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

52:18A-3. Divisions within Department There shall be within the Department of the Treasury a Division of Budget and Accounting, a Division of Purchase and Property, a Division of Taxation, and a Division of the New Jersey Racing Commission. The State Treasurer shall have authorit…

52:18A-30 State Treasurer, Deputy State Treasurer; additional duties. 30. The State Treasurer, in addition to the functions, powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon the position, shall: (a) Maintain suitable headquarters for the department and such other quarter…

52:18A-30.1. Destruction of records Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Treasurer shall have continuing authority to destroy, or dispose of for the purpose of destruction, any and all records under his jurisdiction or custody as head of the Department of the Tre…

52:18A-31. Deputy director of the Division of Budget and Accounting The State Treasurer shall, whenever he shall deem the same necessary, designate as deputy director of the Division of Budget and Accounting any officer or employee in the department. Such designation shall be in …

52:18A-32. State Department of Taxation and Finance and State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance; powers and duties transferred All functions, powers and duties of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance and of the State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance not tr…

52:18A-33. Personnel, interdepartmental and intradepartmental transfer of The State Treasurer may, in consultation with the heads of the other departments or branches of the State Government, and subject to the provisions of section forty-four hereof, arrange for the interdepartm…

52:18A-34. State Treasurer may exercise any power vested in a director Any power which may be vested in a director of any division in the Department of the Treasury, except any power which may be exercised by the director of the Division of Budget and Accounting pursuant to any a…

52:18A-35. Co-ordination of activities of department The State Treasurer shall co-ordinate the activities of the department. He shall be the request officer of the department within the meaning of such term as defined in chapter one hundred twelve of the laws of one thousand nine…

52:18A-36. Removal of director; vacancies The director of any division in the Department of the Treasury may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard. Any vacancy occurring in the office of director of any division in the departme…

52:18A-37. Oaths; bonds Before entering upon his duties, the State Treasurer, each division director, any deputy director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, and the deputy State Treasurer shall each make and subscribe an oath, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of …

52:18A-38. Reports, certifications, applications or requests Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or permitted to be made to the department, b…

52:18A-39. Transfer of files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of the…

52:18A-4. Division of Budget and Accounting transferred The Division of Budget and Accounting of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance, together with all of its functions, powers and duties is continued, but such division is hereby transferred to and constituted t…

52:18A-40. Orders, rules and regulations previously made This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Depa…

52:18A-41. Pending actions or proceedings This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of the Trea…

52:18A-42. Transfers of appropriations To the extent necessary to carry out the intent and provisions of this act, the State Treasurer, with the approval of the Governor, may make transfers of appropriations, in whole or in part, available and to become available to any departmen…

52:18A-43. Employees, transfer of Such employees of any department, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of the Treasury or to any office or agency designated, continued or constituted therein…

52:18A-44. Tenure, civil service, pension or retirement rights not affected Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, or under any pension law or…

52:18A-45. Terms of office expiring on effective date The term of office of the present State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance shall expire on the effective date of this act. The term of office of the present State Director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company …

52:18A-46 Terms defined; references to. 46. Whenever the term "State Treasurer" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the State Treasurer designated as the head of the Department of the Treasury esta…

52:18A-47. Repeal Sections 52:18-1 to 52:18-4, inclusive, 52:18-6, 52:18-7, 52:18-9, 52:18-12, 52:19-1, 52:19-3, 52:19-4, and 52:19-6 to 52:19-9, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, are hereby repealed. In addition, all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisio…

52:18A-48. Short title This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of the Treasury Act of 1948." L.1948, c. 92, p. 529, s. 48.

