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

52:27-46. School districts to which applicable; resolution by commission Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality having a school district coterminous therewith which is governed by the provisions of chapter 7 of the title Education (s. …

52:27-47. Public hearing on resolution Any proposed resolution providing for the issuance of notes or bonds, if such notes or bonds are payable more than one year from the date of issue, shall be certified as aforesaid only after a public hearing by the commission; but no resolut…

52:27-48. Adoption of resolution by board of education Such resolutions shall, on direction of the commission, be adopted by the board of education of such school district, by the vote of a majority of the members thereof, in the form certified by the commission.

52:27-49. No referendum; other laws inapplicable Such resolutions and any notes or bonds authorized to be issued thereunder shall not be subject to a referendum of the legal voters of the school district or to the limitations or other provisions of any other law.

52:27-5. Powers of commission and director to cease upon annulment of order adjudging municipality in default Whenever the Superior Court has heretofore made or shall hereafter make an order or judgment annulling, vacating and discharging any order or judgment theretofore made by…

52:27-50. Form of notes or bonds; terms, provisions and conditions Subject only to the limitations of this article, such resolution or resolutions supplemental thereto shall determine the terms and the form of notes or bonds to be issued thereunder. Such notes or bonds may be sub…

52:27-51. Collateral agreements; provisions in resolutions as to taxation, sinking fund, pledges and limitations; enforcement To the end that the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds issued hereunder may be further secured and thereby a more favorable sale or exchange …

52:27-51.1. Sinking fund commission; payments of reserve or sinking fund to Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that any sums required pursuant to such resolution to be set aside by the school district for reserve or sinking funds shall…

52:27-51.2. Release of sinking funds Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that the notes, bonds or other obligations of the school district then held by the sinking fund commission thereof shall be canceled and that other property or fun…

52:27-52. Sale or exchange of notes or bonds Subject only to the limitations of this article, such resolution or resolutions supplemental thereto shall provide for the sale or exchange and the execution and delivery by such officers of the school district as shall be therein desi…

52:27-53. Conditions of sale or exchange All such notes or bonds shall be sold at not less than par at public sale after notice setting forth the terms and conditions of sale, published in such newspaper circulating in the school district, and in such financial newspaper, as shal…

52:27-54. Effect of resolutions; publication; validity; presumptions Excepting resolutions determining or altering the form of notes or bonds or providing for their sale, execution and delivery, and resolutions amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, such resolutions adopted …

52:27-55. Tax to pay notes and bonds; reserve or sinking fund Any school district which shall have issued any notes or bonds pursuant to this article shall have the power to raise by a district tax any sum or sums for the purpose of providing for the payment of the interest there…

52:27-56. Additional indebtedness and expenditures; assent of commission necessary In order to conserve the financial resources of the school district, neither the legal voters nor the board of education thereof, without the assent in writing of the commission, shall issue or aut…

52:27-57. Default in payment of interest, salaries, etc.; limitation on expenditures Whenever such school district, or the municipality with which such school district is coterminous, has been or shall be in default for twelve months in the payment of interest on any of its bonds…

52:27-58. Auditors and assistants; expenses limited For the purpose of enabling the commission to carry out this article, the commission shall have power to employ an auditor and such other assistants, legal, clerical or otherwise, and to fix their duties, terms of service and co…

52:27-59. Powers and duties of auditor; office Whenever the commission shall certify to the board of education that it intends to exercise the powers conferred by this section, thereafter no claims shall be passed for payment by the board of education or other officers of the sch…

52:27-6. Secretary, auditor and other assistants; limitation on expenses For the purpose of enabling the commission to carry out this chapter it may appoint a secretary and counsel, employ an auditor and such other assistants, legal, clerical or otherwise, and fix their duties, t…

52:27-60. Expenses to be paid by school district The commission shall from time to time certify to the board of education the amount of its expenses, which amount shall be a legal charge upon the school district payable to the commission, and may be raised by the issuance of note…

52:27-61. Failure of school authorities to act; commission to act directly Whenever any direction of the commission authorized under this article has not been fully performed or carried out by the board of education or other officials of the school district affected, the commissi…

52:27-62. Remedies; enforcement of judgments, etc.; bringing of actions or proceedings stayed; exceptions Whenever the commission shall function in a municipality having a school district coterminous therewith which is governed by the provisions of chapter seven of the Title Educ…

52:27-63. Plan of adjustment or composition of claims of creditors; procedure; effect a. Whenever the commission shall function in any municipality having a school district coterminous therewith which is governed by the provisions of chapter seven of the Title Education (s. 18:7-…

52:27-64. "Certified" resolutions defined; form of certificate; signing The word "certified" as used in this chapter shall, as to resolutions prepared by the commission and certified to the governing body of a municipality, be construed to mean transmission by first-class mail of…

52:27-65. Remedial law to meet public emergency; liberal construction It is declared that this chapter is intended by the legislature to meet the public emergency arising from a default in the payment of municipal and school district obligations and the resulting impairment of pu…

52:27-66. Powers and duties severable The powers granted and duties imposed by this chapter shall be construed to be independent and severable, and a judicial determination that one or more of such powers or duties are not constitutionally conferred or imposed shall not invalidat…

52:27-7. Duties of secretary The secretary shall keep minutes of the transactions and proceedings of the commission and shall be the official reporter of the proceedings of the commission.

52:27-8. Office for auditor; access to books and records The auditor employed by the commission shall have an adequate office in the municipal building, if any, and shall have access to all books of account, records, papers and memoranda of such municipality.

52:27-9. Warrants and checks to be countersigned by auditor All warrants, checks or other instruments for the withdrawal or transfer of funds of the municipality shall be submitted to such auditor for his countersignature, and no banking institution in which funds of the municipa…

52:27A-19.1. Powers and duties of Funding Commission vested in Local Government Board All the powers and duties heretofore exercised and performed by the Funding Commission, constituted by Article VI-A of chapter seventy-seven of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-f…

52:27B-1. Terms defined As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Department" means the State Department of Taxation and Finance herein established. "Commissioner" means the commissioner and head of the State Department of Taxation and Finance. "Direct…

52:27B-10. Director of division The Division of Budget and Accounting shall be headed by a director who shall be the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 290, s. 1.

52:27B-11. Organization of division The commissioner shall have authority to organize the division for the effective performance of its functions and purposes herein set forth. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 290, s. 2.

52:27B-12. Bureau of the Budget There is hereby established in the Division of Budget and Accounting the Bureau of the Budget. The commissioner, through the Bureau of the Budget, shall carry into effect and execute the formulation of the annual budget submitted by the Governor to…

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…