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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27H-100 - Annual report.

52:27H-100 Annual report.
13. On or before June 30 of each year next following the effective date of P.L.2021, c.197, the State Treasurer shall provide to the UEZ Authority an annual report of the aggregate amount, expressed in dollars, of the incentives provided under P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.) to all qualified businesses and municipalities. The report shall include aggregate data on gross revenues, retail sales taxes collected, and shall also include information on the address, municipality, and industry of each business. All data from participating businesses shall be collected through an online application and consumer access portal, where possible.
L.2021, c.197, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27H-101 - Annual review.

52:27H-101 Annual review.
14. The UEZ Authority shall conduct an annual review that determines the number of participating businesses, unemployment rate, median household income, and number of jobs in each enterprise zone to assess the program's progress. The review shall also include the total tax expenditures by zone and total zone assistance funds expended as the requisite data becomes available from the annual report from the Department of the Treasury required pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2021, c.197 (C.52:27H-100). The UEZ Authority shall review the status of any projects that were approved by participating enterprise zones, overall enterprise zone performance, and adherence to the zone development plans. Each review shall include a detailed listing of deliverables by each enterprise zone and the State that are to be implemented and subsequently evaluated in the future.
L.2021, c.197, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27H-102 - Memorandum of understanding.

52:27H-102 Memorandum of understanding.
15. The UEZ Authority and the Department of Labor and Workforce and Development shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to assist in substantial and comprehensive data gathering and information sharing between the two agencies to further the UEZ Authority's ability to evaluate enterprise zone performance and compliance, and to initiate enforcement actions.
L.2021, c.197, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27H-103 - Certain new applications not accepted.

52:27H-103 Certain new applications not accepted.
16. Following the effective date of P.L.2021, c.197, no new applications for the enterprise zone employee tax credit, pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-78), or for the corporation business tax exemption, pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-76), shall be accepted.
L.2021, c.197, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-8.1 - Additional powers of authority.

52:27I-8.1 Additional powers of authority.
1. In addition to the powers granted the authority pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2006, c.16 (C.52:27I-8), the authority shall have the power to enter into any legally binding agreements with representatives of persons who are homeless that are necessary in order to comply with and implement the requirements of 32 CFR 176.30 and 24 CFR 586.30. On or before December 31 of each year, the authority shall report each agreement entered into by the authority pursuant to this section to the Office of Homelessness Prevention in the Department of Community Affairs.
L.2008, c.28, s.1; amended 2019, c.73, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-8.2 - Actions required prior to submission of plan for closure of Fort Monmouth.

52:27I-8.2 Actions required prior to submission of plan for closure of Fort Monmouth.
2. Prior to the submission to the appropriate agency or agencies of the federal government of the comprehensive plan for the conversion and revitalization of Fort Monmouth prepared and adopted by the authority pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2006, c.16 (C.52:27I-14), the Governor shall designate an agency with appropriate expertise and experience to assume responsibility for the homeless assistance submission required under the "Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990," Pub.L. 101-510 (10 U.S.C. s.2687). The power granted to the authority pursuant to section 1 of this act is also hereby granted to the designated agency. The designated agency shall have the same rights and responsibilities of the authority under any legally binding agreements with representatives of the homeless to which the authority and the designated agency are parties. The designated agency is authorized, after the submission of the comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan, to comply with and implement the requirements of 32 CFR 176.30 and 24 CFR 586.30. Further, if the authority is dissolved pursuant to subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.2006, c.16 (C.52:27I-6), the designated agency is authorized to assume all rights, responsibilities, and powers of the authority pursuant to section 1 of this act until a successor local redevelopment authority is recognized by the Secretary of Defense as the entity responsible for directing the implementation of the comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan, in the event the designated agency is not proposed to and recognized by the Secretary of Defense as the successor local redevelopment authority.
L.2008, c.28, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-14 - Preparation of comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan for Fort Monmouth.

