N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11i — Spill Compensation Fund

58:10-23.11i. Spill Compensation Fund The New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund is hereby established as a nonlapsing, revolving fund in the department to carry out the purposes of this act. The fund shall be credited with all taxes and penalties related to this act. Interest received on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. L. 1976, c. 141, s. 10. Amended by L. 1985, c. 115, s. 3. 58:10-23.11j. Administrator The commissioner shall appoint and supervise an administrator of the fund. The administrator shall be the chief executive of the fund and shall have the following powers and duties: a. To represent the State in meetings with the alleged discharger and claimants concerning liability for the discharge and the amount of the claims; b. To determine if boards of arbitration are needed to settle particular claims; c. To administer boards of arbitration; d. To certify the amount of claims and names of claimants to the commissioner. L. 1976, c. 141, s. 11. Amended by L. 1985, c. 115, s. 4. 58:10-23.11j1. Transfer to Environmental Protection a. Except as otherwise provided by this amendatory and supplementary act, all the functions, powers and duties of the administrator in the Department of the Treasury are continued in the administrator in the Department of Environmental Protection. b. All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of the administrator in the Department of the Treasury are transferred to the administrator in the Department of Environmental Protection. c. The rules, regulations and orders of the administrator in the Department of the Treasury shall continue with full force as the rules, regulations and orders of the administrator in the Department of Environmental Protection until amended or repealed. L. 1985, c. 115, s. 8. 58:10-23.11j2. Moneys transferred After consultation between the commissioner and the State Treasurer, all relevant appropriations, grants and other moneys available to the administrator in the Department of the Treasury shall be transferred to the administrator in the Department of Environmental Protection and shall remain available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by federal or State law. L. 1985, c. 115, s. 9. 58:10-23.11j3. Transfer of employees After consultation between the commissioner and State Treasurer, the employees of the administrator, including the administrator, in the Department of the Treasury may be transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection. Nothing in this amendatory and supplementary act shall be construed to deprive these employees of any rights or protection provided them by the civil service, pension or retirement laws of this State. L. 1985, c. 115, s. 10. 58:10-23.11j4. Substitution Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, reference is made to the administrator in the Department of the Treasury, the same shall be considered to mean and refer to the administrator in the Department of Environmental Protection. L. 1985, c. 115, s. 11. 58:10-23.11j5. Pending proceedings unaffected This amendatory and supplementary act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the administrator in the Department of the Treasury and pending on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, but these actions or proceedings may be further prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the administrator in the Department of Environmental Protection. L. 1985, c. 115, s. 12. 58:10-23.11j6. "Agency Transfer Act" applicable The transfers directed by this amendatory and supplementary act, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L. 1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L. 1985, c. 115, s. 14. 58:10-23.11j7. Services of other State agencies In order to effectuate the purposes of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection may call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of any State department, board, commission or agency as may be required. L. 1985, c. 115, s. 15.

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