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NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-6 - General powers and duties of commissioner

52:27B-6. General powers and duties of commissioner  The commissioner, in addition to powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him, shall have the following general powers and duties, to: a. Maintain suitable headquarters for the department and such other quarters within the State as he may deem necessary to the department's proper functioning; b. Have general responsibility for all of the department's operations under this act; c. Supervise the organization of the department and changes in the organization thereof except that the divisions and bureaus of the department herein specifically provided shall be maintained; formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the efficient conduct of the work and general administration of the department, its officers and employees; d. Make an annual report to the Governor and to the Legislature of the department's operations, and render such other reports as the Governor shall from time to time request. L.1944, c. 112, art. 2, p. 288, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-7 - Transfer of personnel

52:27B-7. Transfer of personnel  The commissioner may, in consultation with the heads of other departments or branches of the State Government, and subject to section six, article eight, of this act, arrange for the interdepartmental and intradepartmental transfer of personnel with a view to the greatest possible efficiency of departmental operations. L.1944, c. 112, art. 2, p. 289, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-8 - Administrative Division authorized

52:27B-8. Administrative Division authorized  The commissioner shall have authority to organize and maintain in his offices an Administrative Division and to employ therein such secretarial, clerical and other assistants as his office and the internal operations of the department shall require. L.1944, c. 112, art. 2, p. 289, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-9 - Deputy commissioner

52:27B-9. Deputy commissioner  The commissioner shall designate as deputy commissioner one of the directors who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the commissioner during his disability or absence, which designation, in writing, shall be filed with the Secretary of State. L.1944, c. 112, art. 2, p. 289, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-9.1 - Cancellation of uncollectible claims of state for grant or rental of riparian lands

52:27B-9.1. Cancellation of uncollectible claims of state for grant or rental of riparian lands  Where any institution, department, commission, officer or other agency charged with the receipt and collection of any moneys due the State, for the grant, lease or rental of riparian lands or interests therein, shall determine by resolution that moneys due the State as aforesaid are uncollectible, notification to this effect shall be given to the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, and the said commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered, after investigation and upon review, in his discretion, to cancel any such sum or sums due as aforesaid, and further to order such claims removed from the State financial records and from the records of any such institution, department, commission, officer or agency as aforesaid. L.1945, c. 120, p. 475, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-10 - Director of division

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-11 - Organization of division

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-12 - Bureau of the Budget

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 the Legislature and shall control the execution of the budget through a system of allotments by work programs. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 290, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-13 - Procedures prescribed

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-14 - Expenditures for ensuing year to be requested

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 request for appropriation or permission to spend, as the case may be, which shall specify all expenditures proposed to be made by such spending agency during the next ensuing fiscal year. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 290, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-15 - Request officers

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 Court and, in the case of the Legislature, the request officer shall be the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the General Assembly, respectively. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 290, s. 6. Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 887, s. 51.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-16 - Form of request

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 revenues; the estimate of revenues for the current fiscal year and the actual revenues for the past completed fiscal year; b. The several purposes and itemized amounts for which appropriations or permissions to spend are requested, without deductions for estimated revenues allocated to such spending agency; c. A statement exhibiting for the last preceding fiscal year the amounts of the annual and supplemental appropriations, transfers of appropriations, allotments from the emergency fund, dedicated receipts, if any, and of all expenditures made thereunder and the unexpended balance, if any, and the extent to which the same is obligated or encumbered; d. A statement indicating how much of the requested appropriation will be spent in each quarter of the fiscal year. In case an appropriation is requested for a project which cannot be completed within the next ensuing fiscal year, the request shall set forth in detail a complete description of the whole project and the estimated and detailed cost thereof, and shall show separately the part of the project which has been completed, if any, and the actual cost thereof; the part remaining to be completed and the estimated cost thereof, and the part proposed to be completed within the ensuing fiscal year and the estimated cost thereof. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 290, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-17 - State highway program

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, according to purposes, routes and sections of routes. Such program may include alternate projects which may be substituted for other projects included in the program, should it be found impossible or impracticable to construct or carry on any one or more of said projects in the program. This schedule shall become a part of the request for appropriation made by the State Highway Commissioner. On or before December tenth of each year the State Highway Commissioner shall notify the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of each county as to the amount of county and township and borough aid appropriated and available for the county and each municipality within the county applicable to the ensuing calendar year, and it shall be lawful for the several counties and municipalities to include such amount in their respective budgets, and said amounts shall be available to the State Highway Commissioner for allotment to the said counties and municipalities at the beginning of said ensuing calendar year, and commitments may be made against said amounts by said counties and municipalities, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, immediately after the beginning of said ensuing calendar year. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 291, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-18 - Investigation of requests

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 which shall be open to the public, and may summon and examine the request officers and any witnesses and order the production of any State records for his examination, and make any investigation which he deems necessary or advisable for the purpose of making such determination. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 292, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-19 - Transmission to Governor of requests and findings

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 agencies, together with his findings, comments and recommendations thereon. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 292, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-20 - Governor's budget message; presentment; form.

