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NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-46 - Annual reports; contents; distribution; monthly report of general state fund

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 expenditure during each fiscal year, a complete report showing: a. Balance sheet of all assets and liabilities for all State funds. b. Statement of General State Fund accrued revenues as compared with anticipated revenues. c. Summary report of the General State Fund showing the condition of the appropriations, which shall reflect the original appropriation, supplemental appropriations, appropriated revenue, reappropriations, transfers to and from, allotments from the emergency fund and expenditures made against such appropriations. d. Such other information as he may deem necessary and proper. Such statement, certified by the director, shall be transmitted forthwith to the Governor, and shall be and remain a public document on file in the office of the director, subject to inspection by any citizen of the State, who shall have the right to make or obtain copies thereof under such reasonable regulations as the director may prescribe. Copies of said statement shall be transmitted at the same time to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, the chairman of the respective appropriation committees, the State Treasurer and the State Auditor. In addition the director shall prepare a summarized monthly report of the General State Fund no later than 30 days following the end of each month which shall reflect the accrued revenues as compared with anticipated revenues, itemized by revenue source for major taxes, by department for miscellaneous revenues, by department for major sources of Federal aid budgeted and with information on income to the General State Fund from the major dedicated and trust funds. The report shall reflect the condition of the appropriations and other such data which the director shall determine. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 302, s. 37. Amended by L.1977, c. 158, s. 1, eff. July 14, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-47 - Failure or refusal of officers or heads of departments to keep accounts or make reports; hearing on charges; removal

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 have kept such accounts, render such reports or perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the commissioner under this article, or refuses to conform to any of the provisions of this article, he shall notify such officer or head of a department in writing of such failure or refusal, and the particulars thereof, and shall allow him reasonable opportunity to be heard thereon. If such failure is not explained to the satisfaction of the commissioner, he shall prepare written charges against such officer or head of a department, and submit the same to the Governor forthwith, and serve a copy thereof upon such officer or head of a department charged with such failure or refusal. Thereupon the Governor shall fix a time and place for hearing such charges by giving not less than five days' notice thereof in writing to such officer or head of a department so charged and to the commissioner. After due hearing, the Governor may take such action as may be necessary, in his judgment, including the removal of such officer or head of a department found guilty of such charges, but if the right of removal in any case is vested exclusively in the Legislature, the Governor shall transmit to the Legislature a written report of his findings with his recommendations thereon for consideration and action by the Legislature. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 303, s. 38.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-48 - Transfer of powers and duties of State Tax Department and State Tax Commissioner

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, respectively, in the State Department of Taxation and Finance. L.1944, c. 112, art. 4, p. 304, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-49 - Director to head division; appointment; term

52:27B-49. Director to head division; appointment; term  The Division of Taxation shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve until the next Governor shall be elected and qualified and until the director's successor shall be appointed and qualified. The Governor, however, shall have power to remove the director for cause. L.1944, c. 112, art. 4, p. 304, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-50 - Compensation of director

52:27B-50. Compensation of director  The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 4, p. 304, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-51 - Powers and duties of director

52:27B-51. Powers and duties of director  Unless otherwise provided by law, the director of the Division of Taxation shall perform all the acts formerly required by law to be performed by the State Tax Commissioner. The director shall have authority, subject to the approval of the commissioner, to continue, within the division, the various bureaus of the State Tax Department as they exist on the date this act takes effect; or, subject to the commissioner's approval, to reorganize those bureaus as he may deem desirable. L.1944, c. 112, art. 4, p. 304, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-53 - Division to be headed by director; appointment; removal

52:27B-53. Division to be headed by director; appointment; removal  The Division of Purchase and Property shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve until the next Governor shall be elected and qualified and until the director's successor shall be appointed and qualified. The Governor, however, shall have power to remove the director for cause. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 305, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-54 - Compensation of director

52:27B-54. Compensation of director  The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 305, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-55 - Transfer of powers and duties of State Purchasing Department and State Purchase Commissioner

52:27B-55. Transfer of powers and duties of State Purchasing Department and State Purchase Commissioner  The powers and duties heretofore vested by law in the State Purchasing Department, and the State Purchase Commissioner, are hereby transferred to the Division of Purchase and Property and to the director, respectively, as the head of that division of the State Department of Taxation and Finance. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 305, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-56 - Powers, duties of director.

