Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-25.34

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Employee: includes the holder of any position or employment. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Insurance authorized. Any county college is authorized to insure, contract or provide for any insurable interest of the college in the manner authorized by section 3 of this act, for the following:

a. Any loss or damage to its property, real or personal, motor vehicles, equipment or apparatus;

b. Any loss or damage from liability resulting from the use or operation of motor vehicles, equipment or apparatus owned or controlled by it;

c. Any loss or damage from liability for its own acts or omissions and for acts or omissions of its officers, employees or servants arising out of and in the course of the performance of their duties, including, but not limited to, any liability established by the “New Jersey Tort Claims Act,” N.J.S. 59:1-1 et seq., or by any federal or other law;

d. Loss or damage from liability as established by chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 34:15-1 et seq.);

e. Expenses of defending any claim against the county college, officer, employee or servant arising out of and in the course of the performance of their duties, whether or not liability exists on the claim.

L. 1985, c. 204, s. 2, eff. June 26, 1985.