New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 52 - State Government, Departments And Officers

• Section 52:1-1 - Trenton Seat Of Government; Location Of Legislative Sessions
  Trenton, in the county of Mercer, shall be the seat of the government of this State. All sessions of the Legislature shall be held...
• Section 52:1-1.1 - Emergency Temporary Location; Proclamation By Governor
  Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient...
• Section 52:1-1.2 - Validity Of Acts Performed At Emergency Temporary Location
  During such time as the seat of Government remains at such emergency temporary location, or locations, all official acts now or hereafter required by...
• Section 52:1-1.3 - Contrary Or Conflicting Laws
  The provisions of this act shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding the provisions of any other law...
• Section 52:2-1 - Description Of Great Seal Of State
  The great seal of this state shall be engraved on silver, which shall be round, of two and a half inches in diameter and...
• Section 52:2-2 - New Great Seal; Illumination; Use Of Replica In Office Of Secretary Of State
  A new great seal of the state, drawn in accordance with the description set forth in section 52:2-1 of this title, shall be certified...
• Section 52:2-3 - Persons Authorized To Use The Great Seal
  1.The Governor of the State, the head of any principal executive department of the State, the members of the Legislature of the State, the...
• Section 52:2-4 - Unauthorized Use; Penalty
  Any person who is not authorized by law to use, exhibit or display the State Seal, who uses, exhibits or displays the Great Seal...
• Section 52:2-5 - Unauthorized Use Upon Vehicle License Plate; Revocation
  Any person who is convicted as a disorderly person for an unauthorized use of the State Seal upon a motor vehicle license plate shall...
• Section 52:2-7 - Repealer
  Section 2A:148-23 of the New Jersey Statutes is repealed. L.1955, c. 155, p. 650, s. 5.
• Section 52:2-8 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect 30 days after its approval. L.1955, c. 155, p. 650, s. 6.
• Section 52:2-9 - Use Of Reproductions; Consent; Rules And Regulations; Violations; Penalties
  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to give written consent to the use of reproductions of...
• Section 52:2a-1 - Official Colors
  The official colors of the State of New Jersey for use on the State Flag and for other purposes shall be buff and Jersey...
• Section 52:3-1 - State Flag; Color
  The state flag shall be of buff color, having in the center thereof the arms of the state emblazoned thereon.
• Section 52:3-2 - State Flag To Be Headquarters Flag
  The state flag shall be the headquarters flag for the governor as commander in chief, but shall not supersede distinctive flags which are or...
• Section 52:3-3 - Display Of Flag On State House
  A suitable flag shall be hoisted and displayed on the state house flagstaff during the hours when the senate or house of assembly is...
• Section 52:3-4 - Display Of Foreign Flag Unaccompanied By National Flag Prohibited; Exception; Violation Misdemeanor
  It shall be unlawful to display the flag or emblem of any foreign state or country either on public or private property within this...
• Section 52:3-5 - Preservation Of Historic Flags
  All historic battle and other flags of the State displayed in the State House shall be maintained and preserved by the State authority in...
• Section 52:3-6 - Display Of State Flag
  The State flag may be displayed on all occasions and in such manner as it shall be appropriate and lawful to display the flag...
• Section 52:3-7 - Historic Flags; Repair And Preservation
  The Adjutant-General is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the repair and preservation of all historic flags of the State of New Jersey....
• Section 52:3-8 - American Night On National Flag Day
  The Governor be and he is hereby authorized to name, designate and hereafter cause to be known the period between sundown and midnight of...
• Section 52:3-9 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Over 2,400 Americans, including 64 from the State of New Jersey, who served in the United States...
• Section 52:3-10 - P. O. W.-m. I. A. Flag Display
  The P.0.W.-M.I.A. flag, which depicts a prisoner's profile against the background of a P.0.W. camp watchtower, shall be displayed at public buildings in the...
• Section 52:3-11 - Flag At Half-staff
  The Governor shall, upon receiving timely notification and verification of the death of a New Jersey citizen who has been awarded the Congressional Medal...
• Section 52:3-12 - State House Flags Flown At Half-staff; Death In Line Of Duty For Police, Firemen, Paramedics, Emts.
  1. a. The Governor, upon timely notification and verification of the death of a federal, State or local law enforcement officer or firefighter who...
• Section 52:3-12.1 - Electronic Notification System For Flags Flying At Half-staff.
  1.The Secretary of State shall create and maintain an electronic notification system in which a person may sign-up to receive automatic notification of when...
• Section 52:3-13 - Designation Of "Honor And Remember Flag."
  1.The "Honor and Remember Flag" is designated as the State's official flag for recognizing all armed service members who have died as a result...
• Section 52:4-1 - Promulgation Of National Census
  The governor is authorized to file in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the bulletin issued by the director of...
• Section 52:4-2 - Effective Date Of 1960 Census
  The Federal Census of 1960 shall become effective May 6, 1961, or on the date of the filing of the bulletin provided for in...
• Section 52:4-3 - Effective Date Of 1970 Census
  Except for the apportionment and election of the members of boards of education of regional districts pursuant to P.L.1970, c. 305 (C. 18A:13-9.1 et...
• Section 52:4-4 - Effective Date Of Federal Census Of 1980
  The Federal census of 1980 shall become effective January 1, 1982, or on the date of filing of the bulletin provided for in R.S....
• Section 52:4-5 - Effective Date Of Federal Census Of 2000
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the Federal census of 2000 shall become effective on January 1, 2002. This act shall...
• Section 52:4a-1 - Actions On Tort Against State
  Except for actions founded upon the Constitution of this State or the United States or an express provision of the statutory laws of this...
• Section 52:4b-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1971." L.1971, c. 317, s. 1, eff. Oct....
• Section 52:4b-2 - Definitions.
  2. As used in P.L.1971, c.317: "Agency" means the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency; "Review Board" or "board" means the Victims of Crime Compensation...
• Section 52:4b-3.2 - Victims Of Crime Compensation Agency; Executive Director; Review Board.
  2. a. There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency. b.The chief executive officer of the...
• Section 52:4b-3.3 - Violent Crimes Compensation Board Abolished.
  3.The Violent Crimes Compensation Board established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.317 (C.52:4B-3) is abolished and the terms of the persons serving as...
• Section 52:4b-3.4 - Victims Of Crime Compensation Review Board, Members, Terms, No Compensation.
  4.The term of office of each member of the Victims of Crime Compensation Review Board shall be three years and until the member's successor...
• Section 52:4b-5 - Employment Of Experts, Assistants And Employees.
  5. The agency is authorized to appoint and fix the duties and compensation of such officers, examiners, and other experts as may be necessary...
• Section 52:4b-5.1 - Access To Criminal History Records.
  11. The Victims of Crime Compensation Agency is authorized to obtain direct access to criminal history records maintained by the State Bureau of Identification...
• Section 52:4b-6 - Principal Office; Place Of Conduct Of Affairs.
  6.The principal office of the agency shall be in Trenton, New Jersey, but the agency may sit and conduct its affairs in any place....
• Section 52:4b-7 - Hearings By Review Board.
  7.Hearings on appeals from decisions of the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency involving issues of victim compensation shall be conducted by the Victims of...
• Section 52:4b-8 - Attorney Fees And Costs.
  8. a. (1) The agency may, as a part of any order entered under P.L.1971, c.317, determine and allow reasonable attorney fees and costs,...
• Section 52:4b-8.1 - Development Of An Informational Tracking System.
  19. a. The Victims of Crime Compensation Agency, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Department of Corrections, and the Administrative Office of the...
• Section 52:4b-9 - Rules And Regulations; Determination Of Compensation.
  9.In the performance of its functions, the agency is authorized to make rules and regulations prescribing the procedures to be followed in the filing...
• Section 52:4b-10 - Persons Entitled To Compensation; Order.
  10. In any case in which a person is injured or killed by any act or omission of any other person which is within...
• Section 52:4b-10.1 - Emergency Award.
  1. a. The Victims of Crime Compensation Agency may make one or more emergency awards to any applicant for compensation pending final determination of...
• Section 52:4b-10.2 - Additional Compensation.
  3.In addition to ordering the payment of compensation for personal injury or death which resulted from the incidents specified in section 11 of P.L.1971,...
• Section 52:4b-11 - Victim Compensation.
  11.The agency may order the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1971, c.317 for personal injury or death which resulted from:...
• Section 52:4b-12 - Losses Or Expenses Reimbursable.
  12. The agency may order the payment of compensation under this act for: a.expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the personal...
• Section 52:4b-13 - Directory Of Impartial Medical Experts.
  13. To assist the agency in determining the nature, extent or cause of personal injury or cause of death compensable under P.L.1971, c.317, the...
• Section 52:4b-18 - Compensation For Criminal Injuries; Statute Of Limitation On Claims.
  18.No order for the payment of compensation shall be made under section 10 of P.L.1971, c.317 (C.52:4B-10) unless the application has been made within...
• Section 52:4b-18.1 - Increased Compensation; Applicability.
  3.The increase in compensation to a maximum of $25,000 provided for in P.L.1982, c.192 shall apply only to crimes committed after the effective date...
• Section 52:4b-18.2 - Supplemental Awards For Rehabilitative Assistance To Certain Crime Victims.
  2. a. In addition to any award granted pursuant to section 18 of P.L.1971, c.317 (C.52:4B-18), the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency may make...
• Section 52:4b-19 - Determination Of Amount Of Compensation.
  19.In determining the amount of compensation to be allowed by order, the office shall take into consideration amounts received or receivable from any other...
• Section 52:4b-20 - Subrogation Of Agency To Cause Of Action Of Victim Against Person Responsible For Personal Injury Or Death; Liens.
  20. a. Whenever an order for the payment of compensation is or has been made for personal injury or death resulting from an act...
• Section 52:4b-21 - Severability.
  21. If any section or sections of P.L.1971, c.317 or any provision thereof shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative in whole...
• Section 52:4b-22 - Information Booklets, Pamphlets.
  1. a. Every State, county, and municipal police department and hospital or other place of emergency medical care shall have available and shall post...
• Section 52:4b-23 - Failure To Give Notice; Immunity From Liability; Nonalteration Of Requirements.
  2.No cause of action against the State, any county, or any municipality, or any employee thereof, shall arise out of a failure to give...
• Section 52:4b-24 - Senior Citizens' Public Awareness Program.
  3.The agency shall undertake a special senior citizens' public awareness program to make brochures and applications for claim forms available to senior citizens. L.1981,...
• Section 52:4b-25 - Victim Counseling Service.
  2. a. The Victims of Crime Compensation Agency shall establish a victim counseling service which shall identify and develop sources to provide counseling to...
• Section 52:4b-25.1 - Child And Family Counseling Unit.
  1. a. In addition to the victim counseling service established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1982, c.192 (C.52:4B-25), the Victims of Crimes Compensation Agency...
• Section 52:4b-34 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." L. 1985, c. 249, s. 1, eff. July...
• Section 52:4b-35 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that without the participation and cooperation of crime victims and witnesses, the criminal justice system would cease to function....
• Section 52:4b-36 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Rights Of Crime Victims, Witnesses.
  3.The Legislature finds and declares that crime victims and witnesses are entitled to the following rights: a.To be treated with dignity and compassion by...
• Section 52:4b-36.1 - Rights Of Victim's Survivor Relative To A Homicide Prosecution.
  2.Pursuant to Article I, paragraph 22 of the New Jersey Constitution, in any homicide prosecution: a.A victim's survivor may, at the time of making...
• Section 52:4b-36.2 - Crime Victims Not Required To Pay Certain Costs.
  3.Pursuant to Article I, paragraph 22 of the New Jersey Constitution: a.A crime victim shall not be required to pay the maintenance, support, rehabilitation,...
• Section 52:4b-37 - "Victim" Defined.
  4.As used in this act, "victim" means a person who suffers personal, physical or psychological injury or death or incurs loss of or injury...
• Section 52:4b-38 - "Tort Claims Act" Rights
  Nothing contained in this act shall mitigate any right which the victim may have pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (N.J.S. 59:1-1...
• Section 52:4b-39 - Definitions.
  1.As used in P.L.1985, c.404: a."Victim" means a person who suffers personal physical or psychological injury or death or incurs loss of or injury...
• Section 52:4b-40 - Office Of Victim-witness Assistance.
  2.There is established under the jurisdiction of the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency in the Department of the Treasury an Office of Victim-Witness Assistance...
• Section 52:4b-40.1 - Director Of The Office Of Victim-witness Assistance.
  31. The Office of Victim-Witness Assistance shall operate under the direction of the Director of the Office of Victim-Witness Assistance, who shall be appointed...
• Section 52:4b-42 - Victim-witness Rights Information Program.
  4.The victim-witness rights information program shall: a.Provide victims or their representatives with information about the availability of social and medical services, especially emergency and...
• Section 52:4b-43 - Office Of Victim-witness Advocacy
  There is established in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety an Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy under the...
• Section 52:4b-43.1 - Continuation Of The Victim And Witness Advocacy Fund
  20. a. The Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund, established in the State Treasury by section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1), administered by the Department...
• Section 52:4b-43.2 - "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund."
  2. a. The "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving fund and shall be administered by the Victims of Crime...
• Section 52:4b-44 - Standards For Law Enforcement Agencies To Ensure Rights Of Crime Victims.
  6. a. The Attorney General shall, through the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and...
• Section 52:4b-44.1 - Establishment Of Standard Protocols For Provision Of Information And Services To Victims Of Human Trafficking, Minors Charged With Prostitution.
  7.The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families, the...
• Section 52:4b-45 - County Victim-witness Coordinators
  a. The Chief of the Office of the Victim-Witness Advocacy shall appoint a county victim-witness coordinator in each county. b. A county victim-witness coordinator...
• Section 52:4b-46 - Coordination With Law Enforcement Agencies
  In providing the information and services mentioned above, the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy shall coordinate its efforts with the various law enforcement agencies. These...
• Section 52:4b-47 - Training.
  9. a. The curriculum for police training courses required pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.) shall include training on responding to the needs...
• Section 52:4b-48 - Criminal Justice Assistance
  The Division of Criminal Justice shall provide assistance to county prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in implementing the guidelines and training requirements of this...
• Section 52:4b-49 - Annual Reports
  a. The Chief of the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy shall annually report to the Attorney General, through the Director of the Division of Criminal...
• Section 52:4b-50 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.328, has been successful in ensuring more timely...
• Section 52:4b-51 - Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program.
  3.The Attorney General shall establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program in the Department of Law and Public Safety. Upon implementation of the...
• Section 52:4b-52 - Duties Of Program Coordinator; "Rape Care Advocate" Defined.
  4.The program coordinator shall: a.Coordinate the county Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program in accordance with standard protocols for the provision of information and services...
• Section 52:4b-53 - Certification Process For Forensic Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners; Qualifications.
  5.The Attorney General and the New Jersey Board of Nursing shall jointly establish a certification process for a forensic sexual assault nurse examiner. a.An...
• Section 52:4b-54 - Sexual Assault Response Team In Each County.
  6. a. The county prosecutor's office in each county shall establish a Sexual Assault Response Team or shall enter into a collaborative agreement with...
• Section 52:4b-55 - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Coordinating Council.
  7. a. The Attorney General shall establish a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Coordinating Council comprised of: the Attorney General, the Director of the...
• Section 52:4b-56 - Sexual Assault Unit Within Department Of Law And Public Safety.
  8.The Attorney General shall establish a sexual assault unit within the Department of Law and Public Safety which shall include a sexual assault investigator...
• Section 52:4b-57 - Immunity From Liability For Authorized Forensic Sexual Assault Examinations.
  9. a. A designated certified forensic sexual assault nurse examiner and a designated licensed physician shall be immune from civil and criminal liability in...
• Section 52:4b-58 - Continuation Of Existing Program.
  10. Notwithstanding the provisions of this act to the contrary, a county forensic sexual assault nurse examiner program in existence on the effective date...
• Section 52:4b-59 - "Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Fund."
  12. There is hereby established the "Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Fund" as a nonlapsing, revolving fund. This fund shall be administered by...
• Section 52:4b-60 - Rules, Regulations, Guidelines.
  17. The Attorney General, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes...
• Section 52:4b-61 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Profits Related To Crime
  1. a. The Legislature finds: (1)The State of New Jersey has a compelling interest in preventing any person who is convicted of a crime...
• Section 52:4b-62 - Definitions Relative To Profits Related To Crime
  2.For the purposes of this act: a."Crime" means: (1)any crime as defined under the laws of this State; or (2)any offense in any jurisdiction...
• Section 52:4b-63 - Requirement For Written Notice Of Payment To Board
  3. a. Every person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity, or representative of such person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or entity, which...
• Section 52:4b-64 - Crime Victim Right To Bring Civil Action For Damages; Statute Of Limitations
  4.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any crime victim shall have the right to bring a civil action in a court of competent...
• Section 52:4b-65 - Notice Of Filing Of Action To Board
  5.Upon filing an action pursuant to section 4 of this act, the crime victim shall give notice to the board of the filing by...
• Section 52:4b-66 - Actions Of Board Upon Receipt Of Notice From Crime Victim
  6.Upon receipt of a copy of a summons and complaint, or upon receipt of notice from the crime victim prior to filing the action...
• Section 52:4b-67 - Provisional Remedies Available To Board, Plaintiff
  7.The board, acting on behalf of the plaintiff and all other victims, shall have the right to apply for any and all provisional remedies...
• Section 52:4b-68 - Failure To Give Notice Of Payment; Notice Of Hearing, Proceedings; Findings, Penalties
  8. a. Whenever it appears that a person or entity has knowingly and willfully failed to give notice in violation of subsection a. of...
• Section 52:4b-69 - Cause Of Action By Crime Victim For Enhanced Value Of Memorabilia Gained From Crime
  9. a. A crime victim shall have a cause of action against any person who offers for sale or purports to offer for sale,...
• Section 52:4b-70 - Severability
  10. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect...
• Section 52:4b-71 - Automatic Notification System Relative To Offender Release, Relocation.
  1. a. The Attorney General shall maintain, or arrange for the State to participate in, an automatic notification system to alert crime victims, witnesses,...
• Section 52:4c-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Persons Mistakenly Imprisoned.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that innocent persons who have been convicted of crimes and subsequently imprisoned have been frustrated in seeking legal redress...
• Section 52:4c-2 - Suit For Damages.
  2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any person convicted and subsequently imprisoned for one or more crimes which he did not...
• Section 52:4c-3 - Evidence Claimant Must Establish.
  3.The person (hereinafter titled, "the claimant") shall establish the following by clear and convincing evidence: a.That he was convicted of a crime and subsequently...
• Section 52:4c-4 - Time To Bring Suit.
  4. The suit, accompanied by a statement of the facts concerning the claim for damages, verified in the manner provided for the verification of...
• Section 52:4c-5 - Damages, Attorney Fees.
  5. a. (1) Damages awarded under this act shall not exceed the greater of: (a)twice the amount of the claimant's income in the year...
• Section 52:4c-6 - Noneligibility.
  6. a. A person serving a term of imprisonment for a crime other than a crime of which the person was mistakenly convicted shall...
• Section 52:4c-7 - Applicability Of Act.
  6.The provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act (P.L.2013, c.171) shall apply to any claimant released from imprisonment or granted a pardon on or...
• Section 52:4d-1 - Cigarette Smoking, Health, Financial Concerns To State; Policy
  1. a. Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the State and to the citizens of the State. The Surgeon General has determined...
• Section 52:4d-2 - Definitions Relative To Tobacco Product Manufacturers.
  2.As used in this act: "Adjusted for inflation" means increased in accordance with the formula for inflation adjustment set forth in Exhibit C to...
• Section 52:4d-3 - Responsibilities Of Tobacco Product Manufacturer.
  3.Any tobacco product manufacturer selling cigarettes to consumers within the State, whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or similar intermediary or intermediaries, after...
• Section 52:4d-3.1 - Effect Of Holding Of Unconstitutionality, Repeal.
  2.If this act, or any portion of the amendment made in section 1 of this act amending subparagraph (b) of paragraph (2) of subsection...
• Section 52:4d-3.2 - Annual Report To Joint Budget Oversight Committee.
  3.The State Treasurer shall submit an annual report to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee on or before December 31 of each year setting forth...
• Section 52:4d-4 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Enforcement Of The Model Statute
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that facilitating the diligent enforcement of P.L.1999, c.148 (C.52:4D-1 et seq.), the so-called "Model Statute" contemplated by the "Master...
• Section 52:4d-5 - Definitions Relative Enforcement Of The Model Statute
  2.As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: "Brand family" means all...
• Section 52:4d-6 - Certification By Tobacco Product Manufacturer As To Compliance
  3. a. Every tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in this State, whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or similar intermediary or...
• Section 52:4d-7 - Development, Publication Of Directory Listing Compliers
  4. a. Not later than 60 days after enactment of this act, the Attorney General shall develop and publish through the Internet a directory...
• Section 52:4d-7.1 - Requirements For Listing In Directory Of Manufacturers.
  5.A non-participating manufacturer shall not be listed in the directory of manufacturers established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.25 (C.52:4D-7) unless and until...
• Section 52:4d-8 - Unlawful Practices
  5.It shall be unlawful for any person: a. to affix a tax stamp or impress or attach a metered impression of tax to a...
• Section 52:4d-9 - Registered Agent Necessary For Listing Of Non-resident, Non-participating Manufacturer; Responsibility For Escrow Deposit.
  6. a. Any non-resident or foreign non-participating manufacturer that has not registered to do business in this State as a foreign corporation or business...
• Section 52:4d-10 - Submission Of Information.
  7. a. Within 20 days after the end of each calendar quarter, and more frequently if so directed by the director, each licensed distributor...
• Section 52:4d-11 - Additional Penalties.
  8. a. In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that any person...
• Section 52:4d-12 - Determination To List, Remove From List, Review.
  9. a. A determination of the Attorney General to not list or to remove from the directory a brand family or tobacco product manufacturer...
• Section 52:4d-13 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; Maximum Total Appeal Bond
  1. a. The Legislature finds and declares that: (1)New Jersey receives hundreds of millions of dollars annually as a result of the Master Settlement...
• Section 52:5-1 - State Fiscal Year
  Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the fiscal year of the state and of the several state departments, officers and institutions shall begin...
• Section 52:6-12 - Appointment; Number; Designation And Description; Application; Fees
  a. The Secretary of State may appoint such number of commissioners resident in each of the States and territories of the United States and...
• Section 52:6-13 - Terms Of Office; Removal By Governor
  Commissioners appointed by virtue of section 52:6-12 of this title shall hold office for a term of three years. They may be removed from...
• Section 52:6-14 - Removal From Residence As Vacating Appointment
  Except as provided in section 52:6-15 of this title, if a foreign commissioner removes out of the state, territory or district in which he...
• Section 52:6-15 - Foreign Commissioner Of Deeds For Adjoining States
  No person shall be denied appointment as a foreign commissioner of deeds of an adjoining state on account of residence outside of that State,...
• Section 52:6-16 - Fee To Accompany Application For Commission
  Each applicant for a commission as a foreign commissioner of deeds for New Jersey shall inclose with his application the fee required by section...
• Section 52:6-17 - Official Oath; By Whom Administered
  Each foreign commissioner of deeds shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath to perform well and...
• Section 52:6-18 - Seal; Impression Of Filed With Secretary Of State
  Each foreign commissioner of deeds shall attest his official acts by an official seal, an impression of which, in wax or other appropriate substance...
• Section 52:6-20 - Use And Effect Of Official Certificates
  The official certificates of a foreign commissioner of deeds attested by his official seal may be indorsed upon or annexed to any instrument of...
• Section 52:6-21 - Manual; Provision To Applicants
  The secretary of state shall provide to each applicant a manual prescribing the powers and duties of a foreign commissioner of deeds. Amended by...
• Section 52:6-22 - List Of Foreign Commissioners Of Deeds
  The secretary of state shall maintain a list of all foreign commissioners of deeds including the dates of their appointment and the expiration of...
• Section 52:7-10 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Notaries Public Act of 1979." L.1979, c. 460, s. 1.
• Section 52:7-11 - Notaries Public.
  2. a. The State Treasurer shall appoint so many notaries public as the State Treasurer shall deem necessary to commission, who shall hold their...
• Section 52:7-12 - Minimum Age
  No person shall be appointed a notary public unless he is 18 years of age or older. L.1979, c. 460, s. 3.
• Section 52:7-13 - Appointment Of Nonresidents; Requirements.
  4. a. No person shall be denied appointment as a notary public on account of residence outside of this State, provided such person resides...
• Section 52:7-14 - Oath; Filing; Certificate Of Commission And Qualification.
  5. a. Within three months of the receipt of his commission, each notary public shall take and subscribe an oath before the clerk of...
• Section 52:7-15 - State-wide Authority; Filing Certificates Of Commission And Qualification With County Clerks
  a. A notary public who has been duly commissioned and qualified is authorized to perform his duties throughout the State. b. Any notary public,...
• Section 52:7-16 - County Clerk To Attach Certificate Of Authority To Notaries' Certificates Of Proof, Acknowledgements Or Affidavits
  The county clerk of the county in which a notary public resides or the county clerk of any county where such notary public shall...
• Section 52:7-17 - Fee; Distribution Of Manual.
  8.The State Treasurer shall, by regulation, fix a fee to be charged to each notary for the costs of printing and distribution to each...
• Section 52:7-18 - Name Change By Notary, Filing Of Statement.
  9.After a notary public adopts a name different from that which he used at the time he was commissioned, and before he signs his...
• Section 52:7-19 - Affixation Of Name.
  10.Each notary public, in addition to subscribing his autograph signature to any jurat upon the administration of any oath or the taking of any...
• Section 52:7-20 - Offenses Resulting In Non-appointment, No Reappointment Of Notary Public.
  1.No person shall be appointed or reappointed a notary public if he has been convicted under the laws of this State of an offense...
• Section 52:7-21 - Conviction For Certain Offenses, Crimes; Denial Of Appointment.
  2.No person shall be appointed a notary public if he has been convicted under the laws of another state, or of the United States,...
• Section 52:8-1 - Apportionment Of Surplus Revenue Among Counties; Repayment; Loans; Annual Statement
  L.1837, p. 432 (Rev.1877, pp. 1131, 1132, s.s. 1 to 4 [C.S. pp. 5052 to 5054, s.s. 1 to 4] ), entitled "An act...
• Section 52:8-2 - Receipt Of Fund By State Treasurer; Taxation To Raise Principal; Cancellation Of Receipts
  The State Treasurer shall receive from the several counties or municipalities all of the amounts of the "1837 Surplus Revenue Fund" deposited with the...
• Section 52:8-3 - Transfer Of Duties To State Treasurer; Notices To Counties
  To carry out and accomplish the purposes of this chapter and the act of March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, the state...
• Section 52:8-4 - Definition Of Fund; State Treasurer As Custodian
  The moneys received by the state treasurer pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be kept as a fund to be known as...
• Section 52:8-5 - Investment Of Moneys In Fund
  The moneys in said fund shall be invested by the state treasurer only in bonds of the United States or of the state of...
• Section 52:8-6 - Apportionment Of Income
  The income of the fund shall be apportioned annually on or before the thirtieth day of June to the several counties in the proportion...
• Section 52:9-1 - State Director Of United New Jersey Railroad And Canal Company; Appointment, Compensation And Duties
  The following acts and parts of acts are hereby saved from repeal: a. Sections 3 and 4 of an act entitled "An act to...
• Section 52:9a-1 - Eastern Goldfinch Designated As State Bird
  The eastern goldfinch is hereby designated as the New Jersey state bird.
• Section 52:9a-2 - Violet; Designation As State Flower
  The violet (common meadow, V. sororia) is designated the New Jersey State Flower. L.1971, c. 444, s. 1, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
• Section 52:9a-3 - Honey Bee; Designation As State Bug
  The honey bee (apis mellifera) is designated as the New Jersey State Bug. L.1974, c. 42, s. 1, eff. June 20, 1974.
• Section 52:9a-4 - Horse; Designation As State Animal
  The horse (Equus Caballus) is designated as the New Jersey State Animal. L.1977, c. 173, s. 1, eff. Aug. 14, 1977.
• Section 52:9a-5 - Designation Of State Dinosaur
  The Hadrosaurus Foulkii is designated as the New Jersey State Dinosaur. L.1991,c.161,s.2.
• Section 52:9a-6 - Designation Of State Fish
  1. The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is designated as the New Jersey State Fish. L.1991,c.342.
• Section 52:9a-7 - Designation Of State Shell
  1. The shell of the knobbed whelk (busycon carica (gmelin)) is designated the New Jersey State Shell. L.1995,c.89.
• Section 52:9a-8 - A. J. Meerwald Designated New Jersey State Tall Ship.
  1.The schooner A.J. Meerwald is designated as the New Jersey State Tall Ship. L.1998,c.9,s.1.
• Section 52:9a-9 - Highbush Blueberry Designated State Fruit.
  1.The highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) is designated as the New Jersey State Fruit. L.2003,c.245,s.1.
• Section 52:9a-10 - Black Swallowtail Designated State Butterfly.
  1.The Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) is designated as the New Jersey State Butterfly. L.2015, c.176, s.1.
• Section 52:9b-1 - Commission Established; Functions
  There is hereby established the New Jersey Intergovernmental Relations Commission, whose function it shall be to carry forward the participation of this State as...
• Section 52:9b-2 - Standing Committee Of Senate; Membership
  There is hereby established a standing committee on intergovernmental relations, of the Senate, to consist of five Senators. The members and chairman of this...
• Section 52:9b-3 - Standing Committee Of General Assembly; Membership
  There is hereby established a similar standing committee on intergovernmental relations, of the General Assembly, also to consist of five members, and the members...
• Section 52:9b-4 - Membership Of Commission
  The New Jersey Intergovernmental Relations Commission shall be composed of 15 members, namely: The five members of the committee on intergovernmental relations of the...
• Section 52:9b-5 - Organization Meeting; Committees And Advisory Boards
  The commission shall meet annually in the month of January at the call of the Governor for the purpose of organization by the selection...
• Section 52:9b-6 - Report To Governor And Legislature; Compensation; Expenses; Employees
  The commission shall report to the governor and to the legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session, and at...
• Section 52:9b-7 - Standing Committees; Functions
  The Standing Committee of the Senate and the Standing Committee of the General Assembly shall function during regular sessions of the Legislature, and also...
• Section 52:9b-8 - Notification To Other States
  The secretary of state shall forthwith communicate the text of this measure to the governor, to the senate, and to the house of representatives...
• Section 52:9dd-8 - New Jersey Human Relations Council.
  1. a. There is hereby created the New Jersey Human Relations Council, referred to hereinafter as the council, which shall promote prejudice reduction education...
• Section 52:9dd-9 - Duties Of Council
  2. It shall be the duty of the council: a. to develop policy proposals for the State and assist with coordinating efforts to promote...
• Section 52:9dd-10 - Confidentiality
  3. The council shall hold confidential any information acquired during the course of mediation or dispute resolution. L.1997,c.257,s.3.
• Section 52:9dd-11 - Powers Of Council
  4. The council shall have the following powers: a. to conduct public hearings throughout the State; b. to establish subcommittees; c. to perform fact...
• Section 52:9dd-12 - Meetings Of Council
  5. The council shall meet at least quarterly and hold hearings at such place or places it shall deem necessary. L.1997,c.257,s.5.
• Section 52:9dd-13 - Appropriations
  6. The Legislature shall annually appropriate such sums as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1997,c.257,s.6.
• Section 52:9e-1 - Short Title
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Spinal Cord Research Act." L.1999,c.201,s.1.
• Section 52:9e-2 - Definitions Relative To Spinal Cord Research.
  2.As used in this act: a."Approved research project" means a peer reviewed scientific research project, which is approved by the commission and which focuses...
• Section 52:9e-3 - New Jersey Commission On Spinal Cord Research.
  3. a. There is established in the Executive Branch of the State government, the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research. For the purposes...
• Section 52:9e-4 - Responsibilities Of Commission
  4.The commission shall: a.Review and authorize approved research projects, for which purpose the commission may establish an independent scientific advisory panel composed of scientists...
• Section 52:9e-5 - Authority Of Commission
  5.The commission is authorized to: a.Adopt rules and regulations concerning the operation of the commission, the functions and responsibilities of its officers and employees...
• Section 52:9e-6 - Election, Duties Of Officers
  6.The commission shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the...
• Section 52:9e-7 - Direct Application For Funds Permitted
  7.Nothing in this act shall preclude a qualifying research institution or any other research facility in the State from directly applying for or receiving...
• Section 52:9e-8 - Establishment, Maintenance Of Central Registry
  8. a. The commission shall establish and maintain, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Senior Services, a central registry of persons who...
• Section 52:9e-9 - "New Jersey Spinal Cord Research Fund"
  9. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the "New Jersey Spinal Cord...
• Section 52:9e-10 - Rules, Regulations Pertinent To Spinal Cord Research
  11. The commission shall adopt such regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as are necessary to carry out...
• Section 52:9ee-1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Brain Injury Research Act." L.2003,c.200,s.1.
• Section 52:9ee-2 - Definitions Relative To Brain Injury Research.
  2.As used in this act: "Approved research project" means a scientific research project, which is approved by the commission and which focuses on the...
• Section 52:9ee-3 - New Jersey State Committee On Brain Injury Research.
  3. a. There is established in the Executive Branch of the State government, the New Jersey State Commission on Brain Injury Research. For the...
• Section 52:9ee-4 - Duties Of Commission.
  4.The commission shall: a.Review and authorize approved research projects, emphasizing projects that study nerve regeneration as a means to a cure for brain injury,...
• Section 52:9ee-5 - Authority Of Commission.
  5.The commission is authorized to: a.Adopt rules and regulations concerning the operation of the commission, the functions and responsibilities of its officers and employees,...
• Section 52:9ee-6 - Election Of Officers.
  6.The commission shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the...
• Section 52:9ee-7 - Direct Applications For Funds.
  7.Nothing in this act shall preclude a qualifying research institution or any other research facility in the State from directly applying for or receiving...
• Section 52:9ee-8 - Central Registry Of Persons Who Sustain Brain Injuries.
  8. a. The commission shall establish and maintain, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Senior Services, a central registry of persons who...
• Section 52:9ee-9 - "New Jersey Brain Injury Research Fund."
  9. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the "New Jersey Brain Injury...
• Section 52:9ee-10 - Regulations.
  11.The commission shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as are necessary to carry out the provisions...
• Section 52:9h-1 - Budget Message; Recommendations For Appropriations
  The budget message of the Governor shall contain his budget recommendations for all appropriations to be made from State revenues under one budget. L.1945,...
• Section 52:9h-2 - State Revenues, Payment Into General State Fund; Uncommitted Balances; Lapses
  All State revenues which are now payable into the General State Fund and all State revenues which are now payable into the State Highway...
• Section 52:9h-3 - General Appropriation Law
  So far as known or can be reasonably foreseen, all needs for the support of the State Government and for all other State purposes...
• Section 52:9h-4 - Payment Out Of Dedicated Funds Unaffected
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to change or affect in any way the payment or the amount of payment of moneys now...
• Section 52:9h-14 - Surplus Revenue Fund
  There is hereby created within the General Fund a restricted reserve fund to be known as the "Surplus Revenue Fund." The State Treasurer shall...
• Section 52:9h-15 - "Anticipated Revenue" Defined
  As used in this act "anticipated revenue" means the amount of revenue estimated to be realized in a fiscal year as General Fund resources...
• Section 52:9h-16 - Determination Of Amount To Be Credited To Fund
  The amount to be annually credited to the Surplus Revenue Fund shall be determined by the State Treasurer in the following manner: a. He...
• Section 52:9h-17 - Estimate Of Credit To Surplus Revenue Fund
  The Governor shall include in his annual budget message to the Legislature an estimate of the credit to be made to the "Surplus Revenue...
• Section 52:9h-18 - Restriction On Appropriation Of Balances In Surplus Revenue Fund
  Balances in the "Surplus Revenue Fund" shall not be available for appropriation except as provided in this act. Balances in the "Surplus Revenue Fund"...
• Section 52:9h-19 - Use Of Balances For Meeting Costs Of Emergency
  The provisions of this act shall not be construed to render balances in the "Surplus Revenue Fund" unavailable for meeting the costs of any...
• Section 52:9h-20 - Revenue Decline
  a. If in any fiscal year there is enacted an appropriation from the "Surplus Revenue Fund" pursuant to section 5 of this act, there...
• Section 52:9h-21 - Appropriation Of Excess
  Notwithstanding the restrictions on the appropriation of the balances in the "Surplus Revenue Fund" imposed by section 5 of this act, if balances in...
• Section 52:9h-22 - Purposes For Appropriation
  Upon notice from the State Treasurer of the amount of excess in the "Surplus Revenue Fund" pursuant to section 8 of this act, there...
• Section 52:9h-23 - Limitation
  The amount available for appropriation for the purposes specified in section 9 shall not be in excess of an amount equivalent to 2% of...
• Section 52:9h-24 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Appropriations Limitation Act." L.1990,c.94,s.1.
• Section 52:9h-25 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Base year" means the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year for which an appropriation or expenditure is...
• Section 52:9h-26 - Formula For Determination Of Maximum Appropriations
  In each fiscal year commencing after June 30, 1992, the appropriations of the State shall not exceed the maximum appropriations permitted pursuant to the...
• Section 52:9h-27 - Transfer, Assumption Of Functions Or Service; Adjustment To Formula
  For each of the following conditions, any transfer or assumption of functions or service that occurs shall be deemed to have occurred in the...
• Section 52:9h-28 - Exceeding Maximum Appropriations; Permitted
  Any provisions of this act to the contrary notwithstanding, the State may exceed the maximum appropriations permitted pursuant to the formula prescribed in section...
• Section 52:9h-29 - Maximum Appropriations Not Required
  This act shall not be construed to require the State to appropriate in any fiscal year the maximum appropriations permitted pursuant to the formula...
• Section 52:9h-30 - Governor's Budget Message; Request For Appropriation
  In presenting the annual budget message the Governor shall not request or recommend for appropriation any amount in excess of the maximum appropriations permitted...
• Section 52:9h-38 - "Corporation Business Tax Excess Revenue Fund."
  32. a. There is hereby created within the General Fund a restricted reserve fund to be known as the "Corporation Business Tax Excess Revenue...
• Section 52:9h-39 - "New Jersey Tax And Fiscal Policy Study Commission"; Membership.
  1. a. There is established a commission in but not of the Department of the Treasury to be known as the "New Jersey Tax...
• Section 52:9h-40 - Duties Of Commission.
  2.The commission shall engage in a continuous study of the State and local tax structure and related fiscal issues with regard to the laws...
• Section 52:9h-41 - Executive Director, Staff, Availability Of Services.
  3. a. The commission shall be entitled to appoint an executive director and a staff and to call to its assistance and avail itself...
• Section 52:9h-42 - Report On Tax Levy Caps To Governor, Legislature.
  15.On or before January 15, 2012, the New Jersey Tax and Fiscal Policy Study Commission created by P.L.2007, c.43 (C.52:9H-39 et seq.) shall report...
• Section 52:9hh-1 - Pension And Health Benefits Review Commission
  1. There is hereby established a Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission. The commission shall consist of 10 members: the State Treasurer and three...
• Section 52:9hh-2 - Commission's Review And Recommendation Of Legislation
  2. a. It shall be the duty of the commission to review any bill, joint resolution or concurrent resolution introduced in either House of...
• Section 52:9hh-2.1 - Review Of Pensions, Health Benefits Legislation
  3. Pursuant to P.L.1991, c.382 (C.52:9HH-1 et seq.), the Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission shall review every bill, joint resolution, or concurrent resolution...
• Section 52:9hh-3 - Assistance And Services To The Commission
  3. a. The commission shall be entitled to the assistance and services of the employees of any State, county or municipal department, board, bureau,...
• Section 52:9hh-4 - Hearings
  4. The commission may meet and hold hearings at the place or places it designates, at which it may request the appearance of officials...
• Section 52:9hh-5 - Rules And Regulations
  5. The commission may adopt, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as it shall...
• Section 52:9hh-6 - Reports
  6. The commission shall report on its activities by December 31st of each year to the Legislature and may issue periodic reports concerning public...
• Section 52:9j-1 - Creation Of Commission
  There is hereby created a permanent commission to investigate and study the subject of the protection and preservation of beaches and shore front of...
• Section 52:9j-2 - Name Of Commission; Composition; Terms; Vacancies; No Remuneration; Expenses
  The name of the said commission shall be the State Beach Erosion Commission, and the said commission shall be composed of four members of...
• Section 52:9j-3 - Duties
  In connection with the effectuation of its purposes, the commission shall consider and provide ways and means to protect and preserve the beaches and...
• Section 52:9j-4 - Chairman; By-laws; Assistance To Commission
  The members of the commission shall choose one of their number to be chairman and may adopt by-laws for the regulation of its meetings...
• Section 52:9j-5 - Meetings; Annual Reports
  The commission may hold meetings in any part of the State and shall annually report to the Legislature and to the Governor and any...
• Section 52:9j-6 - Appropriation
  There is hereby appropriated to the commission from the general funds of the State the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000.00), when included in...
• Section 52:9j-7 - Commission Previously Created Required To Turn Over Material
  The commission created by Joint Resolution Number nine of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, shall turn over to the commission,...
• Section 52:9m-1 - State Commission Of Investigation.
  1.There is hereby created a permanent State Commission of Investigation. The commission shall consist of four members, to be known as commissioners. Two members...
• Section 52:9m-1.1 - Terms Of Member Appointed After December 1, 1978.
  2.Terms of members appointed after December 1, 1978. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this act (C.52:9M-1) and in order to effect the...
• Section 52:9m-1.2 - Terms Of Members Of The State Commission Of Investigation Serving On Or Appointed After The Effective Date Of P. L.2005, C.58 (C.52:9m-1.2 et Al)
  5.Terms of members of the State Commission of Investigation serving on or appointed after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.58 (C.52:9M-1.2 et al). a.End...
• Section 52:9m-1.3 - Limitation On Terms Of Certain Members.
  6.Any member of the State Commission of Investigation who is currently serving the member's first or second three-year term or portion of an unexpired...
• Section 52:9m-2 - Duties And Powers
  The commission shall have the duty and power to conduct investigations in connection with: a. The faithful execution and effective enforcement of the laws...
• Section 52:9m-3 - Investigation Of Removal Of Public Officers And Recommendations On Administration And Enforcement Of Law
  At the direction of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature the commission shall conduct investigations and otherwise assist in connection with:...
• Section 52:9m-4 - Investigation Of Departments Or Agencies
  At the direction or request of the Legislature by concurrent resolution or of the Governor or of the head of any department, board, bureau,...
• Section 52:9m-4.1 - Public Hearing; Notice To President Of Senate And Speaker Of General Assembly
  Within 5 days after the adoption of a resolution authorizing a public hearing and not less than 7 days prior to that public hearing,...
• Section 52:9m-4.2 - Advice To Governor And Legislature Of Recommendations
  The commission shall, within 120 days of holding a public hearing, advise the Governor and the Legislature of any recommendations for administrative or legislative...
• Section 52:9m-4.3 - Recommendations Concerning Pending Bill Or Resolution; Advice To Sponsor And Chairman Of Standing Legislative Committee
  Prior to making any recommendations concerning a bill or resolution pending in either house of the Legislature, the commission shall advise the sponsor of...
• Section 52:9m-5 - Cooperation With Law Enforcement Officials
  Upon request of the Attorney General, a county prosecutor or any other law enforcement official, the commission shall co-operate with, advise and assist them...
• Section 52:9m-6 - Investigations Of Federal Law Violations
  The commission shall co-operate with departments and officers of the United States Government in the investigation of violations of the Federal Laws within this...
• Section 52:9m-7 - Law Enforcement Problems Extending Into Other States
  The commission shall examine into matters relating to law enforcement extending across the boundaries of the State into other States; and may consult and...
• Section 52:9m-8 - Referral Of Certain Information To Attorney General, Exceptions
  8. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, whenever the commission or any employee of the commission obtains any information or...
• Section 52:9m-8.1 - Written Notice To Attorney General Of Intention To Issue Report
  7. At least seven days prior to the issuance of a report disclosing any information or evidence of a reasonable possibility of criminal wrongdoing,...
• Section 52:9m-9 - Commission Employees; Appointment Removal, Compensation, Status
  9.The commission shall be authorized to appoint and employ and at pleasure remove an executive director, counsel, investigators, accountants, and such other persons as...
• Section 52:9m-10 - Annual, Interim Reports To Governor, Legislature
  10. The commission shall make an annual report to the Governor and Legislature which shall include its recommendations. The commission shall, consistent with the...
• Section 52:9m-11 - Commission To Keep Public Informed
  11. By such means and to such extent as it shall deem appropriate, the commission shall, consistent with the provisions of sections 7 and...
• Section 52:9m-12 - Commission's Powers; Witnesses
  12. With respect to the performance of its functions, duties and powers and subject to the limitation contained in paragraph d. of this section,...
• Section 52:9m-12.1 - Witnesses At Hearing, Rights, Notice, Statement
  9. a. No person may be required to appear at a hearing or to testify at a hearing unless there has been personally served...
• Section 52:9m-12.2 - Notification To Person Criticized; Response.
  8. a. The commission shall make a good faith effort to notify any person whose conduct it intends to criticize in a proposed report....
• Section 52:9m-13 - Construction Of Sections 2 Through 12 Of Act
  Nothing contained in sections 2 through 12 of this act shall be construed to supersede, repeal or limit any power, duty or function of...
• Section 52:9m-14 - Cooperation And Assistance Of State Departments And Agencies
  The commission may request and shall receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency created by the State, or to...
• Section 52:9m-15 - Disclosure Of Information, Violation, Penalties; Privilege, Certain; Opra Not Applicable.
  15. a. Any person conducting or participating in any examination or investigation who shall disclose or any person who, coming into possession of or...
• Section 52:9m-16 - Exhibits; Impounding By Court
  Upon the application of the commission, or a duly authorized member of its staff, the Superior Court or a judge thereof may impound any...
• Section 52:9m-17 - Grant Of Immunity To Criminal Prosecution Or Penalty; Contempt; Incarceration
  a. If, in the course of any investigation or hearing conducted by the commission pursuant to this act, a person refuses to answer a...
• Section 52:9m-17.1 - Failure To Answer Questions After Order; Penalty
  a. Any person who shall willfully refuse to answer a question or questions or produce evidence after being ordered to do so by the...
• Section 52:9m-18 - Partial Invalidity
  If any section, clause or portion of this act shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that...
• Section 52:9m-20 - Special Committee Established In June Of 2000
  9. In June of 2000, a special committee shall be established to review the activities of the State Commission of Investigation for the purpose...
• Section 52:9q-1 - Creation
  There is hereby created a commission to be known as the "Capital City Development Commission." L.1973, c. 299, s. 1, eff. Dec. 7, 1973.
• Section 52:9q-2 - Members; Appointment; Term Of Office; Compensation
  The commission shall consist of nine members: one person appointed by the Governor, who shall be responsible to keep him advised of the work...
• Section 52:9q-3 - Chairman And Vice-chairman; Organization
  The member appointed by the Governor shall act as chairman of the commission, and the Mayor of the city of Trenton shall act as...
• Section 52:9q-4 - Secretary; Duties
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall act as the secretary of the commission. He shall be responsible for notifying all members...
• Section 52:9q-5 - Meetings
  The commission shall meet at least three times each calendar year, at such times and places as the chairman shall designate. The chairman shall,...
• Section 52:9q-6 - Rules Of Procedure
  The commission may formulate and adopt rules of procedure for the government of the commission in exercising its powers and fulfilling its duties. L.1973,...
• Section 52:9q-7 - Duties And Powers
  The commission shall coordinate State, county and city physical development policies relating to the city of Trenton and recommend courses of action in areas...
• Section 52:9q-8 - Employees
  The commission may avail itself of the assistance and services of such employees of any authority, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the...
• Section 52:9q-9 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Capital City Redevelopment Corporation Act." L. 1987, c. 58, s. 1.
• Section 52:9q-10 - Findings, Declarations.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The city of Trenton is of unique significance to the State and the nation both as the State...
• Section 52:9q-11 - Definitions
  As used in this act, except where otherwise indicated: a. "Board of Directors" or "board" means the board of directors of the Capital City...
• Section 52:9q-12 - Capital City Redevelopment Corporation.
  4. a. There is established in the Executive Branch of the State Government a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be...
• Section 52:9q-13 - General Powers.
  5.The corporation shall have the following general powers: a.To sue and be sued; b.To adopt an official seal and alter it; c.To make and...
• Section 52:9q-13.1 - Additional Powers Of Corporation.
  7. a. In addition to the powers set forth in section 5 of P.L.1987, c.58 (C.52:9Q-13), the corporation shall have the authority to form,...
• Section 52:9q-13.2 - Issuance Of Bonds By Corporation.
  8.For the purpose of providing funds to pay all or any part of the cost of any project or projects, to make loans in...
• Section 52:9q-13.3 - Powers Of Corporation Relative To Bonds.
  9.By resolution, the corporation shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purposes stated in section 7 of...
• Section 52:9q-13.4 - Bonds Negotiable.
  10. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bond, note or other obligation issued pursuant to P.L.2009, c.252 (C.52:9Q-13.1 et al.)...
• Section 52:9q-13.5 - Covenants, Agreements With Bond Holders.
  11. In order to secure the payment of such bonds, notes and other obligations, and in addition to its other powers, the corporation shall...
• Section 52:9q-13.6 - Pledge Of Revenues, Other Moneys Valid, Binding.
  12. Any pledge of revenues or other moneys made by the corporation shall be valid and binding from the time that the pledge is...
• Section 52:9q-13.7 - No Liability For Bonds.
  13. The members of the corporation or any person executing bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to P.L.2009, c.252 (C.52:9Q-13.1 et al.) shall...
• Section 52:9q-14 - Capital City District
  a. The corporation is authorized to carry out the purposes of this act on behalf of and exercise its powers within the Capital City...
• Section 52:9q-15 - Duties Of Corporation
  It shall be the duty of the corporation to: a. Promote the revitalization of the Capital City District through the initiation of projects, encouragement...
• Section 52:9q-16 - Executive Director
  a. In order to oversee the performance of its duties, the board shall appoint an executive director, who shall be the chief executive officer...
• Section 52:9q-17 - Capital City Renaissance Plan
  a. Within one year after the date of its first organizational meeting, the board shall adopt a 20-year Capital City Renaissance Plan. The plan...
• Section 52:9q-18 - Capital District Impact Statement
  Any department, board, agency, division or commission of the State and any county or municipal government entity, or instrumentality thereof, which undertakes any construction,...
• Section 52:9q-19 - Capital City Redevelopment Loan And Grant Fund.
  11. a. There is established in the corporation a nonlapsing, revolving fund to be known as the Capital City Redevelopment Loan and Grant Fund,...
• Section 52:9q-20 - Financing Of Projects
  The fund created by this act shall be used by the corporation to undertake projects in accordance with the goals, objectives and priorities outlined...
• Section 52:9q-21 - Considerations
  With respect to projects for which costs are to be financed by the corporation pursuant to this act, the corporation shall in approving the...
• Section 52:9q-22 - Removal, Relocation Of Public Utility Facilities
  The corporation shall have the power to provide for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables,...
• Section 52:9q-24 - Acquisition Of Real Property.
  16. a. If, in order to implement any of the goals and objectives set forth in the plan, the corporation shall find it necessary...
• Section 52:9q-25 - Annual Budget; Plan For Expenditures.
  17. a. On or before February 1 of each year, the board shall adopt a budget for the corporation. The board shall file a...
• Section 52:9q-26 - Annual Report
  On or before February 1 of each year, the board shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to...
• Section 52:9q-27 - Assistance
  All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to render any services to the corporation as...
• Section 52:9r-1 - Joint Committee On The Public Schools; Creation; Membership; Appointment; Compensation; Vacancies
  There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "Joint Committee on the Public Schools." The committee shall consist of seven members...
• Section 52:9r-2 - Chairman; Vice Chairman; Selection
  The committee shall select a chairman and vice chairman from among its members and a secretary who need not be a member of the...
• Section 52:9r-3 - Duties
  The committee is authorized, empowered and directed to conduct a continuing study of the system of free public schools, its financing, administration, and operations,...
• Section 52:9r-4 - Assistance From State Employees; Employment Of Assistants; Powers
  The committee shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of the Law Revision and...
• Section 52:9r-5 - Meetings; Hearings; Reports
  The committee may meet and hold hearings at such place or places as it shall designate during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature...
• Section 52:9rr-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Housing Affordability.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.It has been more than twenty years since the Legislature enacted the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et...
• Section 52:9rr-2 - "Joint Committee On Housing Affordability."
  2.There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "Joint Committee on Housing Affordability." The committee shall consist of five members of...
• Section 52:9rr-3 - Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary.
  3.The committee shall select a chairman and vice chairman from among its members and a secretary who need not be a member of the...
• Section 52:9rr-4 - Powers, Duties Of Committee.
  4.The committee is authorized, empowered and directed to conduct a continuing study of the availability and provision of housing affordable to all New Jersey...
• Section 52:9rr-5 - Review Of Introduced Bills By Committee; Housing Affordability Impact Notes.
  5.The staff of the Joint Committee shall review all bills introduced into both houses each Legislative session for identification of those bills which will...
• Section 52:9rr-6 - Services Available To The Committee.
  6.The committee shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of the Legislative Services Commission,...
• Section 52:9rr-7 - Meetings, Hearings.
  7.The committee may meet and hold hearings at such place or places as it shall designate during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature...
• Section 52:9s-1 - Definitions
  As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning...
• Section 52:9s-2 - New Jersey Commission On Capital Budgeting And Planning
  2. There is hereby created a New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning. The commission shall consist of 12 members selected as follows:...
• Section 52:9s-3 - Preparation Of State Capital Improvement Plan.
  3. a. The commission shall each year prepare a State Capital Improvement Plan containing its proposals for State spending for capital projects, which shall...
• Section 52:9s-4 - Review Of Bills Introduced In Legislature
  The commission shall review any bill introduced in either House of the Legislature, except the annual appropriations bill, which makes provision for an appropriation...
• Section 52:9s-5 - Public Hearings
  The commission may conduct public hearings in furtherance of its general purposes at such place or places as it shall designate, at which it...
• Section 52:9s-6 - Rules And Regulations
  The commission may adopt such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary or desirable to carry out its purposes as provided by this...
• Section 52:9s-7 - Executive Director; Employment; Compensation; Division Of Bureau Of Capital Planning; Other Employees
  The commission may employ and fix the compensation of an executive director who shall be its secretary and principal executive officer. The commission shall...
• Section 52:9s-8 - Assistance For Commission And Division Of Budget And Accounting; Advisory Committees
  a. The commission and the Division of Budget and Accounting shall be entitled to call to their assistance such personnel of any State agency,...
• Section 52:9u-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Cancer Research Act." L.1983, c. 6, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1983.
• Section 52:9u-2 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that, although this State has the highest cancer death rate in the nation for many of the most frequently...
• Section 52:9u-3 - Definitions.
  3.As used in this act: a."Approved research project" means a scientific research project, which is approved by the commission and which focuses on the...
• Section 52:9u-4 - Commission On Cancer Research
  a. There is established in the Executive Branch of the State government, the New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research. For the purposes of...
• Section 52:9u-5 - Duties Of Commission.
  5.The commission shall: a.Review and authorize approved research projects; b.Apportion all available funds to qualifying research institutions to finance approved research projects and necessary...
• Section 52:9u-6 - Powers
  The commission is authorized to: a. Adopt rules and regulations concerning the operation of the commission, the functions and responsibilities of its officers and...
• Section 52:9u-6.1 - Grants; Qualified Research Institution Defined
  3. The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research shall solicit, receive, evaluate and approve applications of qualified research institutions for grants from the...
• Section 52:9u-6.2 - Applications For Grants.
  3.The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research shall solicit, receive, evaluate and approve applications of qualified research institutions for grants from the "New...
• Section 52:9u-6.3 - Grants From "New Jersey Lung Cancer Research Fund."
  2.The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research shall solicit, receive, evaluate and approve applications of qualified research institutions for grants from the "New...
• Section 52:9u-7 - Chairman And Vice-chairman; Election; Duties; Duties Of Executive Director
  The members of the commission shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among their number. The chairman shall be the chief executive...
• Section 52:9u-8 - Annual Appropriation
  $1,000,000.00 shall be appropriated annually from the Cancer Research Fund established by P.L.1982, c. 40 (C. 54:40A-8 et al.) to effectuate the purposes of...
• Section 52:9u-9 - Research Facilities; Direct Application For Or Receipt Of Funds From Public Or Private Agency
  Nothing in this act shall preclude a qualifying research institution or any other research facility in the State from directly applying for or receiving...
• Section 52:9w-1 - Establishment; Membership; Terms; Vacancies
  There is established an Advisory Commission on Hispanic Affairs to consist of 10 members, two to be appointed by the President of the Senate...
• Section 52:9w-2 - Compensation; Reimbursement For Expenses
  All members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the...
• Section 52:9w-3 - Chairperson; Secretary
  The commission shall select from among its members a chairperson and also shall select a secretary who need not be a member of the...
• Section 52:9w-4 - Duties; Establishment Of Subcommittee
  It shall be the duty of the commission to advise the Governor and the Legislature on the needs, concerns, accomplishments and contributions as well...
• Section 52:9w-5 - Employees; Expenses
  The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county, or...
• Section 52:9ww-1 - Asian American Study Foundation.
  1.The Secretary of State is authorized to establish a nonprofit organization to be known as the Asian American Study Foundation. The foundation shall be...
• Section 52:9ww-2 - Board Of Trustees.
  2.The Asian American Study Foundation shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of the following 25 members, each chosen to ensure ethnic...
• Section 52:9ww-3 - Employment Of Executive Director, Personnel; Contract Authority.
  3.The foundation's board of trustees shall be authorized, within the limits of its own funds, to employ an executive director and professional, technical and...
• Section 52:9ww-4 - Secretary Of State Incorporator, Initial Chair Of Board.
  4.The Secretary of State shall be an incorporator of the foundation. The Secretary of State shall serve as the initial chair of the board...
• Section 52:9ww-5 - Adoption Of Bylaws.
  5.Upon the incorporation of the foundation and the establishment of the first board of trustees, the board shall adopt bylaws setting forth the structure,...
• Section 52:9ww-6 - Reports To Governor, Legislature, Public.
  6.The foundation shall bi-annually report its progress and advise the Governor of the foundation's recommendations as they relate to the charge and duties set...
• Section 52:9ww-7 - Use Of Funds.
  7.All funds received by the foundation, other than those necessary to pay the expenses of the foundation, shall be used exclusively for the establishment,...
• Section 52:9ww-8 - Financial Assistance, Eligibility For Grants.
  8.The Department of State is authorized to provide financial assistance and those services of employees of the State which may be required to form...
• Section 52:9ww-9 - Expenses Payable From Foundation's Funds.
  9.All expenses incurred by the foundation shall be payable from funds raised by the foundation, and no liability or obligation, in tort or contract,...
• Section 52:9ww-10 - Annual Audit.
  10. A certified public accountant shall be selected by the foundation to annually audit the foundation's funds. The foundation shall contract for and receive...
• Section 52:9x-1 - Findings
  The Legislature finds that the Report of the Governor's Commission on Science and Technology contains recommendations which merit consideration and evaluation by persons with...
• Section 52:9x-2 - Definitions
  For purposes of this act: a. "Advanced technology center" means outstanding programs or departments at New Jersey's public and private higher education institutions, which...
• Section 52:9x-3 - Commission On Science And Technology
  The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "commission") is created and established in the Executive Branch of the...
• Section 52:9x-4 - Science, Technology Commission Members
  The commission shall consist of the following members: four public members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the...
• Section 52:9x-5 - Terms; Removal, Suspension
  a. The terms of the public members of the commission appointed by the Governor shall be for five years or until their successors are...
• Section 52:9x-6 - Chairman
  The Governor shall designate the chairman of the commission from among the public members appointed by him. L. 1985, c. 102, s. 6, eff....
• Section 52:9x-7 - Executive Director
  The commission shall appoint an executive director, who shall serve at its pleasure and who shall receive such compensation as provided by law. L....
• Section 52:9x-8 - Staff
  The executive director shall be responsible for the selection of properly qualified staff members. Staff members shall have strong backgrounds in science and technology...
• Section 52:9x-9 - Duties Of Commission.
  9.The commission shall: a.Be responsible for the development and oversight of policies and programs in science and technology for New Jersey; b.Ensure that the...
• Section 52:9x-9.1 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey High Technology and Biotechnology Industry Promotion Act." L.1995,c.277,s.1.
• Section 52:9x-9.2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Biotechnology, High Technology Industries
  2. The Legislature finds and declares it to be the policy of this State that: a. The New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York region...
• Section 52:9x-9.3 - Program To Promote Biotechnology And Other Industries, Established.
  3.The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, shall establish a program to promote...
• Section 52:9x-9.4 - Consultation For Program Establishment
  4. In establishing the program required by this act, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology shall consult with the Biotechnology Council of...
• Section 52:9x-9.5 - Ongoing Analysis
  5. In order to effectuate the purposes of this act, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology shall analyze on an ongoing basis...
• Section 52:9x-10 - Annual Report
  The commission shall annually report to the Governor and the Legislature on or before February 15. Each report shall set forth a complete operating...
• Section 52:9x-11 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "SMART Research and Development Compact Act." L.2005,c.377,s.1.
• Section 52:9x-12 - Smart Research And Development Compact Ratified.
  2.The State of New Jersey hereby ratifies the SMART Research and Development Compact with any other state legally joining therein, which compact is substantially...
• Section 52:9x-13 - Transmission Of Authenticated Copies Of Act.
  3.Duly authenticated copies of this act shall, upon its approval, be transmitted to the Governor of each of the states of Delaware, Maryland and...
• Section 52:9yy-1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Data Act." L.2001, c.192, s.1; amended 2010, c.87, s.10.
• Section 52:9yy-2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Availability Of Health Data.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.It is the intention of the Legislature to establish a single point of contact for members of the...
• Section 52:9yy-3 - Definitions Relative To Availability Of Health Data.
  3.As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Health and Senior Services. "Disclosure" means the disclosure of health data to a person...
• Section 52:9yy-5 - Duties Of The Department.
  5. a. The department may: (1)collect and maintain health data from State government agencies or other entities on: (a)the extent, nature and impact of...
• Section 52:9yy-6 - Disclosure Of Health Data, Conditions.
  6. a. The department shall make no disclosure of any health data which identifies a person's health status or utilization of health care unless...
• Section 52:9yy-7 - Security Of Health Data.
  7.The department shall take appropriate measures to protect the security of health data which it obtains, including: a.limiting access to the data to authorized...
• Section 52:9yy-8 - Additional Powers Of Department.
  8.To effectuate the purposes of P.L.2001, c.192 (C.52:9YY-1 et seq.), and in addition to any other powers authorized by law, the department shall have...
• Section 52:9yy-9 - Penalties For Unauthorized Disclosures; Liability Of Department.
  9. a. A person or entity whom the department determines has violated the provisions of section 6 of P.L.2001, c.192 (C.52:9YY-6), regarding the disclosure...
• Section 52:9z-1 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission Established
  There is established in the Department of State the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission. The commission shall consist of 45 members: a. a representative...
• Section 52:9z-2 - Appointment Of Co-chairpersons
  The Governor shall select two public members to serve as co-chairpersons. L.1989,c.188,s.2.
• Section 52:9z-3 - Members; Terms, Filling Of Vacancies, Reimbursement
  Legislative members shall serve during the two-year legislative term in which the appointment is made. Public members shall serve for a term of two...
• Section 52:9z-4 - Duties Of The Commission
  The commission shall: a. develop, coordinate, and advise the Governor and Legislature of Statewide activities in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday; b....
• Section 52:9z-5 - Rights Of The Commission
  The commission is entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county or municipal...
• Section 52:10a-1 - Salaries Of Legislators.
  1.Members of the Senate and General Assembly shall receive annually, during the term for which they shall have been elected and while they shall...
• Section 52:10a-2 - Person Elected To Fill Vacancy
  Any person elected at the general election in any year to fill a vacancy in the membership of the Senate or General Assembly occurring...
• Section 52:11-1 - President Of Senate To Exercise Powers Of Vice President Of Council
  The powers, privileges, duties and remunerations granted to or imposed by law upon the vice president of the council at and immediately prior to...
• Section 52:11-2 - Officers And Employees Of Senate And Their Compensation
  The officers and employees of the senate, other than the presiding officer, shall be those named herein, and no others, who shall severally receive...
• Section 52:11-2.1 - Sergeant-at-arms; Tenure
  Any person holding or who shall hold the office, position or employment of sergeant-at-arms of the Senate of this State and who has served...
• Section 52:11-2.2 - Journal Clerk; Tenure
  Any person holding or who shall hold the office, position or employment of journal clerk to the Senate of this State and who has...
• Section 52:11-3 - Officers And Employees Of House Of Assembly And Their Compensation
  The officers and employees of the house of assembly, except the presiding officer, shall be those named herein, and no others, who shall severally...
• Section 52:11-4 - Record Of Attendance; Deduction From Compensation For Absences
  The sergeant at arms of each house of the legislature shall keep a record of the attendance at each session of either house of...
• Section 52:11-5 - One-half Compensation Payable In Advance Of Session; Balance At Close Of Session
  The officers and employees of the senate and house of assembly, whose compensation is fixed by sections 52:11-2 and 52:11-3 of this title, may...
• Section 52:11-5a - Findings, Declarations Relative To Plaques Honoring Senator Hutchins F. Inge And Assemblyman Walter Gilbert Alexander.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.In 1966, Dr. Hutchins F. Inge of Newark became the first African-American to serve in the New Jersey...
• Section 52:11-5b - Display Of Plaques.
  2.Plaques to honor Senator Hutchins F. Inge, New Jersey's first African-American State Senator, and Assemblyman Walter Gilbert Alexander, New Jersey's first African-American Assemblyman, shall...
• Section 52:11-5.1 - Legislator's District Office, Prohibition Against Employment Of Relatives.
  1.No member of the Legislature shall gainfully employ his or her relative in any position in the legislative office that the member maintains in...
• Section 52:11-5.2 - Legislators, Enrollment In Health Care Benefits, Election, Limitations.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a member of the Legislature who elects health benefits coverage based on service in...
• Section 52:11-20.4 - Repeals
  13. The following acts or parts thereof are repealed: (a) Chapter 171, P.L.1950; (b) Chapter 11, P.L.1952; (c) Chapter 305, P.L.1953; and (d) Section...
• Section 52:11-42 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July 1, 1955. L.1954, c. 267, p. 983, s. 11.
• Section 52:11-54 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Legislative Services Law of 1978." L.1979, c. 8, s. 1.
• Section 52:11-55 - Legislative Services Commission, Office Of Legislative Services
  There is established in the Legislative Branch of the State Government, to aid and assist the Legislature in performing its functions, an agency of...
• Section 52:11-56 - Organization And Meetings Of The Commission
  Organization and meetings of the commission. a. The commission shall meet for the purpose of organization in the month of January of each even-numbered...
• Section 52:11-57 - Duties Of The Commission
  Duties of the commission. a. It is the duty and responsibility of the commission: (1) To carry on the work of continuous revision of...
• Section 52:11-58 - Organization Of The Office Of Legislative Services
  Organization of the Office of Legislative Services. a. The Office of Legislative Services shall be governed by the commission and shall consist of such...
• Section 52:11-59 - Executive Director
  Executive Director. The commission shall appoint an Executive Director to serve as the secretary of the commission and as the chief executive officer of...
• Section 52:11-60 - Legislative Counsel
  Legislative Counsel. The commission shall appoint a Legislative Counsel, who shall be an attorney-at-law of New Jersey experienced in legislative law, drafting legislation, revision...
• Section 52:11-61 - Duties Of Legislative Counsel.
  8.It shall be the duty of the Legislative Counsel: a.To provide general standards for the office to draft, aid in drafting and redrafting bills,...
• Section 52:11-62 - State Auditor
  State Auditor. The office of the State Auditor, as created by the Constitution, is assigned to the Office of Legislative Services. The State Auditor...
• Section 52:11-63 - Studies, Reports By State Auditor
  In addition to the duties imposed upon the State Auditor by the Constitution and R.S. 52:24-4 the State Auditor, when requested or directed by...
• Section 52:11-64 - Award Of Contracts By Office Of Legislative Services
  a. Contracts for consultants' services. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, every contract or agreement for consultants' services to be...
• Section 52:11-65 - Director Of Public Information
  The commission shall appoint a Director of Public Information, who shall by training and experience be well-versed in public information services and legislative and...
• Section 52:11-66 - Duties Of Director Of Public Information
  It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Information to: a. Provide, as requested, information and other related services for the Legislature,...
• Section 52:11-67 - Legislative Budget And Finance Officer
  Legislative Budget and Finance Officer. The commission shall appoint a Legislative Budget and Finance Officer, who by training and experience shall be well-versed in...
• Section 52:11-68 - Duties Of Legislative Budget And Finance Officer
  It shall be the duty of the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer to: a. At the request of the Legislature or any member thereof,...
• Section 52:11-69 - Officers And Employees Of The Office; Status
  a. The commission is authorized to designate those offices and positions in Office of Legislative Services which for the purposes of the Unemployment Compensation...
• Section 52:11-70 - Request For Assistance, Information Or Advice, Confidential
  All requests for legal assistance, information or advice and all information received by the Office of Legislative Services in connection with any request for...
• Section 52:11-71 - Forbids Lobbying
  No officer or employee of the office, other than a member of the commission, shall urge or oppose the adoption of any legislation or...
• Section 52:11-72 - Reports
  The commission shall report to the Legislature once each year and at such other times as it may deem advisable and may accompany its...
• Section 52:11-73 - Personnel Transferred; Rules Continued
  All of the officers and employees of the Legislative Services Agency and the Office of Fiscal Affairs together with all their functions, powers and...
• Section 52:11-74 - Property Transferred
  All property and equipment, books, files and documents of, or in the custody of the Legislative Services Agency or the Office of Fiscal Affairs...
• Section 52:11-75 - Appropriations Transferred
  All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to the Legislative Services Agency and the Office of Fiscal Affairs are transferred...
• Section 52:11-76 - Powers And Duties Of Legislative Budget Officer Under Appropriations Act
  Except as otherwise in this act provided all powers and duties imposed upon the Executive Director, Office of Fiscal Affairs, by any other law...
• Section 52:11-77 - Initial Members And Officers Of Commission; Terms Of Office
  The members of the Law Revision and Legislative Services Commission and its chairman and vice chairman in office on the effective date of this...
• Section 52:11-78 - Legislative Information Available To Public, Maintained In Electronic Form.
  1. a. The Office of Legislative Services shall make available to the public and maintain in electronic form the following information: (1)the most current...
• Section 52:11-79 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.graduate students in this State who have an interest in government, law, politics and public policy should have...
• Section 52:11-80 - Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program.
  2.There is established the Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program at the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers, The State University. Students...
• Section 52:11-81 - Selection, Assignment Of Fellows; Stipend.
  3.Eight fellows shall be selected each year pursuant to section 5 of this act, and shall be assigned to work with the New Jersey...
• Section 52:11-82 - Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program Advisory Committee.
  4.There is established a Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program Advisory Committee, consisting of the following members: the Executive Director of the...
• Section 52:11-83 - Appointment Of Director.
  5.The Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers University shall appoint the director of the Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows...
• Section 52:11-84 - Tuition, Fee Support; Matching Appropriations.
  6.Rutgers University shall provide tuition and fee support for the fellows for the academic year. The State shall appropriate funds in each fiscal year...
• Section 52:12-1 - Official Handbook Of Legislature; Printing; Binding
  The "Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey" shall be the official handbook and manual of the Legislature of this State. Each volume of...
• Section 52:12-2 - Contents
  52:12-2. The legislative manual shall include in the contents of each volume the following: a. The Constitution of the State of New Jersey; b....
• Section 52:12-3 - Number Of Copies Delivered To Legislature Annually; Payment Therefor
  Two thousand copies of the legislative manual shall be furnished for the use of the legislature at each annual session thereof, eight hundred copies...
• Section 52:12-4 - Copies Of Changes In Rules Of Legislature During Session Furnished Free Of Cost
  In the event of any change in, or amendment being made to, any of the rules of either branch of the legislature, or of...
• Section 52:12-5 - Copies For Public Schools; Payment Therefor
  One thousand copies of the legislative manual shall be furnished to the state commissioner of education, who shall distribute one copy to each of...
• Section 52:12-6 - Copies For Public Libraries And Historical Societies
  There shall be distributed annually, at the expense of the state, one copy of the legislative manual to each of the free public libraries...
• Section 52:13-1 - Attendance Of Witnesses; Production Of Books And Papers; Legal And Clerical Assistance
  Any joint committee of the legislature, any standing committee of either house, or any special committee directed by resolution to enter upon any investigation...
• Section 52:13-2 - Summons For Witnesses; Execution
  If any person upon being summoned in writing by order of any committee mentioned in section 52:13-1 of this title to appear before such...
• Section 52:13-3 - Compensation Of Witnesses; Swearing Witnesses; Perjury; Immunity; Refusal To Answer Or Be Sworn
  Witnesses summoned to appear before any committee authorized by this article or any other law to conduct an investigation or inquiry shall be entitled...
• Section 52:13-4 - Expenses Of Investigations; Payment
  The state treasurer shall, upon the warrant of the state comptroller, pay the fees and mileage of witnesses called, the compensation of legal and...
• Section 52:13-5 - What Constitutes Contempt; Report Thereof To Legislature
  Whenever, in any investigation or inquiry by any committee constituted by joint resolution of the legislature to enter upon or make such investigation or...
• Section 52:13-6 - Joint Session To Determine Alleged Contempt; Order For Arrest; Service
  The senate and general assembly may by concurrent resolution direct that the senate and general assembly meet in joint session at a time and...
• Section 52:13-7 - Hearing By Joint Session
  At the time and place fixed as aforesaid, or at any adjournment, the joint session shall sit and summarily hear the evidence and the...
• Section 52:13-8 - Contemner's Rights
  Any alleged contemner shall have the right to be heard before the joint session, to be represented by counsel, to call witnesses in his...
• Section 52:13-9 - Determination Of Contempt By Each House Separately; Concurrent Resolution
  After the joint session shall have heard the evidence and such arguments as may be made, the senate and the general assembly shall separately...
• Section 52:13-10 - Sentence; Order Of Commitment
  Any person found to be guilty of a contempt of the legislature by a concurrent resolution of the two houses thereof, as hereinbefore provided,...
• Section 52:13-11 - Continuing Validity Of Commitment
  Any commitment issued in accordance with section 52:13-10 of this title shall remain valid and effective until the imprisonment therein set forth shall have...
• Section 52:13-12 - Bail Of Contemner
  Any judge of the Superior Court may let to bail any person apprehended for hearing on a charge of contempt under a warrant issued...
• Section 52:13-13 - Powers Given Additional To Other Powers
  The powers given by this article shall be in addition to the powers given by article 1 of this chapter (s. 52:13-1 et seq.).
• Section 52:13a-1 - Expenses Of Trial Of Impeachment To Be Paid By State Treasurer
  The expenses incurred by the Senate upon any trial of an impeachment, or incurred under the direction of the Senate by any officer thereof,...
• Section 52:13a-2 - Manner Of Payment Of Expenses
  For the purpose of providing funds for the payment of expenses enumerated in section one of this act, the Director of the Division of...
• Section 52:13a-3 - Witness Fees And Mileage
  Every person summoned to attend the Senate as a witness shall receive, from the party in whose behalf he is summoned, one dollar ($1.00)...
• Section 52:13a-4 - Board And Maintenance Of Indigent Persons Summoned As Witnesses
  The Senate may order the board and maintenance of any indigent person summoned as a witness on any trial, while in attendance upon the...
• Section 52:13a-5 - Bills To Be Paid On Certificate Of Correctness
  All bills for the board and maintenance of indigent witnesses, and all payments to witnesses of fees and mileage, except those required to be...
• Section 52:13a-6 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1951, First Sp.Sess., c. 353, p. 1468, s. 6.
• Section 52:13b-6 - Review Of Introduced Bill, Determination Of Need And Request For Fiscal Note.
  1.Whenever any bill is introduced in either the Senate or General Assembly, and that bill receives first reading pursuant to the rules of the...
• Section 52:13b-7 - Forwarding Of Request For Fiscal Note; Preparation, Return To Legislative Budget And Finance Officer.
  2. a. It shall be the duty of the director, upon receipt of a request for a fiscal note, to forward the request within...
• Section 52:13b-8 - Statement Of Legislative Budget And Finance Officer Appended To Fiscal Note.
  3.Upon receiving a fiscal note from the director, the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer shall, by a date consistent with legislative consideration, append thereto...
• Section 52:13b-9 - Nonreceipt Of Fiscal Note, Production Of Legislative Fiscal Estimate.
  4.If the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer has not received a fiscal note from the director by a date consistent with legislative consideration, the...
• Section 52:13b-10 - Electronic Copy Of Fiscal Note, Estimate To Sponsor, Notice Of Right To Object.
  5.When the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer has a complete fiscal note or legislative fiscal estimate, the Officer shall transmit an electronic copy of...
• Section 52:13b-11 - Approval, Objection By Sponsor, Publishing Of Fiscal Note, Estimate.
  6.If, after the three-day review period provided in section 5 of P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-10), the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer has received no objections...
• Section 52:13b-13 - Emergency Request For Fiscal Information.
  8.Whenever the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer has reason to believe that a fiscal note on any bill will be required more quickly than...
• Section 52:13b-14 - Sponsor, Chair, Presiding Officer Request For Fiscal Note, Permissive.
  9. a. In any case in which the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer has not determined, pursuant to this act, that a bill contains...
• Section 52:13c-18 - Declaration Of Intent.
  1.The Legislature affirms that the preservation of responsible government requires that the fullest opportunity be afforded to the people of the State to petition...
• Section 52:13c-19 - Short Title.
  2.This act shall be known as the "Legislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act." L.1971,c.183,s.2; amended 2004, c.27, s.2.
• Section 52:13c-20 - Definitions.
  3.For the purposes of this act, as amended and supplemented, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: a.The term "person" includes an individual,...
