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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-2 - Terms defined.

18A:71A-2. Terms defined.  18A:71A-2. Terms Defined. As used in this act, unless the context indicates another or different meaning, the following words shall have the following meanings: "Authority" means the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established pursuant to this act, or any body, entity, commission, or department succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers conferred upon the authority by this act shall be given by law. "Board" means the governing body of the authority appointed or elected pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-4 of this article. "Bond" means bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority issued pursuant to this act. "Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. "Eligible institution" means, unless otherwise defined by this act or by the authority by regulation, an institution having a participation agreement with the authority which is further defined in 20 U.S.C. s.1071 et seq., and which includes an institution of higher education, a proprietary institution of higher education, a postsecondary vocational institution and a vocational school, provided that the institution or school is licensed or approved by the appropriate agency or department and accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting association. "Executive director" means the chief executive and administrative officer of the authority. "Fund" means the Higher Education Student Assistance Fund. "Lender" or "eligible lender" includes the authority and any institution authorized to make loans under 20 U.S.C. s.1071 et seq. which has entered into a participation agreement with the authority. "Member" means an individual appointed or elected to the board of the authority or serving ex-officio on the board. "State college" means any college or university created pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-3 - Higher Education Student Assistance Authority created.

18A:71A-3 Higher Education Student Assistance Authority created.  18A:71A-3. Higher Education Student Assistance Authority Created. The Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, a body corporate and politic, shall be established in the Executive Branch of the State Government and for the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the authority is allocated in but not of the Department of State. The authority shall constitute an instrumentality of the State exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this act in the furthering of access to postsecondary education, whether by loans, grants, scholarships or other means, shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. The authority shall submit its budget request directly to the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-4 - Board of the authority.

18A:71A-4 Board of the authority.  18A:71A-4. a. The Board of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall consist of 18 members as follows: the State Treasurer, ex-officio, or a designee; the Secretary of Higher Education, ex-officio, or a designee from among the public members of the commission; the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Educational Opportunity Fund, ex-officio, or a designee from among the public members of the board; five representatives from eligible institutions in this State, including one from Rutgers, the State University, one from either the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rowan University, Montclair State University, or Kean University, one from the county colleges, one from the State colleges, and one from the independent institutions of higher education in the State; two students from different collegiate institutional sectors; seven public members who shall be residents of this State, including one who shall represent a lender party to a participation agreement with the authority; and the executive director of the authority, or designee, who shall be an ex-officio, non-voting member of the board.  b. The seven public members, including the lender member, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. No more than four of the public members shall be members of the same political party. The institutional representatives shall be nominated by the respective institution in the case of Rutgers, the State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rowan University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. The remaining institutional representatives shall be nominated by the respective sector association. Institutional representatives shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The student members shall be the individuals that the Student Advisory Committee elects as its chairperson and vice-chairperson. The Student Advisory Committee shall be created by the board to include students from all collegiate institutional sectors. The necessary appointments shall be made within 45 days of the enactment of P.L.1999, c.46 (N.J.S.18A:71A-1 et al.).  c. Public and institutional members of the board shall serve a term of four years and until a successor is appointed and qualified, except in the case of the first members so appointed, four of whom shall be appointed for a term of four years, four of whom shall be appointed for a term of three years, two of whom shall be appointed for a term of two years, and two of whom shall be appointed for a term of one year. Student members shall serve a term of office not to exceed two years. Any vacancy in the membership of the board, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment or election was made, but for the unexpired term only. amended 2012, c.45, s.97; 2017, c.178, s.58; 2021, c.282, s.58.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-5 - Executive director.