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 recommendations, which shall be presented as a budget message by the Governor during an appearance before a joint session of the Legislature which shall be convened at 12 noon on a date on or before the fourth Tuesday in February in each year. The budget message shall include the proposed complete financial program of the State Government for the next ensuing fiscal year, and shall set forth in columnar form detailed as to each source of anticipated revenue and the purposes to which the recommended appropriations and permissions to spend shall apply for each spending agency in substantially the following form: A. Revenues for the General Fund, other budgeted State revenues, all other dedicated funds, Federal aid funds, and trust funds: (1) An estimate of all balances to be on hand on the first of July next ensuing which are to be available for appropriations, supported by the calculations used in arriving at the estimated figures; (2) An estimate of the anticipated revenues from all sources applicable to the budget period, together with the actual amount earned from each source during the last completed fiscal year, and the estimate of revenues expected to be earned from each source for the current fiscal year. B. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2003, c.275). C. Appropriations. The total of the appropriations recommended for the ensuing fiscal year in substantially the following form: Detailed Budget: (1) An itemized statement of all appropriation requests and requests for permission to spend from the General State Fund, other budgeted State revenues, other dedicated funds and Federal aid and trust funds; (2) An itemized statement of the amounts recommended by the Governor with respect to item "1" above; (3) An itemized statement of all amounts appropriated and permissions granted for the current fiscal year with respect to item "1" above; (4) An itemized statement of all amounts appropriated and permissions granted for the last preceding fiscal year with respect to item "1" above detailed as to annual and supplemental appropriations, transfers of appropriations, State Emergency Fund allotments, and permission to spend, as the case may be, and showing also total expenditures, reserves, lapses and unencumbered balances; (5) In addition, such other statistical information as may more fully show comparisons and costs of the several departments. L.1944,c.112,s.11; amended 1946, c.1; 1946, c.199; 2003, c. 275, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-20a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-20a - State tax expenditure report included in Governor's budget message.

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 shall include a State tax expenditure report setting forth estimates of the tax expenditures under existing State law for the last completed fiscal year, the current fiscal year and the fiscal year to which the budget message applies. The tax expenditures report shall take into account projected economic factors, and any changes in State tax expenditures as may be enacted or reasonably expected to be enacted for any fiscal year. b. The State tax expenditures report shall: (1) list each State tax expenditure, (2) identify the statutory authority for each State tax expenditure, and the year in which it was enacted or the tax year or tax period in which it became effective, (3) describe the objective of each State tax expenditure, (4) detail in columnar enumeration for each State tax expenditure an estimate of the amount of State revenue loss for the last completed fiscal year, the current fiscal year and the fiscal year to which the budget message applies, (5) determine whether each State tax expenditure has been effective in achieving the purpose for which the tax expenditure was enacted and currently serves, including an analysis of the persons, including corporations, individuals or other entities, benefited by the expenditure, (6) the effect of each State tax expenditure on the fairness and equity of the distribution of the tax burden, and (7) the public and private costs of administering the State tax expenditures. c. As used in this section: "State tax expenditure" means those revenue losses attributable to provisions of State tax law which establish special tax treatment, including but not limited to tax law definition, deduction, exclusion, exemption, deferral, credit, preferential tax rate or other special tax provision resulting in a reduced tax liability for certain persons, individuals, types of income, transactions or property from the liability which would be presumed to exist without the State tax expenditure. d. The Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury shall advise and assist the Governor in the preparation of the State tax expenditure report. L.2009, c.189, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-20.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-20.1 - Short title

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-20.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-20.2 - Findings, determinations

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, revenues from fees generated by departmental enforcement and other activities have accounted for a steadily increasing percentage of total departmental revenues;  A significant percentage of fee revenues is anticipated by the department each state fiscal year as "off-budget" or "below the line" revenue, for which inadequate program data or no program data are provided to the Legislature;  This deleterious trend is clearly illustrated by the Governor's proposed budget for the 1992 State fiscal year, in which the department anticipates receiving over $161 million in fees and fines, only $59.7 million, or a mere 37% of which is anticipated "on budget;"  It is the Constitutional responsibility of the Legislature to adopt a budget for each State fiscal year, and, as a fundamental principle of sound fiscal policy, the Legislature must be able to perform a detailed evaluation of major State spending programs;  It is, therefore, entirely proper and in the interest of the people of this State, that the Legislature require the Department of Environmental Protection to include, as part of its annual budget proposal, all fee revenues and anticipated fee revenues as "on budget" or "above the line" items, to provide the same date for the programs funded by those revenues as is provided for other spending programs, and to make such information available to the budget committees and the key environmental policy committees in the Legislature; and It is also entirely proper, and in the interest of the people of this State, that the Legislature require the State Treasurer, in preparing the Governor's proposed budget for each State fiscal year, to include all anticipated fee revenues for the department "on budget," or "above the line," and to include these fees and the appropriate program information in the public document containing that proposed budget.  L.1991,c.426,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-20.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-20.3 - Definitions

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 regulatory actions or services performed or provided by the department pursuant to federal or State law.  "Program" means any regulatory or other activity, or systematically designed group of activities, undertaken by the department pursuant to law, for which the department imposes a fee.  L.1991,c.426,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27B-20.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27B-20.4 - DEP fees as anticipated revenues; statistical information required

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 as Schedule I Anticipated Revenues.  b. In addition to such other information as the State Treasurer deems necessary to include in the objectives, program classifications and evaluation data of all programs administered by the department and funded entirely or in part by fees, the Treasurer shall include, in the Governor's proposed budget for each State fiscal year, the information which is required of the department pursuant to section 5 of this act.  In the case of two or more fees which fund the same program, the information required pursuant to this subsection may be aggregated to reflect such overlap.  L.1991,c.426,s.4.