• Section 52:13c-21 - Notice Of Representation; Filing, Contents, Separate Notices.
  4. a. Any person who, on or after the effective date of P.L.1991, c.243 or on or after the effective date of P.L.2004, c.27...
• Section 52:13c-21a - Nonresident Governmental Affairs Agent, Lobbyist, Filing Of Consent To Service Of Process.
  4.Any governmental affairs agent or lobbyist not a resident of this State, or not a corporation of this State or authorized to do business...
• Section 52:13c-21b - Restriction On Offer Of Gifts, Etc. To Certain State Officers Or Employees.
  3.Except as expressly authorized in section 13 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-24) or when the lobbyist or governmental affairs agent is a member of the...
• Section 52:13c-21.1 - Employment Of Unregistered Governmental Affairs Agent.
  1.Any person who knowingly employs another person to serve as a governmental affairs agent who is not registered as required by section 4 of...
• Section 52:13c-21.2 - Representation Of Adverse Interest, Fourth Degree Crime.
  1.Any governmental affairs agent who knowingly represents an interest adverse to any of his employer's without first obtaining such employer's written consent thereto, after...
• Section 52:13c-21.3 - Introduction Of Legislation For Purposes Of Later Employment, Fourth Degree Crime.
  1.Any governmental affairs agent who knowingly causes, influences, or otherwise secures the introduction of any legislation or amendment thereto for the purpose of thereafter...
• Section 52:13c-21.4 - Activities As Governmental Affairs Agent For Certain Persons Restricted; Penalties.
  1. a. As used in this section, "person" means any member of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor or the head of a...
• Section 52:13c-21.5 - Contingent Fees, Prohibited.
  2. A governmental affairs agent shall not enter into any agreement, arrangement, or understanding under which the governmental affairs agent's compensation, or any portion...
• Section 52:13c-22 - Quarterly Reports; Contents.
  5. a. Every governmental affairs agent shall file with the commission a signed quarterly report of his activity in attempting to influence legislation, regulation...
• Section 52:13c-22.1 - Annual Reports.
  2.Each governmental affairs agent or lobbyist shall make and certify the correctness of a full annual report to the Election Law Enforcement Commission, of...
• Section 52:13c-22.1a - Governmental Affairs Agent, Disclosure Of Certain Service.
  7.A person who is registered as a governmental affairs agent and who, on or after the effective date of P.L.1991, c.243 (C.52:13C-18 et al.)...
• Section 52:13c-22.4 - Report Of Benefits To Recipients.
  1. a. Each governmental affairs agent and lobbyist shall provide to each member of the Legislature, legislative staff, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the...
• Section 52:13c-23 - Duties Of The Commission.
  6.The commission shall: a.permit public inspection of all statements filed pursuant to this act, as amended and supplemented; b.compile and summarize information contained in...
• Section 52:13c-23a - Fee Imposed By Elec On Governmental Affairs Agent.
  1.In addition to any fee collected pursuant to subsection j. of section 6 of P.L.1971, c.183 (C.52:13C-23), the commission shall establish and collect no...
• Section 52:13c-23.1 - Violations, Penalties.
  11.Upon receiving evidence of any violation of P.L.1971, c.183 (C.52:13C-18 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, the commission shall have power to bring complaint...
• Section 52:13c-23.2 - Rules, Regulations
  12. The commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.1971, c.183 (C.52:13C-18 et seq.), as...
• Section 52:13c-24 - Records Of Governmental Affairs Agent; Audits.
  7.Any person engaged in activity which makes him subject to filing a statement under this act shall keep and preserve all records of his...
• Section 52:13c-25 - Governmental Affairs Agent's Responsibilities.
  8. a. Every governmental affairs agent shall file a notice of termination report within 30 days after his activity shall cease, on such form...
• Section 52:13c-26 - Public Records; Inspection, Preservation
  9. The statements required by this act, as amended and supplemented, to be filed with the commission (a) shall constitute part of the public...
• Section 52:13c-27 - Act Not Applicable To Certain Activities.
  10. This act shall not apply to the following activities: a.the publication or dissemination, in the ordinary course of business, of news items, advertising...
• Section 52:13c-28 - Wearing Of Name Tag.
  11.Every governmental affairs agent who, for the purpose of influencing legislation, is in the State House, the State House Annex, or any other State...
• Section 52:13c-29 - Legislative Employees As Governmental Affairs Agents, Fourth Degree Crime.
  12.All staff, assistants and employees of the Legislature who receive for their services a stated salary or similar compensation from the State of New...
• Section 52:13c-30 - Willful Falsification; Fourth Degree Crime.
  13.Any person who knowingly and willfully falsifies all or any part of any statement, notice or report under this act shall, upon conviction, be...
• Section 52:13c-31 - False Communication Relative To Legislation; Fourth Degree Crime.
  14.Any person who shall transmit, utter or publish to the Legislature or the Governor or his staff any communication relating to any legislation or...
• Section 52:13c-32 - Failure To Comply With Provisions Of Act; Injunction
  15. Upon the failure to comply with any provisions of this act, as amended and supplemented, by any person subject thereto the commission may...
• Section 52:13c-33 - Failure To File Notice Of Representation, Report; Fourth Degree Crime.
  16.Any governmental affairs agent required to file a notice of representation or report or maintain any record under this act who fails to file...
• Section 52:13c-34 - Obligation To File Statement; Duty Of Officer Or Person; Duty After Discontinuance Of Activity
  Every officer, or person performing the functions of an officer, of any person required by this act to file any statement shall be under...
• Section 52:13c-35 - Voluntary Statement; Acceptance, Filing And Reporting
  18. The commission shall make provision to accept statements similar to statements required by this act, as amended and supplemented, from persons who are...
• Section 52:13c-36 - Powers Of The Commission.
  19. a. When it shall appear to the commission that a person required to file any statement under this act, as amended and supplemented,...
• Section 52:13d-12 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds and declares: (a) In our representative form of government, it is essential that the conduct of public officials and employees shall...
• Section 52:13d-13 - Definitions
  As used in this act, and unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings: a....
• Section 52:13d-14 - State Officer Or Employee Or Member Of Legislature; Acceptance Of Thing Of Value To Influence Public Duties
  No State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature shall accept from any person, whether directly or indirectly...
• Section 52:13d-15 - Representation, Appearance Or Negotiation, Directly Or Indirectly, For Acquisition Or Sale Of Property By State
  No member of the Legislature or State officer or employee shall represent, appear for, or negotiate on behalf of, or agree to represent, appear...
• Section 52:13d-16 - Certain Representations, Prohibited; Exceptions
  5. a. No special State officer or employee, nor any partnership, firm or corporation in which he has an interest, nor any partner, officer...
• Section 52:13d-17 - Post-employment Restrictions.
  6.No State officer or employee or special State officer or employee, subsequent to the termination of his office or employment in any State agency,...
• Section 52:13d-17.2 - "Person" Defined; Conflict Of Interest; Violations, Penalty.
  4. a. As used in this section "person" means: (1)any State officer or employee subject to financial disclosure by law or executive order and...
• Section 52:13d-17.3 - Employment With Casino Permitted For Certain Members Of Municipal Governing Body; Guidance Offered.
  3.Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1981, c.142 (C.52:13D-17.2), a member of the governing body of a municipality wherein a casino is located,...
• Section 52:13d-18 - Vote, Other Action By Legislator Or Immediate Family Member With Personal Interest; Prohibition.
  7. a. No member of the Legislature shall participate by voting or any other action, on the floor of the General Assembly or the...
• Section 52:13d-19 - Contracts Of State Agencies.
  8. a. No member of the Legislature or State officer or employee shall knowingly himself, or by his partners or through any corporation which...
• Section 52:13d-19.1 - State Officer, Employee May Enter Into Certain Contracts With State Agency
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.), a State officer or employee or a special State officer or employee or his...
• Section 52:13d-19.2 - State Officer, Employee May Enter Into Certain Rental Agreements With State Agency
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.), a State officer or employee or a special State officer or employee or his...
• Section 52:13d-19.3 - Other Provisions Not Altered Or Affected
  3. Nothing in this act shall alter or affect any other applicable provisions regulating public contracts. L.1991,c.254,s.3.
• Section 52:13d-20 - Representation Of State Agency In Transaction Involving Pecuniary Interest For Legislator Or State Officer Or Employee
  No member of the Legislature or State officer or employee or special State officer or employee shall act as officer or agent for a...
• Section 52:13d-21 - State Ethics Commission; Membership; Powers; Duties; Penalties.
  10. (a) The Executive Commission on Ethical Standards created pursuant to P.L.1967, c.229, is continued and established in the Department of Law and Public...
• Section 52:13d-21.1 - Certain State Officers, Employees, Completion Of Training Program On Ethical Standards Required; Annual Briefing.
  2.A State officer or employee or a special State officer or employee in a State agency in the Executive Branch shall complete a training...
• Section 52:13d-21.2 - Restrictions On Certain State Employment For Certain Relatives Of State Employees, Officers; Definition.
  13. a. (1) A relative of the Governor shall not be employed in an office or position in the unclassified service of the civil...
• Section 52:13d-22 - Joint Legislative Committee On Ethical Standards; Membership; Powers; Terms; Duties; Penalties.
  11. (a) There is established a Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards in the Legislative Branch of State Government. (b)Commencing on the 30th day...
• Section 52:13d-22.1 - Definition
  1. As used in this act, "document" means any statement, report, form, or accounting which is required to be filed with the Joint Legislative...
• Section 52:13d-22.2 - Timely Postmark On Mailed Documents
  2. Any document which is mailed shall be deemed to be timely filed if the postmark stamped on the cover, envelope or wrapper in...
• Section 52:13d-22.3 - Weekend, Holiday Rule
  3. When the date or the last day prescribed for filing a document falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the next succeeding...
• Section 52:13d-23 - Codes Of Ethics.
  12. (a) (1) The head of each State agency, or the principal officer in charge of a division, board, bureau, commission or other instrumentality...
• Section 52:13d-24 - Restriction Of Solicitation, Receipt, Etc. Of Certain Things Of Value By Certain State Officers, Employees.
  13. a. No State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature shall solicit, receive or agree to receive,...
• Section 52:13d-24.1 - Restriction On Acceptance Of Gifts, Etc. From Lobbyist, Governmental Affairs Agent By Legislators, Staff.
  2. a. Except as expressly authorized in section 13 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-24) or when the lobbyist or governmental affairs agent is a member...
• Section 52:13d-25 - Disclosure Or Use For Personal Gain Of Information Not Available To Public
  No State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature shall willfully disclose to any person, whether or not...
• Section 52:13d-26 - Inducing Or Attempting To Induce Legislative Member Or State Officer Or Employee To Violate Act; Penalty
  No person shall induce or attempt to induce any State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature to...
• Section 52:13d-27 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law." L.1971, c. 182, s. 17, eff....
• Section 52:13d-28 - Online Tutorial On Legislative Ethics; Certification; Members Of Legislature, Participation In Annual Ethics Training, Consultation With Ethics Counsel.
  4.The Legislature shall provide an online tutorial on legislative ethics for its members and State officers or employees and special State officers or employees...
• Section 52:13e-1 - Definitions
  As used in this act: (a) "Agency" means any of the following while engaged in an investigation or inquiry: (1) the Governor or any...
• Section 52:13e-2 - Personal Service
  No person may be required to appear at a hearing or to testify at a hearing unless there has been personally served upon him...
• Section 52:13e-3 - Right To Counsel; Submission Of Proposed Questions
  A witness summoned to a hearing shall have the right to be accompanied by counsel, who shall be permitted to advise the witness of...
• Section 52:13e-4 - Records Of Public Hearings; Copies
  A complete and accurate record shall be kept of each public hearing and a witness shall be entitled to receive a copy of his...
• Section 52:13e-5 - Sworn Statement By Witness; Incorporation In The Record
  A witness who testifies at any hearing shall have the right at the conclusion of his examination to file a brief sworn statement relevant...
• Section 52:13e-6 - Persons Affected By Proceedings; Appearance Or Statement Of Facts
  Any person whose name is mentioned or who is specifically identified and who believes that testimony or other evidence given at a public hearing...
• Section 52:13e-7 - Rights Or Privileges Granted By Agencies
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent an agency from granting to witnesses appearing before it, or to persons who claim to...
• Section 52:13e-8 - Dissemination Of Evidence Adduced At Private Hearing
  Except in the course of subsequent hearing which is open to the public, no testimony or other evidence adduced at a private hearing or...
• Section 52:13e-9 - Hearing Conducted By Temporary State Commission
  No temporary State commission having more than two members shall have the power to take testimony at a public or private hearing unless at...
• Section 52:13e-10 - Right Of Members To File Statement Of Minority Views
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect, diminish or impair the right, under any other provision of law, rule or custom, of...
• Section 52:13f-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Economic and Environmental Impact Statement Act of 1976." L.1977, c. 247, s. 1,...
• Section 52:13f-2 - Legislative Recognition
  The Legislature hereby recognizes the need for a balance between New Jersey's economic and environmental needs. The Legislature further recognizes that information on the...
• Section 52:13f-3 - Economic Impact Statement; Preparation, Contents
  3. An economic impact statement on a specific legislative bill shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development when so directed...
• Section 52:13f-4 - Environmental Impact Statement On Specific Legislative Bills
  An environmental impact statement on a specific legislative bill shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection when so directed by a majority...
• Section 52:13f-5 - Inapplicability Of Act To Specific Statutory Obligation Of State Agency To Comply With Criteria Or Standards
  Nothing in this act shall affect a specific statutory obligation of a State agency to comply with criteria or standards prescribed by other law....
• Section 52:13g-1 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that the youth of this State should receive an opportunity to better understand and appreciate the legislative process; that...
• Section 52:13g-2 - Legislative Interns; Selection; Assignment
  The Legislature, in cooperation with the New Jersey Association of High School Councils shall select public and private secondary school students to participate in...
• Section 52:13g-3 - Nomination; Application; Committee; Final Selection
  Students shall be selected from legislative districts, nominated on a competitive basis by their student governments, but only one student may be nominated from...
• Section 52:13g-4 - Duties
  Legislative student interns shall perform such legislative services as may be directed by the legislator to whom they are assigned. Such services shall be...
• Section 52:13g-5 - Annual Termination Of Program; Model Legislative Session
  The legislative internship program shall terminate during the spring of each year with a model legislative session. This session shall include the introduction, debate...
• Section 52:13h-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To State-imposed Mandates
  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. at the November 1995 general election, the people of this State approved an amendment to the...
• Section 52:13h-2 - Unfunded Mandate; Mandatory Status Ceased, Expiration.
  2.Except as provided in section 3 of this act, any provision of a law enacted on or after January 17, 1996, or any part...
• Section 52:13h-2.1 - Reimbursement By State For Cost Incurred For Certain Military Leave.
  4.In accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5 of the New Jersey Constitution, upon application for reimbursement by a county...
• Section 52:13h-3 - Laws, Rules, Regulations, Not Unfunded Mandates
  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the following categories of laws and rules or regulations shall not be unfunded...
• Section 52:13h-4 - Council On Local Mandates Created
  4. Pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5(b) of the New Jersey Constitution, there is created a Council on Local Mandates. The council...
• Section 52:13h-5 - Member Qualifications
  5. A member of the council shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of New Jersey at the time of...
• Section 52:13h-6 - Members' Selection; Terms
  6. a. Within 30 days of the effective date of this act, the chair of the State committee of the political party the gubernatorial...
• Section 52:13h-7 - Vacancies
  7. A vacancy in the membership of the council shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made, but...
• Section 52:13h-8 - Monetary Compensation
  8. A member of the council shall receive compensation in the amount of $150 per day for each day that the member attends a...
• Section 52:13h-9 - Organization Of Council
  9. The council shall organize as soon as possible after the appointment of its members. The first chair of the council shall be appointed...
• Section 52:13h-10 - Council Plan, Rules, Staffing.
  10.The council shall establish, and revise from time to time, a plan for its organization and may incur expenses within the limits of funds...
• Section 52:13h-11 - Conflicts Law, Code Of Ethics; Public Employment Restricted.
  11. The members and employees of the council shall be subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182...
• Section 52:13h-12 - Duties Of Council.
  12. a. It shall be the duty of the council to review, and issue rulings upon, complaints filed with the council by or on...
• Section 52:13h-13 - Complaints Considered
  13. The council shall not consider complaints concerning pending legislation or proposed rules or regulations and shall not issue advisory rulings or opinions on...
• Section 52:13h-14 - Public Meetings
  14. The council shall not be subject to the provisions of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). The council shall...
• Section 52:13h-15 - Rules Rendered, Published
  15. A ruling issued by the council shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons for the council's determination. The council shall...
• Section 52:13h-16 - Preliminary Rulings
  16. The council shall have the authority to issue a preliminary ruling enjoining enforcement of a statute or a rule or regulation pending the...
• Section 52:13h-17 - Request For Assistance
  17. The council may request from any State agency or any county, municipality or school district cooperation and assistance in the performance of its...
• Section 52:13h-18 - Rulings As Political Determinations
  18. Pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5(b) of the New Jersey Constitution, rulings of the council shall be political determinations and shall...
• Section 52:13h-19 - Annual Report
  19. The council shall submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature prior to December 31 of each year setting forth the names...
• Section 52:13h-20 - Appropriations
  20. The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the council from the General Fund of the State such amounts as may be necessary for the...
• Section 52:13h-21 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Unfunded Mandates And Local Governments And School Districts.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: Over the past four decades, prior to adoption of the constitutional amendment prohibiting unfunded State mandates on local government,...
• Section 52:13h-22 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Certain Mandate Requirements, Procedures For Local Governments.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: Over the past four decades, prior to adoption of the constitutional amendment prohibiting unfunded State mandates on local government,...
• Section 52:14-1 - "Department" And "Head Of Department" Defined
  As used in this article: "Department" means and includes every state institution, commission, board, department, bureau or state agency, whether or not it receives...
• Section 52:14-2 - Requests For Services Or Apparatus; Agreement Between Departments
  Whenever in carrying out the work of a department, the services of any expert or the use of any special apparatus shall be desired...
• Section 52:14-3 - Accountings For Sums Paid Or Received.
  52:14-3. When such an agreement has been made between two departments, the heads thereof shall, from time to time, certify to the Director of...
• Section 52:14-4 - Division Of Expenses.
  52:14-4. Two or more departments may unite in co-operative work in lines germane to the duties of said departments, and the heads thereof may...
• Section 52:14-5 - Monthly Meeting Of Certain Departments For Promoting Efficiency In Engineering Work
  For the purpose of discussing methods of co-operation and co-ordination in the engineering work of the state, promoting efficiency and avoiding duplication, the following...
• Section 52:14-6 - Organization; Conduct Of Meetings; Recommendations
  The governor shall be ex officio a member and chairman of the meeting, and those attending shall select a secretary, who shall call meetings...
• Section 52:14-6.10 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Government Employee Interchange Act of 1967." L.1967, c. 77, s. 1, eff....
• Section 52:14-6.11 - Declaration Of Necessity; Liberal Construction
  This act being deemed and hereby declared necessary for the welfare of this State and its inhabitants in order to provide for that intergovernmental...
• Section 52:14-6.12 - Definitions
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this act, except...
• Section 52:14-6.13 - Participation As Sending Or Receiving Agency; Government Employee Interchange
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, and as hereinafter provided, any New Jersey Governmental unit is hereby authorized to participate, as either a...
• Section 52:14-6.14 - Program Of Government Employee Interchange; Terms, Conditions And Requirements
  Any program of government employee interchange pursuant to this act shall be subject to the following terms, conditions and requirements: (a) No period of...
• Section 52:14-6.15 - Prerequisites To Employee Participation
  No employee of a New Jersey Governmental unit shall participate, whether as a sending agency or receiving agency, in a program of government employee...
• Section 52:14-6.16 - Rules And Regulations
  The Civil Service Commission is hereby directed to issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the...
• Section 52:14-6.17 - Inconsistent Acts
  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby superseded. L.1967, c. 77, s. 8, eff. May 31, 1967.
• Section 52:14-6.18 - Partial Invalidity
  If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or...
• Section 52:14-7 - Residency Requirement For State Officers, Employees; Exceptions.
  52:14-7. a. Every person holding an office, employment, or position (1)in the Executive, Legislative, or Judicial Branch of this State, or (2)with an authority,...
• Section 52:14-8 - Appointment Of Certain Officers By Legislature In Joint Meeting
  All officers who, before and at the time when the present constitution of the state went into effect, were directed to be appointed by...
• Section 52:14-9 - Election To Office By Joint Meeting Void Upon Failure To Qualify Within Two Months
  If any person elected to any office by the Senate and General Assembly in joint meeting shall neglect or refuse to qualify into such...
• Section 52:14-10 - Methods Of Resigning From Office
  Whenever a state officer holding an office under the appointment of the joint meeting of the legislature shall be desirous of resigning, he shall...
• Section 52:14-11 - Discrimination By Reason Of Age Prohibited; Exception
  No person forty years of age or over, applying for employment in the service of the state, shall be discriminated against by reason of...
• Section 52:14-12 - Notice Of Death Of Certain State Officers
  52:14-12. Upon the death of a State officer holding an office which is to be filled by the Governor and Senate, or by the...
• Section 52:14-13 - Mental Incapacity Of State Officer To Vacate Office.
  52:14-13. When an officer of this State or a member of a State board or commission is unable to perform the duties of the...
• Section 52:14-14 - When Terms Of Members Of Boards And Commissions Created By Joint Resolution Shall Terminate
  52:14-14. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, the terms of office of members of all commissions, committees, boards or...
• Section 52:14-14.1 - Commission Established By Act, Terms Of Members
  Whenever a commission is established by an act, if the commission has a time fixed to complete its duties, the time period shall not...
• Section 52:14-15 - Salaries Payable Biweekly
  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all officers and employees paid by the State shall be paid their salaries or compensation biweekly in...
• Section 52:14-15a - Direct Deposit; Required, Exemptions, Information Available To Employees.
  1. a. Whenever any person holding public office, position or employment, whose compensation is paid by this State or by any board, body, agency,...
• Section 52:14-15b - Total Amount For All Employees
  If more than one employee designates the same banking institution as the depository for his or her net pay, the State Treasurer, in the...
• Section 52:14-15c - Definitions
  For purposes of this act: "Net pay" means the net amount of wages or compensation owed to an employee in any pay period after...
• Section 52:14-15d - Withdrawal Of Designation Prohibited; Exemptions.
  4.Any written designation may be withdrawn by an employee at any time by filing the notice of withdrawal with his respective disbursing officer. The...
• Section 52:14-15e - Rules And Regulations
  Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act" (P.L.1968, c. 410, C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the State Treasurer shall adopt all rules and regulations necessary to...
• Section 52:14-15f - Deposit Of Net Pay; Information Available To Employees.
  2. a. Upon the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, the governing body of a county or municipality may provide for the...
• Section 52:14-15g - Dissemination Of Organ And Tissue Donation Information During April.
  1.The Department of the Treasury shall, during the month of April, disseminate organ and tissue donation information in accordance with the provisions of the...
• Section 52:14-15h - Direct Deposit Of Net Pay For Board Of Education Employees; Exemptions; Information Available To Employees.
  4.On or after July 1, 2014, the board of education of every local school district may determine to have net pay for all employees...
• Section 52:14-15i - Direct Deposit Of Net Pay For County College Employees; Exemptions; Information Available To Employees.
  5.On or after July 1, 2014, the board of trustees of a county college may determine to have net pay for all employees directly...
• Section 52:14-15.1 - Deductions From Compensation Of Officials And Employees Under Federal Or State Statutes
  Whenever, pursuant to any Federal or State statute, this State or any county, municipality or school district thereof, or any board, body, agency or...
• Section 52:14-15.1a - Establishment Of Cafeteria Plan; Payroll Deductions.
  7.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the State Treasurer on behalf of the State, and the governing body of an...
• Section 52:14-15.1b - Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits, Payroll Deductions.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the State Treasurer, on behalf of the State, and the governing body of an...
• Section 52:14-15.2 - Payments On Account Of Deductions Under Federal Or State Statutes
  Said disbursing officer may make any payment on account of such deductions to the person entitled thereto, as is required by such Federal or...
• Section 52:14-15.3 - Statements As To Deductions
  Such disbursing officer making any such deduction shall furnish to each person, from whose compensation deduction has been made, such statements as are required...
• Section 52:14-15.4 - Officials And Employees Deemed To Consent To Deductions From Pay Required By Federal Or State Statutes
  Every person holding office, position or employment under this State or any county, municipality or school district thereof, or any board, body, agency or...
• Section 52:14-15.5 - Deductions For Purchase Of War Bonds
  Whenever any person holding public office, position or employment, whose compensation is paid by this State or any county, municipality, school district or other...
• Section 52:14-15.6 - Termination Of Deductions For War Bonds
  The said deductions from compensation shall continue while said person is so employed until the said person shall indicate in writing to such disbursing...
• Section 52:14-15.7 - Statement Showing Deductions For War Bonds
  The disbursing officer shall furnish to each such person on or before February fifteenth in each year, a written statement showing the deductions made...
• Section 52:14-15.8 - Form Of Application For Deductions; Rules And Regulations
  Every disbursing officer shall have the power to prescribe the form of written application, to require the amount of each deduction to be in...
• Section 52:14-15.9 - Deductions Construed As Voluntary Payments
  The making of any such deductions shall be construed to be voluntary payments by said person, and any and all rights of said person...
• Section 52:14-15.9a - Deductions For Group Insurance Premiums; Authorization; Withdrawal
  Whenever any person holding public office, position or employment, whose compensation is paid by this State or any county, municipality, school district or other...
• Section 52:14-15.9a1 - Deduction From Compensation Of Certain Local Public Employees For Long Term Care Insurance.
  2.Whenever any person holding public office, position or employment, whose compensation is paid by a local contracting unit subject to the provisions of the...
• Section 52:14-15.9b - Deductions Construed As Voluntary
  The making of any such deductions shall be construed to be voluntary payments by said person, and any and all rights of said person...
• Section 52:14-15.9c1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Employee Charitable Fund-Raising Act." L. 1985, c. 140, s. 1, eff. April...
• Section 52:14-15.9c2 - Findings
  The Legislature finds that: a. It is the policy of the State to lessen the burden of government at both the State and local...
• Section 52:14-15.9c3 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Affiliated charitable agency" means a charitable agency which is affiliated with a charitable fund-raising organization for the purpose...
• Section 52:14-15.9c4 - Steering Committees
  a. There is established a State charitable fund-raising campaign steering committee to consist of one representative to be appointed by each charitable fund-raising organization...
• Section 52:14-15.9c5 - Duties Of Committees
  It shall be the duty of each charitable campaign steering committee to: a. advise the State Treasurer or local disbursing officer in establishing application...
• Section 52:14-15.9c6 - Duties Of Campaign Manager
  It shall be the duty of a campaign manager to: a. conduct and manage the charitable fund-raising campaign in a responsible and equitable manner...
• Section 52:14-15.9c7 - Eligibility Criteria
  A charitable fund-raising organization shall be eligible to participate in a charitable fund-raising campaign if it meets the following requirements: a. the organization is...
• Section 52:14-15.9c8 - Eligibility Of Charitable Agency
  A charitable agency shall be eligible to participate in a charitable fund-raising campaign if a. it is an affiliated charitable agency or b. it...
• Section 52:14-15.9c9 - Payroll Deduction System
  The State Treasurer, in the case of the State, or the appropriate disbursing officer, in the case of a local unit of government, shall...
• Section 52:14-15.9c10 - Authorization For Deductions
  The State Treasurer or appropriate disbursing officer shall make payroll deductions from an employee's compensation in such amounts and on behalf of such participating...
• Section 52:14-15.9c11 - Final Distribution
  The State Treasurer and each disbursing officer shall promptly transmit the amounts deducted, and an accounting of the amounts designated to the various charitable...
• Section 52:14-15.9c12 - Administrative Costs; Undesignated Contributions
  a. The campaign manager shall be entitled to deduct and expend prior to final distribution not more than 10% of the total amount of...
• Section 52:14-15.9c13 - Rules, Regulations
  The State Treasurer shall, within 90 days after the effective date of this act and from time to time thereafter, adopt rules and regulations...
• Section 52:14-15.9d - Deductions For Payment To Credit Union; Authorization; Withdrawal
  Whenever any person holding public office, position or employment, whose compensation is paid by this State or by any board, body, agency, authority or...
• Section 52:14-15.9e - Deduction From Compensation To Pay Dues To Employee Organization; Written Authorization; Withdrawal; Negotiation Of Exclusive Dues Deduction Provisions
  Whenever any person holding employment, whose compensation is paid by this State or by any county, municipality, board of education or authority in this...
• Section 52:14-15.27 - Statutory Maximum And Minimum For Salaries Abolished; Civil Service Commission To Establish Salary Ranges
  In every case in which the amount of the salary to be paid to the holder of any office, position or employment in the...
• Section 52:14-15.28 - Statutory Increases In Salaries Abolished; Civil Service Commission To Establish Automatic Salary Increases
  In every case in which specific statutory increases in the amount of any salary of the holder of any office, position or employment are...
• Section 52:14-15.29 - Exceptions From Act
  This act shall not apply to the head of any department or the head of any division or bureau of any department nor to...
• Section 52:14-15.30 - Minimum Salary Or Compensation Of Persons Holding Office Or Employment In Service Of State
  The minimum annual salary or compensation for each person holding full-time office, position or employment in the service of the State shall not be...
• Section 52:14-15.31 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. L.1948, c. 115, p. 621, s. 2.
• Section 52:14-15.104c - Annual Salary Of Governor.
  1.The annual salary of the Governor shall be fixed and established at $130,000. Beginning with the commencement of the term of office of the...
• Section 52:14-15.107 - Department Officers; Annual Salaries.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of the annual appropriations act and section 7 of P.L.1974, c.55 (C.52:14-15.110), the Governor shall fix and establish the annual salary,...
• Section 52:14-15.108 - Salary Ranges For Departmental Officers, Directors.
  2.The salary ranges for the following positions shall be as established by the Civil Service Commission with the approval of the Director, Division of...
• Section 52:14-15.109 - Rules And Regulations
  The President of the Civil Service Commission, the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall promulgate rules and...
• Section 52:14-15.110 - Salaries Of Departmental Officers; Provision For In Annual Appropriations Act
  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the salaries for the officers enumerated in section 1 of...
• Section 52:14-15.115 - "Public Officers Salary Review Commission."
  13. a. There is hereby established a commission to be known as the "Public Officers Salary Review Commission." The commission shall consist of seven...
• Section 52:14-16 - De Facto Officers And Employees; Right To Compensation
  Any person who has held or who may hereafter hold de facto any office or position in the public service of the state and...
• Section 52:14-16.1 - State Officer Or Employee Under Civil Service Appointed To Another Office By Governor; Salary And Rights Under Civil Service Continued
  When any person holds office, position or employment under the government of this State and has tenure or is protected in such office, position...
• Section 52:14-16.2 - State Officer Or Employee Under Civil Service Appointed To Another Office By Governor; Leave Of Absence Without Pay
  When any person, who holds office, position or employment under the government of this State and has tenure, or is protected, in such office,...
• Section 52:14-17 - Clerks Receiving Rewards For Giving Information; Penalty
  Whenever in any department of this state a clerk or employee shall receive any check, reward, fee or compensation for disclosing to any person...
• Section 52:14-17.1 - Mileage Reimbursement Allowance
  All mileage in lieu of actual expenses of transportation allowed an officer or employee of the State traveling by his own automobile on official...
• Section 52:14-17.1a - Computation To Determine Adjustment Of Rate; Formula
  On the first business day of January and the first business day of July of each year a computation shall be made to determine...
• Section 52:14-17.2 - Appeal
  Any officer or employee of this State, who may be removed by the Governor, pursuant to Article V, Section IV, paragraph five, of the...
• Section 52:14-17.3 - Time For Appeal
  Any such appeal shall be taken within twenty days from the date of the making of the removal order by filing a notice of...
• Section 52:14-17.4 - Governor As Respondent; Representation; Record; Depositions
  The Governor shall be the respondent and shall be designated by the name of his office only. He may designate the Attorney-General or other...
• Section 52:14-17.10 - Disposition Of Case
  The court may affirm the order of removal, or it may reverse or nullify the same and order the reinstatement of the appellant to...
• Section 52:14-17.12 - Fees
  No filing or other fees shall be demanded of the respondent, and no costs shall be awarded against him. For the filing of the...
• Section 52:14-17.13 - Work-week For State Service; Compensation For Overtime Services
  The work week for basic annual salary for employees in the State service, insofar as practicable and except as provided in section 2 of...
• Section 52:14-17.13a - Employees On Approved Paid Leave On Day State Offices Officially Closed; Denial Of Compensatory Time Off
  No employee of this State, or of any State agency or instrumentality, who is on approved vacation leave with pay on any day on...
• Section 52:14-17.14 - Designation Of Positions To Which Act Applies; Rules And Regulations
  The State Treasurer, the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of...
• Section 52:14-17.15 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one. L.1951, c. 51, p. 401, s. 3.
• Section 52:14-17.16 - Establishment Of Committee
  There is hereby established a committee on bonding of State officers and employees to consist of the Attorney-General, the State Treasurer and the Director...
• Section 52:14-17.17 - Setting Of Type And Amount Of Bonds; Giving Of Bonds By Officers Required To Be Bonded
  The committee shall, not later than October 1, 1959 and annually thereafter, set the type and amount of the bonds of all State officers,...
• Section 52:14-17.18 - Other Officers And Employees; Type And Amount Of Bonds
  All State officers and employees other than those specifically required to be bonded pursuant to any law of this State, who in the opinion...
• Section 52:14-17.19 - Purchase Of Bonds; Cancellation Or Termination
  Bonds purchased pursuant to this act shall be purchased by the State Treasurer from a company or companies authorized to issue such bonds and...
• Section 52:14-17.20 - Approval Of Bonds; Filing; Record
  All bonds required by this act shall be approved as to form by the Attorney-General and filed in the office of the Secretary of...
• Section 52:14-17.21 - Repeal
  Any act or acts or portion of any act or acts inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. L.1959,...
• Section 52:14-17.25 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey State Health Benefits Program Act." L.1961, c. 49, p. 509, s....
• Section 52:14-17.26 - Definitions Relative To Health Care Benefits For Public Employees.
  2.As used in P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.26 et seq.): (a)The term "State" means the State of New Jersey. (b)The term "commission" means the State Health...
• Section 52:14-17.26a - Fraudulent Obtaining, Attempt To Obtain Benefits, Fourth Degree Crime.
  16.Any person who knowingly obtains, or attempts or conspires to obtain, coverage or benefits under the State Health Benefits Program for himself or another,...
• Section 52:14-17.27 - State Health Benefits Commission, State Health Benefits Plan Design Committee.
  3. a. There is hereby created a State Health Benefits Commission, consisting of five members: the State Treasurer; the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance;...
• Section 52:14-17.27a - Audit Program For Shbp.
  17.The State Health Benefits Commission shall establish an audit program through which it shall conduct a continuous review of the various public employers participating...
• Section 52:14-17.27b - Utilization Of Super Conciliator.
  55.Whenever the State Health Benefits Plan Design Committee of the State Health Benefits Program or the School Employees' Health Benefits Plan Design Committee of...
• Section 52:14-17.28 - Purchase Of Contracts; Conditions.
  4. a. The commission shall negotiate with and arrange for the purchase, on such terms as it deems to be in the best interests...
• Section 52:14-17.28b - Determination Of Obligation Of State Agencies To Pay Premium; Periodic Charges; Cost Sharing.
  6. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the obligations of the State or an independent State authority, board, commission,...
• Section 52:14-17.28c - Amount Of Contribution To Be Paid.
  39. The amount of contribution to be paid pursuant to the provisions of sections 40, 41, and 42 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28d, C.18A:16-17.1, and...
• Section 52:14-17.28d - Contribution Toward Cost Of Health Care Benefits.
  40. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, public employees of the State and employers other than the State shall...
• Section 52:14-17.28e - Negotiations Concerning Contributions For Health Care Benefits.
  77.A public employer and employees who are in negotiations for the next collective negotiations agreement to be executed after the employees in that unit...
• Section 52:14-17.29 - State Health Benefits Program, Coverages, Options.
  5. (A) The contract or contracts purchased by the commission pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.28) shall provide separate...
• Section 52:14-17.29a - Employee Drug Prescription Program; Extension To Retirees Under State Police Retirement System
  The State Health Benefits Commission shall undertake by an amendatory or supplementary contract to extend the coverage of the employee drug prescription program, authorized...
• Section 52:14-17.29b - Provision Of Inpatient Care Following Mastectomy
  1. The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act...
• Section 52:14-17.29c - Coverage For Treatment Of Inherited Metabolic Diseases By State Health Benefits Program.
  9.The State Health Benefits Commission shall provide benefits to each person covered under the State Health Benefits Program for the therapeutic treatment of inherited...
• Section 52:14-17.29d - Definitions Relative To Biologically-based Mental Illness.
  1.As used in this act: "Biologically-based mental illness" means a mental or nervous condition that is caused by a biological disorder of the brain...
• Section 52:14-17.29e - Biologically-based Mental Illness Terms, Conditions, In Health Benefits Contracts.
  2.a. The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act...
• Section 52:14-17.29f - Pap Smear Benefits In State Health Benefits Contracts
  6.The State Health Benefits Commission shall provide benefits to each person covered under the State Health Benefits Program for expenses incurred in conducting a...
• Section 52:14-17.29g - Notice To Enrollees In State Health Benefits Program Managed Care Plans If Primary Care Physician Is Terminated From Plan.
  1. a. The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of P.L.2001,...
• Section 52:14-17.29h - State Health Benefits Commission Contracts To Cover Certain Out-of-network Services.
  11.The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased or renewed by the commission on or after the effective date of P.L.2001,...
• Section 52:14-17.29i - State Health Benefits Program, Coverage For Mammograms.
  9. a. The State Health Benefits Commission shall provide benefits to each person covered under the State Health Benefits Program for expenses incurred in...
• Section 52:14-17.29j - State Health Benefits Program, Coverage For Prescription Female Contraceptives.
  10. The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act...
• Section 52:14-17.29k - Coverage For Certain Dependents Until Age 31 By Insurers Covered By Shbp.
  7. a. As used in this section, "dependent" means a covered person's child by blood or by law who: (1)is 30 years of age...
• Section 52:14-17.29l - Disease And Chronic Care Management Plan.
  31.The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1...
• Section 52:14-17.29m - State Health Benefits Plan To Provide Benefits For Orthotic And Prosthetic Appliances.
  9.The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act that...
• Section 52:14-17.29n - State Health Benefits Commission To Provide Coverage For Hearing Aids For Certain Persons Aged 15 Or Younger.
  10.The State Health Benefits Commission shall, on or after the effective date of this act, provide benefits for medically necessary expenses incurred in the...
• Section 52:14-17.29o - Shbc To Provide For Installment Payments To Obstetrical Provider For Maternity Services.
  9. a. Within 30 days of the effective date of this act, the State Health Benefits Commission shall provide, in every health benefits plan...
• Section 52:14-17.29p - Shbp Contracts To Provide Benefits For Treatment Of Autism Or Other Developmental Disability.
  9.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on...
• Section 52:14-17.29r - Shbc To Provide Coverage For Oral Anticancer Medications.
  9. a. The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased on or after the effective date of this act that provides...
• Section 52:14-17.29s - Shbc To Provide Coverage For Prescription Eye Drops.
  9.The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act that...
• Section 52:14-17.29t - State Health Benefits Program, Coverage For Synchronization Of Prescribed Medications.
  9.The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract under the State Health Benefits Program purchased on or after the effective date of...
• Section 52:14-17.30 - State Payment Of Premium
  6. (A) For each active covered State employee and for the eligible dependents the employee may have enrolled at the employee's option the State,...
• Section 52:14-17.31 - Effective Date Of Coverage; Rules, Regulations; Information Provided To Division.
  7.The coverage provided solely for employees shall, subject to the provisions below, automatically become effective for all eligible employees from the first day on...
• Section 52:14-17.31a - Employee Permitted To Waive Benefits Coverage Under Shbp.
  36. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, an employer other than the State which participates in the State Health...
• Section 52:14-17.32 - Health Care Benefits For Retirees.
  8. a. The health care benefits coverage of any employee, and the employee's dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of the term...
• Section 52:14-17.32a1 - Funding Of Health Care Benefits For Retired State Employees Under C.52:14-17.25 et Seq.
  48.Effective July 1, 2007, health care benefits for retired State employees and their dependents for which the State is required to pay the premiums...
• Section 52:14-17.32b - Cessation Of Active Full-time Employment; Payment Of Premiums
  The cessation of active full-time employment shall be deemed to occur on the last day of the coverage period for which premiums have been...
• Section 52:14-17.32c - Coverage For Employee Paid On 10-month Basis Pursuant To Annual Contract
  For purposes of State and local employer coverage, an employee paid on a 10-month basis, pursuant to an annual contract, and who terminates his...
• Section 52:14-17.32d - Leave Of Absence For Illness Without Pay; Continuance Of Coverage; Payment Of Premium
  Notwithstanding any other regulation or statutory authority pertaining to the continuation of coverage for those on an approved leave of absence, the coverage of...
• Section 52:14-17.32e - Termination Of Coverage; Continuance Upon Payment Of Premium By Employee
  The coverage of an eligible State employee and of his dependents, if any, during any period of authorized leave of absence without pay shall...
• Section 52:14-17.32f - Retired Teachers' Eligibility, Limitation.
  3.A qualified retiree from the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (N.J.S.18A:66-1 et seq.) and dependents of a qualified retiree, but not including survivors, are...
• Section 52:14-17.32f1 - Applicability Of C.52:14-17.32f.
  2.The provisions of section 3 of P.L.1987, c.384 (C.52:14-17.32f) shall apply to: a.any employee of a board of education who retires on a benefit...
• Section 52:14-17.32f2 - Applicability Of C.52:14-17.32f; Coverage.
  1.The provisions of section 3 of P.L.1987, c.384 (C.52:14-17.32f) shall apply to any employee of a board of education who is a member of...
• Section 52:14-17.32g - Benefits Program Continued.
  1.Notwithstanding any other provisions of P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.) to the contrary, the health care benefits of any employee of an employer with...
• Section 52:14-17.32h - Enrollment In State Health Benefits Program By Former Employee Of Local Board Of Education
  4. On or after July 1, 1993, a former employee of a local board of education who: a. retires from employment with the board,...
• Section 52:14-17.32i - Health Benefits, Certain; Law Enforcement Retirants, Certain
  1. a. A qualified retiree from the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), hereinafter referred to as PFRS, the...
• Section 52:14-17.32j - Eligibility For Benefits
  2.A qualified retiree shall be eligible for the benefits provided by P.L.1997, c.330 (C.52:14-17.32i et al.) at the time of retirement, or at the...
• Section 52:14-17.32k - Existing Retiree Health Care Benefits Remain Intact
  3.No provision of this act shall be deemed to replace, supersede or modify retiree health care benefits provided by an employer by negotiated agreement,...
• Section 52:14-17.32l - Enrollment Of Certain Retirees In Shbp.
  15.After the effective date of P.L.2003, c.128, a former employee of a county, county college or municipality who: a.retires from employment with the county,...
• Section 52:14-17.32m - Enrollment Of Certain Pfrs Retirees In Shbp.
  13.After the effective date of P.L.2003, c.130, a former employee of an employer participating in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1...
• Section 52:14-17.32n - National Guard On State Active Duty, Certain; Shbp Coverage.
  1. a. A qualified member of the organized militia, as defined in N.J.S.38A:1-1, and the member's dependents, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1961,...
• Section 52:14-17.33 - Annual Appropriations; Limitation Upon Obligation Of State; Remission Of Premiums
  The Legislature shall annually make appropriations to cover the expense of procuring the benefits contracts and for the other purposes of this act. No...
• Section 52:14-17.33a - Participation In Shbp For Certain Part-time Faculty, Adjuncts.
  1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.) to the contrary, a part-time State employee, or a part-time faculty member, including...
• Section 52:14-17.34 - Extension Of New Jersey State Health Benefits Program, Certain.
  3.In order that the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program Act may be extended to include other public employees, participation by counties, municipalities, public...
• Section 52:14-17.34a - "Independent State Authority."
  43.As used in this section, "independent State authority" means a public authority, board, commission, corporation, or other agency or instrumentality of the State allocated,...
• Section 52:14-17.35 - Definitions.
  4.As used in this act and in the act to which this act is a supplement: (a)The term "employer" means a county, municipality, public...
• Section 52:14-17.36 - Participation In Health Benefits Program; Rules, Regulations.
  5. a. The commission established by section 3 of chapter 49 of the laws of 1961, is hereby authorized to prescribe rules and regulations...
• Section 52:14-17.36a - Certain Majority Representative Of State Employees, Participation In Shbp Permitted.
  1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, an affiliate of a majority representative...
• Section 52:14-17.36b - Limitation On Participation Of Private Sector Employees.
  2.Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of section 1 of this act, P.L.2005, c.135 (C.52:14-17.36a), the total number of private sector employees who participate...
• Section 52:14-17.36c - Determination Letter Confirming Status Of Shbp.
  3. a. On the effective date of this act,P.L.2005, c.135 (C.52:14-17.36a et seq.), the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the...
• Section 52:14-17.37 - Election To Participate, Plan Availability.
  6. a. Any employer eligible for participation in the program may elect such participation by the adoption of a resolution by its governing body,...
• Section 52:14-17.37a - Claims Experience Information Provided By Shbp.
  1.The State Health Benefits Program shall provide at no cost to the requestor, and not more than once in a 24-month period, complete claims...
• Section 52:14-17.38 - Certification Of Premium Rates, Charges; Medicare Premiums; Employer Obligations.
  7. a. The Division of Pensions and Benefits shall certify to the certifying agent of each employer electing participation under the program the premium...
• Section 52:14-17.38a - Continuation Of Coverage
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the employer of a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey who retires...
• Section 52:14-17.38b - Participation In State Health Benefits Program By Local Board Of Education, Limitation.
  5.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any local board of education may elect to participate in the...
• Section 52:14-17.38c - Company Surcharge Payable To State Health Benefits Program.
  3.With respect to any policy or contract between a local board of education and an insurance company writing insurance pursuant to Title 17B of...
• Section 52:14-17.39 - Establishment Of Rates
  The rates charged for any contract purchased under the authority of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program Act shall be established in accordance...
• Section 52:14-17.40 - Coverage, Withholding Of Employee Contribution, Payment Of Remainder.
  9.An employee enrolling for coverage shall, at the time of enrollment, authorize the participating employer to withhold, on an advance basis, from his wages...
• Section 52:14-17.41 - Dependents Premium Fund; Establishment; Use
  There is hereby established a dependents premium fund consisting of all remittances received by the State treasury from participating employers in connection with dependents...
• Section 52:14-17.42 - Employer Health Benefits Fund; Establishment; Use
  There is hereby established an employer health benefits fund consisting of all contributions to premiums and periodic charges remitted to the State treasury by...
• Section 52:14-17.43 - Duties Of Certifying Agent Of Participating Employer
  The certifying agent of each participating employer shall submit to the Division of Pensions such information and shall cause to be performed in respect...
• Section 52:14-17.44 - Payment Of Administrative Expenses
  Each participating employer and the State shall be required to pay its proportionate share of the expenses of administration of the program in such...
• Section 52:14-17.45 - Apportionment Of Dividend Or Retrospective Rate Credit
  In addition to the requirements of subsection (B) of section 6 of chapter 49 of the laws of 1961, for apportionment of any dividend...
• Section 52:14-17.46a - Funding Of Health Care Benefits For Retirees From Certain Educational Employment.
  49.Effective July 1, 2007, health care benefits for qualified retirees and their dependents as provided by section 3 of P.L.1987, c.384 (C.52:14-17.32f), section 2...
• Section 52:14-17.46.1 - Short Title.
  31.Sections 31 through 41 of P.L.2007, c.103 (C.52:14-17.46.1 through C.52:14-17.46.11) shall be known and may be cited as the "School Employees' Health Benefits Program...
• Section 52:14-17.46.2 - Definitions Relative To School Employees' Health Benefits Program.
  32.As used in the School Employees' Health Benefits Program Act, sections 31 through 41 of P.L.2007, c.103 (C.52:14-17.46.1 through C.52:14-17.46.11): a.The term "State" means...
• Section 52:14-17.46.3 - School Employees' Health Benefits Commission, School Employees' Health Benefits Plan Design Committee.
  33. a. There is hereby created a School Employees' Health Benefits Commission, consisting of nine members: (1)the State Treasurer and the Commissioner of the...
• Section 52:14-17.46.4 - Administration Of School Employees' Health Benefits Program.
  34.The School Employees' Health Benefits Program, authorized by sections 31 through 41 of P.L.2007, c.103 (C.52:14-17.46.1 through C.52:14-17.46.11), shall be administered in the Department...
• Section 52:14-17.46.5 - Purchase Of Contracts Providing Benefits.
  35. a. The commission shall negotiate with and arrange for the purchase, on such terms as it deems in the best interests of the...
• Section 52:14-17.46.6 - Benefits Required For Coverage Under Contract; Terms Defined.
  36. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the commission shall not enter into a contract under the School Employees'...
• Section 52:14-17.46.6a - School Employees' Health Benefits Commission To Provide For Installment Payments To Obstetrical Provider For Maternity Services.
  10.Within 30 days of the effective date of this act, the School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall provide, in every health benefits plan that...
• Section 52:14-17.46.6b - School Employees' Health Benefits Program To Provide Benefits For Treatment Of Autism Or Other Developmental Disability.
  10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the...
• Section 52:14-17.46.6c - School Employees' Health Benefits Commission To Provide Coverage For Oral Anticancer Medications.
  10. a. The School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased on or after the effective date of this act that...
• Section 52:14-17.46.6d - School Employees' Health Benefits Commission To Provide Coverage For Prescription Eye Drops.
  10.The School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act...
• Section 52:14-17.46.6e - School Employees' Health Benefits Commission, Coverage For Synchronization Of Prescribed Medications.
  10.The School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract under the School Employees' Health Benefits Program purchased on or after the effective...
• Section 52:14-17.46.7 - Offer Of Managed Care Plan, Terms.
  37.Beginning with the initial year of the School Employees' Health Benefits Program, the commission shall offer to participating employers and to qualified employees, retirees...
• Section 52:14-17.46.8 - Participation In School Retiree Prescription Drug Plan, Terms.
  38. a. Retirees and eligible dependents who participate in the School Employees' Health Benefits Program shall be eligible to participate in the School Retiree...
• Section 52:14-17.46.9 - Obligations Of Employer For Charges For Benefits; School Employee Health Benefits Program Fund.
  39. a. For each active covered employee and for the eligible dependents the employee may have enrolled at the employee's option, from funds appropriated...
• Section 52:14-17.46.10 - Annual Report, Audit To Governor, Legislature.
  40. a. The School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall publish annually, at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the open enrollment period...
• Section 52:14-17.46.11 - Applicability Of State Health Benefits Program Act.
  41.All provisions of P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.) applicable to the State Health Benefits Program shall, except as expressly stated in the School Employees'...
• Section 52:14-17.50 - Management, Consulting Contracts; Purpose
  The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury with the approval of the President of the Senate...
• Section 52:14-18 - Annual Reports Of State Departments, Boards And Officers; Time For Making; Penalty.
  52:14-18. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, all boards, commissions, institutions, departments, state officers and other persons required by law to present an...
• Section 52:14-18.1 - Time For Making Annual Reports
  Any department, board, commission and agency of the State Government required to make an annual report to the Governor or the Governor and the...
• Section 52:14-19 - Reports Other Than Annual Reports; Time For Making.
  52:14-19. Reports other than annual reports; time for making. All boards, commissions and officers of the State required by law, joint resolution, or otherwise...
• Section 52:14-19.1 - Submission Of Reports To The Legislature.
  2.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all boards, commissions, institutions, departments, agencies, State officers and employees and other persons required by law to...
• Section 52:14-20 - Editing And Printing Of Official Reports; Duties Of State Librarian; Approval Of Governor
  The state librarian, subject to the approval of the governor, shall critically examine, edit and prepare appropriate indexes of all official reports presented by...
• Section 52:14-20.1 - Reports, Publications Made Available, Notice.
  1.All reports and publications produced by the State, or any agency of the State, that are to be submitted to the Governor or the...
• Section 52:14-23 - Filing Of Reports
  All official reports required to be filed and not specified to be filed elsewhere shall be filed with the secretary of state.
• Section 52:14-24 - Distribution Of Official Reports.
  52:14-24. The custodian of the State House shall, under the direction and control of the State House Commission, cause to be made available on...
• Section 52:14-25.1 - Annual Or Special Reports, Publications; Copies Filed In State Library.
  52:14-25.1. All State officers, departments, commissions, committees, or agencies issuing annual reports or special reports required by law to be submitted to the Governor...
• Section 52:14-25.3 - Court Decisions, Pamphlet Laws, Etc., Excepted
  The requirements of sections 52:14-25.1 and 52:14-25.2 of this title are not intended to apply to the decisions of the courts, to the pamphlet...
• Section 52:14-26 - Establishing Fund
  Any board or institution of the state, receiving from the state for its maintenance an annual appropriation of state funds, may, for the purpose...
• Section 52:14-27 - Amount Of Fund
  The state treasurer, upon the warrant of the state comptroller, may, for the purpose aforesaid, pay to the treasurer of such board or institution...
• Section 52:14-28 - Monthly Account Of Disbursement Of Fund
  The treasurer of the board or institution, or the official acting as such, shall include in the monthly schedule of expenses as provided by...
• Section 52:14-29 - Annual Repayment Of Fund
  On the twentieth of June of each year the treasurer of such board or institution shall pay to the state treasurer the full amount...
• Section 52:14-30 - Comptroller To Decide Question Respecting Fund
  Any question arising with reference to the amount to be allowed each institution or board, the expenditure thereof, the accounting therefor, and the repayment...
• Section 52:14-31 - Federal And State Bonds; Bonds Or Notes Secured By Property Within State; Limitations
  All boards, commissions and heads of departments of the State Government may invest moneys or funds in their possession in the following securities: a....
• Section 52:14-32 - Notes And Bonds Of Certain Municipalities; "Local Government Board" Defined; Powers Conferred As Additional
  All boards, commissions, officers of the State and heads of departments of the State Government authorized to invest moneys or funds may invest moneys...
• Section 52:14-33 - Acceptance Of Preferred Bank Stock To Extent Of Money On Deposit; Exercise Of Rights Incidental To Ownership
  Any officer, commission or board of this State, having money of the State or of such board or commission on deposit in any national...
• Section 52:14-34 - Filing And Preservation Of Records, Accounts And Papers Of Departments
  All state departments, institutions, boards, commissions and officials shall file all vouchers, bills, checks, minutes and all other papers and books relating to the...
• Section 52:14-34.1 - Participation In Grants Of Federal Funds; Notice
  Whenever a State agency makes application, enters into a contract or agreement or submits State plans for participation in and for grants of Federal...
• Section 52:14-34.2 - Notice Of Amendment Of Application, Contract, Agreement Or State Plan
  Whenever any such application, contract, agreement or State plan is amended, such agency shall notify each such officer of such action in a manner...
• Section 52:14-34.3 - Progress Report; Final Report
  Such agency shall furnish to each such officer a progress report in relation to each such application, contract, agreement or State plan at least...
• Section 52:14-34.4 - Notice Of Fund Availability
  In addition to all other notification requirements imposed by law, each State department, agency and commission which awards federal or State grant funds shall...
• Section 52:14-34.5 - Publication Of Notice
  A State department, agency or commission using a publication other than the New Jersey Register for the purposes of this act shall publish in...
• Section 52:14-34.6 - Rules, Regulations
  The Director of the Office of Administrative Law may promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C....
• Section 52:14-34.7 - State License, Permit Establishments, Administrators, Duties
  40. The manager or other chief administrative officer of any office or commercial establishment where State licenses or permits, other than licenses or permits...
• Section 52:14-35 - Sale Of Certain Port Of New York Authority Bonds Authorized; Proceeds For Emergency Relief Purposes
  The governor, treasurer and comptroller constituting the sinking fund commission are hereby authorized to make private sale at not less than par and accrued...
• Section 52:14-35.1 - Resolutions Of State House Commission And Political Subdivisions' Governing Bodies In Connection With Rationing Authorized
  Whenever any Federal or State law or any rule or regulation made thereunder requires or permits the operation of a ration bank account or...
• Section 52:14-36 - Account Authorized
  The Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to set up an account in the General State Fund entitled "post-war reserve account."...
• Section 52:14-37 - Transfers To Account
  At the end of each fiscal year the Comptroller of the Treasury shall advise the Governor as to which sums might be transferred to...
• Section 52:14-38 - Investments
  The Governor, Comptroller of the Treasury and State Treasurer are hereby authorized and empowered to invest and to liquidate the sums credited to the...
• Section 52:14-39 - Interest
  All interest earned on said investments shall be credited to and become a part of the post-war reserve fund. L.1944, c. 218, p. 758,...
• Section 52:14a-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Executive Succession Act." L.1963, c. 117, s. 1, eff. June 28,
• Section 52:14a-2 - Declaration Of Policy
  Because of the existing possibility of attack upon the United States of unprecedented size and destructiveness, and in order, in the event of such...
• Section 52:14a-3 - Definitions
  Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, as used in this act: (a) "Attack" means any attack or series of actions by an enemy...
• Section 52:14a-4 - Additional Successors To Office Of Governor
  In the event that the Governor, for any reason, is not able to exercise and discharge the functions, powers and duties of his office,...
• Section 52:14a-5 - Emergency Interim Successors For State Officers
  All State officers, subject to such regulations as the Governor may issue, shall in addition to any deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise...
• Section 52:14a-6 - Formalities Of Taking Office
  At the time of their designation, emergency interim successors shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and...
• Section 52:14a-7 - Period In Which Authority May Be Exercised
  Officials and other persons authorized to act as Governor pursuant to this act and emergency interim successors are empowered to exercise the powers and...
• Section 52:14a-8 - Removal Of Designees
  Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office...
• Section 52:14a-9 - Disputes
  Any dispute, after an attack, arising under this act with respect to an office in the Executive Branch of the State Government (except a...
• Section 52:14a-10 - Separability Clause
  If a part of this act is invalid, all valid parts that are separable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part...
• Section 52:14b-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative Procedure Act." L.1968, c. 410, s. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1969.
• Section 52:14b-2 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act: "Administrative adjudication" or "adjudication" includes any and every final determination, decision, or order made or rendered in any contested...
• Section 52:14b-3 - Additional Requirements For Rule-making.
  3.In addition to other rule-making requirements imposed by law, each agency shall: (1)adopt as a rule a description of its organization, stating the general...
• Section 52:14b-3a - Regulations Relative To State Agency Rule-making; "Regulatory Guidance Document" Defined.
  1. a. A State agency shall follow the administrative rule-making requirements set forth in the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and...
• Section 52:14b-3.1 - Findings, Declarations
  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Under the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) all interested persons...
• Section 52:14b-3.2 - Definitions
  2. As used in this act: "Permit decision" means a decision by a State agency to grant, deny, modify, suspend or revoke any agency...
• Section 52:14b-3.3 - Appeal Of Permit Decision By Third Party
  3. a. Except as otherwise required by federal law or by a statute that specifically allows a third party to appeal a permit decision,...
• Section 52:14b-4 - Adoption, Amendment, Repeal Of Rules.
  4. (a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, except as may be otherwise provided, the agency shall: (1)Give at least...
• Section 52:14b-4.1 - Rules, Submission To Legislature; Referral To Committee
  1.Every rule hereafter proposed by a State agency shall be submitted by the Office of Administrative Law to the Senate and General Assembly within...
• Section 52:14b-4.1a - Compliance With Interagency Rules Required; Oal Review For Clarity
  9. a. The director is authorized to refuse to accept from an agency a notice of proposal or notice of adoption which adopts, readopts...
• Section 52:14b-4.1b - Housing Affordability Impact Analysis.
  31. a. In proposing a rule for adoption, the agency involved shall issue a housing affordability impact analysis regarding the rule, which shall be...
• Section 52:14b-4.3 - Concurrent Resolution Of Legislature To Invalidate Rules In Whole Or In Part
  3.If, pursuant to Article V, section 4, paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Senate and General Assembly adopt a concurrent resolution invalidating...
• Section 52:14b-4.8 - Votes On Concurrent Resolutions; Recordation
  A vote by the Senate or General Assembly on a concurrent resolution on any action authorized by this act shall be a recorded vote....
• Section 52:14b-4.9 - Proposed Rule Which Revises, Rescinds Or Replaces Proposed, Existing Or Suspended Rule As New Rule
  Any rule proposed by a State agency which revises, rescinds or replaces either (1) any proposed or existing rule or (2) any rule which...
• Section 52:14b-4.10 - Changes To Agency Rule, Certain, Upon Adoption.
  1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), or rule adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary,...
• Section 52:14b-5 - Filing Of Rules; Concurrent Resolution Of The Legislature; Effect Of Publication
  5. (a) Each agency shall file with the Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Law a certified copy of...
• Section 52:14b-5.1 - Expiration Of Rules; Continuation.
  10. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.45) b.Every rule adopted on or after the effective date of P.L.2001, c.5 (C.52:14B-4.1a et al.) shall expire...
• Section 52:14b-7 - New Jersey Administrative Code; New Jersey Register; Publication
  7. (a) The director shall compile, index, and publish a publication to be known as the "New Jersey Administrative Code," containing all effective rules...
• Section 52:14b-8 - Declaratory Rulings
  Subject to the provisions of section 4(b) and 4(e) of chapter 20, laws of 1944, as amended and supplemented (C. 52:17A-4b and 4e), an...
• Section 52:14b-9 - Notice And Hearing In Contested Cases.
  9. (a) In a contested case, all parties shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice. (b)The notice shall include in addition...
• Section 52:14b-9.1 - Process For Consideration And Settlement Of Contested Case.
  4.Each State agency shall develop and implement a process for the consideration and settlement of a contested case. The process shall be set forth...
• Section 52:14b-10 - Evidence; Judicial Notice; Recommended Report And Decision; Final Decision; Effective Date.
  10.In a contested case: (a) (1) The parties shall not be bound by rules of evidence whether statutory, common law, or adopted formally by...
• Section 52:14b-11 - Revocation, Refusal To Renew License, Hearing Required; Exceptions
  11. No agency shall revoke or refuse to renew any license unless it has first afforded the licensee an opportunity for hearing in conformity...
• Section 52:14b-12 - Administrative Review
  Whenever under statute or agency rule there is a mode of administrative review within an agency, such review shall remain unimpaired and any judicial...
• Section 52:14b-13 - Effect Of Act On Prior Proceedings
  Nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect any agency proceeding initiated prior to the effective date hereof. L.1968, c. 410, s. 13.
• Section 52:14b-14 - Severability
  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other...
• Section 52:14b-15 - General Repealer
  All acts and parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed;...
• Section 52:14b-16 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act." L. 1986, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Dec....
• Section 52:14b-17 - "Small Business" Defined
  As used in this act, "small business" means any business which is resident in this State, independently owned and operated and not dominant in...
• Section 52:14b-18 - Approaches
  In developing and proposing a rule for adoption, the agency involved shall utilize approaches which will accomplish the objectives of applicable statutes while minimizing...
• Section 52:14b-19 - Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
  In proposing a rule for adoption, the agency involved shall issue a regulatory flexibility analysis regarding the rule, which shall be included in the...
• Section 52:14b-20 - Considered One Rule
  In order to avoid duplicative action, an agency may consider a series of closely related rules as one rule for the purposes of complying...
• Section 52:14b-21 - Description Of Effects Of Rule
  In complying with the provisions of section 4 of this act, an agency may provide either a quantifiable or numerical description of the effects...
• Section 52:14b-21.1 - Definitions Relative To Creation Of Uniform Application Form.
  1.As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of State. "Financial assistance program" or "program" means any program offered by a State agency...
• Section 52:14b-21.2 - Establishment, Maintenance Of Program.
  2.The department shall, in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, establish and maintain a program to assist small businesses in identifying financial...
• Section 52:14b-21.3 - Rules, Regulations.
  3.The department may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this...
• Section 52:14b-22 - State Policy To Reduce Confusion, Costs In Complying With State Regulations
  1. It is the declared policy of the State to reduce, wherever practicable, confusion and costs involved in complying with State regulations. Confusion and...
• Section 52:14b-23 - Administrative Agency Standards, Statement Relative To Federal Requirements
  2. On or after the effective date of this act, each administrative agency that adopts, readopts or amends any rule or regulation described in...
• Section 52:14b-24 - Applicability Of Act Relative To Federal Requirements
  3. This act shall apply to any rule or regulation that is adopted, readopted or amended under the authority of or in order to...
• Section 52:14b-25 - Definitions Relative To Certain Mandate Requirements, Procedures For Small Municipalities.
  13. a. For the purposes of this section: "State mandate" means a program, service or activity that is to be performed or implemented by...
• Section 52:14b-26 - Definitions Relative To State And Local Agency Business Permits.
  1.As used in this act: "Local agency" means any department of a political subdivision of this State, or any division, office, agency, or bureau...
• Section 52:14b-27 - Periodic Review Of Permits.
  2. a. Consistent with the requirements of applicable statutes, the head of each State agency shall periodically conduct a comprehensive written review of all...
• Section 52:14b-28 - System Of Review Of Business Permits Issued.
  3.The Secretary of State or other State officer or employee as the Governor may designate to manage this program within the Department of State...
• Section 52:14b-29 - Designation Of Contact Person.
  4.Concerning any large, complex project having a significant potential employment or investment impact, the Secretary of State or other State officer or employee designated...
• Section 52:14b-30 - Report To Governor, Legislature.
  5. a. The Secretary of State, or other State officer or employee designated by the Governor pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2011, c.34 (C.52:14B-28),...
• Section 52:14b-31 - Information Required To Be Posted On State Agency Website.
  2. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, each State agency shall post, in a visible and publicly-accessible location on the...
• Section 52:14c-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as the "Executive Reorganization Act of 1969." L.1969, c. 203, s. 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1970.
• Section 52:14c-2 - Determinations By Governor; Legislative Declaration
  (a) The Governor shall from time to time examine the organization of all agencies and shall determine what changes therein are necessary to accomplish...
• Section 52:14c-3 - Definitions
  For the purpose of this act: (a) "Agency" means-- (1) Any division, bureau, board, commission, agency, office, authority or institution of the executive branch...
• Section 52:14c-4 - Findings By Governor; Preparation Of Reorganization Plan; Delivery To Legislature; Filing With Secretary Of State
  (a) When the Governor, after investigation, finds that-- (1) The transfer of the whole or a part of an agency, or of the whole...
• Section 52:14c-5 - Reorganization Plan Provisions
  A reorganization plan transmitted by the Governor under section 4 of this act-- (a) May change, in such cases as the Governor considers necessary,...
• Section 52:14c-6 - Reorganization Plan Provisions Prohibited
  (a) A reorganization plan may not provide for, and a reorganization under this act may not have the effect of-- (1) Creating a new...
• Section 52:14c-7 - Effective Date Of Reorganization Plan
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a reorganization plan shall take effect at the end of a...
• Section 52:14c-8 - Effect Of Act On Rights Acquired Under Civil Service, Pension Law Or Retirement System
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by...
• Section 52:14c-9 - Effect Of Act On Prior Orders, Rules And Regulations
  This act shall not affect any order, rule or regulation made or promulgated prior to the effective date of a reorganization plan by any...
• Section 52:14c-10 - Effect Of Act On Actions Or Proceedings
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, commission, council, board, authority, officer or other...
• Section 52:14c-11 - Inconsistent Acts
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act and with a reorganization plan adopted hereunder, are, to...
• Section 52:14d-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as the "State Agency Transfer Act." L.1971, c. 375, s. 1, eff. Dec. 30, 1971.
• Section 52:14d-2 - Definitions
  As used in this act: "Agency" means and includes any department, division, bureau, board, commission, agency, office, authority or institution of the executive branch...
• Section 52:14d-3 - Application Of Act To Transfers Of Agencies
  Whenever by law an agency of the State Government is transferred, the provisions of this act shall apply unless otherwise provided by the act...
• Section 52:14d-4 - Transfer Of Appropriations, Grants And Other Moneys
  All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to the agency, are transferred to the agency to which the functions, powers...
• Section 52:14d-5 - Transfer Of Employees
  The employees of the agency are transferred to the agency to which such functions, powers and duties are transferred. The transfer of employees shall...
• Section 52:14d-6 - Effect Of Transfer On Orders, Rules Or Regulations
  The transfer shall not affect any order, rule or regulation made or promulgated by the agency prior to the effective date of the transfer;...
• Section 52:14d-7 - Effect On Actions Or Proceedings By Or Against Agency; Effect On Order, Recommendation Or Proceeding Of Agency
  The transfer shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the agency; nor shall the transfer affect any order...
• Section 52:14d-8 - Files, Books, Etc.; Transfer To New Agency
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of the agency are transferred to the agency to which such transfer is made. L.1971,...
• Section 52:14e-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Services Act of 1972." L.1972, c. 133, s. 1, eff. Aug. 17,
• Section 52:14e-2 - Legislative Findings
  Whereas , The existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of emergencies or disasters resulting from flood, fire, hurricane, civil disorder or other catastrophe...
• Section 52:14e-3 - Definitions
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this act, except...
• Section 52:14e-4 - Governor's Advisory Council For Emergency Services.
  4.There is hereby created a Governor's Advisory Council for Emergency Services, which shall consist of the Attorney General, who shall be the presiding officer;...
• Section 52:14e-5 - Emergency Services Fund; Creation
  There is hereby created a fund to be known as the Emergency Services Fund which shall consist of such sums as the Legislature may,...
• Section 52:14e-6 - Administration; Deposit Of Funds; Investment
  The fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer. All moneys appropriated for, earned by or otherwise made available to the fund shall be...
• Section 52:14e-7 - Council; Meetings; Vote Necessary For Validity Of Acts
  The council shall meet at such times as may be necessary to fulfill the requirements set forth in this act, except that the Governor...
• Section 52:14e-8 - Council's Powers, Duties.
  8.The council shall be authorized to perform the following functions and exercise the following powers: a.Review, evaluate and recommend to the Legislature any necessary...
• Section 52:14e-9 - Payments From Fund
  Payments out of the fund shall be made by the State Treasurer, upon certification by the council and warrant of the Director of the...
• Section 52:14e-10 - Additional And Supplemental Provisions
  The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be additional and supplemental to any existing authority to provide emergency relief and shall not...
• Section 52:14e-11 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fire Service Resource Emergency Deployment Act." L.2003,c.28,s.1.
• Section 52:14e-12 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Coordination Of Fire Service Resources In Emergencies.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that, in the interest of public safety, it is appropriate to establish a mechanism for the coordination of fire...
• Section 52:14e-13 - Definitions Relative To Coordination Of Fire Service Resources In Emergencies.
  3.As used in this act: "County fire coordinator" means the individual appointed by the State fire coordinator pursuant to subsection a. of section 5...
• Section 52:14e-14 - Preparation, Adoption Of Local Fire Mutual Aid Plans.
  4.Each municipality or fire district, as the case may be, in this State shall prepare and adopt a local fire mutual aid plan. The...
• Section 52:14e-15 - Appointment, Duties Of County Fire Coordinator, Deputies; County Fire Mutual Aid Plans.
  5. a. The State fire coordinator shall appoint a county fire coordinator in each county, pursuant to the provisions of this section, and the...
• Section 52:14e-16 - Procedure During Emergency Incident, Local, County.
  6. a. In the event of an emergency incident, the incident commander shall determine whether additional fire service resources are required and, if so,...
• Section 52:14e-17 - Powers Of State Fire Coordinator.
  7.The State fire coordinator shall have all powers necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of this act including, without limitation, power: a.To enforce...
• Section 52:14e-18 - Procedure For Coordinating Fire Service Resources.
  8. a. Whenever a county fire coordinator determines that fire service resources are needed from other counties due to an emergency incident or a...
• Section 52:14e-19 - Provision Of Information.
  9.The State fire coordinator may require any unit of the fire service periodically to provide information on the status, condition and readiness of any...
• Section 52:14e-20 - Rules, Regulations.
  10.The Director of the Division of Fire Safety may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.)...
• Section 52:14e-21 - Enforcement Of Order Of Deployment.
  11.Any State or local law enforcement agency or officer may enforce an order of deployment issued by the State fire coordinator pursuant to this...
• Section 52:14e-22 - Violations, Penalties.
  12.Any person who knowingly and willfully violates, causes to violate, hinders, or otherwise interferes with an order of the State fire coordinator issued pursuant...
• Section 52:14f-1 - Establishment; Allocation Within Department Of State; Office Defined
  There is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the State Government the Office of Administrative Law. For the purpose of complying with the...
• Section 52:14f-2 - Transfer Of Functions, Powers And Duties Of Division Of Administrative Procedure To Office Of Administrative Law
  All the functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Division of Administrative Procedure in the Department of State pursuant to the Administrative Procedure...
• Section 52:14f-3 - Director.
  3.The head of the office shall be the director who shall be an attorney-at-law of this State for a minimum of five years. The...
• Section 52:14f-4 - Administrative Law Judges; Appointment, Terms; Compensation; Recall.
  4.Permanent administrative law judges shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to initial terms of one year....
• Section 52:14f-4.1 - Inapplicability Of Mandatory Retirement For Administrative Law Judges, Certain.
  17.The mandatory retirement provisions implemented pursuant to this act, P.L.1999, c.380 (C.52:14-15.115 et al.), shall be inapplicable for three years after the effective date...
• Section 52:14f-4.2 - Certain Administrative Law Judges Permitted To Work Beyond Age 70.
  19.Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, P.L.1999, c.380 (C.52:14-15.115 et al.), to the contrary, any judge of the Office of Administrative Law who is...
• Section 52:14f-5 - Powers, Duties Of Director And Chief Administrative Law Judge.
  5.The Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Law shall: a.Administer and cause the work of the office to be...
• Section 52:14f-6 - Administrative Law Judges, Assignment; Special Appointment
  6. a. Administrative law judges shall be assigned by the director from the office to an agency to preside over contested cases in accordance...
• Section 52:14f-7 - Construction Of Act
  9. a. Nothing in this amendatory and supplementary act shall be construed to deprive the head of any agency of the authority pursuant to...
• Section 52:14f-8 - Administrative Law Jurisdictional Exclusions *Text Of Section Operative Until Dec. 31, 1987
  Unless a specific request is made by the agency, no administrative law judge shall be assigned by the director to hear contested cases with...
• Section 52:14f-9 - Applicability Of State Agency Transfer Act
  This act shall be subject to the provisions of the State Agency Transfer Act, P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1978, c. 67,...
• Section 52:14f-10 - Repeal Of Inconsistent Acts And Parts Of Act
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act are, to the extent of such...
• Section 52:14f-11 - Severability
  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other...
• Section 52:14f-12 - Environmental Unit
  1. a. The Director of the Office of Administrative Law shall, within 12 months after the effective date of this act, establish within the...
• Section 52:14f-13 - Environmental Workload Reports
  2. The director shall, within 12 months after enactment, and annually thereafter, notify the Assembly Energy and Environment Committee and the Senate Environmental Quality...
• Section 52:14f-14 - Definitions Relative To Expedited Appeals In Oal.
  11. As used in sections 12 through 18 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.52:14F-15 through C.52:14F-21): "Applicant" means any person applying for a permit pursuant to...
• Section 52:14f-15 - Expedited Appeal Of Contested Permit Action.
  12. Upon the request of the applicant and in accordance with sections 14, 15, and 16 of P.L. 2004, c.89 (C.52:14F-17, C.52:14F-18 and C.52:14F-19),...
• Section 52:14f-16 - Smart Growth Unit Established In Oal.
  13. a. There is hereby established within the Office of Administrative Law a Smart Growth Unit consisting of administrative law judges having expertise in...
• Section 52:14f-17 - Transmittal Of Administrative Record.
  14. a. Within 15 days after the receipt by the Division of Smart Growth of notice of an applicant's request for an expedited review...
• Section 52:14f-18 - Denial Of Expedited Permit, Expedited Hearing.
  15. a. If an application for a permit for a proposed project in a smart growth area is denied, the Office of Administrative Law...
• Section 52:14f-19 - Expedited Hearing On Terms Or Conditions On Permits In Smart Growth Areas.
  16. a. If an application for a permit for a proposed project in a smart growth area is approved by the Division of Smart...
• Section 52:14f-20 - Filing Fees In Smart Growth Unit.
  17. The Office of Administrative Law shall have authority to establish filing fees, payable by the applicant, necessary to administer the Smart Growth Unit,...
• Section 52:14f-21 - Oal Rules, Regulations.
  18. The Office of Administrative Law may adopt those rules and regulations that it deems necessary to carry out the requirements of P.L.2004, c.89...
• Section 52:14f-22 - Appeals Referred To Office Of Administrative Law.
  5. a. Appeals filed with the Treasurer pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2005, c.124 (C.52:18-38) shall be referred to the Office of Administrative Law...
• Section 52:14f-23 - Administrative Law Judge, Power To Hear Application For A Wage Execution.
  8. a. An Administrative Law Judge shall have the power to hear the State's application for a wage execution pursuant to subsection b. of...
• Section 52:15-1 - Salary Of Governor
  The Governor shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law. Amended by L.1962, c. 65, s. 11, eff. July 1, 1962.
• Section 52:15-2 - Oath Of Governor
  Every person who is elected governor shall, before entering upon the execution of his office, take and subscribe the following oath, to wit: "I,...
• Section 52:15-3 - Secretary To The Governor
  The Governor may appoint and commission a person to be known as the secretary to the Governor who shall hold his office during the...
• Section 52:15-4 - Oath Of Acting Governor
  Whenever the functions, powers, and duties and emoluments of the office of Governor shall devolve upon the President of the Senate, the Speaker of...
• Section 52:15-5 - Title And Signature Of Acting Governor; Continuous Service Of At Least 180 Days Confers Title Of Governor.
  52:15-5. Whenever the functions, powers, duties and emoluments of the office of Governor shall have devolved upon the President of the Senate, the Speaker...
