Bill Text: NJ S793 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Prohibits president or other employee of public institution of higher education from taking final action on purchase of property unless prior notice is provided to institution's governing board and general counsel and board approves action.**
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-13 - Approved P.L.2017, c.30. [S793 Detail]
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§1 - C.18A:3B-6.2
An Act concerning the purchase of certain 1real1 property by public institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The president or any other officer or employee of a public institution of higher education shall not take 2[any] final2 action on behalf of the institution for the purchase of 1real1 property 2[that is not within a five-mile radius of one of the existing campuses of the institution, including any preliminary action to investigate the availability of the 1real1 property for sale or the advisability of the purchase] 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)2, 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 2and 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 board2.
b. The 2[governing board of a]2 public institution of higher education shall submit a report to the Governor, the Legislature pursuant to 1section 2 of1 P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Secretary of Higher Education, and the State Comptroller, on the purchase of 1real1 property 2[that is not within a five-mile radius of one of the existing campuses of the institution] 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)2. The report shall be filed within five days following the submission of the institution's 2[initial] binding2 offer to the seller for the purchase of the 1real1 property. 1The 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.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Prohibits president or other employee of public institution of higher education from taking final action on purchase of property unless prior notice is provided to institution's governing board and general counsel and board approves action.
