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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9Q-20 - Financing of projects

52:9Q-20. Financing of projects
The fund created by this act shall be used by the corporation to undertake projects in accordance with the goals, objectives and priorities outlined in the plan and to make loans or grants for the purpose of financing projects which are consistent with the plan. Financing of projects pursuant to this act shall be in such form, amount and on such terms as the corporation shall believe necessary in order to assure the economic feasibility of a project and to assure, to the greatest degree compatible with that purpose, the full recovery of costs incurred by the authority in the undertaking of the project. The interest rate shall be sufficiently below the prevailing rate of interest to attract private participation in the loan program. The corporation shall assure by the terms of the financing of projects that at least 65% of the moneys appropriated to the fund shall be recovered and shall continue to be available for financing under this act.
L. 1987, c. 58, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9Q-21 - Considerations

52:9Q-21. Considerations
With respect to projects for which costs are to be financed by the corporation pursuant to this act, the corporation shall in approving the financing for those projects, and in the planning and undertaking of its own projects, consider the following:
a. The economic feasibility of the project;
b. The degree to which the project will advance the goals and objectives set forth in the plan; and
c. The likelihood that the project shall, after its completion, be able to repay to the fund all or part of any financing costs incurred.
L. 1987, c. 58, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9Q-22 - Removal, relocation of public utility facilities

52:9Q-22. Removal, relocation of public utility facilities
The corporation shall have the power to provide for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances herein called "public utility facilities" of any public utility, as defined in R.S. 48:2-13, in, on, along, over or under any project.
Whenever the corporation shall determine that it is necessary that any public utility facilities which now are, or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under any project, should be relocated, or should be removed from that project, the public utility owning or operating those facilities shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the corporation; provided, however, that the cost and expenses of that relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of that property, shall be ascertained and paid by the corporation as part of the cost of that project. In case of any relocation or removal of facilities, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate those facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate those facilities in their former location or locations.
L. 1987, c. 58, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9Q-24 - Acquisition of real property.

52:9Q-24 Acquisition of real property.
16. a. If, in order to implement any of the goals and objectives set forth in the plan, the corporation shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire any real property within its jurisdiction, or if for any of its authorized purposes the corporation shall find it necessary to acquire any real property beyond its jurisdiction, whether for immediate or future use, the corporation may find and determine that such property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, is required for public use, and, upon such determination, the property shall be deemed to be required for a public use until otherwise determined by the corporation; and the determination shall not be affected by the fact that the property has heretofore been taken for, or is then devoted to, a public use of the State or any municipality, county, school district, or other local or regional district, authority or agency, but the public use in the hands or under the control of the corporation shall be deemed superior.
b. If the corporation is unable to agree with the owner or owners thereof upon terms for the acquisition of any real property, for any reason whatsoever, then the corporation may acquire that property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, in the manner provided in the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.).
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, the corporation shall not acquire or exercise control over any property in the custody of the State House Commission pursuant to R.S.52:20-1 et seq. without the written consent of that commission.
d. For the purposes of any State surplus property located within the district, the corporation is authorized to act as the redevelopment entity on behalf of the State as provided in section 4 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-4) pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the State Treasurer.
L.1987, c.58, s.16; amended 2009, c.252, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9Q-25 - Annual budget; plan for expenditures.

52:9Q-25 Annual budget; plan for expenditures.
17. a. On or before February 1 of each year, the board shall adopt a budget for the corporation. The board shall file a copy of the budget with the State Treasurer and the governing body of the city of Trenton within 30 days of its adoption. The board shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants, and the cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the corporation and a copy thereof shall be filed with the State Treasurer, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, and the State Auditor.
b. The executive director shall submit with the corporation's annual budget a plan for expenditures from the Capital City Redevelopment Loan and Grant Fund for the upcoming fiscal year. This plan shall include, but not be limited to: performance evaluation of the expenditures made from the fund to date; a description of the various projects to be funded for the upcoming fiscal year; relocation assistance for the upcoming fiscal year; a copy of procedures developed by the corporation governing the operation of the loan and grant fund; a complete financial statement on the status of the fund to date; and an estimate of expenditures from the fund for the upcoming fiscal year.
L.1987, c.58, s.17; amended 2009, c.252, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9Q-26 - Annual report