• Section 52:15-6 - Governor May Delegate To Executive Officer Duty To Approve Plans, Contracts, Etc.; Revocation
  Wherever the approval of the governor is required by any law of this state for any plans or specifications for any building or other...
• Section 52:15-7 - Examination And Investigation Of Officer, Department, Board, Bureau Or Commission; Witnesses; Expenses; Divulging Information; Cross-examination
  The Governor is authorized at any time, either in person or by one or more persons appointed by him for the purpose, to examine...
• Section 52:15-8 - Counsel And Associate Counsels To Governor; Appointment; Duties
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: A. The Governor may appoint and commission a person to be known as counsel...
• Section 52:15a-1 - Short Title
  This act may be cited as "The Gubernatorial Transition Act." L.1969, c. 213, s. 1, eff. Nov. 5, 1969.
• Section 52:15a-2 - Legislative Declaration; Purpose Of Act
  The Legislature declares it to be the purpose of this act to promote the orderly transfer of the executive power in connection with the...
• Section 52:15a-3 - Services And Facilities Provided To Governor-elect Upon Request.
  3. (a) The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property referred to hereinafter in this act as "the director," is authorized to provide,...
• Section 52:15a-4 - Services And Facilities Provided To Former Governor Upon Request; Rights Of Employees
  The director is authorized to provide, upon request, to each former Governor, for a period not to exceed 6 months from the date of...
• Section 52:15a-5 - Appropriation Of Funds
  There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the director such funds as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act...
• Section 52:15b-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To An Office Of The Inspector General.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: the State of New Jersey expends more than $28 billion in taxpayer funds each year, and agencies at...
• Section 52:15b-5 - Establishment Of Internal Organizational Structure Of The Office.
  5. a. The Inspector General shall establish the internal organizational structure of the office in a manner appropriate to carrying out the duties and...
• Section 52:15b-6 - Cooperation With Inspector General By State Agencies.
  6.The Inspector General is authorized to call upon any department, office, division or agency of State government to provide such information, resources, or other...
• Section 52:15b-7 - Authority Of The Inspector General.
  7.The Inspector General is authorized to establish a full-time program of investigation, to receive and investigate complaints concerning alleged fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement...
• Section 52:15b-8 - Powers Of The Inspector General.
  8. a. The Inspector General shall have all the powers necessary to carry out the duties and functions and to fulfill the responsibilities described...
• Section 52:15b-9 - Cooperation, Joint Investigations.
  9.The Inspector General is authorized to cooperate and conduct joint investigations with other oversight or law enforcement authorities. The Inspector General is authorized and...
• Section 52:15b-10 - Declining To Investigate Complaint.
  10. The Inspector General may decline to investigate a complaint received when it is determined that: the complaint is trivial, frivolous, vexatious or not...
• Section 52:15b-11 - Authority To Refer Complaints.
  11. The Inspector General is authorized to refer complaints received that allege criminal conduct to the Attorney General or other appropriate prosecutorial authority. In...
• Section 52:15b-12 - Notification Of Refusal To Investigate Referred Complaints Of Criminal, Other Conduct.
  12. a. When the Inspector General refers complaints alleging criminal conduct to the Attorney General or other appropriate prosecutorial authority and the Attorney General...
• Section 52:15b-13 - Compliance With Request For Access To Government Record, Procedure.
  13. Whenever a person requests access to a government record that the Inspector General, during the course of an investigation, obtained from another public...
• Section 52:15b-14 - Meetings With Public Officers, Employees.
  14. The Inspector General shall meet at periodic intervals, but at least twice annually, with the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Auditor,...
• Section 52:15b-15 - Report Of Findings, Recommendations.
  15.The Inspector General shall report the findings of investigations performed by the office, and issue recommendations for corrective or remedial action, to the Governor,...
• Section 52:15b-16 - Periodic Annual Reports.
  16. The Inspector General shall provide periodic reports to the Governor, and shall issue an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, which...
• Section 52:15c-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To The Office Of The State Comptroller.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: As the size of State and local government agencies and authorities has grown over the last several decades...
• Section 52:15c-2 - Establishment Of Office Of The State Comptroller.
  2. a. There is established an Office of the State Comptroller. The office shall be established in the Executive Branch of the State government...
• Section 52:15c-3 - Appointment, Qualifications Of State Comptroller; Term; Compensation.
  3. a. The Office of the State Comptroller shall be administered by the State Comptroller. The State Comptroller shall be appointed by the Governor...
• Section 52:15c-4 - State Comptroller, Employees Of The Office, Restrictions On Candidacy, Political Activity.
  4. a. A person who holds the position of State Comptroller shall not be a candidate for, or hold, elective public office for a...
• Section 52:15c-5 - Responsibilities Of The Office Of The State Comptroller.
  5. a. The Office of the State Comptroller shall be responsible for conducting, in accordance with section 8 of this act, routine, periodic and...
• Section 52:15c-6 - Authority Of The State Comptroller.
  6.The State Comptroller is authorized to call upon any department, office, division, agency or independent authority of State government to provide such information, resources,...
• Section 52:15c-7 - Consolidation Of Audit Functions, Performance Review.
  7.The State Comptroller shall consolidate within the Office of the State Comptroller the coordination of the internal and external audit functions, including but not...
• Section 52:15c-8 - Powers Of The State Comptroller.
  8. a. The State Comptroller shall have all the powers necessary to carry out the duties and functions and to fulfill the responsibilities described...
• Section 52:15c-9 - Coordination Of Audits, Investigations, Performance Reviews.
  9. a. The State Comptroller shall establish a system that shall ensure that any officers and employees of the Office of the Inspector General,...
• Section 52:15c-10 - Notice To State Comptroller Of Award Of Certain Contracts; Definitions.
  10. a. In furtherance of the duty of the State Comptroller to audit and monitor the process of soliciting proposals for, and the process...
• Section 52:15c-11 - Reports From The State Comptroller Relative To Findings Of Audits And Reviews.
  11. a. The State Comptroller shall report the findings of audits and reviews performed by the office, and issue recommendations for corrective or remedial...
• Section 52:15c-12 - Referral Of Certain Findings To The Attorney General, Other Authority.
  12.The State Comptroller is authorized to refer findings that may constitute alleged criminal conduct to the Attorney General or other appropriate prosecutorial authority. In...
• Section 52:15c-13 - Notification From Attorney General Relative To Investigations, Prosecutions.
  13. a. When the State Comptroller or the State Inspector General refers a complaint alleging criminal conduct to the Attorney General or other appropriate...
• Section 52:15c-14 - Full Assistance, Cooperation With State Comptroller, Access To Government Records.
  14. a. All units in the Executive branch of State government, including entities exercising executive branch authority, independent State authorities, public institutions of higher...
• Section 52:15c-15 - Provision Of Technical Assistance, Training By The State Comptroller.
  15.The State Comptroller shall provide technical assistance and training to units in the Executive branch of State government, including entities exercising executive branch authority,...
• Section 52:15c-16 - Terms Deemed Reference To Director Of The Division Of Budget And Accounting.
  33.Whenever the term "State Comptroller" or "Comptroller of the Treasury" occurs or any reference is made thereto, in any law enacted, or in any...
• Section 52:15c-17 - Additional Powers, Responsibilities Of State Comptroller.
  5.In addition to the powers and responsibilities of the State Comptroller, prescribed in P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-1 et seq.), upon the designation, with respect to...
• Section 52:15c-18 - Financial Assistance To Be Used In Accordance With Terms Of Contract.
  6.Upon the designation, with respect to the undertaking of a project by any business, of a lead public agency pursuant to section 4 of...
• Section 52:15c-19 - Rules, Regulations.
  11.The State Comptroller shall, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations as...
• Section 52:15c-20 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Consolidation Of Offices Of Inspector General And Medicaid Inspector General.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.Currently, there are numerous agencies within State government that are responsible for monitoring and auditing government programs and agencies,...
• Section 52:15c-21 - Office Of Inspector General Abolished, Functions, Powers, Duties Transferred.
  2. a. The Office of the Inspector General established pursuant to P.L.2005, c.119 (C.52:15B-1 et seq.) and allocated, in but not of, the Department...
• Section 52:15c-22 - Transfer Of Employees From Office Of Inspector General.
  3. a. Notwithstanding the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.), the office and the term of the Inspector General established pursuant...
• Section 52:15c-23 - Office Of Medicaid Inspector General Abolished, Functions, Powers, Duties Transferred.
  4. a. The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General established pursuant to P.L.2007, c.58 (C.30:4D-53 et seq.) in the Office of the Inspector General...
• Section 52:15c-24 - Transfer Of Employees From Office Of Medicaid Inspector General.
  5. a. Notwithstanding the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.), the office and the term of the Medicaid Inspector General established...
• Section 52:15d-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Deployment Of Oversight Monitors In Implementation Of Certain Recovery And Rebuilding Projects.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Hurricane Sandy has inflicted approximately $30,000,000,000 worth of damage upon the State and exposed the need for more...
• Section 52:15d-2 - Conditions Required In Certain Contracts Using Integrity Oversight Monitor; Waivers.
  2. a. (1) Subject to the availability of federal funding, for each State contract involving consideration of $5,000,000 or more for a recovery and...
• Section 52:15d-3 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Superstorm Sandy Aid Money.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: In the autumn of 2012, Superstorm Sandy ravaged New Jersey's shoreline, as well as many other communities in...
• Section 52:15d-5 - Responsibilities Of The Department.
  3.Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.102 (C.52:15D-3 et seq.), the department shall: a.Provide each applicant to the RREM and LMI...
• Section 52:15d-6 - Targets For Distribution Of Assistance; Quarterly Goals.
  4.Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.102 (C.52:15D-3 et seq.), the department shall develop targets for the distribution of assistance to...
• Section 52:15d-7 - Development, Maintenance Of Website Relative To Recovery, Rebuilding Programs.
  5. a. Within 180 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.102 (C.52:15D-3 et seq.), the department shall develop and maintain an Internet website...
• Section 52:15d-8 - Report To Governor, Legislature.
  6. a. Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.102 (C.52:15D-3 et seq.), the commissioner shall report to the Governor and the...
• Section 52:15d-9 - Provision Of Timeline To Tbra Applicant.
  7.Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.102 (C.52:15D-3 et seq.), the department shall: a.Provide each applicant to the TBRA program with...
• Section 52:15d-10 - Provision Of Timeline To Frm Applicant.
  8.Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.102 (C.52:15D-3 et seq.), the agency shall, at the request of the applicant: a.Provide each...
• Section 52:15d-11 - Telephone Hotline.
  9.Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.102 (C.52:15D-3 et seq.), the department shall establish a telephone hotline available, at a minimum,...
• Section 52:15d-12 - Actions Relative To National Flood Insurance Claim Payments.
  10.The department shall not, to the full extent permitted by federal law or regulation, deem any National Flood Insurance Program claim payments to any...
• Section 52:16-1 - Bond; Conditions; Surety; Filing
  The Secretary of State, before entering upon the performance of his duties, shall enter into bond to the State of New Jersey, with sufficient...
• Section 52:16-2 - Oath; Form; Filing
  The Secretary of State, after having given bond as required by section 52:16-1 of this Title, shall take and subscribe the following oath before...
• Section 52:16-4 - Office In Trenton
  The Secretary of State shall keep his office within the city of Trenton. Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 857, s. 19.
• Section 52:16-5 - Assistant Secretary Of State
  The Secretary of State may appoint an assistant in his office who shall be commissioned by the Governor to be Assistant Secretary of State...
• Section 52:16-6 - Clerical Assistants
  The secretary of state shall at all times employ and keep in his office a sufficient number of competent clerical assistants for the efficient...
• Section 52:16-7 - Seal Of Secretary Of State; Validity Of Sealed Instruments
  The seal of the secretary of state now in use shall be continued to be used until otherwise provided, and shall remain in the...
• Section 52:16-8 - Recording And Filing Papers
  The Secretary of State shall, with all convenient speed, record all papers which shall come to his hands and which it is his duty...
• Section 52:16-8.1 - Filings With, Certification From State's Commercial Recording Program; Applicability
  1. a. Notwithstanding the statutory provisions to the contrary, for any of the areas listed in subsection b. of this section, whenever a law...
• Section 52:16-9 - Monthly Abstract Of Corporate Certificates, Etc., Certified To State Tax Commissioner
  The secretary of state shall prepare and certify to the state tax commissioner, within thirty days after the end of each calendar month, abstracts...
• Section 52:16-10 - Fees To State Treasurer
  52:16-10. The Secretary of State shall not be entitled to, or take, receive or retain, except for the use of the State, any compensation,...
• Section 52:16-10.1 - Secretary Of State Fund
  17. There is created a revolving fund in the General Treasury, to be administered by the Secretary of State, to be the depository of...
• Section 52:16-10.2 - Annual Appropriation
  Commencing with fiscal year 1988 and in each year thereafter, there shall be appropriated from the Secretary of State Fund to the General Fund...
• Section 52:16-10.3 - Additional Appropriations
  There shall be appropriated from the Secretary of State Fund to the Department of State in fiscal year 1988 and in each year thereafter,...
• Section 52:16-10.4 - Joint Committee
  The Judiciary committees of the Senate and General Assembly, or their respective successors, are constituted a joint committee for the purposes of monitoring and...
• Section 52:16-11 - Penalty For Refusal To Issue Commissions Or For Taking Illegal Fees
  Whenever the secretary of state shall: a. Neglect or refuse to issue a commission to any person elected or appointed to an office within...
• Section 52:16a-1 - Department Established
  There is hereby established in the executive branch of the State Government a principal department which shall be known as the Department of State....
• Section 52:16a-2 - Secretary Of State; Appointment; Salary; Term; Vacancy
  The head of the Department of State shall be the Secretary of State who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and...
• Section 52:16a-3 - Powers, Duties And Property Of Existing Secretary Of State Transferred To Department Of State
  The functions, powers, duties, records and property of the existing office of Secretary of State, and of the Secretary of State, are hereby transferred...
• Section 52:16a-10 - Board Of State Canvassers
  There shall be in the Department of State the Board of State Canvassers, to be constituted as provided by law. The Board of State...
• Section 52:16a-11 - Powers And Duties Of Secretary Of State
  In addition to other powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him by this act or by any other law, the Secretary of...
• Section 52:16a-11.1 - Payment Of Fees In Advance Of Performance By Department Of State
  The Department of State may require, for the performance of any service for which any fee is payable, payment in advance of the performance...
• Section 52:16a-12 - Request Officer, Secretary Of State As
  The Secretary of State shall be the request officer of the Department of State within the meaning of such term as defined in chapter...
• Section 52:16a-13 - Employees Of Existing Office Of Secretary Of State Transferred
  Such employees of the existing office of Secretary of State, as the Secretary of State may determine are needed for the proper performance of...
• Section 52:16a-14 - Appropriations Transferred
  All appropriations available and to become available to the Secretary of State, and all appropriations available and to become available to the State Athletic...
• Section 52:16a-15 - Civil Service, Pension Or Retirement Rights Not Affected
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised...
• Section 52:16a-16 - Orders, Rules And Regulations Of Secretary Of State Continued
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by the Secretary of State but such orders, rules and...
• Section 52:16a-17 - Orders, Rules And Regulations Of Athletic Commissioner Continued
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by the State Athletic Commissioner, but such orders, rules and...
• Section 52:16a-20 - Pending Actions Or Proceedings By Or Against Officers Whose Powers And Duties Are Transferred
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any officer, the functions, powers and duties of whom...
• Section 52:16a-21 - Professional Or Occupational Licenses Not Affected
  Nothing in this act shall affect the validity of any license, certificate of registration, or other authorization, heretofore issued to any person under any...
• Section 52:16a-22 - Repeal
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed....
• Section 52:16a-23 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of State Act of 1948." L.1948, c. 445, p. 1762, s.
• Section 52:16a-24 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, except that any appointment, and any confirmation...
• Section 52:16a-25 - State Council On The Arts; Members; Appointment; Term; Vacancies; Compensation
  There is hereby established in the Department of State the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, to be referred to hereinafter as the...
• Section 52:16a-25.1 - Transfer Of Council On The Arts To Department Of State
  The New Jersey State Council on the Arts in the Department of Education, together with its functions, powers and duties, is transferred to the...
• Section 52:16a-25.2 - Transfer In Accordance With State Agency Transfer Act
  The transfer directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1983,...
• Section 52:16a-26 - Duties Of Council
  The duties of the council shall be: (a) To take such steps as may be deemed necessary and appropriate to stimulate and encourage the...
• Section 52:16a-26.1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State and Regional Centers of Artistic Excellence Act." L. 1985, c. 410, s.
• Section 52:16a-26.2 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Council" means the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in the Department of State; b. "Cultural activities"...
• Section 52:16a-26.3 - Powers, Responsibilities
  In addition to the powers and responsibilities provided under any other law, the council shall have the following powers and responsibilities: a. To provide...
• Section 52:16a-26.4 - Application For Center Designation
  A qualifying governmental body may develop and adopt by ordinance or resolution a State cultural center plan or a regional cultural center plan to...
• Section 52:16a-26.5 - State Cultural Center
  Upon application by a municipality, two or more contiguous municipalities or a county, the council shall designate a facility or network of facilities within...
• Section 52:16a-26.6 - Regional Cultural Center
  Upon application by a municipality, two or more contiguous municipalities, or a county, the council shall designate a facility or network of facilities within...
• Section 52:16a-26.7 - Continued Grant Eligibility
  7.Participation in the cultural activities of a designated State or regional center shall not preclude an organization or individual from being eligible for a...
• Section 52:16a-26.8 - Eligibility For Certain Council On The Arts Funding.
  1.Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, created pursuant to P.L.1966, c.214 (C.52:16A-25 et...
• Section 52:16a-27 - Executive Director And Other Personnel; Election Of Chairman And Vice Chairman; Rules And Regulations; Hearings; Annual Report
  (a) The council shall employ an executive director and such other personnel as may be deemed necessary to accomplish its objectives within the limit...
• Section 52:16a-28 - Council As Official Agency Of State
  The council shall be the official agency of this State to receive and disburse all funds made available to the State Government by the...
• Section 52:16a-29 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act." L.1978, c. 117, s. 1.
• Section 52:16a-30 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act, except as the context may otherwise clearly require: a. "Public building" means any permanent structure, wholly or partially...
• Section 52:16a-31 - Fine Arts Element; Inclusion In New Public Buildings; Approval And Limitation Of Expenditures
  a. Whenever a new public building is to be constructed at the expense and for the use of the State, the contracting officer shall,...
• Section 52:16a-32 - Contracts; Criteria For Selection Of Artists; Register Of Competent Artists
  a. The execution of the fine arts elements determined upon pursuant to section 3 of this act shall be let as a separate contract...
• Section 52:16a-33 - Selection By Public Competition
  a. Upon the council's review of the elements of fine arts to be incorporated in such structure or group of structures, the council may...
• Section 52:16a-34 - Consultation By Council With Relevant Arts Institutions And Organizations
  The council, in making recommendations or suggestions to a public body or officer pursuant to the duties imposed upon it under sections 3 and...
• Section 52:16a-35 - Commercial Recording Division; Establishment
  There is established in the Department of State a division which shall be known as the Division of Commercial Recording. L.1982, c. 150, s....
• Section 52:16a-36 - Director; Personnel; Transfer Of Powers And Functions Of Bureau Of Commercial Recording
  a. The Division of Commercial Recording shall be under the immediate supervision of a director who shall administer the work of the division under...
• Section 52:16a-37 - Telephone Service
  In addition to continuing to perform all the functions, duties and responsibilities performed by the Division of Commercial Recording, the Division of Commercial Recording...
• Section 52:16a-38 - Expedited Over The Counter Corporate Service.
  4. a. The Division of Commercial Recording shall provide for and establish an expedited over the counter corporate service. The processing of requests and...
• Section 52:16a-39 - Payment For Services; Prepaid Deposit Account
  The Secretary of State shall provide for the establishment and administration of a method of payment by any person for telephone and expedited over...
• Section 52:16a-40 - Additional Fees.
  6.The State Treasurer shall charge a fee for use of telephone and expedited over the counter corporate services, which shall be in addition to...
• Section 52:16a-41 - Rules, Regulations; Data Processing Service Fees.
  7.The State Treasurer may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to establish guidelines for the use of telephone and expedited over the counter corporate services,...
• Section 52:16a-42 - Additional Fees Dedicated And Pledged
  8. a. There is created a fund held by the State Treasurer, but not to exist in the State Treasury, to be the repository...
• Section 52:16a-53 - New Jersey Commission On American Indian Affairs; Members.
  1.There is established in the Department of State the New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs. The commission shall consist of nine members: the...
• Section 52:16a-54 - Terms; Vacancies
  2. Each public member shall serve for a term of two years, except that of the members first appointed, four shall serve for a...
• Section 52:16a-55 - Election Of Chairperson.
  3.The commission shall organize as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members and shall elect a chairperson from among its...
• Section 52:16a-56 - Commission Duties.
  4.The commission shall: a.develop programs and projects relating to the cultural, educational and social development of New Jersey's American Indian communities; b.develop programs and...
• Section 52:16a-57 - Expenses Incurred.
  5.The commission may incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses, including expenses to maintain an office on State property, as it deems necessary in...
• Section 52:16a-58 - Authority Of Commission.
  6.The commission shall be authorized to: a.call to its assistance and avail itself of the services and assistance of such officials and employees of...
• Section 52:16a-59 - Annual Report
  7. The commission shall submit an annual report on its activities to the Governor and the Legislature. L.1995,c.295,s.7.
• Section 52:16a-72 - Short Title
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Cultural Trust Act." L.2000,c.76,s.1.
• Section 52:16a-73 - Findings, Declarations Relative To The New Jersey Cultural Trust
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Arts, history, and humanities contribute immeasurably to the quality of life in New Jersey, to the tourism industry...
• Section 52:16a-74 - Definitions Relative To The New Jersey Cultural Trust
  3.The following words or terms as used in this act shall have the following meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:...
• Section 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...
• Section 52:16a-76 - Board Of Trustees
  5. a. The general responsibility for the proper oversight of the Cultural Trust shall be vested in a Board of Trustees, which shall possess...
• Section 52:16a-77 - Authority, Powers Of Board
  6.The board is hereby authorized and empowered: a.Notwithstanding any provision of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, to...
• Section 52:16a-78 - Annual Report On Activities Of The Cultural Trust
  7. On or before the first day of October in each year, commencing with the calendar year after the date of enactment of this...
• Section 52:16a-79 - "New Jersey Cultural Trust Account;" "New Jersey Cultural Trust Fund"
  8. a. There is established in the General Fund a special, dedicated, non-lapsing account to be known as the "New Jersey Cultural Trust Account."...
• Section 52:16a-80 - Donations To Cultural Trust, Matching State Appropriation
  9.Donations to the Cultural Trust shall initiate the transfer of a dollar-for-dollar match of State appropriated moneys from the Account into the Trust Fund....
• Section 52:16a-81 - Council's Recommendations For Funding
  10. At least once each State fiscal year after the board has determined that sufficient interest has accrued to provide grants to qualified organizations,...
• Section 52:16a-82 - Historic Trust's Recommendations For Funding
  11. At least once each State fiscal year after the board has determined that sufficient interest has accrued to provide grants to qualified organizations,...
• Section 52:16a-83 - Commission's Recommendations For Funding
  12. At least once each State fiscal year after the board has determined that sufficient interest has accrued to provide grants to qualified organizations,...
• Section 52:16a-84 - Obligations Of Recipients
  13. a. All qualified organizations receiving moneys from the Cultural Trust pursuant to this act shall enter into an agreement with the board, which...
• Section 52:16a-85 - Regulations, Annual Funding Request
  14. a. Notwithstanding any provision of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, the Council, the Historic Trust, and...
• Section 52:16a-86 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Amistad Commission.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.During the period beginning late in the 15th century through the 19th century, millions of persons of African...
• Section 52:16a-87 - Amistad Commission Established.
  2. a. The Amistad Commission, so named in honor of the group of enslaved Africans led by Joseph Cinque who, while being transported in...
• Section 52:16a-88 - Responsibilities, Duties Of Amistad Commission.
  3.The Amistad Commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties: a.to provide, based upon the collective interest of the members and the knowledge and...
• Section 52:16a-89 - Assistance To Amistad Commission.
  4. a. The commission is authorized to call upon any department, office, division or agency of the State, or of any county, municipality or...
• Section 52:16a-90 - New Jersey Black Cultural And Heritage Initiative Foundation.
  1.The Secretary of State is authorized to establish a nonprofit, educational and charitable organization to be known as the New Jersey Black Cultural and...
• Section 52:16a-91 - Board Of Trustees; Terms, Vacancies.
  2.The New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of the following 25 members: a.the...
• Section 52:16a-92 - Executive Director, Employees.
  3.The foundation's board of trustees shall be authorized, within the limits of its own funds, to employ an executive director and professional, technical and...
• Section 52:16a-93 - Secretary Of State, Incorporator Of Foundation.
  4.The Secretary of State shall be an incorporator of the foundation. Upon the incorporation of the foundation and the establishment of the first board...
• Section 52:16a-94 - Use Of Funds Received By Foundation For The Initiative.
  5.All funds received by the foundation, other than those necessary to pay the expenses of the foundation, shall be used exclusively for the establishment,...
• Section 52:16a-95 - Provision Of Financial, Service Support By Department Of State.
  6.The Department of State is authorized to provide financial assistance and those services of employees of the State which may be required to form...
• Section 52:16a-96 - Payment Of Expenses By Foundation; Private Counsel.
  7.All expenses incurred by the foundation shall be payable from funds raised by the foundation, and no liability or obligation, in tort or contract,...
• Section 52:16a-97 - Annual Audit.
  8.A certified public accountant shall be selected by the foundation to annually audit the foundation's funds. The foundation shall contract for and receive such...
• Section 52:16a-98 - Division Of Elections Transferred To Department Of State.
  1. a. The Division of Elections in the Department of Law and Public Safety, transferred to the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant...
• Section 52:16a-99 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Ellis Island.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Ellis Island occupies a significant and unique place in America's heritage; it was the primary United States immigration...
• Section 52:16a-100 - Ellis Island Advisory Commission.
  2. a. The Ellis Island Advisory Commission is hereby created and established in the Executive Branch of the State Government. For the purposes of...
• Section 52:16a-101 - Responsibilities, Duties Of Ellis Island Advisory Commission.
  3.The Ellis Island Advisory Commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties: a.to recommend that the proposed Ellis Island Institute and its associated conference...
• Section 52:16a-102 - Report To Governor, Legislature.
  4.The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), within...
• Section 52:16a-103 - Authority Of Commission To Request Information, Assistance.
  5.The commission is authorized to call upon any department, office, division or agency of the State, or of a political subdivision of the State,...
• Section 52:16a-104 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Establishing The "New Jersey-israel Commission" As Permanent.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.On April 25, 1988, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, the...
• Section 52:16a-105 - New Jersey-israel Commission Deemed Permanent; Membership, Vacancies, Compensation, Meetings.
  2. a. The New Jersey-Israel Commission continued pursuant to Executive Order No. 49 of 2007, together with its functions, powers, duties, and subcommittees is...
• Section 52:16a-106 - Designation Of Chairpersons, Subcommittee Chairpersons; Quorum.
  3.The Governor shall designate a chairperson or co-chairpersons from among the members of the commission, who shall serve in that capacity at the pleasure...
• Section 52:16a-107 - Purpose Of New Jersey-israel Commission.
  4. a. The purpose of the New Jersey-Israel Commission shall be to implement the stated goals of the Sister State Agreement between New Jersey...
• Section 52:16a-108 - Authority Of New Jersey-israel Commission.
  5.The New Jersey-Israel Commission shall be authorized to raise funds, through direct solicitation or other fundraising events, alone or with other groups, and accept...
• Section 52:16a-109 - Consistent Provisions Of Executive Orders Remain In Force, Effect.
  6.All other provisions of Executive Order No. 208 of 1989, Executive Order No. 35 of 1991, Executive Order No. 90 of 1993, Executive Order...
• Section 52:16a-110 - Information For Nonprofit Organizations Provided On The Internet.
  1. a. The Department of State shall maintain in a single accessible location on its designated home website information for nonprofit organizations regarding various...
• Section 52:16a-111 - Establishment Of Formats, Icons.
  2.The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chief Technology Officer, shall establish a standard format and icon for each department and agency to...
• Section 52:16a-112 - Cooperation By State Departments, Agencies.
  3.All Executive Branch departments and State agencies are directed to cooperate fully with the Office of the Secretary of State to implement the provisions...
• Section 52:16a-113 - Division Of The State Museum.
  2.There is hereby established in the Department of State the Division of the State Museum. The purpose of the division shall be to collect,...
• Section 52:16a-114 - Powers, Functions, Duties Continued; Board Of Trustees Abolished.
  3.The New Jersey State Museum established in the Department of State under section 1 of P.L.1999, c.437 (C.52:16A-60) is continued in the Division of...
• Section 52:16a-115 - Authority, Powers Of Division.
  4.The Division of the State Museum in the Department of State is hereby authorized and empowered to: a.employ an executive director of the New...
• Section 52:16a-116 - Executive Director.
  5.The Division of the State Museum shall employ an executive director who shall have a minimum of five years of experience in the management...
• Section 52:16a-117 - Appointment Of Employees.
  6.The executive director may appoint such employees as may be necessary, whose employment shall be in the career service under Title 11A (Civil Service)...
• Section 52:16a-118 - Annual Reports.
  7.The Division of the State Museum shall submit an annual report of its activities through the Department of State to the Governor and, pursuant...
• Section 52:16a-119 - Examination Of Accounts, Books, Records.
  8.The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, in the Department of the Treasury, the director's legally authorized representatives, and the State Auditor...
• Section 52:17a-1 - Purpose Of Act
  The purpose of this act is to accomplish economy and efficiency by centralizing, in one department, the facilities afforded by the State for the...
• Section 52:17a-2 - Department Established; Appointment And Term Of Attorney-general
  There is hereby established a Department of Law in the State Government. The Attorney-General shall be the head of said department and the Attorney-General...
• Section 52:17a-3 - Administration Of Department; Attorney-general To Devote Entire Time To Duties; Salary
  The Division of Law in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall be administered by the Attorney-General and his assistant Attorneys-General, deputy Attorneys-General...
• Section 52:17a-3.1 - Acting Attorney-general; Designation; Revocation
  The Attorney-General shall, within six months after the effective date of this act or after he shall take office, as the case may be,...
• Section 52:17a-3.2 - Vacancy In Attorney-general's Office; Continuance In Office Of Person Designated
  The Deputy Attorney-General or Assistant Deputy Attorney-General, so designated, who shall be in office as Acting Attorney-General, whenever a vacancy shall occur in the...
• Section 52:17a-3.3 - Powers And Duties Of Acting Attorney-general
  The Acting Attorney-General shall, during the absence or inability to act, through sickness or other cause, of the Attorney-General, or in case of a...
• Section 52:17a-4 - Powers And Duties Of Division Of Law
  The powers and duties of the Division of Law shall be the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred upon or required of the...
• Section 52:17a-6 - Appointment Of Assistants And Deputies; Employees
  The Attorney-General may appoint as his legal assistants in the Division of Law in the Department of Law and Public Safety assistant Attorneys-General, deputy...
• Section 52:17a-7 - Assistant Attorneys-general; At-will, Confidential Employees.
  7.Assistant Attorneys-General in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the Attorney-General and shall receive such...
• Section 52:17a-9 - Members Of Department Not To Act As Attorneys In State Cases Except In Official Capacity
  No member of the Department of Law shall act as attorney or counsel in any controversy in which the State has an interest, except...
• Section 52:17a-10 - Additional Compensation To Members Of Department
  No member of the Department of Law shall receive any compensation, fees or costs in addition to his regular salary for or by reason...
• Section 52:17a-11 - Employment Of Attorneys By State Officers, Departments, Etc.
  No officer, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality of the State Government shall employ any person to act as attorney, counsel, solicitor, legal assistant...
• Section 52:17a-12 - Assignment Of Deputies Or Assistants To State Officers, Departments, Etc.
  The Attorney-General may assign an assistant Attorney-General, a deputy Attorney-General or an assistant deputy Attorney-General to serve in any legal capacity in or for...
• Section 52:17a-13 - Special Counsel For State Officers Or Departments, Etc.
  No special counsel shall be employed for the State or for or by any officer, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality of the State...
• Section 52:17a-14 - Reports To Governor And Legislature
  The Attorney-General shall make an annual detailed report to the Governor and the Legislature of the performance of his duties and the operations of...
• Section 52:17a-16 - Department Of Attorney-general Abolished; Transfer Of Employees
  The Department of the Attorney-General heretofore existing and the offices and positions of assistant attorneys-general, legal assistants to the Attorney-General, special counsel or legal...
• Section 52:17a-17 - Office Of Counsel To State Officers, Departments, Etc., Abolished; Exceptions
  All offices and positions of attorneys, counsel, solicitors, or other legal advisers to any officer, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality of the State...
• Section 52:17a-18 - Transfer Of Offices, Property, Etc. Of Department Of Attorney-general
  The offices and quarters heretofore occupied by the Department of the Attorney-General and all books, papers, documents and other property of the Department of...
• Section 52:17a-19 - Transfer Of Moneys; Appropriation For Salaries
  All moneys appropriated at the time this act becomes effective to the Attorney-General or to any officer, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality of...
• Section 52:17a-20 - Acts Repealed
  Chapter seventeen of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes and "An act concerning the State Highway Department," approved May twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred...
• Section 52:17b-1 - Establishment Of Department; "The Department" Defined
  There is hereby established in the executive branch of the State Government a principal department which shall be known as the Department of Law...
• Section 52:17b-2 - Attorney General; Head Of Department; Appointment; Salary; Vacancies
  The head of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall be the Attorney General who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the...
• Section 52:17b-3 - Divisions Established In Department
  There is hereby established in the Department of Law and Public Safety a Division of Law, a Division of State Police, a Division of...
• Section 52:17b-3.1 - Appointment Of Certain Assistant Deputy Attorneys General To Permanent Positions In Classified Service Without Competitive Examination
  Assistant deputy Attorneys General in the Division of Law in the Department of Law and Public Safety not exceeding 6 in number at any...
• Section 52:17b-3.2 - Construction Of Act
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any other right or protection provided him...
• Section 52:17b-3.3 - Repealer
  Section 8 of "An act to establish a Department of Law in the State Government," approved March 7, 1944, is repealed. L.1966, c. 152,...
• Section 52:17b-4 - Powers And Duties Of Attorney General
  The Attorney General, in addition to the functions, powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him, shall: a. Maintain suitable headquarters for the...
• Section 52:17b-4a - "Snap" Reports To Be Made On Quarterly Basis.
  40.Notwithstanding any rules, regulations or guidelines promulgated by the Attorney General, State narcotics action plan reports, commonly referred to as "SNAP" reports, shall be...
• Section 52:17b-4b - Additional Powers, Duties Of Attorney General Concerning Certain Declarations Of Death.
  3.In addition to the powers and duties conferred upon the Attorney General by the Constitution, the common and statutory law of this State, the...
• Section 52:17b-4.1 - Governmental Immunity Study; Recommendations; Technical And Clerical Assistance
  The Attorney General is authorized, during the fiscal years commencing July 1, 1966, to study the present general provisions of the statutes and case...
• Section 52:17b-4.2 - Advisory Committee; Members; Expenses
  The Attorney General is further authorized to appoint an advisory committee of not more than 9 persons representing the State, municipalities, counties, the General...
• Section 52:17b-4.3 - Bulletproof Vests; Donations; Acceptance
  Any monetary donation by a private individual made available to the State, which specifies the purchase of bulletproof vests, or any donation of bulletproof...
• Section 52:17b-4.4 - "Body Armor Replacement" Fund; Program.
  1.There is created in the Department of Law and Public Safety a nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the "Body Armor Replacement" fund....
• Section 52:17b-4.5 - Training Program For Law Enforcement Officers On Substances Used To Facilitate Sexual Assaults
  7. a. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall establish and maintain a suitable training program for law enforcement officers regarding the use...
• Section 52:17b-4.6 - Notice To Law Enforcement Explaining Provisions Of Act On Unlawful Evictions.
  4.Within 30 days of the effective date of P.L.2005, c.319 (C.2C:33-11.1 et al.), the Attorney General shall prepare a notice explaining the provisions of...
• Section 52:17b-4.7 - Gang Education Seminars For School Administrators.
  1. a. The Attorney General shall develop and maintain, in coordination with the Commissioner of Education, a gang education seminar program to educate public...
• Section 52:17b-4.8 - Appointment Of Certain State Law Enforcement Department Officers.
  3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the appointing authority of a State law enforcement department or agency, other...
• Section 52:17b-5 - Division Of Law Headed By Attorney General; Transfer Of Powers And Duties To Division
  The Division of Law shall be headed by the Attorney General and shall be administered by him and his deputy attorneys-general and deputy assistant...
• Section 52:17b-5.1 - Uniform Crime Reporting System; Establishment
  A uniform crime reporting system shall be established under the direction, control and supervision of the Attorney General in the Department of Law and...
• Section 52:17b-5.2 - Collection Of Information By Division Of State Police
  The Attorney General may designate the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety to be the agency which shall...
• Section 52:17b-5.3 - Submission Of Reports Relative To Certain Offenses, Information.
  3. a. All local and county police authorities shall submit a quarterly report to the Attorney General, on forms prescribed by the Attorney General,...
• Section 52:17b-5.4 - Compilation, Analysis, Classification Of Crime Statistics.
  4. a. Upon receipt of such information the Attorney General shall have such data collated and formulated and shall compile such statistics as he...
• Section 52:17b-5.4a - Collection, Analysis Of Information, Central Repository.
  5.The Attorney General shall maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of information collected pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1966, c.37 (C.52:17B-5.3)....
• Section 52:17b-5.5 - Annual Report By Attorney General
  The Attorney General shall render an annual report of the results of the information gathered and collated to the Governor and the Legislature. L.1966,...
• Section 52:17b-5.6 - Office Of Consumer Protection; Establishment
  There is hereby established in the Division of Law of the Department of Law and Public Safety a bureau which shall be known as...
• Section 52:17b-5.7 - Functions, Powers And Duties Of The Attorney General
  All of the functions, powers and duties of the Attorney General deriving from chapter 39 of the laws of 1960 as supplemented shall be...
• Section 52:17b-5.8 - Executive-director; Appointment; Compensation; Assistance
  The office shall be administered by an executive-director who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. The Attorney...
• Section 52:17b-5.9 - Powers And Duties
  The office shall, in addition to other powers and duties, vested in it by this act, or any other law: (a) Receive and forward...
• Section 52:17b-5.10 - Cooperation Of Other Departments And Agencies
  All departments, agencies, officers and employees of the State shall cooperate with the office in carrying out its functions under this act. L.1967, c....
• Section 52:17b-5.13 - Action For Recovery Of Moneys; Officers Of Public Entities Convicted Of Diversion Of Public Moneys
  Whenever it appears that any person holding public office, position or employment in municipal, county or State Government, or any board, body, agency, authority...
• Section 52:17b-5.14 - Return To Public Entity Of Money Recovered In Action
  Any moneys recovered by the Attorney General pursuant to section 1 of this act shall be returned to the municipality, county or State Government...
• Section 52:17b-6 - Department Of State Police Transferred
  The Department of State Police, together with all of its functions, powers and duties is continued, but such department is hereby transferred to and...
• Section 52:17b-7 - Division Of State Police Headed By Superintendent Of State Police; Appointment; Term; Salary; Removal
  The executive and administrative head of the Division of State Police shall be the Superintendent of State Police, who shall be a person qualified...
• Section 52:17b-8 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of Superintendent
  The functions, powers and duties of the Superintendent of State Police in the existing Department of State Police are continued, but such functions, powers...
• Section 52:17b-9 - Department Of State Police Continued As Division Of State Police
  Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the...
• Section 52:17b-9.1 - State Capitol Police Force; Reconstitution In Department Of Law And Public Safety; Members; Powers; Oath
  The State Capitol Police Force created pursuant to R.S. 52:20-25 is hereby reconstituted in the Department of Law and Public Safety under the direction...
• Section 52:17b-9.2 - Jurisdiction; Duties And Responsibilities
  a. The jurisdiction of the State Capitol Police Force shall cover all State Capitol grounds, adjoining parks, court rooms, jury rooms and assembly areas,...
• Section 52:17b-9.3 - Equipment
  Such equipment as is assigned to the members of the State Capitol Police Force as of the date of enactment of this act shall...
• Section 52:17b-9.4 - Rules And Regulations
  The Superintendent of State Police shall be responsible for the establishment and promulgation of rules and regulations of the State Capitol Police Force, subject...
• Section 52:17b-9.5 - State Marine Police Force; Transfer From Department Of Environmental Protection To Division Of State Police
  The supervisory force of marine patrolmen, created pursuant to section 17 of the "New Jersey Boat Act of 1962," P.L.1962, c. 73 (C. 12:7-34.52),...
• Section 52:17b-9.6 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds that more than 10,000 "missing persons" reports are filed in New Jersey each year and that hundreds of individual reports are...
• Section 52:17b-9.7 - Missing Persons Unit; Establishment; Supervisor And Other Personnel; Appointment; Compensation
  There is established within the Department of Law and Public Safety in the Division of State Police a Missing Persons Unit. The Superintendent of...
• Section 52:17b-9.8 - Powers, Duties Of Unit.
  3.In addition to any other powers and duties vested in it by law or by the Attorney General, the unit shall: a.Coordinate, file and...
• Section 52:17b-9.8a - "Missing Child" Defined
  1.As used in sections 1 through 3 of this act: "Missing child" means a person under 18 years of age reported to a law...
• Section 52:17b-9.8b - Notification Of School District; Records
  2. a. Upon the receipt of a report of a missing child, the Missing Persons Unit established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1983, c.467...
• Section 52:17b-9.8c - Notification Of State Registrar Of Vital Statistics; Records
  3. a. Upon receipt of a report of a missing child, the Missing Persons Unit shall notify the State registrar of vital statistics in...
• Section 52:17b-9.8d - Establishment Of Guidelines For Missing Persons Cases Involving Alzheimer's Disease Or Juveniles.
  1. a. Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Missing Persons Unit established in the Division of State Police within...
• Section 52:17b-9.16 - Acceptance Of Monetary Donations Or Items Or Materials.
  11.A monetary donation made available to the State through the Missing Persons Unit which specifies the purchase of items or materials to be used...
• Section 52:17b-9.17 - Crime Prevention Resource Center; Establishment; Duties
  There is established in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety a crime prevention resource center. The resource...
• Section 52:17b-9.18 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Information Relating To Certain Firearms.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that to further provide for the public safety and the well being of the citizens of this State, and...
• Section 52:17b-9.19 - Report On Certain Seized, Recovered Firearms, Shell Casings.
  3.Whenever a law enforcement agency seizes or recovers a firearm that was unlawfully possessed, used for any unlawful purpose, recovered from the scene of...
• Section 52:17b-10 - Conference And Training Of Fish And Game Wardens
  The Superintendent of State Police shall, at least once in every year, and at such other times as he may deem the same necessary,...
• Section 52:17b-11 - Minimum Requirements For Fish And Game Wardens
  The Superintendent of State Police shall, after consultation with the Director of the Division of Fish and Game in the Department of Conservation and...
• Section 52:17b-12 - Bureau Of Tenement House Supervision Established
  There is hereby established in the Division of State Police, a Bureau of Tenement House Supervision. L.1948, c. 439, p. 1711, s. 12.
• Section 52:17b-13 - Board Of Tenement House Supervision Constituted The Bureau Of Tenement House Supervision
  The Board of Tenement House Supervision of the State of New Jersey, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued but...
• Section 52:17b-14 - Power Of Board Of Tenement House Supervision To Appoint And Remove Officers Or Employees Transferred To Superintendent Of State Police
  The authority vested pursuant to existing law in the Board of Tenement House Supervision of the State of New Jersey to appoint, employ or...
• Section 52:17b-15 - Department Of Alcoholic Beverage Control Constituted Division Of Alcoholic Beverage Control
  The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, but such department is hereby transferred to...
• Section 52:17b-16 - Director Of Division Of Alcoholic Beverage Control
  The Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall be headed by a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct...
• Section 52:17b-17 - State Commissioner Of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Powers And Duties Transferred To Director Of Division Of Alcoholic Beverage Control
  The functions, powers and duties of the State Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control, are continued, but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred...
• Section 52:17b-18 - Divisions In Department Of Alcoholic Beverage Control Constituted Bureaus In Division Of Alcoholic Beverage Control
  Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the...
• Section 52:17b-19 - Department Of Motor Vehicles Constituted The Division Of Motor Vehicles
  The Department of Motor Vehicles, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, but such department is hereby transferred to and...
• Section 52:17b-20 - Director Of Division Of Motor Vehicles
  The Division of Motor Vehicles shall be headed by a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the...
• Section 52:17b-21 - Powers And Duties Of Commissioner Of Motor Vehicles Transferred To Division Of Motor Vehicles
  The functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles are continued, but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to and...
• Section 52:17b-22 - Organization Of Existing Department Of Motor Vehicles Continued
  Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the...
• Section 52:17b-23 - Department Of Weights And Measures Constituted Division Of Weights And Measures
  The department of weights and measures, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, but such department is hereby transferred to...
• Section 52:17b-24 - Superintendent Of Division Of Weights And Measures
  The Division of Weights and Measures shall be headed by a superintendent, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct...
• Section 52:17b-25 - Powers And Duties Of State Superintendent Of Weights And Measures Transferred To Superintendent Of Division Of Weights And Measures
  The functions, powers and duties of the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures are continued, but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred...
• Section 52:17b-26 - Organization Of Existing Department Of Weights And Measures Continued
  Except as otherwise provided herein, or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the...
• Section 52:17b-27 - Attorney General; Efficiency Of Departmental Operations; Coordination; Integration
  The Attorney General shall, after consultation with the heads of the several divisions in the department, develop, and from time to time revise, a...
• Section 52:17b-28 - Powers Of Attorney General In Matters Of Adjudications And Licenses
  Any power, except (1) that of adjudication after a hearing required by statute, (2) that of granting or denying any application for a license,...
• Section 52:17b-29 - Division Of Professional Boards, Powers, Duties And Property Transferred To
  The New Jersey State Board of Public Accountants, the New Jersey State Board of Architects, the State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry,...
• Section 52:17b-30 - Boards Within Division Of Professional Boards; Powers And Duties
  Subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, each of the respective boards within the Division of Professional Boards established hereunder shall continue to have...
• Section 52:17b-31 - Terms Of Office Of Members Of Boards Transferred Not Affected
  This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof. Such boards...
• Section 52:17b-32 - Removal Of Board Members; Vacancies
  Any member of any of the boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice...
• Section 52:17b-32.1 - Compensation And Expenses Of Members Of Board Of Pharmacy
  Subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in the act to which this act is a supplement: Each member of the Board of Pharmacy...
• Section 52:17b-32.2 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1952, c. 329, p. 1054, s. 2.
• Section 52:17b-33 - Appointment, Employment Or Removal Of Officers And Employees; Compensation
  The authority, vested pursuant to existing law in any of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof, or in any member or officer...
• Section 52:17b-34 - Transfer Of Officers And Employees Of Boards To Division Of Professional Boards
  Such officers and employees of each of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof, as such board may determine are needed for the...
• Section 52:17b-35 - Attorney General; Powers And Duties In Respect To Division Of Professional Boards
  In addition to other powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him by this act or by any other law, the Attorney General...
• Section 52:17b-36 - Funds Of Board, Transfer To State Treasury
  The treasurer or custodian of the funds of each of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof shall, on the effective date hereof,...
• Section 52:17b-37 - License Fees, Fines And Penalties; Disposition
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: a. All license, certificate, permit, registration and renewal fees prescribed by law for any...
• Section 52:17b-39 - Budget Requests
  On or before the tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, each of the boards within the Division of Professional Boards...
• Section 52:17b-40 - Surplus; Disposition
  Any surplus remaining in any year to the credit of any of the boards or agencies within the Division of Professional Boards established hereunder,...
• Section 52:17b-41 - Orders, Rules And Regulations
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine...
• Section 52:17b-41.1 - Purpose Of Act; "Ophthalmic Appliances And Lenses" Defined; Exemptions; Prohibited Acts
  This act is enacted in the exercise of the police powers of the State and its purposes generally are to protect the public health,...
• Section 52:17b-41.2 - State Board Of Examiners Of Ophthalmic Dispensers And Ophthalmic Technicians; Compensation; Expenses; Report
  There is hereby created the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians in the Division of Professional Boards of the Department...
• Section 52:17b-41.3 - Meetings, Organization, Powers, Agent
  3. The board shall hold at least two meetings each year and may hold such other meetings as it may deem advisable. The time...
• Section 52:17b-41.4 - Compensation Of Secretary And Inspector
  The secretary and the inspector of the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians shall receive such compensation as shall be...
• Section 52:17b-41.5 - Practice Of Ophthalmic Dispensing; Prescription Required; "Ophthalmic Technicians" Defined; Temporary Permits To Persons From Out Of The State; Apprentices
  A person practices ophthalmic dispensing within the meaning of the provisions of this act relating to ophthalmic dispensing who prepares and dispenses lenses, spectacles,...
• Section 52:17b-41.6 - Examinations; Certificate Of Registration; Annual Renewal
  The board shall examine for competence in matters pertaining to ophthalmic dispensing and allied and practical subjects. To every applicant who shall pass such...
• Section 52:17b-41.6a - Continuing Education To Qualify For License Renewal
  The board may require all ophthalmic dispensers now or hereafter licensed in this State to take board-approved courses of study relating to the practice...
• Section 52:17b-41.7 - Certificate Holder May Practice As Ophthalmic Dispenser Or Technician
  Any person who has received a certificate of registration as a qualified ophthalmic dispenser or qualified ophthalmic technician as provided for herein shall be...
• Section 52:17b-41.8 - Display Of Certificate
  Every holder of a certificate of registration shall conspicuously display the same in his establishment. L.1952, c. 336, p. 1082, s. 8.
• Section 52:17b-41.9 - Meetings Of Board; Examinations; Qualifications As Candidates
  The board shall meet at least twice annually, at which time candidates applying for certification shall be examined and their qualifications determined; and the...
• Section 52:17b-41.9a - Apprentice Dispenser; Registration; Requirements For Qualification
  No one may apprentice pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1952, c. 336 (C. 52:17B-41.5) unless he is registered with the board. Subsequent to registration,...
• Section 52:17b-41.9b - Ophthalmic Technician; Qualifications
  A candidate shall qualify for examination and licensure as an ophthalmic technician upon providing the board with proof that he has served not less...
• Section 52:17b-41.9c - Examinations; Retention; Inspection
  The board shall maintain all examinations of candidates for licensure as ophthalmic dispensers and of candidates for licensure as ophthalmic technicians on file for...
• Section 52:17b-41.11 - Persons Who Have Practiced Two Years Before Enactment; License
  All applicants who have been principally engaged in ophthalmic dispensing and in the preparation and processing of ophthalmic lenses and frames to prescriptions in...
• Section 52:17b-41.12 - License To Be Evidenced By Certificate; Fees; Persons Not Holding License Within 5 Years Of Application Must Pass Examination
  A license issued under the provisions of this act shall be evidenced by a certificate issued by the board. A fee shall be paid...
• Section 52:17b-41.13 - Forms For Application And Examination; Rules And Regulations
  The board shall prescribe and prepare the necessary forms for application and examination of candidates for certification hereunder and shall by its formally adopted...
• Section 52:17b-41.14 - Disposition Of Fees, Fines, Penalties And Other Moneys
  (a) All license, certificate, permit, registration and renewal fees prescribed by this act shall be paid into the State treasury through the Attorney General;...
• Section 52:17b-41.15 - Budget Request For Appropriations
  On or before the fifteenth day of September in each year, the board shall prepare and submit to the Attorney General a budget request...
• Section 52:17b-41.16 - Surplus; Disposition
  Any surplus remaining in any year to the credit of the board, after annual appropriations made as provided herein, shall be paid into and...
• Section 52:17b-41.17 - Advertisements By Ophthalmic Dispenser Or Ophthalmic Technician; Rebates Or Commissions
  It shall be lawful for an ophthalmic dispenser or ophthalmic technician to advertise; provided, that no mention shall be made, either directly or indirectly...
• Section 52:17b-41.18 - Penalty
  18. Any person who, after this act becomes operative, shall practice as a licensed ophthalmic dispenser or ophthalmic technician as defined in section five...
• Section 52:17b-41.23 - Partial Invalidity
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall...
• Section 52:17b-41.24 - Effective Date
  This act shall become operative ninety days after its enactment. L.1952, c. 336, p. 1089, s. 24.
• Section 52:17b-41.25 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Contact Lens Dispenser Act." L.1991,c.447,s.1.
• Section 52:17b-41.26 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act: a."Practice of contact lens dispensing" means the sale or delivery of contact lenses to the patient based upon the...
• Section 52:17b-41.27 - Ophthalmic Dispensers Authorized
  3. Any ophthalmic dispenser licensed in New Jersey may engage in the practice of contact lens dispensing. L.1991,c.447,s.3.
• Section 52:17b-41.28 - Prescription Required
  4. A contact lens dispenser shall only dispense contact lenses upon a written prescription provided by a licensed physician or optometrist containing the powers...
• Section 52:17b-41.29 - Replacement Lenses On Prescription Or Record
  5. Previously dispensed contact lenses shall only be replaced, reproduced, or duplicated upon the prescription or specifications of record, a copy of which shall...
• Section 52:17b-41.30 - Release Of Patient's Prescription
  6. A licensed physician or optometrist shall release a copy of the patient's prescription containing a spectacle lens specification with contact lens specifications to...
• Section 52:17b-41.31 - Release Of Patient's Contact Lens Specifications
  7. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation to the contrary, the complete record of contact lens specifications shall be released by an optometrist or ophthalmologist...
• Section 52:17b-42 - Pending Actions And Proceedings Not Affected
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any of the respective boards, enumerated in section twenty-nine...
• Section 52:17b-43 - Licenses And Certificates Of Registration Not Affected
  Nothing in this act shall affect the validity of any license, certificate of registration, or other authorization, heretofore issued to any person under any...
• Section 52:17b-44 - Transfer Of Files, Records And Property
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been...
• Section 52:17b-45 - Orders, Rules And Regulations Not Affected
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:17b-46 - Pending Actions Or Proceedings Against Department, Officer Or Agency Not Affected
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:17b-47 - Appropriations Transferred To Department Of Law And Public Safety
  Except as provided in section thirty-eight hereof, all appropriations available and to become available to any department, commission, board, office or other agency, the...
• Section 52:17b-48 - Vacancies
  Any vacancy occurring in the office of Superintendent of State Police, director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, director of the Division of...
• Section 52:17b-49 - Employees Transferred
  Such employees of any department, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the...
• Section 52:17b-50 - Tenure, Civil Service, Pension Or Retirement Rights Not Affected
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by...
• Section 52:17b-51 - Definitions
  Whenever the term "Attorney-General" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean...
• Section 52:17b-51.1 - Deputy Attorney-general To Include Assistant Attorney-general
  Whenever the term "deputy Attorney-General" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any other law heretofore enacted the same shall be deemed to...
• Section 52:17b-52 - Repeal
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed....
• Section 52:17b-53 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of Law and Public Safety Act of 1948." L.1948, c. 439,...
• Section 52:17b-54 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, except that any appointment, and any confirmation...
• Section 52:17b-66 - Legislative Declaration
  The Legislature of New Jersey hereby finds and declares that a serious need for improvement in the administration of local and county law enforcement...
• Section 52:17b-67 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act: "Approved school" shall mean a school approved and authorized by the Police Training Commission to give police training courses...
• Section 52:17b-68 - Authority To Require Training Of Policemen Prior To Permanent Appointment; Exception.
  a.Every municipality and county shall authorize attendance at an approved school by persons holding a probationary appointment as a police officer, and every municipality...
• Section 52:17b-68.1 - Basic Training, Course For Investigators.
  5. a. A person appointed as an adult or juvenile corrections officer or as a juvenile detention officer by the State or county shall...
• Section 52:17b-69 - Probationary, Temporary Appointment As Police Officer.
  4.Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.11:22-6, a probationary or temporary appointment as a police officer may be made for a total period not exceeding one...
• Section 52:17b-69.1 - Enrollment In Police Training Course For Persons Seeking Probationary, Temporary Appointment.
  2. a. A person who does not hold a probationary or temporary appointment as a police officer, but who is seeking such an appointment...
• Section 52:17b-69.2 - Eligibility For Appointment.
  3.A person who completes a police training course pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1998, c.146 (C.52:17B-69.1) shall only be eligible for appointment as a...
• Section 52:17b-70 - Police Training Commission Established; Members; Terms.
  5.There is hereby established in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety a Police Training Commission whose membership...
• Section 52:17b-71 - Powers, Responsibilities, Duties Of Commission
  6. The commission is vested with the power, responsibility and duty: a. To prescribe standards for the approval and continuation of approval of schools...
• Section 52:17b-71.1 - Grant, Conveyance, Devise, Bequest, Or Donation To Maintenance And Use Of Commission
  Subject to approval by the Attorney General and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, the commission may accept on behalf of...
• Section 52:17b-71.2 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds and declares that the amount and quality of a policeman's education often determines the value of his contribution to the community,...
• Section 52:17b-71.3 - "Policeman" Defined
  "Policeman" as used herein shall mean any permanent fulltime active member of any police force or organization of any municipality or county, or the...
• Section 52:17b-71.4 - Granting Scholarships; Review And Approval; Preferential Treatment
  The granting of undergraduate scholarships to policemen shall be determined by the Police Training Commission, subject to the review and approval of the governing...
• Section 52:17b-71.5 - Amount Of Scholarship; Part-time Study
  Each undergraduate scholarship granted pursuant to any such program shall entitle the recipient thereof to an amount not to exceed $500.00 per academic year,...
• Section 52:17b-71.6 - Period Of Scholarship; Proration
  Each undergraduate scholarship shall be for a period of no more than 4 academic years. However, scholarships may be awarded on a partial basis...
• Section 52:17b-71.7 - Rules And Regulations
  The Police Training Commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1968, c. 265,...
• Section 52:17b-71.8 - Training Course For Safe Schools Resource Officers, Liaisons To Law Enforcement.
  2. a. The Police Training Commission in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the...
• Section 52:17b-71.9 - Adoption Of Training Course By Police Training Commission.
  4. a. The Police Training Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall adopt a training course regarding the risks associated with...
• Section 52:17b-71.10 - Definitions Relative To Police Training.
  1. a. As used in this act: "Approved school" means a school approved and authorized by the Police Training Commission to give police training...
• Section 52:17b-72 - Effect Of Act Upon Powers And Duties Of Municipalities And Counties And Civil Service
  Except as expressly provided in this act, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to limit the powers, rights, duties or responsibilities of municipal or...
• Section 52:17b-73 - Organization Of Commission; Quorum
  Organization of commission; quorum. The Attorney General shall be the chairman of the commission. The Attorney General is empowered to appoint an administrator of...
• Section 52:17b-74 - Minutes And Other Records
  The commission shall maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as it deems necessary. L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 9.
• Section 52:17b-75 - Reimbursement For Expenses
  The members of the commission shall receive no salary but all members except those designated in subsection c. of section 5 of this act...
• Section 52:17b-76 - Annual Report
  The commission shall report at least annually to the Governor and the Legislature as to its activities. L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 11.
• Section 52:17b-77 - Appropriation
  There is hereby appropriated the sum of $25,000.00 to establish and maintain the commission. L.1961, c. 56, p. 546, s. 12.
• Section 52:17b-77.3 - Recommendation Of Standards.
  4.The committee shall recommend standards for training programs in crime prevention to be offered to law enforcement officers at schools approved and authorized by...
• Section 52:17b-77.4 - Senior Citizens Crime Prevention Program
  1. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Crime Prevention Advisory Committee established under the provisions of P.L.1985, c.1 (C.52:17B-77.1 et seq.), the county...
• Section 52:17b-77.5 - Conduct Of Senior Citizens Crime Prevention Program At County Level
  2. The Attorney General shall transmit a copy of the senior citizens crime prevention program developed pursuant to section 1 of this act to...
• Section 52:17b-77.6 - Liability To State Law Enforcement Agency For Training; Terms Defined.
  4. a. If a person who was appointed to a State law enforcement agency resigns and is subsequently appointed to a county or municipal...
• Section 52:17b-77.7 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Alzheimer's Disease.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder causing dementia and resulting in such conditions as anxiety, poor judgement,...
• Section 52:17b-77.8 - Training Protocols For Law Enforcement For Safe Return Program.
  2. a. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall establish training protocols for the State Police and local law enforcement personnel in the...
• Section 52:17b-77.9 - In-service Training.
  3.The State Police or a local law enforcement agency may provide in-service training of its personnel according to the training protocols established by the...
• Section 52:17b-77.10 - Rules, Regulations.
  4.The Attorney General may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of...
• Section 52:17b-77.11 - Training Programs.
  6.The appropriate agency head shall approve appropriate training programs for law enforcement officers, parole officers and any other persons charged with the enforcement of...
• Section 52:17b-77.12 - Required Training Concerning Bias Intimidation Crimes For Police Officers.
  6.The Police Training Commission shall require all new police officers to complete two hours of training, which may include interactive training, in identifying, responding...
• Section 52:17b-78 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "State Medical Examiner Act." L.1967, c. 234, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1,
• Section 52:17b-79 - Office Of State Medical Officer; Creation; State Medical Examiner; Qualifications; Appointment; Term; Compensation; Employees And Assistants
  There is hereby established in the Division of Criminal Justice in the State Department of Law and Public Safety the office of the "State...
• Section 52:17b-79.1 - Continuation In Office Of State Medical Officer
  The State Medical Examiner in office shall continue in office for the term for which appointed and until his successor is appointed. L.1972, c....
• Section 52:17b-79.2 - Transfer To Office Of State Medical Examiner From Division Of State Medical Examination; Method
  The transfer to be made pursuant to this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C....
• Section 52:17b-80 - Supervision And Enforcement; Rules And Regulations
  The State Medical Examiner shall have general supervision over the administration of and shall enforce the provisions of this act. He shall have general...
• Section 52:17b-81 - Facilities, Equipment And Supplies
  The Attorney General shall provide the State Medical Examiner with such laboratories, furniture, equipment, records and supplies as may be required in the conduct...
• Section 52:17b-83 - County Medical Examiner; Appointment; Term
  6. The office of county medical examiner is hereby created and shall be maintained in each county, except that several counties may jointly maintain...
• Section 52:17b-84 - Deputy Or Assistant County Medical Examiners; Appointment
  The county medical examiner may, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, appoint and prescribe the duties of such deputy or...
• Section 52:17b-85 - Salaries And Expenses; Quarters And Equipment
  The salaries and expenses incurred by the office of county medical examiner shall be included in the annual budget of the county or counties...
• Section 52:17b-86 - Investigation Of Deaths; Causes
  An investigation shall be conducted in the manner hereinafter described in the case of all human deaths from the following causes: a. Violent deaths,...
• Section 52:17b-87 - Notification Of County Medical Examiner And Prosecutor
  Upon the death of any person from any of the causes mentioned in section 9 of this act it shall be the duty of...
• Section 52:17b-88 - Findings; Report; Autopsy; Transportation Of Body.
  11.If the cause of such death shall be established beyond a reasonable doubt, the county medical examiner shall reduce his findings to writing and...
• Section 52:17b-88a - Facility Where Patient Died, Provision Of Information Relative To Next-of-kin To Medical Examiner.
  1.In the case of the death of a resident of a long-term care facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant...
• Section 52:17b-88.1 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Compelling public necessity" means (1) That the dissection or autopsy is essential to the criminal investigation of a...
• Section 52:17b-88.2 - Dissection Or Autopsy; Contrary To Decedents' Religious Beliefs
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no dissection or autopsy shall be performed, in the absence of a compelling public necessity,...
• Section 52:17b-88.3 - Waiting Period
  Whenever, in the opinion of a medical examiner, there is a compelling public necessity under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection a....
• Section 52:17b-88.4 - Action By Medical Examiner For Order Authorizing Autopsy Or Dissection
  Whenever, in the opinion of a medical examiner, there is a compelling public necessity in circumstances not provided for in paragraphs (1), (2), (3)...
• Section 52:17b-88.5 - Priority Of Action; Summary Nature Of Action; Permission Granted Or Denied
  Any action brought pursuant to the provisions of this act shall have preference over all other cases and shall be determined summarily upon the...
• Section 52:17b-88.6 - Intrusiveness Of Autopsy Or Dissection
  A dissection or autopsy performed pursuant to this act shall be the least intrusive procedure consistent with the compelling public necessity. L.1983, c. 535,...
• Section 52:17b-88.7 - Procedures Performed On Anatomical Gift, Time, Manner.
  1.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a deceased person whose death is under investigation pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1967, c.234...
• Section 52:17b-88.8 - Removal Of Anatomical Gift From Donor Whose Death Is Under Investigation
  2. A health care professional authorized to remove an anatomical gift from a donor whose death is under investigation pursuant to section 9 of...
• Section 52:17b-88.9 - Report On Condition Of Anatomical Gift
  3. The health care professional performing a transplant from a donor whose death is under investigation pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1967, c.234 (C.52:17B-86)...
• Section 52:17b-88.10 - Standardized Protocols For Autopsies Of Suspected Sids Victims.
  2. a. The State Medical Examiner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, shall develop standardized protocols for autopsies performed in...
• Section 52:17b-88.11 - Protocol For Participation Of Medical Examiners In Certain Research Activities Concerning Sids.
  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: advances in genetics, biochemistry and other areas of medical research are yielding new information about the specific...
• Section 52:17b-88.12 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Sudden Death In Epilepsy.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a mysterious, rare condition in which typically young or middle-aged individuals...
• Section 52:17b-88.13 - Sudep Awareness Program.
  2.The State Medical Examiner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and the State Board of Medical Examiners, shall establish a sudden unexpected death...
• Section 52:17b-88.14 - Standard Protocol Governing Medicolegal Death Investigations.
  3.The office of the State Medical Examiner, in consultation with the county medical examiners and organizations with expertise in SUDEP, shall establish a standard...
• Section 52:17b-89 - Report Of Death Required; Violation.
  12.Any person who may become aware of any death by criminal violence, by accident or suicide, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, shall...
• Section 52:17b-90 - Co-operation In Investigation And Autopsy
  a. All law enforcement officers, county prosecutors and other officials shall co-operate fully with the offices of the State Medical Examiner and of the...
• Section 52:17b-91 - Power To Administer Oaths And Affirmations; Affidavits And Examinations
  The State Medical Examiner, the assistant State medical examiners and the county medical examiners, shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, and...
• Section 52:17b-92 - Records Of Medical Examiners; Use As Evidence; Right To Copies
  It shall be the duty of the State Medical Examiner, and the county medical examiners, to keep full and complete records in their respective...
• Section 52:17b-93 - Offices Of Coroner, County Physician And Chief Medical Examiner; Abolition
  The offices of coroner, county physician and chief medical examiner are hereby abolished but the powers and duties of said offices except insofar as...
• Section 52:17b-94 - Repeal Of Inconsistent Acts
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby superseded and repealed. L.1967, c. 234, s. 17, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
• Section 52:17b-95 - Racing Commission Transferred
  The New Jersey Racing Commission, transferred to and constituted as the Division of the New Jersey Racing Commission in the Department of the Treasury...
• Section 52:17b-96 - Repeal Of Inconsistent Acts
  Section 29 of the "Department of the Treasury Act of 1948" (P.L.1948, c. 92) is repealed and the remaining parts of said act, or...
• Section 52:17b-97 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Criminal Justice Act of 1970." L.1970, c. 74, s. 1, eff. May 21,
• Section 52:17b-98 - Declarations Of Policy
  The Legislature recognizes that the existence of organized crime presents a serious threat to our political, social and economic institutions and helps bring about...
• Section 52:17b-99 - Division Of Criminal Justice
  There is hereby established in the State Department of Law and Public Safety the Division of Criminal Justice. The division shall be under the...
• Section 52:17b-100 - Organization Of Division; Classification Of Employees.
  4. a. The Attorney General shall organize the work of the division in such bureaus and other organizational units as he may determine to...
• Section 52:17b-100.1 - State Investigators; Appointment; Term Of Office; Duties, Powers And Rights
  There is hereby created in the Division of Criminal Justice, the office or position of State Investigator which shall be in the unclassified service...
• Section 52:17b-101 - Functions, Powers And Duties Of Attorney General; Enforcement Of Criminal Business
  All the functions, powers and duties of the Attorney General relating or pertaining to the enforcement and prosecution of the criminal business of the...
• Section 52:17b-102 - Remaining Powers And Duties Of Attorney General
  The powers and duties of the Attorney General with respect to the enforcement of the criminal laws of the State shall be the powers...
• Section 52:17b-103 - Consultation With And Supervision Over County Prosecutors; Uniform Enforcement Of Criminal Laws
  The Attorney General shall consult with and advise the several county prosecutors in matters relating to the duties of their office and shall maintain...
• Section 52:17b-104 - County Without County Prosecutor; Duties Of Attorney General
  The Attorney General shall prosecute the criminal business of the State in any county having no county prosecutor. L.1970, c. 74, s. 8, eff....
• Section 52:17b-105 - Assistance Of Attorney General; Request; Action
  Any county prosecutor may request in writing the assistance of the Attorney General in the conduct of any criminal investigation or proceeding. The Attorney...
• Section 52:17b-106 - Supersedure Of County Prosecutor
  Whenever requested in writing by the Governor, the Attorney General shall, and whenever requested in writing by a grand jury or the board of...
• Section 52:17b-107 - Appearance Of Attorney General For State In Investigations, Criminal Actions Or Proceedings
  a. Whenever in the opinion of the Attorney General the interests of the State will be furthered by so doing, the Attorney General may...
• Section 52:17b-108 - Attorney General To Have Power And Authority Of Prosecutor; Appointment Of Assistants; Payment For Services
  12. Whenever the Attorney General, personally or by his deputies or assistants, shall attend in any county for the prosecution of all or any...
• Section 52:17b-109 - Powers And Duties Of County Prosecutor
  Except as provided in this act, the powers and duties conferred upon or required of the Attorney General by this act shall not be...
• Section 52:17b-110 - Removal Of County Prosecutor From Office
  In addition to any and all methods now provided by law for the removal from office of a county prosecutor, a county prosecutor may...
• Section 52:17b-111 - Reports
  a. The Attorney General shall annually submit to the Governor and to the Legislature a report setting forth the activities of the Division of...
• Section 52:17b-112 - Cooperation With Attorney General By Law Enforcement Officers
  a. It shall be the duty of the several county prosecutors to cooperate with and aid the Attorney General in the performance of his...
• Section 52:17b-113 - Studies And Surveys
  The Attorney General is authorized and empowered to make studies and surveys of the organization, procedures and methods of operation and administration of all...
• Section 52:17b-114 - Construction Of Act
  This act is declared to be supplementary to all existing acts, excepting those specifically repealed by section 22, and shall be interpreted as conferring...
• Section 52:17b-115 - Employee Rights
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by...
• Section 52:17b-116 - Repealer
  N.J.S. 2A:158-14, sections 5 and 15 of P.L.1944, chapter 20 (C. 52:17A-5, C. 52:17A-15) and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any...
• Section 52:17b-117 - Partial Invalidity
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall...
• Section 52:17b-118 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Consumer Affairs Act of 1971." L.1971, c. 134, s. 1, eff. May 6,
• Section 52:17b-119 - Declaration Of Policy
  The Legislature recognizes that closer coordination among the various State agencies dealing with consumer affairs will substantially enhance the effectiveness of the State's efforts...
• Section 52:17b-120 - Division Of Consumer Affairs; Director; Appointment; Salary
  There is hereby established in the State Department of Law and Public Safety the Division of Consumer Affairs. The division shall be under the...
• Section 52:17b-121 - Organization; Employees
  The Attorney General shall organize the work of the division in such bureaus and other organizational units as he may determine to be necessary...
• Section 52:17b-122 - Powers Of Attorney General; Investigations; Rules And Regulations; Hearing Examiners
  To effectuate the purposes of this act and in addition to any other powers and duties provided in or by this act, the Attorney...
• Section 52:17b-123 - Division Of Weights And Measures; Transfer Of Powers, Functions And Duties
  All the functions, powers, and duties of the Division of Weights and Measures, in the Department of Law and Public Safety (C. 52:17B-23 et...
• Section 52:17b-124 - Office Of Consumer Protection; Transfer Of Functions, Powers And Duties
  All the functions, powers, and duties, including the functions, powers, and duties of the Attorney General derived from chapter 39 of the laws of...
• Section 52:17b-124.1 - Physician Required To Report Toy Related Death Or Injury
  1. Whenever any physician has before him a person whose injury or death he determines to be, or reasonably suspects may be, toy related...
• Section 52:17b-125 - Bureau Of Securities; Transfer Of Functions, Powers And Duties
  All the functions, powers, and duties of the Bureau of Securities in the Department of Law and Public Safety (C. 49:3-66 et seq.) are...
• Section 52:17b-126 - Division Of Professional Boards; Transfer Of Functions, Powers And Duties To Division Of Consumer Affairs
  All the functions, powers, and duties of the Division of Professional Boards, in the Department of Law and Public Safety (C. 52:17B-29 et seq.)...
• Section 52:17b-127 - Continuance Of Boards Within Division Of Professional Boards
  Each of the several boards within the Division of Professional Boards shall continue to have all of the powers and shall exercise all of...
• Section 52:17b-128 - Terms Of Office Of Members Of Boards Within Former Division Of Professional Boards
  This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the respective boards in the former Division of Professional Boards....
• Section 52:17b-130 - Transfer Of Employees Of Division, Board, Etc. Transferred To Division Of Consumer Affairs
  All employees of any division, office, board or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to...
• Section 52:17b-131 - Application Of Act To Civil Service, Pension Laws Or Retirement System
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by...
• Section 52:17b-132 - Transfer Of Appropriations And Other Moneys Of Division, Board, Etc. Transferred To Division Of Consumer Affairs
  Except as provided in section 16 of this act, all appropriations and other moneys available and to become available to any division, office or...
• Section 52:17b-133 - Appropriations For Boards Within Former Division Of Professional Boards
  This act shall not affect the manner in which the appropriations of the several boards of the former Division of Professional Boards are obtained...
• Section 52:17b-134 - Transfer Of Books, Records, Property, Etc. Of Transferred Division, Board, Etc.
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any division, office, board or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which...
• Section 52:17b-135 - Effect On Orders, Rules And Regulations Of Transferred Division, Board, Etc.
  This act shall not affect orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any division, office, board or other agency, the functions, powers...
• Section 52:17b-136 - Effect Of Transfers On Pending Actions Or Proceedings, Orders Or Recommendations
  This act shall not affect any actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any division, office, board or other agency, the...
• Section 52:17b-137 - Powers Of Attorney General Over Transferred Division, Board, Etc.
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the powers of the Attorney General with respect to any division, office, board or other...
• Section 52:17b-138 - Transfer Of State Board Of Barber Examiners To Division Of Consumer Affairs
  The State Board of Barber Examiners together with its functions, powers and duties is hereby transferred to the Division of Consumer Affairs in the...
• Section 52:17b-139 - Method Of Transfer
  The transfer directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.)....
• Section 52:17b-139.1 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of Commissioner Of Labor And Industry And Private Employee Agency Section In Department Of Labor And Industry Concerning Employment Agencies To Attorney General And Division Of Consumer Affairs
  All the functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry and the Private Employee Agency Section in the Department of Labor...
• Section 52:17b-139.2 - Reference To Commissioner Of Labor And Industry As Reference To Attorney General
  Whenever the term "Commissioner of Labor and Industry" or "commissioner" occurs in P.L.1951, c. 337 (C. 34:8-24 et seq.), the same shall be deemed...
• Section 52:17b-139.3 - Method Of Transfer
  The transfer directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.)....
• Section 52:17b-139.4 - Bureau Of Employment And Personnel Services
  There is established a Bureau of Employment and Personnel Services in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety....
• Section 52:17b-139.5 - Functions, Powers, Duties Transferred To Bureau Of Employment And Personnel Services
  All the functions, powers and duties of the Private Employment Agency Section in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and...
• Section 52:17b-139.6 - Validity Of Previous Licenses Unaffected
  Nothing in this act shall affect the validity of any license previously issued to any person by the Private Employment Agency Section in the...
• Section 52:17b-139.7 - Notification To Fire Department By Provider Of Medical Oxygen, Oxygen Delivery System Of Patient's Name, Residence, Age.
  1.A licensed pharmacist or other provider of oxygen or an oxygen delivery system who has supplied oxygen or an oxygen delivery system to a...
• Section 52:17b-139.8 - Notification By Patient
  2.A patient who declines to give his written informed consent for the notification requirements of this act shall, promptly upon being provided with the...
• Section 52:17b-139.9 - Duties Of Director
  3.The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall: a.Notify all licensed pharmacists in the State...
• Section 52:17b-139.10 - Noncompliance; Disorderly Person
  4.A pharmacist, other provider of oxygen or an oxygen delivery system or patient who knowingly fails to comply with the provisions of this act...
• Section 52:17b-139.11 - Rules, Regulations By Division Of Consumer Affairs
  5.The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968,...
• Section 52:17b-139.12 - Regulations By Division Of Fire Safety
  6.Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community...
• Section 52:17b-142 - Legislative Findings And Determinations
  The Legislature finds and determines that crime and delinquency are essentially State and local problems; that crime and delinquency are complex social phenomena requiring...
• Section 52:17b-143 - State Law Enforcement Planning Agency; In Dlps But Responsible To Governor.
  2.The State Law Enforcement Planning Agency created pursuant to Executive Order No. 45, dated August 13, 1968, is continued and constituted as the State...
• Section 52:17b-145 - Executive Director; Appointment; Qualifications; Salary; Powers And Duties
  The Governor shall appoint an executive director as the administrative head of the agency. He shall be a person qualified by training and experience...
• Section 52:17b-147 - Powers And Duties Of Agency.
  6.The agency shall: a.Serve as the State planning agency pursuant to the Federal Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the...
• Section 52:17b-148 - Annual Report Of Agency
  The agency shall report annually to the Governor, the Legislature, the courts and the chief executives of county and local government on the implementation...
