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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-16 - Immunity from personal liability.

18A:64O-16 Immunity from personal liability.  16. No trustee or officer of the university shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation, or other liability of the university or incurred by or on behalf of the university or any constituent unit thereof. L.2021, c.282, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-17 - Advice to Governor, Legislature.

18A:64O-17 Advice to Governor, Legislature.  17. The board of trustees shall advise the Governor and Legislature, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education and the President's Council and successor bodies, on the manner in which the facilities and services of the university may be utilized so as to increase the efficiency of the public education system and provide, maintain, and improve upon the quality of higher education for the people of the State. The board of trustees shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature respecting the needs for the facilities and services of the university as an educational instrumentality of the State for that purpose. L.2021, c.282, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-18 - University deemed employer for certain purposes.

18A:64O-18 University deemed employer for certain purposes.  18. Subject to the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-167 et seq.) and except as otherwise provided by law, the university shall be deemed to be an employer for the purposes of the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act," P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), and shall also be deemed to be a "public agency or organization" within the meaning of section 71 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-71). The university's commissioned police officers shall be eligible for participation in and subject to the provisions of the "Police and Firemen's Retirement Systems Act," P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), and the university shall be deemed an employer within the meaning of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.). L.2021, c.282, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-19 - Construction of act.

18A:64O-19 Construction of act.  19. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair, annul or affect any vested rights, grants, privileges, exemptions, immunities, powers, prerogatives, franchises, or advantages heretofore obtained or enjoyed by the university or any constituent unit thereof, under any authority or any act of this State or under any grant, deed, conveyance, transfer, lease, estate, remainder, expectancy, trust, gift, donation, legacy, devise, endowment or fund, all of which are hereby ratified and confirmed except insofar as the same may have expired, be or have been repealed or altered, or may be inconsistent with this act or with existing provisions of law; subject however, thereto and to all of the rights, obligations, relations, conditions, terms, trust, duties, and liabilities to which the same are subject. L.2021, c.282, s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-20 - Current officers unaffected; expectations.

18A:64O-20 Current officers unaffected; expectations.  20. The enactment and adoption of this act shall not, of itself, affect the official, operational, or organizational status of any officer of the university or any and all outstanding authorizations of any officer, agent, or employee to take specified action, or any and all outstanding commitments or undertakings of or by the university, except and only to the extent that any of the same may be inconsistent with this act. L.2021, c.282, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-22 - Certain actions unaffected.

18A:64O-22 Certain actions unaffected.  22. This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against Kean University, but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the university as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or regulation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, Kean University, and all such matters or proceedings pending before Kean University on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the university, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect. L.2021, c.282, s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-23 - Reference to public research university.

18A:64O-23 Reference to public research university.  23. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to Kean University, the same shall mean and refer to Kean University, herein referred to as "university," established as a public urban research university pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.2021, c.282, s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-24 - Powers of Secretary of Higher Education.

18A:64O-24 Powers of Secretary of Higher Education.  24. The general powers of supervision and control of the Secretary of Higher Education at the request of the Governor over Kean University include the power 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.2021, c.282, s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-25 - Governance of contract claims and suits.

18A:64O-25 Governance of contract claims and suits.  25. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act" (N.J.S.59:13-1 et seq.) to the contrary, contract claims and suits against the university shall be governed by that act. L.2021, c.282, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-26 - Warranty by contractor.

18A:64O-26 Warranty by contractor.  26. Every contract or agreement negotiated, awarded or made pursuant to this act shall contain a suitable warranty by the contractor that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure such contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee, except bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the contractor for the purpose of securing business, for the breach or violation of which warranty the university shall have the right to annul such contract without liability or in its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee. L.2021, c.282, s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-27 - Violation, misdemeanor.

18A:64O-27 Violation, misdemeanor.  27. Any person willfully authorizing, consenting to, making or procuring to be made payment of university funds for or on account of any purchase, contract or agreement known to the person to have been made or entered into in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.2021, c.282, s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-28 - Prohibitions relative to purchase, acquisitions of property or services.