52:27I-14 Preparation of comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan for Fort Monmouth.
14. a. The authority shall prepare a comprehensive conversion and revitalization plan for Fort Monmouth, which may be periodically revised and updated. The plan shall be approved by no fewer than six of the nine voting members of the authority.
The plan shall generally comprise a report or statement and land use and development proposals, including plans for the development, redevelopment or rehabilitation of the project area with maps, diagrams and text, presenting:
(1) A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and standards upon which the constituent proposals for the physical, economic and social development of the project area are based;
(2) The relationship of the plan to Statewide, county and municipal objectives as to appropriate land uses, density of population, and traffic and public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements;
(3) Proposed land uses in the project area, taking into account and stating the relationship thereof to the statement provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection, and other plan elements as the authority deems appropriate, including, but not necessarily limited to, topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, flood plain areas, marshes, and woodlands; showing the existing and proposed location, extent and intensity of development of land to be used in the future for varying types of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, educational and other public and private purposes or combination of purposes; and including a statement of the standards of population density and development intensity recommended for the project area. The plan shall not include any proposed State or federal correctional institutions to be located in whole or in part in the project area; and
(4) Any significant relationship of the plan to (a) the master plans of constituent municipalities, (b) the master plan of the county in which the municipalities are located, and (c) the State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to the "State Planning Act," P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.).
b. The plan shall supersede applicable provisions of the development regulations of the constituent municipalities or constitute an overlay district within the project area.
c. Prior to the adoption of such plan by the authority, the authority shall hold at least three public hearings, one within each of the host communities of Eatontown, Oceanport and Tinton Falls.
L.2006,c.16,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-17 - Submission of adopted plan to federal agencies.

52:27I-17 Submission of adopted plan to federal agencies.
17. Upon the final adoption thereof, the authority shall submit the comprehensive plan for the conversion and revitalization of Fort Monmouth and the economic revitalization plan to the appropriate agency or agencies of the federal government. The authority shall also submit the plan to the Governor, to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the clerks of the constituent municipalities, and to the clerk of Monmouth County.
L.2006,c.16,s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-21 - Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority.

52:27I-21 Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority.
4. There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority as the successor to the predecessor authority. The authority is hereby constituted as an instrumentality of the State exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public safety, convenience, benefit, and welfare. The exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the authority is allocated within the Department of the Treasury, but notwithstanding that allocation, the authority shall be independent of any supervision or control by the Department of the Treasury or any board or officer thereof, except as may be provided in this act.
L.2010, c.51, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-22 - Powers, rights, assets, duties assumed by authority.

52:27I-22 Powers, rights, assets, duties assumed by authority.
5. Effective and automatically upon the first meeting of the authority:
a. The authority shall assume all of the powers, rights, assets, and duties of the predecessor authority to the extent provided by this act, and such powers shall then and thereafter be vested in and shall be exercised by the authority.
b. The terms of office of the members of the predecessor authority shall terminate, the officers having custody of the funds of the predecessor authority shall deliver those funds into the custody of the person having charge of the financial affairs of the authority, the property and assets of the predecessor authority shall, without further act or deed, become the property and assets of the authority, and the predecessor authority shall cease to exist.
c. All debts, liabilities, obligations and contracts of the predecessor authority, except to the extent specifically provided or established to the contrary in this act, are imposed upon the authority, and all creditors of the predecessor authority and persons having claims against or contracts with the predecessor authority of any kind or character may enforce those debts, claims and contracts against the authority as successor to the predecessor authority in the same manner as they might have had against the predecessor authority, and the rights and remedies of those holders, creditors and persons having claims against or contracts with the predecessor authority shall not be limited or restricted in any manner by this act.
d. In continuing the functions, contracts, obligations and duties of the predecessor authority, the authority is authorized to act in its own name or in the name of the predecessor authority as may be convenient or advisable under the circumstances from time to time.
e. Any references to the predecessor authority in any other law or regulation shall be deemed to refer and apply to the authority.
f. All operations of the predecessor authority shall continue as operations of the authority until altered by the authority as may be permitted pursuant to this act.
g. The powers vested in the authority by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in the predecessor authority to the extent not otherwise altered or provided for in this act.
L.2010, c.51, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-23 - Office established in the EDA.

