Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:9H-2.2

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. a. There is created within the General Fund a restricted reserve fund to be known as the “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund.” The “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund” shall be credited with the amount appropriated to the fund pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.125 and such funds as the Legislature may, from time to time, appropriate for the purposes of the fund as enumerated in subsection b. of this section.
b. Balances in the “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund” may be appropriated by the Legislature only for the purposes of: retiring and defeasing State debt, including general obligation bonds and appropriations-backed bonds, and the costs thereof; and funding capital projects on a pay-as-you-go basis rather than issuing additional State debt, including general obligation bonds or appropriations-backed bonds.

L.2021, c.125.