Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.

A4392

ASSEMBLY, No. 4392

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn, Assemblymen Azzariti Jr. and McClellan

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by
annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
establishing the Civil Air Patrol Fund, making an
appropriation, and supplementing Title 38A of the New Jersey Statues.

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

���� 1.� a.� There is hereby created in the
Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs a non-lapsing fund known as the
�Civil Air Patrol Fund,� which shall be held separate and apart from all other
funds of the State.� All monies appropriated annually for the Civil Air Patrol
by the Legislature, federal and other grants received by the State and any
other monies as may thereafter be donated by members of the public shall be
credited to the fund.� The monies in the fund shall be administered by the
State Treasurer, to be held in the fund until appropriated by law.� Not later
than 180 days after the effective date of this act, and periodically
thereafter, the State Treasurer shall certify to the Legislature the total
amount of monies in the fund.�

���� b.� Monies in the �Civil Air Patrol Fund� shall
be used by the Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs to provide support
and funding to the Civil Air Patrol Wing in the State, which may include but
need not be limited to:

���� (1) cadet programs that focus on STEM, aviation
and space career fields, search and rescue training, disaster relief training,
cyber training, or flight training;

���� (2) training and preparation of Emergency
Services qualified volunteers to further their search and rescue training, and
disaster relief mission readiness;

���� (3) the purchase of a Redbird Simulator;

���� (4) ongoing maintenance and hanger space rental;

���� (5) ongoing First Aid/CPR training;

���� (6) mobile disaster relief mission base
equipment;

���� (7) American Red Cross shelter manager training;
and

���� (8) Incident Command System training courses.

���� c.� There shall be appropriated annually from
the General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs the sum of
$100,000 for deposit in the �Civil Air Patrol Fund� to effectuate the purposes
and objectives of this section. Any unspent monies in the fund shall be carried
forward.

���� 2.� There is appropriated from the General Fund
to the Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs the sum of $100,000 for
deposit in the �Civil Air Patrol Fund� to effectuate the purposes and
objectives of section 1 of P.L.���� , c. (C.����� ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill).

���� 3. �This act shall take effect
immediately.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill would create a
�Civil Air Patrol Fund� within the Department of Military and Veteran�s
Affairs.� Under the bill, the �Civil Air Patrol Fund� is a non-lapsing fund
which is to be credited by all monies
appropriated annually by the Legislature, federal and
other grants received by the State and any donations made by members of the
public.� This bill would require an appropriation to the fund of $100,000
annually from the General Fund.� The monies in the �Civil Air Patrol Fund�
shall be used by the Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs to provide
support and funding to the New Jersey Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

���� The bill also appropriates $100,000 from the
General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs to implement
the provisions of the bill.

���� The Civil Air Patrol was founded in 1936 by Gill
Robb Wilson, a World War I aviator and the New Jersey director of aeronautics.�
Wilson envisioned mobilizing America�s civilian aviators for national defense
and shortly after, launched his national program.� The Civil Air Patrol was
approved by the federal government and national recruiting began on December
8th, 1941. Since the program�s inception, the Civil Air Patrol has played key
roles in World War II, the Cold War, and national defense in a post-9/11 world.�
Today, the Civil Air Patrol assists the State by developing pertinent new
programs and new technology, such as multispectral imaging for post-disaster
damage assessment.