52:27I-23 Office established in the EDA.
6. a. There is hereby established in the EDA an office which shall be staffed by employees of the EDA which shall remain under the supervision and control of the EDA. The office shall be responsible for carrying out the policies set forth by the authority, in a collaborative manner with the host municipalities and the county. The office shall be administered by a director whose hiring shall be reviewed and approved by a subcommittee of the members of the authority to be appointed and convened at the direction of the chairperson of the authority for the purposes of this action.
b. The authority will rely solely on the office for all support services it requires to carry out its mission under this act, including, but not limited, to administrative, procurement, budgetary, clerical, and other similar types of services.
c. The authority and the EDA may enter into any agreements necessary to provide for the establishment, operation, and financial support of the office.
d. The costs of the office shall be paid for by the authority. The EDA shall on an annual basis submit to the authority a budget for review and approval by the authority for the anticipated costs of the office for the succeeding calendar year. If, during the course of the calendar year, it is necessary to amend the budget, the EDA shall submit an amendment or amendments to the authority for review and approval by the authority. All costs and expenses of the office shall be accounted for separately and apart from the costs and expenses of the EDA in its capacity as redeveloper pursuant to the designated redevelopment agreement. In the event the authority does not have adequate monies to fund the budget, the EDA may make a loan to the authority in the amount of the unfunded portion of the budget on terms and conditions acceptable to the EDA and the authority.
e. When it is necessary for the authority to engage the services of professional consultants, including registered architects, licensed professional engineers, planners, attorneys, accountants, or other professional consultants, the office shall assist the authority in the procurement process.
L.2010, c.51, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-24 - Purpose of authority.

52:27I-24 Purpose of authority.
7. It shall be the purpose of the authority to oversee, administer, and implement the plan as provided in this act, in a manner that will promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, economic development, and the public welfare; to conserve the natural resources of the State; to provide housing, including housing to address identified needs related to homelessness; and to advance the general prosperity and economic welfare of the people in the host municipalities, the county, and the entire State by cooperating and acting in conjunction with other organizations, public and private, to promote and advance the economic use of the facilities located at Fort Monmouth.
L.2010, c.51, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-27 - Appointment of committees.

52:27I-27 Appointment of committees.
10. The authority shall appoint an historical preservation advisory committee and an environmental advisory committee to assist in its activities in such areas, and any other advisory committee as it deems appropriate. The membership of the committees shall be determined by the authority. The historical preservation committee and the environmental committee shall for all intents and purposes be the exclusive "historic preservation commission," as established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1985, c.516 (C.40:55D-107), and the "environmental commission," as established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.245 (C.40:56A-1 et seq.), for all land use matters and approvals within the project area.
L.2010, c.51, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-28 - Cooperation with State departments, agencies.

52:27I-28 Cooperation with State departments, agencies.
11. All State departments and agencies, to the extent not inconsistent with law and within budget constraints, shall cooperate with the authority and respond to requests for such information and assistance as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act.
To the extent not inconsistent with law and within budget constraints, and to the extent necessary to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive redevelopment and revitalization of Fort Monmouth, upon the recommendation of the EDA that a project be prioritized, a State department, agency or authority shall supersede existing priority setting or ranking systems to place applications that would benefit that project within the project area in the highest priority or ranking category for award or approval of grants, benefits, loans, projects, including highways, roads, sewer, or other infrastructure projects, or other considerations that would benefit the project area. Funding from State sources shall augment, and not replace, any funding from the federal government or as authorized by sections 22 through 24 of this act.
L.2010, c.51, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-29 - Property exempt from levy, sale.

52:27I-29 Property exempt from levy, sale.
12. All property of the authority or EDA shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against the authority or EDA be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the authority or EDA on or with respect to any project or any revenues or other moneys.
L.2010, c.51, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-30 - Taxes, assessments, payment not required; payments in lieu of taxes.

