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NJ Rev Stat § 30:1B-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:1B-46 - Policy to limit cross gender searches and surveillance in State correctional facilities.

30:1B-46 Policy to limit cross gender searches and surveillance in State correctional facilities.  1. The Commissioner of Corrections shall establish a policy to limit cross gender searches and surveillance in State correctional facilities. The policy shall:  a. require a strip or body cavity search of an inmate to be conducted by an officer of the same gender who is specially trained to conduct these searches; b. authorize an exception to the requirements in subsection a. of this section only in cases of an emergency or other extraordinary or unforeseen circumstances; c. require a non-security employee to conduct the search if a facility does not have sufficient correctional police officers of the same gender as the inmate population; d. require the strip or body cavity search to conform with hygienic procedures and professional practices; e. prohibit correctional police officers from viewing inmates of the opposite gender who are nude or performing bodily functions except in an emergency or other extraordinary or unforeseen circumstances;  f. require a facility to install privacy panels in shower and toilet areas when possible;  g. require a verbal announcement to be made when correctional police officers or other employees of the opposite gender are in an area of the facility;  h. when necessary to determine a transgender inmate's genital status, require the examination of the inmate to be conducted in a private setting by a medical practitioner;  i. prohibit a correctional police officer or non-security employee from conducting a strip search on an inmate solely for the purpose of determining the inmate's biological sex or gender;  j. prohibit lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) inmates from being subject to a more invasive strip or body cavity search than non-LGBTQ inmates; in the event an additional search is necessary, require the correctional police officer or non-security employee to obtain supervisor approval; k. require that a transgender inmate be permitted to indicate a preference for the gender of the correctional police officer or non-security employee who will perform the strip or body cavity search on the inmate and require that the request is to be honored unless exigent circumstances require an immediate strip or body cavity search by available personnel, as determined by a supervisor; l. require a transgender inmate who chooses to have a cross gender search conducted pursuant to subsection k. of this section to sign a cross gender search preference form; and m. include any other restrictions deemed appropriate by the commissioner. L.2019, c.409, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:1B-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:1B-47 - Definitions relative to domestic violence.

30:1B-47 Definitions relative to domestic violence.  1. As used in P.L.2021, c.233 (C.30:1B-47 et seq.): "Abuser" means the named perpetrator of the domestic violence in the documentation provided pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section. "Certified Domestic Violence Specialist" means a person who has fulfilled the requirements of certification as a Domestic Violence Specialist established by the New Jersey Association of Domestic Violence Professionals. "Designated domestic violence agency" means a countywide organization with a primary purpose to provide services to victims of domestic violence, and which provides services that conform to the core domestic violence services profile as defined in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families and is under contract with the Department of Children and Families for the express purpose of providing those services. L.2021, c.233, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:1B-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:1B-48 - Supervised community reintegration program established.

30:1B-48 Supervised community reintegration program established.  2. a. There is hereby established in the Department of Corrections a supervised community reintegration program. The department shall consult with a Statewide domestic violence advocacy organization in the establishment and administration of the program. The purpose of the program is to foster the successful community reintegration of certain domestic violence victims who meet the following criteria: (1) the inmate was convicted of crimes committed against the inmate's abuser as defined in section 2 of P.L.2021, c.233 (C.30:1B-48); (2) the inmate is serving a sentence of imprisonment and meets the eligibility criteria pursuant to rules and regulations established by the department for residential community programs; (3) the inmate is found to present a low risk of re-offense; and (4) the other requirements of this section are met. b. An eligible inmate approved for participation in the program established pursuant to this section shall undergo a period of rehabilitative services, be required to agree to participate in the program, and gradually transition to supervision in the community, which may include assignment to a residential community release program and participation in a work release program. c. The department may authorize the participation of an eligible inmate in the residential community release program in accordance with the requirements of section 3 of P.L.2021, c.233 (C.30:1B-49). An eligible inmate participating in the residential community release program shall remain in the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections and be subject to the department's rules and regulations. L.2021, c.233, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:1B-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:1B-49 - Application by eligible inmate to participate in program.

30:1B-49 Application by eligible inmate to participate in program.  3. a. An eligible inmate may apply to the Department of Corrections seeking participation in the residential community release program in a manner and form prescribed by the department. The application contain the following: (1) the crime for which the inmate is serving a sentence of imprisonment was committed against the alleged abuser and no one else;  (2) the inmate has not been convicted of a crime of violence against a person other than the alleged abuser; and (3) documentation that the inmate is a victim of domestic violence, including, but not limited to: (a) a restraining order or other documentation of equitable relief issued to the inmate by a court of competent jurisdiction against the abuser; (b) a police record documenting the domestic violence between the inmate and the abuser; (c) documentation that the abuser has been convicted of one or more of the offenses enumerated in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-19); (d) medical documentation of the domestic violence; (e) certification from a certified Domestic Violence Specialist or the director of a designated domestic violence agency that the inmate is a victim of domestic violence; or (f) other documentation or certification of the domestic violence provided by a social worker or other professional who has assisted the inmate in dealing with domestic violence or any sufficient documentary evidence that the inmate has been a victim of domestic violence by the abuser. b. Prior to considering an eligible inmate's application to participate in the residential community release program, the Department of Corrections shall cause to be completed application review materials, including a psychological evaluation of the applicant, an objective risk assessment, and a summary of the applicant's conduct regarding the offense, history, and evidence of abuse, and classification of institutional record since conviction. L.2021, c.233, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:1B-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:1B-50 - Approval, admission to the program.

