Wise Young
02-10-2006, 03:37 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020700892.html
NJ may extend Gov's budget filing as a courtesy
Reuters
Tuesday, February 7, 2006; 1:47 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey's legislature is weighing bills that would give Gov. Jon Corzine more time to file his budget plan, a traditional courtesy granted to incoming governors, a state official said on Tuesday.
The usual deadline is the fourth Tuesday in February, which would give the Democratic governor until February 28, explained Tom Vincz, a spokesman for Bradley Abelow, who has been nominated as treasurer by Corzine.
But Corzine, who will have to close a deficit estimated at up to $6 billion, would have until around March 21 or March 23 if both houses approved the measure, Vincz added.
The new governor has appointed a number of advisory committees. A January 10 report by the Budget and Re-engineering Government Transition Policy Group drew a devastating picture of the state's finances.
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NJ may extend Gov's budget filing as a courtesy
Reuters
Tuesday, February 7, 2006; 1:47 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey's legislature is weighing bills that would give Gov. Jon Corzine more time to file his budget plan, a traditional courtesy granted to incoming governors, a state official said on Tuesday.
The usual deadline is the fourth Tuesday in February, which would give the Democratic governor until February 28, explained Tom Vincz, a spokesman for Bradley Abelow, who has been nominated as treasurer by Corzine.
But Corzine, who will have to close a deficit estimated at up to $6 billion, would have until around March 21 or March 23 if both houses approved the measure, Vincz added.
The new governor has appointed a number of advisory committees. A January 10 report by the Budget and Re-engineering Government Transition Policy Group drew a devastating picture of the state's finances.
more...