34:1B-21.25 "Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund."

3. a. The authority shall establish and maintain a special nonlapsing fund to be known as the "Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund" into which shall be deposited the following moneys:

(1) the proceeds from the sale of all bonds (other than refunding bonds) issued by the authority pursuant to this act which are remaining after any required deposit to any reserve or other fund established for such bonds or refunding bonds in accordance with subsection a. of section 4 of this act and after the payment of all costs, fees and other expenses related to, or incurred by the authority or the State in connection with, the issuance of such bonds or refunding bonds;

(2) any amounts which shall be appropriated by the State Legislature for the purposes of such fund; and

(3) any other amounts or funds which the authority shall determine to deposit into such fund. Moneys on deposit in the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund shall be invested in such obligations as the authority may determine or as shall otherwise be provided in any contract between the authority and the State Treasurer authorized and entered into pursuant to section 7 of this act, and interest or other earnings on any such investments shall be credited to such fund.

b. Amounts on deposit in the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund shall be withdrawn by the authority from time to time, and applied as set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.

(1) Upon written request of the State Treasurer or as otherwise provided in any contract between the authority and the State Treasurer authorized and entered into pursuant to section 7 of this act, and paid to the State Treasurer for deposit either into the General Fund of the State or into the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Fund, as determined by the State Treasurer, and used for any lawful purpose of the State for which moneys on deposit in the General Fund may be used. All amounts withdrawn from the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund and deposited into the General Fund of the State as provided in this paragraph shall represent financial resources and revenues of the State upon deposit into the General Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph to the contrary, the State Treasurer shall not request the authority to pay, and the authority shall not pay, to the State Treasurer during State fiscal year 2005 for deposit into the General Fund of the State, amounts on deposit in the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund which are in excess of the amounts anticipated as revenues from that fund as certified by the Governor pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 2 of the State Constitution for the State annual appropriation act for State fiscal year 2005.

(2) Upon written request of the agency or as otherwise provided in any contract between the authority and the agency authorized and entered into pursuant to P.L.2005, c.163 (C.34:1B-21.25a et al.), an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 in the aggregate from the proceeds of bonds authorized under the "Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Act of 2004," P.L.2004, c.70 (C.34:1B-21.23 et al.), shall be paid to the agency for deposit into the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund to fund the costs of special needs housing projects authorized pursuant to P.L.2005, c.163 (C.34:1B-21.25a et al.).

L.2004,c.70,s.3; amended 2005, c.163, s.5.