated to the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services $4,800,000 from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for document processing charges.

The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting is hereby authorized to transfer or credit such amounts as are necessary between the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of the Treasury for the administration of revenue collection and processing functions related to Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Disability Insurance, Workers' Compensation, Special Compensation Programs, the Health Care Subsidy Fund, and the Workforce Development Partnership program.

The amount hereinabove appropriated for the Wage Reporting/Temporary Disability Insurance program are payable out of the State Disability Benefits Fund, and in addition to the amounts hereinabove, there are appropriated out of the State Disability Benefits Fund such additional amounts as may be required to administer revenue collection associated with the Temporary Disability Insurance program, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Receipts in excess of those anticipated from the over-the-counter surcharges are appropriated to meet the costs of the Division Revenue and Enterprise Services' commercial recording function, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, any receipts from Nextel Corporation in accordance with a Plan Funding Agreement approved by Nextel and the 800 MHz Transition Administrator for costs of rebanding incurred by State agencies, and any local units of government that have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Attorney General authorizing the State to receive Nextel funds on behalf of such local unit, pursuant to Federal Communications Commission-ordered reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band, are appropriated to the Department of the Treasury for costs related to that program. Such amounts shall be expended or transferred to the various departments and agencies to reimburse administrative and procurement costs in accordance with the Plan Funding Agreement and in consultation with the Attorney General, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, no monies from the receipts deposited in the New Jersey Public Records Preservation account in the Department of the Treasury are appropriated for grants to counties and municipalities.

Funds necessary to defray the cost of collection to implement the provisions of P.L.1994, c.64 (C.17:29A-35 et seq.), as well as the cost of billing and collection of surcharges levied on drivers in accordance with the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Reform Act of 1982 - Merit Rating System Surcharge Program, P.L.1983, c.65 (C.17:29A-33 et seq.) as amended, are appropriated from fees in lieu of actual cost of collection receipts and from surcharges derived, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

Receipts from New Jersey Public Records Preservation fees, not to exceed $1,300,000, are appropriated for the operations of the microfilm or other storage media unit in the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services within the Department of Treasury, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.

There are appropriated, from receipts from service fees billed to authorities for the handling of investment transactions, such amounts as may be necessary to administer the Management of State Investments program.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, the expenses of administration for the various retirement systems and employee benefit programs administered by the Division of Pensions and Benefits and the Division of Investments shall be charged to the pension and health benefits funds established by law to receive employer contributions or payments or to make benefit payments under the programs, as the case may be. In addition to the amounts hereinabove, there are appropriated such amounts as may be necessary for administrative costs, which shall include bank service charges, investment services, and other such costs as are related to the management of the pension and health benefit programs, as the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall determine.

There are appropriated, out of revenues from escheated property under the various escheat acts, such amounts as may be necessary to administer such acts and such sums as may be required for refunds.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill reinserts in the FY 2015 Appropriations Act language that was omitted due to a technical problem.

 

 

                                

 

     Reinserts in FY 2015 Appropriations Act language that was omitted due to a technical problem.