18A:71A-5 Executive director.  18A:71A-5. Executive Director. a. The executive director of the authority shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor during the Governor's term of office and until a successor is appointed and qualified, except that the person holding the office of Executive Director of Student Assistance Programs in the Office of Student Assistance in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, on the effective date of this act shall be the initial executive director of the authority. The executive director shall receive annual compensation, which shall be payable as other State compensation is paid. b. The executive director shall be: (1) the chief executive and administrative officer of the authority having general charge and supervision of the work of the authority; (2) the appointing authority and official agent of the authority for all purposes. The authority shall delegate to the executive director the power to employ financial and computer experts, attorneys, accountants, managers, and such other employees and agents as may be necessary; to fix their compensation; and to promote and discharge the employees and agents;  (3) the budget request officer and the approval officer of the authority; (4) an officer and an ex-officio, non-voting member of the board; and (5) authorized, subject to law, to select a designee to act in his place or stead and to have authority over all matters concerning the employment and compensation of staff not classified under Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-7 - Limitation of liability, conflict of interest, compensation.

18A:71A-7 Limitation of liability, conflict of interest, compensation.  18A:71A-7. Limitation of Liability, Conflict of Interest, Compensation. a. The personal liability of members of the board, which shall be a public entity under the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., shall be limited to the extent permitted by N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., this act, and other applicable New Jersey law. b. Each member of the board shall comply with the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.). c. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-11 - Certain pension, benefits, and employment classification provisions applicable to employees of the authority.

18A:71A-11 Certain pension, benefits, and employment classification provisions applicable to employees of the authority.  18A:71A-11. Certain Pension, Benefits, and Employment Classification Provisions Applicable to Employees of the Authority. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any former employee of the Office of Student Assistance who was a participant in the alternate benefit program, P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-168 et seq.), and who has continued in uninterrupted service with the State may continue to participate in the alternate benefit program on the same terms as other eligible employees. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, professional administrative staff of the authority are eligible to participate in the alternate benefit program under the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-168 et seq.). c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, eligible employees of the authority shall be eligible to obtain supplemental tax-deferred annuities with outside investment carriers on the same basis and with the same carriers as available to members of the alternate benefit program under the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-168 et seq.). d. The total number of employees in unclassified service including the number of vacant unclassified service positions on the date this act becomes effective shall not decrease without prior authorization by the board. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-12 - Limitations on issue of bond anticipation notes and other obligations.

18A:71A-12. Limitations on issue of bond anticipation notes and other obligations.  18A:71A-12. Limitations on Issue of Bond Anticipation Notes and Other Obligations. The authority may issue bond anticipation notes and other short-term obligations which may be renewed from time to time, but the maximum maturity of the notes or obligations, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of issue of the original. The notes or obligations shall be paid from any revenues or other moneys of the authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged, or from the proceeds of sale of the bonds of the authority in anticipation of which they were issued. The notes or obligations shall be issued in the same manner as bonds, and the resolution or resolutions authorizing them may contain any provisions, conditions or limitations which a bond resolution of the authority may contain. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-13 - Bonds, bond anticipation notes, other obligations: general provisions.

18A:71A-13 Bonds, bond anticipation notes, other obligations: general provisions.  18A:71A-13. Bonds, Bond Anticipation Notes, Other Obligations: General Provisions. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds, notes or obligations shall be general obligations of the authority payable from any revenues or moneys of the authority, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds, notes or obligations pledging any particular revenues or moneys. Notwithstanding that bonds, notes, and other obligations may be payable from a special fund, they shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes, the Uniform Commercial Code, subject only to the provision of the bonds, notes, and other obligations for registration. The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the authority, in its discretion, may issue bonds of both types. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the members of the authority and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding 35 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates including, but not limited to, fixed, variable, floating or adjustable interest rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as the resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds, notes or obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the authority shall determine. Pending preparation of the definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for the definitive bonds. At any time prior to the issuance and sale of bonds or other obligations by the authority under this act, the State Treasurer is authorized to transfer from any available moneys in any fund of the Treasury of the State to the credit of any fund of the authority those sums which the State Treasurer may deem necessary. The sums so transferred shall be returned to the same fund of the Treasury of the State by the State Treasurer from the proceeds of the sale of the first issue of authority bonds, notes or other obligations issued for the same programmatic purpose as the funds transferred by the State Treasurer. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-14 - Bond resolutions.

