Section 52:15C-2 - Establishment of Office of the State Comptrollera. There is established an Office of the State Comptroller. The office shall be established in the Executive Branch of the State government and for the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the office shall be allocated in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury. Notwithstanding this allocation, the office shall be independent of any supervision or control by the State Treasurer, or the department or by any division, board, office, or other officer thereof.b. The State Comptroller shall report directly to the Governor.c. The State Comptroller shall submit requests for the budget of the office directly to the Governor who shall review the requests and forward them to the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.Added by L. 2007, c. 52,s. 2, eff. 9/1/2007.