Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:9H-17

  • 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
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
The Governor shall include in his annual budget message to the Legislature an estimate of the credit to be made to the “Surplus Revenue Fund” as a reduction of the estimated undesignated fund balance in the General Fund as of July 1 of the fiscal year for which he is making his budget recommendations. The amount estimated by the Governor for this purpose shall not be less than 50% of the difference between the amount certified by him upon approval of the annual appropriation act for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which his budget recommendations are being made and the amount of revenue anticipated for that preceding fiscal year as reflected in the annual budget message for that preceding fiscal year.

L.1990,c.44,s.4.