{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-47-7","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:47-7","heading":"Cost of maintenance","body":"Cost of Maintenance.\nThe Commissioner shall determine and fix the per capita cost of examining and maintaining any offender upon order of the court pursuant to N.J.S.2C:47-1 and shall furnish a copy of the order to the county treasurer of the county in which the offender has a legal settlement as determined in that order, and upon certification of the amount due, the governing body of the county shall make provisions for payment of one-half of the cost thereof to the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, the remaining one-half to be borne by the State.  If the order contains a determination that the offender has no legal settlement  in any county, the entire cost shall be borne by the State.\nL.1978, c.95; amended 1979, c.178, s.104; 1998, c.72, s.4.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"9592a94b0aa981708377fe83e632d75fc2ae82ff116f62d941722c2a3f9d588e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-47-5.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-47-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}