New Jersey Revised Statutes § 52:16a-75 -

52:16A-75. "New Jersey Cultural Trust"
4.There is hereby established in but not of the Department of State a public body corporate and politic with corporate succession, to be known as the "New Jersey Cultural Trust." For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Cultural Trust is hereby allocated within the Department of State, but notwithstanding that allocation, the Cultural Trust shall be independent of any supervision or control by that department or by any board or officer thereof, except as provided in this act.

The Cultural Trust is hereby constituted as an instrumentality of the State exercising public and essential governmental functions, no part of whose revenues shall accrue to the benefit of any individual, and the exercise by the Cultural Trust of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. The statutory goals of the Cultural Trust shall include the support of the arts, history, and humanities by assisting in the funding of capital facilities projects and endowment development, and contributing to the institutional and financial stability of qualified organizations in New Jersey. Board members and staff of the Cultural Trust may also engage in fundraising activities to effectuate the purposes of this act.

L.2000,c.76,s.4.


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