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The 2006 New Jersey state government shutdown was the first shutdown in the history of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It occurred after the New Jersey Legislature and Governor Jon Corzine failed to agree on a state budget by the constitutional deadline. Corzine and the Legislature also clashed on the issue of raising the state sales tax to help create a balanced budget. Exercising his constitutional powers as governor, Corzine ordered the shutdown as a means of pressuring the Legislature to pass a budget. The shutdown began at midnight on July 1, 2006, when Corzine called for an orderly shutdown of non-essential government services, which was followed by a second round of shutdowns three days later on July 4.

The shutdown officially concluded after the legislature adopted a budget on July 8. All government services were restored by 8:30 a.m. on July 10, 2006.