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STATE BUDGET

New Jersey operates on an annual budget cycle. The governor submits a proposed budget in February and the legislature adopts a budget in June. The fiscal year begins July 1.

STATE LEGISLATURE

The state Legislature consists of a Senate with 40 members serving four-year terms, except in the first term of a new decade (which only lasts two years), and 80 members of the General Assembly serving two-year terms.  The two-year legislative term begins at noon on the second Tuesday in January of each even-numbered year.  New Jersey is one of only two states that carry over legislation from even years to odd years (Virginia is the other).

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