• Section 52:17b-149 - Annual Appropriations In State Budget
  Funds shall be appropriated in the annual State budget to provide the required matching funds mandated under the relevant Federal acts each fiscal year...
• Section 52:17b-150 - Application Of State Agency Transfer Act
  This act shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.); provided, however, that...
• Section 52:17b-159 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Safe and Secure Communities Act." L.1993,c.220,s.1.
• Section 52:17b-160 - Findings, Declarations
  2. The Legislature finds and declares: Crime and the fear of crime continue to grip far too many New Jersey residents. The volume of...
• Section 52:17b-161 - Definitions
  3. As used in this act: "Eligible municipality" means a municipality, which has a police department or force, in which the number of violent...
• Section 52:17b-162 - Objectives Provided For By Act
  4. It is the purpose of this act to provide assistance to municipalities for law enforcement projects which accomplish the following objectives as warranted...
• Section 52:17b-163 - "Safe Neighborhoods Services Fund," Created
  5. a. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a nonlapsing fund entitled the "Safe Neighborhoods Services Fund." The fund shall be...
• Section 52:17b-164 - Grant Provisions, Applications
  6. a. An eligible municipality may apply to the Attorney General for a grant from the fund to pay the initial salaries of police...
• Section 52:17b-165 - Police Equipment Grant Application
  7. Any municipality which has a police department or force may apply to the Attorney General for a grant to purchase law enforcement equipment....
• Section 52:17b-166 - Grant Application Evaluation, Ranking
  8. The Attorney General shall evaluate and rank project grant applications submitted by eligible municipalities with reference to the municipality's realistic opportunity to achieve...
• Section 52:17b-167 - Selection Of Grant Recipients.
  9. a. The Attorney General shall select grant recipients. b.No more than 50% of the total dollar amount of grants awarded from the fund...
• Section 52:17b-168 - Guidelines; Program Grant Schedule, Procedure
  10. a. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Attorney General shall promulgate guidelines for the receipt of program...
• Section 52:17b-169 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Juvenile Justice.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.The public safety requires reform of the juvenile justice system; b.Juvenile arrests for murder, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, sexual...
• Section 52:17b-170 - Juvenile Justice Commission Established.
  2. a. A Juvenile Justice Commission is established in, but not of, the Department of Law and Public Safety. The commission is allocated to...
• Section 52:17b-171 - Allocation Of Functions, Powers, Duties, Authority Of Commission
  3. The functions, powers, duties and authority of the commission are allocated as follows: a. The following shall be vested in the executive board...
• Section 52:17b-171.1 - Standards For Suicide, Mental Health Screening In County Juvenile Detention Facilities.
  1.The Juvenile Justice Commission shall establish standards for suicide and mental health screening in county juvenile detention facilities in accordance with the provisions of...
• Section 52:17b-171.2 - Suicide Risk Screening For Juveniles Admitted To County Juvenile Detention Facility.
  2. a. Upon admission to a county juvenile detention facility, a juvenile shall be screened for risk of suicide in accordance with the facility's...
• Section 52:17b-171.3 - Mental Health Screening For Juveniles Admitted To County Juvenile Detention Facility.
  3.Between 24 and 48 hours following admission to a county juvenile detention facility, a juvenile shall undergo mental health screening using a mental health...
• Section 52:17b-171.4 - Screening Before Placement In Isolation.
  5.No juvenile shall be placed in isolation before undergoing screening for risk of suicide and mental health screening required by sections 2 and 3...
• Section 52:17b-171.5 - Certification For Person Conducting Screening.
  6.No person shall perform a suicide risk screening pursuant to section 2 of this act or a mental health screening pursuant to section 3...
• Section 52:17b-171.6 - Establishment, Maintenance Of Statewide Database Of Screenings.
  7.The Juvenile Justice Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Children and Families, shall establish and maintain a confidential Statewide database of the suicide...
• Section 52:17b-171.7 - Monitoring Of Suicides Occurring At County Juvenile Detention Facilities.
  8. a. The Juvenile Justice Commission shall monitor the number of suicides that occur at each county juvenile detention facility. b.Upon an initial suicide...
• Section 52:17b-171.8 - Information On Jjc Website.
  9.The Juvenile Justice Commission shall include the following information on the commission's website: a.All reports monitoring the operations of county juvenile detention centers, including,...
• Section 52:17b-171.9 - Training Curriculum For Juvenile Detention Officers On Mental Health Needs Of Juvenile Detention Population.
  10.The Juvenile Justice Commission shall, in conjunction with the Police Training Commission and mental health experts, develop a training curriculum for juvenile detention officers...
• Section 52:17b-171.10 - Annual Report To Governor, Legislature.
  11.The Juvenile Justice Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Children and Families, shall annually submit to the Governor and the Legislature, for seven...
• Section 52:17b-171.11 - Rules, Regulations; Penalties, Fines.
  12.The Juvenile Justice Commission, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the...
• Section 52:17b-171.12 - Reinstatement Of Juvenile In Medicaid Program Upon Release.
  8.The Juvenile Justice Commission shall ensure that prior to the scheduled date of release of a juvenile from a detention facility or a facility...
• Section 52:17b-171.13 - Regulations Relative To Room Restriction For Juveniles.
  5. a. A juvenile detained in, or sentenced to, a State juvenile correctional facility or county juvenile detention center shall not be subject to...
• Section 52:17b-172 - Advisory Council To Juvenile Justice Commission.
  4. a. The advisory council to the Juvenile Justice Commission shall consist of the following members: (1)The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and...
• Section 52:17b-173 - Functions, Powers, Duties, Authority Of Advisory Council.
  5.The advisory council shall have the following functions, powers, duties and authority: a.To meet at least quarterly and at such other times as designated...
• Section 52:17b-174 - Juvenile Corrections Officers.
  6. a. The Juvenile Justice Commission shall employ, within the limits of available funds, juvenile corrections officers to staff each State secure juvenile facility...
• Section 52:17b-175 - Responsibilities Of Other Departments.
  7. a. Notwithstanding the Juvenile Justice Commission's responsibility for State secure juvenile facilities and State juvenile facilities and programs, the Department of Corrections, through...
• Section 52:17b-176 - Facilities, Inmates, Equipment, Personnel, Etc. Transferred To Juvenile Justice Commission
  8. a. The following are transferred to the Juvenile Justice Commission: (1)The custody and care of any juvenile adjudicated delinquent and committed or classified...
• Section 52:17b-177 - Transfer Of Functions, Powers, Duties, Authority
  9. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section and section 6 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-174), all transfers directed by this...
• Section 52:17b-178 - Office Of Education Established
  10.There is hereby created and established in the Juvenile Justice Commission an Office of Education to be headed by a Director of Educational Services...
• Section 52:17b-179 - State/community Partnership Grant Program Established
  1. a. A State/Community Partnership Grant Program is established within the Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170) to...
• Section 52:17b-180 - Qualification For State/community Partnership Grant Funds.
  1. a. In order to qualify for award of State/Community Partnership Grant funds established pursuant to P.L.1995, c.283 (C.52:17B-179) a county shall: (1)Establish a...
• Section 52:17b-181 - Short Title
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Stabilization and Reintegration Act." L.1995,c.330,s.1.
• Section 52:17b-182 - Findings, Declarations Relative To A Correctional, Rehabilitative Program For Juvenile, Youthful Offenders
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that there is a present need to provide for certain juvenile and young adult offenders a special program of...
• Section 52:17b-183 - Definitions
  3. As used in this act: a. "Commission" means the Juvenile Justice Commission in, but not of, the Department of Law and Public Safety...
• Section 52:17b-184 - "Stabilization And Reintegration Program."
  4. a. If funds are expressly appropriated for such purpose, and to the extent of such appropriation, the commissioner shall establish and operate a...
• Section 52:17b-185 - Srp Component
  5.The SRP shall include the following components: a. Stage I: A comprehensive, residential program consisting of appropriate: (1)Highly structured routines of discipline; (2)Physical exercise;...
• Section 52:17b-186 - Offender's Admittance Into Srp; Removal
  6. a. Any juvenile offender or youthful offender who is serving a term of incarceration may be assigned to the program by the commissioner...
• Section 52:17b-187 - Reports
  7.No later than 24 months following the implementation of an SRP, the commissioner and the commission shall submit written reports to the Legislature and...
• Section 52:17b-188 - Monitoring Procedures
  8.The commissioner and the commission shall establish procedures to monitor the effectiveness of the programs. L.1995,c.330,s.8.
• Section 52:17b-189 - County Boot Camps Preserved
  9.Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a county from establishing a boot camp program. L.1995,c.330,s.9.
• Section 52:17b-190 - Other Fines, Penalties, Etc. Preserved
  11.Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any person who is admitted to the SRP program from the payment of any fine,...
• Section 52:17b-191 - Short Title.
  1.This act may be known and shall be cited as the "High Technology Crimes and Interactive Computer Services Protection Act." L.1998,c.134,s.1.
• Section 52:17b-192 - Definitions Relative To High Technology Crimes.
  2.As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Law and Public Safety."Interactive computer service" means any information service, system, or access software...
• Section 52:17b-193 - Establishment, Maintenance Of Information Available Through The Internet, Continuing Educational Program; Hotline Telephone Service
  3. a. The department shall establish and maintain information available through the internet. The information shall include but not be limited to guidelines and...
• Section 52:17b-194 - Findings, Determinations Relative To Child Abduction.
  1. a. The Legislature finds and determines that: Child abduction is an unconscionable and horrendous crime; Parents, and all concerned adults, must be ever...
• Section 52:17b-194.1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as "Amber's Plan." L.2002,c.129,s.1.
• Section 52:17b-194.2 - Findings, Determinations Relative To "Amber's Plan."
  2. a. The Legislature finds and determines that: Public alerts can be one of the most effective tools in combating child abductions; Law enforcement...
• Section 52:17b-194.3 - Establishment Of "Amber's Plan"; Activation Of Amber Alert; Criteria.
  3. a. The Attorney General shall establish "Amber's Plan," a program authorizing the broadcast media, upon notice from the State Police, to transmit an...
• Section 52:17b-194.3a - Definitions Relative To Wireless Telephones, Electronic Communication Devices Issued By Public Entities.
  1.As used in this act: "National Wireless Amber Alerts Initiative" means the voluntary partnership between the wireless industry, the United States Department of Justice,...
• Section 52:17b-194.3b - Receipt Of Wireless Amber Alert Text Messages By Officer, Employee Of Public Entity.
  2.Every officer or employee of a public entity who possesses a wireless telephone or electronic communication device which is issued by a public entity,...
• Section 52:17b-194.4 - "Silver Alert System" Established.
  1. a. The Attorney General shall establish a "Silver Alert System" which shall provide a Statewide system for the rapid dissemination of information regarding...
• Section 52:17b-194.5 - Activation Of Silver Alert; Requirements.
  2.A Silver Alert authorized under this section may be activated in accordance with the following requirements, which shall be incorporated into the guidelines required...
• Section 52:17b-194.6 - Use Of Overhead Permanent Changeable Message Signs To Provide Information On Certain Missing Persons.
  3. a. The Missing Persons and Child Exploitation Unit in the Division of State Police, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall develop...
• Section 52:17b-194.7 - Public Education Campaign Relative To Silver Alert System.
  4.The Attorney General, with the assistance of the participating media, shall develop and undertake a public education campaign to inform the public about the...
• Section 52:17b-194.8 - Guidelines.
  5.The Attorney General may adopt guidelines to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2009, c.167, s.5.
• Section 52:17b-194.9 - "Mvp Emergency Alert System."
  1. a. The Attorney General shall establish an "MVP Emergency Alert System" which shall provide practices and protocols for a Statewide system for the...
• Section 52:17b-194.10 - Requirements For Activation Of Mvp Emergency Alert.
  2.An MVP Emergency Alert authorized under this section may be activated in accordance with the following requirements, which shall be incorporated into the guidelines...
• Section 52:17b-194.11 - Transmission Of Alert By Participating Media.
  3. a. When an MVP Emergency Alert is activated pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2015, c.184 (C.52:17B-194.10), the participating media shall voluntarily agree, upon...
• Section 52:17b-195 - Organization, Establishment Of Technology Center.
  2. a. The Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall organize and establish a technology center to coordinate...
• Section 52:17b-196 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Joint Negotiations By Physicians And Dentists With Carriers.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Active, robust and fully competitive markets for health care and dental services provide the best opportunity for the...
• Section 52:17b-197 - Definitions Relative To Joint Negotiations By Physicians And Dentists With Carriers.
  2.As used in this act: "Carrier" means an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or health maintenance organization which...
• Section 52:17b-198 - Joint Negotiations Regarding Non-fee Related Matters.
  3.Two or more independent physicians or dentists who are practicing in the service area of a carrier may jointly negotiate with a carrier and...
• Section 52:17b-199 - Joint Negotiations Regarding Fees, Fee Related Matters.
  4. a. Upon a finding by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioners of Banking and Insurance and Health and Senior Services, that...
• Section 52:17b-200 - Criteria For Exercise Of Joint Negotiation Rights.
  5.The exercise of joint negotiation rights by two or more independent physicians or dentists who are practicing in the service area of a carrier...
• Section 52:17b-201 - Inapplicability Of Act.
  6.The provisions of this act shall not apply to a health benefits or dental plan which is certified by the Commissioner of Human Services...
• Section 52:17b-202 - Requirements To Act As Joint Negotiation Representative.
  7.A person or entity which proposes to act as a joint negotiation representative shall satisfy the following requirements: a.Before entering into negotiations with a...
• Section 52:17b-203 - Powers, Duties Of Attorney General.
  8. a. The Attorney General shall provide written approval or disapproval of a petition or a proposed contract furnished by a joint negotiation representative...
• Section 52:17b-204 - Application For Hearing.
  9. a. Within 30 days from the mailing by the Attorney General of a notice of disapproval of a petition submitted under section 7...
• Section 52:17b-205 - Confidentiality Of Information.
  10. All information, including documents and copies thereof, obtained by or disclosed to the Attorney General or any other person in a petition under...
• Section 52:17b-206 - Good Faith Negotiation Required.
  11. A carrier and a joint negotiation representative shall negotiate in good faith regarding the terms and conditions of physician or dentist contracts pursuant...
• Section 52:17b-207 - Construction Of Act.
  12. a. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to: (1)permit two or more physicians or dentists to jointly engage in a...
• Section 52:17b-208 - Report To Governor, Legislature By Attorney General.
  13. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioners of Banking and Insurance and Health and Senior Services, shall report to the Governor and...
• Section 52:17b-209 - Rules, Regulations.
  14. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioners of Banking and Insurance and Health and Senior Services and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure...
• Section 52:17b-210 - Pamphlet For Students Relative To Pedophile Crimes.
  1.The Attorney General, in consultation with the New Jersey School Boards Association, the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the New Jersey Education Association,...
• Section 52:17b-211 - Uniform Enforcement Relative To Death, Serious Bodily Injury Resulting From Motor Vehicle Accident.
  2.In order to promote uniform enforcement in matters when death or serious bodily injury arises out of a motor vehicle incident, any guidelines developed...
• Section 52:17b-212 - Definitions Relative To Missing Persons.
  1.As used in this act: "High risk missing person" means a person whose whereabouts are not currently known and the circumstances of the person's...
• Section 52:17b-213 - Acceptance Of Report Of Missing Person Without Delay.
  2. a. A law enforcement agency shall accept without delay any report of a missing person. No law enforcement agency may refuse to accept...
• Section 52:17b-214 - Information About The Missing Person For Record.
  3.At the time a missing person report is filed, the law enforcement agency shall seek to ascertain and record the following information about the...
• Section 52:17b-215 - Information Provided To Person Making Report Or Family Member.
  4. a. The law enforcement agency shall notify the person making the report, a family member, or any other person in a position to...
• Section 52:17b-216 - Determination Of Designation As High Risk Missing Person.
  5. a. Upon the initial receipt of a missing person report, a law enforcement agency shall seek to determine whether the person reported missing...
• Section 52:17b-217 - Actions Relative To High Risk Missing Person Or Child.
  6. a. Upon a determination that a missing person investigation involves a high risk missing person or a missing child, the lead law enforcement...
• Section 52:17b-218 - Practices, Protocol For Death Scene Investigations.
  7. a. The Attorney General shall provide information to local law enforcement agencies about best practices and protocols for handling death scene investigations. b.The...
• Section 52:17b-219 - Custody Of Human Remains, Notification If Remains Unidentified.
  8. a. After performing any death scene investigation, as deemed appropriate under the circumstances, the official with custody of the human remains shall ensure...
• Section 52:17b-220 - Responsibilities Of County Medical Examiner.
  9. a. If the official with custody of the human remains is not a medical examiner, the official shall promptly transfer the unidentified remains...
• Section 52:17b-221 - Development, Dissemination Of Best Practices Protocol To Law Enforcement.
• Section 52:17b-222 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Law Enforcement Professional Standards Act of 2009." L.2009, c.121, s.1.
• Section 52:17b-223 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Law Enforcement Professional Standards.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares: a.The citizens of the State of New Jersey are entitled to be protected and served by law enforcement professionals...
• Section 52:17b-224 - Definitions Relative To Law Enforcement Professional Standards.
  3.As used in this act: "Consent decree" means the consent decree the State of New Jersey entered into with the United States Department of...
• Section 52:17b-225 - Office Of Law Enforcement Professional Standards.
  4. a. There is created in the Department of Law and Public Safety an Office of Law Enforcement Professional Standards which shall perform such...
• Section 52:17b-226 - Appointment Of Director.
  5.The Attorney General shall appoint an individual qualified by education, experience, or professional background in the fields of law, investigation, criminal practice, and administration...
• Section 52:17b-227 - Organization Of Office.
  6.Subject to the provisions of P.L.2009, c.121 (C.52:17B-222 et seq.), the director may, with the approval of the Attorney General, organize the work of...
• Section 52:17b-228 - Duties, Functions Of Office.
  7. a. The office shall be authorized to perform the duties and functions previously performed under the consent decree by the independent monitors and...
• Section 52:17b-229 - Preparation Of Reports By Office.
  8.On the first day of the sixth month after the issuance of the final report by the independent monitoring team appointed by the United...
• Section 52:17b-230 - Specific Authority Of Office Relative To Certain Best Practices.
  9.The office shall have specific authority to provide advice and technical assistance to county and municipal law enforcement agencies concerning best practices for: the...
• Section 52:17b-231 - Promoting, Ensuring Compliance With General Policy.
  10.The office shall take appropriate steps to promote and ensure compliance with the general policy that all law enforcement officers not rely to any...
• Section 52:17b-232 - Personnel Performance Information System.
  11.The Division of State Police shall maintain a personnel performance information system that meets or exceeds the specifications of the system in place upon...
• Section 52:17b-233 - Participants In, Material Offered In Training Course, Program.
  12.The Superintendent of State Police shall ensure that no member of the State Police attends or participates in any training course or program relating...
• Section 52:17b-234 - Certification Of Compliance.
  13. a. The superintendent shall, on a semi-annual basis, certify to the Attorney General that the Division of State Police has complied with the...
• Section 52:17b-235 - Semi-annual Public Reports.
  14. a. The office shall prepare semi-annual public reports that include aggregate statistics on State Police traffic enforcement activities and procedures, segregated by State...
• Section 52:17b-236 - Risk-based Audits, Performance Reviews Conducted By State Comptroller.
  15. a. The State Comptroller, established pursuant to P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-1 et seq.), shall conduct risk-based audits and performance reviews of the Division of...
• Section 52:17b-237 - Commission On Human Trafficking.
  1. a. There is hereby created, in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety, a commission to be...
• Section 52:17b-238 - "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
  2. a. There is established the "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund" as a separate, non-lapsing, dedicated fund in the General Fund, which shall be...
• Section 52:17b-239 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Violence As A Public Health Crisis.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.On December 14, 2012, a heavily armed man, dressed in black fatigues and a military vest, walked into...
• Section 52:17b-240 - Study Commission On Violence.
  2. a. There is established a Study Commission on Violence to study the issue of violence. The commission shall consist of nine members. To...
• Section 52:17b-241 - Duty Of The Commission.
  3. a. It shall be the duty of the commission to study the trends of violence, the source of violence, and the impact of...
• Section 52:17b-242 - Public Hearings, Report To Governor, Legislature.
  4. a. The commission shall conduct public hearings in furtherance of its general purposes at such place or places as it shall designate, at...
• Section 52:17c-1 - Definitions.
  1.As used in this act: a."Automatic number identification (ANI)" means an enhanced 9-1-1 service capability that enables the automatic display of the callback number...
• Section 52:17c-3 - Office Of Emergency Telecommunications Services.
  3. a. There is established in the Office of Information Technology an Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services. b.The office shall be under the immediate...
• Section 52:17c-3.2 - Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission.
  5. a. There is established in the Office of Information Technology a Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission which shall oversee the office in the...
• Section 52:17c-3.3 - Statewide Public Safety Communications Advisory Council.
  6. a. There is established in the Office of Information Technology the Statewide Public Safety Communications Advisory Council which shall provide advice and assistance...
• Section 52:17c-3.4 - New Jersey Big Data Alliance Designated As State's Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Consortium; Definitions.
  1. a. The New Jersey Big Data Alliance is designated as the State's advanced cyberinfrastructure consortium. The purpose of the consortium shall be to...
• Section 52:17c-4 - Enhanced 9-1-1 Service.
  4.Each telephone company providing service within the State shall provide enhanced 9-1-1 service to include selective routing, automatic number identification and automatic location identification...
• Section 52:17c-5 - County Coordinator
  In order to ensure that the enhanced 9-1-1 system is implemented expeditiously and effectively throughout the State and that each locality participates in the...
• Section 52:17c-6 - Municipal Compliance
  The governing body of each municipality shall: a. Provide or cause to be provided the data required for the establishment of the automatic location...
• Section 52:17c-7 - Public Safety Answering Points.
  7.No provision of this act shall be construed to prohibit in any manner the formation of multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional, regional or county-wide public safety answering...
• Section 52:17c-8 - Psap Functions
  a. Each public safety answering point shall be capable of dispatching or forwarding requests for law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency medical services, or other...
• Section 52:17c-9 - Service Outside Jurisdiction
  a. A public safety agency which receives a request for emergency service outside of its jurisdiction shall promptly forward the request to the public...
• Section 52:17c-10 - Forwarding Subscriber Information.
  10. a. Whenever possible and practicable, telephone companies shall forward to jurisdictional public safety answering points via enhanced 9-1-1 network features, the telephone number...
• Section 52:17c-11 - Dial Tone First Capability.
  11.All coin and credit card telephones whether public or private within areas served by enhanced 9-1-1 service shall be converted to dial tone first...
• Section 52:17c-12 - Expenses
  a. All expenses incurred in the installation, operation and maintenance of a PSAP shall be defrayed by the municipality or county operating or controlling...
• Section 52:17c-13 - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Account
  There is established in the General Fund an account entitled the "9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Account." There shall be credited to the account such...
• Section 52:17c-14 - Annual Appropriation.
  14. a. The Legislature shall annually appropriate such sums as are necessary to pay for the operation and maintenance of the enhanced 9-1-1 service...
• Section 52:17c-15 - Civil Proceedings; Rules, Regulations.
  15. a. The Attorney General may, at the request of the commission, or on his own initiative, institute civil proceedings against any appropriate party...
• Section 52:17c-16 - Penalties
  Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of $200.00 for the first offense and $500.00 for...
• Section 52:17c-17 - Definitions Relative To Fees On Mobile Telecommunications Customers
  1.As used in this act: "Home service provider" means the facilities-based carrier or reseller with which the customer contracts for the provision of mobile...
• Section 52:17c-18 - Fee Imposed On Mobile Telecommunications Service Customers; Exemptions; Administration; Liability.
  2. a. (1) There is imposed on each mobile telecommunications service customer, charged by a mobile telecommunications company for mobile telecommunications service for each...
• Section 52:17c-19 - "9-1-1 System And Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
  3. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury within the General Fund a special account to be known as the "9-1-1...
• Section 52:17c-20 - Itemization, Identification Of Fee On Customer Bills.
  4.A mobile telecommunications company and a telephone exchange company collecting the fee imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2004, c.48 (C.52:17C-18) shall itemize and...
• Section 52:18-4.1 - Death, Resignation, Etc., Of Treasurer; Account; Delivery Of Funds To Successor
  If the state treasurer die, resign, be displaced, or cease to hold his office, then such treasurer, or, if he be dead, his heirs,...
• Section 52:18-5 - Duration Of Bond
  The official bond of the state treasurer shall remain and continue in full force and effect against the treasurer and his surety until: a....
• Section 52:18-7.1 - Designation Of Acting Deputy When Deputy State Treasurer Ill Or Absent; Powers And Duties; Oath; Bond
  Whenever the deputy State Treasurer shall be ill or absent from his office the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to designate one of his...
• Section 52:18-8 - Bond And Oath Of Deputy State Treasurer
  The deputy state treasurer shall take and subscribe an oath of like form and character as that required to be taken by the state...
• Section 52:18-10 - Death, Resignation Or Displacement Of Treasurer; Account Stated; Delivery Of Property To Successor
  If the state treasurer shall die, resign, be displaced or cease to hold his office, he or if he be dead, his heirs, executors...
• Section 52:18-10.1 - Seal
  The State Treasurer shall have a seal which shall contain the coat of arms of the State and further the words "State Treasurer New...
• Section 52:18-11 - General Duties Of Treasurer
  The state treasurer shall, in addition to the other duties imposed upon him by law: a. Receive and keep the moneys of the state,...
• Section 52:18-11.1 - Individual Retirement Annuities For State Employees And Their Spouses; Contract With Insurance Company
  The State Treasurer may enter into a contract with an insurance company authorized to do business in this State to provide to its employees,...
• Section 52:18-11.2 - Long Term Care Insurance Plan For Local Contracting Units.
  1. a. The State Treasurer shall arrange for a long term care insurance plan for local contracting units subject to the provisions of the...
• Section 52:18-11.3 - Written Statement Informing Recipients.
  4.The State Treasurer shall develop a written statement informing a recipient as specified in sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2005,c.210 (C.43:21-4.2, C.30:1-2.5, and C.52:27D-3.5),...
• Section 52:18-13 - Accounts Stated And Report To Legislature
  The state treasurer shall state in books the account of all moneys received by him for or in behalf of the state and which...
• Section 52:18-14 - Time For Closing Accounts
  The state treasurer shall have his accounts ready for examination and settlement on the second Tuesday of July of every year. To that end,...
• Section 52:18-15 - Accounts Examined By Joint Legislative Committee; Report; Printing
  The accounts of the state treasurer shall be examined immediately upon the close of the fiscal year, by a joint committee of the legislature,...
• Section 52:18-16 - Annual Balance Sheet; Contents
  For the purpose of giving a correct and connected statement of the condition of the finances of the state, the state treasurer shall, as...
• Section 52:18-16.1 - Deposit Of Public Moneys; Interest; Auction; Notice
  The State Treasurer shall, except as otherwise provided, deposit to his credit as treasurer all public moneys coming into his hands, within 3 days...
• Section 52:18-19 - Bank Books Of Deposits And Withdrawals; Annual Entry Of Credits And Debits; Balance Struck
  The state treasurer shall keep a bank book or books in which shall be entered his account of moneys deposited by him or to...
• Section 52:18-20 - Drawing On Deposits; Written Authorization Of Treasurer And Countersignature By Comptroller
  Except as provided by section 52:19-12 of this Title, State moneys deposited by the treasurer or to his credit, shall not be drawn upon...
• Section 52:18-20.1 - Cancellation Of State Checks Outstanding More Than Six Years
  The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to cancel of record, and to refuse to honor, all checks issued by the State Treasurer...
• Section 52:18-20.2 - Credit To State Treasury Of Funds On Deposit
  All State funds held on deposit for the payment of such checks shall, upon cancellation of the record of the checks by the State...
• Section 52:18-21 - Quarterly Record Of State Funds On Deposit; Public Record; Notice Of Balance
  The State Treasurer shall, within 30 days after the first day of every January, April, July and October, prepare a true and complete record...
• Section 52:18-24 - Transfer Of Deposits To Successor Treasurer
  Moneys deposited by the state treasurer, or to his credit and standing to his credit at the expiration of his office, shall be carried...
• Section 52:18-25 - Loan Of Surplus Money
  The treasurer shall loan at the best legal rate of interest he can procure, on the pledge of the United States stock, at a...
• Section 52:18-25.1 - Temporary Investments
  In any case in which the State Treasurer holds moneys of the State under a requirement that said moneys be held for a particular...
• Section 52:18-25.2 - Railroad Deposits; Moneys Held For Unpresented Bonds; Investment
  The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to invest and reinvest the following moneys, now in the State treasury, in the notes or bonds of...
• Section 52:18-25.3 - Claims For Railroad Deposits; Sale Of Securities When Allowed
  In the event that any claim for such railroad deposits shall be made and allowed, and in the event that any such bonds or...
• Section 52:18-25.4 - Interest On Investments
  Interest earned on any such investments shall be paid into the General State Fund, but the State Treasurer shall first deduct therefrom any premium...
• Section 52:18-26 - Treasurer May Borrow From Funds In His Custody; Repayment; Restriction
  The state treasurer may borrow from any fund in his custody, deposited with him pursuant to law, a sum sufficient to pay the principal...
• Section 52:18-27 - No Money Drawn From Treasury Unless Explicitly Appropriated
  No money shall be drawn from the state treasury unless it has been explicitly appropriated to the purpose for which it was drawn.
• Section 52:18-28 - Payments From Treasury On Warrant Of Comptroller; Approval Of Bills
  No moneys shall be drawn from the state treasury to pay salaries and expenses of state employees or to defray the expenses of a...
• Section 52:18-29 - Monthly Payment Of State Moneys Into Treasury; Disbursements; Motor Vehicle Department
  All moneys of the state collected or received by any state institution, board, commission, department, committee, agent or servant, from any source, shall except...
• Section 52:18-30 - Exceptions To Section 52:18-29
  Nothing contained in section 52:18-29 of this title shall apply to or affect: a. The state school fund, or the income thereof; b. The...
• Section 52:18-31 - Moneys Collected Through Board Of Fish And Game Commissioners
  All moneys collected through the board of fish and game commissioners under any state fish and game law, shall be deposited in the state...
• Section 52:18-32 - Moneys Received Pursuant To Motor Vehicle Laws
  All moneys received pursuant to laws relating to motor vehicles shall be deposited in the state treasury as heretofore and held there for the...
• Section 52:18-33 - Moneys Collected For Support Of Boarding Hall Of Normal Schools
  All moneys collected for the support of the boarding halls attached to the state normal schools shall be included in the annual appropriation bill...
• Section 52:18-34 - Receipt Of Moneys Reported To Comptroller For Audit And Registry
  The state treasurer shall forthwith, upon the receipt of any interest or other moneys belonging to the state or to any fund in his...
• Section 52:18-35 - Deposit Of United States Bonds, Received As Security For Deposits Of Moneys Received From United States, In Federal Reserve Bank Outside State
  In all cases where the Treasurer of this State has received or shall receive bonds of the United States of America as security for...
• Section 52:18-36 - Collection Of Debt.
  2.The Department of the Treasury shall have all the remedies and may take all of the proceedings for the collection of debt, as defined...
• Section 52:18-37 - Fee For Unpaid Debts.
  3. In the event that the debt remains unpaid following the issuance of the certificate of debt and the State takes any further collection...
• Section 52:18-38 - Written Notification To Debtor Of Issuance Of Certificate Of Debt.
  4. a. The Treasurer shall provide written notification to the debtor of the proposed issuance of the certificate of debt pursuant to section 1...
• Section 52:18-39 - Construction Of Act.
  6.Nothing in this act shall be construed as depriving the State of any remedy for the enforcement of any State debt through any procedure...
• Section 52:18-40 - Regulations, Procedures To Manage Collection Of Debt; Report Of Inventory Of Total Debt.
  3. a. The Department of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations and procedures to effectively manage the collection of debt. The regulations and procedures shall...
• Section 52:18-41 - Report To Governor, Legislature.
  4.The Director of the Division of Revenue in the Department of the Treasury shall, within 90 days following the conclusion of each fiscal year,...
• Section 52:18-42 - Definitions Relative To Public Contracts With Private Entities.
  1.As used in P.L.2009, c.136 (C.52:18-42 et seq.): "Business" means a corporation; sole proprietorship; partnership; corporation that has made an election under Subchapter S...
• Section 52:18-43 - Conditions For Financial Assistance From Public Entity.
  2.Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, any business receiving any financial assistance for the cost of undertaking any redevelopment project,...
• Section 52:18-44 - Filing Of Audited Financial Statements, Reports.
  3. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, any business to which there is disbursed, by or through that or...
• Section 52:18-45 - Notification To State Treasurer Of Contract, Designation Of Lead Public Agency.
  4.If any State governmental entity enters into a contract or contracts with a business to which the provisions of section 2 of this act...
• Section 52:18-46 - Certification By Business Filing Financial Statement.
  7.Each business filing a financial statement under section 3 of this act shall attach thereto a certification that: a.the business officer signing the financial...
• Section 52:18-47 - Duties Of Cpa Relative To Preparation Of Audit Report.
  8.For any audit report for which a financial statement shall have been filed under section 3 of this act, an independent certified public accountant...
• Section 52:18-48 - Internal Control Report.
  9. a. Each audited financial statement prepared pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of this act shall contain an internal control report, which...
• Section 52:18-49 - Failure To Adhere To Requirements, Refund Of Financial Assistance.
  10. a. Any business, receiving financial assistance from a public entity under a contract to which the provisions of section 2 of this act...
• Section 52:18-50 - Certain State Entities Prohibited From Charging Certain Fees.
  1.Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a State department, agency, board, bureau, authority, office, or any other entity or instrumentality thereof,...
• Section 52:18-51 - Definitions Relative To Certain Economic Development Subsidies.
  1.As used in P.L.2015, c.167 (C.52:18-51 et seq.): "Economic development subsidy" means the provision of an amount of funds to a recipient business by...
• Section 52:18-52 - Conditions For Award Of Subsidy.
  2.A State public body shall not award an economic development subsidy to a recipient business that previously received an economic development subsidy that was...
• Section 52:18a-1 - "Department" Defined
  There is hereby established in the executive branch of the State Government a principal department which shall be known as the Department of the...
• Section 52:18a-2 - State Treasurer
  The administrator and head of the department shall be the State Treasurer, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform...
• Section 52:18a-2a - Transfer Of Revenues To Health Care Subsidy Fund
  5. The State Treasurer shall transfer to the Health Care Subsidy Fund established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.58), revenues generated from...
• Section 52:18a-2.1 - Board Of Public Utilities; Transferred
  a. The Board of Public Utilities and the positions of president and commissioners thereof, designated as such pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1977, c....
• Section 52:18a-3 - Divisions Within Department
  There shall be within the Department of the Treasury a Division of Budget and Accounting, a Division of Purchase and Property, a Division of...
• Section 52:18a-4 - Division Of Budget And Accounting Transferred
  The Division of Budget and Accounting of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance, together with all of its functions, powers and duties...
• Section 52:18a-5 - Director Of Division Of Budget And Accounting
  The Division of Budget and Accounting shall be headed by a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct...
• Section 52:18a-6 - State Commissioner Of Taxation And Finance, Powers And Duties Of Transferred
  The functions, powers and duties heretofore vested in, and exercised or performed by the State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, through the Bureau of...
• Section 52:18a-6.1 - Director Of Division Of Budget And Accounting, Powers And Duties Of
  The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall succeed to and shall exercise and perform those...
• Section 52:18a-6.2 - Reference To "Commissioner Of Taxation And Finance" Deemed Reference To Director Of Division Of Budget And Accounting
  Whenever the term "Commissioner of Taxation and Finance" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any of the statutes enumerated in section one...
• Section 52:18a-7 - Former Office Of State Comptroller Abolished; Accounting And Financial Management To Division Of Budget And Accounting.
  7.The office of State Comptroller, also designated and referred to as "Comptroller of the Treasury," as continued and transferred to and constituted an office...
• Section 52:18a-8 - State Revenues; Depositories; Reports; Accounting
  All State revenue collected by any department, institution, commission, board, committee or official of this State shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be...
• Section 52:18a-8.1 - Fiscal Agent Or Custodian For Funds And Other Assets; Agreements.
  1. a. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into agreement from time to time, and on the terms and for...
• Section 52:18a-8.1a - Definitions Used In C.52:18a-8.1.
  2.As used in section 1 of P.L.1954, c.22 (C.52:18A-8.1): "Branch office" means an office at a fixed location other than a principal office, however...
• Section 52:18a-8.2 - Services To Be Performed
  Such agreements may provide, at the discretion of the State Treasurer, that such fiscal agent or custodian may perform any or all of the...
• Section 52:18a-8.3 - Provision Against Loss Or Damage Required In Agreements
  All agreements entered into by the State Treasurer with any bank pursuant to this act, shall provide that such bank or banks shall be...
• Section 52:18a-8.4 - Fee For Returned Check Collected By Department Of The Treasury
  42. The State Treasurer may in the Treasurer's discretion charge a fee of $50 for each check, received for payment of any fee, fine,...
• Section 52:18a-9 - Forms
  The director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall have authority to prescribe uniform forms to be used by all departments or other...
• Section 52:18a-10 - Encumbrance Requests And Statements Of Indebtedness; Approval; Examination; Warrant Checks
  Each department, commission, committee, official, board or body of any institution or organization of the State shall designate the proper officer who shall approve...
• Section 52:18a-11 - Checks Or Drafts For Transfer Of Funds
  Checks or drafts used only for the transfer of State funds from one depository to another, drawn to the order of the State of...
• Section 52:18a-12 - Certain Provisions Of Alw Construed As Applying To The Director Of The Division Of Budget And Accounting.
  12.Wherever a provision of law relating to the presentation of claims or bills for approval, the drawing of warrants, the countersigning of receipts and...
• Section 52:18a-13 - Vacancies In Certain Offices, Notice To Banks.
  13.The Secretary of State shall, when the offices of State Treasurer or director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall become vacant or...
• Section 52:18a-16 - Division Of Purchase And Property Transferred
  The Division of Purchase and Property of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance, together with all of its functions, powers and duties...
• Section 52:18a-17 - Director Of Division Of Purchase And Property
  The Division of Purchase and Property shall be headed by a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct...
• Section 52:18a-18 - Powers And Duties Of Director Of Division Of Purchase And Property Transferred
  The functions, powers and duties of the director of the Division of Purchase and Property of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance...
• Section 52:18a-18.1 - Notice Prior To Moving State Facility
  a. The Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury shall, prior to moving a State facility out of a municipality,...
• Section 52:18a-18.2 - Leasing Of Certain State-owned Property, Priority, Rate Approval.
  3.If the Department of the Treasury seeks to lease any property included on the lists prepared by the Commissioner of Children and Families pursuant...
• Section 52:18a-19 - Applications And Schedules For Articles To Be Purchased; Duties Of Director; Bills For Purchases
  Each using agency shall, at all times, in the form and for the periods prescribed by the director of the Division of Purchase and...
• Section 52:18a-19.1 - Parking Purposes, Lease Of State Lands, Not Needed, For
  The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to lease, in the...
• Section 52:18a-19.2 - Division Of Architecture, Construction And Maintenance In The Department Of Institutions And Agencies, The Commissioner Of Institutions And Agencies And The Director Of Such Division Transferred To Division Of Purchase And Property In The Department Of The Treasury
  All of the functions, powers, duties, records and property of the Division of Architecture and Construction or Division of Architecture, Construction and Maintenance, by...
• Section 52:18a-19.3 - Certain Terms Occurring In Sections 30:3-7 To 30:3-11 Deemed To Mean Director Of The Division Of Purchase And Property
  Whenever the terms "State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies," or "Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies" or "Department of Institutions and Agencies" occur...
• Section 52:18a-19.4 - Repeal
  The provisions of any and all acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby...
• Section 52:18a-19.5 - Cafeteria For State Officers And Employees
  The Department of the Treasury through the Division of Purchase and Property hereby is authorized to establish, operate and maintain a cafeteria or cafeterias...
• Section 52:18a-19.6 - State Cafeterias Revolving Account
  There is hereby established in the general State treasury, a State Cafeterias Revolving Account, into which shall be paid from time to time, the...
• Section 52:18a-19.7 - Balance On Hand; Disposition
  The balance remaining on hand after the payment of all expenses and liabilities at the present cafeterias, on the effective date of this act,...
• Section 52:18a-19.8 - Warrants
  The State Cafeterias Revolving Account shall be expended by the warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department...
• Section 52:18a-19.9 - Appropriation Of Money In State Cafeterias Revolving Account
  All money received into the State treasury for the State Cafeterias Revolving Account during the fiscal year beginning July first, one thousand nine hundred...
• Section 52:18a-19.10 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one. L.1951, c. 312, p. 1117, s. 6.
• Section 52:18a-19.11 - Transfer Of Functions, Powers, And Duties Of State Bureau For Surplus Property From Division Of Field Services, State Department Of Education To Division Of Purchase And Property In Department Of Treasury
  The State Bureau for Surplus Property, in the Division of Field Services, State Department of Education, together with its functions, powers and duties, is...
• Section 52:18a-19.12 - Method Of Transfer
  The transfer directed by this act will be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.)....
• Section 52:18a-20 - Division Of Local Government Transferred
  The Division of Local Government of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance, together with all of its functions, powers and duties is...
• Section 52:18a-21 - Director Of Division Of Local Government
  The administrative head of the Division of Local Government shall be the director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to...
• Section 52:18a-22 - Director To Be Chairman Of Local Government Board
  The director of the Division of Local Government shall be the chairman of the Local Government Board in the Division of Local Government. L.1948,...
• Section 52:18a-23 - Powers And Duties Of Division Of Local Government Transferred
  The functions, powers and duties of the director of the Division of Local Government of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance are...
• Section 52:18a-24 - Division Of Taxation Transferred; Director Of Such Division
  The Division of Taxation of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance, together with all of its functions, powers and duties is continued,...
• Section 52:18a-24.1 - Director Of The Division Of Taxation; Duties
  7. The Director of the Division of Taxation shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16...
• Section 52:18a-25 - Powers And Duties Of Division Of Taxation Transferred
  The functions, powers and duties of the director of the Division of Taxation of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance are continued,...
• Section 52:18a-27 - Powers And Duties Of State Treasurer Transferred To State Treasurer As Head Of Department Of Treasury
  The functions, powers and duties of the existing State Treasurer are continued, but such functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to and vested...
• Section 52:18a-28 - State Director Of The United New Jersey Railroad And Canal Company
  The office of State Director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company is continued and is hereby constituted an office within the...
• Section 52:18a-30 - State Treasurer, Deputy State Treasurer; Additional Duties.
  30.The State Treasurer, in addition to the functions, powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon the position, shall: (a)Maintain suitable headquarters for the...
• Section 52:18a-30.1 - Destruction Of Records
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Treasurer shall have continuing authority to destroy, or dispose of for the purpose of destruction, any...
• Section 52:18a-31 - Deputy Director Of The Division Of Budget And Accounting
  The State Treasurer shall, whenever he shall deem the same necessary, designate as deputy director of the Division of Budget and Accounting any officer...
• Section 52:18a-32 - State Department Of Taxation And Finance And State Commissioner Of Taxation And Finance; Powers And Duties Transferred
  All functions, powers and duties of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance and of the State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance not...
• Section 52:18a-33 - Personnel, Interdepartmental And Intradepartmental Transfer Of
  The State Treasurer may, in consultation with the heads of the other departments or branches of the State Government, and subject to the provisions...
• Section 52:18a-34 - State Treasurer May Exercise Any Power Vested In A Director
  Any power which may be vested in a director of any division in the Department of the Treasury, except any power which may be...
• Section 52:18a-35 - Co-ordination Of Activities Of Department
  The State Treasurer shall co-ordinate the activities of the department. He shall be the request officer of the department within the meaning of such...
• Section 52:18a-36 - Removal Of Director; Vacancies
  The director of any division in the Department of the Treasury may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and...
• Section 52:18a-37 - Oaths; Bonds
  Before entering upon his duties, the State Treasurer, each division director, any deputy director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, and the deputy...
• Section 52:18a-38 - Reports, Certifications, Applications Or Requests
  Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required...
• Section 52:18a-39 - Transfer Of Files, Books, Papers, Records, Equipment And Other Property
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any officer or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein...
• Section 52:18a-40 - Orders, Rules And Regulations Previously Made
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:18a-41 - Pending Actions Or Proceedings
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, officer or agency, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:18a-42 - Transfers Of Appropriations
  To the extent necessary to carry out the intent and provisions of this act, the State Treasurer, with the approval of the Governor, may...
• Section 52:18a-43 - Employees, Transfer Of
  Such employees of any department, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the...
• Section 52:18a-44 - Tenure, Civil Service, Pension Or Retirement Rights Not Affected
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by...
• Section 52:18a-45 - Terms Of Office Expiring On Effective Date
  The term of office of the present State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance shall expire on the effective date of this act. The term...
• Section 52:18a-46 - Terms Defined; References To.
  46.Whenever the term "State Treasurer" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to...
• Section 52:18a-47 - Repeal
  Sections 52:18-1 to 52:18-4, inclusive, 52:18-6, 52:18-7, 52:18-9, 52:18-12, 52:19-1, 52:19-3, 52:19-4, and 52:19-6 to 52:19-9, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, are hereby repealed....
• Section 52:18a-48 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of the Treasury Act of 1948." L.1948, c. 92, p. 529,...
• Section 52:18a-49 - Effective Date; Prior Appointments
  This act shall take effect on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, except that any appointment, and any confirmation...
• Section 52:18a-50 - Definitions
  As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning...
• Section 52:18a-51 - Creation Of Authority
  There is hereby created and established in the Department of the Treasury, a body corporate and politic with corporate succession, to be known as...
• Section 52:18a-52 - General Purpose Of Authority
  The Authority is created for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, equipping, furnishing, repairing and operating a State office building in the city of...
• Section 52:18a-53 - Appointment And Terms Of Members
  The Authority shall consist of three members, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State....
• Section 52:18a-54 - Vacancies
  Any vacancy in the membership of the Authority other than by expiration of term, shall be filled in the same manner as the original...
• Section 52:18a-55 - Removal
  Each member of the Authority may be removed from office by the Governor for cause after a public hearing. L.1950, c. 255, p. 876,...
• Section 52:18a-56 - Members To Serve Without Compensation
  The members of the Authority shall not receive compensation of the Authority for their services as members of the Authority. Each member shall be...
• Section 52:18a-57 - Quorum
  The powers of the Authority shall be vested in the members in office from time to time and shall be exercised by them without...
• Section 52:18a-58 - Officers
  The Governor shall designate one of the members of the Authority as chairman thereof and another member as vice-chairman thereof. The chairman and vice-chairman...
• Section 52:18a-59 - General Powers
  The Authority shall have power: a. to sue and be sued in its own name; b. to adopt a seal and alter the same...
• Section 52:18a-60 - Additional Powers
  The Authority shall have power in particular: a. to acquire, construct, maintain, equip, furnish, repair and operate a project or projects; b. to lease...
• Section 52:18a-61 - Power Of State Departments, Agencies And Instrumentalities To Contract With The Authority
  Any department or agency and any instrumentality of the State by proper resolution or act, or acting by or through its director or other...
• Section 52:18a-62 - Power Of Counties And Municipalities To Convey Or Lease Real Property
  Notwithstanding the restrictions of any other laws, any county by county resolution, and any municipality by municipal ordinance, may, with or without consideration, convey...
• Section 52:18a-65 - Condemnation
  Upon the exercise by the Authority of the power of eminent domain pursuant to paragraph h of section ten of this act, the compensation...
• Section 52:18a-66 - Bonds
  (a) The Authority shall have the power is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds for any of its corporate...
• Section 52:18a-67 - Remedies And Statutory Trustees
  (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to an issue of bonds authorized or issued by the Authority only if the resolution...
• Section 52:18a-68 - Credit Of State And Political Subdivisions Not Pledged
  Bonds under the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political...
• Section 52:18a-69 - Agreement Of State
  The State of New Jersey does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to authority contained in this act,...
• Section 52:18a-70 - Exemption From Taxation
  The exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State, and...
• Section 52:18a-71 - Bonds Eligible For Investment
  Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which the State and all political subdivisions of...
• Section 52:18a-72 - Annual Report
  On or before the twenty-eighth day of February in each year, the Authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding...
• Section 52:18a-73 - Interested Members, Agents Or Employees
  Any member, agent or employee of the Authority who is interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract of another with the Authority, or...
• Section 52:18a-74 - Additional Method
  The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby,...
• Section 52:18a-75 - Act Liberally Construed
  This act, being necessary for the welfare of the State and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. L.1950, c....
• Section 52:18a-76 - Severability
  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other...
• Section 52:18a-77 - Inconsistent Laws Inapplicable
  The powers granted to the Authority by this act may be exercised without regard or reference to any department or agency of the State....
• Section 52:18a-78 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "State Building Authority Act of 1950." L.1950, c. 255, p. 894, s....
• Section 52:18a-78.1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Building Authority Act." L.1981, c. 120, s. 1, eff. April 16,
• Section 52:18a-78.2 - Definitions
  2. As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: a. "Authority" means the New Jersey Building Authority created under this act....
• Section 52:18a-78.3 - Findings, Declarations
  3. The Legislature finds and declares the following: a. That for many years the functions of the State Government have grown and that during...
• Section 52:18a-78.4 - New Jersey Building Authority; Establishment; Membership; Appointment; Term; Removal; Oath Of Office; Organization; Quorum; Bond; Reimbursement Of Expenses; Dissolution; Veto Of Action By Governor
  a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the...
• Section 52:18a-78.5 - Powers Of Authority
  5. Except as otherwise limited by this act, the authority shall have power: a. To make and alter bylaws for its organization and internal...
• Section 52:18a-78.5a - Purposes For Authority Projects
  8. a. The projects of the authority shall be undertaken for the following purposes: (1) The creation, reconstruction, extension, rehabilitation, renovation, preservation or improvement...
• Section 52:18a-78.5b - Permitted Project, Certain
  11. The renovation or rehabilitation of shelving in the State Library for the Blind and Handicapped is a project the purpose of which is...
• Section 52:18a-78.5c - Application For Financing Local Historic Projects
  9. a. A local governmental agency may apply to the authority for financing of the renovation or preservation of a historic public building. The...
• Section 52:18a-78.6 - Project Report; Review
  6. Prior to the acquisition or construction of any project, or any reconstruction, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, preservation, or improvement of a project, the cost...
• Section 52:18a-78.7 - Public Hearing; Notice; Records; Objection By Local Government; Response
  a. The authority shall conduct a public hearing on each project within the municipality in which the project is to be located. The authority...
• Section 52:18a-78.8 - Submission To Legislature; Approval By Concurrent Resolution
  a. The authority shall make the submission to the Legislature required by section 6 of this act to the President of the Senate and...
• Section 52:18a-78.9 - Leases For Space In Project; Written Approval By Legislature Prior To Execution
  a. No lease agreement entered into for space in any project shall be executed without prior written approval of the presiding officers, or such...
• Section 52:18a-78.9a - Lease Or Sublease Agreement; Approval By Authority
  A lease or sublease agreement for the use or occupation of any portion of a building in which a project is located shall include...
• Section 52:18a-78.10 - Municipalities; Limitations On Powers; Provision Of Services; Contractual Agreements With Local Governmental Agencies
  a. No municipality shall modify or change the drawings, plans or specifications for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement of any project of...
• Section 52:18a-78.11 - Adoption Of Standing Rules, Procedures For Contracts By Authority.
  11. a. The authority, in the exercise of its authority to make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance...
• Section 52:18a-78.11d - Supervision By Chairman
  1. Notwithstanding any provision of section 11 or any other provision of the act to which this act is a supplement to the contrary,...
• Section 52:18a-78.11e - Employees; Assistance.
  With respect to such a project, the chairman may employ such employees, advisors, consultants or agents and call upon the technical and administrative assistance...
• Section 52:18a-78.11f - General Services Administration Authority
  3. a. The authority may delegate to an appropriate State agency within the General Services Administration the authority to undertake a project the aggregate...
• Section 52:18a-78.12 - Relocation Of Public Highways Or Roads; Entry On Lands For Surveys Or Examinations; Relocation Or Removal Of Public Utility Facilities
  a. If the authority shall find it necessary in connection with the undertaking of any of its projects to change the location of any...
• Section 52:18a-78.13 - Eminent Domain
  a. The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c. 361...
• Section 52:18a-78.14 - Issuance Of Bonds, Notes
  14. a. The authority may from time to time issue its bonds or notes in such principal amounts as in the opinion of the...
• Section 52:18a-78.15 - Covenants And Contracts With Holders Of Bonds And Notes
  In any resolution of the authority authorizing or relating to the issuance of any bonds or notes, the authority, in order to secure the...
• Section 52:18a-78.16 - Pledge Of Revenue And Assets; Validity; Lien
  Any pledge of revenues, receipts, moneys, funds, levies, sales agreements, service contracts or other property or instruments made by the authority shall be valid...
• Section 52:18a-78.17 - No Personal Liability.
  17. Neither the directors of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on...
• Section 52:18a-78.18 - Reserves, Funds Or Accounts; Establishment
  The authority may establish such reserves, funds or accounts as may be in its discretion, necessary or desirable to further the accomplishment of the...
• Section 52:18a-78.19 - Pledge And Covenant Not To Alter Rights And Powers
  19. The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued pursuant...
• Section 52:18a-78.20 - Bonds Or Notes As Legal Investment
  The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings...
• Section 52:18a-78.21 - Lease Of Real Property By State Or Local Government Agency To Authority
  All State agencies and all local governmental agencies, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, may lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority at...
• Section 52:18a-78.22 - Agreements Between State Agencies And Authority
  22. All State agencies may purchase, lease, rent, sublease or otherwise acquire any project or any space embraced in any project and pay such...
• Section 52:18a-78.23 - Tax Exemption Of Projects And Other Property, And Bonds And Notes And Interest; In Lieu Tax Payment
  a. All projects and other property of the authority, and projects erected upon land owned by the authority if the projects have been financed,...
• Section 52:18a-78.23a - Apartments Created Under Horizontal Property Act Or Unit Created Under Condominium Act As Constituting Parcel Of Real Property
  An apartment created under the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c. 168 (C. 46:8A-1 et seq.), together with its undivided interest in the general common...
• Section 52:18a-78.24 - Default On Bonds Or Notes; Trustee; Appointment; Powers And Duties; Jurisdiction And Venue Of Suit, Action Or Proceeding
  a. If the authority shall default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any issue of notes or bonds after the same...
• Section 52:18a-78.25 - Moneys Received Pursuant To Act As Trust Funds
  All sums of money received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or notes or as...
• Section 52:18a-78.26 - Annual Report; Audit Of Books And Accounts
  On or before March 31 in each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to...
• Section 52:18a-78.27 - Rendition Of Services By Officers And Units Of State
  All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the State are authorized to render any and all of such services to the authority...
• Section 52:18a-78.28 - Affirmative Action Program
  a. The authority shall adopt rules and regulations to establish an affirmative action program for the hiring of minority workers employed in the performance...
• Section 52:18a-78.29 - Payment Of Prevailing Wage Rate
  The authority shall adopt rules and regulations requiring that not less than the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers employed in the performance...
• Section 52:18a-78.30 - Application Of Provisions Of This Act Or Regulations Over Inconsistent Or Conflicting Laws Or Regulations
  It is the intent of the Legislature that in the event of any conflict or inconsistency in the provisions of this act and any...
• Section 52:18a-78.31 - Severability
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the...
• Section 52:18a-78.32 - Liberal Construction Of Act
  This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act as complete and independent authority for the...
• Section 52:18a-79 - Division Of Investment Established
  There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury a Division of Investment. L.1950, c. 270, p. 917, s. 1.
• Section 52:18a-83 - State Investment Council Established; Membership; Terms.
  5. a. There is hereby established in the Division of Investment a State Investment Council which shall consist of 16 members. (1)Each of the...
• Section 52:18a-84 - Director Of Division Of Investment.
  6.The Division of Investment established hereunder shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a director, who shall be a person qualified by...
• Section 52:18a-84.1 - Deputy Directors Of Division Of Investment.
  1.The State Treasurer shall, whenever he shall deem the same necessary, designate no more than two Deputy Directors of the Division of Investment, who...
• Section 52:18a-85 - Certain Powers And Duties Of Certain Agencies Transferred To Director Of Division Of Investment
  The functions, powers and duties vested by law in the following enumerated agencies: The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System; the...
• Section 52:18a-86 - Powers And Duties Relating To Investment Of Certain Funds To Be Performed By Director Of Division Of Investment
  The functions, powers and duties of, or relating to, investment or reinvestment of moneys of, and purchase, sale or exchange of, any investments or...
• Section 52:18a-86.1 - Acceptance, Investment Of Moneys
  3. The Director of the Division of Investment is authorized to accept, for purposes of investment, moneys from any joint self-insurance fund established by...
• Section 52:18a-87 - State Disability Benefits Fund; Trustees For Support Of Public Schools; Investments By Director Of Division Of Investment
  The functions, powers and duties vested by law in the Board of Trustees of the State Disability Benefits Fund and the Trustees for the...
• Section 52:18a-88.1 - Investment, Reinvestment Of Moneys On Behalf Of Specified Agencies.
  1.The Director of the Division of Investment, in addition to other investments, presently or from time to time hereafter authorized by law, shall have...
• Section 52:18a-89 - Limitations, Conditions, Restrictions Continued; Authorization Of Investments
  11. a. Limitations, conditions and restrictions contained in any law concerning the kind or nature of investment of any of the moneys of any...
• Section 52:18a-89.4 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The State of New Jersey is cognizant of the unacceptable high unemployment levels in Northern Ireland and...
• Section 52:18a-89.5 - Standards For Corporate Activity
  Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury is authorized...
• Section 52:18a-89.6 - Annual Report
  The director shall report the results of the investigation to the Governor and the Legislature not later than January 15 of each year. The...
• Section 52:18a-89.7 - Encouragement Of Adherence By Corporations
  The director shall, where necessary, appropriate, and consistent with prudent standards for fiduciary practice, initiate and support shareholder petitions or initiatives requiring adherence by...
• Section 52:18a-89.8 - Investments In Israeli Obligations
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 11 of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-89) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Director of...
• Section 52:18a-89.9 - Pension, Annuity Funds, Certain, Investment In Company With Equity Ties To Sudan, Certain; Prohibited.
  2.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no assets of any pension or annuity fund under the jurisdiction of the Division of Investment...
• Section 52:18a-89.10 - Sale, Redemption, Divestiture, Withdrawal From Certain Investments; Time.
  3.The State Investment Council and the Director of the Division of Investment shall, after reviewing the recommendations of, and consulting with, an independent research...
• Section 52:18a-89.11 - Reports To Legislature; Contents.
  4.Within 60 days after the effective date of this act, the Director of the Division of Investment shall file with the Legislature a report...
• Section 52:18a-89.12 - Pension Or Annuity, Investment In Foreign Companies Having Equity Ties To Iran; Prohibited.
  2. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no assets of any pension or annuity fund under the jurisdiction of the Division...
• Section 52:18a-90 - Employees Of State Investment Council
  The State Treasurer, with the approval of the State Investment Council, shall assign to the Division of Investment such employees in the Department of...
• Section 52:18a-90.1 - Common Trust Fund
  Notwithstanding any statute or rule of law to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Investment may, subject to the approval of the...
• Section 52:18a-90.2 - Record Of Capital Contributions Of Participating Funds With Income Inuring To Benefit Of General State Fund
  In any common trust fund where the income of the participating funds inures to the benefit of the General State Fund, the participating capital...
• Section 52:18a-90.3 - Certificates Of Ownership In Common Trust Fund; Distributions
  In any common trust fund where the income of the participating funds inures to the benefit of the participating funds, ownership in the common...
• Section 52:18a-90.4 - State Of New Jersey Cash Management Fund.
  1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1970, c.270 (C.52:18A-90.2), the Director of the Division of Investment may, subject to the approval...
• Section 52:18a-90.4a - Definitions Used In C.52:18a-90.4.
  4.As used in section 1 of P.L.1977, c.281 (C.52:18A-90.4): "Branch office" means an office at a fixed location other than a principal office, however...
• Section 52:18a-91 - Powers And Duties Of State Investment Council.
  13. a. The State Investment Council shall consult with the Director of the Division of Investment from time to time with respect to the...
• Section 52:18a-92 - Report Of Operations Of Division Of Investment
  Not later than fifteen days after the close of each month, the Director of the Division of Investment shall cause to be prepared and...
• Section 52:18a-93 - Bond Of Director
  Before entering upon his duties, the Director of the Division of Investment established hereunder shall give bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of his...
• Section 52:18a-94 - Inconsistent Laws
  To the extent that the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this act shall...
• Section 52:18a-95 - Division Of Pensions Established
  There is hereby created and established within the Department of the Treasury a Division of Pensions. L.1955, c. 70, p. 233, s. 1.
• Section 52:18a-95.1 - Division Of Pensions Renamed Division Of Pensions And Benefits
  36. The Division of Pensions in the Department of the Treasury, created and established by P.L.1955, c.70 (C.52:18A-95 et seq.), shall be known and...
• Section 52:18a-96 - Transfer Of Agencies And Their Functions, Powers, Duties, Equipment And Records--exceptions
  The following agencies, namely the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System, the Prison Officers' Pension Commission, the Board of Trustees of...
• Section 52:18a-97 - Powers And Duties Of Enumerated Agencies Continued
  Except as is otherwise provided in this act, and in chapter 270 of the laws of 1950, as amended and supplemented; (1) each of...
• Section 52:18a-98 - Authority To Appoint, Employ Or Remove Personnel
  The authority, vested pursuant to any law in any of the respective agencies, to appoint, employ or remove administrative, clerical or any other personnel,...
• Section 52:18a-99 - Director; Appointment And Qualifications; Tenure And Salary
  The Division of Pensions established hereunder shall be headed, directed and supervised by a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and...
• Section 52:18a-100 - Functions, Powers, Duties Of Director Of Division Of Investment Not Affected
  Nothing in this act shall be construed or deemed to change, vary, or modify the provisions of chapter 270 of the laws of 1950,...
• Section 52:18a-101 - Personal Rights Not Affected
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him or...
• Section 52:18a-102 - Repealer
  Section 14 of chapter 92 of the laws of 1948 is hereby repealed. L.1955, c. 70, p. 235, s. 8.
• Section 52:18a-103 - Repealer
  Section 15 of chapter 92 of the laws of 1948 is hereby repealed. L.1955, c. 70, p. 235, s. 9.
• Section 52:18a-104 - Inconsistent Acts
  Any act or acts or portion of any act or acts inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. L.1955,...
• Section 52:18a-105 - Affixing Voucher Signatures By Machine
  Persons designated by chapter 13 of Title 18 of the Revised Statutes, chapter 37 of the laws of 1955, chapters 7 and 16 of...
• Section 52:18a-106 - Bond
  The secretary of each of said pension funds shall enter into bond with 2 or more sureties, to be approved by the State Treasurer,...
• Section 52:18a-107 - Purpose Of Act
  The purpose of this act is to enable active members of the several State administered retirement systems to make voluntary additional contributions to provide...
• Section 52:18a-108 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act: a."Fiscal year" means any year commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 next following. b."Participant" means (1)...
• Section 52:18a-109 - Supplementary Annuity Program; Establishment; Contributions
  Each State administered retirement system shall establish, as a part thereof, a supplementary annuity program under which it will receive voluntary contributions from its...
• Section 52:18a-110 - Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust; Establishment; Duties; Divisions
  There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury the Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust of New Jersey, which shall accept amounts received for...
• Section 52:18a-111 - Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust
  In order to facilitate the administration of the supplemental annuity programs of the State administered retirement systems, the State administered retirement systems shall vest...
• Section 52:18a-112 - Participation; Application For Enrollment.
  6.A member of a State administered retirement system or an employee of a board of education, as defined in N.J.S.18A:1-1, regularly scheduled to work...
• Section 52:18a-113 - Contributions.
  7.Contributions by a participant shall be made through payroll deductions of integral dollar amounts not in excess of the maximum contribution amount permitted under...
• Section 52:18a-113.1 - Purchase Of Annuity For Employee By Employer.
  4.Any employee who is a member of a State administered retirement system may enter into an agreement with the employee's employer whereby the employee...
• Section 52:18a-113.2 - Tax-deferred Annuity, Education Employees; Written Agreement To Reduce Salary.
  1. a. The Department of Education, the Commission on Higher Education, and the governing body of any public institution of education may enter into...
• Section 52:18a-113.3 - Reduction Of Employee's Salary; Benefits.
  2.Upon approval and filing, the State Treasurer or the applicable governing body of a public institution of education shall reduce an employee's salary pursuant...
• Section 52:18a-113.4 - Payments For Annuity.
  3.Payments for tax-deferred annuities shall be made by the State Treasurer or the applicable governing body of a public institution of education to the...
• Section 52:18a-113.5 - Rules, Regulations
  4. The Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410...
• Section 52:18a-113.6 - Transfer Of Certain Annuity Funds.
  1.Employees of the Department of Education, the Commission on Higher Education, or the governing body of any public institution of education who are participants...
• Section 52:18a-114 - Investment Of Assets Of Variable And Fixed Divisions
  The assets of the Variable Division and the Fixed Division may be invested through the same agency as other State funds are invested; provided,...
• Section 52:18a-115 - Investment Of Assets Of Variable Division.
  9.The assets of the Variable Division shall be invested and reinvested principally in common stocks and securities which are convertible into common stocks. Such...
• Section 52:18a-116 - Accounts Of Variable Division
  The Variable Division shall consist of the following accounts: a. The Variable Accumulation Account shall be the account to which the contributions of participants...
• Section 52:18a-117 - Variable Retirement Benefit, Transfer Of Outstanding Loan Balance
  11. a. Upon retirement under a State administered retirement system, a participant in the Variable Division shall receive a variable benefit under which the...
• Section 52:18a-118 - Investment And Reinvestment Of Assets Of Fixed Division; Fixed Income Securities
  The assets of the Fixed Division shall be invested and reinvested principally in fixed income securities which are legal investments for life insurance companies...
• Section 52:18a-119 - Accounts Of Fixed Division
  The Fixed Division shall consist of the following accounts: a. The Fixed Accumulation Account shall be the account to which contributions of participants in...
• Section 52:18a-120 - Fixed Retirement Benefit; Transfer Of Outstanding Loan Balance
  14. a. Upon retirement under a State administered retirement system, a participant in the Fixed Division shall receive a fixed benefit under which the...
• Section 52:18a-121 - Single Cash Payment For Participant Ceasing To Be Member Of Retirement System
  Any participant who ceases to be a member of a State administered retirement system and who does not qualify and apply for benefits under...
• Section 52:18a-122 - Payment In Event Of Death Of Participant Prior To Retirement
  In the event of the death of a participant prior to retirement, an amount equal to the value of his account as of the...
• Section 52:18a-123 - Termination Of Inactive Accounts; Refunds
  The council may terminate any inactive account in either division if the value of such account is less than $100.00 and, in such event,...
• Section 52:18a-124 - Time Each Division Operative; Required Number Of Participants
  All other provisions of this act notwithstanding, neither division shall become operative until the required number of participants shall have filed applications. The required...
• Section 52:18a-151 - Establishment Of Division; Director
  There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury the Division of Building and Construction. The division shall be under the immediate supervision...
• Section 52:18a-152 - Bureaus; Organizational Units
  The State Treasurer shall organize the work of the division in such bureaus and other organizational units as he may determine to be necessary...
• Section 52:18a-153 - Transfer Of Functions, Powers And Duties Of Division Of Purchase And Property, Director, And Office Of Architecture, Engineering And Construction
  All the functions, powers and duties of the Division of Purchase and Property, the director thereof and the Office of Architecture, Engineering and Construction...
• Section 52:18a-154 - Transfer Of Appropriations
  All appropriations and other moneys available and to become available to any division, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which...
• Section 52:18a-155 - Transfer Of Employees
  All employees of any division, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the...
• Section 52:18a-156 - Employee Rights
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by...
• Section 52:18a-157 - Transfer Of Files, Records, Etc.
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any division, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have...
• Section 52:18a-158 - Effect Upon Prior Orders, Rules, Regulations
  This act shall not affect orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any division, office or other agency, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:18a-159 - Effect Upon Pending Actions Or Proceedings
  This act shall not affect any actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any division, office or other agency, the functions,...
• Section 52:18a-160 - Reports, Certifications, Etc.; Filing With Division
  Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or...
• Section 52:18a-161 - Construction Of Prior Laws, Rules Or Regulations
  With respect to the functions, powers and duties hereby transferred to the Division of Building and Construction, whenever in any law, rule, regulation, judicial...
• Section 52:18a-162 - Repeal Of Inconsistent Acts
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, superseded and...
• Section 52:18a-163 - State Employees Deferred Compensation Board; Establishment; Members; Compensation; Meetings
  There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury the New Jersey State Employees Deferred Compensation Board (hereinafter called the board). The membership...
• Section 52:18a-164 - New Jersey State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, the board is empowered to adopt a written plan, consistent with the requirements of the United States...
• Section 52:18a-165 - Deferral And Deduction Of Salary; Voluntary Written Agreement
  The State may by a voluntary written agreement with any employee of the State provide that a portion of the employee's current salary from...
• Section 52:18a-166 - Investment Of Funds; Division Of Investment As Fiduciary
  The plan shall designate the Division of Investment, as constituted by P.L.1950, c. 270, (C. 52:18A-79 et seq.) as amended and supplemented from time...
• Section 52:18a-167 - Powers
  a. The board is empowered to take all measures necessary for the implementation and administration of this act, including but not limited to the...
• Section 52:18a-168 - Costs To Be Recovered By Service Charge Or From Private Organization With Contract For Administration
  No significant costs shall be incurred by the State as a result of this act unless such costs are recovered by charging and collecting...
• Section 52:18a-169 - Immunity From Liability For Loss
  The State, the board and the members of the board, the Division of Investment and its employees, and the State Investment Council and its...
• Section 52:18a-170 - Disposition Of Deferred, Deducted Moneys; Assets Held In Trust
  8. All moneys which are deferred and deducted in accordance with the provisions of this act and the plan shall remain assets of the...
• Section 52:18a-170.1 - Amendment, Termination Of Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust.
  75.With respect to the portion of the Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust that is subject to section 403(b) of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26...
• Section 52:18a-171 - Unassignability Of Payments And Rights
  No participating employee or beneficiary thereof shall have the right to commute, sell, assign or otherwise transfer or convey the rights to receive any...
• Section 52:18a-172 - Deferred And Deducted Amounts; Inclusion As Regular Compensation; Exclusion In Computation Of Federal Withholding Taxes
  Any amount of the employee's salary that is deferred and deducted under this act and the plan shall continue to be included as regular...
• Section 52:18a-173 - Deferred Salary Clearing Fund And Other Funds
  The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to establish, on behalf of the board, a deferred salary clearing fund in the State Treasury in which...
• Section 52:18a-174 - Deferred Compensation Plan Expanded.
  12.Subject to the independent approval of the State Treasurer, the board may authorize the transfer of funds necessary to permit individuals employed at the...
• Section 52:18a-175 - Plan Additional To And Not Part Of Retirement Or Pension System
  The plan shall be in addition to and not a part of any retirement or pension system. L.1978, c. 39, s. 13, eff. June...
• Section 52:18a-176 - Portability Of Employees' Credit From Similar Plans
  The board, either in the plan or through separate rules and regulations, may allow for the portability of appropriate amounts of employees' credit from...
• Section 52:18a-177 - Determination Plan Consistent With Requirements Of Internal Revenue Service
  No agreement may be entered into between the State and any employee for the deferral and deduction of any portion of current salary, pursuant...
• Section 52:18a-178 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "General Services Administration Act of 1984." L.1984, c. 34, s. 1.
• Section 52:18a-179 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that the consolidation of the Divisions of Purchase and Property and Building and Construction and the procurement and operational...
• Section 52:18a-180 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Administration" means the General Services Administration in the Department of the Treasury, as established by this act. b....
• Section 52:18a-181 - General Services Administration; Establishment
  There is established in the Department of the Treasury a General Services Administration which shall supervise and coordinate those functions, powers and duties of...
• Section 52:18a-182 - General Services Administrator; Qualifications; Appointment; Term Of Office; Compensation
  The administration shall be under the immediate supervision of the General Services Administrator who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to...
• Section 52:18a-183 - Organization; Employees
  The administrator shall organize the work of the administration in organizational units as he deems necessary for effective and efficient operation. The Treasurer, after...
• Section 52:18a-184 - Divisions Of Purchase And Property And Building And Construction; Consolidation Under Administration; Continuance
  The Division of Purchase and Property as constituted by section 16 of the "Department of the Treasury Act of 1948," P.L.1948, c. 92 (C....
• Section 52:18a-185 - Division Of Data Processing And Telecommunications; Abolishment
  The Division of Data Processing and Telecommunications as established by section 1 of P.L.1970, c. 94 (C. 52:18A-137) is abolished. L.1984, c. 34, s.
• Section 52:18a-186 - Division Of Functions, Powers And Duties Relating To Data Processing And Telecommunications Between Administration And Treasurer
  The administration shall have those functions, powers and duties set forth in sections 10 through 13 of this act relating to the procurement of...
• Section 52:18a-187 - Data Processing And Telecommunications; Duties
  With respect to data processing and telecommunications, the administration or the department, as the case may be, shall: a. Assure the effectiveness of information...
• Section 52:18a-188 - Means To Accomplish Duties
  In order to accomplish the foregoing, the administration or the department, as the case may be, shall: a. Be responsible for evaluating all requests...
• Section 52:18a-189 - Data Processing; Duties
  With respect to data processing, the administration or the department, as the case may be, shall: a. Foster and direct the establishment and consolidation...
• Section 52:18a-190 - Telecommunications; Definition; Duties
  As used in this act, "telecommunications" means any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images and sounds or intelligences of any nature...
• Section 52:18a-191 - Administrator; Additional Duties
  In addition to supervising and coordinating the functions, powers and duties of the administration provided in sections 5 and 6 of this act, the...
• Section 52:18a-191.1 - Findings, Declarations
  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the State's space leasing program is a $200 million program and should be conducted in an...
• Section 52:18a-191.2 - Definitions
  2. As used in this act: "Committee" means the State Leasing and Space Utilization Committee. "Office" means the Office of Leasing Operations in the...
• Section 52:18a-191.3 - Office Of Leasing Operations Established
  3. There is established the Office of Leasing Operations in the General Services Administration of the Department of the Treasury. The office shall be...
• Section 52:18a-191.4 - State Leasing And Space Utilization Committee Established
  4. There is established a three-member State Leasing and Space Utilization Committee. The committee shall consist of the President of the Senate, the Speaker...
• Section 52:18a-191.5 - Committee Approval Required For Lease Agreements
  5. No lease agreement negotiated by the Office of Leasing Operations shall be valid without the prior written approval of the State Leasing and...
• Section 52:18a-191.6 - Site Visits To Leased Property
  6. The Office of Leasing Operations shall make periodic site visits to leased property to ensure that State agencies are properly using leased space....
• Section 52:18a-191.7 - Information Provided To Legislative Budget And Finance Officer
  7. The Office of Leasing Operations shall provide to the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer such information concerning leasing operations which the Legislative Budget...
• Section 52:18a-191.8 - Rules, Regulations
  8. The Administrator of the General Services Administration may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and...
• Section 52:18a-191.9 - Entitlement To Assistance, Services
  9. The General Services Administration and the State Leasing and Space Utilization Committee are entitled to call to their assistance and avail themselves of...
• Section 52:18a-192 - Reference To Division Of Data Processing And Telecommunications To Mean And Refer To General Services Administration
  With respect to the functions, powers and duties transferred to the General Services Administration by this act, whenever in any law, rule, regulation, judicial...
• Section 52:18a-193 - Transfers In Accordance With State Agency Transfer Act
  The transfers directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.)....
• Section 52:18a-194 - Provisions Of Act; Application To Executive Branch; Coordinating And Advisory Application To Legislative And Judicial Branches
  The provisions of this act with respect to the functions, powers and duties of the General Services Administration to manage, administer or control procurements...
• Section 52:18a-195 - Supersedure Of Inconsistent Acts; Repeal
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are superseded. P.L.1970, c. 94 (C. 52:18A-137 et seq.) is repealed....
• Section 52:18a-196 - Findings, Declarations.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.New Jersey, the nation's most densely populated State, requires sound and integrated Statewide planning and the coordination of...
• Section 52:18a-197 - State Planning Commission
  There is established in the Department of the Treasury a State Planning Commission, to consist of 17 members to be appointed as follows: a....
• Section 52:18a-198 - Organizational Meeting
  The commission shall meet for the purpose of organization as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members. The Governor shall...
• Section 52:18a-199 - Duties Of The Commission.
  4.The commission shall: a.Prepare and adopt within 36 months after the enactment of P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.) , and revise and readopt at...
• Section 52:18a-200 - State Development And Redevelopment Plan.
  5.The State Development and Redevelopment Plan shall be designed to represent a balance of development and conservation objectives best suited to meet the needs...
• Section 52:18a-201 - Office Of State Planning.
  6. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury the Office of State Planning. The director of the office shall be appointed...
• Section 52:18a-201.1 - "Military Facility," "Military Facility Commander," Notification Of Land Use Plan.
  5. a. As used in this section: "military facility" means any facility located within the State which is owned or operated by the federal...
• Section 52:18a-202 - Advice Of Other Entities; Plan Cross-acceptance.
  7. a. In preparing, maintaining and revising the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, the commission shall solicit and give due consideration to the plans,...
• Section 52:18a-202a - Extended Period For Filing Report On Preliminary Plan.
  2.The extended period for the filing of a formal report of findings, recommendations and objections concerning the preliminary plan provided for in section 7...
• Section 52:18a-202.1 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There are many concerns associated with the design and implementation of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan...
• Section 52:18a-202.2 - Studies; Review.
  2. a. The Office of State Planning in consultation with the Office of Economic Policy, shall utilize the following: (1)Conduct portions of these studies...
