New Jersey Statutes 39:2A-4. “New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission” established; division abolished
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:2A-4
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. The Division of Motor Vehicles, transferred to the Department of Transportation pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 002-1995, is abolished as a division in the Department of Transportation, and all of its functions, powers and duties, except as herein otherwise provided, are transferred to, and are continued in the commission and shall be exercised by the chief administrator of the commission. Unless otherwise specified in this act, this transfer shall be subject to the provisions of the “State Agency Transfer Act,” P.L.1971, c.375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). All records, equipment and other personal property, appropriations, and any unexpended balances of funds appropriated or otherwise available to the division, shall be transferred to the commission pursuant to the “State Agency Transfer Act.”
c. Whenever any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, tariff, document, reorganization plan, judicial, or administrative proceeding or otherwise thereunder, refers to the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety or in the Department of Transportation, or to the director thereof, the reference shall mean and refer to the commission, unless otherwise stated in this act.
d. Regulations adopted by the division shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law.
e. The commission shall operate on a fiscal year budget cycle.
f. The commission shall continue in existence until dissolved by act of the Legislature. However, any dissolution of the commission shall be on condition that the commission has no debts, contractual duties or obligations outstanding, or that provision has been made for the payment, discharge or retirement of these debts, contractual duties or obligations. Upon any dissolution of the commission, all property, rights, funds and assets thereof shall pass to and become vested in the State.
L.2003,c.13,s.4.