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NJ A920

NJ A920
Converts loan awarded to Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum from loan to grant.


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Introduced
01/14/2020
In Committee
01/14/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/11/2022

Introduced Session

2020-2021 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill amends an appropriations bill passed by the Legislature in 1999 that awarded $20 million in grants and loans from the "1996 Economic Development Site Fund" established pursuant to section 20 of the "Port of New Jersey Revitalization, Dredging, Environmental Cleanup, Lake Restoration, and Delaware Bay Area Economic Development Bond Act of 1996," P.L.1996, c.70. The funds were awarded to eight municipalities that had been recommended and approved to receive the money by the Economic Development Site Task Force. A grant in the amount of $250,000 and a loan in the amount of $1,250,000 were awarded to the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum. This bill would convert the loan into grant.

AI Summary

This bill amends a 1999 appropriations bill to convert a $1,250,000 loan awarded to the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum into a $1,500,000 grant. The original 1999 bill allocated $20 million in grants and loans from the "1996 Economic Development Site Fund" to various economic development projects in the Delaware River and Bay Region, including the $1,250,000 loan to the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum. This bill changes the loan to the museum into a full $1,500,000 grant, providing additional funding for the museum's economic development efforts.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee (on 01/14/2020)

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