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A4263 • 2026

Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of VCCO.

Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of VCCO.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Speight, Shanique
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of VCCO.

Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of VCCO.

What This Bill Does

  • Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of VCCO.
  • Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of VCCO.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4263

ASSEMBLY, No. 4263

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review
audit of VCCO.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

directing the State Auditor to conduct a
performance review audit of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office.�

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� The State Auditor is
directed to conduct a performance review audit of the Victims of Crime
Compensation Office in the Department of Law and Public Safety.� The
performance review audit shall analyze whether the office is achieving economy,
efficiency, and effectiveness in the employment of available resources and
whether the office is in compliance with statutory law and regulations
governing the operation of the office.�

���� b.��� The audit required in
subsection a. of this section shall include but not be limited to:

���� (1)�� an analysis of the
office�s use of federal and State allocated funding;

���� (2)�� a determination of
whether the existing personnel of the office is adequate to meet the statutory
mandate of the office;

���� (3) an evaluation of the
efficiency of the office�s internal operations; and

���� (4)�� recommendations to
address any organizational deficiencies that may be revealed by the audit.

���� 2.��� Within six months of the
effective date of this act, the State Auditor shall submit to the Governor, and
to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), a
report summarizing the results of the performance review audit conducted
pursuant to section 1 of this act.�

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

����� This bill directs the State Auditor to conduct a
performance review audit of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) in
the Department of Law and Public Safety.

����� The bill requires the performance review audit of the
VCCO to analyze whether the VCCO is achieving economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness in employing available resources and whether the office is in
compliance with statutory law and regulations governing the VCCO�s operations.

����� The audit is to include an analysis of the office�s
use of federal and State allocated funding; a determination of whether the
existing personnel of the office is adequate to meet the statutory mandate of
the office; an evaluation of the efficiency of the office�s internal
operations; and recommendations to address any organizational deficiencies that
may be revealed by the audit.

����� The State Auditor is required by the bill to complete
the audit and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report summarizing
the results of the audit within six months of the effective date of the bill.