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NJ Rev Stat § 52:14-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14-37 - Transfers to account

52:14-37. Transfers to account  At the end of each fiscal year the Comptroller of the Treasury shall advise the Governor as to which sums might be transferred to this account from surpluses in either the General State Fund or the State Highway System Fund and, upon certification by the Governor, such sums shall be transferred and credited to the post-war reserve account; provided, however, that no moneys which have been or shall be appropriated or allotted as State aid to counties, municipalities or school districts shall be subject to the provisions of this act. L.1944, c. 218, p. 757, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14-38 - Investments

52:14-38. Investments  The Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and State Treasurer are hereby authorized and empowered to invest and to liquidate the sums credited to the post-war reserve account in the United States Government bonds. L.1944, c. 218, p. 758, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14-39 - Interest

52:14-39. Interest  All interest earned on said investments shall be credited to and become a part of the post-war reserve fund. L.1944, c. 218, p. 758, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-1 - Short title

52:14A-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Executive Succession Act." L.1963, c. 117, s. 1, eff. June 28, 1963.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-2 - Declaration of policy

52:14A-2. Declaration of policy  Because of the existing possibility of attack upon the United States of unprecedented size and destructiveness, and in order, in the event of such an attack to assure continuity of government through legally constituted leadership, authority and responsibility in offices of the Government of the State; to provide for the effective operation of governments during an emergency; and to facilitate the early resumption of functions temporarily suspended, it is found and declared to be necessary to provide for additional officers who can exercise the powers and discharge the duties of Governor and for emergency interim succession to governmental offices of this State in the event the incumbents thereof (and their deputies, assistants or other subordinate officers authorized, pursuant to law, to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of such offices) are unavailable to perform the duties and functions of such offices. L.1963, c. 117, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-3 - Definitions

52:14A-3. Definitions  Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, as used in this act: (a) "Attack" means any attack or series of actions by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to property or persons in the United States in any manner by sabotage, bombs, missiles, shellfire, atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, biological means or other weapons or methods. (b) "Emergency interim successor" means a person designated pursuant to this act, in the event the officer is unavailable, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by the Constitution and Statutes, or until the lawful incumbent is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office. (c) "Office" includes all State offices, the power and duties of which are defined by the Constitution and Statutes, except the office of Governor, and except those in the Legislature and the Judiciary. (d) "Unavailable" means either that a vacancy in office exists and there is no deputy authorized to exercise all of the power and discharge the duties of the office, or that the lawful incumbent of the office (including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of an office because of a vacancy) and his duly authorized deputy are absent or unable, for physical, mental, legal or other reasons, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. L.1963, c. 117, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-4 - Additional successors to office of Governor

52:14A-4. Additional successors to office of Governor  In the event that the Governor, for any reason, is not able to exercise and discharge the functions, powers and duties of his office, or is unavailable, the functions, powers and duties of such office shall devolve in the manner provided in Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. In the event that the persons upon whom such functions, powers and duties devolve, under such provisions of the Constitution, are not able to exercise the same or are unavailable, then such functions, powers and duties shall devolve upon the Attorney General, for the time being; and in the event that he is unable to exercise the powers and duties of such office or is unavailable, then upon the State Highway Commissioner, for the time being; and in the event that he is unable to exercise the powers and duties of such office or is unavailable, then upon such person as the Legislature by majority vote of the total number of available legislators and emergency interim successors, exercising the powers and discharging the duties of legislators not available, in both Houses may designate. Any such official or other person upon whom the powers and duties of the Governor have developed shall exercise the same until a new Governor is elected and qualified. No deputy or emergency interim successor to the aforementioned offices, including such successor to any Senator or Assemblyman may serve as Governor. L.1963, c. 117, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-5 - Emergency interim successors for State officers

52:14A-5. Emergency interim successors for State officers  All State officers, subject to such regulations as the Governor may issue, shall in addition to any deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, designate by title emergency interim successors, specify their order of succession and file such designations with the Secretary of State. All such data shall be opened to public inspection. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, such designations to insure their current status. The Secretary of State shall inform the Governor and the State officer affected of the failure of any such officer to file such designations. The officer will designate a sufficient number of such emergency interim successors so that there will be not less than 3, nor more than 7, such deputies or emergency interim successors or any combination thereof, at any time. In the event that any State officer is unavailable following an attack, and in the event his deputy, if any, is also unavailable, the said powers of his office shall be exercised and the said duties of his office shall be discharged by his designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. Such emergency interim successors shall exercise said powers and discharge said duties only until such time as the Governor under the Constitution or authority other than this act (or other official authorized under the Constitution or this act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor) may, where a vacancy exists, appoint a successor to fill the vacancy or until a successor is otherwise appointed, or elected and qualified as provided by law; or an officer (or his deputy or a preceding named emergency interim successor) becomes available to exercise, or resume the exercise of, the powers and discharge the duties of his office. L.1963, c. 117, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-6 - Formalities of taking office

