Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:3B-6.2

  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Employee: includes the holder of any position or employment. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
1. a. The president or any other officer or employee of a public institution of higher education shall not take final action on behalf of the institution for the purchase of real property the cost of which is equal to or greater than the amount set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C. 52:15C-10), unless the president or other officer or employee notifies the governing board of the institution and the general counsel of the institution of the proposed action and the governing board approves the final action. Final action shall not include any ministerial of non-substantive changes made to a contract subsequent to the governing board’s approval, or any action that falls within the authority previously granted to the president or any other officer or a board trustee by the governing board.

b. The public institution of higher education shall submit a report to the Governor, the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C. 52:14-19.1), the Secretary of Higher Education, and the State Comptroller, on the purchase of real property the cost of which is equal to or greater than the amount set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C. 52:15C-10). The report shall be filed within five days following the submission of the institution’s binding offer to the seller for the purchase of the real property. The report shall be in addition to any notice of award or notice of the commencement of any procurement process that is required to be provided to the State Comptroller in accordance with section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C. 52:15C-10).

c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any action on the part of a public institution of higher education that is governed pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:65-1 et seq.

L.2017, c.30, s.1.

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