30:2-1. Appropriations

All appropriations of money from the State treasury for the uses and purposes of the several institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title, and for all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith, as well as appropriations for the uses and purposes of the department, shall be made to the department as one item.

The several institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title shall submit their requests for appropriations to the commissioner in the form and at the time prescribed by law. The commissioner shall be the sole agency for the transmission of the requests for appropriations on behalf of the department and the institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of said section 30:1-7, with such modifications of the requests of the several institutions as he may determine. The commissioner shall be the sole agent authorized to submit a request for appropriations on behalf of any of the charitable, hospital, relief and training institutions or correctional institutions or noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of said section 30:1-7. Appropriations for working capital for all institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title shall be made in bulk and may be allotted by the commissioner or used as a general fund, as he may determine.

Amended by L.1938, c. 275, p. 596, s. 1, eff. May 25, 1938; L.1971, c. 384, s. 15, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.