18A:64O-28 Prohibitions relative to purchase, acquisitions of property or services.  28. The payment of any fee, commission or compensation of any kind or the granting of any gift or gratuity of any kind, either directly or indirectly, whether or not in connection with any purchase, sale or contract, to any person employed by Kean University, having any duties or responsibilities in connection with the purchase or acquisition of any property or services by the university, by or on behalf of any seller or supplier who has made, negotiated, solicited or offered to make and contract to sell or furnish real or personal property or services to the university is hereby prohibited. Any person offering, paying, giving, soliciting or receiving any fee, commission, compensation, gift or gratuity in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.2021, c.282, s.28.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-29 - Terms of present board members.

18A:64O-29 Terms of present board members.  29. The provisions of this act shall not alter the term of any member of the board, not specifically abolished herein, lawfully in office as of the effective date of this act, or require the reappointment thereof. L.2021, c.282, s.29.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-30 - Construction.

18A:64O-30 Construction.  30. No provision of this act shall be deemed or construed to create or constitute a debt, liability, or a loan or pledge of the credit, of the State of New Jersey. L.2021, c.282, s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-31 - Liberal construction.

18A:64O-31 Liberal construction.  31. This act, being deemed and declared necessary for the welfare of the State and the people of New Jersey to provide for the development of public higher education in the State and thereby to improve the quality and increase the efficiency of the public system of educational services of the State, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof. L.2021, c.282, s.31.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-32 - Allocation to the Department of State.

18A:64O-32 Allocation to the Department of State.  32. In accordance with the provisions of section 27 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-27), the university is allocated to the Department of State for the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution. Notwithstanding this allocation, the university shall be independent of any supervision or control of the Department of State or any board, commission, or officer thereof and the allocation shall not in any way affect the principles of institutional autonomy established by that act and as otherwise enumerated herein. L.2021, c.282, s.32.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:64O-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:64O-33 - Rights, obligations of employers, employees unaffected.

18A:64O-33 Rights, obligations of employers, employees unaffected.  33. Nothing in P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) shall be construed to modify or contravene the rights and obligations of employers or employees under the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.). L.2021, c.282, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-1 - Short Title

18A:65-1. Short Title  This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Rutgers, the state university law." L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-2 - The term "the corporation" defined; trusts imposed

18A:65-2. The term "the corporation" defined; trusts imposed  The term "the corporation," as used in this chapter, shall mean the said body corporate and politic, incorporated under the name of "the trustees of Queen's-College, in New Jersey," by royal charter dated November 10, 1766 (amended March 20, 1770), confirmed and amended by acts of the legislature of the state of New Jersey adopted June 5, 1781, and May 31, 1799, respectively, and having perpetual succession and existence; its name having been changed to "the trustees of Rutgers college in New Jersey" by act of the legislature adopted November 30, 1825 and to "Rutgers, the state university" pursuant to an act of the legislature, approved June 1, 1956; one of the departments maintained by which is and continues to be the land grant college of New Jersey; the property and educational facilities, rights and privileges of which are and shall continue to be impressed with a public trust for higher education of the people of the state of New Jersey; and which is the instrumentality of the state for the purpose of operating the state university. Nothing herein contained shall impress with such trust any property of the state. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-3 - "The state university" or "the university" defined and described

18A:65-3. "The state university" or "the university" defined and described  The term "the state university" or "the university," as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, include and mean the educational entity conducted by the corporation, heretofore designated "the state university of New Jersey," as now and hereafter constituted, including all departments, colleges, schools, centers, branches, educational and other units and extensions thereof, including the state college for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, the agricultural experiment station, the New Jersey agricultural experiment station managed and directed by the board of managers, Douglass college, the Paterson college, the graduate school of social work, the school of ceramics, the departments of higher education, formerly maintained by the university of Newark, including the college of arts and sciences, the school of business administration and the school of law, and those, formerly maintained by the college of South Jersey, including the junior college and the school of law, and all other departments of higher education maintained by the corporation. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-4 - Vested rights, grants, charter privileges, etc., not affected; exceptions

18A:65-4. Vested rights, grants, charter privileges, etc., not affected; exceptions  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair, annul or affect any vested rights, grants, charter rights, privileges, exemptions, immunities, powers, prerogatives, franchises or advantages heretofore obtained or enjoyed by the corporation or the university or any constituent unit thereof, under authority of its charter or any act of this state or under any grant, deed, conveyance, transfer, lease, estate, remainder, expectancy, trust, gift, donation, legacy, devise, endowment or fund, all of which are hereby ratified and confirmed except insofar as the same may have expired or have been repealed or altered or may be inconsistent with this chapter or with existing provisions of law; subject, however, thereto and to all of the rights, obligations, relations, conditions, terms, trusts, duties and liabilities to which the same are subject. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-5 - Officers or outstanding commitments not affected