52:27I-30 Taxes, assessments, payment not required; payments in lieu of taxes.
13. a. The authority and the EDA shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect of a project or any property or moneys of the authority and the EDA, and the authority and EDA, their projects, property, and moneys, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the State except for transfer, inheritance, and estate taxes and by any political subdivision of the State; provided, that any person occupying a project whether as lessee, vendee or otherwise shall, as long as title thereto shall remain in the authority or EDA, pay to the political subdivision in which such project is located a payment in lieu of taxes which shall equal the taxes on real and personal property, whether for municipal, county, fire, or school purposes, as applicable, including water and sewer service charges or assessments, which such person would have been required to pay had it been the owner of such property during the period for which such payment is made and neither the authority nor the EDA nor their projects, property, money or bonds and notes shall be obligated, liable or subject to lien of any kind for the enforcement, collection or payment thereof. If and to the extent provided by contract, the authority or EDA may agree to cooperate with such person occupying a project, in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings for determining the validity or amount of such payments and may agree to appoint or designate and reserve the right in and for such person to take all action which the authority may lawfully take in respect of such payments and all matters relating thereto, provided such person shall bear and pay all costs and expenses of the authority thereby incurred at the request of such person or by reason of any such action taken by such person in behalf of the authority. If such person occupying a project has paid the amounts in lieu of taxes required by this section to be paid, such person shall not be required to pay any such taxes as to which a payment in lieu thereof has been made to the State or to any political subdivision, any other statute to the contrary notwithstanding.
b. Except as provided in subsection a. of this section, a host municipality is authorized to assess and collect taxes on real and personal property within the project area as provided by law for municipal, county, fire, or school purposes, as applicable.
L.2010, c.51, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-31 - Prevailing wage rate.

52:27I-31 Prevailing wage rate.
14. Each worker employed on any project to which the authority is a party, shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate for the worker's craft or trade, as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).
L.2010, c.51, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-32 - Awarding of purchases, contracts, agreements.

52:27I-32 Awarding of purchases, contracts, agreements.
15. a. All purchases, contracts, or agreements made pursuant to this act shall be made or awarded directly by the authority, except as otherwise provided in this act, only after public advertisement for bids therefor in the manner provided by the authority and notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws to the contrary.
b. Any purchase, contract, or agreement may be made, negotiated, or awarded by the authority without public bid or advertising under the following circumstances:
(1) When the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the amount set forth in, or the amount calculated by the Governor pursuant to, section 2 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7);
(2) To acquire subject matter which is described in section 4 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9);
(3) To make a purchase or award or make a contract or agreement under the circumstances described in section 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-10);
(4) When the contract to be entered into is for the furnishing or performing of services of a professional or technical nature, including legal services, provided that the contract shall be made or awarded directly by the authority;
(5) When the authority has advertised for bids and has received no bids in response to its advertisement, or received no responsive bids. Any purchase, contract, or agreement may then be negotiated and may be awarded to any contractor or supplier determined to be responsible, as "responsible" is defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2), provided that the terms, conditions, restrictions, and specifications set forth in the negotiated contract or agreement are not substantially different from those which were the subject of competitive bidding;
(6) When a purchase is to be made through or by the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1959, c.40 (C.52:27B-56.1), or through a contract made by any of the following: the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority established under section 4 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-4); the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission established under section 5 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-5); the New Jersey Turnpike Authority established under section 3 of P.L.1948, c.454 (C.27:23-3); the New Jersey Water Supply Authority established under section 4 of P.L.1981, c.293 (C.58:1B-4); the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey established under R.S.32:1-4; the Delaware River Port Authority established under R.S.32:3-2; or the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established under N.J.S.18A:71A-3.
L.2010, c.51, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-35 - Adoption of amendment to plan.

52:27I-35 Adoption of amendment to plan.
18. Prior to the adoption of any amendment to the plan, the authority shall transmit a copy of the proposed plan amendment to the governing body of each host municipality. Within 45 days after referral, each governing body may transmit to the authority a report containing its recommendation concerning the proposed plan amendment. The authority, when considering the adoption of the plan amendment, and in taking into account a decision by a zoning board of an affected host municipality as to whether a request for a variance to increase the permitted density is granted, as provided in subsection e. of section 17 of this act, shall review all reports received from the host municipalities and may accept or not accept any recommendations of the host municipalities; provided, however, that the authority shall record in its minutes its reasons for not accepting any such recommendations.
L.2010, c.51, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-37 - Business plan.