52:18A-49. Effective date; prior appointments This act shall take effect on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, except that any appointment, and any confirmation or approval of any appointment, permitted by this act may be made prior to such date. L.…

52:18A-49.1 LGBTQ+ business certification, unified procedure; definitions. 1. a. The Department of the Treasury shall establish, consistently with Executive Order No. 295 of 2022, a unified procedure for the certification of a business as an LGBTQ+ business. In establishing and a…

52:18A-5. Director of Division of Budget and Accounting The Division of Budget and Accounting shall be headed by a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work assigned to such division. The director of such division shall be appointed b…

52:18A-50. Definitions As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: a. The word "Authority" shall mean the State Building Authority created by section two of this ac…

52:18A-51. Creation of Authority There is hereby created and established in the Department of the Treasury, a body corporate and politic with corporate succession, to be known as the "State Building Authority." The Authority is hereby constituted an instrumentality exercising pub…

52:18A-52. General purpose of Authority The Authority is created for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, equipping, furnishing, repairing and operating a State office building in the city of Trenton, an administrative building or buildings for the use of the offi…

52:18A-53. Appointment and terms of members The Authority shall consist of three members, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State. Each member of the Authority shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, f…

52:18A-54. Vacancies Any vacancy in the membership of the Authority other than by expiration of term, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. L.1950, c. 255, p. 876, s. 5.

52:18A-55. Removal Each member of the Authority may be removed from office by the Governor for cause after a public hearing. L.1950, c. 255, p. 876, s. 6.

52:18A-56. Members to serve without compensation The members of the Authority shall not receive compensation of the Authority for their services as members of the Authority. Each member shall be reimbursed by the Authority for his actual expenses properly incurred in the performa…

52:18A-57. Quorum The powers of the Authority shall be vested in the members in office from time to time and shall be exercised by them without regard or reference to any officer or agency of the State, except as otherwise expressly provided in this act. Two members of the Author…

52:18A-58. Officers The Governor shall designate one of the members of the Authority as chairman thereof and another member as vice-chairman thereof. The chairman and vice-chairman of the Authority so designated shall serve as such at the pleasure of the Governor and until their …

52:18A-59. General powers The Authority shall have power: a. to sue and be sued in its own name; b. to adopt a seal and alter the same at pleasure; c. to adopt by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; d. to maintain an office or offices at such p…

52:18A-6. State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, powers and duties of transferred The functions, powers and duties heretofore vested in, and exercised or performed by the State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, through the Bureau of the Budget of the Division of Budget a…

52:18A-6.1. Director of Division of Budget and Accounting, powers and duties of The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall succeed to and shall exercise and perform those functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Taxati…

52:18A-6.2. Reference to "Commissioner of Taxation and Finance" deemed reference to Director of Division of Budget and Accounting Whenever the term "Commissioner of Taxation and Finance" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any of the statutes enumerated in section one here…

52:18A-60. Additional powers The Authority shall have power in particular: a. to acquire, construct, maintain, equip, furnish, repair and operate a project or projects; b. to lease any project or part thereof, to contract for the use of any space in any project and to contract fo…

52:18A-61. Power of state departments, agencies and instrumentalities to contract with the Authority Any department or agency and any instrumentality of the State by proper resolution or act, or acting by or through its director or other chief executive officer, may enter into an…

52:18A-62. Power of counties and municipalities to convey or lease real property Notwithstanding the restrictions of any other laws, any county by county resolution, and any municipality by municipal ordinance, may, with or without consideration, convey or lease or contract to co…

52:18A-65. Condemnation Upon the exercise by the Authority of the power of eminent domain pursuant to paragraph h of section ten of this act, the compensation to be paid thereunder shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Stat…

52:18A-66. Bonds (a) The Authority shall have the power is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds for any of its corporate purposes and, whenever it deems refunding expedient to refund any bonds issued by it by the issuance of refunding bonds, whether t…

52:18A-67. Remedies and statutory trustees (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to an issue of bonds authorized or issued by the Authority only if the resolution of the Authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of such bonds shall provide in substance …

52:18A-68. Credit of State and political subdivisions not pledged Bonds under the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any such poli…

52:18A-69. Agreement of State The State of New Jersey does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to authority contained in this act, that the State will not limit or restrict the rights hereby vested in the Authority to maintain, construct, reconstruct…