30:1B-50 Approval, admission to the program.  4. If the Department of Corrections finds that the requirements set out in sections 2 and 3 of P.L.2021, c.233 (C.30:1B-48 and C.30:1B-49) are met, the department may approve that inmate to be admitted to the residential community release program, and shall determine any special conditions of participation that shall apply. L.2021, c.233, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:1B-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:1B-51 - Notice to county prosecutor or Attorney General.

30:1B-51 Notice to county prosecutor or Attorney General.  5. a. Pursuant to rules and regulations established by the Department of Corrections, at least 10 working days prior to final determination of an application for participation in the program, the department shall notify the appropriate county prosecutor or the Attorney General, if appropriate. The notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by the department and shall contain all information and documentation relating to the application as the department shall deem appropriate and necessary, as well as information on the program and the consideration process. b. Upon receipt of the notice, the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be, may submit comments to the department. c. The information contained in any notice given by the department pursuant to this section and the contents of any comments submitted by a recipient in response thereto shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person who is not authorized to receive or review that information or those comments. d. The department shall provide written notice of its decision to the county prosecutor or Attorney General, as the case may be. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of the department to address a violation of a condition for participation in the program, including through dismissal from the program for a violation of conditions or a failure to meet the requirements of the program. L.2021, c.233, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:1B-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:1B-52 - Rules, regulations.

30:1B-52 Rules, regulations.  6. The Department of Corrections, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2021, c.233, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:2-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:2-1 - Appropriations

30:2-1. Appropriations  All appropriations of money from the State treasury for the uses and purposes of the several institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title, and for all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith, as well as appropriations for the uses and purposes of the department, shall be made to the department as one item. The several institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title shall submit their requests for appropriations to the commissioner in the form and at the time prescribed by law. The commissioner shall be the sole agency for the transmission of the requests for appropriations on behalf of the department and the institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of said section 30:1-7, with such modifications of the requests of the several institutions as he may determine. The commissioner shall be the sole agent authorized to submit a request for appropriations on behalf of any of the charitable, hospital, relief and training institutions or correctional institutions or noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of said section 30:1-7. Appropriations for working capital for all institutions and noninstitutional agencies included within the provisions of section 30:1-7 of this Title shall be made in bulk and may be allotted by the commissioner or used as a general fund, as he may determine. Amended by L.1938, c. 275, p. 596, s. 1, eff. May 25, 1938; L.1971, c. 384, s. 15, eff. Jan. 5, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:2-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:2-2 - Appropriation must not be exceeded

30:2-2. Appropriation must not be exceeded  All expenditures for or on account of the department or any of its institutions or noninstitutional agencies shall be paid out of the funds appropriated by the legislature and all earnings or income shall be duly accounted for and paid into the state treasury. The total expenditures for all purposes shall not exceed in any year the sums appropriated by the legislature.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:3-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:3-4 - State institutional construction fund; bond issue

30:3-4. State institutional construction fund; bond issue  L.1930, c. 227, p. 1015, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in the sum of ten million dollars for state institutions; providing for the ways and means to pay the interest of said debt and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election," approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, as amended by L.1935, c. 215, p. 509, saved from repeal. [This act permits the issuance of bonds in the sum of ten million dollars; limits the bonds issued in any one year to three million dollars; bonds are to be issued from time to time as money is required by certification of the state board to the state house commission; principal and interest are exempt from taxation; the state house commission shall determine all questions in connection with bond issues; other provisions are made for rate of interest, temporary bonds or certificates; separate series, registration, maturity, payment, dedication of proceeds, appropriation of necessary funds from receipts of tax on motor vehicle fuels, and levy of general tax to meet deficiency.]
NJ Rev Stat § 30:3-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:3-5 - Order of precedence in expenditures

30:3-5. Order of precedence in expenditures  L.1930, c. 202, s.s. 2, 6, 7, pp. 959, 961, 962, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of real and personal property in this state for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing, reconstructing, development, extending and equipping state charitable, hospital, relief, training, correctional, reformatory and penal institutions and appurtenances thereto," approved April eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, saved from repeal. [These sections provide that the construction fund created by L.1930, c. 227, p. 1015 (saved from repeal by section 30:3-4 of this title), shall be expended in the order of precedence enumerated; that the comptroller may correct items; and that the state house commission, the custodian of the fund, may authorize the transfer of parts of items to other items on application of the state board.]
NJ Rev Stat § 30:3-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:3-6 - Expenditures; further appropriation