52:27I-37 Business plan.
20. The authority is directed to prepare and complete a business plan which comprises all issues related to the closure, conversion, revitalization, and future use of Fort Monmouth. Further, this business plan shall: include a validation review of any extant studies on the perceived economic impact of this project on the State, the county, and the boroughs of Eatontown, Oceanport and Tinton Falls; refine existing market analyses and develop an absorption schedule; develop a short and long term job creation schedule; include a detailed fiscal analysis that considers cash flow, annual revenue and costs, cumulative revenue and costs, off-site infrastructure costs, and product absorption by year; include an investment and financing strategy that includes grants, local funding options such as the tax allocation district, bonds, taxation, licensing, permitting and fees, and private investment; include a determination of fair market value of property by parcel and overall, and propose an appropriate and feasible strategy for using available BRAC transfer tools.
L.2010, c.51, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27I-38 - Redevelopment agreement.

52:27I-38 Redevelopment agreement.
21. Redevelopment within the project area shall be implemented pursuant to a redevelopment agreement between the authority and the redeveloper, or between the authority and the EDA as a designated redeveloper, or between the EDA as a designated redeveloper and the redeveloper, as the case may be. All redevelopment agreements from or between the authority or the designated redeveloper and to or with a redeveloper shall contain, without being limited to, the following provisions: a. a provision limiting the use of the property to the uses permitted pursuant to the plan; b. a provision requiring the redeveloper to commence and complete the project within a period of time that the authority or the designated redeveloper fixes as reasonable; c. any lease to a redeveloper may provide that all improvements shall become the property of the authority; and d. such other covenants, provisions, and continuing controls as may be deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2010, c.51, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27J-1 - Findings, declarations relative to food insecurity.

52:27J-1 Findings, declarations relative to food insecurity.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) Over one million people are estimated to be food insecure in New Jersey and more than one-third of them are children;
(b) The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is projected to cause a disproportionate increase in the rate of food insecurity in this State compared to the national rate and neighboring states;
(c) Several departments are responsible for administering different food insecurity programs in the State: the Department of Human Services administers the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the Department of Health administers the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children; and the Department of Agriculture administers the United States Department of Agriculture's school nutrition program in New Jersey;
(d) The State's food insecurity programs are currently operating in silos and, in some cases, they may all cover the same families, yet not all eligible families are enrolled into each program; and
(e) Establishing an Office of the Food Security Advocate by statute will help coordinate the administration of the State's food insecurity programs, advocate for the food insecure, and develop new policy initiatives to combat hunger and facilitate greater access to food relief programs.
L.2021, c.242, s.1; 2021, c.483, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27J-2 - Definition of "food insecurity program".

52:27J-2 Definition of "food insecurity program".
2. As used in this act:
"Food insecurity program" means a nutrition program in this State that provides nutrition assistance to individuals without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food and includes, but is not limited to, the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children, the Commodity Supplemental Food program, the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, the Child and Adult Care Program, and the United States Department of Agriculture's school nutrition program.
L.2021, c.242, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27J-3 - Office of the Food Security Advocate created; duties of office.

52:27J-3 Office of the Food Security Advocate created; duties of office.
3. There is created in the Executive Branch of the State Government the Office of the Food Security Advocate. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Office of the Food Security Advocate is allocated to the Department of Agriculture, but notwithstanding this allocation, the office shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department, or by any board or officer thereof, in the performance of its duties. The office shall have the duty to collaborate with the appropriate State agency to:
(a) coordinate outreach for food insecurity programs, including developing new initiatives and outreach campaigns and identifying best practices to increase enrollment in the State's food insecurity programs;
(b) establish a 24-hour toll-free hunger hotline to assist in making information about the State's food insecurity programs as widely available as possible;
(c) support grant application processes related to food insecurity for in-state providers and State departments by monitoring available grants, recommending grant applications, and assisting with the grant application process;
(d) coordinate communication with and between food banks;
(e) establish best practices for food banks to reduce food waste and to distribute more fresh produce and proteins to food insecurity programs and food banks;
(f) cooperate with research organizations and universities to monitor ongoing gap analysis that identifies areas that are underserved by current food insecurity programs;
(g) work with State and community partners to develop a strategic plan to address identified gaps in areas that are underserved by current food insecurity programs;
(h) oversee the development and implementation of public-private partnerships to address food insecurity;
(i) provide support in coordinating assistance to address food insecurity during federal or State declared states of emergency;
(j) coordinate food insecurity programming and initiatives for institutions of higher education with the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education;
(k) develop new initiatives, establish an outreach campaign, and identify best practices to reach senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable populations; and
(l) coordinate outreach efforts for the newly unemployed who might be eligible for food insecurity programs.
L.2021, c.242, s.3; amended 2021, c.483, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27J-4 - Appointment of food security advocate.

