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NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-13 - Private work reserves

52:27C-13. Private work reserves  The department shall, through such locally organized and operating agencies as the commissioner may deem appropriate, motivate, compile and analyze private work reserves. Such reserves shall consist of deferred and anticipated demands for private improvements, repairs, goods and services, that would provide employment upon the cessation of war production. L.1944, c. 85, art. 2, p. 172, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-14 - Direction and use of private work reserves

52:27C-14. Direction and use of private work reserves  The co-ordinator shall develop programs to guide and direct the use of private work reserves, so far as possible, into such periods and locations as appear in need of additional employment opportunities. He shall also use the private work reserve and such other information as the department may have to provide business marketing analysis and consumer information services. L.1944, c. 85, art. 2, p. 172, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-15 - Public informational material

52:27C-15. Public informational material  The department shall prepare, distributed and co-ordinate public informational materials pertaining to the industrial development, facilities and advantages of the State and to the social and economic programs sponsored by the department. L.1944, c. 85, art. 2, p. 172, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-16 - Study of transportation; harbor, etc., facilities

52:27C-16. Study of transportation; harbor, etc., facilities  The department shall survey, investigate and study the transportation, storage, port, harbor and terminal facilities and needs of the State and of particular industrial areas, and the co-ordination of such facilities with existing or future means of transportation. The department shall prepare a comprehensive and co-ordinated plan for the development of harbor, port, freight terminal and transportation facilities in the State, in co-operation with other State and interstate agencies having jurisdiction over related matters. The commissioner shall recommend to the Governor and the Legislature such policies and projects as are suggested by such investigations, plans and studies. L.1944, c. 85, art. 2, p. 172, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-17 - Adoption of improved methods, etc., of transportation

52:27C-17. Adoption of improved methods, etc., of transportation  The department may petition any Federal, State, municipal or other authority, administrative, judicial or legislative, having jurisdiction in the premises, for the adoption and execution of any physical improvement, change in method, rate or system of handling freight, warehousing, docking, lightering or transfer of freight or the transportation of passengers and baggage which the commissioner may find desirable to improve or facilitate commerce in and through the State, or to improve terminal and transportation facilities therein. The commissioner may intervene in any proceeding affecting the commerce of the State, but nothing herein shall impair the powers of any municipality or ad hoc authority to develop, improve or operate port and terminal facilities. L.1944, c. 85, art. 2, p. 173, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-18 - Plans for physical development of state; coordination; housing

52:27C-18. Plans for physical development of state; coordination; housing  The department shall prepare and perfect from time to time a State master plan for the physical development of the State and prepare and keep current a proposed long term development program of major State improvements. The Economic Council shall hold public hearings on such plan or plans and shall transmit to the Governor and the Legislature such plans as it may agree upon. When approved by the Legislature, such plan or plans shall be known as the official State plan. The department shall among other things: a. Advise with the various State departments, agencies and instrumentalities, and with local authorities and individuals with a view to the co-ordination of all physical development plans, including plans for highways, airways and air terminals, parkways, parks, water supply development, flood control, land use, recreation areas and forest reservations that are related to an economical and comprehensive development of the State. b. Make studies of rural land utilization with a view to the determination of the areas suitable for field crops, for reforestation, for watershed protection, for reclamation, for recreation, for summer residence and for industrial and urban expansion. c. Investigate living, dwelling and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving such conditions; determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, replanning and reconstructing of slum areas, and the problem of providing dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; and co-operate with any public body in action taken in connection with such problems; and engage in research, studies and experimentation on the subject of housing. d. The department shall enforce compliance with the laws relating to local housing authorities, and shall succeed to all the functions, powers and duties of the State Housing Authority and of its director under chapters fourteen-A and fifteen of Title 55 of the Revised Statutes. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 173, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-19 - Notice to commissioner of public improvements

52:27C-19. Notice to commissioner of public improvements  All State departments, agencies and instrumentalities, before entering upon any major public improvement or any project involving the acquisition of lands for public use, or before requesting a change of use or disposition of real property owned by the State or in which the State has an interest, shall give written notice to the commissioner of such contemplated or proposed action, and he shall have a reasonable opportunity to study and make recommendations thereon. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 174, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-20 - Maps and surveys

52:27C-20. Maps and surveys  The department may prepare and make maps, planning studies and surveys for the collection and presentation of data pertaining to the physical development of the State and of its political subdivisions, and for this purpose may enter upon public and private lands to make surveys, photographs and tests. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 175, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-21 - Co-operation with other planning boards

52:27C-21. Co-operation with other planning boards  The department shall co-operate with county, municipal and regional planning boards for the purpose of aiding and encouraging an orderly and co-ordinated development of the State. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 175, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-22 - Public housing and development authority

52:27C-22. Public housing and development authority  Within the department there shall be a "public housing and development authority" a body politic and corporate, with power to sue and be sued, to have a seal, and to have corporate succession, hereinafter referred to as "the authority." The powers and duties of this authority shall be vested in and may be exercised by the commissioner. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 175, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-23 - Powers of authority

52:27C-23. Powers of authority  The authority shall have full power to undertake and operate any slum clearance or housing project for slum dwellers and families of low income and to manage and control its projects. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 175, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-24.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-24.1 - Fund for assistance to homeless.

