New Jersey S 3013: Revises 2050 limit on Statewide greenhouse gas emissions.

Bill Text

S3013 

SENATE, No. 3013 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

Senator VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Mukherji, Zwicker, McKnight, Diegnan and Burgess

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes telecommunication fee to support 
Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the Statewide behavioral health crisis 
system of care and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

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

����� 1.� a.� Consistent with the 
provisions of the �National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020,� 
Pub.L.116-172, there shall be imposed on each resident of New Jersey who is a 
subscriber of commercial mobile services or IP-enabled voice services, a monthly 
Statewide 9-8-8 fee on any periodic bill received by the customer for the 
commercial mobile service or IP-enabled voice service. The amount of the 
fee shall be $0.40 per line per month. The fee established pursuant to 
this subsection shall not be applied to mobile service users who receive 
benefits under the federal Lifeline program as defined in 47 CFR 54.401.

���� b.� The fee imposed under 
subsection a. of this section shall be collected by the mobile 
telecommunications company or the telecommunications company providing the 
applicable service to its customers upon payment of any periodic bill for such 
service. This section shall not be deemed as extending to a mobile 
telecommunications company or a telecommunications company that provides 
IP-enabled services any obligation or authority otherwise not provided pursuant 
to law, to take legal action to enforce the collection of the fee imposed upon 
the customer. Any such action shall be brought by the State against the 
customer with any cooperation requested by the State of the mobile 
telecommunications company or the telecommunications company that provides IP-enabled 
services as the State deems necessary.

���� c.� (1) The fees collected 
pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be collected monthly and 
reported and paid to the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department 
of the Treasury on a quarterly basis in a manner prescribed by the director, 
which, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 1 of 
P.L.1992, c.140 (C.54:48-4.1) if any, to the contrary, shall be subject to the 
provisions of section 1 of P.L.1992, c.140 (C.54:48-4.1) as the director shall 
prescribe, and the State Treasurer shall credit the fee revenue to the 
"9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Hotline Trust Fund Account" established 
pursuant to section 2 of this act. 

���� (2) Each mobile 
telecommunications company and telecommunications company that provides 
IP-enabled services shall be liable for the fee imposed, collected, or required 
to be paid, collected, or remitted under the provisions of subsection a. of 
this section.� Any such company shall have the same right in respect to 
collecting the fee from that company's customer or in respect to non-payment of 
the fee by the customer as if the fee were a part of the purchase price of the 
applicable telecommunications service and payable at the same time; provided 
however, that the director shall be joined as a party in any action or 
proceeding brought to collect the fee.

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���� 2.� a.� There is established 
in the Department of the Treasury within the General Fund a special account to 
be known as the"9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Hotline Trust Fund Account."

���� b.� Funds credited to the 
"9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Trust Fund Account" shall be 
annually appropriated to pay expenses, including enhancements as needed based 
upon increased demand that the State is expected to incur that are reasonably 
attributed to:

���� (1)�� ensuring the efficient 
and effective routing and responding to all calls, chats, and texts made to 
9-8-8 Lifeline Contact Centers and personnel; 

���� (2)�� the provision of acute mental health, Mobile Crisis Outreach Response 
Teams and crisis stabilization services, including those provided at Crisis 
Stabilization and Receiving Centers, Crisis Diversion Homes, and Certified 
Community Behavioral Health Clinics by directly responding to the 9-8-8 Suicide 
and Crisis Lifeline contacts; and 

���� (3)�� public awareness and 
advertising campaigns to highlight the availability and accessibly of these 
9-8-8 continuum services.� 

���� Money in the fund shall be 
obligated and expended in accordance with the requirements of section 4 of the 
�National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020,� Pub.L.116-172 (47 U.S.C. 
s.251a), and rules adopted pursuant thereto.

���� c.� The Department of Human Services, in 
coordination with the Department of the Treasury, shall prepare a