52:27B-56 Powers, duties of director.  4. The director is hereby vested with the powers, duties, and responsibilities involved in the efficient operation of a centralized State purchasing service, and with the custody, operation and maintenance of all State property not chargeable to a particular department. The director shall have authority, subject to the State Treasurer's approval, to organize the division for the effective performance of its functions and purposes herein set forth, and to establish and assess fees to cover administrative costs. The director or the director's designee shall have the authority to conduct investigations and informal hearings regarding any bid protest or vendor performance issues. The director shall also have the authority to issue final agency decisions regarding any bid protest or vendor performance issues. Except as otherwise provided by statute and subject to the State Treasurer's approval, the director shall have final approval of all State contracts including, but not limited to, those entered into pursuant to P.L.1964, c.290 (C.30:6-17 et seq.). L.1944,c.112,s.4; amended 1999, c.440, s.94.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-56a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-56a - Keys for use in locks in or on real property leased or owned by state; rules and regulations

52:27B-56a. Keys for use in locks in or on real property leased or owned by state; rules and regulations  The Department of the Treasury shall establish rules and regulations governing the use, distribution, manufacture, duplication, and possession of keys designed to be used in locks in or on real property leased or owned by the State and under its jurisdiction. L.1981, c. 248, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-56b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-56b - Keys not to be duplicated; identification

52:27B-56b. Keys not to be duplicated; identification  Any key which according to rules and regulations established under section 2 of this act is not to be duplicated, shall be clearly identified by the words "Property of the State of New Jersey: Do Not Duplicate." L.1981, c. 248, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-56.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-56.1 - Joint purchases.

52:27B-56.1 Joint purchases.  1. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may, by joint action, purchase any articles used or needed by the State and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, the New Jersey Highway Authority, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the South Jersey Port Corporation, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, the Delaware River Port Authority, Rutgers, The State University, Rowan University, Montclair State University, Kean University, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency, the New Jersey Mortgage Finance Authority, the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, the New Jersey Education Facilities Authority, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the South Jersey Transportation Authority, the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, the New Jersey Water Supply Authority, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority or any other agency, commission, board, authority or other such governmental entity which is established and is allocated to a State department or any bi-state governmental entity of which the State of New Jersey is a member. L.1959, c.40, s.1; amended 1980, c.36; 1981, c.325, s.18; 1999, c.440, s.89; 2012, c.45, s.134; 2017, c.178, s.67; 2021, c.282, s.69.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-57 - Reports

52:27B-57. Reports  The director shall make an annual detailed report to the commissioner of his operations under this act and render such other reports as the commissioner shall, from time to time, request. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 306, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-58 - Standard specifications for commodities; laboratory tests; fees

52:27B-58. Standard specifications for commodities; laboratory tests; fees  The director shall, in consultation with heads of departments, develop standard specifications for all commodities commonly purchased, and shall establish and maintain a system of inventories of properties, supplies and equipment of all State departments and agencies. The director shall: a. Determine and establish and from time to time change standards and specifications according to the needs of all using agencies so far as their needs are in common, and for groups of using agencies or for single using agencies so far as their needs differ; b. Fix physical or chemical formulae and otherwise determine the service, quality, fitness and suitability of all articles tendered or furnished; c. Make use for such purposes of the existing laboratories maintained by the State; d. Establish a list of other public or private laboratories whose tests and analysis will be accepted; and e. Fix the fees required to be paid for tests or analysis made in any State laboratory. The fees required by any State or other laboratory for any analysis or test made for any prospective vendor, prior to the award of a contract, shall be paid by such prospective vendor. Inspection analysis or tests shall be at the expense of the State. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 306, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-59 - Purchases to comply with standards

52:27B-59. Purchases to comply with standards  In the purchase of all articles, the standards and specifications determined and established pursuant to section six shall be adhered to and complied with, and no deviation shall be permitted without the written consent of the commissioner first obtained. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 306, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-60 - Rejection of articles failing to comply with standards

52:27B-60. Rejection of articles failing to comply with standards  Any using agency may reject any article delivered or tendered which fails to comply with the standards and specifications applicable to such article. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 307, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-61 - Schedules and contracts; bids; payment

