Title 53, Title 53: STATE POLICE

53:6-20. Budget The conference shall submit to the Governor or designated officer or officers of each party State a budget of its estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that party State for presentation to the Legislature thereof. L.1969, c. 80, …

53:6-21. Appropriations Each of the conference's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party States. The total amount of appropriations under any such budget shall be apportioned among t…

53:6-22. Pledge of credit The conference shall not pledge the credit of any party State. The conference may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it under Article III, subsection 3.10 of this compact, provided that the conference takes specific a…

53:6-23. Receipts and disbursements The conference shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the conference shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its rules. However, all receipts and disbu…

53:6-24. Inspection of accounts The accounts of the conference shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of the party States and any persons authorized by the conference. L.1969, c. 80, s. 7.5, eff. June 11, 1969.

53:6-25. Audit Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent conference compliance with laws relating to audit or inspection of accounts by or on behalf of any government contributing to the support of the conference. L.1969, c. 80, s. 7.6, eff. June 11, 1969.

53:6-26. Liberal construction; severability This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Con…

53:6-27. Compact entered into by State The Mid-Atlantic State Police Compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law with any and all of the States legally joining therein in the form substantially as aforegoing. L.1969, c. 80, s. 9.1, eff. June 11, 1969.

53:6-28. Designation of alternate The Superintendent of State Police is authorized to designate an alternate to serve in his place and stead on the Mid-Atlantic State Police Administrators' Conference as permitted by Article III, subsections 3.2 and 3.3 of the compact. However, i…

53:6-29. Retirement coverage The employees of the Mid-Atlantic State Police Administrators' Conference may, upon the concluding of an agreement for coverage with the State Police Retirement System, be eligible for and covered by such system. Any such agreement shall provide, as n…

53:6-3. Withdrawal Any party State may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until 1 year after the Governor of the withdrawing State has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the Governors of all othe…

53:6-30. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mid-Atlantic State Police Compact." L.1969, c. 80, s. 9.4, eff. June 11, 1969.

53:6-4. Mid-Atlantic State Police Administrator's Conference There is established the "Mid-Atlantic State Police Administrators' Conference," hereinafter called the "conference," to be composed of the administrative head of the State Police Department of each party State. L.1969,…

53:6-5. Alternates If authorized by the laws of his party State, the administrative head of the State Police Department of a party State may provide for the discharge of his duties and the performance of his functions on the conference, for periods none of which shall exceed 15 d…

53:6-6. Selection of alternates An alternate serving pursuant to subsection 3.2 of this article shall be selected only from among the officers and employees of the State Police Department, the head of which such alternate is to represent. L.1969, c. 80, s. 3.3, eff. June 11, 1969…

53:6-7. Vote The members of the conference shall be entitled to one vote each. No action of the conference shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of votes on the conference are cast in favor thereof. Action of the conference shall be on…

53:6-8. Seal The conference shall have a seal. L.1969, c. 80, s. 3.5, eff. June 11, 1969.

53:6-9. Officers The conference shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, who shall not be eligible to succeed himself, a vice chairman and a treasurer. The conference shall appoint an executive secretary and fix his duties and compensation. Such executive secreta…