52:27C-24.1 Fund for assistance to homeless.  3. a. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall establish within the Division of Housing and Community Resources a fund for the purpose of funding programs to assist persons who are homeless pursuant to subsections f. and h. of section 24 of P.L.1944, c.85 (C.52:27C-24). b. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated thereto by section 4 of P.L.1988, c.29 and such other moneys as may be appropriated or otherwise made available for that purpose. c. Not more than 5% of moneys paid into the fund during any fiscal year of the State may be used to pay the costs of the fund's administration by the Department of Community Affairs during that fiscal year. d. Upon the effective date of P.L.2019, c.73 (C.52:27D-287.5 et al.), the fund created pursuant to subsection a. of this section may be transferred from the Division of Housing and Community Resources to the Office of Homelessness Prevention. L.1988, c.29, s.3; amended 2019, c.73, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-25 - Housing projects; rentals

52:27C-25. Housing projects; rentals  Upon the completion of any housing project constructed by the authority, the authority shall have full power to maintain and operate the same at such scale of rentals as in the judgment of the authority shall be proper in the premises, but the maximum average rental in cities of the first class shall be ten dollars ($10.00) and in other municipalities eight dollars ($8.00). Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the scale of rentals to be charged by any public housing corporation as provided by chapter fifteen of Title 55 of the Revised Statutes. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 176, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-26 - Taxation of property of authority

52:27C-26. Taxation of property of authority  All real property and improvements thereon owned by the authority shall be assessed and taxed in the municipalities wherein such lands are situate for State, school, county, municipal and improvement purposes in the same manner as other real property owned by individuals. The taxes for any given year shall be paid out of the rentals or income accruing from such property for the year in which the taxes are assessed. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 176, s. 26.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-27 - Approval of housing project by municipality

52:27C-27. Approval of housing project by municipality  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law the approval of the governing body of the municipality in which a housing project is to be located, pursuant to article three of this act, shall be obtained before such project may be undertaken, arranged for, or contracted. L.1944, c. 85, art. 3, p. 176, s. 27.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-28 - Public work reserve to be maintained; duties of department

52:27C-28. Public work reserve to be maintained; duties of department  The department shall prepare and maintain a public work reserve consisting of proposed projects of State, county, municipal and ad hoc agencies for public works and services. The projects included in the public work reserve shall be classified and arranged in order of priority so as to facilitate selection and timing of individual projects. For this purpose the department shall: a. Keep records of the progress of design of all proposed public works and improvements for which funds for detailed plans and specifications have heretofore been made available to various State departments, so that the status, scope, cost, employment possibilities, materials and equipment needed for the execution of such projects after the war may be promptly available to officials and to the public; b. Keep like records of the progress of the preparation of plans and specifications for State projects in addition to the projects enumerated in paragraph (a); c. Prepare and maintain current progress information on the design of post-war projects by political subdivisions of the State. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 177, s. 28.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-29 - Description of projects to be furnished department

52:27C-29. Description of projects to be furnished department  Every department, agency, political subdivision, special district or ad hoc authority operating under the authority of this State which receives, anticipates or may apply for Federal financial assistance for a public improvement project shall transmit to the department of economic development a complete description of each such proposed project, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 177, s. 29.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-30 - Copies of plans, etc., of improvements receiving federal aid to be filed with department

52:27C-30. Copies of plans, etc., of improvements receiving federal aid to be filed with department  The commissioner may require any State department or agency or any political subdivision, special district or ad hoc authority of this State to file with the department, plans and specifications and certified copies of all correspondence, agreements and documents relating to any public improvement or service involving Federal financial assistance. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 178, s. 30.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-31 - No Federal aid unless commissioner has opportunity to recommend

52:27C-31. No Federal aid unless commissioner has opportunity to recommend  Notwithstanding any other legislation heretofore enacted, no Federal financial assistance may hereafter be paid to or accepted by any political subdivision, special district or ad hoc authority of this State for a public improvement project unless and until the commissioner has had a reasonable opportunity to make recommendations with respect thereto and certifies that the public body sponsoring the project has complied with the requirements of this chapter, with respect to the filing of project descriptions, correspondence, agreements and documents. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 178, s. 31.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-32 - Recommendations to be published

