STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Governor's annual budget message to include certain contract information.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act requiring the Governor's annual budget message to include certain contract information and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The annual budget message presented by the Governor to the Legislature shall include the following information for current and proposed contracts for services:
a description of the contract and services being purchased;
the name of the agency contracting for the services;
the name of the contractor and any subcontractors;
the effective and expiration dates of the contract;
the annual amounts paid to the contractor in past fiscal years and
the current fiscal year under the contract by funding source;
the annual amount proposed to be paid to the contractor in the
fiscal years beyond the Governor's budget by funding source;
the annual amount projected to be paid to the contractor in the fiscal years beyond the Governor's budget by funding source;
the total projected cost of the contract for all fiscal years by funding source; and
whether the contract was a sole source procurement.
This information shall accompany the budget message organized by agency or comparable budget category. The total cost of contracting for services shall be provided for each fund and agency or comparable budget category. This information also shall be provided to the public on the State's Internet site in a format that allows for searching and sorting by the categories listed above.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the annual budget message presented by the Governor to the Legislature to include certain information about current and proposed contracts for services. This information would also be made available to the public on the State's Internet site in a format that allows for searching and sorting by categories.