52:27B-61. Schedules and contracts; bids; payment  Each using agency shall, at all times, in the form and for the periods prescribed by the director, present to him detailed applications and schedules for all articles to be purchased. The director shall then arrange such schedules or parts thereof for purchase and contract, in the manner best calculated to attract competition and advantageous prices. He shall award contracts or orders for purchase to the lowest responsible bidder meeting all specifications and conditions. He shall have authority to reject any or all bids or to award in whole or in part if deemed to the best interest of the State to do so. In case of tie bids, he shall have authority to award orders or contracts to the vendor or vendors best meeting all specifications and conditions. Public bids shall not be waived except with the written approval of the commissioner and except after notice in writing to the State Auditor. The director shall prescribe the terms and conditions for delivery, inspection, payment and all other detail whatsoever. In purchases of fresh milk and as a condition thereof, the director shall require each vendor to certify in writing that he purchased during the immediately preceding year fresh milk produced within the State at least equal in amount to the amount he seeks to furnish to the using agency, and, in addition, to agree to purchase during the year in which he proposes to furnish such milk to the using agency an amount of fresh milk produced within the State at least equal to the amount he proposes to furnish to the using agency plus an amount equal to the amount, if any, he shall be required to furnish to any other using agency. Upon the award of contracts or orders for purchase, the director shall thereupon make an encumbrance request to the commissioner for the amount necessary to defray the cost thereof, indicating the appropriations or authorizations to spend funds against which the contract or purchase order will be charged. The bills for such purchases shall be apportioned by the director among the using agencies in proportion to the purchases made therefor, and certified as apportioned to the commissioner, to be charged against the respective appropriations or authorizations to spend as indicated by the certificate of the director. The bills therefor shall be paid by warrant check of the commissioner and State Treasurer. Nothing in this article shall be construed to repeal or otherwise affect any law of this State relating to the purchase or use of the products of the labor of the inmates of a charitable, reformatory or penal institution of this State. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 307, s. 9. Amended by L.1964, c. 194, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-62 - Insurance

52:27B-62. Insurance  The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, effect and maintain insurance against loss or damage by fire upon the State House and the contents thereof in such sum as may be deemed necessary. The director is hereby authorized, and it shall be his duty, after consultation with the heads of State departments and agencies, to purchase and secure all necessary casualty insurance, marine insurance, fire insurance, fidelity bonds, and any other insurance necessary for the safeguarding of the interest of the State. He is hereby authorized, subject to the commissioner's supervision and approval, to establish, in the Division of Purchase and Property, a bureau to administer a centralized system of insurance for all departments and agencies of the State Government. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 308, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-63 - Existing contracts to be completed

52:27B-63. Existing contracts to be completed  All contracts and purchase orders heretofore awarded by the State Purchase Commissioner and all operative State insurance contracts, which are outstanding and uncompleted when this act takes effect, shall continue and be completed under the terms thereof by the director of the Division of Purchase and Property. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 308, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-64 - Powers and duties vested in State house commission transferred

52:27B-64. Powers and duties vested in State house commission transferred  12. The powers and duties vested in the State House Commission by sections 52:20-7, 52:20-13, 52:20-14, 52:20-20 and 52:20-25 of the Revised Statutes are hereby transferred to the General Services Administration and the administrator thereof.  The administrator, with the commissioner's approval, shall to every practicable extent arrange, and from time to time rearrange, the office space assigned to the various departments and other agencies of the State Government in a manner to provide for the most efficient conduct of the business of such departments and agencies. The leasing of office space shall be done in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1992, c.130 (C.52:18A-191.1 et al.).  L.1944,c.112,s.12; amended 1992,c.130,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-65 - Right-of-way over lands acquired by State

52:27B-65. Right-of-way over lands acquired by State  Whenever land is acquired by the State pursuant to any law and the owner of any portion of the land adjacent thereto has not a prescribed right-of-way from his lands and over the land so acquired by the State to any public highway, the owner of the lands and the State Treasurer and the commissioner, representing the State, may agree upon a right-of-way, which agreement shall be reduced to writing and signed by the parties thereto and filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk as deeds and mortgages are filed and recorded. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 309, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-66 - Sales of personal property; claims

52:27B-66. Sales of personal property; claims  The director may, with the approval of the commissioner, sell any personal property in the possession of the State which is perishable in character and from which no revenue is derived, at public sale, after the same shall have been advertised at least ten days in a newspaper published in the city of Trenton and all persons claiming any lien or interest in such property shall take notice of the same at their peril. If any person shall thereafter establish a claim to any interest in the goods so sold according to law, the fund received from such sale shall be liable for the space of one year from the date of the sale for such interest or claim. All claims and interest in such property, other than that provided in this section, shall be forever barred. The sum realized from the sale shall, after the expiration of the period of one year, be covered into the State treasury. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 309, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-67 - Transfer of personal property to departments, etc.

52:27B-67. Transfer of personal property to departments, etc.  Whenever, in the opinion of the director, any personal property in the custody and control of any State department, institution, commission, board, body, or other agency of the State is deemed surplus, obsolete or not longer suitable for the purpose for which it was intended, he may make a transfer of the custody and control of such personal property to any other State department, institution, commission, board, body, or other agency of the State by which the property so reported may be advantageously used. Whenever such property so reported cannot be used by any State department, institution, commission, board, body or other agency of the State, the director may, with the commissioner's approval and after notification in writing to the State Auditor, dispose thereof, and thereupon the director shall pay the proceeds arising from such disposition into the general fund of the State. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 309, s. 15.