Title 52, Title 52: STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

52:27B-13. Procedures prescribed The commissioner, through the Bureau of the Budget, shall follow the provisions and procedures set forth in sections five through twenty-three, inclusive, of this article. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 290, s. 4.

52:27B-14. Expenditures for ensuing year to be requested On or before October first in each year each department of the State Government, board, commission, officer or other State agency, hereinafter in this article called "spending agency," shall file with the commissioner a req…

52:27B-15. Request officers A request provided in section five shall be made by the request officer. In the case of the Supreme and Superior Courts, the request officer shall be the administrative director of the courts under the direction of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Cour…

52:27B-16. Form of request Said request shall be made on forms to be furnished by the commissioner and subject to such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe from time to time and shall show in detail: a. A statement exhibiting for the next ensuing fiscal year all estimated …

52:27B-17. State highway program On or before the first of October in each year, the State Highway Commissioner shall submit to the commissioner the schedule and program for which he proposes to expend or use the amounts appropriated to said department for the ensuing fiscal year…

52:27B-18. Investigation of requests Upon the receipt of requests for appropriations, the commissioner, or a member of the department designated by him, shall examine such requests and determine the necessity or advisability thereof, and for that purpose may hold hearings thereon…

52:27B-19. Transmission to Governor of requests and findings On or before December thirty-first of each year, or at such other time or times as the Governor may request, the commissioner shall certify and transmit to the Governor and Governor-elect the requests of the spending ag…

52:27B-2. State Department of Taxation and Finance established There is hereby established, in the Executive Branch of the State Government, the State Department of Taxation and Finance. L.1944, c. 112, art. 2, p. 288, s. 1.

52:27B-20 Governor's budget message; presentment; form. 11. The Governor shall examine and consider all requests for appropriations, together with the findings and recommendations of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, and shall formulate the Governor's budget …

52:27B-20.1. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Environmental Fee Accountability Act of 1991." L.1991,c.426,s.1.

52:27B-20.2. Findings, determinations 2. The Legislature finds and determines that: The Department of Environmental Protection is one of the largest executive agencies in the State, and exerts considerable influence on the economy and quality of life in the State; In recent years…

52:27B-20.3. Definitions 3. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Fee" means any fee, assessment or other charge imposed by the department pursuant to any law, rule or regulation for licenses, permits or other approvals, or for regul…

52:27B-20.4. DEP fees as anticipated revenues; statistical information required 4. a. In preparing the Governor's proposed budget, for each State fiscal year, the State Treasurer shall include the total estimated amount of fees anticipated by the department for that fiscal year a…

52:27B-20.5. Program statements, data required 5. a. In preparing its budget proposal for each State fiscal year, the department, no later than February 15 of the current State fiscal year, shall compile and submit to the State Treasurer, to the General Assembly Appropriations Co…

52:27B-20a State tax expenditure report included in Governor's budget message. 1. a. In addition to the requirements of section 11 of article 3 of P.L.1944, c.112 (C.52:27B-20), and any other provisions of law, the Governor's budget message transmitted annually to the Legislature…

52:27B-21. Recommendations The Governor may recommend in connection with his budget message and under separate head new or additional sources of revenue, and set forth in connection therewith his recommendations as to the purpose or purposes to which such proposed new or addition…

52:27B-22. Applications for supplemental appropriations All applications for supplemental appropriations not included in the budget message shall be made, in the first instance, to the commissioner in substantially the same form as is required for regular requests, setting forth …

52:27B-23. Copies of budget message to be distributed The commissioner shall cause copies of the budget message to be printed forthwith and a copy thereof shall be presented to each member of the Legislature, public libraries in the State and each newspaper in the State, and shal…

52:27B-24. Revision and amendment of requests The commissioner shall have authority, after consultation with the various spending agencies concerned, to revise and amend quarterly allotment requests to the end that each such request, as revised and amended by the commissioner, sh…

52:27B-25. Submission of allotments to spending agencies by quarters Not later than the first day of June following the passage of an annual appropriation act, the commissioner shall submit to each spending agency his allotment by quarters of such appropriation. In the case of a …

52:27B-26. Reserves; revision of quarterly allotments In order to protect against and meet emergencies that may arise during each fiscal year, the commissioner shall have the power to set aside a reserve out of each appropriation, the exact amount of which shall be determined by …

52:27B-27. Requests for revision A request officer, whenever he deems it necessary by reason of changed conditions or for some other cogent reason, may request the commissioner to revise the work program of quarterly allotments. The commissioner shall examine such request for rev…

52:27B-28. Transfer of appropriations In order to afford reasonable flexibility, any spending agency receiving an appropriation may make written application to the commissioner for leave to transfer a part of any item granted or allowed to such spending agency to any other item i…

