Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:18A-210

  • 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
  • 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
a. The commissioner of any department receiving an appropriation pursuant to this act shall issue guidelines concerning the eligibility for available funds and procedures for the distribution of funds, and may adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.

b. The sums appropriated pursuant to this act shall be obligated on or before August 3, 1993 by the departments receiving an appropriation pursuant to this act.

c. If any department, agency, commission, board or governmental body politic and corporate in but not of a principal executive department of State government, has unobligated funds on August 3, 1990, from moneys appropriated pursuant to P.L.1987, c.231, the department, agency, commission, board or body shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on January 1 of each of the next succeeding three years concerning the proposed and actual expenditure of the sums appropriated pursuant to P.L.1987, c.231.

L.1987,c.231,s.5; amended 1990,c.74,s.1.