13:1E-223 Annual appropriations; conditions.

13. a. The annual appropriations act for each State fiscal year shall, without other conditions, limitations or restrictions on the following:

(1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.311).

(2) appropriate the amount specified pursuant to subsection f. of section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217) to the Department of Environmental Protection for use by the organization under contract with the department pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-218) for a Statewide public information and education program concerning antilittering activities and other aspects of responsible solid waste handling behavior; and

(3) appropriate the balance of the Clean Communities Program Fund established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217) for the purposes set forth in subsections a., b., c. and d. of that section.

b. If the requirements of subsection a. of this section are not met on the effective date of an annual appropriations act for the State fiscal year, or if an amendment or supplement to an annual appropriations act for the State fiscal year should violate any of the requirements of subsection a. of this section, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall, not later than five days after the enactment of the annual appropriations act, or an amendment or supplement thereto, that violates any of the requirements of subsection a. of this section, certify to the Director of the Division of Taxation that the requirements of subsection a. of this section have not been met.

L.2002, c.128, s.13; amended 2007, c.311, s.16.