52:9Q-26. Annual report
On or before February 1 of each year, the board shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor, the Legislature, and the governing body of the city of Trenton. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of all projects either planned, underway or completed by the corporation or financed by the corporation and the financial arrangements developed therefor. The report shall set forth relocations of households and businesses occurring in the past year as a result of implementation of the plan, and a description of the relocation assistance provided those households and businesses. The report shall contain an evaluation of the impact of the implementation of the plan on the availability of adequate and affordable housing units in the city. The report shall also set forth the goals, strategies and priorities governing the selection of projects it anticipates financing, supporting or undertaking; and the board shall annually review and evaluate the projects actually undertaken in light of the goals, strategies and priorities established therefor by the Capital City Renaissance Plan. The report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the corporation during the year.
L. 1987, c. 58, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9Q-27 - Assistance

52:9Q-27. Assistance
All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to render any services to the corporation as may be within the area of their respective governmental functions as fixed or established by law, and as may be requested by the corporation.
L. 1987, c. 58, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9R-1 - Joint Committee on the Public Schools; creation; membership; appointment; compensation; vacancies

52:9R-1. Joint Committee on the Public Schools; creation; membership; appointment; compensation; vacancies
There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "Joint Committee on the Public Schools." The committee shall consist of seven members of the Senate, including two members of the Senate Education Committee, to be appointed by the President of the Senate and seven members of the Assembly, including two members of the Assembly Education Committee, to be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly. No more than four of the members from each House shall be of the same political party. All members shall serve without compensation and vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments are made.
L.1975,c.16,s.1; amended 1987,c.400,s.6; 1990,c.34,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9R-3 - Duties

52:9R-3. Duties
The committee is authorized, empowered and directed to conduct a continuing study of the system of free public schools, its financing, administration, and operations, and to make recommendations for legislative action as it deems practicable and desirable for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools.
L.1975, c. 16, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9R-4 - Assistance from state employees; employment of assistants; powers

52:9R-4. Assistance from state employees; employment of assistants; powers
The committee shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of the Law Revision and Legislative Services Commission, as well as employees of any other State, county or municipal department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for said purpose, and to employ such professional, stenographic and clerical assistants and incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary, in order to perform its duties, and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for said purposes. The committee shall have all the powers of a joint committee of the Legislature under the provisions of chapter 13 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1975, c. 16, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9R-5 - Meetings; hearings; reports

52:9R-5. Meetings; hearings; reports
The committee may meet and hold hearings at such place or places as it shall designate during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature and shall make an annual report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature, and may make other reports or recommendations as it deems necessary or desirable.
L.1975, c. 16, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9RR-1 - Findings, declarations relative to housing affordability.

52:9RR-1 Findings, declarations relative to housing affordability.
1. The Legislature finds and declares:
a. It has been more than twenty years since the Legislature enacted the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.) which provides a voluntary system for municipalities to follow in zoning for affordable housing. Since the time of the enactment of this law, there has not been a unified review by the Legislature of the administration of the "Fair Housing Act," or a review of the issue of housing availability and affordability in general.
b. Soaring housing prices, escalating property taxes, increasing municipal fees, rising energy costs, and the costs to implement various State rules and regulations have put housing out of the reach of many citizens, particularly senior citizens on fixed incomes.
c. Available land to develop is rapidly dwindling, causing many experts to predict that New Jersey will be "built-out" by the end of the next decade. New Jersey currently is the most densely populated State in the nation.
d. Conflicting public policies on land use and planning have resulted in a lack of a coordinated approach by the State in addressing the issues that relate to the availability of decent, affordable housing for both home buyers and renters.
e. There is a need for continued, integrated oversight by the Legislature to review and shape solutions to address the State's residents' housing needs, and to address the Legislature's responsibility for the "Fair Housing Act" as an alternative to the court's remedies granted under the Mount Laurel doctrine.
L.2007,c.55,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9RR-2 - "Joint Committee on Housing Affordability."

52:9RR-2 "Joint Committee on Housing Affordability."
2. There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "Joint Committee on Housing Affordability." The committee shall consist of five members of the Senate, including two members of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee, or its successor, to be appointed by the President of the Senate and five members of the General Assembly, including two members of the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee, or its successor, to be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly. No more than three of the members from each House shall be of the same political party. All members shall serve without compensation and vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments are made.
L.2007,c.55,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9RR-3 - Chairman, vice chairman, secretary.

52:9RR-3 Chairman, vice chairman, secretary.
3. The committee shall select a chairman and vice chairman from among its members and a secretary who need not be a member of the committee.
L.2007,c.55,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9RR-4 - Powers, duties of committee.

