S 4419

SENATE, No. 4419
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED JUNE 8, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Zwicker
SYNOPSIS
���� Creates "Census Complete Count Trust Fund"
in Department of State for funding efforts to achieve full count of State's
population each federal decennial census.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act concerning the allocation of funds each year for
undertaking a full count of the State�s population during each federal
decennial census and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 19 of the Revised
Statutes.
���� Be It
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� There is established in
the Department of State a �Census Complete Count Trust Fund,� into which shall
be appropriated from the State General Fund the sum of $1 million annually. Moneys
in the fund shall be invested in permitted investments or shall be held in
interest-bearing accounts in those depositories as the State Treasurer may
select, and may be invested and reinvested in permitted investments or as other
trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by
law. All interest or other income or earnings derived from the investment or
reinvestment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
���� Moneys in the fund shall be
used by the Department of Sate to fund State, local, and community efforts to
achieve the full count of the State�s population in each federal decennial
census. The Legislature may prescribe by law the complete count activities that
shall be eligible to receive funds in the years and months preceding the census
day.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill creates a �Census
Complete Count Trust Fund� in the Department of State for the funding efforts
to achieve a full count of State�s population during each federal decennial
census.
���� Under the bill, the State
would appropriate into the fund from the State General Fund the sum of $1
million annually. Moneys in the fund would be invested and all interest or
other income or earnings derived from such investment or reinvestment would be
credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund would be used by the department to
fund State, local, and community efforts to achieve the full count of the
State�s population in each federal decennial census. The Legislature may
prescribe by law the complete count activities that would be eligible to
receive funds in the years and months preceding the census day.