Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:24-4.3

  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
4. The State Auditor shall, as part of his responsibility under R.S.52:24-4, conduct a post-audit of each account in the Department of Environmental Protection for which fees accrue, and shall issue a special report each year on such fees and fee accounts to the Governor and the Legislature. In conducting the post-audit, the State Auditor shall use the report required to be prepared by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act, and may require the department to supply such additional documents as are necessary and pertinent to the post-audit. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the reports shall be due on or before March 1 of 1992 and March 1 of each succeeding year. Each annual report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information and analysis on fees or fee subaccounts, as appropriate, for the previous fiscal year:

a. The extent to which the calculation of each fee conforms to the requirements, if any, of the statute or rule or regulation authorizing or imposing the fee;

b. The extent to which the method of calculating each fee reflects the cost of the regulation, service or other activity for which it is imposed;

c. The extent to which revenues accruing to the department from each fee are expended for the regulation, service or other activity for which it is imposed;

d. Surpluses in each fee account or subaccount, as the case may be, of revenue from fees, expressed both as a dollar amount and as a percentage of the amount imposed and collected during the appropriate fiscal year; and

e. Transfers of funds involving fee revenues during the appropriate fiscal year.

L.1991,c.427,s.4.