52:14A-6. Formalities of taking office  At the time of their designation, emergency interim successors shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, as a prerequisite to the exercise of the powers or discharge of the duties of an office to which he succeeds, shall be required to comply with any other provision of law relative to taking office. L.1963, c. 117, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-7 - Period in which authority may be exercised

52:14A-7. Period in which authority may be exercised  Officials and other persons authorized to act as Governor pursuant to this act and emergency interim successors are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack has occurred and until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified according to law, or until the lawful incumbent is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office. The Legislature, by concurrent resolution, may at any time terminate the authority of any emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of any office. L.1963, c. 117, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-8 - Removal of designees

52:14A-8. Removal of designees  Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this act, including section 7 hereof, said persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be removed or replaced by said designating authority at any time, with or without cause. L.1963, c. 117, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-9 - Disputes

52:14A-9. Disputes  Any dispute, after an attack, arising under this act with respect to an office in the Executive Branch of the State Government (except a dispute of fact relative to the office of Governor) shall be adjudicated by the Governor (or other official exercising the powers and discharging the duties of the office of Governor) and his decision shall be final. L.1963, c. 117, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14A-10 - Separability clause

52:14A-10. Separability clause  If a part of this act is invalid, all valid parts that are separable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of this act is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are separable from the invalid applications. L.1963, c. 117, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-1 - Short title

52:14B-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative Procedure Act." L.1968, c. 410, s. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-2 - Definitions.

52:14B-2 Definitions.  2. As used in this act: "Administrative adjudication" or "adjudication" includes any and every final determination, decision, or order made or rendered in any contested case. "Administrative rule" or "rule," when not otherwise modified, means each agency statement of general applicability and continuing effect that implements or interprets law or policy, or describes the organization, procedure or practice requirements of any agency. The term includes the amendment or repeal of any rule, but does not include: (1) statements concerning the internal management or discipline of any agency; (2) intra-agency and inter-agency statements; and (3) agency decisions and findings in contested cases. "Contested case" means a proceeding, including any licensing proceeding, in which the legal rights, duties, obligations, privileges, benefits or other legal relations of specific parties are required by constitutional right or by statute to be determined by an agency by decisions, determinations, or orders, addressed to them or disposing of their interests, after opportunity for an agency hearing, but shall not include any proceeding in the Division of Taxation, Department of the Treasury, which is reviewable de novo by the Tax Court. "Director" means the Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Law, unless otherwise indicated by context. "Electronic mailing list " means a computer program that allows agency website visitors, at their discretion, to subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, an e-mail discussion group or e-mail mailing list controlled by the agency, and which program enables the agency to automatically send e-mail messages to multiple e-mail addresses on the user-generated subscriber list. "Head of the agency" means and includes the individual or group of individuals constituting the highest authority within any agency authorized or required by law to render an adjudication in a contested case. "License" includes the whole or part of any agency license, permit, certificate, approval, chapter, registration or other form of permission required by law. "Secretary" means the Secretary of State. "State agency" or "agency" shall include each of the principal departments in the executive branch of the State Government, and all boards, divisions, commissions, agencies, departments, councils, authorities, offices or officers within any such departments now existing or hereafter established and authorized by statute to make, adopt or promulgate rules or adjudicate contested cases, except the office of the Governor. "URL address" means a Uniform Resource Locator address, which is used for the purposes of Internet navigation and is commonly referred to as a website link, and which uses a protocol, such as "http", and a domain name to identify, and provide website visitors with direct access to, a particular Internet file or website page. L.1968, c.410, s.2; amended 1980, c.166; 1981, c.27, s.10; 1981, c.511, s.21; 1993, c.343, s.1; 2013, c.259, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-3a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-3a - Regulations relative to State agency rule-making; "regulatory guidance document" defined.

52:14B-3a Regulations relative to State agency rule-making; "regulatory guidance document" defined.  1. a. A State agency shall follow the administrative rule-making requirements set forth in the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and shall only implement rules that have been adopted in accordance with those rule-making requirements. b. No State agency shall utilize regulatory guidance documents that have not been adopted as rules in accordance with P.L.1968, c.410 unless the agency makes such documents readily available to the regulated community through appropriate means, including but not limited to posting in a prominent place on the website for the agency. c. A regulatory guidance document that has not been adopted as a rule pursuant to P.L.1968, c.410, shall not: (1) impose any new or additional requirements that are not included in the State or federal law or rule that the regulatory guidance document is intended to clarify or explain; or  (2) be used by the State agency as a substitute for the State or federal law or rule for enforcement purposes. d. As used in this section, "regulatory guidance document" means any policy memorandum or other similar document used by a State agency to provide technical or regulatory assistance or direction to the regulated community to facilitate compliance with a State or federal law or a rule adopted pursuant to P.L.1968, c.410, but shall not include technical manuals adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1991, c.422 (C.13:1D-111).  e. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the disclosure of any information or record that is protected from disclosure by law, court order or rule of court, or to abrogate or erode any privilege or grant of confidentiality heretofore established or recognized by the Constitution of this State, statute, court rule or judicial case law. L.2011, c.215, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-3.1 - Findings, declarations

