Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:1D-9.3

  • 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.
  • 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
3. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, and beginning with each State fiscal year commencing on and after July 1 next following the effective date of this act, there shall be established in the department a non-lapsing revolving fund to be known as the “Environmental Program Fee Fund,” hereinafter referred to as “the fund.” The fund shall contain a separate subaccount for fees imposed for each specific program. All fees collected by the department shall be deposited in the appropriate subaccount. The fee revenues deposited in each subaccount shall be appropriated and used only for the costs of the program for which the fees were imposed; provided, however, that if the report required to be prepared by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act is not received by the Legislature by December 31 of any fiscal year, all unobligated revenues in each subaccount in the fund, for which a report has not been received by the Legislature, may not be used to support the designated program until such time as the report on the subaccount or subaccounts has been received by the Legislature. An additional appropriation shall not be required in order for the department to expend monies from a subaccount for which a report is received by the Legislature after December 31.

L.1991,c.427,s.3.