30:3-6. Expenditures; further appropriation  L.1933, c. 377, p. 1061, entitled "An act making appropriations for construction purposes," approved September fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [This act for the purpose of further carrying into effect L.1930, c. 227, p. 1015 (saved from repeal by section 30:3-4 of this title), appropriates various amounts for enumerated improvements; permits the comptroller of the treasury to correct items; and permits the state house commission on application of the state board to authorize the transfer of parts of items to other items.]
NJ Rev Stat § 30:3-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:3-7 - Powers of state board as to building operations; architectural treatment; plans and specifications

30:3-7. Powers of state board as to building operations; architectural treatment; plans and specifications  The state board, except as hereinafter provided, shall exercise all the powers and perform all of the duties heretofore vested in or imposed upon the state architect or the state department of architecture, by whatever name known, and shall, through the commissioner and other appropriate board, division, commission or bureau of the department, conduct all state institutional building operations and all constructive work allied thereto, except for the state board of education. It shall at all times render assistance to all other state departments, except the state board of education, in determining the designs, location and arrangements of all public works and of all of their approaches and appurtenances calling for architectural treatment and the services of engineers, and shall approve the design of all such features thereof as are susceptible of architectural treatment. No payment shall be made on any contract for work done for the state except for the state board of education or any division thereof requiring architectural treatment except upon the certificate of the commissioner addressed to the comptroller, setting forth that the drawings and specifications have been complied with, which certificate shall be indorsed by the state board and by the board or body to which the appropriation was made. All specifications and contract drawings made for the commissioner, as hereinafter provided, shall be signed by the technical assistant responsible to the commissioner for their preparation and shall be approved by him, by the state board and by the commission, board or body to which the appropriation was made. When so signed and approved no other body shall have power to modify or change such specifications or drawings except that the commissioner may at any time during the progress of the work, with the approval of the state board and of the commission, board or other body, make necessary additions thereto or deviations from the amount thereof, provided that the sum appropriated for such work is not thereby exceeded, unless the state house commission shall have made an emergency appropriation to supplement the appropriation made therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:3-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:3-8 - Drawings, specifications and building contracts; technical disputes; technical advisers, architects, engineers, etc.

30:3-8. Drawings, specifications and building contracts; technical disputes; technical advisers, architects, engineers, etc.  Subject to the supervision and ultimate authority of the state board, the commissioner shall cause to be prepared all drawings, specifications and building contracts, determine the kind and quality of materials to be employed, interpret the meaning of drawings and specifications and adjudicate technical disputes between the state and its contractors, except as herein otherwise provided. Within the appropriation provided for any board, division, committee or commission of the department of institutions and agencies and with the approval of the state board, he may employ such technical advisers as the work of his office necessitates and with the approval of the state board and of the state house commission, he may pay for the services of architects, engineers and other technical assistants employed to prepare plans, specifications and drawings and for their superintendence from the appropriations for the building or buildings or public work they are retained to plan, design or supervise, at a rate which shall not be in excess of the schedule of minimum charges adopted by the American Institute of Architects, or by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, or by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Institutional boards of managers or other agents or agencies of the state in charge of institutions, departments, divisions or commissions except the state board of education, for which appropriations have been made may nominate to the state board architects, engineers or other technical assistants whom they may recommend that the commissioner with the approval of the state board and of the state house commission, shall employ and the commissioner may consider these nominations in making recommendations for the employment of such assistants. The commissioner shall cause to be prepared a map or plan of each institution, showing the layout of buildings, heating, lighting and power plants, water and sewage disposal works and all other approaches and appurtenances of each such institution.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:3-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:3-9 - Architects selected by competition; jury on designs

30:3-9. Architects selected by competition; jury on designs  The commissioner may with the approval of the state board, at a time to be fixed by it, select by competition from among the architects legally registered in the state, an architect to design any specific building or structure. The designs of the competitors shall be judged by a jury of three disinterested architects, one selected by the state board, one by the competitors and the third by the two so chosen. Should the jury discover among the competitors any whose designs indicate an ability to solve the problems acceptably, it shall certify its first choice to the commissioner who shall appoint him as associate of the chief of the division of architecture and construction to design the specific building or structure.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:3-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:3-10 - Award of contracts; proposals; advertising

30:3-10. Award of contracts; proposals; advertising  After plans and specifications have been approved, as provided in section 30:3-7 of this title, all advertising incidental to awarding building or construction contracts shall be placed by the commissioner and paid for by the commission, board or body to which appropriation was made for the work. All proposals shall be received, opened and read at the commissioner's office in the presence of the commission, board or body to which appropriation was made for the work, and the commissioner within fourteen days thereafter shall, with the approval of the state board, make the award.