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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-20.5 - Program statements, data required

52:27B-20.5. Program statements, data required
5. a. In preparing its budget proposal for each State fiscal year, the department, no later than February 15 of the current State fiscal year, shall compile and submit to the State Treasurer, to the General Assembly Appropriations Committee and the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee, or their respective successors, and to the General Assembly Energy and Environment Committee and the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, or their respective successors, a statement for each program funded entirely or in part by fees, identifying:
(1) The objectives of the program;
(2) The program classification, which shall include a summary description of all activities undertaken by each program;
(3) For the current State fiscal year, each of the two immediately preceding State fiscal years, and the State fiscal year for which the budget is proposed, program activity data, including, but not limited to, a listing of: activities performed; applications submitted and reviewed for permits, licenses or other approvals; permits, licenses or other approvals issued; planning documents reviewed; inspections performed; enforcement actions taken; remediations overseen; acreage managed; fish and game propagated and released; and studies conducted or contracted for; and
(4) For the current State fiscal year, each of the two immediately preceding fiscal years, and the State fiscal year for which the budget is proposed, personnel data, including but not limited to: the total number of positions; the total number of budgeted positions; the number of positions budgeted for in lump sum appropriations; the number of positions supported by the appropriate fees; the number of positions supported by federal funds; all other authorized positions; and the number of vacant positions.
b. In the case of a program which is funded in part by fees and in part by other sources of revenue, the department shall supply a breakdown of the percentages and relative amounts of all respective sources of revenue used to fund the program, and, if not provided pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection a. of this section, the number and percentage of personnel involved in the program who are supported by each source of revenue.
c. The data required pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection a. of this section, and pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall be actual data, revised estimated data or estimated data, in accordance with directives of the State Treasurer concerning budget program data in general.
L.1991,c.426,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-21 - Recommendations

52:27B-21. Recommendations
The Governor may recommend in connection with his budget message and under separate head new or additional sources of revenue, and set forth in connection therewith his recommendations as to the purpose or purposes to which such proposed new or additional revenue may be appropriated. The total of the recommendations in the budget shall not be in excess of the estimate of all funds available for disbursement during the fiscal year to which such recommendations are applicable.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 296, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-22 - Applications for supplemental appropriations

52:27B-22. Applications for supplemental appropriations
All applications for supplemental appropriations not included in the budget message shall be made, in the first instance, to the commissioner in substantially the same form as is required for regular requests, setting forth how much of the amount requested will be expended in each quarter of the fiscal year. The commissioner shall certify and transmit forthwith such application to the Governor, together with his findings, comments and recommendations thereon. The Governor shall transmit to the chairman of the joint appropriations committee such applications as he shall approve in whole or in part with his recommendations thereon, but the Governor shall not approve and recommend any appropriation in excess of the total anticipated funds available for disbursement during the fiscal year to which such recommendations are applicable.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 296, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-23 - Copies of budget message to be distributed

52:27B-23. Copies of budget message to be distributed
The commissioner shall cause copies of the budget message to be printed forthwith and a copy thereof shall be presented to each member of the Legislature, public libraries in the State and each newspaper in the State, and shall be available for distribution to any citizen on request.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 296, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-24 - Revision and amendment of requests

52:27B-24. Revision and amendment of requests
The commissioner shall have authority, after consultation with the various spending agencies concerned, to revise and amend quarterly allotment requests to the end that each such request, as revised and amended by the commissioner, shall not exceed the amount appropriated for the spending agency.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 296, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-25 - Submission of allotments to spending agencies by quarters

52:27B-25. Submission of allotments to spending agencies by quarters
Not later than the first day of June following the passage of an annual appropriation act, the commissioner shall submit to each spending agency his allotment by quarters of such appropriation. In the case of a supplemental appropriation, the commissioner shall submit his allotment by quarters within two weeks after passage of such appropriation.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 297, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-26 - Reserves; revision of quarterly allotments

52:27B-26. Reserves; revision of quarterly allotments
In order to protect against and meet emergencies that may arise during each fiscal year, the commissioner shall have the power to set aside a reserve out of each appropriation, the exact amount of which shall be determined by him. Any time during the fiscal year that occasion may require this reserve or any portion of it may be returned to the appropriation to which it belongs, providing the commissioner finds such action necessary.
Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor that revenues have fallen seriously below those anticipated, the commissioner, on order of the Governor, shall have the power to revise the quarterly allotments.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 297, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-27 - Requests for revision

