The Department of Transportation shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on September 1, 2008 and on September 1, 2010 on the amount of revenues and other funds of the authority which have been expended on permitted maintenance and on salaries and overhead of the department and the corporation in the previous two fiscal years respectively. In the reports the department shall provide reasons as to why the reported expenditure levels are appropriate and in the public interest. In addition, the department shall detail steps that have been undertaken to reduce expenditures for these purposes after June 30, 2006.
N.J.S. § 27:1B-22.3