New Jersey § 52:27b-20
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 52:27b-20, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52:27b-20.
The Legislature finds and determines that: The Department of Environmental Protection is one of the largest executive agencies
in the State, and exerts considerable influence on the economy and quality of life
in the State; In recent years, revenues from fees generated by departmental enforcement and other
activities have accounted for a steadily increasing percentage of total departmental
revenues; A significant percentage of fee revenues is anticipated by the department each state
fiscal year as “off-budget” or “below the line” revenue, for which inadequate program
data or no program data are provided to the Legislature; This deleterious trend is clearly illustrated by the Governor's proposed budget for
the 1992 State fiscal year, in which the department anticipates receiving over $161
million in fees and fines, only $59.7 million, or a mere 37% of which is anticipated
“on budget;” It is the Constitutional responsibility of the Legislature to adopt a budget for each
State fiscal year, and, as a fundamental principle of sound fiscal policy, the Legislature
must be able to perform a detailed evaluation of major State spending programs; It is, therefore, entirely proper and in the interest of the people of this State,
that the Legislature require the Department of Environmental Protection to include,
as part of its annual budget proposal, all fee revenues and anticipated fee revenues
as “on budget” or “above the line” items, to provide the same date for the programs
funded by those revenues as is provided for other spending programs, and to make such
information available to the budget committees and the key environmental policy committees
in the Legislature; and It is also entirely proper, and in the interest of the people of this State, that
the Legislature require the State Treasurer, in preparing the Governor's proposed
budget for each State fiscal year, to include all anticipated fee revenues for the
department “on budget,” or “above the line,” and to include these fees and the appropriate
program information in the public document containing that proposed budget.
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