• Section 52:18a-202.3 - On-going Monitoring And Evaluation Program
  a. The Final Plan shall include the appropriate monitoring variables and plan targets in the economic, environmental, infrastructure, community life, and intergovernmental coordination areas...
• Section 52:18a-203 - Rules, Regulations.
  8. a. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out its purposes, including procedures to facilitate the solicitation and receipt of comments...
• Section 52:18a-204 - Assistance Of Personnel Of Other Entities.
  9.The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance any personnel of any State agency, regional entity, or county, municipality or political subdivision...
• Section 52:18a-205 - Provision Of Data By Other Entities.
  10.Each State agency, regional entity, or county, municipality or political subdivision thereof shall make available to the commission any studies, surveys, plans, data and...
• Section 52:18a-206 - Other Plans, Regulations Unaffected; Adoption Of Coastal Planning Policies.
  11. a. The provisions of P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.) shall not be construed to affect the plans and regulations of the Pinelands Commission...
• Section 52:18a-207 - Short Title
  Sections 1 through 12 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Planning Act." L. 1985, c. 398, s....
• Section 52:18a-208 - Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund.
  4.There is created in the Department of the Treasury, a fund to be known as the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund. The fund shall be...
• Section 52:18a-209 - Petroleum Overcharge Reimbursement Fund
  There is established in the General Fund a special fund to be known as the "Petroleum Overcharge Reimbursement Fund," hereinafter referred to as the...
• Section 52:18a-210 - Eligibility Guidelines; Distribution Procedures
  a. The commissioner of any department receiving an appropriation pursuant to this act shall issue guidelines concerning the eligibility for available funds and procedures...
• Section 52:18a-211 - Annual Budget Recommendation; Requirements
  The annual budget recommendation shall include a schedule reflecting the actual expenditure and proposed appropriation of amounts from the Petroleum Overcharge Reimbursement Fund and...
• Section 52:18a-212 - Findings, Declarations Relative To The Trenton War Memorial
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that the Trenton War Memorial building is a cultural, historic and artistic asset to the citizens of New Jersey...
• Section 52:18a-213 - Title Vested In State
  2.Title or interest in any lands, buildings, facilities, furnishings or equipment heretofore acquired by, conveyed or transferred to, the Trenton and Mercer County Memorial...
• Section 52:18a-214 - Jurisdiction Of The Department Of The Treasury; Department Of State
  3.The Trenton War Memorial shall fall within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury for the purposes of restoration, repair and maintenance of...
• Section 52:18a-215 - Funds; Fees; Uses
  4. a. Any entity may, with the written authorization of the Secretary of State and written notice to the State Treasurer, solicit and raise...
• Section 52:18a-216 - War Memorial Fund
  There is created a War Memorial Fund in the custody and control of the State Treasurer which shall be the repository for all moneys...
• Section 52:18a-218 - Korean Veterans' Memorial Fund.
  4.There is created in the Department of the Treasury, a fund to be known as the Korean Veterans' Memorial Fund. The fund shall be...
• Section 52:18a-218.1 - Definitions Relative To Funeral Payments For Public Safety Personnel.
  1.As used in this act: "Family" means the spouse, parent, children or other person who pays the funeral expenses of a public safety employee...
• Section 52:18a-218.2 - Reimbursement To Family Of Employee Killed In Performance Of His Duties.
  2.When a public safety employee is killed in the performance of his duties, the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey shall reimburse the...
• Section 52:18a-218.3 - Rules, Regulations.
  3.The State Treasurer shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410...
• Section 52:18a-219 - Division Of Risk Management.
  1. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a Division of Risk Management. b.All of the functions, powers and duties of...
• Section 52:18a-220 - Director Of The Division Of Risk Management.
  2.The division shall be under the immediate supervision of a director who shall administer the work of the division under the direction and supervision...
• Section 52:18a-221 - Mission Of The Division.
  3.The mission of the division shall be to implement a well-coordinated strategy to identify and respond to the needs of the various departments and...
• Section 52:18a-222 - Risk Management Committee.
  4. a. There is created a Risk Management Committee to monitor the State's risk management program as developed and coordinated by the division. The...
• Section 52:18a-223 - Rules, Regulations.
  5.The Director of the Division of Risk Management shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.)...
• Section 52:18a-224 - Short Title.
  6.Sections 6 through 16 of P.L.2007, c.56 (C.52:18A-224 through C.52:18A-234) shall be known and may be cited as "The Office of Information Technology Reorganization...
• Section 52:18a-225 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Office Of Information Technology.
  7.The Legislature finds and declares: a.Since its inception, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) has served an integral role in providing essential State services,...
• Section 52:18a-226 - Definitions Relative To Office Of Information Technology.
  8.As used in this act: a.(Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.253) b.(Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.253) c."Office" means the Office of Information Technology established by...
• Section 52:18a-227 - Office Of Information Technology.
  9. a. There is established an Office of Information Technology. b.The office shall be established in the Executive Branch of State Government and to...
• Section 52:18a-229 - Administration Of Office Of Information Technology; Chief Technology Officer.
  11. a. The Office of Information Technology shall be administered by the Chief Technology Officer for the State of New Jersey. The Chief Technology...
• Section 52:18a-230 - Authority Of Chief Technology Officer.
  12.The Chief Technology Officer shall be authorized to: a.Establish the internal organizational structure of the Office of Information Technology in a manner appropriate to...
• Section 52:18a-231 - Deputy Chief Technology Officers.
  13. a. The Chief Technology Officer is authorized to appoint up to six Deputy Chief Technology Officers. b.Each Deputy Chief Technology Officer shall be...
• Section 52:18a-232 - New Jersey Information Technology Project Review Board.
  14. a. There is established the New Jersey Information Technology Project Review Board. b.The Project Review Board shall report directly to the Chief Technology...
• Section 52:18a-233 - Reports To Governor, Legislature.
  15. a. The Chief Technology Officer shall provide periodic reports to the Governor, and shall issue an annual report to the Governor and, pursuant...
• Section 52:18a-234 - Cooperation Required.
  16.All Executive Branch departments and State agencies are directed to cooperate fully with the Office of Information Technology and the Chief Technology Officer to...
• Section 52:18a-235 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Construction And Financing Of Public School Facilities.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The Constitution of the State of New Jersey requires the Legislature to provide for the maintenance and support...
• Section 52:18a-236 - Definitions Relative To Construction And Financing Of Public School Facilities.
  2.As used in sections 1 through 13 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 through C.52:18A-247), unless a different meaning appears from the context: "Capital maintenance project"...
• Section 52:18a-237 - "New Jersey Schools Development Authority."
  3. a. There is established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to...
• Section 52:18a-238 - Powers Of Development Authority.
  4.The development authority shall have the following powers: a.To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; b.To...
• Section 52:18a-239 - Rules, Regulations Relative To Payment Of Prevailing Wage Rate.
  5. a. The development authority shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to require that...
• Section 52:18a-240 - Rules, Regulations Relative To Affirmative Action Program.
  6. a. The development authority shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to establish an...
• Section 52:18a-241 - Payment Of Incurred Claims, Damages, Losses, Liabilities Or Costs By Development Authority.
  7.In the exercise of powers granted by P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) and P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.) in connection with any school facilities...
• Section 52:18a-242 - No Modification By Municipality Of School Facilities Project; Agreements With Local Government Agencies.
  8. a. No municipality shall modify or change the drawings, plans or specifications for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement of any school...
• Section 52:18a-243 - Preparation Of Separate Plans And Specifications, Conditions; Bids; Awarding Of Contracts.
  9. a. In undertaking any school facilities projects where the cost of construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement will exceed $25,000, the development authority may...
• Section 52:18a-244 - Powers Of Development Authority Relative To Undertaking School Facilities Project.
  10. a. If the development authority shall find it necessary in connection with the undertaking of any school facilities project to change the location...
• Section 52:18a-245 - Exercise Of Powers Constitute Performance Of Essential Governmental Function.
  11.The exercise of the powers granted by P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.) and P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) shall constitute the performance of an...
• Section 52:18a-246 - Property Exempt From Levy, Sale.
  12.All property of the development authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial...
• Section 52:18a-247 - New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation Abolished, Transfer To New Jersey Schools Development Authority, References In Law.
  13. a. The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation established pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1997, c.150 (C.34:1B-159) and Executive Order No. 24 of 2002...
• Section 52:18a-248 - Limit On Executive Branch Hires To Replace Retirees; Reporting Requirements.
  2. a. The number of employees hired after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.21 in the executive branch to fill the vacancies created directly...
• Section 52:18a-249 - Limitation On Hires In Judicial Branch To Replace Retirees.
  3.The number of employees hired after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.21 in the judicial branch of State government to fill the vacancies created...
• Section 52:18a-250 - "New Jersey Achieving A Better Life Experience (Able) Program."
  2.The Department of the Treasury, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, shall establish, in accordance with section 529A of the federal Internal...
• Section 52:18a-251 - Availability Of Able Funds.
  3.The Department of the Treasury shall ensure that participants can readily deposit and withdraw funds from ABLE accounts in accordance with 26 U.S.C. s.529A....
• Section 52:18a-252 - Dhs Responsible For Program Services.
  4.The Department of Human Services shall be responsible for program services. The department may contract with a third party provider to administer any or...
• Section 52:18a-253 - Program Treated As State Able Program.
  5.The Department of the Treasury and the Department of Human Services shall take all actions required so that the program is treated as a...
• Section 52:18a-254 - Annual Determination Of Dollar Amount Of Able Account.
  6.Annually, the Department of the Treasury shall determine a dollar amount of an ABLE account, which shall not be less than $25,000, which shall...
• Section 52:18a-255 - Able Account Disregarded For Eligibility To Receive Certain Benefits.
  7.Notwithstanding any other provision of State law or regulation that requires consideration of one or more financial circumstances of an individual, for the purpose...
• Section 52:18a-256 - Rules, Regulations.
  8.The Department of Human Services and the Department of the Treasury shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt...
• Section 52:18b-1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Act." L.2002,c.32,s.1.
• Section 52:18b-2 - Purpose Of Act.
  2.The purpose of this act is to authorize, create and establish a corporation empowered to acquire from the State all or a portion of...
• Section 52:18b-3 - "Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation."
  3. a. There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to...
• Section 52:18b-4 - Definitions Relative To The Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation.
  4.As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "Ancillary facility" means any revolving credit agreement, agreement establishing a line...
• Section 52:18b-5 - Sale, Purchase Of Tobacco Receipts.
  5. a. The State representative may sell to the corporation, and the corporation may purchase, for cash or other consideration and in one or...
• Section 52:18b-6 - Powers Of Corporation.
  6.The corporation also shall have the power to: a.sue and be sued; b.have a seal and alter the same at its pleasure; c.make and...
• Section 52:18b-7 - Issuance Of Securities By Corporation.
  7. a. (1) The corporation shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue securities in such principal amount or...
• Section 52:18b-8 - Issuance Of Securities, Execution Of Ancillary Facility Not An Obligation Of State.
  8.The issuance of securities and the execution of any ancillary facility under the provisions of this act shall not directly, or indirectly or contingently...
• Section 52:18b-9 - Creation Of Corporation Deemed Public Benefit; Tax Exemption Provided.
  9. a. It is hereby determined that the creation of the corporation and the carrying out of its authorized purposes is in all respects...
• Section 52:18b-10 - Pledge, Agreement Between State And Corporation.
  10. a. The State hereby pledges and agrees with the corporation, and the owners of the securities and benefitted parties, that until all securities...
• Section 52:18b-11 - Securities As Legal Investments.
  11.Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the State and all political subdivisions of the State,...
• Section 52:18b-12 - Immunity From Personal Liability.
  12.Neither any member of the corporation nor any officer, employee or agent of the corporation, while acting within the scope of his or her...
• Section 52:18b-13 - Rules, Regulations.
  13.The corporation may adopt any rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act and, if it does so, shall apply the procedures...
• Section 52:18b-14 - Liberal Construction; Severability.
  14.This act and all powers granted hereby shall be liberally construed to effectuate its intent and their purposes, without implied limitations thereon. This act...
• Section 52:19-2 - Oath; Filing.
  52:19-2. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, before entering upon the duties of his office,...
• Section 52:19-5 - Seal Of Comptroller
  The comptroller shall have a seal which shall contain the coat of arms of the state and further the words "comptroller of the treasury,...
• Section 52:19-10 - General Duties Of State Treasurer.
  52:19-10. The State Treasurer shall: a.Superintend the collection of the revenue; b.Take general charge and supervision of all rights, interest and property of the...
• Section 52:19-11 - Examination And Audit Of Accounts
  The comptroller shall examine, audit, adjust and settle all accounts due to or presented against the state, and certify the amount adjusted or allowed,...
• Section 52:19-12 - Comptroller To Countersign And Register Checks And Receipts Of Treasurer; Transfer Of State Funds; Loans By Treasurer
  The comptroller shall countersign and register all checks and drafts drawn by the treasurer, and all receipts for money paid to the treasurer. Checks...
• Section 52:19-13 - Drawing In Favor Of Treasurer For Moneys Due State
  The comptroller shall, when necessary, draw in favor of the treasurer on all persons indebted to the state for moneys due, and on the...
• Section 52:19-14 - Examination Of Treasurer's Bank Books; Report Of Irregularities To Governor
  On the first Tuesday in March, June, September and December, or oftener if he deems it necessary, the comptroller shall carefully examine the accounts...
• Section 52:19-15 - Suit To Recover Moneys Due State
  The comptroller shall cause suit to be instituted in any competent court of this or any other state for the recovery of any moneys...
• Section 52:19-36.1 - Auditing And Preauditing Employees; Tenure Of Office
  All the employees of the Comptroller of the Treasury employed in the work of auditing or preauditing, who shall have been so employed at...
• Section 52:19-36.2 - Comptroller's Authority To Appoint And Employ Persons Not Affected
  Nothing herein contained shall alter, vary, limit or abridge the power and authority of the Comptroller of the Treasury to hereafter appoint fit persons...
• Section 52:20-1 - State House Commission, Composition, Compensation, Terms.
  52:20-1. The State House Commission shall consist of the Governor, who shall be the presiding officer, the State Treasurer, and the Director of the...
• Section 52:20-2 - Secretary
  The commission may employ a secretary and define and fix his duties.
• Section 52:20-4 - Meetings Of Commission, Copies Of Minutes
  R.S.52:20-4. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public and all the business of the commission shall be transacted at public...
• Section 52:20-5 - Rules
  The commission shall formulate and adopt rules of procedure for the government of the commission in exercising its powers and fulfilling its duties under...
• Section 52:20-6 - Number Of Members Necessary To Act
  The concurrence of five of the members of the commission shall be necessary to the validity of all acts of the commission except allotments...
• Section 52:20-7 - Commission To Have Custody Of State-owned Buildings; Exception
  52:20-7. The commission shall have custody of all buildings owned by the State, including the State barracks, except buildings under the custody of the...
• Section 52:20-13 - Acquisition Of Property In Trenton
  The commission may acquire any property by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation or in any other lawful manner in the name of and for the...
• Section 52:20-14 - Construction And Alteration Of Buildings; Submission To Legislature
  The commission shall have charge of the erection of new buildings and the substantial alteration or enlargement of existing buildings, used or to be...
• Section 52:20-15 - Plans And Specifications; Appropriations; Contracts; Architect
  No work shall be done or obligation of the state incurred for the erection of any new building or the alteration, enlargement or improvement...
• Section 52:20-15.1 - Approval Of State House Commission In Connection With Certain Contracts For Capital Improvements And Transfer Of Funds In Connection Therewith
  The approval of the State House Commission shall be required in connection with any contract for the construction of any building or the alteration,...
• Section 52:20-17 - Annual Report To Legislature
  The commission shall make an annual detailed report of its actions and operations to the legislature and render such other reports to the legislature...
• Section 52:20-18 - Additional Powers And Duties
  The commission shall have such other and further powers and perform such other and further duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it...
• Section 52:20-18.1 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that approval by the State House Commission is a precondition to the execution of any contract for the alteration,...
• Section 52:20-18.2 - Subcommittee On Green Acres Properties Established
  The State House Commission shall establish from its membership a Subcommittee on Green Acres Properties. The subcommittee shall constitute an instrumentality of the State...
• Section 52:20-18.3 - Subcommittee To Meet, Provide Minutes To State House Commission
  The subcommittee shall meet at least once every two months to conduct its business. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of...
• Section 52:20-18.4 - Commission To Determine What Projects Subcommittee May Consider, Interim Guidelines
  The commission shall formulate and adopt rules of procedure for the government of the subcommittee in exercising its powers and fulfilling its duties under...
• Section 52:20-18.5 - Powers And Duties Of Subcommittee
  The subcommittee shall have the following powers and duties: a. To review proposals submitted for approval in connection with the minor alteration, expansion, exchanges,...
• Section 52:20-18.6 - Exercise Of Powers And Duties
  The subcommittee may exercise its powers and duties on behalf of the commission notwithstanding the provision of R.S.52:20-6. L.1989, c.241, s.6.
• Section 52:20-19 - Referendum Laws Not Affected
  Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect the power and the duty to execute such laws as have been submitted to...
• Section 52:20-24 - County And Municipal War Memorials
  L.1924, c. 189, p. 406 (1924 Suppl. s.s. **192-97, **192-98), entitled "An act authorizing the governor, the state treasurer, and the comptroller of the...
• Section 52:22-16.1 - Director Of The Division Of Budget And Accounting Authorized To Transfer Certain Monies.
  1.The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury is hereby authorized to transfer by debit and credit,...
• Section 52:22-16.2 - Transfer And Credit Directly To State House Commission.
  2.Whenever it is necessary so to do, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury is hereby...
• Section 52:24-1 - Office Of State Auditor Continued; Employees Continued
  The office of state auditor, created by an act entitled "An act creating the office of state auditor and defining his powers and duties,"...
• Section 52:24-2 - Appointment, Qualifications, Term And Compensation Of State Auditor
  The State Auditor shall be appointed by the Senate and General Assembly in joint meetings for a term of 5 years and until his...
• Section 52:24-3 - Personnel
  The State Auditor shall be in the Office of Legislative Services, and subject to the approval or as authorized by the Legislative Services Commission...
• Section 52:24-4 - Duties, Responsibilities Of State Auditor.
  52:24-4. It shall be the duty of the State Auditor to conduct post-audits of all transactions and accounts kept by or for all departments,...
• Section 52:24-4.2 - Annual Audit Of Funds.
  1.The State Auditor shall conduct an annual audit of the funds pursuant to the provisions of chapter 24 of Title 52 of the Revised...
• Section 52:24-4.3 - Annual Audit And Report On Dep Fees, Requirements
  4. The State Auditor shall, as part of his responsibility under R.S.52:24-4, conduct a post-audit of each account in the Department of Environmental Protection...
• Section 52:24-4.4 - Compliance Of State Entity With Recommendation Of State Auditor.
  5.Prior to approving any request of a principal department or accounting agency in the Executive Branch of the State government, the Joint Budget Oversight...
• Section 52:24-5 - Audit Of Moneys Collected For State By County And Other Officials
  The examination required by section 52:24-4 of this title shall extend, also, to a complete audit and verification of all moneys handled for the...
• Section 52:24-6 - Reports To Legislature And Governor.
  52:24-6. The State Auditor shall report in writing to the Legislature or to any committee thereof, when so required, and to the Governor the...
• Section 52:24-7 - Report Malfeasance, Etc., To Governor; Legislature, Suspension Of Offender; Hearing; Removal.
  52:24-7. The State Auditor shall report, forthwith, to the Governor and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature any and all instances...
• Section 52:24-8 - Failure Or Refusal Of Officer, Department Head To Keep Accounts, Etc.; Procedure.
  52:24-8. If the State Auditor shall find that any officer or head of a department of the State government willfully or negligently fails or...
• Section 52:24-9 - Exclusive Use Of State Auditor's Department Required; Exceptions
  No state department, board, commission or other agency of the state government shall employ auditors for the purpose of auditing the books and accounts...
• Section 52:24-10 - Construction And Application Of Article
  This article shall be construed liberally and shall be held to include the auditing of any and every department, board, agency, account or fund...
• Section 52:24-10.1 - Cancellation On Records Of Uncollectible Account, Note Or Credit Item Due Clerk Of Superior Court
  The State Auditor is authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the Attorney-General, to direct the Clerk of the Superior Court to cancel...
• Section 52:25-1 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter: "Department" means the State Purchasing Department. "Commissioner" means the State Purchase Commissioner. "Articles" mean and include any and all...
• Section 52:25-2 - Construction And Repair Of Buildings, Roads And Bridges Excepted
  Nothing in this chapter contained shall apply to the erection or construction or original equipment of any building or addition thereto or alteration or...
• Section 52:25-3 - Products Of Institutional Labor Excepted
  Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend or repeal any provision of any law of this state relating to the...
• Section 52:25-4 - Laws Applicable To Expenditure Of Public Moneys To Govern
  The commissioner, in the performance of his duties under this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of all laws of this state applicable...
• Section 52:25-5 - Department And Employees Continued
  The state purchasing department, created and established by an act entitled "An act to establish a state purchasing department," approved April twenty-first, one thousand...
• Section 52:25-6 - Exclusive Purchasing Authority
  The department shall have the exclusive authority and duty to purchase all articles used or needed by the state and its using agencies.
• Section 52:25-11 - Commissioner To Execute Chapter; Contracts To Be In Name Of State
  The commissioner shall carry into effect and execute the provisions of this chapter. He shall act and execute all contracts in the name of...
• Section 52:25-12 - Custody Of Documents And Records
  The commissioner shall have the charge and custody of all books, contracts, vouchers, requisitions, correspondence, blanks, papers, documents and other records formerly made, kept...
• Section 52:25-13 - Maintenance Of Storage Places
  The commissioner may maintain and operate warehouses, and other storage places, and arrange with vendors for whole or partial deliveries to such warehouses or...
• Section 52:25-14 - Reorganizing Laboratories, Storage Places And Office Divisions
  The commissioner may combine or otherwise reorganize any existing laboratories, warehouses, other storage places and office divisions under his jurisdiction and control, in the...
• Section 52:25-16 - Proceedings And Records Open To Public
  The proceedings of the commissioner under this chapter shall be open to the citizens of the state and all records, contracts, orders and schedules...
• Section 52:25-16.1 - Contract Provisions Relating To Any Local Contracting Unit.
  3.The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may, at the director's discretion, include, in any such contract or contracts on behalf of...
• Section 52:25-16.2 - Solicitation Of Bids For Volunteer Fire Department, First Aid, Rescue Squads
  The director may, on the written request of any political subdivision, volunteer fire department, or volunteer first aid or rescue squad of this State,...
• Section 52:25-16.3 - List Of Current Contracts
  The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property shall distribute annually to each county, municipality and school district a list of all current...
• Section 52:25-16.4 - Rules And Regulations
  The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to implement and facilitate...
• Section 52:25-16.5 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury. b....
• Section 52:25-16.6 - Independent College Purchases Under State Contracts.
  2. a. An independent institution of higher education may, at the director's discretion, purchase materials, supplies, equipment or services under any contract awarded on...
• Section 52:25-16.7 - $500 Minimum
  Each purchase made by an independent institution of higher education pursuant to this act shall have a cost of $500.00 or more and the...
• Section 52:25-16.8 - Distribution Of Contract Data
  The director shall annually distribute to each independent institution of higher education a list of all current contracts entered into on behalf of the...
• Section 52:25-16.9 - Rules, Regulations
  The director shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to implement...
• Section 52:25-23 - Purchasing Authority Delegation For Amounts Under $25,000; Under $250,000, Certain.
  52:25-23. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may, by written order, delegate purchasing authority to the using agencies for purchases or...
• Section 52:25-24.1 - Financial Statement By Bidder; Questionnaires
  The State Purchase Commissioner is hereby authorized, at any time within five days from the opening of bids, to require any bidder to submit...
• Section 52:25-24.2 - Bidders To Supply Public Agencies; Statement Of Ownership Of 10% Interest In Corporation Or Partnership
  No corporation or partnership shall be awarded any contract nor shall any agreement be entered into for the performance of any work or the...
• Section 52:25-25 - Agreements For Purchases In Form Of Contracts
  Agreements for purchases may be made in the form of contracts for the furnishing of specific articles at fixed prices, or for the furnishing...
• Section 52:25-26 - All Purchases In Accordance With Chapter
  No articles shall be contracted for or purchased by the state or any using agency except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
• Section 52:27-1 - Local Government Board To Be Constituted The "Municipal Finance Commission"
  All the powers and duties formerly exercised and performed by the Municipal Finance Commission and vested in the Local Government Board of the State...
• Section 52:27-2 - Action Where Municipality Defaults; Judgment; Powers And Duties Of Commission
  Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Superior Court in an action brought by or on behalf of the holder of any...
• Section 52:27-3 - Resolution By Municipality Declaring Inability To Meet Obligations; Action In Superior Court; Commission To Function
  Any municipality may file with the Clerk of the Superior Court a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the governing body of the...
• Section 52:27-4 - Duration Of Commission In Municipality; Subsequent Powers Of Director Of Division Of Local Government
  The commission shall continue in force in such municipality, and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred by this chapter until all...
• Section 52:27-5 - Powers Of Commission And Director To Cease Upon Annulment Of Order Adjudging Municipality In Default
  Whenever the Superior Court has heretofore made or shall hereafter make an order or judgment annulling, vacating and discharging any order or judgment theretofore...
• Section 52:27-6 - Secretary, Auditor And Other Assistants; Limitation On Expenses
  For the purpose of enabling the commission to carry out this chapter it may appoint a secretary and counsel, employ an auditor and such...
• Section 52:27-7 - Duties Of Secretary
  The secretary shall keep minutes of the transactions and proceedings of the commission and shall be the official reporter of the proceedings of the
• Section 52:27-8 - Office For Auditor; Access To Books And Records
  The auditor employed by the commission shall have an adequate office in the municipal building, if any, and shall have access to all books...
• Section 52:27-9 - Warrants And Checks To Be Countersigned By Auditor
  All warrants, checks or other instruments for the withdrawal or transfer of funds of the municipality shall be submitted to such auditor for his...
• Section 52:27-10 - Rules; Seal
  The commission may make all needful rules for its government and other proceedings not inconsistent with this chapter, and shall have and adopt a...
• Section 52:27-11 - Majority May Act; Hearing; Single Member May Sit
  The act of a majority of the commission shall be deemed the act of the commission. The commission may hold hearings and administer oaths...
• Section 52:27-12 - Subpoenas; Failure To Obey Or Refusal To Answer Questions
  The commission may issue subpoenas, signed by a majority of the commission, to compel attendance of witnesses before it and the production of books,...
• Section 52:27-13 - Commission May Carry Out Directions Not Complied With By Municipality
  Whenever any direction of the commission authorized under this chapter has not been fully performed or carried out by the officials of the municipality...
• Section 52:27-13.1 - Powers And Duties Of Auditor
  Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in any municipality, the auditor appointed by the commission in and for such municipality shall,...
• Section 52:27-13.2 - Certifying Failure Of Municipal Officer Or Employee To Perform Duties; Removal Or Suspension; Appointment Of Another
  Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality, it shall have, in addition to the powers granted in sections 52:27-13.1...
• Section 52:27-13.3 - Special Collectors; Appointment
  Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality, it shall have, in addition to the powers granted in sections 52:27-13.1...
• Section 52:27-13.4 - Application Of Proceeds Of Taxes
  The commission shall have power from time to time by resolution to direct that for such period as may be stated in such resolution...
• Section 52:27-13.5 - Manner Of Certifying Resolution; Binding Effect
  Any resolution adopted by the commission pursuant to sections 52:27-13.1 to 52:27-13.4 of this title may be certified to the municipality by the commission...
• Section 52:27-14 - Funding Or Refunding Indebtedness; Resolution By Commission
  The commission may from time to time prepare and certify to the governing body of any municipality in which the commission is functioning, resolutions...
• Section 52:27-15 - Public Hearing On Resolution
  Any proposed resolution providing for the issuance of notes or bonds, if such notes or bonds are payable more than one year from the...
• Section 52:27-16 - Adoption Of Resolution By Municipality
  Such resolution shall, on direction of the commission, be adopted by the proper officials of such municipality in the form certified by the commission.
• Section 52:27-17 - Other Laws Not Applicable; Debt Statements As Including Obligations Issued After December 31, 1946
  Such resolutions and any notes or bonds issued thereunder shall not be subject to the limitations or other provisions of any other law. Notwithstanding...
• Section 52:27-18 - Publication Of Resolution; When Effective; Validity
  Excepting resolutions determining or altering the form of notes or bonds or providing for their sale, execution or delivery, and resolutions amendatory thereof or...
• Section 52:27-19 - Terms And Form Of Notes Or Bonds; Sale Or Exchange
  Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, such resolutions supplemental thereto shall determine the terms and the form of notes or bonds to...
• Section 52:27-20 - Public Or Private Sale Of Notes Or Bonds; Prices
  All such notes or bonds shall be sold in such manner as may be determined by resolution approved in writing by the commission, at...
• Section 52:27-21 - Presumption Of Validity Of Notes And Bonds
  Unless a suit, action or proceeding questioning the validity of notes or bonds, purporting to be issued by virtue of any such resolution, be...
• Section 52:27-22 - Consent Of Commission To Municipality Issuing Notes Or Bonds; Limitations On Municipal Expenditures; Claims Certified
  In order to conserve the financial resources of the municipality, its governing body, without the assent in writing of the commission, shall pass no...
• Section 52:27-22.1 - Scrip Or Tax Anticipation Notes Or Bonds; Approval
  No municipality of this State which is under the jurisdiction of the municipal finance commission shall hereafter issue any scrip or tax anticipation notes...
• Section 52:27-22.2 - Penalty For Violation Of Act
  Any official of any municipality who shall violate the provisions of this act in any municipality under the jurisdiction of the municipal finance commission...
• Section 52:27-23 - Limitation On School Budget When Municipality In Default
  Whenever a municipality in which the commission is functioning has been or shall be in default for twelve months in the payment of interest...
• Section 52:27-23.1 - Authorized Provisions In Resolutions Authorizing Issuance Of Notes Or Bonds Enumerated; Enforcement
  To the end that the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds issued hereunder may be further secured and thereby a more...
• Section 52:27-23.2 - Reserve Or Sinking Funds; Payment To Sinking Fund Commission
  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that any sums required pursuant to such resolution to be set aside...
• Section 52:27-23.3 - Cancellation Of Notes Or Bonds; Payment Of Other Municipal Indebtedness
  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that the notes, bonds or other obligations of the municipality then held...
• Section 52:27-24 - Terms, Provisions, Conditions And Limitations In Notes Or Bonds; Negotiability
  All notes or bonds issued under this chapter may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, and contain such provisions,...
• Section 52:27-25 - Municipal Tax To Pay Notes And Bonds; Reserve Fund; Withdrawals
  Any municipality in which the commission is functioning may levy taxes ad valorem upon all taxable property therein for the purpose of paying the...
• Section 52:27-26 - Compromise Or Adjustment Of Delinquent Taxes And Assessments
  The governing body of any municipality in which the commission is functioning may compromise and adjust the whole or any part of any special...
• Section 52:27-27 - Assessment, Reassessment, Etc., Of Taxable Ratables; Cost; Employment Of Experts
  The commission may require the municipality to cause to be made an assessment, reassessment, valuation, revaluation, appraisal or reappraisal, or any one or all...
• Section 52:27-28 - Appeals From Taxation
  Notice of all appeals from taxation affecting any municipality in which the commission is functioning shall be given by the county board of taxation...
• Section 52:27-29 - Installment Payments Of Assessments For Local Improvements
  Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in any municipality, such municipality may with the approval in writing of such commission extend...
• Section 52:27-29.1 - Certificate Of Tax Sale Or Tax Title; Real Estate; Sale, Exchange, Lease Or Other Disposition
  The governing body of any municipality in which the commission is or may be functioning may, upon the express consent in writing of the...
• Section 52:27-29.2 - Acceptance Of Municipal Or School District Bonds In Payment Of Tax Or Assessment Title Liens Authorized; Refunding Bonds; Tax Payment Certificates
  Any municipality in which the commission is functioning may, with the approval of the commission, accept its own bonds and the bonds of the...
• Section 52:27-30 - Expenses Of Commission To Be Paid By Municipality
  The commission shall from time to time certify to the proper officials of the municipality the amount of the commission's expenses, which expenses shall...
• Section 52:27-31 - Expenses Of Issuing Notes Or Bonds And Of Foreclosure Or Perfecting Title; Including In Debt To Be Funded; Appropriation
  The estimated expense of issuing and selling any notes or bonds under this chapter including estimated cost of printing, advertising, attorneys' fees, execution, certification,...
• Section 52:27-32 - Article Inapplicable To Bonds Issued After June 1, 1936
  This article shall not apply to bonds issued after June first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, by any municipality pursuant to this chapter,...
• Section 52:27-32.1 - Enforcement Of Judgments, Etc., Against Municipality Stayed; Necessity Of Court Order
  Whenever the commission shall function in any municipality and so long as it shall continue so to do, no judgment, levy or execution against...
• Section 52:27-33 - Proceedings Against Municipality For Assessment Or Collection Of Taxes Prohibited; Exceptions; Remedies Of Holders Of Unpaid Claims Against Municipality
  Whenever the commission shall function in any municipality and so long as it shall continue so to do, no action or proceeding of any...
• Section 52:27-33.1 - Taxes Collected By Municipality Paid To Designated Banks
  Whenever the commission shall function in any municipality and so long as it shall continue so to do, it may prepare and certify to...
• Section 52:27-33.2 - Action In Superior Court To Determine Application And Distribution To Creditors Of Property Or Funds Of Municipality
  Whenever the commission shall function in any municipality and so long as it shall continue to do so, no action or proceeding shall be...
• Section 52:27-33.3 - Court May Vacate, Modify Or Restrict Statutory Stay
  Upon the application of any creditor made upon notice to the municipality and the commission, the Superior Court may vacate, modify or restrict any...
• Section 52:27-34 - Action By Creditors; Plan Of Adjustment Or Composition; Parties
  The Superior Court may take jurisdiction of an action brought by any creditors of a municipality in which the commission shall function, where the...
• Section 52:27-36 - Approval By Supreme Court Justice Of Plan Of Adjustment Or Composition; Findings
  In any such action, after hearing on the plan proposed or on the plan as modified by order and if such plan as proposed...
• Section 52:27-37 - Approved Plan Binding On All Creditors; Substituted Obligations
  The plan of adjustment so authorized and approved shall forthwith and without any further action of any kind be binding upon all the creditors...
• Section 52:27-38 - Continuance Of Stay Of Proceedings Against Municipality; Action By Creditor To Enforce Claim Restricted
  After the institution of any action or proceeding provided for by this article and pending the determination thereof, the Superior Court may by order...
• Section 52:27-39 - Reduction In Principal Of Outstanding Notes Or Bonds Prohibited
  Notwithstanding any provisions of this article the commission shall not approve any adjustment or composition, or plan presented pursuant to this article, which provides...
• Section 52:27-39.1 - State, State School Or County Taxes, Compromise Of County's Claim Against Certain Municipalities For
  If a municipality in which the municipal finance commission may be or may have been functioning shall for eight years have been in arrears...
• Section 52:27-39.2 - Resolution Of County Board Required; Previous Payment By County To State Required
  Such compromise settlement shall be entered into only upon authorization by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders of the county and only if...
• Section 52:27-39.3 - Settlement May Include What; Terms; Consideration
  Such compromise settlement may include and be made on such terms as the board of chosen freeholders may deem fair and equitable and, without...
• Section 52:27-39.4 - County Treasurer To Perform Compromise Settlement--disposition Of Consideration Received
  The county treasurer shall carry out and perform any such compromise settlement so authorized in accordance with its terms and provisions. Any notes or...
• Section 52:27-39.5 - Effective Date; Limitation Of Time For Adoption Of Resolution
  This act shall take effect immediately, but no compromise settlement shall be entered into under this act unless a resolution authorizing the same shall...
• Section 52:27-40 - Filing Of Petition By Political Subdivision; Approval Of Commission
  Any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of this State, hereinafter in this article referred to as "political subdivision," shall have power...
• Section 52:27-41 - Ordinance Or Resolution Of Governing Body To Authorize Filing Of Petition
  The filing of such petition shall be authorized only by ordinance of the governing body of the political subdivision adopted by the affirmative vote...
• Section 52:27-42 - Approval By Commission Of Readjustment Plan Necessary
  No plan of readjustment filed with or in the proceedings upon any such petition shall be approved by the court or put into temporary...
• Section 52:27-43 - Commission Authorized To Approve Petition And Plan; Restrictions
  The commission may in its discretion give its approval in the manner provided by this article to the filing of any petition for the...
• Section 52:27-44 - Powers Of Political Subdivision Upon Confirmation Of Readjustment Plan; Issuance Of Bonds Or Notes
  Upon the confirmation of any plan of readjustment approved by the commission, the political subdivision assenting to such plan of readjustment may, by ordinance...
• Section 52:27-45 - Request For Approval Of Petition, Plan, Etc.; Procedure
  The approval of any petition, plan of readjustment or other papers to be filed in any United States court or court in bankruptcy, or...
• Section 52:27-45.1 - Municipalities Effecting Plan For Readjustment Or Composition Of Debts; Powers; "Court" Defined
  Any municipality in which the Municipal Finance Commission, continued by chapter twenty-seven of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, may be functioning and which...
• Section 52:27-45.2 - Warrants For Funding Or Refunding Indebtedness; Ordinance Or Resolution; Special Fund For Payment Of Warrants; Form; Interest
  Any such municipality may provide in any such plan or plans for the issuance of warrants for the purpose of funding or refunding all...
• Section 52:27-45.3 - Board For Liquidation Of Assets; Members, Appointment, Compensation And Expenses; Nature And Government Of Board
  The ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of any such warrants shall provide for the creation of a board for the liquidation of such...
• Section 52:27-45.4 - Duties Of Board In Liquidation Of Assets Pledged To Special Fund; Proceeds Of Liquidation; Cancellation Of Outstanding And Unpaid Warrants After Properties And Assets Liquidated
  It shall be the duty of any board created and established pursuant to this act and any such ordinance or resolution, to effect, manage...
• Section 52:27-45.5 - Periodic Accountings By Board As Trustee; Cooperation Of Council Or Other Governing Body; Suspension Of Performance Of Acts
  The ordinance or resolution authorizing warrants hereunder and establishing any such board shall provide for periodic accountings as trustee in the court. The council...
• Section 52:27-45.6 - Covenants In Ordinance Or Resolution Protecting Security And Rights Of Warrant Holders
  Any ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of warrants hereunder may contain covenants of any such municipality to protect and safeguard the security and...
• Section 52:27-45.7 - General Powers And Duties Of Board; By-laws And Rules; Employees; Real Estate Brokers; Liquidation Of Assets
  Any board created and established pursuant to this act shall have power to: (a) adopt its own by-laws and rules of procedure; appoint and...
• Section 52:27-45.8 - Discharge Of Board; Extension Of Existence; Surplus In Special Fund
  Upon the payment of all warrants issued under any ordinance or resolution adopted or enacted pursuant to the provisions of this act, together with...
• Section 52:27-45.9 - Invalidity Or Illegality Of Ordinance Or Resolution; Board Prevented From Performance Of Duties
  Should any ordinance or resolution establishing or creating any board hereunder be declared to be invalid or illegal by any court of competent jurisdiction,...
• Section 52:27-45.10 - Issuance Of New Warrants Of Different Denominations At Request Of Registered Holders
  Any municipality which has issued or may hereafter issue warrants, under the authority of an act entitled "An act in relation to the powers...
• Section 52:27-45.11 - Execution And Delivery Of New Warrants
  A registered holder of any warrant issued by any municipality in accordance with said act desiring a warrant or warrants of different denomination or...
• Section 52:27-46 - School Districts To Which Applicable; Resolution By Commission
  Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality having a school district coterminous therewith which is governed by the provisions...
• Section 52:27-47 - Public Hearing On Resolution
  Any proposed resolution providing for the issuance of notes or bonds, if such notes or bonds are payable more than one year from the...
• Section 52:27-48 - Adoption Of Resolution By Board Of Education
  Such resolutions shall, on direction of the commission, be adopted by the board of education of such school district, by the vote of a...
• Section 52:27-49 - No Referendum; Other Laws Inapplicable
  Such resolutions and any notes or bonds authorized to be issued thereunder shall not be subject to a referendum of the legal voters of...
• Section 52:27-50 - Form Of Notes Or Bonds; Terms, Provisions And Conditions
  Subject only to the limitations of this article, such resolution or resolutions supplemental thereto shall determine the terms and the form of notes or...
• Section 52:27-51 - Collateral Agreements; Provisions In Resolutions As To Taxation, Sinking Fund, Pledges And Limitations; Enforcement
  To the end that the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds issued hereunder may be further secured and thereby a more...
• Section 52:27-51.1 - Sinking Fund Commission; Payments Of Reserve Or Sinking Fund To
  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that any sums required pursuant to such resolution to be set aside...
• Section 52:27-51.2 - Release Of Sinking Funds
  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that the notes, bonds or other obligations of the school district then...
• Section 52:27-52 - Sale Or Exchange Of Notes Or Bonds
  Subject only to the limitations of this article, such resolution or resolutions supplemental thereto shall provide for the sale or exchange and the execution...
• Section 52:27-53 - Conditions Of Sale Or Exchange
  All such notes or bonds shall be sold at not less than par at public sale after notice setting forth the terms and conditions...
• Section 52:27-54 - Effect Of Resolutions; Publication; Validity; Presumptions
  Excepting resolutions determining or altering the form of notes or bonds or providing for their sale, execution and delivery, and resolutions amendatory thereof or...
• Section 52:27-55 - Tax To Pay Notes And Bonds; Reserve Or Sinking Fund
  Any school district which shall have issued any notes or bonds pursuant to this article shall have the power to raise by a district...
• Section 52:27-56 - Additional Indebtedness And Expenditures; Assent Of Commission Necessary
  In order to conserve the financial resources of the school district, neither the legal voters nor the board of education thereof, without the assent...
• Section 52:27-57 - Default In Payment Of Interest, Salaries, Etc.; Limitation On Expenditures
  Whenever such school district, or the municipality with which such school district is coterminous, has been or shall be in default for twelve months...
• Section 52:27-58 - Auditors And Assistants; Expenses Limited
  For the purpose of enabling the commission to carry out this article, the commission shall have power to employ an auditor and such other...
• Section 52:27-59 - Powers And Duties Of Auditor; Office
  Whenever the commission shall certify to the board of education that it intends to exercise the powers conferred by this section, thereafter no claims...
• Section 52:27-60 - Expenses To Be Paid By School District
  The commission shall from time to time certify to the board of education the amount of its expenses, which amount shall be a legal...
• Section 52:27-61 - Failure Of School Authorities To Act; Commission To Act Directly
  Whenever any direction of the commission authorized under this article has not been fully performed or carried out by the board of education or...
• Section 52:27-62 - Remedies; Enforcement Of Judgments, Etc.; Bringing Of Actions Or Proceedings Stayed; Exceptions
  Whenever the commission shall function in a municipality having a school district coterminous therewith which is governed by the provisions of chapter seven of...
• Section 52:27-63 - Plan Of Adjustment Or Composition Of Claims Of Creditors; Procedure; Effect
  a. Whenever the commission shall function in any municipality having a school district coterminous therewith which is governed by the provisions of chapter seven...
• Section 52:27-64 - "Certified" Resolutions Defined; Form Of Certificate; Signing
  The word "certified" as used in this chapter shall, as to resolutions prepared by the commission and certified to the governing body of a...
• Section 52:27-65 - Remedial Law To Meet Public Emergency; Liberal Construction
  It is declared that this chapter is intended by the legislature to meet the public emergency arising from a default in the payment of...
• Section 52:27-66 - Powers And Duties Severable
  The powers granted and duties imposed by this chapter shall be construed to be independent and severable, and a judicial determination that one or...
• Section 52:27a-19.1 - Powers And Duties Of Funding Commission Vested In Local Government Board
  All the powers and duties heretofore exercised and performed by the Funding Commission, constituted by Article VI-A of chapter seventy-seven of the laws of...
• Section 52:27b-1 - Terms Defined
  As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Department" means the State Department of Taxation and Finance herein established. "Commissioner" means...
• Section 52:27b-2 - State Department Of Taxation And Finance Established
  There is hereby established, in the Executive Branch of the State Government, the State Department of Taxation and Finance. L.1944, c. 112, art. 2,...
• Section 52:27b-3 - Divisions Established
  The following are hereby established as divisions in the department: The Division of Budget and Accounting. The Division of Purchase and Property. The Division...
• Section 52:27b-4 - State Commissioner Of Taxation And Finance; Appointment And Removal
  The administrator and head of the department shall be the State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor...
• Section 52:27b-5 - Compensation Of Commissioner
  The commissioner shall receive an annual compensation of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 2, p. 288, s. 4.
• Section 52:27b-6 - General Powers And Duties Of Commissioner
  The commissioner, in addition to powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him, shall have the following general powers and duties, to: a....
• Section 52:27b-7 - Transfer Of Personnel
  The commissioner may, in consultation with the heads of other departments or branches of the State Government, and subject to section six, article eight,...
• Section 52:27b-8 - Administrative Division Authorized
  The commissioner shall have authority to organize and maintain in his offices an Administrative Division and to employ therein such secretarial, clerical and other...
• Section 52:27b-9 - Deputy Commissioner
  The commissioner shall designate as deputy commissioner one of the directors who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the commissioner during...
• Section 52:27b-9.1 - Cancellation Of Uncollectible Claims Of State For Grant Or Rental Of Riparian Lands
  Where any institution, department, commission, officer or other agency charged with the receipt and collection of any moneys due the State, for the grant,...
• Section 52:27b-10 - Director Of Division
  The Division of Budget and Accounting shall be headed by a director who shall be the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. L.1944, c. 112,...
• Section 52:27b-11 - Organization Of Division
  The commissioner shall have authority to organize the division for the effective performance of its functions and purposes herein set forth. L.1944, c. 112,...
• Section 52:27b-12 - Bureau Of The Budget
  There is hereby established in the Division of Budget and Accounting the Bureau of the Budget. The commissioner, through the Bureau of the Budget,...
• Section 52:27b-13 - Procedures Prescribed
  The commissioner, through the Bureau of the Budget, shall follow the provisions and procedures set forth in sections five through twenty-three, inclusive, of this...
• Section 52:27b-14 - Expenditures For Ensuing Year To Be Requested
  On or before October first in each year each department of the State Government, board, commission, officer or other State agency, hereinafter in this...
• Section 52:27b-15 - Request Officers
  A request provided in section five shall be made by the request officer. In the case of the Supreme and Superior Courts, the request...
• Section 52:27b-16 - Form Of Request
  Said request shall be made on forms to be furnished by the commissioner and subject to such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe...
• Section 52:27b-17 - State Highway Program
  On or before the first of October in each year, the State Highway Commissioner shall submit to the commissioner the schedule and program for...
• Section 52:27b-18 - Investigation Of Requests
  Upon the receipt of requests for appropriations, the commissioner, or a member of the department designated by him, shall examine such requests and determine...
• Section 52:27b-19 - Transmission To Governor Of Requests And Findings
  On or before December thirty-first of each year, or at such other time or times as the Governor may request, the commissioner shall certify...
• Section 52:27b-20 - Governor's Budget Message; Presentment; Form.
  11.The Governor shall examine and consider all requests for appropriations, together with the findings and recommendations of the Director of the Division of Budget...
• Section 52:27b-20a - State Tax Expenditure Report Included In Governor's Budget Message.
  1. a. In addition to the requirements of section 11 of article 3 of P.L.1944, c.112 (C.52:27B-20), and any other provisions of law, the...
• Section 52:27b-20.1 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Environmental Fee Accountability Act of 1991." L.1991,c.426,s.1.
• Section 52:27b-20.2 - Findings, Determinations
  2. The Legislature finds and determines that: The Department of Environmental Protection is one of the largest executive agencies in the State, and exerts...
• Section 52:27b-20.3 - Definitions
  3. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Fee" means any fee, assessment or other charge imposed by the...
• Section 52:27b-20.4 - Dep Fees As Anticipated Revenues; Statistical Information Required
  4. a. In preparing the Governor's proposed budget, for each State fiscal year, the State Treasurer shall include the total estimated amount of fees...
• Section 52:27b-20.5 - Program Statements, Data Required
  5. a. In preparing its budget proposal for each State fiscal year, the department, no later than February 15 of the current State fiscal...
• Section 52:27b-21 - Recommendations
  The Governor may recommend in connection with his budget message and under separate head new or additional sources of revenue, and set forth in...
• Section 52:27b-22 - Applications For Supplemental Appropriations
  All applications for supplemental appropriations not included in the budget message shall be made, in the first instance, to the commissioner in substantially the...
• Section 52:27b-23 - Copies Of Budget Message To Be Distributed
  The commissioner shall cause copies of the budget message to be printed forthwith and a copy thereof shall be presented to each member of...
• Section 52:27b-24 - Revision And Amendment Of Requests
  The commissioner shall have authority, after consultation with the various spending agencies concerned, to revise and amend quarterly allotment requests to the end that...
• Section 52:27b-25 - Submission Of Allotments To Spending Agencies By Quarters
  Not later than the first day of June following the passage of an annual appropriation act, the commissioner shall submit to each spending agency...
• Section 52:27b-26 - Reserves; Revision Of Quarterly Allotments
  In order to protect against and meet emergencies that may arise during each fiscal year, the commissioner shall have the power to set aside...
• Section 52:27b-27 - Requests For Revision
  A request officer, whenever he deems it necessary by reason of changed conditions or for some other cogent reason, may request the commissioner to...
• Section 52:27b-28 - Transfer Of Appropriations
  In order to afford reasonable flexibility, any spending agency receiving an appropriation may make written application to the commissioner for leave to transfer a...
• Section 52:27b-29 - Allotments From State Emergency Fund
  All allotments from the State Emergency Fund to an appropriation shall be authorized and allowed by the commissioner, with the approval of the Governor,...
• Section 52:27b-30 - Study Of Departmental Requirements And Personnel
  In order effectually to discharge and execute his duties in relation to the quarterly allotment system, the commissioner, or a member of the department...
• Section 52:27b-31 - Governor May Prohibit Or Control Expenditures
  Whenever, in the case of extravagance, waste or mismanagement, it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor that any appropriation by a spending agency...
• Section 52:27b-32 - Provisions Not Applicable To Legislature
  Nothing in this act concerning the work program of quarterly allotments shall apply to the Legislature. L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 299, s.
• Section 52:27b-33 - Bureau Of Accounting Established; Functions
  There is hereby established in the Division of Budget and Accounting the Bureau of Accounting. The commissioner, through the Bureau of Accounting, shall prescribe...
• Section 52:27b-34 - Deposit Of Revenues; Reports
  All State revenue collected by any department, institution, commission, board, committee or official of this State shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be...
• Section 52:27b-35 - Commissioner May Prescribe Forms
  The commissioner shall have authority to prescribe uniform forms to be used by all departments or other agencies of the State Government in encumbering...
• Section 52:27b-36 - Certain Powers And Duties Of State Comptroller Transferred To Division Of Budget And Accounting
  The powers and duties heretofore vested by P.L.1940, c. 35, in the State Comptroller are hereby transferred to the Division of Budget and Accounting...
• Section 52:27b-37 - Designation Of Officer To Approve Encumbrance Requests And Statements Of Indebtedness; Investigations By Commissioner; Warrants
  Each department, commission, committee, official, board or body of any institution or organization of the State shall designate the proper officer who shall approve...
• Section 52:27b-38 - Checks And Drafts For Transfer Of Funds Between Depositories Need Not Be Signed By Commissioner
  Checks or drafts used only for the transfer of State funds from one depository to another, drawn to the order of the State of...
• Section 52:27b-39 - Certain Laws Applying To Comptroller To Apply To Commissioner Instead
  Wherever a provision of law relating to the presentation of claims or bills for approval, the drawing of warrants, the countersigning of receipts and...
• Section 52:27b-40 - Centralized Payroll System; Notice Of Payroll Changes
  The commissioner shall have authority to prescribe and enforce, to every extent practicable, a centralized payroll system. For the purposes of the preaudit of...
• Section 52:27b-41 - Secretary Of State To Notify Banks Of Termination Of Power Of State Treasurer And Commissioner
  The Secretary of State shall, when the offices of State Treasurer and commissioner or either of them shall become vacant or the officers or...
• Section 52:27b-42 - Suits In Name Of State For Recovery Of Money
  The commissioner shall, except as otherwise provided by law, cause suit to be instituted in any competent court of this or any other State...
• Section 52:27b-43 - Commissioner To Keep Accounts
  The commissioner shall keep and maintain, at all times, within the division all such books of accounts and other accounting records leading to and...
• Section 52:27b-44 - Double-entry Accounts; Requirements
  The commissioner shall install, keep and maintain in the division a complete set of double-entry accounts, which shall reflect directly or through proper controlling...
• Section 52:27b-45 - Form Of Accounts; Reports
  The commissioner shall prescribe and enforce the form, manner and content of accounts to be kept by each accounting agency, and the form, manner...
• Section 52:27b-46 - Annual Reports; Contents; Distribution; Monthly Report Of General State Fund
  The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall prepare, within 60 days following December 31 and 90 days following the last day...
• Section 52:27b-47 - Failure Or Refusal Of Officers Or Heads Of Departments To Keep Accounts Or Make Reports; Hearing On Charges; Removal
  If the commissioner should find that any officer or head of a department of the State Government willfully or negligently fails or refuses to...
• Section 52:27b-48 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of State Tax Department And State Tax Commissioner
  The powers and duties heretofore vested by law in the State Tax Department and in the State Tax Commissioner are hereby transferred to the...
• Section 52:27b-49 - Director To Head Division; Appointment; Term
  The Division of Taxation shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent...
• Section 52:27b-50 - Compensation Of Director
  The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 4, p....
• Section 52:27b-51 - Powers And Duties Of Director
  Unless otherwise provided by law, the director of the Division of Taxation shall perform all the acts formerly required by law to be performed...
• Section 52:27b-53 - Division To Be Headed By Director; Appointment; Removal
  The Division of Purchase and Property shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice...
• Section 52:27b-54 - Compensation Of Director
  The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p....
• Section 52:27b-55 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of State Purchasing Department And State Purchase Commissioner
  The powers and duties heretofore vested by law in the State Purchasing Department, and the State Purchase Commissioner, are hereby transferred to the Division...
• Section 52:27b-56 - Powers, Duties Of Director.
  4.The director is hereby vested with the powers, duties, and responsibilities involved in the efficient operation of a centralized State purchasing service, and with...
• Section 52:27b-56a - Keys For Use In Locks In Or On Real Property Leased Or Owned By State; Rules And Regulations
  The Department of the Treasury shall establish rules and regulations governing the use, distribution, manufacture, duplication, and possession of keys designed to be used...
• Section 52:27b-56b - Keys Not To Be Duplicated; Identification
  Any key which according to rules and regulations established under section 2 of this act is not to be duplicated, shall be clearly identified...
• Section 52:27b-56.1 - Joint Purchases.
  1.The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may, by joint action, purchase any articles used or needed by the State and the...
• Section 52:27b-57 - Reports
  The director shall make an annual detailed report to the commissioner of his operations under this act and render such other reports as the...
• Section 52:27b-58 - Standard Specifications For Commodities; Laboratory Tests; Fees
  The director shall, in consultation with heads of departments, develop standard specifications for all commodities commonly purchased, and shall establish and maintain a system...
• Section 52:27b-59 - Purchases To Comply With Standards
  In the purchase of all articles, the standards and specifications determined and established pursuant to section six shall be adhered to and complied with,...
• Section 52:27b-60 - Rejection Of Articles Failing To Comply With Standards
  Any using agency may reject any article delivered or tendered which fails to comply with the standards and specifications applicable to such article. L.1944,...
• Section 52:27b-61 - Schedules And Contracts; Bids; Payment
  Each using agency shall, at all times, in the form and for the periods prescribed by the director, present to him detailed applications and...
• Section 52:27b-62 - Insurance
  The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, effect and maintain insurance against loss or damage by fire upon the State House...
• Section 52:27b-63 - Existing Contracts To Be Completed
  All contracts and purchase orders heretofore awarded by the State Purchase Commissioner and all operative State insurance contracts, which are outstanding and uncompleted when...
• Section 52:27b-64 - Powers And Duties Vested In State House Commission Transferred
  12. The powers and duties vested in the State House Commission by sections 52:20-7, 52:20-13, 52:20-14, 52:20-20 and 52:20-25 of the Revised Statutes are...
• Section 52:27b-65 - Right-of-way Over Lands Acquired By State
  Whenever land is acquired by the State pursuant to any law and the owner of any portion of the land adjacent thereto has not...
• Section 52:27b-66 - Sales Of Personal Property; Claims
  The director may, with the approval of the commissioner, sell any personal property in the possession of the State which is perishable in character...
• Section 52:27b-67 - Transfer Of Personal Property To Departments, Etc.
  Whenever, in the opinion of the director, any personal property in the custody and control of any State department, institution, commission, board, body, or...
• Section 52:27b-68 - Director To Provide Rules And Regulations.
  16.The director shall provide by rule and regulation, subject to the commissioner's approval, for the use and disposal of property which, pursuant to any...
• Section 52:27b-67.1 - Distribution Of Surplus Computer Equipment.
  1. a. (1) Whenever any computer, computer equipment, or portable communication device in the custody and control of any State department, institution, commission, board,...
• Section 52:27b-67.2 - Definitions Relative To The Disposition Of Certain State Computers, Other Electronic Devices.
  1. a. As used in this section: "Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other high speed data processing device or another similar...
• Section 52:27b-68.1 - Purchasing Federal Surplus Property
  The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property of the Department of Taxation and Finance is hereby empowered to use the facilities of...
• Section 52:27b-68.2 - Appropriation
  There is hereby appropriated out of the earnings derived from the Federal surplus transactions to the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property...
• Section 52:27b-69.1 - Authority To Hold Office As Member Of Local Government Board And Municipal Office
  It shall be lawful for a member of the Local Government Board in the Division of Local Government in the State Department of the...
• Section 52:27b-69.2 - Authority To Hold Office As Member Of Local Government Board And County Office
  It shall be lawful for a member of the Local Government Board in the Division of Local Government in the State Department of the...
• Section 52:27b-69.3 - Conflict Of Interest; Abstention From Voting; Challenge Of Right To Vote
  Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to prevent a member of the said local government board who is also a municipal or...
• Section 52:27b-69.4 - Applicability Of Act
  This act shall be applicable to persons now holding membership in the said local government board as well as to members of the said...
• Section 52:27b-70 - Director; Appointment; Removal
  The administrative head of the Division of Local Government shall be the director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the...
• Section 52:27b-71 - Compensation Of Director
  The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 7, p....
• Section 52:27b-72 - Compensation Of Members Of Local Government Board
  The members of the Local Government Board shall each receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. L.1944, c. 112, art. 7, p....
• Section 52:27b-73 - Powers And Duties
  The powers and duties of the Local Government Board shall be the same as heretofore, and the powers and duties of the director shall...
• Section 52:27b-74 - Reports
  The director and the board shall make an annual report to the commissioner of the work of the division and the financial condition of...
• Section 52:27b-75 - Assistants
  The director of each division in the Department of Taxation and Finance shall have authority to appoint such clerical and other assistants as he...
• Section 52:27b-76 - Commissioner May Exercise Powers Of Directors
  Any power which may be vested in a director of any division in the Department of Taxation and Finance may be exercised by the...
• Section 52:27b-77 - Oath Of Commissioner And Directors; Bond
  Before entering upon his duties, the commissioner and each division director shall make and subscribe an oath, to be filed in the office of...
• Section 52:27b-78 - Reports And Certifications
  Unless specifically provided otherwise in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports and certifications are required to be...
• Section 52:27b-79 - Transfer Of Employees To Department Of Taxation And Finance
  All persons employed, when this act takes effect, in a department or other agency which is transferred, or whose powers, duties and functions are...
• Section 52:27b-80 - Rights Under Other Acts
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any persons of any rights or protection provided them by Title 11 of the Revised...
• Section 52:27b-81 - Transfer Of Files, Etc., To Department Of Taxation And Finance
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of departments or other agencies which are transferred to the Department of Taxation and Finance...
• Section 52:27b-82 - Transfers Of Appropriations
  To the extent necessary to carry out the intent and provisions of this act, the commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, may make...
• Section 52:27b-83 - Reduction Of Salary Where Commissioner Holds Other Office
  In the event that a person appointed and serving as commissioner or as a director shall hold another State office or position, his salary...
• Section 52:27b-84 - Repeals
  The following sections of the Revised Statutes, as amended, are repealed: 52:18-22, 52:18-23; 52:19-16 to 52:19-36, inclusive; 52:20-3, 52:20-8, 52:20-9, 52:20-10, 52:20-11, 52:20-12, 52:20-16;...
• Section 52:27b-85 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. Any appointment and any confirmation of any appointment permitted by this...
• Section 52:27bb-1 - Short Title
  This act may be cited as the "Local Government Supervision Act (1947)." L.1947, c. 151, p. 647, s. 1.
• Section 52:27bb-2 - Definitions
  As used in this act, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Department" means the State Department of Community Affairs. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner and head...
• Section 52:27bb-3 - Arrangement And Headnotes
  The arrangement of the sections of this act have been made for the purpose of convenience, reference and order, and except where the context...
• Section 52:27bb-4 - Act Is A Revision
  This act is a revision of the statutory law repealed by sections ninety-seven and ninety-eight of this act. L.1947, c. 151, p. 649, s.
• Section 52:27bb-5 - Powers, Duties And Functions Continued
  The powers, duties and functions of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance of the Local Government Board...
• Section 52:27bb-6 - Division To Supervise Local Government
  The division shall exercise State regulatory and supervisory powers over local government, assist local government in the solution of its problems, and plan and...
• Section 52:27bb-7 - Director's Office At Capitol
  The director shall have his office at the State Capitol. L.1947, c. 151, p. 649, s. 7.
• Section 52:27bb-8 - Powers And Duties Of The Director
  The director, in addition to powers and duties specifically granted shall have the following general powers and duties: To (1) Administer the work of...
• Section 52:27bb-9 - Delegation Of Authority
  All powers, duties and functions vested in the director, including the making of inspections, examinations, audits and investigations and the conducting of hearings, may...
• Section 52:27bb-10 - Powers And Duties Of The Board
  The board shall have the following powers and duties: To (1) Study the entire field of local government in New Jersey. (2) Promulgate reasonable...
• Section 52:27bb-11 - Continuation Of Powers
  The division, the board and the director shall have and shall continue to have all the powers, duties and functions which, under any law,...
• Section 52:27bb-12 - Legal Assistance
  The Attorney-General of the State shall render, without additional compensation, such legal services as the director or the board may request for the discharge...
• Section 52:27bb-13 - Meetings; Proceedings
  The board shall hold regular meetings each year, as follows: On the third Monday in January, April, July and October. Special meetings may be...
• Section 52:27bb-14 - Hearings; Rules Of Procedure.
  14.The board shall adopt rules of procedure to govern hearings and other proceedings before the board. The board may hold hearings at the office...
• Section 52:27bb-15 - Appeals From Determinations Of The Director
  A person, including a taxpayer or citizen, aggrieved by a determination made or an order issued by the director may apply to the board...
• Section 52:27bb-16 - Compulsory Process
  The director or the board, as the case may be, may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production...
• Section 52:27bb-17 - Enforcement Of Process
  If a person subpoenaed or ordered under the provisions of section sixteen fails to obey the subpoena, submit to examination, answer legal and pertinent...
• Section 52:27bb-18 - Issuance Of Orders; Compliance
  The director may issue instructions and orders to a sinking fund commission of a political subdivision or governing body, as the case may be,...
• Section 52:27bb-19 - Enforcement Of Orders
  Orders of the director may be enforced by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ or by an action for injunctive relief in appropriate...
• Section 52:27bb-20 - Judicial Review
  The provisions of this act shall not be construed to prevent the judicial review of an order of the director after exhaustion of the...
• Section 52:27bb-21 - Certifications As Evidence
  The official documents, orders and proceedings when certified to by the director shall be evidence in the courts of the State. The director may...
• Section 52:27bb-22 - Certified And Attested Copies Of Records Relating To Bond Issues
  The director shall receive and preserve as public records the certified copies of the procedures and other papers filed with the division in connection...
• Section 52:27bb-23 - Duty Of Local Officers
  It shall be the duty of the governing body and officers of a political subdivision of the State to co-operate with the director and...
• Section 52:27bb-24 - Authority Of Director As To Budget; Reduction In Rate Of Interest; Powers Of County Board Of Taxation
  The director may inquire into any item of budget or certification of requirements and may order any item required by law to be raised...
• Section 52:27bb-25 - Director Not To Issue Order With Respect To Budget In Certain Cases
  Whenever the board shall be functioning as the municipal finance commission in any municipality pursuant to the provisions of law, the director may issue...
• Section 52:27bb-26 - Purpose Of Article
  The purpose of this article is to make provision for modernized practices of fiscal administration in local government. L.1947, c. 151, p. 655, s.
• Section 52:27bb-27 - Uniform Accounting Systems
  The board shall, after careful study and investigation of accounting requirements, prescribe uniform accounting systems for municipalities and counties, and may, from time to...
• Section 52:27bb-28 - Rules And Regulations As To Accounting Methods
  The board may promulgate rules and regulations for the proper use of uniform accounting systems and for proper accounting methods. L.1947, c. 151, p....
• Section 52:27bb-29 - Account Books And Forms
  The board may have prepared account books, blank forms and other accounting materials for use in uniform accounting systems and may furnish them at...
• Section 52:27bb-30 - Installations Of Accounting Systems
  The director may make installations of uniform accounting systems prescribed by the board at the request of the governing body of a municipality or...
• Section 52:27bb-31 - Instruction And Consultation
  Where the director installs accounting systems he shall supply without additional charge reasonable instruction and consultation in the use of the system and in...
• Section 52:27bb-32 - Systems Of Financial Administration
  The board may prescribe systems of financial administration for municipalities and counties. Systems may be prescribed for a group or class of municipalities or...
• Section 52:27bb-33 - Advisory Committees
  The board may appoint special or standing advisory committees to render advice and consultation to the director and to the board in the preparation,...
• Section 52:27bb-34 - Form Of Reports And Financial Statements
  The board shall prescribe the forms upon which financial statements and other reports pertaining to local financial affairs shall be made. The director shall...
• Section 52:27bb-35 - Audits; Authority Of Board
  The board shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the method, scope and procedure of regular audits of the financial affairs of municipalities and counties....
• Section 52:27bb-36 - Audits By Department
  Whenever the director finds that the financial affairs of a municipality or county require special supervision, he may require that the regular audits of...
• Section 52:27bb-37 - Rejection Of Audit Report
  If the director finds that an audit report as filed is incomplete or inaccurate; was not made in accordance with the regulations promulgated by...
• Section 52:27bb-38 - Examination Of Sinking Fund
  The director shall examine and audit the books, papers, securities and moneys in the custody of the sinking fund commission of a political subdivision....
• Section 52:27bb-39 - Duty Of Sinking Fund Commission
  A sinking fund commission of a political subdivision shall at the request of the director produce its books, papers, securities and moneys, and all...
• Section 52:27bb-40 - Sinking Fund; Recommendation By The Director
  The director shall examine the report of audit of a sinking fund commission and may make such recommendations pertaining to the management and administration...
• Section 52:27bb-41 - Sinking Funds; Enforcement Of Recommendations
  If after forty-five days following filing of notice and statement of recommendations with the secretary of a sinking fund commission, the commission has failed...
• Section 52:27bb-42 - Sinking Funds; Accounting
  The board shall prescribe and enforce a uniform system for the setting up and keeping of sinking fund accounts in political subdivisions. The director...
• Section 52:27bb-43 - Sinking Funds; Examination Of Requirements
  The director shall, upon receipt, examine and audit the statement of annual sinking fund requirements of a political subdivision. The director shall determine the...
• Section 52:27bb-44 - Sinking Funds; Amortization Requirements
  The director shall examine the calculations and tabulations of the conditions of sinking funds as submitted by a sinking fund commission of a political...
• Section 52:27bb-45 - Compensation Of Department For Services Rendered
  The board shall fix reasonable charges, for the services rendered under sections twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight and forty-two of this act, and by...
• Section 52:27bb-46 - Inspection Of Local Administration
  The director may at any time during regular business hours make inspections and examinations of the financial administration of a county or municipality. Inspection...
• Section 52:27bb-47 - Inquiring Into Financial Affairs
  The director may make a special investigation of a county or municipality, if, upon examination of the reports of audit and recommendations of an...
• Section 52:27bb-48 - Special Investigation; Enforcement Of Orders
  The director may issue such orders as he may find appropriate to correct errors, inaccuracies or omissions in the report of audit or recommendations,...
• Section 52:27bb-49 - Powers Of Inquiry
  In any inspection, audit, inquiry, examination or other investigation authorized by this act, the director may hold hearings and exercise the powers of investigation...
• Section 52:27bb-50 - Issuance Of Orders; Compliance
  The director may issue instructions and orders requiring compliance with the requirements of this article and the regulations of the board. Instructions and orders...
• Section 52:27bb-51 - Duty Of Local Officers
  An officer of a municipality or county who is charged with duties pertaining to fiscal administration shall keep accounts and in other respects perform...
• Section 52:27bb-52 - Enforcement Of Orders; Penalties
  A local officer or member of a local governing body who, after the date fixed for compliance, fails or refuses to obey an order...
• Section 52:27bb-53 - Construction Of This Article
  The provisions of this article shall be construed to be in addition to the provisions of sections 40:4-1 to 40:4-3, inclusive, and sections 40:4-13...
• Section 52:27bb-54 - Purpose Of Article
  The purpose of this article is to make provision for the imposition of special restraints upon municipalities in, or in danger of falling into,...
• Section 52:27bb-55 - Application Of Article
  The provisions of this article and sections 20 and 21 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall take effect in a municipality when any...
• Section 52:27bb-56 - Determination By The Board: Notice And Hearing
  If the director finds in the course of his duties that any of the conditions listed in section 55 of this act exists in...
• Section 52:27bb-57 - Limitation On Debt And Other Financial Liabilities
  The board may require that obligations, bonded or otherwise, shall not be issued or authorized by the municipality, including school districts or any special...
• Section 52:27bb-58 - Limitation Upon Appropriations And Expenditures
  The board may require that any or all expenditures and appropriations of a municipality subject to this article and sections 20 and 21 of...
• Section 52:27bb-59 - Limitations Upon Counties
  The provisions of section fifty-seven of this act (for the purpose of limiting the issuance of county obligations bonded or otherwise) and of section...
• Section 52:27bb-60 - Compliance With Requirements Of Law
  The director may order the governing body or an officer of a municipality subject to this article to perform any duty prescribed by law...
• Section 52:27bb-61 - Liquidation Of Debt
  The board may, under this section, authorize or direct a municipality subject to this act to liquidate or refinance its current debt pursuant to...
• Section 52:27bb-62 - Analysis Of Financial Conditions
  The director may at any time, and shall if the governing body so requests, make a special analysis of the financial conditions of a...
• Section 52:27bb-63 - Consultation And Assistance
  The director shall extend all possible consultation and assistance to municipalities subject to this article to assist in the improvement of local financial conditions....
• Section 52:27bb-65 - Municipalities Under The Municipal Finance Commission
  If a municipality subject to this act is placed under the supervision of the Municipal Finance Commission in accordance with section 52:27-2 or section...
• Section 52:27bb-66 - Additional Powers Of The Board
  For the purpose of this article the board shall have, in addition to its other powers, authority to (1) Promulgate rules and regulations for...
• Section 52:27bb-66.1 - Collective Bargaining Agreements; Review And Approval; Arbitration Awards; Exclusion; Appointment Or Dismissal Of Managers; Authority Of Director
  The board may provide that all collective bargaining agreements entered into during the time the municipality is subject to the provisions of this act...
• Section 52:27bb-67 - Additional Powers Of The Director
  For the purposes of this article, the director shall have, in addition to his other powers, authority to issue and enforce orders as authorized...
• Section 52:27bb-68 - Construction
  This article shall be construed liberally to give effect to its intent that unsound financial conditions in municipalities shall be forestalled and corrected. L.1947,...
• Section 52:27bb-73 - Supervision Of Revenue Administration
  If the board finds that tax assets are not being realized upon because of weak or inadequate revenue administration, it may have the director...
• Section 52:27bb-74 - Separation Of Assessment Lists
  If the board finds that unsound fiscal conditions result in whole or in part from the continued treatment of taxes levied upon delinquent property...
• Section 52:27bb-75 - Preparation Of Assessment Lists
  The board may require that two separate assessment lists, an active list and an inactive list, be prepared: (1) The inactive list shall include...
• Section 52:27bb-76 - Inactive Lists; Preparation And Effect
  (a) After the board orders the preparation of tax lists pursuant to its powers under sections seventy-four and seventy-five of this act, the collector...
• Section 52:27bb-77 - Apportionment Of Receipts From Inactive Properties.
  77.The local governing body shall cause to be paid to the county treasurer and to the secretary of the school board, or treasurer of...
• Section 52:27bb-78 - Rate Of Tax Collections
  The rate of tax collections for whatever purpose used, shall be computed as the percentage that all tax collections were of amounts levied against...
• Section 52:27bb-79 - Notice Of Proceedings Of County Tax Board
  The county board of taxation shall not revise, correct or equalize the assessed value of property in a municipality to which the provisions of...
• Section 52:27bb-80 - Fiscal Control Officer
  The board may recommend to the local governing body that a fiscal control officer be appointed. If the board recommends the appointment of an...
• Section 52:27bb-81 - Fiscal Control Officer; Powers And Duties
  An officer shall have such of the powers and duties of the director in sections 57 and 58 and 82 to 87 inclusive, of...
• Section 52:27bb-82 - Administration Of Assets And Liabilities
  If the board finds the unsound financial conditions in the municipality are due in whole or in part to failure to liquidate old liabilities,...
• Section 52:27bb-83 - Liquidation Fund
  In a municipality not operating on a full cash basis, the treasurer shall place such moneys, paid to him pursuant to section 82 of...
• Section 52:27bb-84 - Study Of Cooperative Agreements
  The director when so instructed by the board shall fully investigate and determine the possibilities of maintaining the services of the municipality at lower...
• Section 52:27bb-85 - Director May Act As Controller
  If the board finds that sound fiscal conditions will be promoted by the exercise of a control function in the municipality and that the...
• Section 52:27bb-86 - Procedure Of Control
  The board may prescribe the procedure to be followed in each municipality in which the director is authorized and directed to exercise the control...
• Section 52:27bb-87 - Preparation Of Budgets
  The director shall fix a date for the municipal governing body to submit its proposed annual budget to the board. The board may approve...
• Section 52:27bb-88 - Fiscal Control Officer Agent Of Board
  The fiscal control officer appointed pursuant to section 80 shall perform as the agent of the director such duties with respect to the fiscal...
• Section 52:27bb-89 - General Duties Of Board
  The board shall exercise its powers, shall offer guidance and assistance, and shall in every other respect promote the rehabilitation of the financial affairs...
• Section 52:27bb-90 - Delegation Of Powers To Director
  The powers and duties vested by this act in the board may be exercised by the director under the supervision of the board when...
• Section 52:27bb-91 - Termination Of Supervision
  State supervision of a municipality pursuant to this act shall cease if: (1) the resolution placing the municipality under State supervision has not been...
• Section 52:27bb-95.1 - Reimbursement Of State By Municipality For Reasonable Value Of Services
  Subject to the inclusion in the annual State appropriations act of an amount of anticipated revenues from that source, the State shall be reimbursed...
• Section 52:27bb-96 - Application Of Act
  This act shall not be deemed to affect any provision of chapter one hundred twelve of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and...
• Section 52:27bb-97 - Repeal Of Sections Of The Revised Statutes
  Sections 52:24-11, 52:24-19 and 52:24-19.1 of the Revised Statutes are repealed. L.1947, c. 151, p. 680, s. 97.
• Section 52:27bb-98 - Repeal Of Acts; Proviso
  The following parts of acts, acts, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto are repealed: Sections one to sixteen, inclusive, and sections eighteen to...
• Section 52:27bb-99 - Severability Clause
  The provisions of this act shall be construed as severable and if any part is held unconstitutional, or for any other reason invalid, the...
• Section 52:27bb-100 - Effective Date Of Act
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1947, c. 151, p. 682, s. 100.
• Section 52:27bbb-1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act." L.2002,c.43,s.1.
• Section 52:27bbb-2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Municipal Rehabilitation And Economic Recovery
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.There exists in certain municipalities a continuing state of fiscal distress which endures despite the imposition of a...
• Section 52:27bbb-2.1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To "Municipal Rehabilitation And Economic Recovery Act"
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The court decision striking certain provisions of P.L.2002, c.43 requires the Legislature to clarify its intent in approving...
• Section 52:27bbb-2.2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Urban Revitalization.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.The "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act," P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-1 et al.), provides for the appointment of a chief...
• Section 52:27bbb-3 - Definitions Relative To Municipal Rehabilitation And Economic Recovery.
  3.As used in this act: "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.). "Board" means the...
• Section 52:27bbb-4 - Notification To Qualified Municipality
  4.Within 30 days of the effective date of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-1 et al.), and thereafter within 30 days of the deadline for the adoption...
• Section 52:27bbb-5 - Appointment Of Special Arbitrator; Criteria For Dispute Resolution.
  5.Upon receipt of notification by the commissioner pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-4), the Chief Justice may designate a Superior Court judge...
• Section 52:27bbb-6 - Municipality Deemed Under Rehabilitation And Economic Recovery; Term.
  6. a. Upon the appointment of a chief operating officer pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-7), a qualified municipality shall be under...
• Section 52:27bbb-7 - Appointment Of Chief Operating Officer; Term.
  7. a. Upon receiving notification by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-4), the Governor shall appoint the...
• Section 52:27bbb-8 - Submission Of Report By Chief Operating Officer.
  8. a. At the end of four years following the commencement of duties by the chief operating officer, the chief operating officer or his...
• Section 52:27bbb-9 - Reallocation Of Functions, Powers, Duties To Chief Operating Officer.
  9. a. Upon the appointment of the chief operating officer pursuant to subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-7), all the functions,...