52:9RR-4 Powers, duties of committee.
4. The committee is authorized, empowered and directed to conduct a continuing study of the availability and provision of housing affordable to all New Jersey households, the financing and administration of programs providing affordable housing, the rules, regulations or actions promulgated or enforced by various State government entities, including but not limited to, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, or agencies, that may negatively impact the affordability of housing, and land use policies and other issues related to making housing affordable, for the purpose of making recommendations for legislative action, including amendments to the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.) or to the "State Planning Act," P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.), or to any other statute as it deems practicable and desirable for the provision of opportunities for the affordability and availability of housing for all residents throughout the State.
L.2007,c.55,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9RR-5 - Review of introduced bills by committee; housing affordability impact notes.

52:9RR-5 Review of introduced bills by committee; housing affordability impact notes.
5. The staff of the Joint Committee shall review all bills introduced into both houses each Legislative session for identification of those bills which will clearly have a significant impact upon the cost, availability, or affordability of housing in New Jersey. A list of those bills so identified shall be prepared, and thereafter a statement to the sponsor and the chairman of the committee, if any, to which a bill on the list was referred, or to the presiding officer of the House in which the bill originated if no such reference was made, shall be sent by the Joint Committee Staff indicating that a housing affordability impact note is required. An impact note for each bill on the list shall thereafter be completed by the Joint Committee as soon as practicable, unless a request to expedite the preparation of an impact note is made by the bill's sponsor. If there is insufficient information to prepare a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact, a statement to that effect may be filed and shall meet the requirements of this section. The Legislative Budget and Finance Officer and the Office of Legislative Services shall provide such assistance as may be requested by the Joint Committee in the preparation of the housing affordability impact note.
L.2007,c.55,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9RR-6 - Services available to the committee.

52:9RR-6 Services available to the committee.
6. The committee shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of the Legislative Services Commission, as well as employees of any other State, county or municipal department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes, and to employ such professional, stenographic and clerical assistants and incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary, in order to perform its duties, and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for those purposes.
L.2007,c.55,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9RR-7 - Meetings, hearings.

52:9RR-7 Meetings, hearings.
7. The committee may meet and hold hearings at such place or places as it shall designate during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature and shall make an annual report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature, and may make other reports or recommendations as it deems necessary or desirable.
L.2007,c.55,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9S-1 - Definitions

52:9S-1. Definitions
As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:
a. "Capital project" means any undertaking which is to be financed or funded or is proposed to be financed or funded by the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the State or any public authority thereof; or any undertaking which is to be financed or funded or is requested to be financed or funded by an appropriation in the annual budget, where the expenditure therefor is, by statute, or under standards as they may be prescribed from time to time by the Department of the Treasury, a capital expenditure.
b. "Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning created by section 2 of this act;
c. "Plan" means the State Capital Improvement Plan provided for by subsection a. of section 3. of this act.
d. "State agency" means an executive or administrative department, office, public authority or other instrumentality of State Government.
L.1975, c. 208, s. 1, eff. Sept. 23, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9S-2 - New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning

52:9S-2. New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning
2. There is hereby created a New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning. The commission shall consist of 12 members selected as follows: the State Treasurer and any three other members of the Executive Branch designated by the Governor to so serve at his pleasure, two members of the General Assembly, two members of the Senate and four public members from the State at large.
The members from the General Assembly shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly. The members of the Senate shall be appointed by the President of the Senate. No more than one of the members appointed by the Speaker or President shall be from the same political party. Legislative members shall serve while members of their respective houses for the term for which they have been elected.
Of the four public members two shall be appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate, no more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and two by the Legislature, one each by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, for a term of six years and until their successors are qualified, provided that the members serving on the effective date of this 1995 amendatory act shall continue to serve until the expiration of their appointments. The President of the Senate shall make the first appointment of a public member upon the expiration of the term of the public member first occurring after the effective date of this 1995 amendatory act, and the Speaker of the General Assembly shall make the second appointment of a public member upon the expiration of the term of the public member next occurring after the effective date of this act. The public members shall be chosen based upon their experience and expertise in public finance and the capital improvement process. Any vacancy among the public members shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term only. A member shall be eligible for reappointment.
A chairman of the commission shall be selected annually by the membership of the commission from among the public members.
Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but public members shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
L.1975,c.208,s.2; amended 1995,c.398,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9S-4 - Review of bills introduced in legislature

