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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-20 - No compensation; expenses paid

18A:65-20. No compensation; expenses paid  The governors and trustees shall not receive compensation for their services as such. Each governor and trustee shall be reimbursed for his actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of his duties or in rendering service as a member of or on behalf of either board or any committee of either board. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-21 - No personal liability

18A:65-21. No personal liability  No governor, trustee or officer of the corporation shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation or other liability of the corporation or of, or incurred by or on behalf of, the university or any constituent unit thereof. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-22 - Quorums.

18A:65-22 Quorums.  18A:65-22. a. Eight members of the board of governors shall constitute a quorum. b. Such number, not less than 12, of the board of trustees as shall be determined by the board, and until so determined, 12 members, shall constitute a quorum. c. A quorum of a joint meeting of the boards shall be present if eight governors and not less than a majority of the trustees then in office (other than those who are governors), are present. amended 2013, c.218.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-23 - Chairman of each board to be elected

18A:65-23. Chairman of each board to be elected  The board of governors and the board of trustees shall each elect its own chairman from among its respective members. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-24 - Government, control, administration, etc., of corporation and the university

18A:65-24. Government, control, administration, etc., of corporation and the university  The government, control, conduct, management and administration of the corporation and of the university shall be respectively vested in and allocated between the board of governors and the board of trustees as set forth and expressed in this chapter. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-26 - Board of trustees; control of properties, funds, trusts, investments, etc.; committee memberships

18A:65-26. Board of trustees; control of properties, funds, trusts, investments, etc.; committee memberships  The board of trustees: (1) Shall act in an overall advisory capacity; (2) Shall (a) control (i) properties, funds and trusts vested, as of August 31, 1956, in the corporation in possession or remainder or expectancy (other than and expressly excluding properties and funds owned by or title to which is in the state of New Jersey or which are held upon an express trust for the use of the state, or which have been acquired by the use of moneys appropriated by the state or by the federal government to the use of the corporation or the land grant college of New Jersey, including but not limited to real estate, buildings, improvements, fixtures, and appurtenances thereto, and tangible personal property); and (ii) properties, funds and trusts received by the corporation on or after September 1, 1956, by private gift, donation, bequest or transfer, in any manner, under the terms of any applicable trust, gift, bequest or donation dated or delivered (aa) prior to September 1, 1956, unless otherwise designated, or (bb) on or after September 1, 1956, if so designated; provided, however, that all property, educational facilities, rights and privileges which are impressed with a public trust for higher education of the people of the state of New Jersey shall continue to be so impressed; and (b) make available (after meeting all expenses of its administration) to the board of governors the income from such funds and the use of or income from such properties, subject to the provisions stated hereinafter in section 18A:65-27; (3) Shall have sole authority over the investment of funds under its control; (4) Shall have power to maintain such administrative staff and incur and pay such expenses as it deems reasonably necessary to the effective exercise of its functions and responsibilities under this chapter or by reason of any other fiduciary responsibilities to which it is subject; and (5) Shall be represented on the membership of the committees of the several colleges. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-27 - Public policy of State