52:27B-29. Allotments from State Emergency Fund All allotments from the State Emergency Fund to an appropriation shall be authorized and allowed by the commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, but no such allotment shall be authorized until the commissioner shall have bee…

52:27B-3. Divisions established The following are hereby established as divisions in the department: The Division of Budget and Accounting. The Division of Purchase and Property. The Division of Taxation. L.1944, c. 112, art. 2, p. 288, s. 2. Amended by L.1983, c. 36, s. 9, eff. …

52:27B-30. Study of departmental requirements and personnel In order effectually to discharge and execute his duties in relation to the quarterly allotment system, the commissioner, or a member of the department designated by him, shall make continuous studies of all departmental…

52:27B-31. Governor may prohibit or control expenditures Whenever, in the case of extravagance, waste or mismanagement, it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor that any appropriation by a spending agency is not in the best interest of the State, he may prohibit and enjoin …

52:27B-32. Provisions not applicable to Legislature Nothing in this act concerning the work program of quarterly allotments shall apply to the Legislature. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 299, s. 23.

52:27B-33. Bureau of Accounting established; functions There is hereby established in the Division of Budget and Accounting the Bureau of Accounting. The commissioner, through the Bureau of Accounting, shall prescribe the procedures for the collection of revenues; institute and d…

52:27B-34. Deposit of revenues; reports All State revenue collected by any department, institution, commission, board, committee or official of this State shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be deposited, in the method prescribed by the commissioner, to the credit of the …

52:27B-35. Commissioner may prescribe forms The commissioner shall have authority to prescribe uniform forms to be used by all departments or other agencies of the State Government in encumbering any funds appropriated. The commissioner shall prepare the forms upon which shall be…

52:27B-36. Certain powers and duties of State Comptroller transferred to Division of Budget and Accounting The powers and duties heretofore vested by P.L.1940, c. 35, in the State Comptroller are hereby transferred to the Division of Budget and Accounting and to the commissioner,…

52:27B-37. Designation of officer to approve encumbrance requests and statements of indebtedness; investigations by commissioner; warrants Each department, commission, committee, official, board or body of any institution or organization of the State shall designate the proper of…

52:27B-38. Checks and drafts for transfer of funds between depositories need not be signed by commissioner Checks or drafts used only for the transfer of State funds from one depository to another, drawn to the order of the State of New Jersey and restrictively endorsed by the tr…

52:27B-39. Certain laws applying to comptroller to apply to commissioner instead Wherever a provision of law relating to the presentation of claims or bills for approval, the drawing of warrants, the countersigning of receipts and checks, and the administration of petty cash fund…

52:27B-4. State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance; appointment and removal The administrator and head of the department shall be the State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate…

52:27B-40. Centralized payroll system; notice of payroll changes The commissioner shall have authority to prescribe and enforce, to every extent practicable, a centralized payroll system. For the purposes of the preaudit of all payrolls, the commissioner shall have authority to r…

52:27B-41. Secretary of State to notify banks of termination of power of State Treasurer and commissioner The Secretary of State shall, when the offices of State Treasurer and commissioner or either of them shall become vacant or the officers or either of them shall no longer be …

52:27B-42. Suits in name of State for recovery of money The commissioner shall, except as otherwise provided by law, cause suit to be instituted in any competent court of this or any other State for the recovery of any money due the State or any of its institutions, departments, …

52:27B-43. Commissioner to keep accounts The commissioner shall keep and maintain, at all times, within the division all such books of accounts and other accounting records leading to and including the general ledger as may be necessary for the centralized control of all accounts…

52:27B-44. Double-entry accounts; requirements The commissioner shall install, keep and maintain in the division a complete set of double-entry accounts, which shall reflect directly or through proper controlling accounts, on an accrual basis, all assets, liabilities, revenues, a…

52:27B-45. Form of accounts; reports The commissioner shall prescribe and enforce the form, manner and content of accounts to be kept by each accounting agency, and the form, manner and content of accounting reports and statements to be rendered to him with respect thereto. The c…

52:27B-46. Annual reports; contents; distribution; monthly report of general state fund The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall prepare, within 60 days following December 31 and 90 days following the last day in which annual appropriations are available for ex…

52:27B-46.1 State Auditor, report, publish, summarizes, analyzes, New Jersey Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, user-friendly, plain language. 1. a. Within 30 days following the publication of the New Jersey Annual Comprehensive Financial Report pursuant to section 37 of P.L.…

52:27B-47. Failure or refusal of officers or heads of departments to keep accounts or make reports; hearing on charges; removal If the commissioner should find that any officer or head of a department of the State Government willfully or negligently fails or refuses to keep or ha…

52:27B-48. Transfer of powers and duties of State Tax Department and State Tax Commissioner The powers and duties heretofore vested by law in the State Tax Department and in the State Tax Commissioner are hereby transferred to the Division of Taxation, and the director thereof, r…