Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-59

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Board: means the board of education. 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
  • 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
10. In consideration of the utilization by the county for purposes of higher education of privately donated properties and funds and the prospect of future private donations, the State and the county by this act agree with the current board of trustees and its successor that:

a. If the property and funds controlled by the current trustees and its successor board of governors is not properly applied in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of this act for the purposes of higher education and in accordance with the terms of any applicable testament or trust or other special provisions; or

b. if the county shall not make provisions sufficient to enable the current board of trustees and its successors to discharge its trust to apply the trust assets as described in section 9 of this act for public higher education through the conduct of a college with high educational standards, then the board of governors, after consideration and on not less than 60 days’ prior written notice to the board of trustees and to the Governor, shall have and may exercise the right to withhold or withdraw the use of the properties and funds described in section 9 of this act or any part thereof, subject to adjudication by the courts of the State and subject to their proper application for the purposes of public higher education and in accordance with the terms of any applicable testamentary trust or other special provision.

L.1982,c.42,s.10; amended 1994,c.48,s.157.