• Section 52:27bbb-10 - Particular Powers Of Chief Operating Officer.
  10.The chief operating officer may: a.Sue in the municipality's corporate name and submit disputes and controversies to arbitration and determination in the manner provided...
• Section 52:27bbb-11 - Appointment Of Department Heads.
  11.Within 30 days of the assumption of job responsibilities on the part of the chief operating officer, the chief operating officer shall, in consultation...
• Section 52:27bbb-12 - Preparation Of Municipal Management Study.
  12. a. Within 30 days following the submission of interim department head appointments to the governing body, the chief operating officer, in consultation with...
• Section 52:27bbb-13 - Copy Of Study Available For Public Inspection.
  13. a. Upon the completion of the municipal management study by the chief operating officer, the chief operating officer shall make available for public...
• Section 52:27bbb-14 - Chief Operating Officer To Act As Appointing Authority.
  14.For the purposes of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, the chief operating officer shall act as the appointing authority. The...
• Section 52:27bbb-15 - Abolishment Of Certain Municipal Positions.
  15. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or contract, the chief operating officer may abolish positions in the municipality not under the direct...
• Section 52:27bbb-16 - Recommendation Of Department, Division Heads.
  16. a. Following the completion of the municipal management study, the chief operating officer shall, in consultation with the mayor, recommend the appointment of...
• Section 52:27bbb-17 - Transfer, Assignment, Reclassification Of Positions.
  17.Upon the adoption of the municipal management study, the chief operating officer, working in conjunction with the Commissioner of Personnel and in consultation with...
• Section 52:27bbb-18 - Annual Stipend For Residence In Qualified Municipality.
  18.Any person hired in a position for which the residency requirement has been waived or as a police officer or firefighter after the adoption...
• Section 52:27bbb-19 - Incentive For Retirement For Certain Employees.
  19. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, an employee of a qualified municipality who is a member...
• Section 52:27bbb-20 - Additional Nj Saver Rebate For Certain Residents.
  20.A resident of a qualified municipality who has paid property taxes for the tax year on a homestead that is owned as such and...
• Section 52:27bbb-21 - Monthly Meetings, Minutes.
  21. a. The chief operating officer shall conduct monthly meetings with the mayor, department heads and the executive directors of any independent boards or...
• Section 52:27bbb-22 - Extension Of Review, Appeal Period For Planning, Zoning Matters.
  22. a. Any applicable period for review or appeal in connection with any application acted upon by either the planning board or zoning board,...
• Section 52:27bbb-23 - Approval, Veto Of Ordinance, Resolution.
  23. a. (1) (a) During the rehabilitation term, within three business days following each meeting of the governing body, a copy of each ordinance...
• Section 52:27bbb-24 - Hiring Of Nonpartisan, Professional Staff.
  24.The governing body, in conjunction with the Eagleton Institute of Politics and the Rand Institute at Rutgers, The State University, shall hire a non-partisan,...
• Section 52:27bbb-25 - Governing Body To Retain Functions, Powers, Duties.
  25.Unless otherwise provided pursuant to P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-1 et al.), the governing body shall retain all functions, powers and duties prescribed to it pursuant...
• Section 52:27bbb-26 - Oversight, Audit Of Qualified Municipality.
  26. a. The director may provide for oversight or audit of the activities of each qualified municipality and report the findings to the Local...
• Section 52:27bbb-27 - Increase In Municipal Portion Of General Tax Rate Limited.
  27. a. During the rehabilitation term, the chief operating officer shall not increase the municipal portion of the general tax rate over the rate...
• Section 52:27bbb-28 - Ordinances Authorizing Debt Subject To Approval By Local Finance Board.
  28.During the rehabilitation term, all ordinances authorizing the issuance of debt shall be subject to approval of the Local Finance Board. Provisions of the...
• Section 52:27bbb-29 - Biannual Report On Progress.
  29.The chief operating officer shall biannually provide to the Local Finance Board a report on the progress of each qualified municipality toward achieving municipal...
• Section 52:27bbb-30 - Community Advisory Committee.
  30.The mayor of each qualified municipality and the chief operating officer shall establish a community advisory committee in order to provide an efficient means...
• Section 52:27bbb-31 - Cooperation Of State Agencies With Chief Operating Officer.
  31. a. All State departments and agencies, to the extent not inconsistent with law and within budget constraints, shall cooperate with the chief operating...
• Section 52:27bbb-32 - Immunity From Liability For State Officer, Employee.
  32.The State shall not be liable in tort, contract or in the nature of tort for any action or inaction involving the rehabilitation or...
• Section 52:27bbb-33 - Utilization Of Available Mechanisms To Facilitate Communications.
  33.The commissioner shall utilize available mechanisms, such as the Urban Coordinating Council, to coordinate and facilitate communications between the chief operating officer and the...
• Section 52:27bbb-34 - Municipality To Remain Body Corporate And Politic; Elections.
  34. a. Notwithstanding that a municipality has been placed under rehabilitation and economic recovery under P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-1 et al.), the municipality shall remain...
• Section 52:27bbb-35 - Agreement Between Library And County For Operation.
  35.Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the governing body of any qualified municipality in which a free public library has been...
• Section 52:27bbb-36 - State Economic Recovery Board Created For Qualified Municipality.
  36. a. In order to facilitate the rehabilitation and economic recovery of each qualified municipality, there is created a subsidiary corporation of the New...
• Section 52:27bbb-37 - Duties Of Board.
  37.The duties of the board shall include, but not be limited to: a.in consultation with the chief operating officer and the mayor, the preparation...
• Section 52:27bbb-38 - Preparation Of Strategic Revitalization Plan.
  38. a. Concurrently with the preparation of the capital improvement and infrastructure plan pursuant to section 42 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-41), the board shall...
• Section 52:27bbb-39 - Regional Impact Council
  39. a. There is established for each qualified municipality a regional impact council to serve for that period during which the municipality is under...
• Section 52:27bbb-40 - Role Of Regional Impact Council.
  40.It shall be the role of the regional impact council to promote coordination among communities within the region surrounding a qualified municipality and to...
• Section 52:27bbb-41 - Consultation With State Economic Recovery Board.
  42. a. The chief operating officer and the mayor of the qualified municipality shall consult with the State Economic Recovery Board established pursuant to...
• Section 52:27bbb-42 - Property Tax Collection Audit.
  43. In addition to the municipal management study, the chief operating officer in consultation with the mayor, shall cause to be conducted a property...
• Section 52:27bbb-43 - Conveyance Of Right, Title, Interest In Certain Real Property.
  44. The governing body of each qualified municipality shall convey to the board, for the period of rehabilitation, its right, title and interest in...
• Section 52:27bbb-44 - Project List
  45. a. The board shall prepare and submit a project list, as provided hereunder. The list shall be consistent with the strategic revitalization plan...
• Section 52:27bbb-44.1 - Preparation Of Economic Stimulus Package For Qualified Municipality
  16. Upon receipt of notification by the commissioner pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-4), the State Treasurer shall prepare an economic stimulus...
• Section 52:27bbb-45 - Definitions Relative To Project Financing.
  46. As used in this article: "Authority reserves" means the unrestricted funds of the authority that have not been designated for authority programs; "Bonds"...
• Section 52:27bbb-46 - Powers Of Authority.
  47. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary: a.The authority shall issue bonds and refunding bonds, incur indebtedness...
• Section 52:27bbb-47 - Payment To Authority For Debt Service.
  48. a. The State Treasurer shall, in each State fiscal year, pay from the General Fund to the authority, in accordance with a contract...
• Section 52:27bbb-48 - Contracts Between State Treasurer And Authority For Debt Service.
  49. The State Treasurer and the authority are authorized to enter into one or more contracts to implement the payment arrangement that is provided...
• Section 52:27bbb-49 - Series Of Special Funds.
  50. a. The authority shall establish and maintain a series of special funds as provided in sections 51 and 52 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-50...
• Section 52:27bbb-50 - Overseeing Of Funds By Board; Amounts, Purposes.
  51. The board shall oversee the following funds: a.the "Residential Neighborhood Improvement Fund," into which shall be deposited the sum of $35 million from...
• Section 52:27bbb-51 - "Higher Education And Regional Health Care Development Fund."
  52. There is created the "Higher Education and Regional Health Care Development Fund" which shall be used to provide grants, to nonprofit educational institutions...
• Section 52:27bbb-51.1 - Two-year Commitment For Moneys Made Available.
  7.Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of section 52 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-51), moneys made available pursuant thereto may be committed for a period...
• Section 52:27bbb-52 - Conditions On Tax-exempt Entities Receiving Funding.
  53. Any entity which is otherwise tax-exempt pursuant to Title 54 of the Revised Statutes and which receives funding pursuant to the "Municipal Rehabilitation...
• Section 52:27bbb-53 - Definitions Relative To Open For Business Incentives
  54. As used in this section and section 55 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-54): a."Business facility" means any factory, mill, plant, refinery, warehouse, building, complex...
• Section 52:27bbb-54 - "Qualified Municipality Open For Business Incentive Program"
  55. a. There is established in the authority the "Qualified Municipality Open for Business Incentive Program," the purpose of which is to foster business...
• Section 52:27bbb-55 - Application For Cbt Or Insurance Tax Credit, Certain, For New Positions
  56. a. A taxpayer engaged in the conduct of business within a qualified municipality and who is not receiving a benefit under the "New...
• Section 52:27bbb-56 - "Residential Property" Defined; Tax Credit For Certain Principal Residences.
  57. a. For the purposes of subsection b. of this section, "residential property" shall include land, a dwelling house or a condominium unit under...
• Section 52:27bbb-57 - Prevailing Wage Rate On Construction Contracts Under Act.
  59. Not less than the prevailing wage rate shall be paid to any workers employed in the performance of construction contracts undertaken in connection...
• Section 52:27bbb-58 - Affirmative Action Program On Eda Projects
  60. In order to fulfill its obligation to establish an affirmative action program for the hiring of minority and female workers employed in the...
• Section 52:27bbb-59 - Arbitrator To Consider Rehabilitation When Deciding Certain Labor Disputes.
  61. For the purposes of section 3 of P.L.1977, c.85 (C.34:13A-16), when deciding the award in a dispute involving public fire or police departments...
• Section 52:27bbb-60 - Arrangements With Other Public Entities By Qualified Municipalities.
  62. During the rehabilitation and economic recovery terms, the qualified municipality may enter into arrangements with other municipalities, counties, local public authorities, or the...
• Section 52:27bbb-61 - Contract To Contain Provision For Termination.
  63. a. All contracts and agreements entered into by the qualified municipality during the rehabilitation term pursuant to P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-1 et al.) shall...
• Section 52:27bbb-62 - Moratorium On Regional Contribution Agreements
  66. Upon the date upon which the commissioner determines that the municipality fulfills the definition of a qualified municipality pursuant to section 4 of...
• Section 52:27bbb-63 - Membership Of Board Of Education In Qualified Municipality Increased; Appointments; Terms.
  67. a. The membership of the board of education serving in a school district which is contiguous with a qualified municipality and which is...
• Section 52:27bbb-63.1 - School Districts Affected By Economic Recovery Term.
  12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 67 of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-63) or any other section of law to the contrary, upon the commencement...
• Section 52:27bbb-64 - Board Of Education Minutes Subject To Veto Provisions
  68. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 18A or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the minutes of every meeting of...
• Section 52:27bbb-65 - Severability.
  71. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-1 et al.) is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, that judgment shall...
• Section 52:27bbb-66 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Tax Lien Financing Corporation Act." L.2003,c.120,s.1.
• Section 52:27bbb-67 - Declarations Relative To Tax Lien Financing; Purposes Of Act.
  2.It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and to be the policy of the State to assist qualified municipalities by facilitating...
• Section 52:27bbb-68 - "Tax Lien Financing Corporation" Established; Governing Members, Terms, Duties.
  3. a. There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession,...
• Section 52:27bbb-69 - Definitions Relative To Tax Lien Financing.
  4.As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "Ancillary facility" means any revolving credit agreement, agreement establishing a line...
• Section 52:27bbb-70 - Sales, Agreements Applicable To Tax Liens; Procedures, Conditions.
  5. a. Authority to Enter into Sale Agreements. A qualified municipality may sell to the corporation, and the corporation may purchase, for cash or...
• Section 52:27bbb-71 - Powers Of The Corporation.
  6.The corporation also shall have the power to and be authorized to: a.sue and be sued; b.have a seal and alter the same at...
• Section 52:27bbb-72 - Issuance Of Securities.
  7. a. The corporation shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue securities in principal amount or amounts...
• Section 52:27bbb-73 - Securities, Ancillary Facility Not Debt, Liability Of State.
  8.The securities and any ancillary facility shall not be a debt or liability of the State, a qualified municipality or any agency or instrumentality...
• Section 52:27bbb-74 - Tax Exemptions.
  9. a. It is hereby determined that the creation of the corporation and the carrying out of its authorized purposes is in all respects...
• Section 52:27bbb-75 - State Pledges, Agreements With Parties.
  10. a. The State hereby pledges and agrees with the corporation, the owners of the securities and benefitted parties, that until all securities and...
• Section 52:27bbb-76 - Immunity.
  11.Neither any member of the corporation nor any officer, employee or agent of the corporation, while acting within the scope of his or her...
• Section 52:27bbb-77 - Rules, Regulations.
  12.The corporation may adopt any rule and regulation to effectuate the purposes of this act and, if it does so, shall apply the procedures...
• Section 52:27bbb-78 - Liberal Construction.
  13.This act and all powers granted hereby shall be liberally construed to effectuate its intent and their purposes, without implied limitations thereon. This act...
• Section 52:27bbb-79 - Title 54 Unaffected; Precedence Of Act.
  14.Title 54 of the Revised Statutes shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict between this act and Title...
• Section 52:27c-1 - Department Of Economic Development
  There is hereby created a Department of Economic Development, consisting of a co-ordinator and an economic council, hereinafter referred to as "the department." L.1944,...
• Section 52:27c-2 - Commissioner; Appointment; Term Of Office; Compensation
  The co-ordinator, who shall be the commissioner of the department, hereinafter referred to as the "commissioner," shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor,...
• Section 52:27c-3 - Economic Council; Membership; Terms; Chairman
  The Economic Council shall consist of twelve members representing war veterans, industry, agriculture, labor, local government and the public generally. Each member shall be...
• Section 52:27c-4 - Divisions; Directors; Terms; Compensation
  There shall be within the department a division of veterans services, a division of municipal aid, a division of commerce, a division of planning...
• Section 52:27c-5 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of Various Agencies
  The State Planning Board, State Housing Authority, New Jersey Council, South Jersey Transit Commission, Port Raritan District Commission and the State Service Officer are...
• Section 52:27c-6 - Transfer Of Functions, Etc., Of Municipal Aid Administration
  The Municipal Aid Administration, all its functions, powers, duties, personnel, property and appropriations are hereby transferred to the department, and the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:27c-7 - Additional Powers And Duties Of Commissioner
  The commissioner, in addition to his powers and duties otherwise provided by this act, shall: a. Exercise all powers of the department not vested...
• Section 52:27c-8 - Coordination Of Post-war Planning
  When so directed by the Governor, the commissioner may prescribe activities to be undertaken or terminated by other State departments, agencies and instrumentalities, for...
• Section 52:27c-9 - Services Of Other Departments Or Agencies; Delegation Of Powers
  The commissioner may utilize the services of any State department, agency or instrumentality, and may accept the services of any local or Federal official...
• Section 52:27c-10 - Additional Powers And Duties Of Council
  The council, in addition to other powers and duties specifically vested in it, shall: a. Consult with and advise the commissioner with respect to...
• Section 52:27c-11 - Federal Grants
  The department may apply for and accept grants from the Federal Government or any agency thereof, any may comply with the terms, conditions and...
• Section 52:27c-12 - Policies And Programs
  The department, through its division of commerce, shall formulate comprehensive economic policies for the development and use of natural and economic resources of the...
• Section 52:27c-13 - Private Work Reserves
  The department shall, through such locally organized and operating agencies as the commissioner may deem appropriate, motivate, compile and analyze private work reserves. Such...
• Section 52:27c-14 - Direction And Use Of Private Work Reserves
  The co-ordinator shall develop programs to guide and direct the use of private work reserves, so far as possible, into such periods and locations...
• Section 52:27c-15 - Public Informational Material
  The department shall prepare, distributed and co-ordinate public informational materials pertaining to the industrial development, facilities and advantages of the State and to the...
• Section 52:27c-16 - Study Of Transportation; Harbor, Etc., Facilities
  The department shall survey, investigate and study the transportation, storage, port, harbor and terminal facilities and needs of the State and of particular industrial...
• Section 52:27c-17 - Adoption Of Improved Methods, Etc., Of Transportation
  The department may petition any Federal, State, municipal or other authority, administrative, judicial or legislative, having jurisdiction in the premises, for the adoption and...
• Section 52:27c-18 - Plans For Physical Development Of State; Coordination; Housing
  The department shall prepare and perfect from time to time a State master plan for the physical development of the State and prepare and...
• Section 52:27c-19 - Notice To Commissioner Of Public Improvements
  All State departments, agencies and instrumentalities, before entering upon any major public improvement or any project involving the acquisition of lands for public use,...
• Section 52:27c-20 - Maps And Surveys
  The department may prepare and make maps, planning studies and surveys for the collection and presentation of data pertaining to the physical development of...
• Section 52:27c-21 - Co-operation With Other Planning Boards
  The department shall co-operate with county, municipal and regional planning boards for the purpose of aiding and encouraging an orderly and co-ordinated development of...
• Section 52:27c-22 - Public Housing And Development Authority
  Within the department there shall be a "public housing and development authority" a body politic and corporate, with power to sue and be sued,...
• Section 52:27c-23 - Powers Of Authority
  The authority shall have full power to undertake and operate any slum clearance or housing project for slum dwellers and families of low income...
• Section 52:27c-24 - Additional Powers Of Authority
  In addition to the powers hereinabove specifically granted, the authority shall have the following powers: a. To acquire property, real, personal or mixed, or...
• Section 52:27c-24.1 - Fund For Assistance To Homeless
  a. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall establish within the Division of Housing and Development a fund for the purpose of...
• Section 52:27c-25 - Housing Projects; Rentals
  Upon the completion of any housing project constructed by the authority, the authority shall have full power to maintain and operate the same at...
• Section 52:27c-26 - Taxation Of Property Of Authority
  All real property and improvements thereon owned by the authority shall be assessed and taxed in the municipalities wherein such lands are situate for...
• Section 52:27c-27 - Approval Of Housing Project By Municipality
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law the approval of the governing body of the municipality in which a housing project is to be located,...
• Section 52:27c-28 - Public Work Reserve To Be Maintained; Duties Of Department
  The department shall prepare and maintain a public work reserve consisting of proposed projects of State, county, municipal and ad hoc agencies for public...
• Section 52:27c-29 - Description Of Projects To Be Furnished Department
  Every department, agency, political subdivision, special district or ad hoc authority operating under the authority of this State which receives, anticipates or may apply...
• Section 52:27c-30 - Copies Of Plans, Etc., Of Improvements Receiving Federal Aid To Be Filed With Department
  The commissioner may require any State department or agency or any political subdivision, special district or ad hoc authority of this State to file...
• Section 52:27c-31 - No Federal Aid Unless Commissioner Has Opportunity To Recommend
  Notwithstanding any other legislation heretofore enacted, no Federal financial assistance may hereafter be paid to or accepted by any political subdivision, special district or...
• Section 52:27c-32 - Recommendations To Be Published
  The commissioner shall, with the co-operation of other State departments, make and publish such recommendations with respect to any project as may be desirable...
• Section 52:27c-33 - Surveys And Plans
  The commissioner may, after consultation with interested department heads, and upon approval of the economic council, order surveys to be made or plans and...
• Section 52:27c-34 - Allotments Toward Cost Of Plans And Specifications
  The department may make allotments to any county, municipality or school district, all of which are hereinafter referred to as any "political subdivision," toward...
• Section 52:27c-35 - Application For Allotments
  Any political subdivisions may apply to commissioner for allotment under this act upon such forms and subject to such rules and regulations not inconsistent...
• Section 52:27c-36 - Total Cost Of Allotments Limited
  Allotments may be made for detailed plans and specifications prepared either by force account or by contract with architects or engineers approved by the...
• Section 52:27c-37 - Effect Of Grant Of State Aid; Limitation Of Allotments
  The granting of any application for State aid for plans and specifications, the acceptance of such aid or the preparation of such plans and...
• Section 52:27c-38 - Assistance And Data To Be Furnished
  On the request of the commissioner, any department instrumentality or agency of the State or of any political subdivision shall furnish such assistance and...
• Section 52:27c-39 - Termination Of Authority To Allot Funds For Plans
  The authority of the commissioner to allot funds for plans and specifications for other State projects shall terminate six months after the cessation of...
• Section 52:27c-47 - Quarters For Department
  The department shall be provided with suitable quarters which shall be sufficient to house all of the divisions of the department within the same...
• Section 52:27c-48 - Employees, Etc., Of Abolished Agencies
  The employees, property and records of all agencies which are by this act abolished are hereby transferred to the department of economic development. L.1944,...
• Section 52:27c-49 - Appropriations Of Abolished Agencies Transferred; Appropriation For Administrative Expenses
  The appropriations of all agencies abolished by this act are hereby transferred to the department, and, in addition, the sum of one hundred fifty...
• Section 52:27c-50 - Appropriation For Local Purpose Plans
  The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preparation...
• Section 52:27c-51 - Appropriation For State Project Plans
  The sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) is hereby appropriated, from any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preparation of...
• Section 52:27c-52 - Repeals
  The following sections, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed: Revised Statutes, sections 12:12-1 to 12:12-10, 38:24-1 to 38:24-2, 48:21-1 to 48:21-19, 52:9C-1...
• Section 52:27c-53 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect on July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four, except that appointments may be made and any action may...
• Section 52:27c-54 - Standard Building Code
  The department of economic development, through its division of planning and engineering, shall prepare a code to be known as the standard building code...
• Section 52:27c-55 - Scope Of Code
  The code, or the same as amended, shall regulate the design, construction, repair, alteration, demolition and removal of buildings and structures of every kind...
• Section 52:27c-56 - Adoption Of Code By Reference
  Any municipality may adopt the code, and any amendments thereto, by ordinance, without incorporating the same in the ordinance; provided, reference is made therein...
• Section 52:27c-57 - Interpreting And Administering Code
  The department, from time to time pursuant to such authority as may be granted it by the code and after having conducted hearings, (a)...
• Section 52:27c-58 - Costs Of Tests
  Any person making application to have the department approve the use of structural materials, appliances, devices, or methods of construction, shall pay the reasonable...
• Section 52:27c-59 - Printed Copies Of Code, Etc.
  The code, amendments and interpretations thereof and all standards for and approvals of materials, appliances, devices and methods of construction shall be printed by...
• Section 52:27c-60 - Advisory Committee
  To advise the department in the performance of its duties provided by this act, the commissioner of the department shall appoint a committee, of...
• Section 52:27c-61 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Commerce Commission Act." L.1998, c.44, s.1; amended 2005, c.378, s.9; 2007,...
• Section 52:27c-62 - Findings, Declarations Relative To The New Jersey Commerce Commission.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.New Jersey is in a fierce competition for jobs and businesses, not only with other states, but throughout...
• Section 52:27c-63 - "New Jersey Commerce Commission."
  3.There is established a body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "New Jersey Commerce Commission" (hereinafter "the commission"). The...
• Section 52:27c-64 - Department Of Commerce And Economic Development Abolished.
  4.The Department of Commerce and Economic Development created pursuant to P.L.1981, c.122 (C.52:27H-1 et al.) is abolished as a principal department in the Executive...
• Section 52:27c-65 - Appropriations, Moneys Continued.
  5.All appropriations and other moneys available and to become available to any department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other entity or agency, the functions,...
• Section 52:27c-66 - Termination Of Employment, Officers And Employees.
  6.The offices and terms of the commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioners, directors, deputy directors, executive directors, and all other employees of the Department of...
• Section 52:27c-67 - Powers Of Commission.
  7.The commission shall have the power to employ consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the commission to carry out...
• Section 52:27c-68 - Board Of Directors.
  8.The Board of Directors of the commission shall consist of the following 11 voting members and two non-voting members: a.The Governor, who shall be...
• Section 52:27c-69 - Powers, Quorum, Action By Commission.
  9.a. The powers of the commission shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time, and a majority of the...
• Section 52:27c-70 - Delivery Of Copy Of Minutes To Governor, Approval, Veto.
  10. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the commission shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification of the...
• Section 52:27c-71 - Duties Of Executive Director.
  11.The Executive Director of the commission shall devote full time to the performance of the duties assigned thereto, and shall: a.Administer the work of...
• Section 52:27c-71.1 - Executive Director.
  31.The commission shall be under the supervision of an Executive Director, who shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by the commission and...
• Section 52:27c-73 - Powers Of Commission.
  13.The commission shall have perpetual succession and shall have the following powers: a.To make, amend and repeal rules and bylaws for its own governance...
• Section 52:27c-73.1 - Rules, Regulations Relative To Payment Of Prevailing Wage Rate; "Commission Financial
  assistance" defined 3.The commission shall adopt rules and regulations requiring that not less than the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers employed in...
• Section 52:27c-74 - Legal Representation.
  14. The Attorney General shall provide legal representation to the commission. L.1998,c.44,s.14.
• Section 52:27c-75 - Examination Of Accounts, Books, Records.
  15. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, in the Department of the Treasury, the director's legally authorized representatives, and the State...
• Section 52:27c-76 - Awarding Of Purchases, Contracts, Agreements.
  16. a. All purchases, contracts, or agreements, where the cost or contract price exceeds the sum of $25,000, or, after January 1, 1999, the...
• Section 52:27c-77 - Exceptions To Requirement Of Advertising For Bids.
  17. a. Any purchase, contract, or agreement, where the cost or contract price exceeds the amount set forth in subsection a. of section 16...
• Section 52:27c-78 - Submission Of Budget Request.
  18. The commission shall submit its budget request directly to the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury in a...
• Section 52:27c-79 - Annual Report.
  19. a. No later than three months after the end of its fiscal year, the commission shall make an annual report of its activities...
• Section 52:27c-80 - Organization Of Commission.
  20. The commission shall organize within 90 days of the effective date of this act and shall be subject to the provisions of the...
• Section 52:27c-81 - Status Of New Jersey Development Authority For Small Businesses, Minorities And Women's Enterprises.
  21. a. The New Jersey Development Authority for Small Businesses, Minorities and Women's Enterprises, established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.386 (C.34:1B-47 et seq.), is transferred...
• Section 52:27c-82 - Status Of New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
  22. a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, established pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.), is transferred in but not of the Department...
• Section 52:27c-83 - Status Of South Jersey Port Corporation.
  23. a. The South Jersey Port Corporation, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.60 (C.12: 11A-1 et seq.), is transferred in but not of the Department...
• Section 52:27c-84 - Status Of New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.
  24. a. The New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.405 (C.48:23-1 et seq.), is transferred in but not of the Department...
• Section 52:27c-85 - Status Of New Jersey Commission On Science And Technology.
  25. a. The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.102 (C.52:9X-1 et seq.), is transferred in but not of...
• Section 52:27c-86 - Status Of Motion Picture And Television Development Commission.
  26. a. The Motion Picture and Television Development Commission, established pursuant to P.L.1977, c.44 (C.34:1B-22 et seq.), is transferred in but not of the...
• Section 52:27c-87 - Status Of New Jersey Council Of Economic Advisors.
  27. a. The New Jersey Council of Economic Advisors, established pursuant to P.L.1993, c.149 (C.52:9H-34 et seq.), is transferred in but not of the...
• Section 52:27c-88 - Status Of New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority.
  28. a. The New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority, established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.), is transferred in but not of the...
• Section 52:27c-89 - Status Of Atlantic City Convention Center Authority.
  29. a. The Atlantic City Convention Center Authority, established pursuant to P.L.1981, c.459 (C.52:27H-29 et seq.), is transferred in but not of the Department...
• Section 52:27c-94 - Definitions Relative To Certain Set-aside Decisions Of The New Jersey Commerce And Economic Growth Commission.
  1.As used in this act: "Commission" means the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission established pursuant to P.L.1998, c.44 (C.52:27C-61 et seq.). "Division"...
• Section 52:27c-95 - Decisions Issued In Writing, Required Contents.
  2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the division shall, after the effective date of this...
• Section 52:27c-96 - Foundation For Technology Advancement; Purpose.
  1. a. The New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission is authorized to establish a nonprofit organization to be known as the Foundation for...
• Section 52:27c-97 - Foundation's Board Of Trustees.
  2.The Foundation for Technology Advancement shall be governed by a 22-member board of trustees who are appointed as follows: a.The Executive Director of the...
• Section 52:27c-98 - Executive Director, Personnel; Contracts.
  3.The board of trustees of the Foundation for Technology Advancement shall be authorized, within the limits of its own funds, to employ an executive...
• Section 52:27c-99 - Commission As Incorporator Of Foundation.
  4.The New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission shall be an incorporator of the Foundation for Technology Advancement. L.2005,c.373,s.4.
• Section 52:27c-100 - Adoption Of Bylaws.
  5.Upon the incorporation of the Foundation for Technology Advancement and the establishment of the first board of trustees, the board shall adopt bylaws setting...
• Section 52:27c-101 - Bi-annual Report To Governor, Legislature.
  6.The Foundation for Technology Advancement shall bi-annually report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature. The report shall address the responsibilities...
• Section 52:27c-102 - Use Of Funds By Foundation; Receipt Of Gifts.
  7.All funds received by the Foundation for Technology Advancement, other than those necessary to pay the expenses of the foundation, shall be used exclusively...
• Section 52:27c-103 - Assistance, Services By Department Of The Treasury.
  8.The State Treasurer is authorized to provide financial assistance and those services of employees of the State which may be required to form and...
• Section 52:27c-104 - Payment Of Expenses.
  9.All expenses incurred by the Foundation for Technology Advancement shall be payable from funds raised by the foundation, and no liability or obligation, in...
• Section 52:27c-105 - Annual Audit.
  10.A certified public accountant shall be selected by the Foundation for Technology Advancement to annually audit the foundation's funds. The foundation shall contract for...
• Section 52:27d-1 - Establishment
  There is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the State Government a principal department which shall be known as the Department of Community...
• Section 52:27d-2 - Commissioner Of Community Affairs; Appointment; Term; Salary
  The administrator and chief executive officer of the department shall be a commissioner, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Community Affairs, and...
• Section 52:27d-3 - Powers And Duties Of Commissioner
  The commissioner, as administrator and chief executive officer of the department, shall: (a) Administer the work of the department; (b) Appoint and remove officers...
• Section 52:27d-3.1 - Commissioner Of Community Affairs To Provide Written Notice Of Funding
  a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall provide written notice to a county or municipality, as appropriate, when any funding is provided to a...
• Section 52:27d-3.2 - Written Notice Of Request For Grant
  a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall provide written notice to a county or municipality when the United States Department of Housing and Urban...
• Section 52:27d-3.3 - Annual Reports On Local Housing Authorities
  1. a. In addition to the annual report required under the provisions of subsection (h) of section 3 of P.L.1966, c.293 (C.52:27D-3) and such...
• Section 52:27d-3.4 - Report On Violent Crimes In Certain Types Of Housing.
  1. a. Not later than September 1st of each year, the executive director of a housing authority created pursuant to the "Local Housing Authorities...
• Section 52:27d-3.5 - Notification Of Availability Of Earned Income Tax Credit For Recipients Of Certain Rental Assistance.
  3.The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall notify in writing any person who received rental assistance under the program authorized pursuant to section 8 of...
• Section 52:27d-4 - Assistant Commissioners; Appointment; Salary; Powers And Duties
  The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties by 2 Assistant Commissioners of Community Affairs, who shall be persons qualified by...
• Section 52:27d-5 - Designation Of Person To Perform Duties During Absence, Disability, Death Or Resignation Of Commissioner; Approval By Governor
  The commissioner shall designate any officer or employee in the department to perform all of the powers, functions and duties of the commissioner during...
• Section 52:27d-6 - Organization Of Department.
  6. (a) There is hereby established in the Department of Community Affairs an Office of Community Services, a Division of Local Finance, a Division...
• Section 52:27d-7 - New Jersey Office Of Economic Opportunity Continued In Department Of Community Affairs
  The New Jersey Office of Economic Opportunity created by Executive Order No. 17 of 1964, together with all of its functions, powers and duties,...
• Section 52:27d-8 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Exercised By Commissioner Of Conservation And Economic Development
  All functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development or his designated representative pursuant to the Regional Advisory...
• Section 52:27d-9 - Additional Powers And Duties.
  9.The department shall, in addition to other powers and duties invested in it by this act, or by any other law: (a)Assist in the...
• Section 52:27d-9.1 - Educational Program Concerning Rights Of Grandparents
  The Department of Community Affairs shall develop a program which: a. makes grandparents aware of their rights under P.L.1971, c. 420 (C. 9:2-7.1) which...
• Section 52:27d-9.2 - Development Of Program; Consultation With Courts And Bar Association
  The Department of Community Affairs shall develop this outreach and educational program in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts and the New...
• Section 52:27d-9.3 - Regulations
  Subject to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall adopt all...
• Section 52:27d-10 - Grants; Approval; Expenditures
  The department, or any of the divisions established hereunder, may, subject to the approval of the Governor and Commissioner of Community Affairs, apply for...
• Section 52:27d-10.1 - Computerized Communication Network Fees, Exceptions.
  39.The Commissioner of Community Affairs after consultation with the State Board of Education, and the Administrator of the Office of Information Technology, may adopt...
• Section 52:27d-10.2 - Definitions Relative To Smart Growth Ombudsman.
  1.As used in sections 2 and 3 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.52:27D-10.3 and C.52:27D-10.4): "Applicant" means any person applying for a permit pursuant to section...
• Section 52:27d-10.3 - Smart Growth Ombudsman In Dca.
  2. a. There is created in the Department of Community Affairs a Smart Growth Ombudsman. The Smart Growth Ombudsman shall be appointed by the...
• Section 52:27d-10.4 - Duties Of Smart Growth Ombudsman.
  3.The Smart Growth Ombudsman shall: a.in conjunction with the Directors of the Divisions of Smart Growth established pursuant to sections 5, 7 and 9...
• Section 52:27d-10.5 - Definitions Relative To Smart Growth In Dca And Expedited Permits.
  8.As used in section 9 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.52:27D-10.6): "Applicant" means any person applying for a permit pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2004, c.89...
• Section 52:27d-10.6 - Division Of Smart Growth Established In Dca.
  9. a. There is established in the Department of Community Affairs a Division of Smart Growth under the direction of a director, who shall...
• Section 52:27d-12 - Compensation Of Council Members
  All members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses in attending the meetings of the council...
• Section 52:27d-13 - Duties Of Council
  It shall be the duty of the council to consult with and advise the commissioner with respect to the affairs and problems of local...
• Section 52:27d-14 - Meetings
  The council shall meet at least once annually at the call of the commissioner and at such other times as the council shall determine,...
• Section 52:27d-15 - Furnishing Equipment And Staff For Council
  It shall be the responsibility of the department to furnish such equipment and staff as is necessary to implement the work of the council...
• Section 52:27d-16 - Office Of Community Services; Director; Appointment; Salary; Duties
  The Office of Community Services shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience...
• Section 52:27d-17 - Powers And Duties Of Office Of Community Services
  In addition to other functions, powers and duties vested in it by this act or by any other law, the department shall, through the...
• Section 52:27d-18 - Division Of Local Government Continued As Division Of Local Finance
  The Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, but such...
• Section 52:27d-18.1 - Local Finance Board; Members
  The local Finance Board in the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall consist hereafter of the Director of...
• Section 52:27d-18.2 - Rules, Regulations Promulgated By Local Finance Board; Efficiency Benchmarks.
  9. a. Within 12 months of the effective date of this act, the Local Finance Board shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing performance measures...
• Section 52:27d-19 - Director Of Division Of Local Finance; Appointment; Salary; Duties
  The Division of Local Finance shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience...
• Section 52:27d-20 - Chairman Of Local Finance Board
  The Director of the Division of Local Finance shall be the chairman of the Local Finance Board in the Division of Local Finance. L.1966,...
• Section 52:27d-20.1 - Contracts For Third-party Disbursement Services, Permitted.
  38.Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Local Fiscal Affairs Law," N.J.S.40A:5-1 et seq., or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Local...
• Section 52:27d-21 - Transfer Of Powers And Duties Relating To Housing And Urban Renewal Of Division Of Resource Development And Of Commissioner Of Conservation And Economic Development
  All of the functions, powers and duties relating to housing and urban renewal of the Division of Resource Development and of the Commissioner of...
• Section 52:27d-22 - Transfer Of Public Housing And Development Authority And State Housing Council
  The public housing and development authority in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is...
• Section 52:27d-23 - Bureau And Board Of Tenement House Supervision Continued As Board Of Housing Inspection
  The Bureau of Tenement House Supervision of the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, together with all of...
• Section 52:27d-24 - Transfer Of Office Of Supervisor Of Hotel Fire Safety; Appointment Of Supervisor; Compensation
  The office of supervisor of hotel fire safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety together with all of its functions, powers and...
• Section 52:27d-25 - Director Of Division Of Housing And Urban Renewal; Appointment; Salary; Duties
  The Division of Housing and Urban Renewal shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training...
• Section 52:27d-25a - Definitions
  1. As used in this act: a. "Division" means the Division of Fire Safety established by section 2 of this act. b. "Commissioner" means...
• Section 52:27d-25b - Division Of Fire Safety
  2. There is established in the Department of Community Affairs a Division of Fire Safety. Within three months of the effective date of this...
• Section 52:27d-25b1 - Thermal Imaging Camera Grant Program.
  1.There is hereby established in the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs a thermal imaging camera grant program, under which...
• Section 52:27d-25c - Director
  3. The division shall be under the immediate oversight of a director who shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act, subject to...
• Section 52:27d-25d - Powers, Duties
  4. In addition to any other powers and duties invested in it by law or by the commissioner, the division shall: a. Provide staff...
• Section 52:27d-25d1 - Public School Fire Data
  1. The Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall maintain a system for...
• Section 52:27d-25d2 - Annual Report On School Fires
  3. Annually the Division of Fire Safety shall prepare a report summarizing the data collected on school fires and provide the report to the...
• Section 52:27d-25d3 - Burn Patient Arson Registry, Establishment; Review
  4. a. In consultation with the Commissioner of Health and the Superintendent of the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and...
• Section 52:27d-25d4 - Rules, Regulations
  5. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall adopt rules...
• Section 52:27d-25d5 - Information In Registry, Protected
  3. The disclosure of information from the burn patient arson registry from which a patient may be identified shall be prohibited, except for disclosures...
• Section 52:27d-25e - Fire Safety Commission
  5. a. To assist and advise the commissioner in the administration of this act, there is created in the Department of Community Affairs a...
• Section 52:27d-25f - Personnel Transferred
  6. Pursuant to the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.), personnel assigned to the Office of the State Fire Marshal in...
• Section 52:27d-25g - Report On Inclusion Of Bureau As Division In Department
  Within two years following the effective date of this act, the fire safety commission shall consider whether or not the bureau of fire safety,...
• Section 52:27d-25h - Transfer Of Bureau, Functions, Powers, Duties To Division Of Fire Safety
  11. The bureau of fire safety in the Division of Housing and Urban Renewal in the Department of Community Affairs, together with its functions,...
• Section 52:27d-25i - Definitions Relative To Fire Service Training
  2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs. "Division" means the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of...
• Section 52:27d-25j - Fire Service Instructor; Training Programs; Certification
  3. a. A person providing training in a course for the fire service approved or offered by the division shall be certified by the...
• Section 52:27d-25k - Rules, Regulations On Incident Management
  4. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the establishment of a mandatory incident management system to be used by the fire service.
• Section 52:27d-25l - Fire Training Activities; Permit Program, Regulations
  5. a. Within six months after the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall promulgate, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968,...
• Section 52:27d-25m - Compliance Orders; Violations
  6. The commissioner shall enforce and administer sections 3, 4, and 5 of P.L.1995, c.266 (C.52:27-25j, C.52:27-25k, and C.52:27-25l) and shall be authorized to...
• Section 52:27d-25n - Definitions Relative To Fire Protection Equipment.
  1.As used in sections 1 through 19 of this act: "Business entity" means a proprietor, corporation, partnership or company operating as a fire protection...
• Section 52:27d-25o - "Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee"
  2. a. There is created within the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs a "Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee." The...
• Section 52:27d-25p - Powers, Duties Of Commissioner.
  3.The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: a.To set standards and approve examinations for applicants for a fire protection equipment certificate and...
• Section 52:27d-25q - Certification Required For Fire Protection Contractors.
  4. a. After the effective date of this act, no fire protection contractor shall engage in the installation, service, repair, inspection or maintenance of...
• Section 52:27d-25r - Requirements To Engage In Fire Protection Equipment Business.
  5. No person shall advertise that he is authorized to engage in, or engage in the fire protection equipment business, or otherwise engage in...
• Section 52:27d-25s - Application For Certificate.
  6. a. Application for a certificate to engage in the fire protection equipment business shall be made to the commissioner in the manner and...
• Section 52:27d-25t - Qualifications For Applicants.
  7.An applicant seeking certification to engage in the fire protection equipment business shall: a.Be at least 18 years of age; b.Be of good moral...
• Section 52:27d-25u - Issuance Of Certificates.
  8. a. Certificates of certification shall be issued to qualified applicants seeking certification to engage in the fire protection equipment business for a three-year...
• Section 52:27d-25v - Requirements For Certificate Holder To Do Business.
  9.No holder of a certificate of certification qualified under the provisions of this act shall engage in the fire protection equipment business unless the...
• Section 52:27d-25w - Responsibility For Employees.
  10.No employee of a certificate holder shall engage in the installation, service, repair, inspection or maintenance of fire protection equipment unless the certificate holder...
• Section 52:27d-25x - Liability For Employee.
  11.A certificate holder shall be liable for any unprofessional conduct of an employee while acting within the scope of his employment, except that the...
• Section 52:27d-25y - Licensure From Other Jurisdiction Valid.
  12.If the commissioner determines that an applicant holds a valid license, registration, certification or other authorization from another jurisdiction which requires equal or greater...
• Section 52:27d-25z - Commercial General Liability Insurance.
  13.All contractors shall carry commercial general liability insurance, including products and completed operations coverage, in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 for each coverage. The...
• Section 52:27d-25aa - Refusal To Admit Person To Examination, Suspension, Revocation Of Certificate, Grounds.
  14. a. The commissioner may refuse to admit a person to examination or may refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke any certificate...
• Section 52:27d-25bb - After Revocation, Application For New Certificate.
  15.After revocation of a certificate of certification, the commissioner shall not renew or reinstate such certificate; however, a person may apply for a new...
• Section 52:27d-25cc - Dispute Settlement Hearing.
  16.Any person aggrieved by any action, notice, ruling or order of the commissioner, with respect to this act, shall have the right to a...
• Section 52:27d-25dd - Arbitration, Review By Commissioner On Disputed Work.
  17. a. Any person who has contracted with a fire protection contractor for the installation, service, repair, inspection or maintenance of fire protection equipment...
• Section 52:27d-25ee - Valid License, Certain, Required For Certification.
  18.Any person licensed to engage in the fire alarm business pursuant to P.L.1997, c.305 (C.45:5A-23 et seq.) whose license is not in good standing...
• Section 52:27d-25ff - Exemption, Certain.
  19.Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, the commissioner may exempt from the requirements of this act any person engaged in the installation of fire...
• Section 52:27d-25gg - Rules, Regulations.
  24. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968,...
• Section 52:27d-25hh - Emblem On Residential Dwelling To Identify Persons With Disabilities.
  1. a. The Director of the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs shall issue a person with a disability identification...
• Section 52:27d-25ii - Demonstration, Operation Of Firefighting Equipment.
  1.Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, for educational purposes fire department or districts may conduct demonstrations of firefighting equipment or apparatus...
• Section 52:27d-25jj - Adoption Of Training Course By Division Of Fire Safety.
  3. a. The Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the New Jersey Fire and Emergency Medical Services...
• Section 52:27d-25kk - Accreditation Of Certain Recruit Firefighter Training Programs; Rules, Regulations.
  1. a. All recruit firefighter training programs conducted by the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs shall be accredited by...
• Section 52:27d-28.1 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. The rapid pace of modern life, the ever-upward spiral of inflation, the often-debilitating infirmities of advancing...
• Section 52:27d-28.3 - Statewide Master Plan; Annual Review And Report To Governor And Legislature
  In addition to its already-prescribed powers and duties, the Division on Aging, upon consultation with the State Commission on Aging, shall: a. Formulate a...
• Section 52:27d-28.4 - Master Plan And Annual Reports; Formulation; Proceedings
  In formulating the master plan and the subsequent annual reports, the division shall: a. Conduct at least one public hearing; b. Consult and cooperate...
• Section 52:27d-29.1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as the "Senior Citizens Recreational Opportunities Act of 1968." L.1968, c. 92, s. 1, eff. June 21, 1968.
• Section 52:27d-29.2 - Public Policy
  It is hereby declared to be public policy of the State of New Jersey to encourage and support, as hereinafter provided, the promotion, planning,...
• Section 52:27d-29.3 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act: (a) "Local governmental unit" shall mean and include any county or municipality. (b) "Director" shall mean the Director...
• Section 52:27d-29.4 - Program Furnishing Recreation For Adults 60 Years And Over; Rules And Regulations
  The director shall, after consultation with experts in the area of recreation, develop a comprehensive program for the furnishing of recreation for adults 60...
• Section 52:27d-29.5 - Furnishing Of Recreation By Local Governmental Unit
  Any local governmental unit is hereby authorized to furnish and foster recreational activities for the elderly as set forth in the comprehensive program developed...
• Section 52:27d-29.6 - Application For Approval Of Plans For Recreation Project
  Any local governmental unit desiring to establish a recreation project for the elderly may apply to the director for approval of the project. The...
• Section 52:27d-29.7 - State Aid; Amount
  Upon recommendation of the director and approval by the commissioner, there shall be apportioned and paid to each local governmental unit operating and maintaining...
• Section 52:27d-29.8 - Failure To Comply With Rules And Regulations; Withholding Of State Aid
  The commissioner may authorize or require the State Treasurer to withhold the payment of State aid to any local governmental unit in the event...
• Section 52:27d-29.9 - Gifts, Grants And Moneys; Acceptance By Commissioner
  The commissioner may accept, as agent of the State of New Jersey, any gift or grant for any of the purposes of this act,...
• Section 52:27d-29.10 - Purpose; Intent
  It is the purpose of this act to encourage the establishment of pre-retirement education programs to educate pre-retirees on such significant aspects of life...
• Section 52:27d-29.11 - Demonstration Programs; Establishment
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs through the Division on Aging shall establish a pre-retirement education demonstration program. Such a demonstration program...
• Section 52:27d-29.12 - Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations as needed to implement the provisions of this act. L.1979, c. 450, s. 3, eff. Feb. 22,
• Section 52:27d-29.13 - Annual Report
  The commissioner shall report to the Legislature each year on the progress and effectiveness of the implementation of the provisions of this act. L.1979,...
• Section 52:27d-29.14 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: there is an urgent need to provide for more quality child care services in New Jersey, particularly in...
• Section 52:27d-29.15 - Intergenerational Child Care Demonstration Matching Program.
  2.The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Division on Women and the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to section...
• Section 52:27d-29.16 - Standards Relative To Program; Regulations.
  3. a. The Division on Aging, the Division on Women, and the Advisory Council on Child Care shall recommend standards to ensure that the...
• Section 52:27d-29.17 - Definitions.
  1. a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. b."Department" means the Department of Human Services. c."Eligible participant" means a resident of this State...
• Section 52:27d-29.18 - Home Delivered Meals Expansion Program.
  2.The commissioner shall establish a Home Delivered Meals Expansion Program in the Division of Aging Services, in the Department of Human Services, to provide...
• Section 52:27d-29.19 - Guidelines
  The commissioner shall prepare guidelines under which the county offices on aging, established pursuant to P.L.1970, c. 248 (C. 40:23-6.38 et seq.), shall implement...
• Section 52:27d-29.20 - Confidential Donation
  An eligible participant shall be asked for a confidential donation for services under this program in an amount determined by the commissioner, however, services...
• Section 52:27d-29.21 - Rules, Regulations
  The commissioner shall adopt the rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to...
• Section 52:27d-29.22 - Allocation Of Appropriation.
  6. a. There is appropriated $1,000,000 from the Casino Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to effectuate the purposes of this act....
• Section 52:27d-29.23 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: our nation as a whole, and our State in particular, have been experiencing the increase over time of...
• Section 52:27d-29.24 - Policy Center On Aging
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall establish the New Jersey Policy Center on Aging at Rutgers, The State University. It shall...
• Section 52:27d-29.25 - Policy Center On Aging Advisory Committee
  There is established a Policy Center on Aging Advisory Committee. The committee shall consist of the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, who...
• Section 52:27d-29.26 - Powers
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, on behalf of the center and with the concurrence of Rutgers, The State University, is authorized...
• Section 52:27d-29.27 - Funds For Research
  Nothing in this act shall preclude the center, a qualifying research institution or any other research facility in the State from directly applying for,...
• Section 52:27d-29.28 - Rules, Regulations
  Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation...
• Section 52:27d-29.29 - Report
  Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall report in writing to the...
• Section 52:27d-29.32 - Findings, Declarations
  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: the availability, coverage and purchase of health insurance is complex and can cause serious problems for senior...
• Section 52:27d-29.33 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act: "County office on aging" means a county office on aging which is also designated as an area agency on...
• Section 52:27d-29.34 - Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program.
  3. a. There is established in the Division of Aging Services in the Department of Human Services a Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program to...
• Section 52:27d-29.35 - Findings, Declarations
  5. The Legislature finds and declares that: New Jersey home health agencies are reporting increased denials of reimbursement for Medicare home-based skilled nursing care...
• Section 52:27d-29.36 - Legal Representation Program To Assist Medicare Beneficiaries.
  6.The Director of the Division of Aging Services in the Department of Human Services shall establish a legal representation program to assist Medicare beneficiaries...
• Section 52:27d-29.37 - Guidelines; Contracts
  7. The director shall establish guidelines for the operation of this program, and may contract with one or more qualified nonprofit organizations to provide...
• Section 52:27d-29.38 - Rules, Regulations
  8. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the director shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the...
• Section 52:27d-32 - Transfer Of Appropriations And Moneys To Department Of Community Affairs
  All appropriations and other moneys available and to become available to any department, division, bureau or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of...
• Section 52:27d-33 - Directors In Unclassified Service Of State Civil Service; Removal; Vacancy
  The director of each division in the Department of Community Affairs shall be in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State....
• Section 52:27d-34 - Employees; Transfer; Powers And Duties
  Such employees of any department, commission, council, board, authority, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned...
• Section 52:27d-35 - Tenure Rights And Rights Or Protection Under Pension Law Or Retirement System
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by...
• Section 52:27d-36 - Transfer Of Files, Books, Papers, Etc., Of Transferred Agencies To Department Of Community Affairs
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, commission, council, board, office, authority or other agency, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:27d-37 - Orders, Rules And Regulations Enacted Prior To Effective Date Of Act
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, commission, council, board, authority, officer or other...
• Section 52:27d-38 - Actions Or Proceedings Pending On Effective Date Of Act
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, commission, council, board, authority, officer or other...
• Section 52:27d-39 - Reports, Certifications, Applications Or Requests; Filing
  Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required...
• Section 52:27d-40 - Definitions.
  40.Whenever the term "Division of Local Government" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be...
• Section 52:27d-41 - Repeal Of Inconsistent Acts And Parts Of Acts
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed....
• Section 52:27d-42 - Appropriation
  There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Community Affairs the sum of $200,000.00 to carry out the purposes of this act for the...
• Section 52:27d-43 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of Community Affairs Act of 1966." L.1966, c. 293, s. 43.
• Section 52:27d-43.8 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Division on Women Act." L.1974, c.87, s.1; amended 2012, c.16, s.141. 52:27D-43.9...
• Section 52:27d-43.9 - Division On Women.
  2.There is hereby established in the Department of Children and Families a Division on Women. The division shall consist of a director and the...
• Section 52:27d-43.9a - Division On Women Transferred To Dcf.
  143. a. The Division on Women in the Department of Community Affairs, together with its functions, powers, and duties, is transferred to the Department...
• Section 52:27d-43.10 - Director Of Division On Women.
  3. The Director of the Division on Women shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the division....
• Section 52:27d-43.11 - Deputy Director
  The director shall be assisted in the performance of his or her duties by a deputy director, who shall be a person qualified by...
• Section 52:27d-43.12 - Duties Of Director.
  5.The Division on Women shall be under the supervision of the director. The director shall: a.Appoint and remove such professionals, technical, and clerical assistants,...
• Section 52:27d-43.13 - Duties Of Division.
  6.The division, under the supervision and leadership of the director, shall: a.Serve as the central permanent agency for the coordination of programs and services...
• Section 52:27d-43.14 - Advisory Commission On The Status Of Women
  The New Jersey Advisory Commission on the Status of Women shall consist of 11 citizen members each of whom shall be appointed by the...
• Section 52:27d-43.15 - Powers And Duties.
  8.The commission, acting jointly and as a body, shall advise the Director of the Division on Women on matters referred to it by the...
• Section 52:27d-43.16 - Meetings
  The commission shall meet at regular intervals and at least four times annually. The times and places for the said meetings shall be fixed...
• Section 52:27d-43.17 - Compensation Of Members
  The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of...
• Section 52:27d-43.17a - Definitions Relative To Domestic Violence.
  1.As used in this act: "Board" means the Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board established pursuant to P.L.2003, c.225 (C.52:27D-43.17a et seq.)....
• Section 52:27d-43.17b - Domestic Violence Fatality And Near Fatality Review Board.
  2.There is established the Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section...
• Section 52:27d-43.17c - Membership Of Board, Terms, Compensation.
  3. a. The board shall consist of 20 members as follows: (1)the Commissioners of Community Affairs, Human Services, Children and Families, and Health and...
• Section 52:27d-43.17d - Duties Of Board.
  4.The board shall: a.Identify domestic violence-related fatalities that meet the following criteria: (1)The manner of death is homicide, and the deceased was the spouse,...
• Section 52:27d-43.17e - Authority Of Board.
  5.The board is authorized to: a.Subpoena any records, other than criminal investigatory records pertaining to a criminal investigation in progress, concerning a domestic violence-related...
• Section 52:27d-43.17f - Determination Of Which Incidents Receive Full Review; Annual Report To Governor, Legislature.
  6. a. The board shall determine which domestic violence-related fatalities and near fatalities shall receive its full review. The board may establish local, community-based...
• Section 52:27d-43.17g - Accessibility, Confidentiality Of Records.
  7. a. The records compiled by the board, including all investigatory findings, statistical data and information gathered pursuant to subsection c. of section 4...
• Section 52:27d-43.17h - Immunity From Civil Liability.
  8.A member of the board, a member of a team, committee or panel established pursuant to this act or an employee of the board...
• Section 52:27d-43.17i - Panel To Study Domestic Violence In The Law Enforcement Community.
  9. a. The board shall establish a Panel to Study Domestic Violence in the Law Enforcement Community. The purpose of the panel is to:...
• Section 52:27d-43.17j - Regulations.
  10.The board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), concerning the operation of the board, procedures for...
• Section 52:27d-43.18 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Displaced Homemakers Act." L.1979, c. 125, s. 1.
• Section 52:27d-43.19 - Definitions.
  2.As used in P.L.1979, c.125 (C.52:27D-43.18 et seq.), a "displaced homemaker" is an individual who has not worked in the labor force for a...
• Section 52:27d-43.20 - Displaced Homemaker Programs, Duties Of Division.
  3.The Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families shall identify existing displaced homemaker programs and provide technical assistance and encouragement for...
• Section 52:27d-43.21 - Purpose Of Programs
  Programs identified and expanded under this act shall emphasize activities which provide training and other employment-related services for displaced homemakers which are designed to...
• Section 52:27d-43.22 - Continuous Study Of Needs Of Displaced Homemakers.
  5.The Division on Women within the Department of Children and Families shall make a continuous study of the needs of displaced homemakers, and effective...
• Section 52:27d-43.23 - Compilation, Maintenance Of Description, Assessment Of Programs; Report.
  6.The division shall compile and maintain a description and assessment of each program operating pursuant to P.L.1979, c.125 (C.52:27D-43.18 et seq.), including the number...
• Section 52:27d-43.24 - Receipt And Use Of Federal Or Other Funds
  The commissioner may seek, receive and make use of any funds which may be available from Federal or other sources in order to augment...
• Section 52:27d-43.24a - Forwarding Of Filing Fee.
  2.Forwarding of filing fee. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall forward $25.00 of the $250.00 filing fee for a divorce or a dissolution...
• Section 52:27d-43.24b - Establishment Of Trust Fund.
  3.The Department of Children and Families shall establish a trust fund for the deposit of the fees collected pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1993,...
• Section 52:27d-43.24c - Rules, Regulations
  4. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) shall promulgate rules...
• Section 52:27d-43.25 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Hispanic Women's Demonstration Resource Centers Act." L.1990,c.83,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-43.26 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Hispanics in New Jersey represent 9% of the total population and constitute the second largest and fastest...
• Section 52:27d-43.27 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Center" means an Hispanic women's demonstration resource center established pursuant to this act which is intended to enhance...
• Section 52:27d-43.28 - Hispanic Women's Demonstration Resource Centers.
  4.The division shall establish not less than two but not more than five Hispanic women's demonstration resource centers; one in conjunction with an existing...
• Section 52:27d-43.29 - Purpose Of Centers
  The centers shall provide: a. Outreach to the Hispanic community to inform the community of the center's resources; b. Basic English language skills and...
• Section 52:27d-43.30 - Goals Of Center
  The centers and programs established under this act shall emphasize activities which provide training and other employment related services which are designed to enhance...
• Section 52:27d-43.31 - Coordination Of Services
  The division shall make a study of employment needs of individuals who use the services of the centers and of existing programs and services...
• Section 52:27d-43.32 - Assessment Information
  Each center shall compile and maintain a description and assessment of each program it operates pursuant to this act including, but not limited to,...
• Section 52:27d-43.33 - Powers Of Director
  The director: a. May seek, receive and make use of any funds which may be available from federal or other sources in order to...
• Section 52:27d-43.34 - Annual Report
  The department shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on the implementation of this act. L.1990,c.83,s.10.
• Section 52:27d-43.35 - Definitions Relative To Domestic Violence.
  1.As used in this act: "Director" means the Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Community Affairs. "Division" means the Division...
• Section 52:27d-43.36 - Domestic Violence Public Awareness Campaign.
  2. a. The Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Advisory Council on Domestic...
• Section 52:27d-43.37 - Audit Of Effectiveness Of Response To Domestic Violence.
  1. a. The Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Community Affairs shall audit the effectiveness of State, county and local...
• Section 52:27d-44 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "State Aid for Urban Renewal Projects Law of 1967." L.1967, c. 80,...
• Section 52:27d-45 - Declaration Of Necessity; Liberal Construction
  This act being deemed and hereby declared necessary for the protection of the health and welfare of the residents of this State in order...
• Section 52:27d-46 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds that there exist in many municipalities in this State blighted areas by reason of hazardous, unsafe, unsanitary, dilapidated or overcrowded conditions...
• Section 52:27d-47 - Definitions
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act have the following respective meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly...
• Section 52:27d-48 - Application For Capital Grant; Factors Considered
  (a) The commissioner may make, or contract to make, a State capital grant to a municipality or to a local public agency to assist...
• Section 52:27d-49 - Approval Of Applications
  The commissioner may issue commitments for, and may make or contract to make, capital grants pursuant to section 5 of this act, upon his...
• Section 52:27d-50 - Temporary Advances; Repayment
  (a) The commissioner may make temporary advances to a municipality or local public agency in anticipation of a grant to assist the municipality or...
• Section 52:27d-51 - Commitments By Commissioner; Requirements
  Any commitment issued or advance made by the commissioner and any contract based thereon shall, in addition to such other terms, covenants and conditions...
• Section 52:27d-52 - Inspections By Commissioner; Examination Of Books, Records And Other Documents
  The commissioner shall be entitled to make such inspections of any project, and lands, buildings, improvements or facilities thereon, to request and secure the...
• Section 52:27d-53 - State Renewal Assistance Fund; Creation
  (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special account which shall be known as the State Urban Renewal Assistance Fund. There...
• Section 52:27d-54 - Administration Of Act By Commissioner
  The commissioner shall administer this act with such flexibility as will permit full co-operation between State, Federal and local public agencies and governments as...
• Section 52:27d-55 - Prohibited Interest In Projects
  (a) Neither the commissioner nor any officer or employee of the department shall acquire or hold any interest, direct or indirect, in any urban...
• Section 52:27d-56 - Rules And Regulations; Filing
  The commissioner shall issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act, and...
• Section 52:27d-57 - Partial Invalidity
  If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or...
• Section 52:27d-58 - Inconsistent Acts
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby superseded. L.1967, c. 80, s. 15, eff. May 31, 1967.
• Section 52:27d-59 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of Community Affairs Demonstration Grant Law of 1967." L.1967, c. 82,...
• Section 52:27d-60 - Declaration Of Necessity; Liberal Construction
  This act being deemed and hereby declared remedial legislation necessary for the protection of the health and welfare of the residents of this State...
• Section 52:27d-61 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds that there is an extreme shortage of safe and sanitary accommodations in this State available to families with moderate incomes, and...
• Section 52:27d-62 - Definitions
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this act, except...
• Section 52:27d-63 - Revolving Housing Development And Demonstration Grant Fund
  (a) There is hereby created and established in the department a revolving and demonstration grant fund to be known as the Revolving Housing Development...
• Section 52:27d-64 - Advances To Nonprofit And Mutual Housing Sponsors; Repayment
  (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to use the moneys held in the fund, or any portion thereof, to make noninterest bearing advances to...
• Section 52:27d-64.1 - Legislative Findings; Importance Of Housing Finance Agency To Revolving Housing Development And Demonstration Grant Fund
  The Legislature finds that the Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund established under section 5 of the act to which this act is...
• Section 52:27d-64.2 - New Jersey Housing Finance Agency; Purchase Of Notes, Bonds And Other Obligations By Fund
  The commissioner is hereby authorized to use the moneys held in the fund, or any portion thereof, to purchase notes, bonds or other obligations...
• Section 52:27d-65 - Advisory, Consultative, Training And Educational Services To Assist Nonprofit Or Mutual Housing Sponsors
  The commissioner is hereby authorized to provide nonprofit or mutual housing sponsors with such advisory, consultative, training and educational services as will assist them...
• Section 52:27d-66 - Demonstration Programs; Grants; Preference To Certain Programs; Reports
  (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to conduct demonstration programs, to participate in any public or private program, and to make grants from the...
• Section 52:27d-67 - Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner shall issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act, and...
• Section 52:27d-68 - Examination Of Books And Accounts
  The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to, and shall, examine, from time to time, the books and accounts of the department relating to the...
• Section 52:27d-69 - Inconsistent Acts
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby superseded. L.1967, c. 82, s. 11, eff. May 31, 1967.
• Section 52:27d-70 - Partial Invalidity
  If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or...
• Section 52:27d-99 - Transfer Of Functions, Powers And Duties Of Bureau Of Recreation And Board Of Recreation Examiners To Department Of Community Affairs
  a. The Bureau of Recreation established pursuant to P.L.1950, c. 338, as amended and supplemented (C. 13:1B-15.1), together with all its functions, powers and...
• Section 52:27d-100 - Transfer Of Appropriations, Grants And Other Moneys Available To Bureau And Board
  All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to the bureau and the board, the functions, powers and duties of which...
• Section 52:27d-101 - Transfer Of Employees Of Bureau And Board
  a. Such employees of the bureau and the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the...
• Section 52:27d-102 - Transfer Of Files, Property, Etc.
  All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of the bureau, and the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been...
• Section 52:27d-103 - Effect Of Transfer On Prior Orders, Rules And Regulations Of Bureau Or Board
  This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by the bureau or the board, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:27d-104 - Civil Or Criminal Actions Or Proceedings Brought By Or Against Bureau Or Board; Effect Of Transfer
  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the bureau or the board, the functions, powers and...
• Section 52:27d-105 - Reports, Certifications, Applications Or Requests Required To Be Made To Bureau Or Board; Effect Of Transfer
  Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required...
• Section 52:27d-106 - Reference To Bureau Of Recreation In Department Of Environmental Protection To Mean In Department Of Community Affairs
  With respect to the functions, powers and duties hereby transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document,...
• Section 52:27d-117 - Transfer Of New Jersey Mortgage Finance Agency To Department Of Community Affairs
  The New Jersey Mortgage Finance Agency as established in the Department of Banking by P.L.1970, c. 38 (C. 17:1B-4 et seq.) is continued and...
• Section 52:27d-118 - Application Of State Agency Transfer Act
  The transfer directed by this act shall be effected pursuant to the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1973,...
• Section 52:27d-118.1 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; b....
• Section 52:27d-118.2 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Act of 1979." L.1979, c. 118, s. 2, eff....
• Section 52:27d-118.3 - Funds; Apportionment; Uses; Application; Qualifications
  The funds appropriated pursuant to this act shall be apportioned among the qualifying municipalities for the purpose of enabling such municipalities to upgrade and...
• Section 52:27d-118.4 - Annual Appropriation
  There shall be annually appropriated a sum which shall be apportioned among municipalities which qualify for State aid under the provisions of this act....
• Section 52:27d-118.5 - Additional Apportionment
  In addition to any amount so apportioned there shall be added to the amount to be paid and distributed to a qualifying municipality which...
• Section 52:27d-118.6 - Distribution Of Funds
  Moneys appropriated to fund this act shall be distributed as follows: a. Payments shall first be apportioned so that a municipality which received payments...
• Section 52:27d-118.7 - Appropriation Of Funds By Municipality; Anticipation Of Receipt In Budget
  Such funds as a qualifying municipality shall acquire pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by said municipality in compliance with the "Local Budget...
• Section 52:27d-118.8 - Rules And Regulations; Accountability Of Municipality
  The director is authorized to make and issue such rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1...
• Section 52:27d-118.9 - Employees
  The director is authorized to hire, employ or assign such secretarial, clerical and other technical or professional personnel as shall be required for the...
• Section 52:27d-118.10 - Conclusiveness Of Allocation By Director
  Any determination of the director pursuant to this act as to the amount of matching funds allocable to each qualifying municipality shall be final...
• Section 52:27d-118.11 - Apportionment Of Funds To Municipalities
  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary of section 3 of P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.3), the amounts appropriated in any State fiscal year...
• Section 52:27d-118.12 - Discretionary Fund
  In the event that any funds remain undistributed after all eligible municipalities have had an opportunity to enter into a contract pursuant to P.L....
• Section 52:27d-118.13 - Indicia Of State Support
  Each police officer employed under this act shall wear the uniform of the municipality that appointed him and shall wear a shoulder patch of...
• Section 52:27d-118.14 - Regulations Governing Assistance
  In addition to the other powers and duties expressed in P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of...
• Section 52:27d-118.15 - Additional Appropriation
  In addition to the appropriations required under section 4 of P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.4), there shall be annually appropriated a sum which...
• Section 52:27d-118.16 - Anticipation Of State Aid
  The funds a qualifying municipality shall acquire pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by the municipality in compliance with the "Local Budget Law"...
• Section 52:27d-118.17 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Emergency equipment" means any item used for the purpose of providing life safety and shall include but shall...
• Section 52:27d-118.18 - Additional Appropriations
  In addition to the amounts appropriated in any State fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1985 pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1979, c....
• Section 52:27d-118.19 - Discretionary Fund;
  In the event that any funds remain undistributed after all eligible municipalities or fire districts have had an opportunity to enter into a contract...
• Section 52:27d-118.20 - Indicia Of State Support
  Each firefighter employed under this act shall wear the uniform of the municipality or fire district and a shoulder patch of a kind approved...
• Section 52:27d-118.21 - Regulations
  In addition to the other powers and duties expressed in P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of...
• Section 52:27d-118.22 - Anticipation Of State Aid
  The funds that a qualifying municipality or fire district acquires pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by the municipality or fire district in...
• Section 52:27d-118.23 - Restriction On Fund Use
  Moneys appropriated pursuant to this act shall not be used to defray administrative expenses. L. 1985, c. 295, s. 7, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
• Section 52:27d-118.24 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Special Municipal Aid Act." L. 1987, c. 75, s. 1.
• Section 52:27d-118.25 - Findings, Declarations.
  2.The Legislature finds that certain large and small municipalities in this State experience fiscal distress as a result of insufficient collection of tax revenues,...
• Section 52:27d-118.26 - Definitions.
  3.As used in this act: "Board" means the Local Finance Board of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs....
• Section 52:27d-118.27 - Short-term Financial Assistance
  The moneys appropriated in section 9 of this act may be used to provide short-term financial assistance to eligible municipalities to enable them to...
• Section 52:27d-118.28 - Finding Of Fiscal Distress; Notification; Review.
  5.Whenever the director, during the exercise of the director's duty under the provisions of the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq., to examine each...
• Section 52:27d-118.29 - Determination Of Amount Of Grants, Loans; Withholding; Hearing.
  6. a. The board shall determine the total amounts of grants and loans, or any combination thereof, to be provided to each eligible municipality...
• Section 52:27d-118.30 - Notice
  Whenever the board shall determine to provide financial assistance to an eligible municipality pursuant to the provisions of this act, the board shall forthwith...
• Section 52:27d-118.30a - Creation Of Financial Review Board For Municipality.
  5. a. Upon a finding by the director that an eligible municipality possesses conditions that create extreme difficulty in adopting a budget in compliance...
• Section 52:27d-118.30c - Transfers Authorized To Provide Loan.
  8.The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, is empowered to direct the Director of the Division of...
• Section 52:27d-118.31 - Appropriation By Municipality; Anticipation In Budget
  The financial assistance provided to an eligible municipality pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be appropriated by the municipality in compliance with...
• Section 52:27d-118.32 - Short Title
  Sections 1 through 12 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Supplemental Municipal Property Tax Relief Act." L.1991,c.63,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-118.33 - Definitions
  As used in this act: "Board" means the Local Finance Board of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs....
• Section 52:27d-118.34 - Distributions Of Aid
  The director shall on or before December 31, 1991 and annually thereafter make distributions of "Supplemental Municipal Property Tax Relief Act" aid, in amounts...
• Section 52:27d-118.35 - Distributions Of Extraordinary Aid.
  4.The director shall on or before December 31, 1991 and annually thereafter make distributions of "Supplemental Municipal Property Tax Relief Act" extraordinary aid. The...
• Section 52:27d-118.36 - Selection Of Recipients Of Extraordinary Aid.
  5.The director shall select among the municipalities that have applied for extraordinary aid pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1991, c.63 (C.52:27D-118.35) and shall forward...
• Section 52:27d-118.37 - Change In Municipal Budget, Required Documentation
  For each municipality receiving discretionary aid pursuant to this act, the director: a. Shall have the authority to increase, decrease, add or delete revenues...
• Section 52:27d-118.38 - Remedial Orders Issued To Recipient Of Discretionary Aid
  a. The board may issue remedial orders to a municipality receiving discretionary aid pursuant to this act directing it to: (1) Maximize revenues; (2)...
• Section 52:27d-118.39 - General Fiscal Oversight Over Recipient Of Discretionary Aid
  8.The board shall exercise general fiscal oversight over a municipality that receives discretionary aid pursuant to this act and may: a.Require the director to...
• Section 52:27d-118.40 - Use Of State Aid To Reduce Tax Levy
  State aid provided pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this act shall be used solely and exclusively by each municipality for the purposes...
• Section 52:27d-118.41 - Fund Recipients May Anticipate State Aid
  Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq., any municipality that receives funds pursuant to this act may anticipate the receipt...
• Section 52:27d-118.42 - Rules, Regulations
  The director shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purposes of...
• Section 52:27d-118.42a - State Oversight Of Municipalities In The Transitional Aid To Localities Program.
• Section 52:27d-118.43 - "Adopt A Municipality Program."
  12. a. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Adopt a Municipality Program." b.The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall establish...
• Section 52:27d-119 - Short Title
  This act shall be known, and may be cited and referred to, as the "State Uniform Construction Code Act." L.1975, c. 217, s. 1.
• Section 52:27d-120 - Purpose
  It is the intent and purpose of this act: a. To encourage innovation and economy in construction and to provide requirements for construction and...
• Section 52:27d-121 - Definitions.
  3.Definitions. As used in this act: "Building" means a structure enclosed with exterior walls or fire walls, built, erected and framed of component structural...
• Section 52:27d-122 - Legislative Findings
  It is hereby found and declared: a. That a multiplicity of construction codes currently exists in this State and some of these codes contain...
• Section 52:27d-122.1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Building Construction Codes
  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. One of the specified purposes of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et...
• Section 52:27d-122.2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Energy Efficiency In Buildings.
  1.The Legislature hereby finds and declares: a.It is the public policy of this State to encourage and facilitate the construction of energy-efficient buildings which...
• Section 52:27d-123 - State Uniform Construction Code; Adoption.
  5. a. The commissioner shall after public hearing pursuant to section 4 of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-4) adopt a State Uniform...
• Section 52:27d-123a - Adoption Of Radon Hazard Code
  The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), a radon hazard code, or may...
• Section 52:27d-123b - Construction To Be In Accordance With Radon Hazard Code Standards
  No construction permit shall be issued for the construction of any new school or residential building in a tier one area, except after submission...
• Section 52:27d-123c - Certificate Of Occupancy Contingent On Conformity With Radon Hazard Code Standards
  No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any newly constructed school or residential building required to be constructed in accordance with radon hazard...
• Section 52:27d-123d - Testing Of Building Sites For Presence Of Radon Hazards
  The Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Association of...
• Section 52:27d-123e - Training Of Construction Officials
  The Department of Community Affairs shall take such actions as are necessary to train construction officials in the implementation of this act. L.1989,c.186,s.5.
• Section 52:27d-123f - Carbon Monoxide Detectors Required In Certain Structures.
  1. a. An application for a construction permit for any structure other than a structure subject to the provisions of P.L.1999, c.15 (C.52:27D-133.3 et...
• Section 52:27d-123.1 - Applicability Over Law Or Regulation To Contrary
  Any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the structure, design, construction, maintenance and use of all buildings or structures to be erected and...
• Section 52:27d-123.2 - Agricultural Construction Criteria
  a. Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L. 1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.), the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs and the...
• Section 52:27d-123.3 - High Hazard Uses
  Any use of a commercial farm building, other than its main use, which constitutes a high hazard because it involves the generation, processing or...
• Section 52:27d-123.4 - Public Assembly Permit
  A commercial farm building may be used temporarily as a place of public assembly if a permit for such use has been issued by...
• Section 52:27d-123.5 - Building Code, Development
  2. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the State Board of Education, is directed to develop a building code...
• Section 52:27d-123.6 - Code Conditions
  3. The code adopted by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 2 of this act shall not require as a condition for...
• Section 52:27d-123.7 - Findings, Determinations, Declarations
  1. The Legislature hereby finds, determines and declares: a. There is an urgent need to improve the housing conditions of low and moderate income...
• Section 52:27d-123.8 - Development Of Building Code To Foster Housing Rehabilitation
  2. a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs is hereby directed to develop a building code specifically designed to foster cost-effective housing rehabilitation, while ensuring...
• Section 52:27d-123.9 - Definitions Relative To Playground Safety.
  1.For the purposes of this act: "Governmental Entity" means the State, its agencies and instrumentalities, a county or municipality, or any agency or instrumentality...
• Section 52:27d-123.10 - Rules, Regulations Pertinent To Playgrounds.
  2.The Department of Community Affairs in consultation with the Department of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations for the design, installation, inspection and maintenance...
• Section 52:27d-123.11 - Upgrading Of Playgrounds.
  3. a. All governmental entities operating playgrounds shall upgrade their playgrounds by replacement or improvement as necessary to satisfy the rules and regulations promulgated...
• Section 52:27d-123.12 - Conformity To Rules, Regulations Required For Receipt Of State Funding.
  4. a. Except in connection with the upgrading of a playground as provided in subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.50 (C.52:27D-123.11), after...
• Section 52:27d-123.13 - Device To Override Automatic Sprinkler After Adequate Rainfall Required.
  1.An automatic lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.107 (C.52:27D-123.13) shall be equipped with an automatic rain sensor device or...
• Section 52:27d-123.14 - Dimensional Requirements For Certain Elevators.
  1.Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, within 180 days of the effective date of P.L.2015, c.21, the commissioner shall modify the...
• Section 52:27d-123.15 - Adaptability Requirement; Design Standards.
  5. a. Any new construction for which an application for a construction permit has not been declared complete by the enforcing agency before the...
• Section 52:27d-123.16 - Rules, Regulations Relative To Home Elevations.
  2. a. The Department of Community Affairs shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth standards, methods, procedures and other requirements that must be followed...
• Section 52:27d-124 - Powers Of The Commissioner.
  6.The commissioner shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of this act, including, but not limited to, the following...
• Section 52:27d-124a - Federal Manufactured Home Safety And Construction Standards; Administration And Enforcement; Reports
  In accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-124b.) and with this act, the commissioner is...
• Section 52:27d-124b - Standards Where No Federal Standard Established; Enforcement
  Whenever the commissioner shall deem it necessary to establish standards concerning any manufactured or mobile home construction or safety issue with respect to which...
• Section 52:27d-124c - Inspection Of Factory, Warehouse, Or Place Of Sale; Monitoring Inspection Fee
  The commissioner, by his authorized representatives, may enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse or establishment in which manufactured homes are manufactured, stored or...
• Section 52:27d-124d - Manufacturers, Distributors And Dealers; Records, Reports And Provision Of Information; Inspection
  Each manufacturer, distributor, and dealer of manufactured homes shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports, and provide such information as the secretary...
• Section 52:27d-124e - Violations; Penalties; Enforcement
  a. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 for...
• Section 52:27d-124f - Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner may adopt such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or appropriate in order to implement the provisions of this act....
