{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-18-28","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:18-28","heading":"Payments from treasury on warrant of comptroller;  approval of bills","body":"No moneys shall be drawn from the state treasury to pay salaries and expenses of state employees or to defray the expenses of a department, institution, commission, board, committee or official of this state, or for or on account of a contract for building or for repairs or supplies, except upon bills presented to the state comptroller, approved as follows:\na.  When a department, by the head thereof, or by a person designated by him.\nb.  When an institution, by a majority of the board of managers or trustees  thereof, or by a person designated for that purpose by the board of managers or  trustees.\nc.  When a board, commission or committee, by the president or chairman thereof or by a person designated by such board, commission or committee.\nd.  When an official not subordinate to the head of a department, by such official personally.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"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":"70279103779b8b831ec2ed5c7256b8f46a1ac9e419b31f14df70fe3da6e701ae","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-18-27","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-18-29"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}