52:14B-3.1. Findings, declarations  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Under the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) all interested persons are afforded reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments, orally or in writing, during any proceedings involving a permit decision;  b. Persons who have particularized property interests or who are directly affected by a permitting decision have constitutional and statutory rights and remedies;  c. To allow State agencies without specific statutory authorization to promulgate rules and regulations which afford third parties, who have no particularized property interests or who are not directly affected by a permitting decision, to appeal that decision would give rise to a chaotic unpredictability and instability that would be most disconcerting to New Jersey's business climate and would cripple economic development in our State; and  d. It is, therefore, altogether fitting and proper, and within the public interest, to prohibit State agencies from promulgating rules and regulations which would allow third party appeals of permit decisions unless specifically authorized to do so by federal law or State statute.  L.1993,c.359,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-3.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-3.2 - Definitions

52:14B-3.2. Definitions  2. As used in this act: "Permit decision" means a decision by a State agency to grant, deny, modify, suspend or revoke any agency license, permit, certificate, approval, chapter, registration or other form of permission required by law, other than a license or certificate issued to an individual for the practice of a profession or occupation.  "State agency" or "agency" means and includes each of the principal departments in the executive branch of the State government, and all boards, divisions, commissions, agencies, councils, authorities, offices or officers within any such departments which are authorized to grant, deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a license, permit, certificate, approval, chapter, registration or other form of permission required by law, other than a license or certificate issued to an individual for the practice of a profession or occupation.  "Third party" means any person other than: a. An applicant for any agency license, permit, certificate, approval, chapter, registration or other form of permission required by law;  b. A State agency; or c. A person who has particularized property interest sufficient to require a hearing on constitutional or statutory grounds.  L.1993,c.359,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-3.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-3.3 - Appeal of permit decision by third party

52:14B-3.3. Appeal of permit decision by third party  3. a. Except as otherwise required by federal law or by a statute that specifically allows a third party to appeal a permit decision, a State agency shall not promulgate any rule or regulation that would allow a third party to appeal a permit decision.  b. Nothing herein shall be construed as abrogating or otherwise limiting any person's constitutional and statutory rights to appeal a permit decision.  L.1993,c.359,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-4.1 - Rules, submission to Legislature; referral to committee

52:14B-4.1. Rules, submission to Legislature; referral to committee  1. Every rule hereafter proposed by a State agency shall be submitted by the Office of Administrative Law to the Senate and General Assembly within two business days of its receipt by the office, and the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly shall immediately refer the proposed rule to the appropriate committee in each House. L.1981,c.27,s.1; amended 2001, c.5, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:14B-4.1a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:14B-4.1a - Compliance with interagency rules required; OAL review for clarity

52:14B-4.1a. Compliance with interagency rules required; OAL review for clarity  9. a. The director is authorized to refuse to accept from an agency a notice of proposal or notice of adoption which adopts, readopts or amends a rule or regulation, if the director determines that the rule or regulation and its accompanying materials do not comply satisfactorily with the interagency rules of the director. The State agency shall not be authorized to adopt, readopt or amend a rule or regulation where notice of proposal or notice of adoption is refused by the director in accordance with this provision , except by proposing the adoption, readoption or amendment in compliance with agency rules. b. The Office of Administrative Law, upon its review and determination, shall not accept for publication any notice of intention to adopt, readopt or amend a rule or regulation, a proposed rule, summary of the proposed rule, regulatory impact analysis, or other accompanying materials which lacks a standard of clarity.  As used in this section, "standard of clarity" means the document is written in a reasonably simple and understandable manner which is easily readable. The document is drafted to provide adequate notice to affected persons and interested persons with some subject matter expertise. The document conforms to commonly accepted principles of grammar. The document contains sentences that are as short as practical, and is organized in a sensible manner. The document does not contain double negatives, confusing cross references, convoluted phrasing or unreasonably complex language. Terms of art and words with multiple meanings that may be misinterpreted are defined. The document is sufficiently complete and informative as to permit the public to understand accurately and plainly the legal authority, purposes and expected consequences of the adoption, readoption or amendment of the rule or regulation. c. The provisions of subsection b. of this section shall not apply to any administrative rule that a State agency adopts to conform to a model code, federal rule, interstate agreement or other similar regulatory measure not written by the State agency but incorporated into an administrative rule. The State agency shall append to the proposed rule for publication a written statement describing the rule which complies with subsection b. of this section. d. The Governor may, upon written request of a State agency, waive the requirements of this section with respect to the repromulgation, without amendment, of any rule or provision of a rule. L.2001,c.5,s.9.