52:14-18 - Annual reports of state departments, boards and officers; time for making; penalty
52:14-18. Annual reports of state departments, boards and officers; time for making; penalty Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, all boards, commissions, institutions, departments, state officers and other persons required by law to present an annual report to the governor or to the legislature, shall make report as of the thirtieth day of June annually, and shall present the same in writing to the governor on or before the thirtieth day of November, to the end that the same may be examined by the state librarian and speedily prepared for printing if approved for that purpose when so required by section 52:14-20 of this title.
Any officer, commissioner or other person who shall fail to deliver his report on or before the thirtieth day of November shall, as a penalty, forfeit one-half his salary or compensation from the thirtieth day of November until the time when such report shall be so presented, and such forfeited compensation shall be withheld by the comptroller and treasurer.