52:27B-27. Requests for revision
A request officer, whenever he deems it necessary by reason of changed conditions or for some other cogent reason, may request the commissioner to revise the work program of quarterly allotments. The commissioner shall examine such request for revision, shall promptly make a determination thereon, and shall advise such request officer as to his determination with respect thereto; and, if the request is granted, the necessary amendment to the quarterly allotments shall be made by the commissioner.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 297, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-28 - Transfer of appropriations

52:27B-28. Transfer of appropriations
In order to afford reasonable flexibility, any spending agency receiving an appropriation may make written application to the commissioner for leave to transfer a part of any item granted or allowed to such spending agency to any other item in such appropriation, and such application shall indicate the quarter or quarters affected as to both items. Such application shall be made only during the current year for which the appropriation was granted. No transfer shall be authorized or made after the close of any fiscal year. The commissioner shall have authority to make such transfers of appropriation.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 297, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-29 - Allotments from State Emergency Fund

52:27B-29. Allotments from State Emergency Fund
All allotments from the State Emergency Fund to an appropriation shall be authorized and allowed by the commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, but no such allotment shall be authorized until the commissioner shall have been served with a copy of the application therefor, and shall have had two days after his receipt of said application within which to submit his written recommendation thereon, together with his reasons therefor, to the Governor. All allotments thus made to an appropriation from the emergency fund shall indicate which quarterly allotment or allotments shall be increased.
The warrant checks for payment of all expenditures to be made from appropriations shall be drawn on the basis of the quarterly allotments.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 298, s. 20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-30 - Study of departmental requirements and personnel

52:27B-30. Study of departmental requirements and personnel
In order effectually to discharge and execute his duties in relation to the quarterly allotment system, the commissioner, or a member of the department designated by him, shall make continuous studies of all departmental requirements including personnel. All requests for additional personnel made by request officers to the civil service agency in the State Government shall first be approved by the commissioner.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 298, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-31 - Governor may prohibit or control expenditures

52:27B-31. Governor may prohibit or control expenditures
Whenever, in the case of extravagance, waste or mismanagement, it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor that any appropriation by a spending agency is not in the best interest of the State, he may prohibit and enjoin such expenditure or any future expenditure under the appropriation and prescribe the terms upon which the same may be made, if at all, by making and signing an order to that effect and serving it on the request officer of such spending agency, and also serving a certified copy of the order upon the commissioner and upon the director of purchase and property, whereupon the order shall immediately become operative. Upon such service future expenditures under the appropriation shall be limited according to the terms of the executive order. The Governor, in such cases, may make other and further orders as may be necessary or advisable in his discretion which orders shall become operative upon such service.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 298, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-33 - Bureau of Accounting established; functions

52:27B-33. Bureau of Accounting established; functions
There is hereby established in the Division of Budget and Accounting the Bureau of Accounting. The commissioner, through the Bureau of Accounting, shall prescribe the procedures for the collection of revenues; institute and direct prosecution against delinquent officers of the revenue and for just claims and accounts against the State; provide and maintain a uniform system of accounting for the State, its departments, institutions, courts and other State agencies. The commissioner, through the Bureau of Accounting, shall follow the provisions and procedure set forth in sections twenty-five through thirty-eight, inclusive, of this article.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 299, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-34 - Deposit of revenues; reports

52:27B-34. Deposit of revenues; reports
All State revenue collected by any department, institution, commission, board, committee or official of this State shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be deposited, in the method prescribed by the commissioner, to the credit of the State of New Jersey in such depositories as the State Treasurer shall designate. A report of such moneys collected shall be submitted to the commissioner and the State Treasurer in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe. Such report shall be submitted not later than the tenth day of the month following that during which such moneys were received. The commissioner, upon receiving such report, shall audit and register all amounts contained therein and make proper accounting thereof.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 299, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-35 - Commissioner may prescribe forms

52:27B-35. Commissioner may prescribe forms
The commissioner shall have authority to prescribe uniform forms to be used by all departments or other agencies of the State Government in encumbering any funds appropriated.
The commissioner shall prepare the forms upon which shall be rendered all statements of indebtedness against any department, institution, commission, committee, official, board, or body of State Government.
The forms, in this section provided, shall, when so prepared, be the only forms used for the evidence and record of such encumbrances and indebtedness.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 300, s. 26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-36 - Certain powers and duties of State Comptroller transferred to Division of Budget and Accounting

52:27B-36. Certain powers and duties of State Comptroller transferred to Division of Budget and Accounting
The powers and duties heretofore vested by P.L.1940, c. 35, in the State Comptroller are hereby transferred to the Division of Budget and Accounting and to the commissioner, as the head thereof, to be exercised through the Bureau of Accounting.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 300, s. 27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-37 - Designation of officer to approve encumbrance requests and statements of indebtedness; investigations by commissioner; warrants

