52:27BBB-44. Project list

45. a. The board shall prepare and submit a project list, as provided hereunder. The list shall be consistent with the strategic revitalization plan and capital improvement and infrastructure plans for the qualified municipality to the extent practicable and shall include a series of projects which are prioritized according to their importance in revitalizing the qualified municipality.

Following a determination by the commissioner that a municipality fulfills the definition of a qualified municipality pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-4) and the preparation of the plans mentioned above, the capital and infrastructure needs shall be assessed and projects shall be anticipated over a three-year period. The bond moneys authorized to be issued pursuant to section 47 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-46) shall be expended over a three-year period.

The board shall adopt each project list by a majority of those members present. In the event that the board selects to rescind a project from the list, such a vote shall be by a two-thirds vote of the fully authorized membership thereof.

Each project list shall be submitted to the Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning, the Chairperson of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Chairperson of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, or their successors, and the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer, on or before March 1 of each year.

b. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly shall cause the date of submission of the project list to be entered upon the Senate Journal and the Minutes of the General Assembly.

c. On or before March 1 of each year, the board shall submit a report of general project categories and proposed projects thereunder to be financed in the ensuing fiscal year, including therewith a description of the projects, the county or counties within which they are to be located, a distinction between State, local and private projects, and the amount estimated to be expended on each project. This report shall be known as the "Annual Qualified Municipality Capital and Economic Recovery Program" for the upcoming fiscal year. The program shall be consistent with, and reflective of, the goals and priorities of the Strategic Revitalization Plan, capital improvement and infrastructure plan, and the program shall include an explanation which demonstrates how it is consistent with, and reflective of, the goals and priorities.

d. On or before August 1 of each year, the board shall also submit a "Qualified Municipality Capital and Economic Recovery Financial Plan" designed to implement the financing of the proposed projects. The financial plan shall contain an enumeration of the bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority which the authority intends to issue, including the amounts thereof and the conditions therefor.

In addition, the plan shall contain proposed amounts to be appropriated and expended, as well as amounts for which the authority anticipates to obligate during the ensuing fiscal year for any future expenditures.

L.2002,c.43,s.45; amended 2002, c.108, s.9.