52:27J-4 Appointment of food security advocate.
4. The administrator and chief executive officer of the office is the food security advocate, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office. The food security advocate shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor during the Governor's term of office and until the appointment and qualification of the food security advocate's successor. The food security advocate shall devote time entirely to the duties of the position and shall receive a salary as determined by law. Any vacancy occurring in the position of the food security advocate shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment; except that if the food security advocate dies, resigns, becomes ineligible to serve for any reason, or is removed from office, the Governor shall appoint an acting food security advocate, who shall serve until the appointment and qualification of the food security advocate's successor, but in no event longer than six months from the occurrence of the vacancy, and who shall exercise during this period all the powers and duties of the food security advocate pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.2021, c.242, s.4; amended 2021, c.483, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27J-5 - Duties of food security advocate.

52:27J-5 Duties of food security advocate.
5. The food security advocate, as administrator and chief executive officer of the office, shall:
a. administer and organize the work of the office and establish therein such administrative subdivisions as the food security advocate may deem necessary, proper and expedient. The food security advocate may formulate and adopt rules and regulations and prescribe duties for the efficient conduct of the business, work and general administration of the office. The food security advocate may delegate to subordinate officers or employees in the office such power as the food security advocate may deem desirable to be exercised under the food security advocate's supervision and control;
b. appoint and remove stenographic, clerical, and other secretarial assistants as may be required for the proper conduct of the office, subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, and other applicable statutes, and within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available therefor. In addition, and within funding limits, the food security advocate may appoint, retain, or employ, without regard to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes or any other statutes, any officers, financial managers, social workers, or other professionally qualified personnel on a contract basis or otherwise as the food security advocate deems necessary;
c. maintain suitable headquarters for the office and such other quarters as the food security advocate shall deem necessary to the proper functioning of the office;
d. solicit and accept grants of funds from the federal government and from other public and any private sources for any of the purposes of this act; provided, however, that any such funds shall be expended only pursuant to an appropriation made by law;
e. serve as the liaison between the Office of the Food Security Advocate and the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health, and Human Services; and
f. perform such other functions as may be prescribed in this act or by any other law.
L.2021, c.242, s.5; amended 2021, c.483, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27J-6 - Rules, regulations.

52:27J-6 Rules, regulations.
6. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the food security advocate and the Commissioners of Agriculture, Education, Health, and Human Services may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2021, c.242, s.6; amended 2021, c.483, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-1 - Preamble

52:28-1. Preamble
Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of New York, and commissioners duly appointed on the part of New Jersey, for the purpose of agreeing upon, and settling the jurisdiction and territorial limits of the two states, have executed certain articles, two copies for each state, which are contained in the following words:
Agreement made and entered into, by and between Benjamin F. Butler, Peter Augustus Jay and Henry Seymour, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New York, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state entitled "An act concerning the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the state of New York, and the state of New Jersey," passed January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, of the one part, and Theodore Frelinghuysen, James Parker and Lucius Q. C. Elmer, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New Jersey, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state, entitled "An act for the settlement of the territorial limits and jurisdiction between the states of New Jersey and New York," passed February sixth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, of the other part.
Rev.1877, p. 1178, Preamble (C.S. p. 5358, Preamble).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-2 - Location of boundary line

52:28-2. Location of boundary line
Article I. The boundary line between the states of New York and New Jersey, from a point in the middle of Hudson river, opposite the point on the west shore thereof, in the forty-first degree of north latitude, as heretofore ascertained and marked, to the main sea, shall be the middle of the said river, of the bay of New York, of the water between Staten island and New Jersey, and of Raritan bay, to the main sea, except as hereinafter otherwise particularly mentioned.
Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 3 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 5).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-3 - Islands subject to New York