52:27B-37. Designation of officer to approve encumbrance requests and statements of indebtedness; investigations by commissioner; warrants
Each department, commission, committee, official, board or body of any institution or organization of the State shall designate the proper officer who shall approve and sign all encumbrance requests and statements of indebtedness. The designation shall be filed in the office of the commissioner; and the requests and statements of indebtedness shall be presented to the commissioner.
The commissioner shall examine, audit and adjust all encumbrances and statements of indebtedness so presented. He may administer an oath to the persons presenting the encumbrance or statement of indebtedness and to any witness presented on behalf of such person and may examine such person or witness as to the truth, fairness and correctness of such encumbrance or statement of indebtedness.
The commissioner shall execute and register warrant checks in settlement of statements of indebtedness, approved by him, and shall transmit them forthwith to the State Treasurer who shall thereupon sign and deliver the same to the payees.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 300, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-38 - Checks and drafts for transfer of funds between depositories need not be signed by commissioner

52:27B-38. Checks and drafts for transfer of funds between depositories need not be signed by commissioner
Checks or drafts used only for the transfer of State funds from one depository to another, drawn to the order of the State of New Jersey and restrictively endorsed by the treasurer in the following manner: "Transfer of State Funds--For Deposit Only," need not be signed by the commissioner.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 301, s. 29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-39 - Certain laws applying to comptroller to apply to commissioner instead

52:27B-39. Certain laws applying to comptroller to apply to commissioner instead
Wherever a provision of law relating to the presentation of claims or bills for approval, the drawing of warrants, the countersigning of receipts and checks, and the administration of petty cash funds, the apportionment of taxes on railroad and canal property, applies to the Comptroller, such provision of law shall when this act takes effect apply instead to the commissioner.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 301, s. 30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-40 - Centralized payroll system; notice of payroll changes

52:27B-40. Centralized payroll system; notice of payroll changes
The commissioner shall have authority to prescribe and enforce, to every extent practicable, a centralized payroll system. For the purposes of the preaudit of all payrolls, the commissioner shall have authority to require of the civil service agency in the State Government notice of payroll changes in the form prescribed by the commissioner, which form the commissioner is hereby authorized to prescribe.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 301, s. 31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-41 - Secretary of State to notify banks of termination of power of State Treasurer and commissioner

52:27B-41. Secretary of State to notify banks of termination of power of State Treasurer and commissioner
The Secretary of State shall, when the offices of State Treasurer and commissioner or either of them shall become vacant or the officers or either of them shall no longer be authorized to act as such, respectively, give written notice forthwith to all national banks located in this State and institutions authorized by the State to carry on a banking business of such vacancy or termination of power. No bank shall thereafter pay any check or draft of the State Treasurer, signed or countersigned by any person after his office shall become vacant or after he shall no longer be authorized to act.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 301, s. 32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-42 - Suits in name of State for recovery of money

52:27B-42. Suits in name of State for recovery of money
The commissioner shall, except as otherwise provided by law, cause suit to be instituted in any competent court of this or any other State for the recovery of any money due the State or any of its institutions, departments, commissions or officers. The suit shall be in the name of the "State of New Jersey" as plaintiff.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 301, s. 33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-43 - Commissioner to keep accounts

52:27B-43. Commissioner to keep accounts
The commissioner shall keep and maintain, at all times, within the division all such books of accounts and other accounting records leading to and including the general ledger as may be necessary for the centralized control of all accounts.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 302, s. 34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-44 - Double-entry accounts; requirements

52:27B-44. Double-entry accounts; requirements
The commissioner shall install, keep and maintain in the division a complete set of double-entry accounts, which shall reflect directly or through proper controlling accounts, on an accrual basis, all assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenditures of the State, and all of its accounting agencies. Such accounts shall reflect all accounts receivable and payable, all balances of all funds, and such other information as is required for a proper statement of the financial conditions and operations of the State.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 302, s. 35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27B-45 - Form of accounts; reports

52:27B-45. Form of accounts; reports
The commissioner shall prescribe and enforce the form, manner and content of accounts to be kept by each accounting agency, and the form, manner and content of accounting reports and statements to be rendered to him with respect thereto. The commissioner, if he deems such action necessary, may install a system of accounts in an accounting agency of the State Government. He shall provide for reports and statements to be submitted to him at least once each month which shall show the complete operation of each accounting agency and such other information as may be necessary in his judgment. This requirement shall not be in limitation of such other reports and statements, at longer or shorter intervals, containing the same or other information, as may be necessary in the judgment of the commissioner.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 302, s. 36.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.