18A:65-27. Public policy of State  18A:65-27. I. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of New Jersey that:  a. the corporation and the university shall be and continue to be given a high degree of self-government and that the government and conduct of the corporation and the university shall be free of partisanship; and  b. resources be and continue to be provided and funds be and continue to be appropriated by the State adequate for the conduct of a State university with high educational standards and to meet the cost of increasing enrollment and the need for proper facilities.  II. In consideration of the utilization by the State for the purposes of public higher education of privately donated properties and funds valued as at September 1, 1956 at approximately $50,000,000, and the prospect of future private donations, the State by this chapter agrees with the board of trustees and its successors that:  a. if the properties and funds controlled by the trustees shall not be properly applied in accordance with the provisions of subsection d. of section 18A:65-25 for the purpose of higher education and in accordance with the terms of any applicable testamentary, trust, or other special provision; or  b. if, without the consent of the board of trustees, (1) the university is not continued to be designated and maintained as the State University of New Jersey, or  (2) the name of the university shall be changed, or (3) a vacancy in the office of the president of the university shall be filled otherwise than by appointment of the board of governors with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, or  (4) the provisions for the essential self-government of the university, viz., the provisions of sections 18A:65-12 to 18A:65-16, inclusive, 18A:65-19, 18A:65-24 to 18A:65-26, inclusive, 18A:65-28, subsection b. of 18A:65-29, 18A:65-30, subsection c. of 18A:65-31, 18A:65-33, 18A:65-6, 18A:65-9 and 18A:65-4, or any of them or of this section 18A:65-27, are amended or altered in any substantial respect or repealed; or  c. if provision shall not be made by the State sufficient to enable the board of trustees to discharge its trust to apply the trust assets described in subsection 2 of section 18A:65-26 for public higher education through the conduct of a university with high educational standards, the board of trustees, after careful consideration and on not less than 60 days' prior written notice to the board of governors and to the Governor, shall have and may exercise the right to withhold or withdraw the use of the properties and funds above described in subsection 2 of section 18A:65-26, or any part of them, (aa) subject to adjudication by the courts of the State, and (bb) subject to their proper application for the purposes of public higher education and in accordance with the terms of any applicable testamentary, trust or other special provision.  L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.182.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-28 - Boards' powers, rights, etc., incident to their responsibilities

18A:65-28. Boards' powers, rights, etc., incident to their responsibilities  The boards shall have and exercise the powers, rights and privileges that are incident to their respective responsibilities for the government, conduct and management of the corporation, and the control of its properties and funds, and of the university, and the powers granted to the corporation or the boards or reasonably implied, may be exercised without recourse or reference to any department or agency of the state, except as otherwise expressly provided by this chapter or other applicable statutes. The provisions of sections 11 and 13 of chapter 20 of the Laws of 1944 shall not be deemed or construed to be applicable to the corporation or the university. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-29 - Joint sessions of boards

18A:65-29. Joint sessions of boards  a. The boards may meet in joint session for the purpose of consultation and discussion, or to act upon any matter which requires joint or concurrent action of both boards. b. The boards by joint or concurrent action may adopt, and from time to time amend, bylaws, ordinances, statutes, rules, regulations and orders applicable to such matters as require or are subject to the exercise of joint responsibility or action, and each board may adopt, and from time to time amend, bylaws, ordinances, statutes, rules, regulations and orders applicable to such matters as require or are subject to the exercise of its responsibility or its action, subject, in either case, to the provisions of this chapter and other applicable statutes. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-30 - Powers of each board.

18A:65-30 Powers of each board.  18A:65-30. Each board shall have the power to appoint and regulate the duties, functions, powers and procedures of committees, standing or special, from its members and such advisory committees or bodies, as it may deem necessary or conducive to the efficient management and operation of the corporation and the university, consistent with this chapter and other applicable statutes. The board of governors may appoint trustees to membership on its committees, without vote. amended 2015, c.12, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-31 - President of corporation; powers; term; filling vacancy

18A:65-31. President of corporation; powers; term; filling vacancy  a. There shall be a president of the corporation and of the university. b. He shall be responsible to the boards, and shall have such powers as shall be requisite, for the executive management and conduct of the corporation and the university in all departments, branches and divisions, and for the execution and enforcement of the bylaws, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes and orders governing the management, conduct and administration thereof. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of governors. c. In case of a vacancy in the office, the president shall be elected by the board of governors, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-32 - Annual report; contents; filing

18A:65-32. Annual report; contents; filing  The corporation shall, annually on or before July 31, file in the office of the secretary of state a report (a) of the election and appointment of the, and the names and residences of the, members of the board of governors and of the board of trustees, and (b) of the election and appointment of the executive officers of the corporation, including the president, provost, vice president if any, secretary, assistant secretaries, treasurer and assistant treasurers, and the comptroller and assistant comptroller, at the time in office. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-33 - Gifts, grants, legacies, endowments, etc.; to vest in and inure to the benefit of the corporation