52:28-3. Islands subject to New York
Article II. The state of New York shall retain its present jurisdiction of and over Bedloe's and Ellis' islands, and shall also retain exclusive jurisdiction of and over the other islands lying in the waters above-mentioned, and now under the jurisdiction of that state.
Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 4 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 6).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-4 - Hudson river and bay of New York

52:28-4. Hudson river and bay of New York
Article III. The state of New York shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the bay of New York, and of and over all the waters of Hudson river, lying west of Manhattan island, and to the south of the mouth of Spuyten Duyvel creek, and of and over the lands covered by the said waters to the low-water mark on the westerly or New Jersey side thereof, subject to the following rights of property and jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, that is to say:
1. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of property in and to the land under water, lying west of the middle of the bay of New York and west of the middle of that part of the Hudson river which lies between Manhattan island and New Jersey.
2. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made on the shore of the said state, and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock, except that the said vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to passengers of the state of New York, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed.
3. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries on the westerly side of the middle of the said waters; provided, that the navigation be not obstructed or hindered.
Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 5 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 7).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-5 - Kill von Kull

52:28-5. Kill von Kull
Article IV. The state of New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction of and over the waters of the Kill von Kull, between Staten island and New Jersey, to the westernmost end of Shooter's island, in respect to such quarantine laws and laws relating to passengers as now exist, or may hereafter be passed under the authority of that state, and for executing the same; and the said state shall also have exclusive jurisdiction, for the like purposes, of and over the waters of the sound from the westernmost end of Shooter's island to Woodbridge creek, as to all vessels bound to any port in the said state of New York.
Rev.1877, p. 1178, s. 6 (C.S. p. 5359, s. 8).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-6 - Sound between Staten island and New Jersey; Raritan bay

52:28-6. Sound between Staten island and New Jersey; Raritan bay
Article V. The state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the sound between Staten island and New Jersey, lying south of Woodbridge creek, and of and over all the waters of Raritan bay, lying westward of a line drawn from the lighthouse at Prince's bay to the mouth of Matavan creek, subject to the following rights of property and jurisdiction of the state of New York, that is to say:
1. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of property in and to the land under water lying between the middle of the said waters and Staten island.
2. The state of New York shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made on the shore of Staten island, and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock, except that the said vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws and laws in relation to passengers of the state of New Jersey, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed.
3. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries between the shore of Staten island and the middle of the said waters; provided, that the navigation of the said waters be not obstructed or hindered.
Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 7 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 9).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-7 - Process of New Jersey

52:28-7. Process of New Jersey
Article VI. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person accused of an offense committed within that state, or on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state, as aforesaid, or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that state, in relation to the fisheries mentioned in the third article; and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New York, unless such person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the state of New York, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of the state of New York.
Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 8 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 10).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-8 - Process of New York

52:28-8. Process of New York
Article VII. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New York against any person accused of an offense committed within that state, or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state as aforesaid, or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that state in relation to the fisheries mentioned in the fifth article; and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of New York against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, unless such person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the state of New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure by virtue of process or authority of the state of New Jersey.
Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 9 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 11).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-9 - When agreement binding

52:28-9. When agreement binding
Article VIII. This agreement shall become binding on the two states when confirmed by the legislatures thereof, respectively, and when approved by the congress of the United States. Done in four parts (two of which are retained by the commissioners of New York, to be delivered to the governor of that state, and the other two of which are retained by the commissioners of New Jersey, to be delivered to the governor of that state) at the city of New York, this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and of the independence of the United States the fifty-eighth.
heodore Frelinghuysen, B. F. Butler,
James Parker, Peter Augustus Jay,
Lucius Q. C. Elmer, Henry Seymour.
Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 10 (C.S. p. 5360, s. 12).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-10 - Agreement confirmed by New Jersey

52:28-10. Agreement confirmed by New Jersey
The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and confirmed on the part of the state of New Jersey.
Rev.1877, p. 1179, s. 10 (C.S. p. 5361, s. 13).