2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 4 - AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Section 4:19
4:19-15.11 - Disposition of fees collected

4:19-15.11.  Disposition of fees collected
    License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of  sections 3, 8, 9 and 16 of this act, except registration tag fees, shall be  forwarded to the treasurer of the municipality within 30 days after collection  or receipt and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the  other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the following purposes  only;  for collecting, keeping and disposing of dogs liable to seizure under  this act or under local dog control ordinances; for local prevention and  control of rabies;  for providing antirabic treatment under the direction of  the local board of health for any person known or suspected to have been  exposed to rabies, for payment of damage to or losses of poultry and domestic  animals, except dogs and cats, caused by a dog or dogs and for administering  the provisions of this act.  Any unexpended balance remaining in such special  account shall be retained therein until the end of the third fiscal year  following and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section.   At the end of the said third fiscal year following, and at the end of each  fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special account to  the general funds of the municipality any amount then in such account which is  in excess of the total amount paid into said special account during the last 2  fiscal years next preceding.

    The registration tag fee for each dog shall be forwarded within 30 days after collection by the clerk or other official designated to license dogs to the State Department of Health which department shall forward said sum to the State Treasurer who shall place all such moneys in a special account for use only by the State Department of Health in administering this act and for the prevention and control of rabies throughout the State, and such account is hereby declared to be a trust fund not subject to legislative appropriation. At the end of the third fiscal year following the adoption of this act and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be withdrawn from this trust fund and transferred to the general funds of the State any amount then in  such fund which is in excess of the total amount paid into such fund during the  last 2 fiscal years next preceding.

     L.1941, c. 151, p. 498, s. 11.  Amended by L.1966, c. 64, s. 2;  L.1981, c. 235, s. 3, eff. July 27, 1981.