N.J. Stat. tit. 27, ch. 11

N.J. Stat. tit. 27, ch. 11
in effect

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-1 State highway system funds; sources

L.1927, c. 331, p. 778, entitled "An act concerning the state highway system and regulating the disbursement of moneys therefor," passed April first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, saved from repeal. [This act dedicates to highway purposes certain revenues of the state.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-2 Salary fund continued

The fund established by the act entitled "An act providing for the establishment and maintenance of a fund subject to the disbursement of the New Jersey state highway commission for the payment of salaries and wages of its officers and employees," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (L.1921, c. 261, p. 788), is hereby continued.

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-3 Custodian of fund

The commissioner shall designate one of his employees to act as custodian of the fund. He shall furnish a surety bond conditioned for the satisfactory maintenance and disbursement of the fund in a sum at least double the amount of the fund as first established. He shall make no expenditure from the fund for salaries and wages of the officers and employees of the commissioner except on proper certification and approval of the civil service commission.

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-4 Semimonthly payments

The commissioner shall pay out of the fund, salaries and wages of his officers and employees at least semimonthly, as other state officers and employees are paid by the state treasurer.

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-5 Maintenance of fund

The fund shall be replenished and maintained by payments made by the state treasurer to the custodian, on the warrant of the comptroller, which payments shall equal the sum disbursed immediately previous to the date of such warrant of the comptroller. The sum to be paid shall be established by a certification bearing approval of the civil service commission and of the approval officer designated by the state highway commissioner.

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-6 Proof of payment; withholding of funds; emergency payments

The comptroller may require from the state highway commissioner, the custodian or other approval officer, or any or all of them, such further satisfactory proof as to the proper disbursement of the fund and its maintenance as he may in his judgment require, and may withhold the warrant for the replenishing of the fund until such proof is forthcoming, but in that event the salaries and wages of the officers and employees of the commissioner shall be paid by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller after approval of the civil service commission until such time as the cause for withholding the warrant shall have been removed.

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-7 Act of 1922

L.1922, c. 262, p. 634 (1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-821 to 179-839), entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same by the taxation of real and personal property in this state, and by the creation of a debt of the state in an amount not exceeding forty million dollars by the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the submission of this act to the people at a general election," passed March seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, saved from repeal, together with the following supplement thereto passed March fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four (L.1924, c. 249, p. 660; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-840 and 179-841). [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and the issuance of bonds of the state in the amount of forty million dollars. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued and provides for the establishment of a sinking fund and the investment of the moneys thereof, and the levying of a general property tax to pay the principal and interest of such bonds. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1922, and was officially declared adopted on December 5, 1922. The supplement passed March 14, 1924, provided for the repayment to the several municipalities of excess taxes collected under the original act.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-8 Act of 1927

L.1927, c. 181, p. 344, entitled "An act for the construction, improvement, reconstruction and rebuilding of the state highway system, including bridges, tunnels, viaducts and rights of way as parts thereof; providing for the defraying of the cost of the same by the taxation of real and personal property in this state, and by the creation of a debt of the state in an amount not exceeding thirty million dollars by the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the submission of this act to the people at a general election," approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and the issuance of bonds of the state therefor in an amount not exceeding thirty million dollars. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued and provides for the establishment of a sinking fund and the investment of the moneys thereof, and the levying of a general property tax to pay the principal and interest of such bonds. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1927, and was officially declared adopted on December 6, 1927.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-9 Act of 1930

L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election," approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the raising of money for highway purposes and for grade crossing elimination, and the issuance of bonds of the state therefor in the amount of eighty-three million dollars. The amount was reduced to sixty-three million dollars by L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, and was further reduced to fifty-eight million dollars by L.1933, c. 397, p. 1100. It prescribes the time and manner in which the bonds shall be issued. Payment of principal and interest is provided for from the receipts of the tax on motor vehicle fuels, supplemented by a general property tax if the motor vehicle fuel tax proves insufficient for the purpose. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1930, and was officially declared adopted on December 2, 1930.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-10 Act reducing amount of 1930 issue

L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, entitled "An act to reduce to sixty-three million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election,' approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty," approved June fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, saved from repeal. [This act reduces the amount of the bonds authorized by L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, from eighty-three million dollars to sixty-three million dollars. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1932, and was officially declared adopted on December 6, 1932.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-11 Act further reducing amount of 1930 issue

L.1933, c. 397, p. 1100, entitled "An act to reduce to fifty-eight million dollars the debt authorized to be created by an act entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of eighty-three million dollars for highway improvements; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election,' approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty," approved September fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [This act further reduces the amount of the bonds authorized by L.1930, c. 228, p. 1022, from sixty-three million dollars, as provided by L.1932, c. 250, p. 550, to fifty-eight million dollars. The act was submitted to the voters of the state at the general election held in November 1933, and was officially declared adopted on December 5, 1933.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-12 Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1934"

L.1934, c. 182, p. 436, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due state road taxes," approved May ninth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the issuance of bonds by municipalities to pay past due state road taxes and also authorized the issuance of bonds by counties which received payments from municipalities on account of the state road tax but failed to pay over such moneys to the state. The act provided the details for the issuance and payment of these bonds which were to be issued and delivered by July 15, 1934, and paid within eight years.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-13 Municipal and county "state road tax funding bonds, 1935"

L.1935, c. 16, p. 38, entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due State road taxes," approved February fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the issuance of bonds by municipalities to pay past due state road taxes and also authorized the issuance of bonds by counties which received payments from municipalities on account of the state road tax but failed to pay over such moneys to the state. The act provided the details for the issuance and payment of these bonds which were to be issued and delivered by April 1, 1935, and paid within eight years.]

N.J. Stat. § 27:11-14 State road tax not certified in certain cases

The comptroller of the treasury need not certify the state road tax to the several counties in any year so long as the revenue derived from the tax levied pursuant to chapter 39 of the title Taxation (s. 54:39-1 et seq.) shall be sufficient to support the sinking fund requirements under the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-two of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two and chapter one hundred and eighty-one of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
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