Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27B-25

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.
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.