18A:65-33. Gifts, grants, legacies, endowments, etc.; to vest in and inure to the benefit of the corporation  Every gift, grant, legacy, bequest, devise, endowment, estate, remainder, or expectancy, contained in any will, deed, declaration of trust, transfer, or other instrument, to or for or inuring to the benefit of the corporation or the university, or any constituent unit thereof, whenever established or acquired, and every chose in action, to which the corporation is or shall be entitled, in whatever name and under whatever title, made heretofore or hereafter to become effective or to be made, shall continue to be vested or shall vest in and shall inure to the benefit of the corporation as completely and effectually as though expressly made to it in its name and for its use and benefit; and none of the same shall lapse, terminate or revert by reason of the enactment of this chapter; subject, however, to the provisions of this chapter and other applicable laws, and to all of the rights, obligations, relations, conditions, terms, trusts, duties and liabilities to which the same are subject; and it may effectually execute and give receipts and discharges therefor and other instruments in its name or in the name in which the same may have been made or given for its use and to its benefit. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-33.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-33.1 - Care, custody and control of State property

18A:65-33.1. Care, custody and control of State property  18A:65-33.1. The corporation shall have the care, custody and control of such property as the State now has or shall hereafter acquire at the university, subject to the visitorial powers of the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education at the request of the Governor.  L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.183.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-33.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-33.2 - Findings, declarations

18A:65-33.2. Findings, declarations  The Legislature finds and declares that the land owned or operated by Rutgers, The State University, in central New Jersey represents one of the few significant parcels of undeveloped land in a region experiencing extraordinary development pressures; that Rutgers as the State university bears a special responsibility to the people and the interests of New Jersey; and that it is imperative that public policy decisions that will shape the face of New Jersey for centuries be made with a commitment to the overall interests of the State and its people.  L. 1988, c. 180, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-33.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-33.3 - Notice of intent

18A:65-33.3. Notice of intent  Whenever the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University intends to sell, exchange, lease or dispose of, or otherwise convey any interest, legal or equitable, in undeveloped real property held by the university or held by the State and in the custody of the university, the board shall, not less than six months prior to the intended conveyance, provide written notice of intent to the Governor, the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee, or its successor, and the General Assembly Appropriations Committee, or its successor.  L. 1988, c. 180, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-33.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-33.4 - Public hearing

18A:65-33.4. Public hearing  Within 60 days after providing notification pursuant to section 2 of this act, of the intent to sell, lease or otherwise convey land, the Board of Governors shall conduct a public hearing for the purpose of permitting the public to comment on the proposed conveyance.  L. 1988, c. 180, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-33.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-33.5 - Subject to local requirements

18A:65-33.5. Subject to local requirements  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except with regard to facilities which are directly related to the provision of educational services, any development of real property held by the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University or held by the State and in the custody of the university, shall be subject to local land use planning and zoning requirements.  L. 1988, c. 180, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-34 - Visitorial powers of supervision and control

18A:65-34. Visitorial powers of supervision and control  18A:65-34. The visitorial general powers of supervision and control of the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education at the request of the Governor over Rutgers, The State University, are continued and are defined as the powers to visit the university to examine into its manner of conducting its affairs and to enforce an observance of its laws and regulations and the laws of the State.  L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.184.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-35 - Board of governors, Commission on Higher Education, Presidents' Council; recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature

18A:65-35. Board of governors, Commission on Higher Education, Presidents' Council; recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature  18A:65-35. The board of governors shall advise, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education and the Presidents' Council, to the end that the facilities and services of the university may be so utilized as to increase the efficiency of the public school system and provide higher education for the people of the State, and the board of governors shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature, respecting the needs for the facilities and services, of the university, as an instrumentality of the State for said purposes.  L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.185.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-36 - State college for benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts continued