• Section 52:27d-124g - Person Aggrieved By Ruling, Action, Order Or Notice; Right To Hearing
  Any person aggrieved by any ruling, action, order, or notice of the commissioner pursuant to this act shall be entitled to a hearing pursuant...
• Section 52:27d-124.1 - Uniform Construction Code Revolving Fund
  There is established in the Department of Community Affairs, a nonlapsing, revolving fund to be known as the Uniform Construction Code Revolving Fund. All...
• Section 52:27d-124.2 - Functions, Etc. Relating To Energy Subcode Continued And Transferred
  All of the functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Department of Energy and the commissioner thereof pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 146 (C....
• Section 52:27d-124.3 - Submittal Of Bid, Proposal By Private Agency Under Local Public Contracts Law.
  3.A proposal by a private agency to provide inspection or plan review services to a municipality to administer the provisions of the "State Uniform...
• Section 52:27d-125 - Code Advisory Board
  a. To assist and advise the commissioner in the administration of this act there is hereby created in the Department of Community Affairs a...
• Section 52:27d-126 - Appointment Of Construction Official, Subcode Officials.
  8. a. The appointing authority of any municipality shall appoint a construction official, any necessary subcode officials and technical assistants to assist such officials...
• Section 52:27d-126a - Enforcing Agency Fees
  Where the appointing authority of any municipality shall appoint an enforcing agency and construction board of appeals pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1975, c....
• Section 52:27d-126b - Municipality; Waiver Of Enforcing Agency Fees; Ordinance
  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1979, c. 121 (C. 52:27D-126a), or any standard adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, a municipal governing...
• Section 52:27d-126c - Public Building Fee Exemptions
  No county, municipality, or any agency or instrumentality thereof shall be required to pay any municipal fee or charge in order to secure a...
• Section 52:27d-126d - Waiver Of Enforcing Agency Fees
  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1979, c.121 (C.52:27D-126a), any municipality may, by ordinance, provide for a waiver of enforcing agency fees for...
• Section 52:27d-126e - Waiving Of Construction Permit, Enforcing Agency Fees For Certain Construction Projects To Benefit Disabled Persons.
  1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), or any rules, regulations or standards adopted...
• Section 52:27d-126f - Definitions Relative To Testing, Inspecting Elevator Devices; Alternative Testing; Rules, Regulations; Review, Analysis.
  1. a. As used in this section: "Elevator device" means a hoisting and lowering device equipped with a car or platform which moves in...
• Section 52:27d-126.1 - Fire Prevention Subcode Officials; Appointment; Qualifications; Removal
  a. In any municipality the body or official, or the successor of said body or official, which appointed the persons serving as fire prevention...
• Section 52:27d-126.2 - Persons Appointed As Construction Officials Or Subcode Officials; Licenses
  Notwithstanding the provisions of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant...
• Section 52:27d-126.3 - Establishment Of Emergency Building Inspection Program.
  1.The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall establish a program for the emergency deployment of State and local construction code officials and inspectors to assist...
• Section 52:27d-126.4 - Intermunicipal Agreements For Mutual Construction Code Enforcement Aid.
  2.The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may by resolution enter into agreements with each other for mutual construction code enforcement aid concerning...
• Section 52:27d-126.5 - Powers, Duties Of Persons Deployed Under Emergency Deployment Program.
  3.Persons deployed under the emergency deployment program established by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2007, c.2 (C.52:27D-126.3), or providing...
• Section 52:27d-126.6 - Injury, Death Benefits For Officials, Inspectors Deployed.
  4.If any local construction code official or inspector suffers injury or death in the performance of his duties, the legal beneficiaries of such official...
• Section 52:27d-126.7 - Municipal Participation Voluntary; Resolution Of Non-participation.
  5. a. Participation by municipalities in the emergency deployment program established by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2007, c.2...
• Section 52:27d-127 - Construction Board Of Appeals
  9. Construction board of appeals. a. There shall be a construction board of appeals for each county to hear appeals from decisions by the...
• Section 52:27d-128 - Substitute Administration And Enforcement
  Whenever a municipality or several municipalities decide not to administer and enforce the code and request the commissioner to assume that task, the commissioner...
• Section 52:27d-129 - State Buildings And Buildings Of Interstate Agencies; Outdoor Advertising Signs On Public Property.
  11. State buildings and buildings of interstate agencies; outdoor advertising signs on public property. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et...
• Section 52:27d-130 - Permit Required; Application; Contents; Issuance; Transfer.
  12.Except as otherwise provided by this act or in the code, before construction or alteration of any building or structure, the owner, or his...
• Section 52:27d-130.1 - Construction Permit Surcharge Fee; Construction Contracted For Or Conducted By Municipality; Prohibition
  Notwithstanding the provisions of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant...
• Section 52:27d-130.2 - Construction Permit For Installation Or Alteration Of Solar Energy Heating Or Cooling System; Municipal Fee Or Charge; Prohibition
  No person shall be required to pay a municipal fee or charge in order to secure a construction permit for the installation or alteration...
• Section 52:27d-130.3 - State Department Or Agency; Fee; Prohibition
  The installation or alteration of a solar energy heating or cooling system in any building shall not be subject to any fee, including any...
• Section 52:27d-130.4 - Rules, Regulations Adopted By Dhss Relative To Contaminated Property; Certification; Definitions; Enforcement.
  1. a. Within 12 months after the effective date of this act, the Department of Health and Senior Services shall adopt rules and regulations...
• Section 52:27d-130.5 - Issuance Of Construction Permit For Child Care, Educational Center For Certain Locations; Certification Required; Remediation.
  2. a. (1) No construction permit shall be issued pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-130) for the reconstruction, alteration, conversion, or repair...
• Section 52:27d-130.6 - Green Building Manual, Preparation, Availability.
  1.The Commissioner of Community Affairs is authorized to prepare, in consultation with other State agencies, and make available to the public, a green building...
• Section 52:27d-130.7 - Grants To Owner Of Licensed Child Care Center; Rules, Regulations.
  4. a. Notwithstanding any provisions of P.L.1993, c.139 (C.58:10B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, in conjunction with the...
• Section 52:27d-130.8 - Adoption Of Ordinance Requiring Replacement For Performance Guarantee.
  6.The governing body of a municipality may adopt an ordinance requiring a successor developer to furnish a performance guarantee as a replacement for a...
• Section 52:27d-131 - Construction Permits; Application, Approval, Expiration, Cancellation, Extension.
  13. a. The enforcing agency shall examine each application for a construction permit. If the application conforms with this act, the code, and the...
• Section 52:27d-131.1 - Removal, Demolition Of Certain Building, Structure.
  2. a. If the owner of a building or structure fails to comply with a removal or demolition order issued by an enforcing agency...
• Section 52:27d-132 - Inspection Of Construction By Enforcing Agency; Right Of Entry; Stop Construction Orders; Violations, Reinspection.
  14. a. The enforcing agency shall periodically inspect all construction undertaken pursuant to a construction permit issued by it to insure that the construction...
• Section 52:27d-133 - Certificates Of Occupancy
  15. No building or structure hereafter constructed shall be used or occupied in whole or in part until a certificate of occupancy shall have...
• Section 52:27d-133.1 - Definitions Relative To Certain Swimming Pools
  1.As used in this act: "Bonding and grounding certificate" means a document issued by a recognized electrical testing agency that verifies the electrical continuity...
• Section 52:27d-133.2 - Valid Bonding, Grounding Certificate; Electrical Certificate Of Compliance Required
  2. a. A swimming pool shall not be opened for use or occupied in whole or in part by any person until a valid...
• Section 52:27d-133.3 - Carbon Monoxide Sensor Device Required For Issuance Of Certificate Of Occupancy; Terms Defined
  1. a. In any case in which a change of occupancy of any dwelling unit in a building with fewer than three dwelling units...
• Section 52:27d-133.4 - Rules, Regulations
  6.Within six months of the effective date of P.L.1999, c.15 (C.52:27D-133.3 et al.), the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall promulgate pursuant to the "Administrative...
• Section 52:27d-133.5 - Rules, Regulations
  3.Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, within two months of the effective date of P.L.2003, c.44 (C.52:27D-133.5 et al.)...
• Section 52:27d-134 - Appeal Not Automatic Stay Of Order To Stop Construction.
  16. a. An appeal to a county, municipal or joint construction board of appeals, a departmental appeal, or an appeal to a court of...
• Section 52:27d-135 - Premanufactured Systems
  The commissioner shall by rules promulgated hereunder establish a procedure whereby premanufactured systems intended for use in the State may, if entitled thereto, be...
• Section 52:27d-136 - Extension Of Reciprocity
  a. The commissioner, after consultation with the code advisory board, is empowered to extend to and accept from any state, group of states, or...
• Section 52:27d-137 - Review Of Plans And Specifications And Inspection Of Construction By The Department
  At the request of an enforcing agency, the department or an agency approved by the commissioner may assist an enforcing agency in the inspection...
• Section 52:27d-138 - Penalties.
  20. a. Any person or corporation, including an officer, director or employee of a corporation, who: (1)Violates any of the provisions of this act...
• Section 52:27d-138.1 - Surcharge For Violation Of State Uniform Construction Code.
  52. In addition to any other penalty, fine or charge imposed pursuant to law, a person convicted of a violation of the State Uniform...
• Section 52:27d-139 - Effect Of The Promulgation Of The Code
  All construction regulations incorporated in any act of the State of New Jersey, or of any municipality presently in effect, or validly promulgated or...
• Section 52:27d-139.1 - Fire Safety Maintenance Code; Municipalities Or Fire Districts; Adoption; Enforcement
  Notwithstanding any provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, a municipality or the commissioners of a fire district pursuant to...
• Section 52:27d-140 - Partial Invalidity; Severability
  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, subsection or section of this act be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or...
• Section 52:27d-141 - Interpretation Of Powers
  The powers enumerated in this act shall be interpreted broadly to effectuate the purposes thereof. L.1975, c. 217, s. 23.
• Section 52:27d-141.1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Residential Development Solar Energy Systems Act." L.2009, c.33, s.1.
• Section 52:27d-141.2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Solar Energy Systems.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.New Jersey residents primarily rely on fossil fuels for their energy needs; b.Fossil fuels are nonrenewable fuels since...
• Section 52:27d-141.3 - Definitions Relative To Solar Energy Systems.
  3.As used in this act: "Advertising" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-23). "Commissioner" means the...
• Section 52:27d-141.4 - Developer To Offer To Install Solar Energy System.
  4. a. Where technically feasible, as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, a developer shall offer to install,...
• Section 52:27d-141.5 - Installation Of Solar Energy System.
  5.If the prospective owner accepts, pursuant to a written contract, the developer's offer to install, or to provide for the installation of, a solar...
• Section 52:27d-141.6 - Rights Of Homeowner Association.
  6.If the dwelling unit is located within a residential development for which a homeowner association or other owner or membership association will be responsible...
• Section 52:27d-141.7 - Adoption Of Standards Relative To Solar Energy Systems.
  7. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et...
• Section 52:27d-141.8 - Enforcement, Penalties.
  8.The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this act and may assess violators of this act in accordance with the penalties provided for under...
• Section 52:27d-141.9 - Orders, Rules, Regulations.
  9.The Board of Public Utilities shall adopt orders, rules, or regulations that provide for solar energy systems installed in accordance with the provisions of...
• Section 52:27d-142 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Maintenance of Viable Neighborhoods Act." L.1975, c. 248, s. 1, eff. Oct. 30,
• Section 52:27d-143 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there are neighborhoods in this State which are beginning to decline but which can be rehabilitated and...
• Section 52:27d-144 - Public Policy
  The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of the State to promote the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens thereof...
• Section 52:27d-145 - Commissioner And Political Subdivision Defined
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the...
• Section 52:27d-146 - Grants To Political Subdivisions To Finance Activities For Restoration Of Threatened But Still Viable Neighborhoods
  The commissioner is authorized to make grants to political subdivisions to help finance activities, approved by the commissioner in accordance with this act, which...
• Section 52:27d-147 - Participation By And Hearings With Citizens Of Neighborhoods
  No grant may be made pursuant to this act unless the political subdivision provides satisfactory assurances that prior to submission of its application: a....
• Section 52:27d-148 - Applications; Evaluation; Priorities; Approval
  The commissioner shall review and evaluate all applications submitted pursuant to this act and shall establish such priorities for making grants pursuant thereto as...
• Section 52:27d-149 - Powers Of Commissioner
  The commissioner is hereby granted and may exercise the following powers: a. To adopt, modify, repeal and enforce rules and regulations in regard to...
• Section 52:27d-150 - Plan For Expenditure Of Funds; Submission To Legislature
  The commissioner shall submit with the department's annual budget request, a plan for the expenditure of funds as authorized by this act. This plan...
• Section 52:27d-151 - Liberal Construction Of Act
  This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act, and all powers herein granted shall be...
• Section 52:27d-152 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Neighborhood Preservation Housing Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Act of 1975." L.1975, c. 249,...
• Section 52:27d-153 - Legislative Findings And Determination
  The Legislature hereby finds and determines that there exists in many municipalities of this State areas which are in varying stages of decline, but...
• Section 52:27d-154 - Definitions
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this act, except...
• Section 52:27d-155 - Department Of Community Affairs' Neighborhood Preservation Loan And Grant Fund
  a. There is hereby created a special fund in the Department of Community Affairs which shall be entitled the Department of Community Affairs' Neighborhood...
• Section 52:27d-156 - Plan For Expenditures From Fund; Contents; Submission To Legislature
  The commissioner shall submit with the department's annual budget request a plan for expenditures from the Neighborhood Preservation Loan and Grant Fund for the...
• Section 52:27d-157 - Powers Of Department
  The department is hereby granted, has, and may exercise all powers necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this act, including but not...
• Section 52:27d-158 - Powers And Duties Of Municipalities
  a. Municipalities shall have and exercise all powers necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act, in order that the objective...
• Section 52:27d-159 - Determination Of Need And Feasibility Of Preservation Project; Findings; Neighborhood Preservation Plan; Formulation; Contents; Citizen Participation; Modification; Alternative Plans
  a. No municipality shall designate a neighborhood preservation agency or undertake a neighborhood preservation project unless a determination has been made that in the...
• Section 52:27d-160 - Private Enterprise; Participation
  A municipality shall afford to private enterprise the maximum feasible opportunity to participate in the rehabilitation of any neighborhood preservation area. L.1975, c. 249,...
• Section 52:27d-161 - Liberal Construction Of Act
  This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act, and all powers herein granted shall be...
• Section 52:27d-162 - Legislative Findings And Declaration
  The Legislature finds, determines and declares: a. That within this State are many small municipalities, formerly centers of commerce, trade and cultural life in...
• Section 52:27d-163 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Depressed Rural Centers Aid Act." L.1977, c. 260, s. 2, eff. Oct. 12,
• Section 52:27d-164 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in...
• Section 52:27d-165 - Qualifications Of Municipality
  Such sums as are appropriated for distribution under this act shall be distributed annually, in the manner prescribed in sections 5 and 6 of...
• Section 52:27d-166 - Determination Of Amount Of Distribution
  Distribution of State aid under this act shall be to each municipality entitled thereto under section 4 of this act in proportion as its...
• Section 52:27d-167 - Certification Of Municipalities Entitled To Aid And Amounts; Payment And Distribution
  On or before February 1 in each year the director shall determine the municipalities entitled to aid under this act and the amounts of...
• Section 52:27d-168 - Annual Reports; Municipality; Director
  Each municipality receiving State aid under this act shall not later than October 1 in each year in which such aid is received submit...
• Section 52:27d-169 - Conclusiveness Of Decision Of Director
  Any decision of the director as to the entitlement of any municipality to aid under this act, or the amount thereof, shall be final...
• Section 52:27d-170 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Handicapped Person's Recreational Opportunities Act of 1978." L.1977, c. 379, s. 1.
• Section 52:27d-171 - Public Policy
  It is hereby declared to be public policy of the State of New Jersey to encourage and support as hereinafter provided the promotion, planning,...
• Section 52:27d-172 - Definitions.
  3.For the purposes of this act: a."Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs. b."Handicapped persons" means persons who have intellectual disabilities or who are...
• Section 52:27d-173 - Comprehensive Program; Development; Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner shall, after consultation with experts in the area of recreation, develop a comprehensive program for furnishing recreation for handicapped persons, and shall...
• Section 52:27d-174 - Application By Municipality Or County To Provide Or To Contract For Provision Of Services; Annual Payments Upon Approval
  a. Any municipality or county planning to provide or to contract with private nonprofit agencies for the provision of recreation services for handicapped persons...
• Section 52:27d-175 - Special Events; List; Application For Funds To Operate Or Participate; Payments
  a. The commissioner shall prepare a list of special events deemed appropriate for participation by handicapped persons, such as the Special Olympics and the...
• Section 52:27d-176 - Failure To Comply With Act Or Alteration Or Discontinuance Of Approved Service; Withholding State Aid
  The commissioner may authorize or require the State Treasurer to withhold the payment of State aid to any municipality or county in the event...
• Section 52:27d-177 - Acceptance Of Gift Or Grant
  The commissioner may accept, as agent of the State of New Jersey, any gift or grant for any of the purposes of this act,...
• Section 52:27d-178 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Base year" means the second year preceding the annual apportionment of State...
• Section 52:27d-179 - Annual Appropriation To Be Apportioned Among Qualified Municipalities; Additional Amount
  There shall be annually appropriated a sum which shall be apportioned among municipalities which qualify for State aid under the provisions of this act...
• Section 52:27d-180 - Determination And Certification Of Amount; Payment And Distribution
  The director shall, forthwith upon the appropriation of such sums for State aid pursuant to this act, determine and certify to the State Treasurer...
• Section 52:27d-181 - Finality And Conclusiveness Of Determination By Director; Anticipation Of State Aid By Municipality
  Any determination of the director pursuant to this act as to the amount of State aid allowable to each qualifying municipality shall be final...
• Section 52:27d-181.1 - Municipal Efficiency Promotion Aid Program.
  1.There shall be appropriated annually by the Legislature for each State fiscal year an amount not less than $34,825,000 for the Municipal Efficiency Promotion...
• Section 52:27d-182 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Congregate Housing Services Act." L.1981, c. 553, s. 1.
• Section 52:27d-183 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: the housing requirements of the growing population of senior citizens are significantly different from the rest of the...
• Section 52:27d-184 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs or his designee; b. "Congregate housing facility" means...
• Section 52:27d-185 - Contracts To Provide Service Subsidies And To Establish Congregate Housing Facilities; Actions To Implement Act
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs is authorized to enter into contracts with qualified housing agencies utilizing sums appropriated under this act...
• Section 52:27d-186 - Application By Qualified Housing Agency For Assistance
  Whenever any qualified housing agency makes an application to the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs for assistance under this act, the agency...
• Section 52:27d-187 - Evaluation Of Applications
  In evaluating applications for assistance under this act, the commissioner shall take into consideration: a. The supportive services to be provided and the relationship...
• Section 52:27d-188 - Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner is authorized to adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) as...
• Section 52:27d-188.1 - Congregate Housing, Power-assisted Door Opener, Required.
  1.Within 120 days of the effective date of P.L.2003, c.305 (C.52:27D-188.1 et seq.), every entrance to a building located within a "congregate housing facility,"...
• Section 52:27d-188.2 - Congregate Housing, Unlocking By Remote Device, Staff Required, Certain Circumstances.
  2.Upon the request of a project resident of a "congregate housing facility," as defined in section 3 of P.L.1981, c.553 (C.52:27D-184), the qualified housing...
• Section 52:27d-188.3 - Enforcement, Regulations.
  3.The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this act and shall adopt regulations in accordance...
• Section 52:27d-189 - Personnel To Assist Commissioner; Appropriation To Administer Act
  The commissioner is empowered to hire, employ or assign such secretarial, clerical or other technical or professional personnel as shall be required to provide...
• Section 52:27d-190 - Employment Of Project Residents To Provide Supportive Services
  Each qualified housing agency shall, to the maximum extent practicable, utilize project residents of congregate housing facilities who do not themselves require supportive services,...
• Section 52:27d-191 - Annual Report; Actions By Legislature
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall report annually to the Legislature an evaluation of the effectiveness of this act. The Legislature...
• Section 52:27d-191.1 - Bill Of Rights For Recipients Of Congregate Housing Services Program.
  l. a. The Department of Human Services shall ensure that a person receiving services under the Congregate Housing Services Program including, but not limited...
• Section 52:27d-192 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Fire Safety Act." L.1983, c. 383, s. 1.
• Section 52:27d-193 - Liberal Construction
  This act is remedial legislation necessary to protect life and property within this State from the danger of destruction by fire and explosion and...
• Section 52:27d-194 - Findings And Declarations
  It is found and declared that: a. Although fire safety codes have been adopted by many of New Jersey's municipalities, many others have not...
• Section 52:27d-195 - Purpose
  It is the purpose of this act to ensure that: a. All areas of this State are protected by a uniform, minimum, fire safety...
• Section 52:27d-196 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs or his delegate. b. "Department" means the Department...
• Section 52:27d-197 - Powers Of Commissioner
  The commissioner shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of this act, including without limitation, the following powers: a....
• Section 52:27d-198 - Regulations To Provide Reasonable Degree Of Safety From Fire, Explosion.
  7. a. The commissioner shall promulgate, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and after consulting with the fire...
• Section 52:27d-198.1 - Residential Structures To Have Smoke-sensitive Alarm Devices, Portable Fire Extinguishers.
  1.A structure used or intended for use for residential purposes by not more than two households shall have a smoke-sensitive alarm device on each...
• Section 52:27d-198.2 - Municipal Officer, Agency To Determine Compliance.
  2. a. In any case where a change of occupancy of any building subject to the requirements of section 1 of P.L.1991, c.92 (C.52:27D-198.1)...
• Section 52:27d-198.3 - Fine For Noncompliance.
  3.An owner who sells, leases, rents or otherwise permits to be occupied for residential purposes any premises subject to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.92...
• Section 52:27d-198.4 - Identifying Emblem To Be Affixed To Front Of Structures With Truss Construction
  a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall, pursuant to the authority under the "Uniform Fire Safety Act," P.L.1983, c.383 (C.52:27D-192 et seq.), promulgate rules...
• Section 52:27d-198.5 - Regulations To Designate Time To Correct Violations, Range Of Penalties
  2. The Commissioner of Community Affairs, after consulting with the fire safety commission, shall promulgate regulations in accordance with the powers granted by P.L.1983,...
• Section 52:27d-198.6 - Conditions For Display Of Certain Holiday Vegetation.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, trees and wreaths used in holiday displays may be exhibited in all...
• Section 52:27d-198.7 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dormitory Safety Trust Fund Act." L.2000,c.56,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-198.8 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Installation Of Fire Suppression Systems In Student Dormitories.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Education plays a vital role in the economic development of the nation and the State, by providing the...
• Section 52:27d-198.9 - Definitions Relative To Installation Of Fire Suppression Systems In Student Dormitories; Requirements.
  3. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, all buildings used as dormitories, in whole or in part, or similar accommodations...
• Section 52:27d-198.10 - Rules; Exemptions.
  4.The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52: 14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules as may be...
• Section 52:27d-198.11 - Application Of Funds To Secure Compliance.
  5.The State Treasurer, after consultation with the Commissioner of Community Affairs, shall have the authority to apply State funds otherwise available to State departments,...
• Section 52:27d-198.12 - Standby Fees Waived.
  9.A municipal authority or water utility shall not impose standby fees for any new fire protection system required to be installed pursuant to the...
• Section 52:27d-198.13 - Regulations Concerning Elevator Fire Recall Keys.
  1.Not later than six months following the effective date of P.L.2003, c.211 (C.52:27D-198.13 et seq.), the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall promulgate regulations requiring...
• Section 52:27d-198.14 - Installation Of Lock Box In Elevator Buildings To Hold Fire Recall Keys.
  2. a. A municipality, by ordinance, may require the installation of a lock box in each building located in the municipality that has an...
• Section 52:27d-198.15 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Flammability Standards For Mattresses And Bedding.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.On February 25, 2000, a residential fire in Roxbury, New Jersey, led to the death of 14-month-old toddler Matthew...
• Section 52:27d-198.16 - Adoption, Enforcement Of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard; Rules, Regulations.
  2. a. The State of New Jersey shall adopt and enforce as a State safety requirement the federal mattress flammability standard codified at Title...
• Section 52:27d-198.17 - Definitions Relative To Fire Safety.
  1. a. As used in this section: "Local enforcing agency" means the enforcing agency in any municipality provided for under the "State Uniform Construction...
• Section 52:27d-198.18 - Certain Existing Structures Required To Be Equipped With Carbon Monoxide Detectors.
  3. a. Within 90 days of the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to subsection c. of this section, any existing structure other than...
• Section 52:27d-198.19 - Inspection, Violations, Penalties.
  4. a. An enforcing agency shall inspect each structure subject to the carbon monoxide detector installation requirements of P.L.2015, c.146 (C.52:27D-123f et al.) within...
• Section 52:27d-199 - Building In Use On Effective Date Of Regulations; Compliance; Fire Safety Improvement As Capital Improvement Under Rent Control
  A building, which is subject to this act but the use of which shall have commenced in good faith on or before the effective...
• Section 52:27d-200 - Variances From Regulations
  a. Upon the application of the owner of a building, structure or premises, the enforcing agency may grant variances from the requirements of a...
• Section 52:27d-201 - Life Hazard Use Or High-rise Structure; Certificate Of Registration
  a. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, and thereafter as required by subsection c. of this section, the owner of...
• Section 52:27d-202 - Enforcement Of Act By Municipality; Ordinance; Restrictive Regulation By Municipality
  a. Each municipality in this State is authorized to adopt an ordinance providing for local enforcement of this act. The ordinance shall designate the...
• Section 52:27d-203 - Enforcement Of Act By Enforcing Agencies; Reports, Data And Information; Fees; Inspections; Certification Of Fire Inspectors
  a. Each enforcing agency in this State shall enforce this act in all buildings, structures and premises within its jurisdiction, except owner-occupied buildings used...
• Section 52:27d-204 - Local Enforcing Agencies; Concurrent Jurisdiction With Department; Failure To Properly Enforce Act; Assumption Of Duties By Department
  a. The department shall have concurrent jurisdiction with local enforcing agencies to enforce this act in all buildings, structures and premises in the State,...
• Section 52:27d-205 - Life Hazard Use And High-rise Structures; Inspection Cycles; Application For Certificate Of Inspection
  a. The enforcing agency shall inspect each high-rise structure and each life hazard use in the State at least once every year for the...
• Section 52:27d-206 - Person Aggrieved By Ruling, Action, Order Or Notice Of Commissioner Or Local Enforcement Agency; Administrative Hearing; Application; Conduct
  a. A person aggrieved by a ruling, action, order, or notice of the commissioner pursuant to this act shall be entitled to an administrative...
• Section 52:27d-207 - Violations; Written Order To Terminate And Correct; Injunction
  a. If an enforcing agency discovers a violation of the provisions of this act upon an inspection of a building, structure or premises, then...
• Section 52:27d-208 - Violation Constituting Imminent Hazard To Health, Safety Or Welfare; Written Order To Vacate, Close Or Remove; Service; Reinspection; Reconsideration Hearing
  a. If upon an inspection of a building, structure or premises the enforcing agency discovers a violation of this act that constitutes an imminent...
• Section 52:27d-209 - Violations In Life Hazard Use As Willful Or Grossly Negligent Or Of Previously Issued Order And Constituting Clear Danger To Human Life; Order For Continued Vacation And Closing; Reconsideration Hearing
  a. If the enforcing agency finds a violation of the provisions of this act in a life hazard use to be willful or grossly...
• Section 52:27d-210 - Additional Violations; Penalties.
  19. a. No person shall: (1)Obstruct, hinder, delay or interfere by force or otherwise with the commissioner or any local enforcing agency in the...
• Section 52:27d-211 - Method Of Service Of Notices, Rules, Decisions And Orders
  a. Notices, rules, decisions and orders required or permitted to be issued and served pursuant to this act shall be served as follows: (1)...
• Section 52:27d-212 - Records; Public Inspection
  The record of an action or proceeding under this act or any statement, report or record of any kind whatsoever obtained or received by...
• Section 52:27d-213 - Applicability Of Act; Inspection Of Government Owned Buildings.
  22. a. This act shall not be construed as authorizing the adoption of a regulation or the enactment of an ordinance requiring that a...
• Section 52:27d-214 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Attended terminal" means a terminal where an individual knowledgeable in the aboveground liquid storage tank filling operation is...
• Section 52:27d-215 - Terminal With Tank Filled By Pipeline; Requirements; High Level Alarm System; Fire And Emergency Plan
  a. Each terminal at which a tank filled by pipeline is located shall comply with the following requirements: (1) It shall be equipped with...
• Section 52:27d-216 - Attended Terminal; Additional Requirements
  In addition to the requirements specified in section 2 of this act, each attended terminal at which a tank filled by a pipeline is...
• Section 52:27d-217 - Unattended Terminal; Additional Requirements
  In addition to the requirements specified in section 2 of this act, each unattended terminal at which a tank filled by pipeline is located...
• Section 52:27d-218 - Variations From Requirements; Procedure
  At the request of a terminal owner and after the commissioner has received from the terminal owner and has approved plans and specifications outlining...
• Section 52:27d-219 - Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate...
• Section 52:27d-220 - Application Of S. S. 52:27d-208, 52:27d-210 To This Act
  Provisions contained in sections 17 and 19 of the "Uniform Fire Safety Act," P.L.1983, c. 383 (C. 52:27D-208 and C. 52:27D-210), shall also apply...
• Section 52:27d-221 - Ordinance More Restrictive Than Requirements Of This Act; Prohibition
  A local governing body shall not enact an ordinance more restrictive than the requirements of this act. L.1984, c. 31, s. 8, eff. Nov....
• Section 52:27d-222 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Business entity" means any person or corporation in the State engaged in business operations which has a Standard...
• Section 52:27d-223 - List Of Unusually Hazardous Substances
  a. The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Community Affairs, shall develop a list of substances and their quantities (1)...
• Section 52:27d-224 - Emergency Response Plan
  A municipal fire department or fire district in coordination with the county fire marshal or appropriate county official shall have the exclusive authority to...
• Section 52:27d-224.1 - Evacuation, Emergency Building Operations Plan For Certain Multiple Dwellings, Filing With Municipality.
  1. a. An owner of a multiple dwelling, as defined under section 3 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-3), which is comprised of more than 20...
• Section 52:27d-224.2 - Notification Relative To Disruption Of Services, "Essential Services" Defined.
  2.Whenever in a multiple dwelling for which an annual emergency building evacuation plan is required to be filed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2001,...
• Section 52:27d-224.3 - Emergency Operations Plan For Sports And Entertainment Facilities.
  1.All sports and entertainment facilities in the State shall annually prepare and maintain an emergency operations plan in coordination with the appropriate local fire...
• Section 52:27d-225 - Penalty
  A person who violates a provision of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $5,000.00 for each offense. The...
• Section 52:27d-226 - Breathing Apparatus
  Based on the information obtained in section 3 of this act, a member of a fire company shall wear a self-contained positive pressure breathing...
• Section 52:27d-227 - Fact Sheet Transmittal
  No later than 30 days after the effective date of this act, the Department of Community Affairs shall transmit, after a public hearing pursuant...
• Section 52:27d-228 - Revision Of List, Fact Sheets
  The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Community Affairs, shall revise the list and fact sheets developed under section 2...
• Section 52:27d-280 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Prevention of Homelessness Act (1984)" . L.1984, c. 180, s. 1, eff. Nov....
• Section 52:27d-281 - Findings, Declarations.
  2. a. It is the long-standing policy of this State that no person should suffer unnecessarily from cold or hunger, or be deprived of...
• Section 52:27d-282 - Temporary Rental Or Housing Assistance; Eligibility
  The Department of Community Affairs may establish priorities of eligibility for temporary rental or other housing assistance among the various categories of persons needing...
• Section 52:27d-283 - Alternative Sources Of Rental Assistance; Priority Of Housing To Assistance Applicants
  No person shall continue to receive temporary rental assistance if alternative sources of rental subsidy, including, without limitation, rental assistance under the federal section...
• Section 52:27d-284 - Benefits Not Income For Eligibility And Tax Purposes
  Benefits under this program shall not be treated as income in determining eligibility requirements for other State programs or for New Jersey gross income...
• Section 52:27d-285 - Standards Of Habitability For Housing Units
  The Department of Community Affairs shall establish standards of habitability applicable to any housing unit the rental for which is paid, in whole or...
• Section 52:27d-286 - Fund; Appropriation; Housing Demonstration Fund Moneys
  There is appropriated to the Department of Community Affairs $1,650,000.00 to establish a fund for the purpose of providing temporary rental and other housing...
• Section 52:27d-287 - Maximum Lengths Of Terms Of Eligibility; Conversion Of Loans To Grants
  The Department of Community Affairs shall establish maximum lengths of terms of eligibility for temporary rental assistance and other temporary housing assistance, and varying...
• Section 52:27d-287a - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Homelessness Trust Fund Act." L.2009, c.123, s.1.
• Section 52:27d-287b - Findings, Declarations Relative To County Homelessness Trust Funds.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares: a.The creation of county homelessness trust funds in counties that have completed and endorsed a plan to end homelessness...
• Section 52:27d-287c - Definitions Relative To County Homelessness Trust Funds.
  3.As used in this act: "Community based organization" means a nonprofit, private, or public organization funded with public or private funds, or both, that...
• Section 52:27d-287d - Adoption Of Homeless Housing Plan By Local Government.
  4.A local government may adopt a homeless housing plan to address the housing needs of homeless persons within its jurisdiction, which shall be in...
• Section 52:27d-287e - "County Homelessness Trust Fund."
  5. a. Amounts raised by the surcharge imposed pursuant to N.J.S.22A:4-17 as amended by section 8 of P.L.2009, c.123 shall be deposited into a...
• Section 52:27d-287f - Utilization Of County Homelessness Trust Fund.
  6. a. Each county shall utilize its County Homelessness Trust Fund with the advice of the County Homelessness Trust Fund Task Force for the...
• Section 52:27d-287g - Intercounty Collaboration.
  7.A county may collaborate with any other county that has established a County Homelessness Trust Fund to provide joint funding for projects permitted under...
• Section 52:27d-287.1 - Rental Assistance Program For Low Income Households, Senior Citizens, Certain, Homeless Veterans.
  1.The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall establish a rental assistance program for low income individuals or households. This program shall be in addition to...
• Section 52:27d-287.2 - Regulations.
  2.The commissioner shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to implement this act. L.2004,c.140,s.2.
• Section 52:27d-287.3 - Annual Rtf Allocation To Fund Rental Assistance Grants.
  3.The commissioner shall annually allocate from the receipts of the portion of the realty transfer fee directed to be credited to the Neighborhood Preservation...
• Section 52:27d-287.4 - Requirements For Certain Recipients Of Rental Assistance Grants.
  2. a. Any individual under the age of 65, who is not disabled and who receives a rental assistance grant provided pursuant to subsection...
• Section 52:27d-288 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Job Training Center for Urban Women Act." L. 1985, c. 189, s. 1,...
• Section 52:27d-289 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A major proportion of the publicly assisted population, especially in our urban centers, consists of families headed...
• Section 52:27d-290 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs; b. "Division" means the Division on Women within...
• Section 52:27d-291 - Demonstration Training And Resource Center
  The division shall establish a demonstration training and resource center as a model to be duplicated in other parts of the State where disadvantaged...
• Section 52:27d-292 - Services And Programs Offered
  Through the demonstration training and resource model center or other similar centers established by the division or the centers specified in section 2 of...
• Section 52:27d-293 - Purposes
  The center and program established under this act shall emphasize activities which provide training and other employment related services which are designed to enhance...
• Section 52:27d-294 - Coordination
  The division shall make a continuous study of employment needs which are peculiar to urban women, and of existing programs and services which are...
• Section 52:27d-295 - Description And Assessment Of Programs
  The division shall compile and maintain a description and assessment of each program operating pursuant to this act, including the number of women served,...
• Section 52:27d-296 - Funding Sources
  a. The director may seek, receive and make use of any funds which may be available from federal or other sources in order to...
• Section 52:27d-297 - Conformity To Standards
  The commissioner shall consult with the New Jersey State Job Training Coordinating Council established pursuant to Executive Order No. 22, dated December 3, 1982,...
• Section 52:27d-298 - Child Care
  Those women who undertake to enhance their employability by using the services of the job training center established herein and who are in need...
• Section 52:27d-299 - Expense Allowance
  The division shall, upon application of a woman for enrollment in the job training program established pursuant to section 4 of this act, and...
• Section 52:27d-300 - Study Of Child Care Lack
  The director shall monitor the application process in order to determine whether the lack of adequate child care is preventing women from undertaking job...
• Section 52:27d-301 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Housing Act." L. 1985, c. 222, s. 1, eff. July 2, 1985,...
• Section 52:27d-302 - Findings.
  2.The Legislature finds that: a.The New Jersey Supreme Court, through its rulings in South Burlington County NAACP v. Mount Laurel, 67 N.J. 151 (1975)...
• Section 52:27d-303 - Declarations
  The Legislature declares that the statutory scheme set forth in this act is in the public interest in that it comprehends a low and...
• Section 52:27d-304 - Definitions.
  4.As used in this act: a."Council" means the Council on Affordable Housing established in this act, which shall have primary jurisdiction for the administration...
• Section 52:27d-305 - Council On Affordable Housing Established.
  5. a. There is established in, but not of, the Department of Community Affairs a Council on Affordable Housing to consist of 12 members...
• Section 52:27d-306 - Vice-chairman, Executive Director; Other Personnel
  a. The council may establish, and from time to time alter, such plan of organization as it may deem expedient, and may incur expenses...
• Section 52:27d-307 - Duties Of Council.
  7.It shall be the duty of the council, seven months after the confirmation of the last member initially appointed to the council, or January...
• Section 52:27d-307.1 - Definitions
  1. As used in this act: "Agency" means the Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established pursuant to section 4 of the "New Jersey Housing...
• Section 52:27d-307.2 - Register Of Housing Projects, Requirements, Reports
  2. a. The commissioner shall cause to be established and kept a Register of Housing Projects. The register shall list all projects for which...
• Section 52:27d-307.3 - Priority Ratings Of Projects
  3. a. The commissioner shall cause to be developed a system for assigning and designating priority ratings to each project included in the register....
• Section 52:27d-307.4 - Reports Of Communications In Furtherance Of Projects
  4. a. Any officer or employee of the department, including any member, officer or employee of the agency or the council, who receives from...
• Section 52:27d-307.5 - Rules, Regulations
  5. The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), all rules...
• Section 52:27d-307.6 - Methodology For Change In Calculation For Use On June 7, 2000 And After.
  6.The change in the calculation of a municipality's determination of present and prospective share of housing need as provided in P.L.2001,c.435 shall apply to...
• Section 52:27d-308 - Procedural Rules
  Within four months after the confirmation of the last member initially appointed to the council, or January 1, 1986, whichever is earlier, the council...
• Section 52:27d-309 - Municipal Housing Element
  a. Within four months after the effective date of this act, each municipality which so elects shall, by a duly adopted resolution of participation,...
• Section 52:27d-310 - Essential Components Of Municipality's Housing Element.
  10. A municipality's housing element shall be designed to achieve the goal of access to affordable housing to meet present and prospective housing needs,...
• Section 52:27d-310.1 - Computing Municipal Adjustment, Exclusions.
  1.When computing a municipal adjustment regarding available land resources as part of the determination of a municipality's fair share of affordable housing, the Council...
• Section 52:27d-310.2 - Reservation Of Park Land
  2. Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, nothing shall preclude a municipality which has reserved less than three percent of its land...
• Section 52:27d-311 - Provision Of Fair Share By Municipality.
  11. a. In adopting its housing element, the municipality may provide for its fair share of low and moderate income housing by means of...
• Section 52:27d-311a - Adaptability Requirement; "New Construction" Defined.
  1.Beginning upon the effective date of P.L.2005, c.350 (C.52:27D-311a et al.), any new construction for which credit is sought against a fair share obligation...
• Section 52:27d-311b - Assurance Of Adaptability Requirements; Council Measures.
  6.The council may take such measures as are necessary to assure compliance with the adaptability requirements imposed pursuant to P.L.2005, c.350 (C.52:27D-311a et al.),...
• Section 52:27d-311.1 - Demolition Invalidated
  Nothing in the act to which this act is supplementary, P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.), shall be construed to require that a municipality fulfill...
• Section 52:27d-311.2 - Purchase Of Privately Owned Land By Municipality For Fair Share Housing.
  41. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.), or of any other law, rule or...
• Section 52:27d-311.3 - Reduction, Elimination Of Affordable Housing Obligation Of Municipality.
  40.The portion, if any, of the affordable housing obligation of a municipality attributable to a particular non-residential development shall be reduced or eliminated if:...
• Section 52:27d-312 - Regional Contribution Agreements.
  12. a. Except as prohibited under P.L.2008, c.46 (C.52:27D-329.1 et al.), a municipality may propose the transfer of up to 50% of its fair...
• Section 52:27d-313 - Petition For Substantive Certification.
  13. a. A municipality which has filed a housing element may, at any time during a two-year period following the filing of the housing...
• Section 52:27d-313.1 - Previous Application For Development
  The Council on Affordable Housing shall not consider for substantive certification any application of a housing element submitted which involves the demolition of a...
• Section 52:27d-314 - Issuance Of Certification
  Unless an objection to the substantive certification is filed with the council by any person within 45 days of the publication of the notice...
• Section 52:27d-315 - Mediation, Review Process
  a. The council shall engage in a mediation and review process in the following situations: (1) if an objection to the municipality's petition for...
• Section 52:27d-316 - Motion For Transfer
  For those exclusionary zoning cases instituted more than 60 days before the effective date of this act, any party to the litigation may file...
• Section 52:27d-317 - Presumption Of Validity
  a. In any exclusionary zoning case filed against a municipality which has a substantive certification and in which there is a requirement to exhaust...
• Section 52:27d-318 - Expiration Of Administrative Remedy Obligation
  If a municipality which has adopted a resolution of participation pursuant to section 9 of this act fails to meet the deadline for submitting...
• Section 52:27d-319 - Motion For Relief
  If the council has not completed its review and mediation process for a municipality within six months of receipt of a request by a...
• Section 52:27d-320 - "New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund."
  20.There is established in the Department of Community Affairs a separate trust fund, to be used for the exclusive purposes as provided in this...
• Section 52:27d-320.1 - Appropriation To The "New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund."
  41. a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, there is appropriated $15 million to the "New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund," established pursuant to...
• Section 52:27d-321 - Affordable Housing Assistance.
  21.The agency shall establish affordable housing programs to assist municipalities in meeting the obligation of developing communities to provide low and moderate income housing....
• Section 52:27d-321.1 - Allocation Of Low Income Tax Credits.
  19.Notwithstanding any rules of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency to the contrary, the allocation of low income tax credits shall be...
• Section 52:27d-321.2 - Maintenance, Publishing Of Annual Report By Njhmfa.
  20.The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency shall maintain on its website and publish annually a report concerning its activities during the year...
• Section 52:27d-322 - 6-year Moratorium
  Any municipality which has reached a settlement of any exclusionary zoning litigation prior to the effective date of this act shall not be subject...
• Section 52:27d-324 - Agency Administration Of Controls, Agreements To Provide Services
  24. The agency shall establish procedures for entering into, and shall enter into, contractual agreements with willing municipalities or developers of inclusionary developments whereby...
• Section 52:27d-325 - Municipal Powers
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a municipality may purchase, lease or acquire by gift or through the exercise of eminent domain, real...
• Section 52:27d-326 - Reports To Governor, Legislature
  Within 12 months after the effective date of this act and every year thereafter, the agency and the council shall report separately to the...
• Section 52:27d-328 - Builder's Remedy Moratorium
  No builder's remedy shall be granted to a plaintiff in any exclusionary zoning litigation which has been filed on or after January 20, 1983,...
• Section 52:27d-329 - Prior Law Applicable
  Until August 1, 1988, any municipality may continue to regulate development pursuant to a zoning ordinance in accordance with section 49 of the "Municipal...
• Section 52:27d-329.1 - Coordination, Review Of Housing Elements.
  7.The council shall coordinate and review the housing elements as filed pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-311), and the housing activities under...
• Section 52:27d-329.2 - Authorization Of Municipality To Impose, Collect Development Fees.
  8. a. The council may authorize a municipality that has petitioned for substantive certification, or that has been so authorized by a court of...
• Section 52:27d-329.3 - Collection Of Payments-in-lieu Authorized.
  9. a. The council may authorize a municipality that has petitioned for substantive certification to impose and collect payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units on...
• Section 52:27d-329.4 - Maintenance, Publication Of Up-to-date Municipal Status Report.
  10.The council shall maintain on its website, and also publish on a regular basis, an up-to-date municipal status report concerning the petitions for substantive...
• Section 52:27d-329.5 - Short Title.
  11.Sections 11 through 14 of P.L.2008, c.46 (C.52:27D-329.5 through C.52:27D-329.8) shall be known and may be cited as the "Housing Rehabilitation and Assistance Program...
• Section 52:27d-329.6 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Housing Rehabilitation And Assistance.
  12.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The transfer of a portion of the fair share obligations among municipalities has proven to not be a...
• Section 52:27d-329.7 - Urban Housing Assistance Program, "Urban Housing Assistance Fund"; Rules, Regulations.
  13. a. There is established within the Department of Community Affairs an Urban Housing Assistance Program for the purposes of assisting certain municipalities in...
• Section 52:27d-329.8 - Annual Appropriation.
  14. a. There shall be appropriated annually from the amounts collected by the State Treasurer from the imposition of Statewide non-residential development fees and...
• Section 52:27d-329.9 - Developments, Certain, In Certain Regional Planning Entities.
  18. a. Notwithstanding any rules of the council to the contrary, for developments consisting of newly-constructed residential units located, or to be located, within...
• Section 52:27d-330 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Continuing Care Retirement Community Regulation and Financial Disclosure Act." L. 1986, c. 103,...
• Section 52:27d-331 - Findings, Declarations.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: continuing care retirement communities are becoming an important and increasingly preferred alternative for the long-term residential, social and...
• Section 52:27d-332 - Definitions.
  3.As used in this act and P.L.2013, c.167 (C.52:27D-360.1 et al.), unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: a."Application fee" means the fee...
• Section 52:27d-333 - Certificate Of Authority
  a. A person shall not establish, operate or administer a continuing care facility in this State without obtaining and maintaining a certificate of authority...
• Section 52:27d-334 - Revocation Of Certificates
  a. The certificate of authority or temporary certificate of authority of a provider shall remain in effect until revoked, after notice and hearing conducted...
• Section 52:27d-335 - Acquisition Of Ownership Interest
  a. A person who desires to acquire an ownership interest in a continuing care facility shall so notify the department in writing at least...
• Section 52:27d-336 - Initial Disclosure Statement
  The provider shall provide a disclosure statement to a prospective resident of a continuing care facility or the person with whom the provider shall...
• Section 52:27d-337 - Annual Disclosure Statement
  a. The provider shall file an annual disclosure statement with the commissioner, which contains the information required for the initial disclosure statement pursuant to...
• Section 52:27d-338 - False, Misleading Statements
  a. No provider or person acting on behalf of the provider shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate or place before the public, or cause, directly...
• Section 52:27d-339 - Liquid Reserves
  a. Each provider shall establish and maintain liquid reserves in an amount equal to or exceeding the greater of: (1) The total of all...
• Section 52:27d-340 - Escrow Account
  a. The commissioner may require a provider to establish and maintain in escrow, on a current basis with a bank, trust company or other...
• Section 52:27d-341 - Filing Of Lien
  Prior to the issuance of a certificate of authority pursuant to this act, or at any other time the commissioner determines it is in...
• Section 52:27d-342 - Release From Escrow
  The commissioner shall require a provider to establish an interest bearing escrow account with a bank, trust company or other escrow agent approved by...
• Section 52:27d-343 - Collateral
  A provider shall pledge only the unencumbered assets of a continuing care facility as collateral for the purpose of securing loans for other continuing...
• Section 52:27d-344 - Continuing Care Agreement
  a. A continuing care agreement executed on or after the effective date of this act shall be written in plain English and in language...
• Section 52:27d-345 - Residents' Organizations; Quarterly Meeting.
  16. a. Residents living in a facility which holds a certificate of authority issued pursuant to this act have the right of self-organization. No...
• Section 52:27d-346 - Bankruptcy Proceedings
  a. The commissioner may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction or to the federal bankruptcy court, if that court had previously taken jurisdiction...
• Section 52:27d-347 - Liability For Damages
  a. A provider or person acting on behalf of the provider is liable to the person who contracts for the continuing care for damages,...
• Section 52:27d-348 - Investigatory Powers
  a. The commissioner or his designee may, as often as he reasonably deems necessary, conduct an investigation to determine whether any person has violated...
• Section 52:27d-349 - Examination Of Records
  The commissioner or his designee shall visit each facility offering continuing care in this State to examine its books and records at least once...
• Section 52:27d-350 - Consumers' Guide; Residents' Rights Booklet
  a. The commissioner shall prepare and cause to be distributed to the public a consumers' guide to continuing care facilities and an annual directory...
• Section 52:27d-351 - Violations, Enforcement; Penalties.
  22. a. If the commissioner determines or has cause to believe that a person has engaged in any act or practice which constitutes a...
• Section 52:27d-352 - Criminal Violations
  a. The commissioner may refer any available evidence concerning criminal violations of this act to the Attorney General or the appropriate county prosecutor. b....
• Section 52:27d-353 - Fees
  The commissioner shall determine reasonable fees for filing an application for a certificate of authority and other required documents pursuant to this act. The...
• Section 52:27d-354 - One Year To Comply
  A provider who is offering but not providing continuing care on the effective date of this act may be given a reasonable time, not...
• Section 52:27d-355 - Exclusion
  A facility which has not entered into any agreements for continuing care pursuant to this act since 1965 is not subject to the provisions...
• Section 52:27d-356 - Fewer Than 50 Residents
  A facility which has less than 50 residents who are under continuing care agreements on the date of enactment of this act is not...
• Section 52:27d-357 - Continuing Care Advisory Council.
  28. a. There is created a Continuing Care Advisory Council which consists of 13 members as follows: the Commissioners of Human Services, Health, and...
• Section 52:27d-358 - Rules, Regulations
  The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968,...
• Section 52:27d-359 - Health Department Authority
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the licensing and regulatory authority of the Department of Health, pursuant to P.L. 1971, c....
• Section 52:27d-360 - Community Affairs Authority
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the authority of the Department of Community Affairs to enforce any otherwise applicable statute, code,...
• Section 52:27d-360.1 - Short Title.
  1.Sections 1 through 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Bill of Rights for Continuing Care Retirement Community...
• Section 52:27d-360.2 - Receipt Of Disclosure Statement, Explanation By Prospective Resident.
  2. a. Each prospective resident is entitled to receive a copy of a disclosure statement from the facility, as well as an explanation written...
• Section 52:27d-360.3 - Rights Of Residents Of Community.
  3. a. Unless a resident has violated the continuing care agreement or facility rules, or the facility has cancelled the agreement with sufficient notice...
• Section 52:27d-360.4 - Transfer, Reassignment Of Resident.
  4. a. A resident may be temporarily or permanently assigned to an assisted living unit or a licensed nursing unit if the facility determines...
• Section 52:27d-360.5 - "Bill Of Rights For Continuing Care Retirement Community Residents In Independent Living."
  5.Each continuing care retirement facility is required to distribute to each resident, and post in a conspicuous public place in the facility, a statement...
• Section 52:27d-360.6 - Information Provided To Resident.
  6. a. A resident shall receive, upon request, a fee schedule for any uncovered service before agreeing to the performance of that service. b.Each...
• Section 52:27d-360.7 - Cancellation Of Agreement.
  7. a. A resident may, upon 60-days' written notice, cancel the continuing care agreement for any reason. b.Upon cancellation of the continuing care agreement...
• Section 52:27d-360.8 - Provision Of Information Relative To The Influenza Vaccine For Older Adults.
  1. a. The Department of Health shall prepare and make available on the department's Internet website, in an easily printable format, information about the...
• Section 52:27d-360.9 - Posting Of Information.
  2.The Department of Community Affairs shall require each continuing care retirement community in this State to post the information made available by the Department...
• Section 52:27d-360.10 - Rules, Regulations.
  3.The Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may adopt rules...
• Section 52:27d-361 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Volunteer emergency service organizations, such as fire companies, ambulance services and rescue squads, protect the lives and...
• Section 52:27d-362 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. b. "Emergency equipment" means fire fighting, ambulance and rescue equipment used...
• Section 52:27d-363 - Loans Authorized
  a. The department is authorized, upon application of any volunteer emergency service organization, to make loans for the following purposes: (1) For establishing or...
• Section 52:27d-364 - Volunteer Emergency Service Organization Loan Fund
  a. There is created a special fund in the Department of the Treasury to be known as the "Volunteer Emergency Service Organizations Loan Fund"...
• Section 52:27d-365 - Rules, Regulations
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C....
• Section 52:27d-366 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Neighborhood Housing Services Grant Fund Act." L. 1987, c. 50, s. 1.
• Section 52:27d-367 - Findings
  The Legislature finds that: a. A substantial number of housing units in New Jersey are in deteriorating condition, many residents are living in dwelling...
• Section 52:27d-368 - Determinations
  It is determined that it is the policy of this State to provide a necessary means to prevent the deterioration of housing, the decline...
• Section 52:27d-369 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs; b. "Corporation" means a neighborhood housing services corporation...
• Section 52:27d-370 - Neighborhood Housing Services Grant Fund
  There is established a Neighborhood Housing Services Grant Fund to be administered by the Department of Community Affairs. The fund shall be maintained by...
• Section 52:27d-371 - Grants From Fund
  The department is authorized to make grants to neighborhood housing services corporations which meet the qualifications set forth in section 8 of this act....
• Section 52:27d-372 - Revolving Loan Fund.
  Each neighborhood housing services corporation or umbrella corporation which qualifies for a grant as provided in section 8 of this act shall establish and...
• Section 52:27d-373 - Qualifications For Grants
  In order to qualify for a grant, a neighborhood housing services corporation or umbrella corporation shall: a. Submit an application to the department on...
• Section 52:27d-374 - Limitation On Grants
  Each neighborhood housing services corporation or umbrella corporation which fulfills the qualifications set forth in section 8 of this act may apply for a...
• Section 52:27d-375 - Commissioner As Member Of Board Of Directors
  The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall be an ex officio and voting member of the board of directors of each neighborhood housing services...
• Section 52:27d-376 - Reduction Of Grants
  If in any fiscal year the total amount of grant applications received by the department exceeds the total amount of the fund, the commissioner...
• Section 52:27d-377 - Inspections By Commissioner
  The commissioner shall be entitled to make inspections of any housing rehabilitation project funded pursuant to this act, to request and secure the submission...
• Section 52:27d-378 - Default
  In the event of any default in connection with the terms and provisions of any contract to which the corporation and a residential borrower...
• Section 52:27d-379 - Additional Funding
  The commissioner may seek, receive and make use of any funds which may be available from federal or other sources in order to augment...
• Section 52:27d-380 - Rules, Regulations
  The commissioner is authorized to make and issue rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1...
• Section 52:27d-381 - Local Government Education Program
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall establish and administer a program which shall be known as the "Local Government Education Program."...
• Section 52:27d-382 - Purpose
  The purpose of this program is to enable county colleges to establish noncredit courses, workshops and seminars to educate elected or appointed county and...
• Section 52:27d-383 - Duties Of Commissioner
  The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall: a. Establish procedures for county colleges to apply for funds under the Local Government Education...
• Section 52:27d-384 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Aid to Densely Populated Municipalities Act." L.1990,c.85,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-385 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that customary demands on municipal services and infrastructure are amplified in municipalities having high population density. The deterioration of...
• Section 52:27d-386 - Definitions
  As used in this act, "qualifying municipality" means a municipality which: a. does not receive aid under P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178 et seq.); b. has...
• Section 52:27d-387 - Levels Of Qualifying Municipalities
  Qualifying municipalities shall be grouped into three levels for the purposes of allocating funds pursuant to this act, as follows: Level I - Qualifying...
• Section 52:27d-388 - Allocation To Qualifying Municipalities
  There shall be allocated to each level of qualifying municipalities a portion of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this act, as follows:...
• Section 52:27d-389 - Formula For Allocation
  Within each level of qualifying municipalities, the share of each qualifying municipality of the funds allocated to that level shall be determined by the...
• Section 52:27d-390 - Determination
  The State Treasurer shall annually, on or before November 1, make a determination of the qualifying municipalities and determine the amount of funds to...
• Section 52:27d-391 - Payment
  The State Treasurer, upon the warrant of the State Comptroller, shall annually, on or before July 15, pay to each qualifying municipality the amount...
• Section 52:27d-392 - Reduction In Property Tax Level
  The funds to be received by a qualifying municipality pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by the municipality in compliance with the "Local...
• Section 52:27d-393 - Approval Of Budget
  The Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall not approve the budget of any qualifying municipality if the director determines that the...
• Section 52:27d-394 - Appropriation
  Commencing with State fiscal year 1992, the Legislature shall annually appropriate the sum of $33,000,000 for the purpose of reducing the local property tax...
• Section 52:27d-395 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Community Action Agency Act." L.1991,c.51,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-396 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Although the economic well-being and prosperity of this State has surpassed most states in the United States...
• Section 52:27d-397 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs; b. "Community" means a municipality, county or any part or combination...
• Section 52:27d-398 - Establishment Of Community Action Board
  a. A community action agency shall establish a community action board to administer the agency and its functions. The agency shall promulgate bylaws which...
• Section 52:27d-399 - Purposes Of Community Action Agency
  A community action agency shall have the following purposes: a. To research and collect information concerning the obstacles in the community that prevent the...
• Section 52:27d-400 - Goals Of Community Action Programs
  Community action programs shall have, but not be limited to, the following goals: a. Securing and retaining employment, attaining adequate education and obtaining decent...
• Section 52:27d-401 - Powers Of Community Action Agency
  A community action agency shall have the following powers: a. To adopt bylaws; b. To implement and administer community action programs; c. To enter...
• Section 52:27d-402 - Assurances Of Present Or Future Funding
  a. Consistent with the Community Services Block Grant Act the State shall provide assurances that any eligible entity which received funding in the previous...
• Section 52:27d-403 - Approval Of Allocation Of Federal Funds
  The commissioner shall approve the allocation of federal funds for community action agencies according to the requirements of federal law. L.1991,c.51,s.9.
• Section 52:27d-404 - Distribution Of State Funds
  In the event that Community Services Block Grant Act funds are no longer available, and if State funds are then made available to the...
• Section 52:27d-405 - Rules, Regulations
  The commissioner shall adopt any rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as are deemed necessary to...
• Section 52:27d-406 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Adult Protective Services Act." L.1993,c.249,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-407 - Definitions.
  2. As used in this act: "Abuse" means the willful infliction of physical pain, injury or mental anguish, unreasonable confinement, or the willful deprivation...
• Section 52:27d-408 - Comprehensive Public Awareness Program; Task Force
  3. a. The commissioner shall establish a comprehensive public awareness program to inform the general public and social service agencies as to the nature...
• Section 52:27d-409 - Report Of Suspected Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation.
  4. a. (1) A health care professional, law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or emergency medical technician who has reasonable cause to believe that a...
• Section 52:27d-410 - Access For Reporting Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation; Evaluation
  5. a. A county adult protective services provider shall provide access for reporting abuse, neglect and exploitation. Information shall also be available to a...
• Section 52:27d-411 - Determination Of Need For Protective Services; Referrals
  6. a. If a determination is made by the county adult protective services provider that there is reasonable cause to believe that the vulnerable...
• Section 52:27d-412 - Petition For Order Enjoining Caretaker From Interfering With Provision Of Services
  7. a. If the vulnerable adult's caretaker or any other person interferes with the provision of protective services, the county adult protective services provider...
• Section 52:27d-413 - Petition For Authorization To Provide Emergency Protective Services; Hearing
  8. a. If the county director or his designee reasonably determines that an emergency exists and the vulnerable adult refuses or is unable to...
• Section 52:27d-414 - Petition For Order Authorizing Provision Of Protective Services
  9. a. If the county director or his designee reasonably determines that a vulnerable adult will incur a substantial risk of physical harm or...
• Section 52:27d-415 - Permanent Changes In Living Situation Not Authorized
  10. Permanent changes in the living situation of an abused, neglected or exploited vulnerable adult shall not be made under authority of this act....
• Section 52:27d-416 - Legal Action
  11. In order to protect a vulnerable adult, the county director or his designee may initiate appropriate legal action including, but not limited to,...
• Section 52:27d-417 - Motion For Review Of Court Order
  12. The vulnerable adult, or individual or organization designated responsible for the provision of protective services for the vulnerable adult, has the right to...
• Section 52:27d-418 - Payments
  13. The court may order payments to be made by or on behalf of the vulnerable adult for protective services from his own estate.
• Section 52:27d-419 - Report Of Alleged Criminal Act
  14. If the county director or his designee has reasonable cause to believe that a caretaker or other person has committed a criminal act...
• Section 52:27d-420 - Confidentiality Of Records, Communications
  15. All records and communications pertaining to any report, evaluation, or service provided pursuant to this act are confidential. All third party information, together...
• Section 52:27d-421 - Central Registry
  16. The commissioner shall establish a central registry for the receipt and maintenance of all reports of suspected abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable...
• Section 52:27d-422 - Training Program
  17. The commissioner or his designee shall establish a training program for county protective services provider staff which shall be offered at least annually...
• Section 52:27d-423 - Rules, Regulations
  18. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as may be deemed...
• Section 52:27d-424 - Annual Report
  19. The commissioner shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on the effectiveness of this act, and make recommendations for the prevention...
• Section 52:27d-425 - Nonapplicability Of Act
  20. Nothing in this act shall be deemed or construed to limit or preempt the provisions of P.L.1977, c.239 (C.52:27G-1 et seq.) regarding the...
• Section 52:27d-426 - Transfer Of Funding, Programs, Positions.
  21. a. All funding, programs, and positions created to provide adult protective services are continued and shall be transferred to the Department of Human...
• Section 52:27d-427 - Definitions.
  14.As used in sections 14 through 24 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C.52:27D-427 through C.52:27D-437): "Business firm" means and includes any corporation, company, association, society, firm,...
• Section 52:27d-428 - Certification Of Business Firms Performing Lead Evaluation, Abatement Work.
  15. a. A business firm shall neither directly nor indirectly perform lead evaluation or abatement work without first obtaining certification from the department. Certification...
• Section 52:27d-429 - Certification Regulations
  16. The certification required pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C.52:27D-428) shall be for a period not to exceed two years and shall...
• Section 52:27d-430 - Regulations, Requirements, Guidelines
  17. The commissioner may adopt regulations, including amendments to the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C.5:23-1.1 et seq., prescribing standards, including appropriate training and certification requirements,...
• Section 52:27d-431 - Enforcement By Commissioner, Representative
  18. Sections 14 through 24 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C.52:27D-427 through C.52:27D-437) shall be enforced by the commissioner or his representative who shall have the...
• Section 52:27d-432 - Denial, Suspension, Conditions Upon, Revocation, Refusal To Renew Certification
  19. a. The department may deny, suspend, impose conditions upon, revoke, or refuse to renew a certification for good cause, including: (1) violating, or...
• Section 52:27d-433 - Civil Actions For Injunctive Relief To Enforce, Prevent Violations
  20. If the department has reason to believe that a condition exists that poses an imminent threat to the public health, safety or welfare,...
• Section 52:27d-434 - Violators Guilty Of Disorderly Persons Offense, Corporate Liability
  21. Any person who knowingly or purposely: a. hinders or delays the department in the enforcement of sections 14 through 24 of P.L.1993, c.288...
• Section 52:27d-435 - Imposition Of Administrative Civil Penalty, Violation Defined
  22. As an alternative, or in addition to the provisions of section 21 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C.52:27D-434), the commissioner may, subject to notice and...
• Section 52:27d-436 - Regulations, Requirements, Guidelines
  23. The department, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.)...
• Section 52:27d-437 - Delegation Of Administrative, Enforcement Duties, Functions
  24. The department shall delegate, by rule or by interagency agreement pursuant to R.S.52:14-4, to the Department of Labor, its administrative and enforcement duties...
• Section 52:27d-437.1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Lead Hazard Control Assistance Act." L.2003,c.311,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-437.2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Lead Hazard Control.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares: a.Lead is an element that has been used over the years in many products. The toxicity of lead has...
• Section 52:27d-437.3 - Definitions Relative To Lead Hazard Control.
  3.As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs; "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs; "Eligible loan" means a loan...
• Section 52:27d-437.4 - "Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund."
  4. a. There is hereby established in the department the "Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund" hereinafter referred to as the "fund," which shall be...
• Section 52:27d-437.5 - Grants, Loans.
  5. a. The department is hereby authorized to provide financial assistance in the form of grants or loans, or a combination thereof, with moneys...
• Section 52:27d-437.6 - Rules, Regulations.
  6.The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate...
• Section 52:27d-437.7 - Registry Of Loan, Grant Projects.
  7.Whenever a loan or grant is provided pursuant to P.L.2003, c.311 (C.52:27D-437.1 et al.), the address of the multifamily housing, single-family home or two-family...
• Section 52:27d-437.8 - Review Of Cases Of Immediate Risk By Commissioner; Liability For Relocation Costs.
  8. a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall review any case referred to the department in which a lead hazard condition has been found...
• Section 52:27d-437.9 - Emergency Lead Poisoning Relocation Fund.
  9. a. There is created in the State Treasury an account which shall be called the Emergency Lead Poisoning Relocation Fund. There is appropriated,...
• Section 52:27d-437.10 - Additional Fee Per Unit Inspected.
  10.In addition to the fees permitted to be charged for inspection of multiple dwellings pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-13) and the...
• Section 52:27d-437.11 - Credit To Fund Of Certain Sales Tax On Paint, Etc.
  11. a. There shall be credited to the "Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund," established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.311 (C.52:27D-437.4), for each...
• Section 52:27d-437.12 - Exemptions From Inspection.
  12. a. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, a dwelling unit shall not be subject to inspection and evaluation or subject to any...
• Section 52:27d-437.13 - Inapplicability Of Payment Limitations.
  16.The payment limitations set forth in the "Relocation Assistance Act," P.L.1971, c.362 (C.20:4-1 et seq.) shall not apply to payments made from the "Catastrophic...
• Section 52:27d-437.14 - Report To Legislature.
  21.On or before the last day of the 24th month ending after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.311 (C.52:27D-437.1 et al.), and each two...
• Section 52:27d-437.15 - Modification Of Regulations Concerning Lead Hazards.
  24.The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and the Commissioner of Health shall consult with the Commissioner of Community Affairs and shall modify all regulations...
• Section 52:27d-438 - Short Title.
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Act." L.1997,c.167,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-439 - "Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund."
  2. a. Commencing July 1, 1997 there is established the "Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund" as a special dedicated fund in the...
• Section 52:27d-440 - Excess Of Net Tax Payments Credited To Fund, Additional Aid.
  3. If, in any State fiscal year, net payments under the "Sales and Use Tax Act," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.) from sales and...
• Section 52:27d-441 - Appropriation, Distribution Of Amounts From Fund, Requirement; Consequences Of Failure.
  4. a. The annual appropriations act for each State fiscal year commencing with fiscal year 1998 shall appropriate and distribute during the fiscal year...
• Section 52:27d-442 - Distribution Of Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief Aid
  2. a. In each State fiscal year, each municipality shall receive Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief Aid equal to the amount of Consolidated Municipal...
• Section 52:27d-443 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Women's Micro-Business Credit Act." L.1999,c.239,s.1; amended 2004, c.176, s.1.
• Section 52:27d-444 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Financial Assistance To Certain Women's Businesses.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Micro-business loans are usually granted to those businesses that are mostly sole proprietorships with five or fewer employees,...
• Section 52:27d-445 - Definitions Relative To Financial Assistance To Certain Women's Businesses.
  3.As used in this act: "Act" means the "New Jersey Women's Micro-Business Credit Act." "Certified nonprofit community development corporation" or "certified corporation" means a...
• Section 52:27d-446 - "New Jersey Women's Micro-business Credit Program."
  4. a. There is created, in the department, a "New Jersey Women's Micro-Business Credit Program." The program shall be established by the department. The...
• Section 52:27d-447 - Use Of Program Moneys.
  5. a. The department shall use the moneys in the program as established and for the purposes designated pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1999,...
• Section 52:27d-448 - Certification Of Nonprofit Community Development Corporation Or Statewide Organization.
  6.The department may certify a nonprofit community development corporation or a Statewide organization when it determines that the development corporation or the Statewide organization:...
• Section 52:27d-449 - Additional Powers Of Department.
  7. a. The department shall have, in addition to the powers enumerated in section 9 of P.L.1966, c.293 (C.52:27D-9), the power to enter into...
• Section 52:27d-450 - Preparation Of Reports On Program.
  8.The department shall prepare a report within two years following the effective date of P.L.1999, c.239 (C.52:27D-443 et seq.), and not later than September...
• Section 52:27d-451 - Rules, Regulations.
  9.The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate...
• Section 52:27d-452 - "Main Street New Jersey" Program; Duties Of Dca.
  1. a. There is created in the Division of Housing and Community Resources in the Department of Community Affairs the "Main Street New Jersey"...
• Section 52:27d-453 - Rules, Regulations.
  2.Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations governing the qualifications...
• Section 52:27d-454 - Assistance Provided To Certain Municipalities.
  3.The commissioner shall provide assistance under this program to municipalities selected through a competitive application process. A municipality shall have historic architectural resources in...
• Section 52:27d-454.1 - Uez Funding Assistance Included For Eligibility For "Main Street New Jersey" Program.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a municipality designated as an urban enterprise zone pursuant to the provisions...
• Section 52:27d-455 - Services Provided To Municipality Selected For Program.
  4.The commissioner shall provide services to each municipality selected to participate in the "Main Street New Jersey" program at no additional cost to the...
• Section 52:27d-456 - Main Street New Jersey Advisory Board.
  5.The Main Street New Jersey Advisory Board is established for the purposes of providing guidance and advocacy in formulating policy and assisting with the...
• Section 52:27d-457 - "Main Street New Jersey Program Fund."
  6.There is established in the Department of Community Affairs the "Main Street New Jersey Program Fund," which shall consist of all funds appropriated to...
• Section 52:27d-458 - Continued Provision Of Assistance To Municipalities Selected Prior To Law.
  7.The commissioner shall continue to provide the assistance required under P.L.2001, c.238 (C.52:27D-452 et seq.) to municipalities that were selected to participate in the...
• Section 52:27d-459 - Short Title
  11. Sections 11 through 41 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.52:27D-459 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "Revenue Allocation District Financing...
• Section 52:27d-460 - Findings, Declaration Relative To "Revenue Allocation District Financing Act"
  12. The Legislature finds and declares that: a.There are areas within certain municipalities in this State that deter private capital investment because of the...
• Section 52:27d-461 - Definitions Relative To "Revenue Allocation District Financing Act"
  13. As used in sections 11 through 41 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.52:27D-459 et seq.): "Area in need of redevelopment" means a redevelopment area as...
• Section 52:27d-462 - Establishment Of Districts
  14. The governing body of any municipality may by ordinance establish a district or districts. In the case of a municipality whose redevelopment powers...
• Section 52:27d-463 - Proposed Preliminary Revenue Allocation Plan
  15. The proposed preliminary revenue allocation plan shall include: a.a certification by the municipal tax assessor of the property tax increment base of the...
• Section 52:27d-464 - Submission Of Ordinance As Application
  16. When an ordinance establishing or amending a district has passed first reading, it shall be submitted as an application, together with all included...
• Section 52:27d-465 - Written Recommendations By Board
  17. a. The board may make written recommendations as to any aspect of the ordinance and the preliminary revenue allocation plan and any related...
• Section 52:27d-466 - No Alteration Of Established District Without Amending Ordinance
  18. After adoption of the ordinance establishing a district there shall be no expansion or contraction of the boundaries of the district, the designation...
• Section 52:27d-467 - Property Tax Increment Base For Altered Districts
  19. Whenever a district is expanded as permitted under section 18 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.52:27D-466) the property tax increment base for any area added...
• Section 52:27d-468 - Powers, Responsibilities Of District Agent
  20. The district agent shall have the following powers and responsibilities to the extent so designated by ordinance: a.to make and enter into contracts...
• Section 52:27d-469 - Eligible Revenues
  21. The plan may include one or more of the following eligible revenues if the municipality is otherwise authorized by law to collect such...
• Section 52:27d-470 - Adoption Of Final Revenue Allocation Plan
  22. Before pledging any revenues, issuing any bonds, incurring any obligations or guaranteeing the obligations of any other entity with respect to the project...
• Section 52:27d-471 - Submissions Of Final Revenue Allocation Plan
  23. A final revenue allocation plan shall be submitted to the governing body of the municipality for approval by ordinance. When an ordinance embodying...
• Section 52:27d-472 - Written Recommendations By Board
  24. a. The board may make written recommendations as to any aspect of the plan and any related fiscal matters of the municipality or...
• Section 52:27d-473 - Calculation Of Property Tax Increment
  25. If the preliminary revenue allocation plan has designated the property tax increment as a pledged revenue, the property tax increment shall be calculated...
• Section 52:27d-474 - Deposit Of Pledged Revenues
  26. If the preliminary revenue allocation plan has designated any eligible revenues, in addition to or other than the property tax increment, as a...
• Section 52:27d-475 - Submission Of Operating Budget
  27. The district agent shall submit its operating budget for the district annually to the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in...
• Section 52:27d-476 - Revenue Allocation Fund For District
  28. The district agent shall establish and maintain a special fund called the "(Name of district agent) Revenue Allocation Fund," and herein referred to...
• Section 52:27d-477 - Payment Of Project Costs; Distribution Of Moneys
  29. a. Prior to the adoption of a final revenue allocation plan, the district agent may draw money from the revenue allocation fund for...
• Section 52:27d-478 - Termination, Dissolution Of District
  30. Subject to the limitations contained in the "Revenue Allocation District Financing Act," sections 11 through 41 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.52:27D-459 et seq.), each...
• Section 52:27d-479 - Calculation Of General Tax Rate.
  31. a. In calculating the general tax rate levied each year, the aggregate amount of the ratable increments of the revenue allocation districts that...
• Section 52:27d-480 - Powers Of District Agent Following Adoption Of Ordinance
  32. Upon approval of the resolution by the board and adoption of an ordinance approving or adopting: a. the final revenue allocation plan by...
• Section 52:27d-481 - Issuance Of Bonds, Notes
  33. Bonds or notes of the district agent shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the district agent and may be issued...
• Section 52:27d-482 - Bonds, Notes Considered General Obligations
  34. Each issue of bonds or notes of the district may, if it is determined by the district agent, be general obligations thereof payable...
• Section 52:27d-483 - Guarantee Of Bonds
  35. The municipal governing body may provide for the guarantee of any such bonds and may issue general obligation bonds to provide for the...
• Section 52:27d-484 - Power Of District Agent To Secure Payment
  36. In any resolution of the district agent authorizing or relating to the issuance of any bonds or notes, the district agent, in order...
• Section 52:27d-485 - Pledge Of District Agent Valid, Binding
  37. Any pledge of revenues, receipts, moneys, funds, levies, sales agreements, service contracts or other property or instruments made by the district agent shall...
• Section 52:27d-486 - Immunity From Personal Liability
  38. Neither the directors of the district agent nor any person executing bonds or notes issued pursuant to the "Revenue Allocation District Financing Act,"...
• Section 52:27d-487 - Establishment Of Reserves, Funds, Account
  39. The district agent may establish such reserves, funds or account as may be, in its discretion, necessary or desirable to further the accomplishment...
• Section 52:27d-488 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  40. Bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the "Revenue Allocation District Financing Act," P.L.2001, c.310 (C.52:27D-459 et seq.) are for an essential...
• Section 52:27d-489 - Severability
  41. If any section, part, phrase, or provision of the "Revenue Allocation District Financing Act," P.L.2001, c.310 (C.52:27D-459 et seq.) of the application thereof...
• Section 52:27d-489a - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009." L.2009, c.90, s.1.
• Section 52:27d-489b - Findings, Declarations Relative To Economic Stimulus.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares: a.The State of New Jersey is confronting a fiscal and economic crisis more severe than any experienced since the...
• Section 52:27d-489c - Definitions Relative To Economic Stimulus.
  3.As used in sections 3 through 18 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.52:27D-489c et al.): "Applicant" means a developer proposing to enter into a redevelopment incentive...
• Section 52:27d-489d - Establishment Of Local Economic Redevelopment And Growth Grant Program.
  4. a. The governing body of a municipality wherein is located a qualifying economic redevelopment and growth grant incentive area may adopt an ordinance...
• Section 52:27d-489e - Economic Redevelopment And Growth Grant Program.
  5. a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, in consultation with the State Treasurer, shall establish an Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program for...
• Section 52:27d-489f - Payment To Developer From State.
  This entry represents this section as amended by P.L.2015, c.217, s.4. It has not been reconciled with P.L.2015, c.242, s.2, and P.L.2015, c.252, s.3....
• Section 52:27d-489g - Payment To Developers From Municipalities.
  7. a. Up to the limits established in subsection b. of this section, and in accordance with a redevelopment incentive grant agreement, the municipality...
• Section 52:27d-489h - Incentive Grant Application Form, Procedure.
  8. a. (1) The authority, in consultation with the State Treasurer, shall promulgate an incentive grant application form and procedure for the Economic Redevelopment...
• Section 52:27d-489i - Certain Grant Agreements Permitted.
  9. a. The authority is authorized to enter into a redevelopment incentive grant agreement with a developer for any redevelopment project located within a...
• Section 52:27d-489j - Assistance To Developer To Enhance Credit.
  10. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, or any other State agency, may provide assistance to a developer in order to enhance its credit...
• Section 52:27d-489k - Agreement Between Developer And Municipality.
  11. a. The governing body of a municipality is authorized to enter into a redevelopment incentive grant agreement with a developer, which shall not...
• Section 52:27d-489l - Creation Of Municipal Redevelopment Utility Permitted.