52:9S-4. Review of bills introduced in legislature
The commission shall review any bill introduced in either House of the Legislature, except the annual appropriations bill, which makes provision for an appropriation for a capital project, or for the authorization of the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the State, or of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of a State agency containing a moral pledge of the State. The commission shall study the necessity, desirability and relative priority of such appropriation or indebtedness by reference to the plan or otherwise. The commission shall promptly prepare and forward its recommendation on the bill to the House in which it was introduced.
L.1975, c. 208, s. 4, eff. Sept. 23, 1975. Amended by L.1984, c. 89, s. 1, eff. July 19, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9S-5 - Public hearings

52:9S-5. Public hearings
The commission may conduct public hearings in furtherance of its general purposes at such place or places as it shall designate, at which it may request the appearance of officials of any State agency and solicit the testimony of interested groups and the general public.
L.1975, c. 208, s. 5, eff. Sept. 23, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9S-6 - Rules and regulations

52:9S-6. Rules and regulations
The commission may adopt such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary or desirable to carry out its purposes as provided by this act.
L.1975, c. 208, s. 6, eff. Sept. 23, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9S-7 - Executive director; employment; compensation; division of bureau of capital planning; other employees

52:9S-7. Executive director; employment; compensation; division of bureau of capital planning; other employees
The commission may employ and fix the compensation of an executive director who shall be its secretary and principal executive officer. The commission shall be staffed by the Division of Budget and Accounting of the Department of the Treasury. There is hereby created within said division a bureau of capital planning for this purpose. The commission may also employ such other stenographic, clerical and expert assistance, and incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary in order to perform its duties and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it.
L.1975, c. 208, s. 7, eff. Sept. 23, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9S-8 - Assistance for commission and division of budget and accounting; advisory committees

52:9S-8. Assistance for commission and division of budget and accounting; advisory committees
a. The commission and the Division of Budget and Accounting shall be entitled to call to their assistance such personnel of any State agency, municipality or political subdivision as they may require in order to perform their duties hereunder.
b. The Office of Fiscal Affairs and other State agencies shall also assist the commission in the performance of its functions. The commission may make use of existing studies, surveys, plans, data and other materials in the possession of any State agency or any municipality or political subdivision of this State. Each such agency, municipality or subdivision is hereby authorized to make the same available to the commission so that the commission may have available to it current information with respect to the capital plans and programs of each such agency, municipality or subdivision.
c. The officers and personnel of any State agency, municipality or political subdivision, and any other person may serve at the request of the commission upon such advisory committees as the commission may create and such officers and personnel may serve upon such committees without forfeiture of office or employment and with no loss or diminution in the compensation, status, rights and privileges which they otherwise enjoy.
L.1975, c. 208, s. 8, eff. Sept. 23, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-2 - Legislative findings and declarations

52:9U-2. Legislative findings and declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that, although this State has the highest cancer death rate in the nation for many of the most frequently fatal types of cancer, it has provided relatively little encouragement for cancer studies at any of its local institutions involved in basic biological research; and that this failure has made New Jersey unattractive for the recruitment of highly skilled cancer investigators, has reduced the State's capacity to compete for its fair share of federal and private research dollars, and has been responsible for delaying the development of services and facilities necessary to conduct productive research. New Jersey's failure to make a concerted and intense effort in the war against cancer has deprived its citizens of the benefits resulting from the latest advances in basic cancer research.
The Legislature further finds that the State can ill afford to continue its present policy in this regard. Corrective measures should be adopted promptly and funded adequately to make up for lost ground and to make the State competitive in the area of cancer research within the next 5 years.
L.1983, c. 6, s. 2, eff. Jan. 17, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-3 - Definitions.

52:9U-3 Definitions.
3. As used in this act:
"Approved research project" means a scientific research project, which is approved by the commission and which focuses on the genetic, biochemical, viral, microbiological and environmental causes of cancer, and may include, but is not limited to, behavioral, socio-economic, demographic and psychosocial research or research into methods of clinical treatment; or which focuses on pain management and palliative care for persons diagnosed with cancer.
"Commission" means the New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research established pursuant to this act.
"Institutional support services" means all services, facilities, equipment, personnel and expenditures associated with the creation and maintenance of approved research projects.
"Pediatric cancer research project" means a scientific research project approved pursuant to this act, which scientific research project focuses on the causes, prevention, education, screening, treatment, or cure of pediatric cancer, or the symptoms or effects experienced by patients following completion of a course of treatment for pediatric cancer, and may include, but shall not be limited to, basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research.
"Qualifying research institution" means the Coriell Institute for Medical Research in Camden, New Jersey, Rutgers--The State University, Rowan University, Princeton University and any other institution approved by the commission, which is conducting an approved research project. For the purposes of sections 2 through 5 of P.L.2021, c.210 (C.52:9U-6.4 et al.), "qualifying research institution" may include academic medical institutions, State or local government agencies, public or private organizations within New Jersey, and any other institution approved by the commission, which is conducting a pediatric cancer research project.
L.1983, c.6, s.3; amended 1984, c.237, s.1; 2000, c.63, s.1; 2012, c.45, s.131; 2021, c.210, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-4 - Commission on Cancer Research