18A:71A-14 Bond resolutions.  18A:71A-14. Bond Resolutions. Any resolution or resolutions of the authority authorizing any bonds or any issues of bonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds to be authorized as to: a. the pledging of all or any part of the revenues of the authority; b. the use and disposition of the revenues; c. the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulations and disposition thereof; d. limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of outstanding bonds; e. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which the consent may be given; f. limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied and pledging the proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or any issue of the bonds; g. defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of the authority to holders of its obligations and providing the rights and remedies of the holders in the event of a default; and h. the making of covenants other than and in addition to the covenants herein expressly authorized, of like or different character; and the making of the covenants to do or refrain from doing such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to better secure the bonds, notes or other obligations which, in the absolute discretion of the authority, will tend to make the bonds, notes, or other obligations more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-15 - Personal liability on bonds, notes and other obligations.

18A:71A-15 Personal liability on bonds, notes and other obligations.  18A:71A-15. Personal Liability on Bonds, Notes and Other Obligations. Neither the members of the authority, nor any person executing bonds, notes or other obligations issued by it, nor any officer or employee of the authority shall be liable personally on the bonds, notes or other obligations or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-16 - Purchase by authority of bonds, notes and other obligations.

18A:71A-16 Purchase by authority of bonds, notes and other obligations.  18A:71A-16. Purchase by Authority of Bonds, Notes and Other Obligations. The authority shall have the power out of any funds available therefor to purchase its bonds, notes or other obligations. The authority may hold, pledge, cancel or resell the bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-17 - Security for bonds.

18A:71A-17 Security for bonds.  18A:71A-17. Security for Bonds. In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued by it may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a qualified bank as defined in section 1 of "The Banking Act of 1948," P.L.1948, c.67 (C.17:9A-1 et seq.). The trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including particularly those provisions authorized to be included in any resolution or resolutions of the authority authorizing bonds. Any banking institution, as defined in section 1 of "The Banking Act of 1948," P.L.1948, c.67 (C.17:9A-1 et seq.), may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues or other moneys and may furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by the authority. The trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee or trustees, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, the trust agreement or resolution may contain such other provisions as the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-18 - Liability for payment of bonds.

18A:71A-18 Liability for payment of bonds.  18A:71A-18. Liability for Payment of Bonds. Bonds issued pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-8 shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided. The bonds shall contain on the face a statement to the effect that neither the State of New Jersey nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues or other moneys of the authority and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this act shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-19 - Rights of bondholders.

18A:71A-19 Rights of bondholders.  18A:71A-19. Rights of Bondholders. A holder of bonds issued by the authority pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-8, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by any resolution authorizing the issuance of, or any trust agreement securing, the bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State or granted hereunder or under the resolution of trust agreement, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this act or by the resolution or trust agreement to be performed by the authority or by any officer, employee or agent thereof. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-20 - Refunding bonds.

18A:71A-20 Refunding bonds.  18A:71A-20. Refunding Bonds. a. The authority shall have power to issue bonds for the purposes of refunding any of its bonds then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity of the bonds. b. The proceeds of bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds may, in the discretion of the authority, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of outstanding bonds either on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or at the maturity thereof and may, pending such application, be placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on such date as may be determined by the authority. Any escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, or in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured by obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, maturing at such time or times as shall be appropriate to assure the prompt payment, as to principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded. The interest, income and profits, if any, earned or realized on any such investment may also be applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of the proceeds and interest, income and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments thereof may be returned to the authority for use by it in any lawful manner. All such bonds shall be subject to the provisions of this act in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to this act and N.J.S.18A:71A-8. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:71A-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:71A-21 - Bonds as legal investments.

18A:71A-21 Bonds as legal investments.  18A:71A-21. Bonds as Legal Investments. Bonds, notes and other obligations issued by the authority under the provisions of this act and N.J.S.18A:71A-8, are hereby made securities in which the State and all political subdivisions of the State, their officers, boards, commissions, departments or other agencies, banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, all insurance companies, insurance associations and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds, notes or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control; and the bonds, notes or other obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officers or agency of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law. L.1999,c.46,s.1.