58:12A-37. Annual budget request by DEP for implementation and staffing
12. a. Notwithstanding any provision of section 11 of P.L.1983, c.443 (C.58:12A-21) or any other law to the contrary, there is appropriated from the "Safe Drinking Water Fund," established pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1983, c.443 (C.58:12A-21), to the Department of Environmental Protection the sum of $1,000,000 to pay the initial costs of (1) implementing this act, including but not limited to the costs of hiring any new employees needed to implement this act and of establishing and administering the data base required by this act, and (2) providing grants to county health departments, health agencies, and designated health officers to pay for any costs incurred by those entities resulting from implementation of this act.
b. For each State fiscal year after the State fiscal year in which this act is enacted, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall include in the annual budget request of the Department of Environmental Protection submitted for the annual appropriations act a sufficient sum to meet the costs, as set forth in subsection a. of this section and in section 11 of this act, for the particular State fiscal year.
L.2001,c.40,s.12.