Except as provided below, whenever a department, agency or bureau of the State requires that the fee for issuing a license or permit be paid in advance, a county, municipality, authority, or other subdivision of local government shall be deemed to have met that requirement by the issuance of a duly executed purchase order payable pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Fiscal Affairs Law" (N.J.S.40A:5-1 et seq.):
a. the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall not be required to accept a duly executed purchase order; and
b. the Department of Transportation may accept a duly executed purchase order from a county, municipality, authority, or other subdivision of local government for the fee for issuing a license or permit if the department determines that its accounting procedures permit the acceptance of such purchase orders.