52:9U-4. Commission on Cancer Research
a. There is established in the Executive Branch of the State government, the New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the commission is allocated within the Department of Health, but notwithstanding that allocation, the commission shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by any board or officer thereof.
b. The commission shall consist of 11 members, including the Commissioners of the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection or their appointed designees, and nine citizens of New Jersey or persons otherwise associated with the State, who are known for their knowledge, competence, experience or interest in medical research, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
c. The term of office of each appointed member shall be three years, but of the members first appointed, three shall be appointed for terms of one year, three for terms of two years, and one for a term of three years. The terms of office of the two additional members appointed pursuant to this amendatory act shall expire upon the expiration of the term of office of the member first appointed for a term of three years. All vacancies shall be filled for the balances of the unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointments. The members of the commission shall not receive any compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the commission.
L. 1983, c. 6, s. 4, eff. Jan. 17, 1983. Amended by L. 1985, c. 144, s. 1, eff. April 24, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-5 - Duties of commission.

52:9U-5 Duties of commission.
5. The commission shall:
a. Review and authorize approved research projects;
b. Apportion all available funds to qualifying research institutions to finance approved research projects and necessary institutional support services;
c. Ensure that funds appropriated to approved research projects are not diverted to any other use;
d. Take steps necessary to encourage the development within the State of research projects on:
(1) the causes of cancer; and
(2) pain management and palliative care for persons diagnosed with cancer;
e. Compile a directory of all cancer research projects being conducted in the State; and
f. Provide the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Legislature, with a report by January 30 of each year describing the status of the commission's activities and the results of its funded research efforts, which report shall include, with respect to the pediatric cancer research fund established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.210 (C.54A:9-25.47), a summary of the use and impact of funds expended in the prior fiscal year and any recommendations for future initiatives or action regarding pediatric cancer research funding.
L.1983, c.6, s.5; amended 1984, c.237, s.2; 2000, c.63, s.2; 2021, c.210, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-6 - Powers

52:9U-6. Powers
The commission is authorized to:
a. Adopt rules and regulations concerning the operation of the commission, the functions and responsibilities of its officers and employees and other matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act;
b. Maintain offices at such places within the State as it may designate;
c. Employ an executive director and other personnel as may be necessary, whose employment shall be in the unclassified service of the State, except that employees performing stenographic or clerical duties shall be appointed pursuant to Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes;
d. Design a fair and equitable system for the solicitation, evaluation and approval of proposals for cancer research projects;
e. Apply for and accept any grant of money from the federal government, which may be available for programs relating to research on the causes of cancer;
f. Enter into contracts with individuals, organizations and institutions necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this act; and
g. Accept gifts, grants and bequests of funds from individuals, foundations, corporations, governmental agencies and other organizations and institutions.
L.1983, c. 6, s. 6, eff. Jan. 17, 1983. Amended by L.1984, c. 237, s. 3, eff. Dec. 28, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-6.1 - Grants; qualified research institution defined

52:9U-6.1. Grants; qualified research institution defined
3. The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research shall solicit, receive, evaluate and approve applications of qualified research institutions for grants from the "New Jersey Breast Cancer Research Fund," established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c.26 (C.54A:9-25.7), to conduct research relating to the causes, prevention, screening, treatment and cure of breast cancer. As used in this section, "qualified research institution" may include academic medical institutions, State or local government agencies, public or private organizations within New Jersey, and any other institution approved by the commission, which is conducting a breast cancer research project.
L.1995,c.26.s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-6.2 - Applications for grants.

