N.J. Stat. § 17:1C-35

3. a. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall, on or before August 15 in each year, ascertain and certify to the commissioner by category the total amount of expenses incurred by the State in connection with the administration of the special functions of the Division of Banking in the Department of Banking and Insurance relative to the financial regulation, supervision and monitoring of depository institutions and other financial entities it licenses during the preceding fiscal year. Those expenses shall include, in addition to the direct cost of personal service, the cost of maintenance and operation, the cost of employee benefits and the workers' compensation paid for and on account of personnel, rentals for space occupied in State-owned or State-leased buildings and all other direct and indirect costs of the administration of those functions of the department, as well as any amounts remaining uncollected from the assessment of the previous fiscal year. Certification made pursuant to this subsection shall be made by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. b. (1) Upon receipt of the certification made by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting pursuant to subsection a. of this section, but no later than September 1 in each year following the close of the previous fiscal year, the commissioner shall issue, in accordance with the provisions of this section, the assessment for the amount of the expenses incurred by, or on behalf of, the department for those special purposes recognized in this act. (2) Assessments made pursuant to this section shall be distributed among all regulated entities in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). c. The commissioner shall certify the amount of the assessment issued to each regulated entity. Each regulated entity shall remit the amount so certified and assessed to it to the department in accordance with the procedures established in this act. Amounts collected by the department shall be used for reimbursement to the State for expenses incurred in connection with the special functions of the division relative to the financial regulation, supervision and monitoring of depository institutions and other financial entities it charters, licenses or registers, provided that the amount collected for those expenses shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature for those expenses. L.2005,c.199,s.3.