N.J. Admin. Code § 13:78-5.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:78-5.2 - Disbursement of moneys to State and grant awards to county Offices of Victim-Witness Advocacy

(a) The Director shall determine the amount required to fund the State Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy and authorize use of moneys for this purpose.

(b) The Director shall determine the amount of grant awards that are disbursed to the county Offices of Victim-Witness Advocacy within each county prosecutor's office, established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:4B-44b and 52:4B-45.

1. Each county prosecutor shall provide the State Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy with a completed application for grant funds to supplement the operation of the county Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy on forms prescribed by the Director.

2. Each county prosecutor shall submit a certification executed by each of the following county officials: the county prosecutor; the chief executive or chief appointed official; the chief financial officer; and the county commissioner director or president. The certification shall state that they authorize the application and that the grants awarded from the Fund will be expended solely for the development, provision, and/or enhancement of services to victims and witnesses in accordance with legislative mandates or the Attorney General Standards and related administrative and training costs.

3. A county should expend a grant award in the local budget year in which it is received.

4. A grant award from the Fund may be withheld from a county until that county's governing body approves the county prosecutor's budget request for the county Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:78-5.2

Amended by R.1998 d.587, effective 12/21/1998.
See: 30 N.J.R. 3422(a), 30 N.J.R. 4385(b).
In (a), substituted "use" for "transfer"; and rewrote (b).
Amended by R.2009 d.371, effective 12/21/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 2626(a), 41 N.J.R. 4820(c).
Section was "Disbursement of moneys to State and county Offices of Victim-Witness Advocacy". In the introductory paragraph of (b), substituted "The Director shall determine the amount of grant awards that are disbursed" for "In disbursing moneys" and a period for ", the following procedures shall be followed:" at the end; rewrote (b)1 and (b)3; in (b)2, inserted "that they authorize the application and", substituted "grants awarded" for "moneys allocated" and deleted a comma following "Standards"; and in (b)4, substituted "A grant award" for "Moneys" and deleted the last sentence; and deleted (b)5.

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 2142(a), effective 10/2/2023