WHEREAS, Reorganization
Plan No. 001-1997 (hereinafter "the Plan") was submitted to the
Senate and General Assembly on January 14, 1997; and
WHEREAS, paragraph
1 of the Plan establishes within the Department of the Treasury
a Division of Revenue; and
WHEREAS, paragraph
2 of the Plan transfers the Bureau of Revenue of the Division of
Financial Management and General Services in the Department of Environmental
Protection to the Division of Revenue; and
WHEREAS, paragraph
3 of the Plan transfers the Cash Control and Revenue Processing
Units of the Bureau of Revenue Administration of the Division of
Accounting and Auditing in the Department of Transportation to the
Division of Revenue; and
WHEREAS, paragraph
4 of the Plan transfers the Compliance Activity within the Division
of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury to the Division of
Revenue; and
WHEREAS, the
Plan shall become effective in 60 days on March 15, 1997, unless
disapproved by each House of the Legislature by the passage of a
Concurrent Resolution stating in substance that the Legislature
does not favor this Plan, or at a date later than March 15, 1997,
should the Governor establish such a later date for the effective
date of the Plan, or any part thereof, by Executive Order; and
WHEREAS, the
administrative burden on the Department of the Treasury and the
Department of Environmental Protection in implementing paragraph
2 of the Plan and on the Department of the Treasury and the Department
of Transportation in implementing paragraph 3 of the Plan will be
greatly diminished by delaying the effective date of paragraphs
2 and 3 of the Plan until August 1, 1997; and
WHEREAS, I
conclude that an effective date later than March 15, 1997, for paragraphs
2 and 3 of the Plan is necessary for the orderly and effective implementation
of paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the
administrative burden on the Division of Taxation in the Department
of the Treasury will be greatly diminished by delaying the effective
date of a portion of paragraph 4 of the Plan so that only the Telecollection
Function of the Office Collections Branch within the Compliance
Activity in the Division of Taxation is transferred when the Plan
becomes effective on March 15, 1997, unless disapproved by each
House of the Legislature as noted above; and
WHEREAS, I
conclude that an effective date later than March 15, 1997, for the
portion of paragraph 4 of the Plan concerning the Compliance Activity,
other than the Telecollection Function, is necessary for the orderly
and effective implementation of paragraph*4 of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, I
have directed the Treasurer to prepare a report recommending the
time at which the transfer of the balance of the Compliance Activity
within the Division of Taxation may take place without creating
an administrative burden on the Division of Taxation;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. Unless
Reorganization Plan No. 001-1997 is disapproved by the Legislature
by March 15, 1997, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Reorganization Plan No.*001-1997
shall be effective on August 1, 1997.
2. Unless
Reorganization Plan No. 001-1997 is disapproved by the Legislature
by March 15, 1997, paragraph 4 of Reorganization Plan No. 001-1997,
other than as it applies to the Telecollection Function of the
Office Collections Branch within the Compliance Activity in the
Division of Taxation, shall be effective on such date as set by
Executive Order, following the report and recommendation by the
Treasurer as provided herein.
3. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
/s/
Christine Todd Whitman
Governor
Attest:
/s/ Michael
P. Torpey
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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