TRENTON -- Don't forget to check the bottom of the ballot when you vote today, New Jersey voters. You have two chances to decide how a limited amount of public money should be spent.

One ballot question asks whether New Jersey should borrow $125 million to help modernize and expand public libraries. The bonds would pay for half the cost of any project, while the municipality or county that operates the library would absorb the rest.

The second question asks voters whether the money paid by polluting companies should be used for any other purpose other than remediating tainted land or water.

"The moneys would have to be used to repair, restore, replace, or preserve the State's natural resources," according to the ballot question language. "The moneys may also be used to pay legal or other costs incurred by the State in pursuing its claims."

Democrats and Republicans alike have used remediation funds to help balance the state budget in recent years. But the issue inflamed partisan tensions in 2015 after Gov. Chris Christie negotiated a $225 million settlement with ExxonMobil over pollution damage to wetlands, marshes and waterways surrounding the Bayway and Bayonne refineries. The state previous pegged the cost of damages to $8.9 billion.

Christie then amended language in the budget that required a maximum of $50 million to restore land and water that have been affected by hazardous waste. Sen. Raymond Lesniak D-Union, and environmentalists appealed the settlement approved by a judge.

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