13:8C-22. Audits by State Auditor

22. a. The State Auditor shall conduct audits of the expenditures from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund, the Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, and the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund as necessary to determine from time to time whether moneys from those funds have been expended for costs consistent with Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution, this act, any appropriations of those moneys made by the Legislature, and any requirements established therefor by the trust. The State Auditor shall transmit the audit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, and to the members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or their successors. The State Auditor shall also provide copies of the audit to the Governor, the State Treasurer, and the trust.

b. The State Auditor shall review bond, note and other obligation issuances of the trust and report annually to the members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or their successors, on the status of the bonds, notes and other obligations of the trust and projects financed from the proceeds of the bonds, notes or other obligations. The report shall include the investment status of all unexpended bond, note or other obligation proceeds and provide a description of any bond, note or other obligation issues expected during a fiscal year, including type of issue, estimated amount of bonds, notes or other obligations to be issued, and the expected month of sale.

L.1999,c.152,s.22.