State Budget

SCHAER RESPONSE TO CORZINE BUDGET PROPOSAL
Assemblyman Calls for Responsible Fiscal Discipline

    (TRENTON) - Assemblyman Gary Schaer, Vice Chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, today said Governor Corzine's budget proposal reflects the difficult reality the state faces.

ASSEMBLY PASSES FY2008 STATE BUDGET

$33.5 Billion Fiscal Plan Has No New or Increased Taxes or Fees,
Includes Significant Business Tax Cuts, Record Levels of Property Tax Relief

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed a balanced $33.5 billion fiscal year 2008 state budget that avoids any new or increased taxes and that provides historic levels of property tax relief and tax cuts for businesses and financially at-risk working families.

The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today unaminously signed off on a plan sponsored by Senator Barbara Buono that would ask the voters if they want to dedicate 1 percent of the 7 percent sales tax to property tax relief.

KARCHER ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL SCHOOL FUNDING FOR FREEHOLD

Budget Language Necessary to Ensure Thorough and Efficient Education

FREEHOLD - Senator Ellen Karcher announced an agreement today which would ensure that Freehold Borough schools will receive additional State aid to provide quality education without further burdening the taxpayers of the Borough.

SENATOR VITALE STATEMENT ON DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET HEARING

TRENTON - State Senator Joseph F. Vitale, the Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding today's budget panel hearing on the FY 2008 Department of Human Services budget:

VITALE - CHARITY CARE FUNDING NEEDS OVERHAUL

TRENTON - Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, Chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding today's budget panel hearing on the State Department of Health and Senior Services, in which the need to overhaul New Jersey's charity care subsidy for hospitals serving the uninsured was discussed:

KENNY: PUBLIC COMMENTS CRITICAL IN SHAPING BUDGET

TRENTON - Senate Majority Leader Bernard F. Kenny, Jr., Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, made the following statement today as the Committee held its first public hearing at Kean University on the proposed Fiscal Year 2008 State Budget: