N.J. Stat. tit. 1, ch. 2

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N.J. Stat. § 1:2-1 Enacting clause of laws; numbering sections; engrossing of bills

All laws of this State shall begin in the following style: "Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey" , after which shall follow the sections numbered consecutively 1, 2, 3, et cetera, with the Arabic numerals, each number being followed immediately by the significant words of the section, without the prefix of the word "that" or the words "and be it enacted" , or any other formal prefix whatsoever. The Legislature shall see that all bills are engrossed in conformity to the provisions of this section and R.S. 1:2-2. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-2 § 1:2-2

Arabic numerals shall be used to designate the numbers of the chapters of the several laws in the order in which they are enacted.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-3 § 1:2-3

No public act shall go into operation or be in force until the fourth day of July next after the passage thereof, unless otherwise specially provided for in such act.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-3.1 Format of bills, joint resolutions for Governor's signature.

1. Every bill and every joint resolution which has passed the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor in the same text as that in which it passed the Legislature and it shall be acted upon by the Governor accordingly but any bill or joint resolution in which material enclosed in bold-faced brackets is included shall, if it becomes law, be construed as though the material so included was omitted therefrom and no material so included shall be or constitute any part of the statute so enacted but a legend shall be affixed to the bottom of the first page of the bill or joint resolution indicating that material so included is intended to be omitted from the bill or joint resolution, when it becomes law. In addition, every annual appropriations bill which has passed the Legislature that may include one or more displays of summaries of items of appropriations as may appear within the bill shall not, if the bill becomes law, be construed as though the material so included within any display of summaries of items of appropriations constitutes any part of the act and a legend shall be affixed to the bottom of the first page of the bill indicating that material included within any display is intended to be for the purpose of displaying summaries of the items of appropriations set forth elsewhere within that act and, while included within the text of the law, is not intended to be part of the law. L.1954,c.28,s.1; amended 1999, c.98, s.2.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-3.2 Display of summaries of appropriations.

1. Unless it is otherwise expressly provided, the following display, or a substantially similar display, of summaries of appropriations as may appear within an annual appropriations act shall not be deemed to be part of that act but shall be for the purpose of displaying summaries of the items of appropriations made elsewhere within that act: (For Display Purposes Only) Summary of Appropriations - Department of [Name of Department] Appropriations by Category: Direct State Services..........................................$(subtotal) Grants-in-Aid.................................................... $(subtotal) State Aid............................................................$(subtotal) Appropriations by Fund: General Fund......................................................$(subtotal) Property Tax Relief Fund................................... $(subtotal) Casino Revenue Fund.........................................$(subtotal) L.1999,c.98,s.1.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-4 § 1:2-4

All the laws heretofore printed, and all that may hereafter be printed by authority of this state, shall be received in evidence before any court in this state, anything in any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-5 Enacted bills and resolutions; delivery to governor; signing by governor and delivery to secretary of state; filing by secretary of state

On the passage of any bill, or the adoption of any joint resolution, by both Houses of the Legislature, the same shall be delivered to the Governor or person administering the government, who, if he shall approve such bill or joint resolution, shall sign and deliver the same to the Secretary of State, to be filed in his office, in such order that the laws and joint resolutions of each sitting of the Legislature shall be kept separately, according to the year in which they shall be passed, and not delivered to any person whatsoever, but safely kept by the Secretary of State in his office, and not suffered to be taken or removed therefrom on any pretext whatsoever. Amended by L.1948, c. 13, p. 60, s. 1, eff. July 4, 1948.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-6 Bills not signed or vetoed by governor; indorsement and certification by governor; delivery to, indorsement and filing by secretary of state

If any bill shall pass both Houses of the Legislature, and be presented to the Governor pursuant to Article V, Section I, paragraph 14, of the Constitution of this State, and the same shall not be returned to the house in which it originated within the time limited by the Constitution, whereby the same has become a law, in like manner as if the Governor had signed the same, the Governor shall indorse thereon, and sign, a certificate of the true time the same was presented to him, and deliver the same to the Secretary of State, who shall indorse thereon, and sign, a certificate of the time it was delivered to him, and file and keep the same in his office, to be there safely kept, with the other laws of the same sitting, as directed by section 1:2-5 of this Title. Amended by L.1948, c. 13, p. 61, s. 2, eff. July 4, 1948.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-7 Bills passed over governor's veto; delivery to and filing by secretary of state

If any bill, passed by both houses of the legislature and presented to the governor, and returned by him with his objections to the house in which it originated, shall nevertheless afterwards become a law in the manner prescribed by the constitution, the presiding officer of the house in which such bill originated shall deliver the same to the secretary of state, who shall file and keep the same in his office, with the other laws of the same sitting, as directed by section 1:2-5 of this title.

N.J. Stat. § 1:2-8 Certified copies of filed bills and resolutions; use as evidence; fee

The secretary of state shall give copies of any law or joint resolution filed in his office pursuant to sections 1:2-5, 1:2-6 and 1:2-7 of this title to any person making application therefor, which copies, when certified by the secretary of state, under his hand and seal, to be true copies, shall be received in evidence in any court of the state, and be as good and effectual as if the originals were then and there produced and proved. The secretary of state, for furnishing copies pursuant to this section, shall receive from the person making application for such copies the fee allowed by section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs.

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