52:27C-32. Recommendations to be published  The commissioner shall, with the co-operation of other State departments, make and publish such recommendations with respect to any project as may be desirable to properly conserve the public interest. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 178, s. 32.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-33 - Surveys and plans

52:27C-33. Surveys and plans  The commissioner may, after consultation with interested department heads, and upon approval of the economic council, order surveys to be made or plans and specifications to be prepared for any State or regional project or service, by force account or by contract with such private architectural or engineering consultants as he may designate, within the limits of available appropriations. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 178, s. 33.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-34 - Allotments toward cost of plans and specifications

52:27C-34. Allotments toward cost of plans and specifications  The department may make allotments to any county, municipality or school district, all of which are hereinafter referred to as any "political subdivision," toward the cost of preparing detailed plans and specifications after the effective date of this act for local public works or improvements to be undertaken after the termination of the present war. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 178, s. 34.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-35 - Application for allotments

52:27C-35. Application for allotments  Any political subdivisions may apply to commissioner for allotment under this act upon such forms and subject to such rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith as the commissioner may prescribe. If the commissioner approves a proposed project, he shall allot to the applicant, out of such sums as may be appropriated for the purpose, an amount which he finds necessary to defray one-half the cost to the applicant of preparing detailed plans and specifications for the public work or improvement. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 179, s. 35.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-36 - Total cost of allotments limited

52:27C-36. Total cost of allotments limited  Allotments may be made for detailed plans and specifications prepared either by force account or by contract with architects or engineers approved by the commissioner, but the total sum allotted for any project shall not exceed one-half the actual cost of the plans and specifications, or two per centum (2%) of the estimated construction cost approved by the commissioner, whichever is lower. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 179, s. 36.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-37 - Effect of grant of state aid; limitation of allotments

52:27C-37. Effect of grant of state aid; limitation of allotments  The granting of any application for State aid for plans and specifications, the acceptance of such aid or the preparation of such plans and specifications shall not be construed to commit either the State or the political subdivision to any contribution or appropriation whatsoever at any time for construction costs. The amount allotted for each project shall be paid to the political subdivision upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner of the completion of the plans and specifications and of their cost to the applicant; but the aggregate of all allotments or payments to any one political subdivision shall not exceed ten per centum (10%) of the total of all appropriations for local purpose allotments as contained in this or any other act. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 179, s. 37.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-38 - Assistance and data to be furnished

52:27C-38. Assistance and data to be furnished  On the request of the commissioner, any department instrumentality or agency of the State or of any political subdivision shall furnish such assistance and data as the commissioner shall deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of the grant-in-aid for project plans and specifications provided by this act. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 179, s. 38.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-39 - Termination of authority to allot funds for plans

52:27C-39. Termination of authority to allot funds for plans  The authority of the commissioner to allot funds for plans and specifications for other State projects shall terminate six months after the cessation of present hostilities. L.1944, c. 85, art. 4, p. 180, s. 39.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-47 - Quarters for department

52:27C-47. Quarters for department  The department shall be provided with suitable quarters which shall be sufficient to house all of the divisions of the department within the same building. L.1944, c. 85, art. 6, p. 181, s. 47.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-48 - Employees, etc., of abolished agencies

52:27C-48. Employees, etc., of abolished agencies  The employees, property and records of all agencies which are by this act abolished are hereby transferred to the department of economic development. L.1944, c. 85, art. 6, p. 181, s. 48.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-49 - Appropriations of abolished agencies transferred; appropriation for administrative expenses

52:27C-49. Appropriations of abolished agencies transferred; appropriation for administrative expenses  The appropriations of all agencies abolished by this act are hereby transferred to the department, and, in addition, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the administrative expenses of the department during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. L.1944, c. 85, art. 6, p. 182, s. 49.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-50 - Appropriation for local purpose plans

52:27C-50. Appropriation for local purpose plans  The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preparation of local purpose plans and specifications in accordance with allotments to be made pursuant to this act. L.1944, c. 85, p. 182, s. 50.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-51 - Appropriation for state project plans

52:27C-51. Appropriation for state project plans  The sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) is hereby appropriated, from any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preparation of State project plans and specifications in accordance with allotments to be made pursuant to this act. L.1944, c. 85, p. 182, s. 51.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27C-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27C-52 - Repeals

52:27C-52. Repeals  The following sections, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed: Revised Statutes, sections 12:12-1 to 12:12-10, 38:24-1 to 38:24-2, 48:21-1 to 48:21-19, 52:9C-1 to 52:9C-4, 52:21-1 to 52:21-11, 55:14-1 to 55:14-13. L.1944, c. 85, art. 6, p. 182, s. 52.