Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-1

  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • County college: means an educational institution established or to be established by one or more counties, offering programs of instruction, extending not more than two years beyond the high school, which may include but need not be limited to specialized or comprehensive curriculums, including college credit transfer courses, terminal courses in the liberal arts and sciences, and technical institute type programs. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Local bond law: means the local bond law, chapters 1 and 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-1
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. 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
18A:64A-1. As used in this chapter:

a. “Base year” means the fiscal year two years prior to that in which the budget is to be implemented; provided, however, for determining the level of State aid for fiscal 1982, the “base year” shall be the fiscal year three years prior to that in which the budget is to be implemented;

b. “Capital outlay expense” means those funds devoted to or required for the acquisition, landscaping or improvement of land; the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, alteration, addition or enlargement of buildings or other structures; and the purchase of furniture, apparatus and other equipment;

c. “County college” means an educational institution established or to be established by one or more counties, offering programs of instruction, extending not more than two years beyond the high school, which may include but need not be limited to specialized or comprehensive curriculums, including college credit transfer courses, terminal courses in the liberal arts and sciences, and technical institute type programs;

d. “Educational and general costs” means expenditures of a county college according to regulations established by the State Treasurer;

e. “Local bond law” means the local bond law, chapters 1 and 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S. 40A:1-1 et seq.);

f. “Operational expense” means those funds devoted to or required for the regular or ordinary expenses of the college, including administrative, maintenance, minor capital and salary expenses but excluding capital outlay expenses;

g. “Elected public official” means a person elected to a public office in the State of New Jersey other than an elected representative serving on a board of education pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:12-1 and section 1 of P.L.1977, c.30 (C. 18A:54-16.1).

L.1967, c.271; amended 1981,c.329,s.1; 1983,c.518,s.1; 1994,c.48,s.119.