Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:34-10.8

  • 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
8. Contracts awarded for professional services by a State agency, as defined in section 11 of P.L.2005, c.336 (C. 52:34-10.11),shall be contracts only for services rendered or performed by a person authorized by law to practice a recognized profession and whose practice is regulated by law or the performance of which services requires knowledge of an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal course of specialized instruction and study as distinguished from general academic instruction or apprenticeship and training. Professional services contracts shall also include those services rendered in the provision of goods or performance of services that are original and creative in character in a recognized field of artistic endeavor. Professional services contracts shall also include contracts for extraordinary unspecifiable services if, after evaluation and assessment, such services are determined to be such that they cannot reasonably be described by written specifications.

L.2005,c.336,s.8.