18A:65-5. Officers or outstanding commitments not affected  The enactment and adoption of this chapter shall not of itself affect the official status of any officer of the corporation or the university, or any outstanding authorization of any officer, agent or employee to take any specified action, or any outstanding commitment or undertaking of or by the corporation or the university, except to the extent that any of the same may be inconsistent with this chapter. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-6 - Tenure, civil service and retirement rights

18A:65-6. Tenure, civil service and retirement rights  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to deprive any person of any right of tenure, or under civil service, or under any retirement system, or to any pension, disability or social security or similar benefits, to which he is entitled by law or contractually. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-8 - State's credit not pledged

18A:65-8. State's credit not pledged  No provision in this chapter contained shall be deemed or construed to create or constitute a debt, liability, or a loan or pledge of the credit, of the state of New Jersey. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-9 - Chapter liberally construed

18A:65-9. Chapter liberally construed  This chapter, being deemed and hereby declared necessary for the welfare of the state and the people of New Jersey to provide for the development of public higher education in the state and thereby to increase the efficiency of the public school system of the state, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-9.1 - Certain repealers saved

18A:65-9.1. Certain repealers saved  Section 36 of chapter 61 of the laws of 1956 entitled "An Act concerning The Trustees of Rutgers College in New Jersey, the State University of New Jersey, changing its name to Rutgers, The State University, reorganizing the Board of Trustees thereof, and creating a Board of Governors having general supervision over and vested with the conduct of the University, amending its Charter, and repealing Section 3 of Chapter 49 of the Laws of 1945, approved March 26, 1945 (P.L.1945, page 115), and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this Act," approved June 1, 1956 (P.L.1956, c. 61), is saved from repeal. [This section repeals certain acts and also provisions of the charter and resolutions of the board of trustees of the university inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.] L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-10 - Name

18A:65-10. Name  The name of the body corporate and politic, which operates the state university of the state of New Jersey, is continued as "Rutgers, the state university," hereafter referred to as the "corporation." L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-11 - Corporate seal

18A:65-11. Corporate seal  The seal of the corporation now in use, shall continue to be the common seal of the corporation, unless and until a new or different seal be adopted by joint or concurrent action of the boards. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-12 - Board of governors continued, powers, etc.

18A:65-12. Board of governors continued, powers, etc.  The board of governors of the corporation is continued and it shall have and exercise the powers, authority, rights and privileges, and be subject to the duties, obligations and responsibilities set forth and expressed in this chapter. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-13 - Board of trustees continued, powers, etc.

18A:65-13. Board of trustees continued, powers, etc.  The board of trustees of the corporation is continued and it shall have and exercise the powers, authority, rights and privileges, and be subject to the fiduciary and other duties, obligations and responsibilities, set forth and expressed in this chapter. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:65-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:65-14 - Board of governors, membership, classification, terms, succession.

18A:65-14 Board of governors, membership, classification, terms, succession.  18A:65-14. The membership of the board of governors shall be classified as follows and consist of:  a. the president of the corporation, serving as an ex officio non-voting member; and b. 15 voting members, i. seven of whom shall be appointed by the Governor of the State, with the advice and consent of the Senate, with one of these members being a resident of Camden County, and one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly and who shall be a resident of Essex County, and  ii. seven of whom shall be appointed by the board of trustees, from among their members, one of whom shall be a resident of Essex County and one of whom shall be a resident of Middlesex County, elected and serving under the provisions of subsection I.c. or I.d. of 18A:65-15. The first additional appointments made by the Governor pursuant to P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.), shall not require the advice and consent of the Senate, but thereafter such advice and consent shall be required. All members shall serve for terms of six years, except that the terms of those initially appointed by the Governor which began on September 1, 1956, shall expire respectively (as designated by him) one, two, three, four, five and six years after June 30, 1956, and terms of those initially appointed by the board of trustees which began on September 1, 1956, shall expire respectively (as designated by the board) two, three, four, five and six years after June 30, 1956; all of whose respective successors shall be appointed to serve six-year terms. Governors may succeed themselves for not more than one additional term after having served one full six-year term (including an initial term beginning on September 1, 1956, and expiring on June 30, 1962).  amended 1994, c.48, s.177; 2012, c.45, s.87.