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S3758 • 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
McKnight, Angela V.
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety 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: Law and Public Safety Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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S3758

SENATE, No. 3758

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

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

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

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.