18A:65-36. State college for benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts continued  The state college for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts maintained by the university is continued as part of the university. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-37 - Payments, in lieu of interest, on proceeds of public land scrip

18A:65-37. Payments, in lieu of interest, on proceeds of public land scrip  The sum which is paid by the state annually in semiannual payments pursuant to the certificates of indebtedness which were issued under section 2 of the act entitled "A supplement to the act entitled "An act appropriating scrip for the public lands granted to the state of New Jersey by the act of congress, approved July 2, 1862,' approved April 4, 1864," approved June 13, 1895 (L.1895, c. 417, s. 2, p. 805), together with the amendment thereto approved March 30, 1896 (L.1896, c. 135, p. 192), upon the payment or transfer to the state sinking fund of the fund of $116,000.00 which arose from the sale of the scrip for public lands granted to the state by the act of congress approved July 2, 1862, shall be paid to the corporation for the special purposes and upon the special conditions set forth in sections 18A:65-38, 18A:65-39 and 18A:65-40 incl. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-38 - Moneys devoted to courses in agriculture and mechanic arts

18A:65-38. Moneys devoted to courses in agriculture and mechanic arts  The corporation shall devote the moneys paid to it under the provisions of section 18A:65-37 wholly and exclusively to the maintenance of such courses of instruction as shall carry out the intent of the act of congress mentioned in said section, in the manner specially prescribed by section 4 of said act of congress. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-39 - Free scholarships; number; qualifications and terms

18A:65-39. Free scholarships; number; qualifications and terms  The university shall, in each year, furnish gratuitous education in the courses of instruction described in section 18A:65-38, in such manner as may be prescribed by the legislature, or otherwise, to such number of students of the university as would expend for their instruction in the university a sum equal to one half of the payment, under section 18A:65-37, for said year, if they were required to pay therefor at the regular rates charged therefor to other students. The students so nominated and received shall be citizens of this state, and shall be admitted into the university upon the same terms, and subject to the same rules and discipline, as apply to all other students of the university, save that they shall not be required to pay for their instruction. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-40 - Annual reports of board of governors

18A:65-40. Annual reports of board of governors  The board of governors shall annually make and distribute the reports required by paragraph 4 of section 5 of the act of congress cited in section 18A:65-37. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-41 - Payment for agricultural college; application; courses of instruction

18A:65-41. Payment for agricultural college; application; courses of instruction  The moneys received and to be received by this state under the act of congress approved August 30, 1890, shall immediately and as soon as received be paid over by the state treasurer, upon the warrant of the director of the division of budget and accounting in the department of the treasury and the order of the corporation, to the treasurer of the corporation, for the more complete endowment and maintenance of the agricultural college or agricultural department of the college, established in accordance with the act of congress approved July 2, 1862, for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life and to the facilities of such instruction, in accordance with the acts of congress relating thereto. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-42 - Maintenance of courses

18A:65-42. Maintenance of courses  The corporation shall maintain therein a college or department which shall provide nondegree courses in agriculture, equipped and designed for the practical education of students, in both general and specific lines of farming. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-43 - Subjects of instruction

18A:65-43. Subjects of instruction  The college or department shall offer special instruction in agricultural fields including forestry, horticulture, nutrition and biochemistry, food science, wildlife conservation--conservation biology, environmental science (including air and water pollution), meteorology and climatology, plant and animal pathology, plant and animal physiology, entomology, nematology, soils and crops, agricultural marketing and economics, dairy, poultry, and animal husbandry, turf management, weed control, agricultural crop breeding and genetics, soil microbiology, and agricultural engineering. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-44 - Buildings, apparatus and machinery

18A:65-44. Buildings, apparatus and machinery  The college or department shall be provided with suitable buildings for stock judging, butter making, milk testing, and lecture rooms. The buildings shall be equipped with the necessary apparatus and machinery for carrying out the specific instruction provided for in section 18A:65-43. L.1967, c.271.