  12. a. A municipality may adopt an ordinance creating a municipal redevelopment utility under the name and style of "the __________ redevelopment utility," with...
• Section 52:27d-489m - Certain Laws Inoperative, Without Effect Relative To Certain Applications.
  13. Sections 11 through 41 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.52:27D-459 through C.52:27D-489) shall be inoperative and without effect for applications submitted after the effective date...
• Section 52:27d-489n - Implementation Guidelines, Directives, Rules, Regulations.
  18. The Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs, the State Treasurer, and the Economic Development Authority may adopt implementation guidelines or...
• Section 52:27d-489o - Ordinance For Payment To Municipal Redeveloper For Certain Projects.
  11. a. The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, agree that certain eligible revenues in a project area may be paid for...
• Section 52:27d-489p - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013." L.2013, c.161, s.1.
• Section 52:27d-489q - Findings, Declarations Relative To The "New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act Of 2013."
  22. The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Healthy, thriving municipalities are vital to the health, safety, and economic well-being of the State. b.Municipalities that...
• Section 52:27d-489r - Definitions Relative To The "New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act Of 2013."
  23.As used in section 24 of P.L.2013, c.161 (C.52:27D-489s): "Director" means the Director of the Division of Taxation. "Division of Codes and Standards" means...
• Section 52:27d-489s - Authority Of Development Entity.
  24. a. A Garden State Growth Zone Development Entity is authorized to undertake clearance, re-planning, development, or redevelopment of property within a Garden State...
• Section 52:27d-489t - Severability.
  27.The provisions of this act shall be severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, the decision of the...
• Section 52:27d-490 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act." L.2001,c.415,s.1.
• Section 52:27d-491 - Definitions Relative To The "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
  2.As used in this act: "Assistance" means the contribution of moneys to aid in the provision of neighborhood preservation and revitalization services or community...
• Section 52:27d-492 - Eligibility Of Business Entity For Certificate For Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credits.
  3.A business entity shall be eligible for a certificate for neighborhood revitalization State tax credits if it has provided funding for a qualified project...
• Section 52:27d-493 - Neighborhood Preservation And Revitalization Plan Required For Eligibility.
  4.In order for an entity to be eligible to receive a tax credit pursuant to P.L.2001, c.415 (C.52:27D-490 et seq.), the nonprofit organization which...
• Section 52:27d-494 - Approval Of Plan By Department; Standards.
  5.The department shall determine whether a neighborhood preservation and revitalization plan should be approved. The department shall approve a neighborhood preservation and revitalization plan...
• Section 52:27d-495 - Project Proposed By Nonprofit Organization, Determination As To Qualification.
  6. a. The department shall determine in accordance with law and regulation whether a project proposed by a nonprofit organization is qualified for assistance...
• Section 52:27d-496 - Issuance Of Certificate.
  7. a. The commissioner shall determine, in accordance with law and regulation, whether to issue a certificate based upon proposed assistance by a business...
• Section 52:27d-497 - Monitoring Of Projects Carried Out By Nonprofit Organizations.
  8. a. The commissioner shall monitor the carrying out by nonprofit organizations of projects for which assistance has been received and tax credits awarded...
• Section 52:27d-498 - Establishment Of Forms, Procedures, Rules; Annual Report To Governor, Legislature.
  9. a. In order to administer the neighborhood preservation and revitalization tax credit program, the department shall establish any necessary forms, procedures or rules...
• Section 52:27d-499 - Copy Of Certificate To Taxpayers Of The Entity.
  10. a. If a partnership, an S corporation, or a limited liability company qualifies for the credit, it shall provide a copy of the...
• Section 52:27d-500 - Neighborhood Revitalization Non-lapsing Trust Fund.
  5.A non-lapsing trust fund is hereby established in the State treasury to be known as the Neighborhood Revitalization Non-lapsing Trust Fund, into which all...
• Section 52:27d-501 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Municipal Consolidation And Efficiency.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.The State of New Jersey currently has 566 municipalities, 616 school districts, and 186 fire districts, each with its...
• Section 52:27d-502 - "Commission," "Local Unit" Defined.
  2.For the purposes of this act: "Commission" means the "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission" established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.54...
• Section 52:27d-503 - "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, And Consolidation Commission."
  3. a. There is established in but not of the Department of Community Affairs, the "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission." b.The commission...
• Section 52:27d-504 - Organization Of Commission, Executive Director And Staff, Meetings.
  4. a. The "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission" shall organize as soon as practicable after the appointment of its members and annually...
• Section 52:27d-505 - Duties Of Commission.
  5. a. (1) The commission shall study and report on the structure and functions of county and municipal government, including local taxing districts, their...
• Section 52:27d-506 - Local Entities To Cooperate With Commission.
  6. a. The "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission" shall work in conjunction with the Local Finance Board and the Division of Local...
• Section 52:27d-507 - Annual Report To Governor, Legislature; Consolidation Proposals.
  7. a. The "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission" shall annually, by January 31st, submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report...
• Section 52:27d-508 - Recommendations Put Before Voters; Adoption.
  8. a. Upon the taking effect of a consolidation or shared services proposal pursuant to subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.2007, c.54 (C.52:27D-507),...
• Section 52:27d-509 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Propane Gas Customer Protection Act." L.2007, c.150, s.1.
• Section 52:27d-510 - Definitions Relative To Propane Gas Service Contracts.
  2.As used in this act: "Act" means the "Propane Gas Customer Protection Act." "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. "Propane" means any of...
• Section 52:27d-511 - Rules, Regulations; Information Provided To Customers, Required Contents.
  3. a. Within 180 days following the effective date of this act, the department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure...
• Section 52:27d-512 - Violations, Penalties.
  4.Any propane gas supplier or marketer who neglects or knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of this act or of the regulations issued...
• Section 52:27d-513 - Severability.
  5.The provisions of this act are severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence, provision or section is declared to be invalid or preempted by federal...
• Section 52:27d-514 - Board Of Landscape Irrigation Contractors, Continued, Transferred To Dci.
  1.The Landscape Irrigation Contractors Examining Board created by P.L.1991, c.27 (C:45:5AA-1 et seq.) within the Department of Environmental Protection, together with all of its...
• Section 52:27d-515 - Provisions Of C.52:14d-1 et Seq. Applicable.
  3.This act shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). All records, equipment and other...
• Section 52:27e-54 - Communications, Records; Confidentiality Protected
  5. All communications between the individual client and any attorney in or engaged by the former Department of the Public Advocate shall remain fully...
• Section 52:27e-55 - Office Of The Public Defender Continued, Transferred To The Department Of The Treasury.
  6. a. The Office of the Public Defender created by P.L.1967, c.43 (C.2A:158A-1 et seq.), together with all its functions, powers and duties is...
• Section 52:27e-56 - Preservation Of Rights, Duties As Result Of Allocation To Department Of State
  8. Allocation of the Office of the Public Defender to the Department of State as provided herein shall not alter or change the term,...
• Section 52:27e-57 - Appropriated Funds
  10. Funds appropriated to the Office of the Public Defender shall be available for the expenses associated with the defense of pool attorneys hired...
• Section 52:27e-75 - Access To Client Records, Files By Designated Agencies.
  37.Any agency designated by the Governor to serve as the State's protection and advocacy agency for the mentally ill and for the developmentally disabled...
• Section 52:27e-76 - Public Defender's Actions
  65. Any action brought by the Public Defender or any persons authorized herein to institute or participate in actions before the courts or agencies...
• Section 52:27e-77 - Rights, Terms Preserved
  66. This act shall not: a. affect the tenure, compensation, and pension rights, if any, of the lawful holder thereof, in any position not...
• Section 52:27e-78 - No New Causes Of Action
  67. The provisions of P.L.1994, c.58 (C.52:27E-50 et al.) in and of themselves shall not be construed so as to create any new causes...
• Section 52:27e-80 - Severability
  69. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of P.L.1994, c.58 (C.52:27E-50 et al.) is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall...
• Section 52:27ee-12 - Definitions.
  12.Definitions. As used in sections 27, 32, 33, 48, 50, 51 and 64 of P.L.2005, c.155 (C.52:27EE-27, C.52:27EE-32, C.52:27EE-33, C.52:27EE-48, C.52:27EE-50, C.52:27EE-51 and C.52:27EE-64):...
• Section 52:27ee-21 - Dispute Settlement Office; Established.
  21.Dispute Settlement Office; established. There is hereby established in the Office of the Public Defender the Dispute Settlement Office. L.2005, c.155, s.21; amended 2010,...
• Section 52:27ee-22 - Dispute Settlement Office; Services.
  22.Dispute Settlement Office; services. a.The Dispute Settlement Office may provide, in the discretion of the Public Defender, mediation and other third party neutral services...
• Section 52:27ee-23 - Dispute Settlement Office; Transfer Of Functions.
  23.Dispute Settlement Office; transfer of functions. All functions, powers and duties which had been vested in the Office of Dispute Settlement in the Division...
• Section 52:27ee-26 - Corrections Ombudsperson; Transfer Of Functions.
  26.Corrections Ombudsperson; transfer of functions. a.All functions, powers, and duties now vested in the Corrections Ombudsperson in the Department of the Public Advocate are...
• Section 52:27ee-27 - Corrections Ombudsperson; Jurisdiction.
  27. Corrections Ombudsperson; jurisdiction. Any person, over the age of 18 years, who is convicted of a crime under the laws of the State...
• Section 52:27ee-28 - Corrections Ombudsperson; Duties.
  28. Corrections Ombudsperson; duties. The Corrections Ombudsperson shall establish and implement procedures for eliciting, receiving, processing, responding, and resolving complaints from inmates, their families,...
• Section 52:27ee-29 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Established.
  29.Division of Mental Health Advocacy; established. a.There is hereby established in the Office of the Public Defender a Division of Mental Health Advocacy to...
• Section 52:27ee-30 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Objective; Duties.
  30. Division of Mental Health Advocacy; objective; duties. a.The Division of Mental Health Advocacy shall promote, advocate, and ensure the adequacy of the care...
• Section 52:27ee-31 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Class Actions.
  31.Division of Mental Health Advocacy; class actions. The Director of the Division of Mental Health Advocacy may represent, with the approval of the Public...
• Section 52:27ee-32 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Legal Representation; Medical Consultation.
  32. Division of Mental Health Advocacy; legal representation; medical consultation. The Division of Mental Health Advocacy may provide such legal representation and medical consultation...
• Section 52:27ee-33 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Eligibility For Services.
  33. Division of Mental Health Advocacy; eligibility for services. Eligibility for mental health advocacy services shall be determined on the basis of the need...
• Section 52:27ee-34 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Financial Status Of Client; Investigation.
  34.Division of Mental Health Advocacy; financial status of client; investigation. The Division of Mental Health Advocacy shall make such investigation of the financial status...
• Section 52:27ee-35 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Staff.
  35.Division of Mental Health Advocacy; staff. a.The Director of the Division of Mental Health Advocacy may employ, with the approval of the Public Defender,...
• Section 52:27ee-36 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Status Of Staff.
  36.Division of Mental Health Advocacy; status of staff. Independent contractors or other individuals, agencies, or entities not established in or employed by the Office...
• Section 52:27ee-37 - Division Of Mental Health Advocacy; Transfer Of Functions.
  37.Division of Mental Health Advocacy; transfer of functions. All functions, powers, and duties which had been vested in the Division of Mental Health Advocacy...
• Section 52:27ee-46 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Established.
  46.Division of Rate Counsel; established. There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury the Division of Rate Counsel to be under the...
• Section 52:27ee-47 - Director Of The Division Of Rate Counsel; Staff.
  47.Director of the Division of Rate Counsel; staff. a.The Director of the Division of Rate Counsel shall be an attorney-at-law of this State, appointed...
• Section 52:27ee-48 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Jurisdiction.
  48.Division of Rate Counsel; jurisdiction. The Division of the Rate Counsel in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury shall have the authority...
• Section 52:27ee-49 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Intent.
  49. Division of Rate Counsel; intent. It is the intent of the Legislature that the resources of the Division of Rate Counsel be devoted...
• Section 52:27ee-50 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Required Notices To The Division.
  50. Division of Rate Counsel; required notices to the division. The Division of Rate Counsel shall receive a copy from the filer of any...
• Section 52:27ee-51 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Public Notices Of Certain Consumer Insurance Rate Increases.
  51. Division of Rate Counsel; public notices of certain consumer insurance rate increases. The Division of Rate Counsel and the Department of Banking and...
• Section 52:27ee-52 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Payment Of Expenses Of Division; Annual Utility Assessment.
  52.Division of Rate Counsel; payment of expenses of division; annual utility assessment. a.Annual utility assessment. The Division of Rate Counsel shall annually make an...
• Section 52:27ee-53 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Payment Of Expenses Of Division; Annual Insurance Assessment.
  53.Division of Rate Counsel; payment of expenses of division; annual insurance assessment. a.Annual insurance assessment. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget...
• Section 52:27ee-54 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Transfer Of Powers And Duties.
  54.Division of Rate Counsel; transfer of powers and duties. All functions, powers, and duties which had been vested in the Division of Rate Counsel...
• Section 52:27ee-55 - Division Of Rate Counsel; Right To Intervene In Federal Proceedings.
  55. Division of Rate Counsel; right to intervene in federal proceedings. The Division of Rate Counsel shall have the right to represent the public...
• Section 52:27ee-61 - Division Of Elder Advocacy; Established.
  61.Division of Elder Advocacy; established. There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury the Division of Elder Advocacy to be under the...
• Section 52:27ee-62 - Division Of Elder Advocacy; Jurisdiction.
  62. Division of Elder Advocacy; jurisdiction. The Division of Elder Advocacy may represent the public interest in such administrative and court proceedings as the...
• Section 52:27ee-63 - Division Of Elder Advocacy; Powers And Duties.
  63. Division of Elder Advocacy; powers and duties. The Division of Elder Advocacy may protect the interests of the elderly by: a.intervening in or...
• Section 52:27ee-64 - Division Of Elder Advocacy; Additional Powers And Duties.
  64. Division of Elder Advocacy; additional powers and duties. a.The Division of Elder Advocacy shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on recommendations...
• Section 52:27ee-65 - Ombudsperson For The Institutionalized Elderly; Transfer To Department Of The Treasury.
  65.Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly; transfer to Department of the Treasury. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV,...
• Section 52:27ee-86 - Department Of The Public Advocate Abolished.
  1. a. The Department of the Public Advocate created by P.L.2005, c.155 (C.52:27EE-1 et al.) is abolished as a principal department in the Executive...
• Section 52:27f-3 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Energy; b. "Department" means the Department of Energy established by...
• Section 52:27f-4.1 - Department Of Energy Abolished
  The Department of Energy is abolished as a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government and all of its functions, powers and...
• Section 52:27f-4.2 - Termination Of Offices
  The offices and terms of the Commissioner of Energy, the assistant commissioner and the directors of the various divisions and offices of the Department...
• Section 52:27f-11 - Division Of Energy Planning And Conservation; Powers Of Bpu.
  9.The Board of Public Utilities shall through the Division of Energy Planning and Conservation: a.Be the central repository within the State Government for the...
• Section 52:27f-14 - Energy Master Plan Committee
  a. There is established an Energy Master Plan Committee (hereinafter "Committee") which shall be composed of the heads of the following principal departments or...
• Section 52:27f-15 - Intervention In Proceedings Of State Instrumentalities Which Regulate Energy Producers Or Distributors; Notice; Guidelines For Energy Master Plan; Siting Of Energy Facilities; Jurisdiction; Fees
  a. The Division of Energy Planning and Conservation is empowered and directed to intervene in any proceedings before, and appeals from, any State department,...
• Section 52:27f-16 - Emergency Allocation Plan In Event Of Impending Shortage Of Energy
  The commissioner shall prepare and adopt an emergency allocation plan specifying actions to be taken in the event of an impending serious shortage of...
• Section 52:27f-16.1 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature finds and determines that the prospects of the occurrence of periodic energy emergencies due to the volatility and unpredictability of energy markets...
• Section 52:27f-16.2 - Energy Emergency Preparedness; Report
  In order to evaluate the energy preparedness of the State, the commissioner shall, within 1 year of the effective date of this act and...
• Section 52:27f-16.3 - Review And Evaluation Of State Programs And Policies; Hearings
  In order to implement the responsibilities required by section 2 of this act, the commissioner shall: a. Review and evaluate, every 3 years, existing...
• Section 52:27f-17 - State Of Energy Emergency; Proclamation By Executive Order Of Governor; Powers Of Commissioner; Review Of Order; Termination
  a. Upon a finding by the commissioner that there exists or impends an energy supply shortage of a dimension which endangers the public health,...
• Section 52:27f-18 - Periodic Reports By Energy Industries; Rules And Regulations; Analysis By Commissioner; Report; Disclosure Of Information; Hearings
  a. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations requiring the periodic reporting by energy industries of energy information which shall include but not be...
• Section 52:27f-20 - Subpenas; Power To Issue; Enforcement
  The commissioner may issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, documents, papers, statistics, data, information, and records...
• Section 52:27f-21 - Violations; Injunctions; Penalties; Compromise And Settlement Of Claim For Penalty
  a. Upon a violation of this act or of any rules, regulations, or orders promulgated hereunder, the commissioner, the county prosecutor of the county...
• Section 52:27f-23 - Unauthorized Disclosure Of Confidential Energy Information
  Any officer or employee of the State who, having obtained by reason of his employment and for official use, any confidential energy information, publishes...
• Section 52:27f-24 - Violations; Penalties; Suspension Or Revocation Of License; Collection Of Penalties
  a. Any person who violates any provision of section 15 (C. 52:27F-17) of this act, or any rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant thereto,...
• Section 52:27f-31 - Severability
  If any section, part, phrase, or provision of this act or the application thereof to any person be adjudged invalid by any court of...
• Section 52:27f-32 - Liberal Construction Of Act
  The object and design of this act being the protection of the public health, safety and welfare by means of the coordination of State...
• Section 52:27g-1 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature hereby finds that in recognition of the different health and health related problems experienced by the various age groups in the general...
• Section 52:27g-2 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: a."Abuse" means the willful infliction of physical pain, injury, or mental anguish; unreasonable...
• Section 52:27g-3 - Ombudsperson For The Institutionalized Elderly.
  3.There is established the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1...
• Section 52:27g-4 - Ombudsperson, Qualifications, Appointment.
  4.The administrator and chief executive officer of the office shall be the Ombudsperson for the Institutionalized Elderly, who shall be a person qualified by...
• Section 52:27g-5 - Duties And Powers
  The ombudsman, as administrator and chief executive officer of the office, shall: a. Administer and organize the work of the office and establish therein...
• Section 52:27g-5.1 - Office Of The Ombudsman For The Institutionalized Elderly, Duties
  26. The Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly shall conform and implement procedures necessary to comply with the requirements of P.L.1991, c.201...
• Section 52:27g-6 - Objective Of Office Of Ombudsman
  The Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly shall have as its basic objective that of promoting, advocating and insuring, as a whole...
• Section 52:27g-7 - Complaints; Eliciting, Receiving, Processing, Responding To And Resolving; Disposition
  a. The office shall establish and implement procedures for eliciting, receiving, processing, responding to and resolving complaints from patients, residents or clients of facilities,...
• Section 52:27g-7.1 - Report Of Suspected Abuse
  a. Any caretaker, social worker, physician, registered or licensed practical nurse or other professional, who, as a result of information obtained in the course...
• Section 52:27g-7.2 - Investigation By Ombudsman.
  3. a. Upon receiving a report that an elderly person may be or may have been abused or exploited, the ombudsman shall conduct a...
• Section 52:27g-7.3 - Preparation, Distribution Of Consent Form For Release Of Reports.
  2.The ombudsman shall prepare and distribute to each facility a written consent form which sets forth that in the event of an elderly abuse...
• Section 52:27g-8 - Investigations
  a. The office shall establish and implement procedures for conducting investigations. b. Acting on complaint, the office may, notwithstanding any referral pursuant to section...
• Section 52:27g-8.1 - Registry Of Reports
  The ombudsman shall maintain a central registry of all reports of suspected abuse or exploitation and all investigations, findings and recommended action. No information...
• Section 52:27g-9 - Duties, Recommendations And Annual Report Of Office
  The office shall acknowledge complaints, report its findings, make recommendations, gather and disseminate information and other material, and publicize its existence, all as herein...
• Section 52:27g-10 - Volunteers And Volunteer Programs; Councils Or Other Forums For Discussion On Development And Use Of Facilities
  a. The office shall promote community contact and involvement with patients, residents and clients of facilities through the use of volunteers and volunteer programs....
• Section 52:27g-11 - Patients, Residents Or Clients; Communications With Office; Written Notice About Office; Informing About Rights And Entitlements
  a. Any correspondence or written communication from any patient, resident or client of a facility to the office shall, if delivered to or received...
• Section 52:27g-12 - Cooperation And Assistance From Government Agencies
  The office may request from any government agency, and said agency is hereby authorized and directed to provide, such cooperation and assistance, services and...
• Section 52:27g-13 - Confidentiality Of Information; Exceptions; Violations; Penalty; Privileged Communications
  a. The office shall maintain confidentiality with respect to all matters in relation to any complaint or investigation together with identities of the complainants,...
• Section 52:27g-14 - No Reprisals
  a. No discriminatory, disciplinary or retaliatory action shall be taken against any officer or employee of a facility or government agency by such facility...
• Section 52:27g-15 - Review Of Office By Legislature
  The Legislature through the Senate and Assembly Standing Committees on Institutions, Health and Welfare, or such other committee or committees as may be designated...
• Section 52:27g-16 - Severability
  If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or...
• Section 52:27g-20 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Guardian for Elderly Adults Act." L. 1985, c. 298, s. 1.
• Section 52:27g-21 - Findings, Declarations.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that private guardianship for an elderly adult who is incapacitated may not be feasible where there are no willing...
• Section 52:27g-22 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Court" means the Superior Court. b. "Elderly adult" means a person aged 60 years or older. L. 1985,...
• Section 52:27g-23 - Office Of The Public Guardian For Elderly Adults.
  4.There is created in the Executive Branch of the State Government the Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults. For the purpose of...
• Section 52:27g-24 - Appointment Of Public Guardian
  The administrator and chief executive officer of the office is the public guardian, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to...
• Section 52:27g-25 - Public Guardian As Administrator And Chief Executive Officer; Powers And Duties
  The public guardian, as administrator and chief executive officer: a. Shall administer and organize the work of the office and establish therein any administrative...
• Section 52:27g-25.1 - Office Of The Public Guardian For Elderly Adults, Duties
  27. The Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults shall conform and implement procedures necessary to comply with the requirements of P.L.1991, c.201...
• Section 52:27g-26 - Eligibility For Services; Petition For Appointment By Person With Responsibility For Eligible Elderly Person; Limitation Of Powers In Order
  Any elderly person residing in the State who may be found by a court to require a guardian or conservator, pursuant to the provisions...
• Section 52:27g-27 - Administrative Costs, Commissions And Fees Of Public Guardian's Services And Costs Of Appointment Procedure
  a. If the public guardian is appointed guardian or conservator for an eligible elderly person, the administrative costs, commissions and fees of the public...
• Section 52:27g-27.1 - Lien On Estate Of Elderly Person For Services Of Public Guardian
  a. The reasonable value of the services rendered by the public guardian may in all cases be a lien on the estate of the...
• Section 52:27g-28 - Consideration Of Ward's Beliefs
  The public guardian shall consider the religious and ethical beliefs of the ward when making decisions on the ward's behalf. The public guardian shall...
• Section 52:27g-29 - Grants Of Authority
  a. If it is determined that the public guardian should be appointed for a proposed ward, the court shall enter an order that makes...
• Section 52:27g-29.1 - Maximum Caseload
  The public guardian shall determine the maximum caseload that the office can maintain based on the amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made available...
• Section 52:27g-30 - Discharge By Court; Petition
  The public guardian may be discharged by a court with respect to any of the authority granted over each ward upon petition of the...
• Section 52:27g-31 - Cost, Fee Waiver Permitted
  In any proceeding for appointment of a public guardian, or in any proceeding involving the estate of an eligible elderly person for whom a...
• Section 52:27g-32 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Elderly, Incapacitated Adults.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.As the elderly and other incapacitated adult populations in the State continue to grow, the need for an...
• Section 52:27g-33 - Requirements For Service As Guardian.
  2. a. A person shall not serve as a professional guardian of five or more wards who are incapacitated adults unless that person has...
• Section 52:27g-34 - Ineligiblity For Registration As Professional Guardian.
  3. a. In addition to the disqualification from registration as a professional guardian pursuant to section 6 of this act, a person is ineligible...
• Section 52:27g-35 - Existing Agreements, Void, Exceptions.
  4. a. An inter vivos gift, contract, conveyance, disposition, transfer, trust, change in beneficiary designation, appointment, or re-titling of an account or property, or...
• Section 52:27g-36 - Application, Annual Registration Fees.
  5. a. The Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults shall charge each professional guardian an initial application fee and an annual registration...
• Section 52:27g-37 - Criminal Background Checks For Professional Guardians.
  6. a. Upon receipt of an application for registration as a professional guardian, the Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults is authorized...
• Section 52:27g-38 - Information Provided For Background Checks.
  7. a. A person who is required to undergo a criminal history record background, child abuse registry and domestic violence central registry check pursuant...
• Section 52:27g-39 - Applicant To Assume Cost Of Background Checks.
  10. A person seeking registration as a professional guardian shall assume the cost of the criminal history record background and child abuse registry checks...
• Section 52:27g-40 - Statewide Registry Of Registered Professional Guardians; Information Included.
  11. a. The Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults shall maintain a Statewide registry of registered professional guardians and make all information...
• Section 52:27g-41 - Suspension, Revocation Of Registration As Professional Guardian.
  12. The public guardian may suspend or revoke a person's registration as a professional guardian and remove the person from the Statewide registry established...
• Section 52:27g-42 - Registered Professional Guardian Fund.
  15. a. There is established in the Department of Human Services a special non-lapsing fund to be known as the Registered Professional Guardian Fund,...
• Section 52:27g-43 - Rules, Regulations, Rules Of Court.
  16. a. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may adopt rules and regulations necessary...
• Section 52:27h-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Department of Commerce and Economic Development Act" . L.1981, c. 122, s. 1,...
• Section 52:27h-2 - Findings, Determinations; Declarations
  The Legislature finds and determines that the well-being of the people of New Jersey, and of their institutions, including government, is directly related to...
• Section 52:27h-3 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Energy and Economic Development. b. "Department" means the Department...
• Section 52:27h-4 - Department Of Commerce, Energy And Economic Development
  There is established in the Executive Branch of the State Government a principal department which shall be known as the Department of Commerce, Energy...
• Section 52:27h-5 - Commissioner
  The administrator and chief executive officer of the department shall be a commissioner, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Commerce, Energy and...
• Section 52:27h-6 - Duties And Powers
  The commissioner shall: a. Administer the work of the department; b. Appoint and remove officers and other personnel employed within the department, subject to...
• Section 52:27h-6.1 - Functions, Powers, Duties Continued And Transferred
  All of the functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Department of Energy and the commissioner thereof pursuant to P.L.1980, c. 68; P.L.1981,...
• Section 52:27h-7 - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Powers, Functions And Duties; Qualifications
  The commissioner shall appoint a deputy commissioner, who shall be designated to perform all of the powers, functions and duties of the commissioner during...
• Section 52:27h-8 - Responsibility For Support And Development Of Business And Industry, And Research, Statistics And Business Information Service
  The department and the commissioner, through the councils, divisions, offices and bureaus shall be responsible for the activities of the State Government in the...
• Section 52:27h-9 - Economic Development Council; Transfer To Department; Members; Continuance In Office; Duties; Advisory Committees
  The Economic Development Council created by P.L.1965, c. 21 (C. 13:1B-15.75 et seq.), shall be transferred to the department. The chairperson and other members...
• Section 52:27h-10 - Division Of Economic Development In Department Of Labor And Industry; Abolishment; Transfer Of Employees To Division Of Economic Development In Department
  The Division of Economic Development in the Department of Labor and Industry established pursuant to P.L.1965, c. 21 (C. 13:1B-15.75 et seq.) is abolished...
• Section 52:27h-12 - New Jersey Economic Development Authority In Department Of Labor And Industry With Its Functions, Powers And Duties To Department
  The New Jersey Economic Development Authority in the Department of Labor and Industry, established pursuant to P.L.1974, c. 80 (C. 34:1B-1 et seq.), together...
• Section 52:27h-13 - South Jersey Port Corporation; Continuance And Transfer From Department Of Labor And Industry To Department
  The South Jersey Port Corporation in the Department of Labor and Industry, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c. 60 (C. 12:11A-1 et seq.), together with...
• Section 52:27h-14 - New Jersey Motion Picture And Television Development Commission In Department Of Labor And Industry; Continuance And Transfer To Department
  The New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Development Commission in the Department of Labor and Industry, established pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 44 (C. 34:1B-22...
• Section 52:27h-15 - Division Of Travel And Tourism In Department Of Labor And Industry; Continuance And Transfer To Department
  The Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of Labor and Industry, established pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 225 (C. 34:1A-45 et seq.), together...
• Section 52:27h-16 - Office For Promoting Technical Innovation In Department Of Labor And Industry; Continuance And Transfer To Department
  The Office for Promoting Technical Innovation in the Department of Labor and Industry, established pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 429 (C. 34:1A-64 et seq.), together...
• Section 52:27h-17 - Establishment Of Office Of Economic Research, Division Of Economic Development And Division Of International Trade
  There is established in the department an Office of Economic Research, a Division of Economic Development, and a Division of International Trade. L.1981, c....
• Section 52:27h-18 - Office Of Economic Research; Powers And Duties; Economic Development Research Activity In Office Of Economic Research In Division Of Planning And Research In Department Of Labor And Industry; Transfer
  The Office of Economic Research shall: a. Study trends and developments in the industries of the State and analyze the reasons underlying such trends;...
• Section 52:27h-19 - Office Of Economic Research; Director; Qualifications; Appointment; Terms; Duties
  The Office of Economic Research shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience...
• Section 52:27h-20 - Division Of Economic Development; Powers And Duties
  21. The Division of Economic Development shall: a. Promote and encourage the location and development of new business, industry, and commerce in the State...
• Section 52:27h-20.1 - Division Of Energy Planning And Conservation
  a. The Division of Energy Planning and Conservation in the Department of Energy, together with all its functions, powers and duties, except as herein...
• Section 52:27h-20.2 - Advisory Council On Energy Planning And Conservation
  a. The Advisory Council on Energy Planning and Conservation in the Division of Energy Planning and Conservation in the Department of Energy, together with...
• Section 52:27h-21 - Division Of Economic Development; Director; Qualifications; Appointment; Term; Duties
  The Division of Economic Development shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who, prior to his appointment, shall be qualified by responsible...
• Section 52:27h-21.7 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares: a. That small businesses play a major role in the economy of this State; and b. That small businesses,...
• Section 52:27h-21.8 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act: a. "Authority" means the New Jersey Development Authority for Small Businesses, Minorities and Women's Enterprises established pursuant to...
• Section 52:27h-21.9 - Division Of Development For Small Businesses And Women's And Minority Businesses
  There is established within the Department of Commerce and Economic Development a Division of Development for Small Businesses and Women's and Minority Businesses. The...
• Section 52:27h-21.11 - Powers Of Division.
  5.The division shall have the power to: a.Establish a loan referral program and loan packaging program for eligible businesses, using criteria for eligibility which...
• Section 52:27h-21.12 - Fees
  The division may charge any fees to eligible businesses as are reasonable and necessary for the provision of technical or other assistance under this...
• Section 52:27h-21.13 - Advertising, Promotional Campaigns
  The division shall conduct advertising and promotional campaigns to increase awareness of the services provided by the division to eligible businesses and shall prepare,...
• Section 52:27h-21.14 - Assistance
  The division may, in order to carry out the purpose of this act, request from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency...
• Section 52:27h-21.14a - Toll-free Telephone Information Line Providing Assistance To Small Businesses
  1. a. The Division of Development for Small Businesses and Women's and Minority Businesses in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development , in...
• Section 52:27h-21.15 - Rules, Regulations
  The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1987, c. 55, s. 9.
• Section 52:27h-21.16 - Functions Transferred
  The functions of the Office of Small Business Assistance and the Office of Minority Business Enterprises are transferred to the Division of Development for...
• Section 52:27h-21.17 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Historically, businesses owned by minorities and women have been small establishments offering products and services and their...
• Section 52:27h-21.18 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act: a."Control" means authority over the affairs of a business, including, but not limited to, capital investment, property acquisition, employee...
• Section 52:27h-21.19 - Certification By Division
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the division shall have the exclusive authority within State government to certify...
• Section 52:27h-21.20 - Procedure For Certification
  The division shall establish a unified procedure for the certification of a business as a minority business or women's business, for the purpose of...
• Section 52:27h-21.21 - Precedence To Federal Certification Procedure
  When the division's procedure for certification of a business as a minority business or women's business conflicts with a federal certification procedure that affects...
• Section 52:27h-21.22 - Determining Eligibility.
  6.The director may require of a first-time applicant for certification as a minority business or women's business the documentation that is necessary to determine...
• Section 52:27h-21.22a - Application For Recertification For First-time Applicant.
  4.The director shall require a first-time applicant to apply for recertification as a minority business or women's business one year after the original certification...
• Section 52:27h-21.22b - Application For Recertification Every Five Years; Required.
  5.After a minority business or women's business has been recertified after first receiving initial certification, the director shall require the certified minority business or...
• Section 52:27h-21.22c - Supplying False Information, Fourth Degree Crime.
  6.Any applicant who knowingly supplies false information or has been awarded a contract to which the business would not otherwise have been entitled under...
• Section 52:27h-21.23 - Annual Report
  The commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature annually as to the status of the uniform certification procedure required by this act,...
• Section 52:27h-21.24 - Rules, Regulations
  The commissioner shall promulgate the rules and regulations he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act,"...
• Section 52:27h-21.25 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The economy of our State is vitally dependent upon the health and stability of the small and...
• Section 52:27h-21.26 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development or his designated representative, which may...
• Section 52:27h-21.27 - Application For Financial Assistance Grants
  The commissioner is authorized to consider and approve an application for a financial assistance grant of State funds from any county or municipality for...
• Section 52:27h-21.28 - Report On Pilot Programs
  The commissioner is authorized to require any periodic reports necessary to ascertain the progress of any activity supported directly or indirectly by a grant...
• Section 52:27h-21.29 - Rules, Regulations.
  5.The commissioner shall issue and promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.)...
• Section 52:27h-22 - Division Of International Trade; Duties; Director
  There is established in the department a Division of International Trade. The Division of International Trade shall: a. Encourage and promote foreign investment in...
• Section 52:27h-22.1 - Findings, Determinations
  The Legislature finds and determines that: a. The expansion of international trade is vital to the maintenance and continued growth of a healthy New...
• Section 52:27h-22.2 - Duties Of Division Of International Trade
  In addition to duties otherwise prescribed by law, the Division of International Trade shall: a. Conduct research and analysis of international markets, international business...
• Section 52:27h-22.2a - New Jersey State Trade Office In Asia
  The Division of International Trade in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development shall establish a New Jersey State Trade Office located in Asia....
• Section 52:27h-22.2b - Purpose
  The purpose of the New Jersey State Trade Office in Asia shall be to assist in creating higher levels of employment in the State...
• Section 52:27h-22.2c - Report
  The Department of Commerce and Economic Development shall submit a report to the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee...
• Section 52:27h-22.4 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Sister Cities program both in concept and practice has been a valuable program for encouraging cultural,...
• Section 52:27h-22.5 - Office For Sister State Relations
  a. There is established in the Division of International Trade in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, an Office for Sister State Relations....
• Section 52:27h-22.6 - Annual Reports
  The office shall annually report on its activities and progress by submitting a written report to the Director of the Division of International Trade...
• Section 52:27h-22.7 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Export Trade
  1.The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. The United States has significantly fallen behind other industrialized nations with respect to the volume of...
• Section 52:27h-22.8 - Definitions Relative To Export Trade
  2.As used in this act: "Board" means the board of directors of the corporation. "Clients" mean eligible businesses which utilize the services of the...
• Section 52:27h-22.9 - Voluntary Certification Program Established
  3. The commissioner shall establish a voluntary certification program for export trading corporations which meet the standards established by this act. Each corporation seeking...
• Section 52:27h-22.10 - Qualifications Of Corporations, Reviewed By Commissioner
  4. The commissioner shall review the qualifications of corporations certified pursuant to this act not less than once every five years. If the commissioner...
• Section 52:27h-22.11 - Fees
  5. The following fees shall be assessed, in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, in connection with the voluntary certification provided for...
• Section 52:27h-22.12 - Certification Qualifications
  6. To qualify for certification under this act, the export trading corporation shall: a. Provide in its bylaws that its sole purpose and function...
• Section 52:27h-22.13 - List Of Certified Export Trading Corporations
  7. The commissioner shall maintain a list of certified export trading corporations which the commissioner shall make available to the business community and to...
• Section 52:27h-22.14 - Providing Information To New Jersey Businesses
  8. The department shall, through its business assistance programs, provide information to New Jersey businesses about the opportunities which may exist for exporting their...
• Section 52:27h-23 - Utilization Of Consolidated Statistical Services And Data Processing Facilities
  The department shall, to the maximum practicable extent, utilize consolidated statistical services and data processing facilities so that unnecessary duplication will be avoided. To...
• Section 52:27h-24 - Report To Legislature And Governor
  Within 6 months of the effective date of this act, the commissioner, after consultation with all division directors, the State Treasurer and the commissioners...
• Section 52:27h-25 - Review Of Operations, Personnel And Staff Organization Transferred To Department
  a. Within 6 months following the effective date of this act, the commissioner of the department in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and...
• Section 52:27h-26 - Transfers In Accordance With State Agency Transfer Act
  The transfers directed by this act, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act" , P.L.1971,...
• Section 52:27h-27 - Appropriation From Unemployment Compensation Auxiliary Fund
  In addition to the funds transferred to the department by this act, there is appropriated the sum of $250,000.00, or so much thereof as...
• Section 52:27h-28 - Supersedure Of Inconsistent Acts
  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are superseded. L.1981, c. 122, s. 31, eff. April 16, 1981.
• Section 52:27h-29 - Findings, Declarations.
  1.The Legislature finds that the tourist, resort and convention industry of Atlantic City has traditionally made an important contribution to the economic vitality of...
• Section 52:27h-30 - Short Title.
  2.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority Act." L.1981, c.459, s.2; amended 2008, c.47,
• Section 52:27h-31 - "Atlantic City Convention And Visitors Authority."
  3.There is created a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority." The...
• Section 52:27h-31.1 - Short Title.
  1. Sections 1 and 2, sections 12 through 19, sections 21 through 25, and section 27 of P.L.2008, c.47 (C.52:27H-31.1 et al. shall be...
• Section 52:27h-31.2 - Definitions Used In C.52:27h-29 et Seq.
  2. (a) As used in P.L.1981, c.459 (C.52:27H-29 et seq.): "Atlantic City convention center project" or "convention center project" means the project authorized by...
• Section 52:27h-32 - Membership; Appointment.
  4. a. The authority shall consist of seven members as follows: (1)Six public members, at least two of whom shall be representatives of the...
• Section 52:27h-33 - Members; Removal; Vacancies; Oaths; Record; Expenses; Inapplicability Of Conflicts Of Interest Law
  a. Any public member of the authority may be removed by the appointing authority for cause. Any vacancy in the public membership shall be...
• Section 52:27h-34 - Quorum; Officers; President.
  6. a. The authority shall not be constituted and shall not take action or adopt motions or regulations until all original authorized members shall...
• Section 52:27h-35 - Dissolution
  The authority may be dissolved by law on condition that the authority has no debts, obligations or contractual commitments, or on condition that provision...
• Section 52:27h-36 - Minutes Of Meetings
  8. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the authority shall be forthwith transmitted to the Governor. No action taken at...
• Section 52:27h-37 - Authority's Powers Relative To Convention Center Project.
  9.The authority shall have the power to acquire, own, lease, operate, maintain, transfer and sell the convention center project in the city of Atlantic...
• Section 52:27h-40 - Additional Powers.
  12.In addition to the powers granted to the authority in P.L.1981, c.459 (C.52:27H-29 et seq.), the authority may: a.Make and alter bylaws for its...
• Section 52:27h-41.1 - Power Of Authority Relative To Issuance Of Bonds, Notes.
  12. a. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its bonds or notes in such...
• Section 52:27h-41.2 - Covenants, Contracts Between Authority, Holders Of Bonds, Notes.
• Section 52:27h-41.3 - Pledge By Authority Valid, Binding.
  14.Any pledge of revenues, receipts, monies, funds, levies, sales agreements, service contracts or other property or instruments made by the authority shall be valid...
• Section 52:27h-41.4 - Establishment Of Reserves, Funds, Accounts.
  15.The authority may establish such reserves, funds or accounts as may be, in its discretion, necessary or desirable to further the accomplishment of the...
• Section 52:27h-41.5 - Covenant Between State, Holders Of Bonds, Notes.
  16.The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to...
• Section 52:27h-41.6 - Immunity From Liability.
  17.Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes issued pursuant to P.L.2008, c.47 (C.52:27H-31.1 et al.) shall be liable...
• Section 52:27h-41.7 - Investment Permitted.
  18.The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings...
• Section 52:27h-41.8 - Proceeds Deemed Trust Funds.
  19.All sums of money received pursuant to the authority of P.L.2008, c.47 (C.52:27H-31.1 et al.), whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or...
• Section 52:27h-41.9 - Powers Of Convention Authority.
  21. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the convention authority shall have the power to issue bonds and refunding bonds,...
• Section 52:27h-41.10 - Pledge, Covenant Between State, Holders Of Bonds, Refunding Bonds.
  22.The State hereby pledges and covenants with the holders of any bonds or refunding bonds issued pursuant to P.L.2008, c.47 (C.52:27H-31.1 et al.) that...
• Section 52:27h-41.11 - Annual Payment To Convention Authority.
  23.In each fiscal year, the State Treasurer shall pay from the General Fund to the convention authority, in accordance with a contract between the...
• Section 52:27h-41.12 - Authority To Enter Into Contracts To Implement Payment Arrangement.
  24.The State Treasurer and the convention authority are authorized to enter into one or more contracts to implement the payment arrangement provided for in...
• Section 52:27h-41.13 - Deposit, Use Of Luxury Tax Revenues.
  25. a. Luxury tax revenues paid to the convention authority by the State Treasurer pursuant to paragraph 6 of subsection f. of section 6...
• Section 52:27h-42 - Annual Budget.
  14. a. As soon as it is practicable after the appointment and qualification of the members of the authority, and annually thereafter, at least...
• Section 52:27h-44 - Annual Report; Operating And Financial Statement; Audit.
  16.On or before the last day of the third month following the close of each fiscal year, the convention authority shall submit an annual...
• Section 52:27h-44.1 - Certification Of Transfer.
  27.Not later than 12:01 PM of the day following the day on which the transfer of ownership of the Atlantic City convention center project...
• Section 52:27h-60 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act." L.1983, c. 303, s. 1, eff. Aug....
• Section 52:27h-61 - Legislative Findings, Determinations.
  2.The Legislature finds and determines: a.That there persist in this State, particularly in its urban centers, areas of economic distress characterized by high unemployment,...
• Section 52:27h-62 - Definitions.
  3.As used in this act: a."Enterprise zone" or "zone" means an urban enterprise zone designated by the authority pursuant to this act; b."Authority" means...
• Section 52:27h-63 - New Jersey Enterprise Zone Authority.
  4.a. There is created the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority, which shall consist of: (1)The Executive Director of the New Jersey Economic Development...
• Section 52:27h-64 - Authority Allocated To Commerce And Economic Development
  5. For purposes of compliance with Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, the authority created...
• Section 52:27h-65 - Duties
  It shall be the duty of the authority to: a. Promulgate criteria for the designation of zones pursuant to the provisions of this act;...
• Section 52:27h-65.1 - Preparation Of Fiscal Impact Study
  11. In addition to the duties of the authority required under section 6 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-65), the authority shall also prepare a fiscal...
• Section 52:27h-66 - Designation Of Enterprise Zones.
  7.The authority shall designate enterprise zones from among those areas of qualifying municipalities determined to be eligible pursuant to P.L.1983, s.303. No more than...
• Section 52:27h-66.1 - Additional Zones Authorized.
  3.The additional seven zones authorized pursuant to P.L.1995, c.382 (C.52:27H-66.1 et al.), the additional zone authorized pursuant to P.L.2003, c.285, and the additional zone...
• Section 52:27h-66.2 - "Uez-impacted Business District."
  3.The authority shall designate a classification known as a "UEZ-impacted business district" for a municipality which can demonstrate to the authority that its business...
• Section 52:27h-66.3 - Application For Classification Of Uez-impacted Business District.
  4. a. A municipality shall apply to the authority for the classification of UEZ-impacted business district by submitting an application as required by the...
• Section 52:27h-66.4 - Uez-impacted Business District, Tax Exemption For Qualified Businesses.
  5. a. A qualified business within a UEZ-impacted business district authorized pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2001, c.347 (C.52:27H-66.2) shall be entitled to an...
• Section 52:27h-66.5 - Review Of Designation As Uez-impacted Business District.
  6.When the duration of one or more of the enterprise zones adjacent to the UEZ-impacted business district expires but the UEZ-impacted business district continues...
• Section 52:27h-66.6 - Extension Of Designation, Certain Circumstances.
  11. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the designation of an enterprise zone by the authority...
• Section 52:27h-66.6a - Uez Reimbursed For Municipal Account Moneys
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-66), section 21 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-80), section 11 of P.L.2001, c.347 (C.52:27H-66.6) or any...
• Section 52:27h-66.7 - Designation Of Three Additional Zones
  12.The three additional zones, authorized pursuant to P.L.2001, c.347 (C.52:27H-66.2 et al.), shall be designated within 90 days of the date of the submittal...
• Section 52:27h-67 - Municipal Zone Development Corporations, Maintenance Of Internet Website, Webpage; Contents.
  8. a. The governing body of any qualifying municipality may, by ordinance, create or designate a nonprofit corporation established pursuant to the provisions of...
• Section 52:27h-68 - Preliminary Zone Development Plan
  Before applying for designation of an enterprise zone, the municipal governing body shall cause a preliminary zone development plan to be formulated, either by...
• Section 52:27h-69 - Areas Eligible For Designation
  10. An area defined by a continuous border within one qualifying municipality or within two or more contiguous qualifying municipalities and two noncontiguous areas...
• Section 52:27h-69.1 - Intermunicipal Zone Limitation
  Eligible zones having areas defined by a continuous border within two or more contiguous qualifying municipalities shall be limited to one located in the...
• Section 52:27h-70 - First Two Enterprise Zones; Criteria For Designation
  The first two areas and municipalities designated as enterprise zones by the authority shall meet all the following criteria: a. A rate of unemployment...
• Section 52:27h-71 - Criteria For Qualification Of Businesses And Designation Of Enterprise Zones; Regulations To Modify, Replace Or Supplement
  After the designation of the first two enterprise zones, the authority may by regulation, from time to time modify, replace or supplement the criteria...
• Section 52:27h-72 - Designation Of Eligible Areas As Enterprise Zones; Zone Development Plans With Preference
  a. In designating eligible areas as enterprise zones, the authority shall accord preference to zone development plans which: (1) Have the greatest potential for...
• Section 52:27h-73 - Application For Designation; Grant Or Denial; Adoption Of Ordinance Of Acceptance
  a. Any qualifying municipality may designate any area set forth in the zone development plan as an enterprise zone. The municipality may then make...
• Section 52:27h-74 - Benefits Available To Qualified Business
  Except as otherwise specified in this act, a qualified business in an enterprise zone shall be eligible to receive from among those benefits authorized...
• Section 52:27h-75 - Award Schedule
  A qualified business shall be eligible for an award based upon the amount of unemployment insurance tax it has paid for those new employees...
• Section 52:27h-76 - Corporation Business Tax Exemption
  Any qualified business subject to the provisions of the "Corporation Business Tax Act (1945)," P.L.1945, c. 162 (C. 54:10A-1 et seq.), as employing a...
• Section 52:27h-77 - Carry-forward Permitted
  Enterprise zone employee tax credits or enterprise zone investment tax credits provided under section 19 of this act shall not reduce a taxpayer's tax...
• Section 52:27h-78 - Tax Credit
  Any qualified business subject to the provisions of the "Corporation Business Tax Act (1945)," P.L. 1945, c. 162 (C. 54:10A-1 et seq.), as actively...
• Section 52:27h-79 - Sales Tax Procedure Relative To Sales To Enterprise Zone Business; Definition; Refunds.
  20. a. Receipts from retail sales of tangible personal property (except motor vehicles and energy) and sales of services (except telecommunications services and utility...
• Section 52:27h-80 - Sales Tax Exemption For Retail Sales.
  21.Receipts of retail sales, except retail sales of motor vehicles, of alcoholic beverages as defined in the "Alcoholic Beverage Tax Law," R.S.54:41-1 et seq.,...
• Section 52:27h-80.1 - Extension Of Provisions
  In addition to those enterprise zones to which the provisions of section 21 of P.L. 1983, c. 303 (C. 52:27H-80) have been or may...
• Section 52:27h-80.2 - 2 Or More Contiguous Municipalities
  In addition to those enterprise zones to which the provisions of section 21 of P.L. 1983, c. 303 (C. 52:27H-80) have been or may...
• Section 52:27h-81 - Rules, Regulations
  22. The Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary...
• Section 52:27h-82 - Local Development Financing Fund Assistance; Priority To Project In Municipality With Enterprise Zone
  Notwithstanding any provisions of the "New Jersey Local Development Financing Fund Act," P.L. 1983, c. 190 (C. 34:1B-36 et seq.), to the contrary, projects...
• Section 52:27h-83 - Skill Training Programs; Delivery
  The New Jersey Department of Labor shall develop and coordinate the delivery of skill training programs necessary to meet the needs of qualifying businesses....
• Section 52:27h-84 - Regulations Of Municipality Or State Agency; Exemption Of Enterprise Zones
  In order to carry out the purposes of this act, any municipality or State agency may exempt designated enterprise zones from the provisions of...
• Section 52:27h-85 - Review Of State Regulations By Authority
  The authority shall conduct a continuing review of all State regulations and shall recommend to the appropriate administrative bodies the modification or waiver of...
• Section 52:27h-86 - Eligibility For Incentives.
  27.To be eligible for any of the incentives provided under this act a qualified business must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the authority that:...
• Section 52:27h-87 - Qualified Business Recipient Of Benefits; Annual Certification
  Any firm that receives any benefits set forth in sections 16 through 24 of this act shall annually certify to the authority that it...
• Section 52:27h-87.1 - Exemption For Some Retail Sales Of Energy And Utility Service.
  23. a. Retail sales of energy and utility service to: (1)a qualified business that employs at least 250 people within an enterprise zone, at...
• Section 52:27h-88 - Enterprise Zone Assistance Fund.
  29. a. There is created an enterprise zone assistance fund to be held by the State Treasurer, which shall be the repository for all...
• Section 52:27h-90 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In 1981 the Legislature enacted the "Worker Owned Corporation Study Act" (P.L.1981, c. 82) which mandated a...
• Section 52:27h-91 - Commissioner Defined
  For the purposes of sections 1 through 7 of this act, "commissioner" means the Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development. L.1983, c. 471, s....
• Section 52:27h-92 - Short Title
  Sections 1 through 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Employee Stock Ownership Plan Act." L.1983, c. 471,...
• Section 52:27h-93 - Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Dissemination Of Information
  The commissioner shall take any action which he deems appropriate to disseminate information on the advantages and disadvantages of employee stock ownership plans to...
• Section 52:27h-94 - Advice Upon Request To Employer Or Employee Groups
  a. The commissioner, upon request, shall advise any employer or employee group as to: (1) The procedures for establishing an employee stock ownership plan;...
• Section 52:27h-95 - Closure Or Pending Closure Of Facility In Municipality Suffering Significant Economic Distress; Grant Of Funds Analysis And Study
  In the event of the closure or pending closure of a facility which would cause or has caused a significant loss of employment to...
• Section 52:27h-96 - Review And Evaluation; Assistance In Purchase Of Business By Employee Stock Ownership Trust
  The commissioner shall assist in reviewing and evaluating materials from studies for which he has granted funds under the provisions of section 6 of...
• Section 52:27h-97 - Annual Report
  The commissioner shall annually submit to the Legislature a report concerning the formation of new employee stock ownership trusts and the operation of existing...
• Section 52:27i-8.1 - Additional Powers Of Authority.
  1.In addition to the powers granted the authority pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2006, c.16 (C.52:27I-8), the authority shall have the power to enter...
• Section 52:27i-8.2 - Actions Required Prior To Submission Of Plan For Closure Of Fort Monmouth.
  2.Prior to the submission to the appropriate agency or agencies of the federal government of the comprehensive plan for the conversion and revitalization of...
• Section 52:27i-14 - Preparation Of Comprehensive Conversion And Revitalization Plan For Fort Monmouth.
  14. a. The authority shall prepare a comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan for Fort Monmouth, which may be periodically revised and updated. The plan...
• Section 52:27i-17 - Submission Of Adopted Plan To Federal Agencies.
  17. Upon the final adoption thereof, the authority shall submit the comprehensive plan for the conversion and revitalization of Fort Monmouth and the economic...
• Section 52:27i-18 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority Act." L.2010, c.51, s.1.
• Section 52:27i-19 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The closure and revitalization of Fort Monmouth is a matter of great concern for the host municipalities of...
• Section 52:27i-20 - Definitions Relative To Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization.
  3.The following words or terms as used in this act shall have the following meaning unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:...
• Section 52:27i-21 - Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority.
  4.There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be...
• Section 52:27i-22 - Powers, Rights, Assets, Duties Assumed By Authority.
  5.Effective and automatically upon the first meeting of the authority: a.The authority shall assume all of the powers, rights, assets, and duties of the...
• Section 52:27i-23 - Office Established In The Eda.
  6. a. There is hereby established in the EDA an office which shall be staffed by employees of the EDA which shall remain under...
• Section 52:27i-24 - Purpose Of Authority.
  7.It shall be the purpose of the authority to oversee, administer, and implement the plan as provided in this act, in a manner that...
• Section 52:27i-25 - Members, Appointment, Terms.
  8. a. The authority shall consist of 13 members to be appointed and qualified as follows: (1)Three voting members appointed by the Governor with...
• Section 52:27i-26 - Powers Of Authority.
  9.The authority shall have the following powers: a.To enter into a designated redevelopment agreement as set forth in subsection a. of section 16 of...
• Section 52:27i-27 - Appointment Of Committees.
  10.The authority shall appoint an historical preservation advisory committee and an environmental advisory committee to assist in its activities in such areas, and any...
• Section 52:27i-28 - Cooperation With State Departments, Agencies.
  11.All State departments and agencies, to the extent not inconsistent with law and within budget constraints, shall cooperate with the authority and respond to...
• Section 52:27i-29 - Property Exempt From Levy, Sale.
  12.All property of the authority or EDA shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other...
• Section 52:27i-30 - Taxes, Assessments, Payment Not Required; Payments In Lieu Of Taxes.
  13. a. The authority and the EDA shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect of a project...
• Section 52:27i-31 - Prevailing Wage Rate.
  14.Each worker employed on any project to which the authority is a party, shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate for...
• Section 52:27i-32 - Awarding Of Purchases, Contracts, Agreements.
  15. a. All purchases, contracts, or agreements made pursuant to this act shall be made or awarded directly by the authority, except as otherwise...
• Section 52:27i-33 - Designated Redeveloper.
  16. a. Upon the acceptance by the federal government of the revitalization plan adopted by the predecessor authority pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2006,...
• Section 52:27i-34 - Development And Design Guidelines, Land Use Regulations; Variances.
  17. a. The authority shall propose and adopt development and design guidelines and land use regulations consistent with and in furtherance of the plan....
• Section 52:27i-35 - Adoption Of Amendment To Plan.
  18.Prior to the adoption of any amendment to the plan, the authority shall transmit a copy of the proposed plan amendment to the governing...
• Section 52:27i-36 - Procedure Relative To Changing Location Of Public Highway, Public Utility Facility.
  19. a. If the authority or the EDA, as a designated redeveloper, shall find it necessary in connection with the undertaking of any of...
• Section 52:27i-37 - Business Plan.
  20.The authority is directed to prepare and complete a business plan which comprises all issues related to the closure, conversion, revitalization, and future use...
• Section 52:27i-38 - Redevelopment Agreement.
  21.Redevelopment within the project area shall be implemented pursuant to a redevelopment agreement between the authority and the redeveloper, or between the authority and...
• Section 52:27i-39 - Fort Monmouth Special Improvement District.
  22. a. For the purposes of this section: "Affected municipality" means a municipality that is located within, in whole or in part, a Fort...
• Section 52:27i-40 - Fort Monmouth Transportation Planning District.
  23. a. There is established the Fort Monmouth Transportation Planning District which shall consist of those lands which comprise the project area. The authority...
• Section 52:27i-41 - Creation Of Infrastructure District.
  24. a. The authority may adopt a resolution creating an infrastructure district whenever the authority determines that the improvement of the infrastructure of the...
• Section 52:28-1 - Preamble
  Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of New York, and commissioners duly appointed on the part of New Jersey, for...
• Section 52:28-2 - Location Of Boundary Line
  Article I. The boundary line between the states of New York and New Jersey, from a point in the middle of Hudson river, opposite...
• Section 52:28-3 - Islands Subject To New York
  Article II. The state of New York shall retain its present jurisdiction of and over Bedloe's and Ellis' islands, and shall also retain exclusive...
• Section 52:28-4 - Hudson River And Bay Of New York
  Article III. The state of New York shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the bay of New...
• Section 52:28-5 - Kill Von Kull
  Article IV. The state of New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction of and over the waters of the Kill von Kull, between Staten island...
• Section 52:28-6 - Sound Between Staten Island And New Jersey; Raritan Bay
  Article V. The state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the sound between Staten...
• Section 52:28-7 - Process Of New Jersey
  Article VI. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person accused of an offense committed within that...
• Section 52:28-8 - Process Of New York
  Article VII. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New York against any person accused of an offense committed within that...
• Section 52:28-9 - When Agreement Binding
  Article VIII. This agreement shall become binding on the two states when confirmed by the legislatures thereof, respectively, and when approved by the congress...
• Section 52:28-10 - Agreement Confirmed By New Jersey
  The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and...
• Section 52:28-11 - Preamble
  Whereas, Henry R. Pierson, Elias W. Leavenworth and Chauncey M. Depew, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of New York, and...
• Section 52:28-12 - Location Of Boundary Line
  First. The line extending from the Hudson river on the east to the Delaware on the west, as the same was laid down and...
• Section 52:28-13 - Monumental Marks Of Boundary Line
  Second. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall hereafter be known and recognized are hereby declared to be; first, the original monuments...
• Section 52:28-14 - Permanent And Authentic Record Of Boundary Line
  Third. The field-books of said surveyors, containing the descriptions of the locations of the several monuments erected by them, and of the witness marks...
• Section 52:28-15 - Agreement Binding When Confirmed By Legislatures Of Both States And By Congress
  Fourth. This agreement shall become binding on the two states when confirmed by the legislatures thereof, respectively, and when confirmed by the congress of...
• Section 52:28-16 - Agreement Ratified By New Jersey
  The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed on the...
• Section 52:28-17 - Preamble
  Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of New York and commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of...
• Section 52:28-18 - From Great Beds Lighthouse North
  First. From the "Great Beds lighthouse" in Raritan bay, north, twenty degrees and sixteen minutes west, true, to a point in the middle of...
• Section 52:28-19 - From Great Beds Lighthouse South
  Second. From "Great Beds lighthouse" south, sixty-four degrees and twenty-one minutes east, true, in line with the center of Waackaack or Wilson's beacon, in...
• Section 52:28-20 - Monumental Marks Of Boundary Line
  Third. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall be hereafter known and recognized are hereby declared to be as follows: I. The...
• Section 52:28-21 - Maps To Furnish Authentic Records Of Boundary Line
  Fourth. The maps accompanying and filed with this agreement, showing the location of the above-described boundary line between the state of New York and...
• Section 52:28-22 - Agreement Ratified By State Of New Jersey
  The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and...
• Section 52:28-23 - Preamble
  Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, and commissioners, duly appointed on the part of the state of New...
• Section 52:28-24 - Delaware River A Common Highway
  First. It is declared, that the river Delaware, from the station point or northwest corner of New Jersey, northerly, to the place upon the...
• Section 52:28-25 - Jurisdiction Over Delaware River
  Secondly. That each state shall enjoy and exercise a concurrent jurisdiction within and upon the water, and not upon the dry land, between the...
• Section 52:28-26 - Annexation Of Islands
  Thirdly. That all islands, islets, and dry land within the bed and between the shores of the said river, and between the said station...
• Section 52:28-27 - When Agreement Binding
  Fourthly. That this present agreement, and every article and clause therein contained, shall be suspended and take no effect until each of the legislatures...
• Section 52:28-28 - Agreement Ratified
  The aforesaid agreement and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and...
• Section 52:28-29 - Preamble
  Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, and a commissioner duly appointed on the part of the state of...
• Section 52:28-30 - Division Of Islands Between States
  First. The parties aforesaid, in pursuance of the authority to them severally given, and in behalf of the respective states aforesaid, do agree, that...
• Section 52:28-31 - Islands Subsequently Formed
  Secondly. That all other islands which may hereafter be formed within said river, between the falls of Trenton and the station point, or northwest...
• Section 52:28-32 - Agreement Ratified
  The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and...
• Section 52:28-33 - Jurisdiction Of Offenses Committed On The River Delaware
  The judicial investigation and determination of any capital or other offense, trespass or damage committed within and upon the water of the river Delaware,...
• Section 52:28-34 - Preamble
  Whereas, by joint resolution of the legislature of the state of New Jersey, approved February fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and five, Edward C....
• Section 52:28-35 - Serving Criminal Process Issued By New Jersey
  Article I. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person accused of an offense committed upon the...
• Section 52:28-36 - Serving Criminal Process Issued By Delaware
  Article II. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of Delaware against any person accused of an offense committed upon the soil...
• Section 52:28-37 - Common Fishing Rights
  Article III. The inhabitants of the said states of Delaware and New Jersey shall have and enjoy a common right of fishery throughout, in...
• Section 52:28-38 - Joint Commission To Draft Laws Relative To Fishing And Ascertain Dividing Line
  Article IV. Immediately upon the execution hereof the legislature of the state of New Jersey shall appoint three commissioners to confer with three commissioners...
• Section 52:28-39 - Continuance Of Existing Laws
  Article V. All laws of said states relating to the regulation of fisheries in the Delaware river not inconsistent with the right of common...
• Section 52:28-40 - Shellfish Industry Not Affected
  Article VI. Nothing herein contained shall affect the planting, catching or taking of oysters, clams or other shellfish, or interfere with the oyster industry...
• Section 52:28-41 - Riparian Jurisdiction
  Article VII. Each state may, on its own side of the river, continue to exercise riparian jurisdiction of every kind and nature, and to...
• Section 52:28-42 - Rights In Delaware River Preserved
  Article VIII. Nothing herein contained shall affect the territorial limits, rights or jurisdiction of either state of, in or over the Delaware river, or...
• Section 52:28-43 - Execution Of Agreement And Submission To Congress; Suit Discontinued
  Article IX. This agreement shall be executed by the said commissioners when authorized to do so by the legislature of the said states. It...
• Section 52:28-44 - Compact Ratified
  The foregoing compact or agreement, and every clause, matter and thing therein contained, be and the same is hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed as...
• Section 52:28-45 - Governor To Transmit Copy To The President
  It shall be the duty of the governor, at or before the next session of the legislature, to transmit, a duly certified copy of...
• Section 52:28-46 - Appointment Of Commissioners To Enter Into Agreement Respecting Boundary And Jurisdiction
  L.1935, c. 160, p. 387, entitled "An act concerning boundary and jurisdiction in Delaware river between this state and the state of Delaware," approved...
• Section 52:29-2 - Triennial Inspection And Replacement Or Repair Of Monuments; Setting Of Monuments Where Wanting
  The Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall cause to be made an examination of all the monuments marking the State boundary lines at...
• Section 52:29-3 - Expenses
  The department may expend such sums as may be necessary to defray the expenses of such examination, repair, restoration or furnishing of such monuments...
• Section 52:29-4 - Defacing, Injuring, Destroying Or Removing Monuments; Penalty
  Any person who defaces, injures, destroys or removes a State boundary monument shall be liable to a penalty of $250.00 which shall be collected...
• Section 52:29-5 - Repeal
  Section 52:29-1 of the Revised Statutes is repealed. L.1954, c. 32, s. 4.
• Section 52:30-1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Land By United States
  The consent of this state is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of article one, section eight, paragraph seventeen, of the constitution of the...
• Section 52:30-2 - Jurisdiction Over Lands Acquired
  Exclusive jurisdiction in and over any land so acquired by the United States is hereby ceded to the United States for all purposes except...
• Section 52:30-4 - Action To Adjudge Value Of And Acquire Rights And Easements
  Whenever the United States or any officer thereof has or hereafter shall have, in pursuance of law, leased or purchased any lands within this...
• Section 52:30-6 - Commissioners To Fix Value Of Rights And Easements When Unable To Agree With Owners
  If the commissioners shall be unable to agree with the persons holding or entitled to encumbrances, rights, ways, easements or servitudes in, upon or...
• Section 52:30-7 - Parties Defendant
  The action shall be brought against all persons having or claiming to have any such right, way, easement or servitude or any interest therein....
• Section 52:30-9 - Determination Of Value; Orders; Judgment
  The court shall without a jury try and adjudge the value of each said right, way, easement or servitude and make such orders and...
• Section 52:30-10 - Governor To Take Possession For United States; Vacation Of Streets, Etc.; Use Prohibited
  As soon as said judgment has been rendered by the court and subject to the provisions thereof the Governor shall take possession of all...
• Section 52:30-11 - Acceptance By Governor Of Retrocession Of Jurisdiction Over Lands Acquired By Or Ceded To Federal Government
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Governor, whenever he deems it desirable and in the public interest, may accept on behalf of the...
• Section 52:30-12 - Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction Over Certain Federal Properties
  1. a. The State cedes to the United States concurrent criminal jurisdiction over lands and waters within the boundaries of units of the National...
• Section 52:30-13 - Cession Of Jurisdiction, When Effective
  2. Cession of jurisdiction pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c.212 (C.52:30-12) shall become effective upon acceptance thereof in writing by an authorized official...
• Section 52:30-14 - Acceptance Of Jurisdiction Relinquished
  3. Whenever the United States relinquishes all or part of its jurisdiction theretofore held by it over lands and waters within the State, ceded...
• Section 52:31-1.1 - Sale, Conveyance Of State's Interest; Terms; Conditions; Public Hearing; Proceeds
  1. The head or principal executive of any State department, with the written approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized to sell and convey...
• Section 52:31-1.1a - Advertisement For Bids For Contracting With State Entity For Display Of Advertisement.
  11. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a State entity, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2004, c.42 (C.27:5-27), shall...
• Section 52:31-1.2 - Signing Deed Or Grant; Certification Of Terms And Conditions; Attestation
  Any deed or grant executed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be signed by the head or principal executive of the department...
• Section 52:31-1.3 - Application, Construction Of Act
  3. (a) The provisions of this act shall apply to real property or interests therein that have a value of $500,000 or less and...
• Section 52:31-1.3a - Approval Of State House Commission Required For Sale, Conveyance Of Real Property; Exceptions
  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the sale or conveyance by the head or principal executive of any State department...
• Section 52:31-1.3b - Fund For Proceeds From Sale Of Certain State-owned Real Property; Uses Restricted.
  1. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a special, non-lapsing fund into which shall be deposited the proceeds of the...
• Section 52:31-1.4 - Right Of First Refusal
  The State shall, prior to public auction to dispose of any land and improvements which it has acquired within 10 years of the final...
• Section 52:31-1.5 - Repurchase At Fair Market Value
  Nothing in this act shall preclude an owner of record from repurchasing his interest at the current fair market value even if the property...
• Section 52:31-1.6 - Findings, Declarations
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Corrections possess real property, all of which is...
• Section 52:31-1.7 - Master Plan; Submission, Updating
  a. The Commissioners of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Corrections shall each, in conjunction with the Department of the Treasury,...
• Section 52:31-1.8 - Notification To Municipality Of State's Determination To Sell, Convey Interest In Real Property
  3. When a determination is made by the head or principal executive of any State department to sell and convey all or any part...
• Section 52:31-2 - State Insurance Fund; Payment Into General State Fund; Sale Of Securities
  The moneys and income remaining in the fund created by an act entitled "An act creating a fund for the restoration or repairing of...
• Section 52:31-5 - Disposition Of Moneys Received By State Agencies From Insurance
  All moneys received by any department, institution, commission, board, committee or official of this state from any source whatever, in payment for or on...
• Section 52:31-8 - Claims Barred; Proceeds Of Sale Covered In Treasury
  All claims and interest in such property other than that provided for in section 52:31-7 of this title, shall be forever barred. The sum...
• Section 52:31-12 - Products Of Labor Of Inmates Of Institutions Excepted
  Nothing contained in sections 52:31-9 to 52:31-11 of this title shall be construed to affect any provision of any law of this state relating...
• Section 52:31-13 - Vehicles Required To Be Marked
  Any automobile or other vehicle purchased with funds appropriated by the state for the use of any officer, department or institution of the state,...
• Section 52:31-14 - Application Of Article; Vehicles Excepted
  The provisions of this article shall apply to all automobiles or other vehicles purchased with moneys appropriated by the state, or from funds in...
• Section 52:31-15 - Using Vehicle Not Marked; Misdemeanor
  Any person using any such automobile or vehicle without the same being so marked, and any person or officer upon whose authority such automobile...
• Section 52:31-23 - Residential Housing Management Board; Members; Employees
  There is established in the Department of the Treasury the Residential Housing Management Board. The board shall consist of the State Treasurer, as chairman,...
• Section 52:31-24 - Responsibility For Management Of State-owned Residential Housing And Establishment Of Housing Program; Jurisdiction Of Housing For State Employees; Exceptions
  The board shall be responsible for the management of all State-owned residential housing and shall establish policies and procedures for an equitable, coordinated and...
• Section 52:31-25 - Policies To Be Established
  The board shall establish policies concerning the following: a. The necessity and desirability for maintaining State-owned residential housing units and the conditions and purposes...
• Section 52:31-26 - Annual Survey And Continuous Inventory Of Housing Units; Notice To Board Of Change In Status Of Unit Or Occupant
  The board shall conduct an annual survey of all housing units and shall maintain an inventory of each unit, including such information as its...
• Section 52:31-27 - Establishment And Annual Review Of Schedule Of Rental Rates, Utility Charges And Maintenance Fee
  The board shall establish and review annually a schedule of housing rental rates, utility charges and maintenance fees. a. The rental rates shall be...
• Section 52:31-28 - Sale Of Unneeded Housing Unit Located Off Grounds Of State Institution Or Facility
  With the approval of the cabinet officer in whose department the housing unit is situated and the State House Commission, the board shall order...
• Section 52:31-29 - Reduction Or Waiver Of Rental Rate, Utility Charge Or Maintenance Fee; Application; Grounds
  Upon application of an interested cabinet officer, the board may authorize a reasonable reduction or waiver of a rental rate, utility charge or maintenance...
• Section 52:31-30 - Subletting Or Permitting Additional Persons; Prohibition; Ineligibility To Be Tenant; Vacation Of Premises
  No tenant of a State-owned housing unit shall sublet the unit or shall permit additional persons, other than members of the tenant's immediate family,...
• Section 52:31-31 - Discrimination In Rental; Prohibition
  No person shall be denied occupancy of a State-owned residential housing unit on account of race, religion, creed, sex, age, political affiliation or marital...
• Section 52:31-32 - Housing Advisory Committee
  The board may create a housing advisory committee, to consist equally of management representatives of State agencies with housing responsibilities, tenants who reside in...
• Section 52:31-33 - Residential Property Management Fund
  There is created a Residential Property Management Fund to which the receipts derived from rent, charges and fees for residential housing shall be transferred...
• Section 52:31-34 - Short Title
  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Capitol Joint Management Commission Act." L.1992,c.67,s.1.
• Section 52:31-35 - Findings
  2. The Legislature finds that the State House Complex, consisting of the State House, the State House Annex, and the adjacent environs, embodies and...
• Section 52:31-36 - Definitions
  3. As used in this act: a. "State capitol complex" means the State House, the State House Annex, any ancillary structures, facilities or components...
• Section 52:31-37 - State Capitol Joint Management Commission Established
  4. a. There is established the State Capitol Joint Management Commission to consist of four members of the executive branch of State government and...
• Section 52:31-38 - Organization Of Commission
  5. a. The commission and each subcommittee shall organize as soon as practical after the appointment of the initial members, and shall reorganize as...
• Section 52:31-39 - Duties Of Commission
  6. a. It shall be the duty of the commission and its respective subcommittees to: (1) maintain, monitor and preserve the architectural, historical, cultural...
• Section 52:31-40 - Commission May Enter Into Agreements
  7. a. The commission or any subcommittee may enter into agreements with other State agencies or private vendors for the performance of any function...
• Section 52:31-41 - Approval Required For Alteration Of Completed Project
  8. Upon completion of any project for the restoration, preservation and improvement of the State capitol complex, no alteration of any element of the...
• Section 52:31-42 - Acceptance Of Gifts Permitted
  9. The commission is authorized to accept gifts, donations and grants from any public or private source for the purposes of any project. L.1992,c.67,s.9.
• Section 52:31-43 - Necessary Appropriations
  10. The Legislature shall ensure that the appropriate State agency to maintain and preserve the State Capitol complex or undertake or contract for any...
• Section 52:31a-15 - Repeals
  "An act creating the State Capitol Building Commission; authorizing said commission to acquire lands and to erect buildings in order to provide adequate space...
• Section 52:31b-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Relocation Assistance Law of 1967." L.1967, c. 79, s. 1, eff. May...
• Section 52:31b-2 - Declaration Of Necessity; Liberal Construction
  This act being deemed and hereby declared necessary for the protection of the health and welfare of the residents of this State in order...
• Section 52:31b-3 - Definitions
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this act, unless...
• Section 52:31b-4 - Relocation Assistance Payments; Limitations
  (a) Whenever any State agency or any unit of local government displaces, or causes to be displaced, any person or business concern from any...
• Section 52:31b-5 - Relocation Assistance Program; Determinations; Formulation And Execution Of Program
  (a) Whenever any State agency or any unit of local government acquires or seeks to acquire any real property for public use, or implements...
• Section 52:31b-6 - Emergency Or Imminent Hazard To Public Health, Safety And Welfare
  (a) No State agency or unit of local government shall, except in the case of an emergency or an imminent hazard to the health,...
• Section 52:31b-7 - Funds; Financial Assistance
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law of this State to the contrary, any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any State agency...
• Section 52:31b-8 - Aggrieved Persons; Hearing
  Any person or business concern aggrieved by any final action, ruling, notice or order of any State agency or unit of local government in...
• Section 52:31b-9 - Application Of Act To State Department Of Transportation
  The provisions of this act shall not apply to the State Department of Transportation; provided, however, that the State Department of Transportation shall formulate...
• Section 52:31b-10 - Rules And Regulations; Filing
  The commissioner shall issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this act, and...
• Section 52:31b-11 - Inconsistent Acts
  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby superseded. L.1967, c. 79, s. 11, eff. May 31, 1967.
• Section 52:31b-12 - Partial Invalidity
  If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or...
• Section 52:31c-1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Structured Financing Act." L.1999,c.157,s.1.
• Section 52:31c-2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Structured Financing Transactions.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.In this era of limited sources of State and local revenues coupled with the increasing demands placed on...
• Section 52:31c-3 - Definitions Relative To Structured Financing Transactions.
  3.As used in this act, "Assets" means all property, both real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, of any type and all rights, easements,...
• Section 52:31c-4 - Authority To Enter Into Structured Financing Transaction
  4.Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary: a.The State Treasurer is authorized to enter into a structured financing transaction, on such terms,...
• Section 52:31c-5 - Establishment Of State Payment Account For Structured Financing Transaction.
  5. a. The State Treasurer may establish a State payment account for a structured financing transaction. If the State Treasurer determines that a State...
• Section 52:31c-6 - Reports, Jboc Approval.
  6. a. Prior to entering into a structured financing transaction, the State Treasurer shall transmit to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor,...
• Section 52:31c-7 - Construction Of Act As To State Obligations.
  7.Nothing in this act shall be deemed or construed as to limit, alter or impair in any way the rights and obligations of the...
• Section 52:31c-8 - Immunity From Personal Liability.
  8.No State Treasurer or any officer, director or employee of any State agency or State authority executing a structured financing agreement pursuant to this...
• Section 52:31c-9 - Powers Constitute Performance Of Essential Governmental Function; Tax Exemption.
  9.The exercise of the powers granted by this act shall constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and no person shall be required...
• Section 52:31c-10 - Procedures For Undertaking Structured Financing Agreements By Public Agencies Other Than The State
  10. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the State Treasurer shall establish procedures under which a county or municipal governing board, a board of...
• Section 52:31c-11 - Structured Financing Act To Supplement, Supersede Other Laws.
  11.This act shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative and complete method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be...
• Section 52:31c-12 - Severability.
  12.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the...
• Section 52:31c-13 - Liberal Construction.
  13.This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act as complete and independent authority for the...
• Section 52:32-1 - American Goods And Products To Be Used In State Work
  The state shall make provisions in the specifications for all contracts for state work and for work for which the state pays any part...
• Section 52:32-1a - U. S., State Flags, U. S. Manufacture; Required.
  1.Any flag of the United States or flag of the State of New Jersey purchased with State funds shall be manufactured in the United...
• Section 52:32-1.3 - "Public Contract" Defined
  As used in this act, "public contract" means any contract or agreement entered into by a state or any instrumentality of that state to...
• Section 52:32-1.4 - Retaliatory Discrimination
  Any bidder with its principal place of business located in another state which has provisions of state law, rules or regulations causing disadvantage to...
• Section 52:32-1.5 - Rule