Appropriates $4 million to DEP for local cost share of certain beach replenishment project in Ocean County.

S 511 appropriates $4 million from the state General Fund to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to cover part of the local cost share for a federal beach replenishment project on Ocean County's Barnegat Peninsula. This directly assists Ocean County municipalities facing a $7.5 million local cost obligation for the project, which protects 14 miles of coastline from erosion and flooding. The state funding enables these communities to meet their required nonfederal share, allowing them to access federal funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the project. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.