52:9U-6.2 Applications for grants.
3. The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research shall solicit, receive, evaluate and approve applications of qualified research institutions for grants from the "New Jersey Prostate Cancer Research Fund," established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2001, c.305 (C.54A:9-25.21), to conduct research relating to the causes, prevention, screening, treatment and cure of prostate cancer. As used in this section, "qualified research institution" may include academic medical institutions, State or local government agencies, public or private organizations within New Jersey, and any other institution approved by the commission, which is conducting a prostate cancer research project.
L.2001,c.305,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-6.3 - Grants from "New Jersey Lung Cancer Research Fund."

52:9U-6.3 Grants from "New Jersey Lung Cancer Research Fund."
2. The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research shall solicit, receive, evaluate and approve applications of qualified research institutions for grants from the "New Jersey Lung Cancer Research Fund," established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2009, c.172 (C.54A:9-25.27), to conduct research relating to the causes, prevention, education, screening, treatment and cure of lung cancer. As used in this section, "qualified research institution" may include academic medical institutions, State or local government agencies, public or private organizations within New Jersey, and any other institution approved by the commission, which is conducting a lung cancer research project.
L.2009, c.172, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-6.4 - Applicants for grants.

52:9U-6.4 Applicants for grants.
2. The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research , in consultation with the advisory group established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.210 (C.52:9U-6.5), shall solicit, receive, evaluate and approve applications of qualifying research institutions for grants from the "New Jersey Pediatric Cancer Research Fund," established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.210 (C.54A:9-25.47), to fund pediatric cancer research projects .
L.2021, c.210, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-6.5 - Advisory group.

52:9U-6.5 Advisory group.
3. a. The New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research shall establish an advisory group within the commission which shall be responsible for advising the commission on how moneys from the fund established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.210 (C.54A:9-25.47) to support pediatric cancer research projects will be distributed by the commission.
b. The size and composition of the advisory group shall be at the discretion of the commission and shall be limited to individuals who either treat patients with pediatric cancer, conduct research into pediatric cancer, advocate to advance pediatric cancer research or treatment, or have been affected by their own or a family member's diagnosis of pediatric cancer.
c. The advisory group shall meet at such times and frequencies as shall be required by the commission.
L.2021, c.210, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-7 - Chairman and vice-chairman; election; duties; duties of executive director

52:9U-7. Chairman and vice-chairman; election; duties; duties of executive director
The members of the commission shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among their number. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the commission, shall preside at all meetings of the commission and shall perform other duties that the commission may prescribe.
The executive director shall serve as secretary to the commission and shall carry out its policies under the direction of the chairman.
L.1983, c. 6, s. 7, eff. Jan. 17, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-8 - Annual appropriation.

52:9U-8 Annual appropriation.
8. $1,000,000.00 shall be appropriated annually from the Cancer Research Fund established by P.L.1982, c.40 (C.54:40A-8 et al.) to effectuate the purposes of this act, except that only $500,000.00 shall be appropriated from the fund in fiscal year 1982-1983. The full amount of the annual appropriation from the Cancer Research Fund mandated by this section to effectuate the purposes of this act shall be made notwithstanding any monies received by taxpayer voluntary contribution through gross income tax return to any cancer research fund designated for a specific type or category of cancer by State law.
L.1983, c.6, s.8; amended 2021, c.210, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9U-9 - Research facilities; direct application for or receipt of funds from public or private agency

52:9U-9. Research facilities; direct application for or receipt of funds from public or private agency
Nothing in this act shall preclude a qualifying research institution or any other research facility in the State from directly applying for or receiving funds from any public or private agency to conduct cancer research.
L.1983, c. 6, s. 10, eff. Jan. 17, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9W-1 - Establishment; membership; terms; vacancies

52:9W-1. Establishment; membership; terms; vacancies
There is established an Advisory Commission on Hispanic Affairs to consist of 10 members, two to be appointed by the President of the Senate from the members thereof, no more than one of whom shall be from the same political party; two to be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly from the members thereof, no more than one of whom shall be from the same political party, the Commissioner of Community Affairs, or his designee, and five public members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who are residents of the State and who represent various Hispanic communities within the State. Legislative members shall serve during their terms of office. Public members shall serve for a term of three years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified; except that of the first appointments hereunder: one shall be for a term of one year, two for two years, and two for three years. Vacancies resulting from causes other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term only and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.
L.1983, c. 567, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9W-2 - Compensation; reimbursement for expenses

52:9W-2. Compensation; reimbursement for expenses
All members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
L.1983, c. 567, s. 2, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9W-3 - Chairperson; secretary

52:9W-3. Chairperson; secretary
The commission shall select from among its members a chairperson and also shall select a secretary who need not be a member of the commission.
L.1983, c. 567, s. 3, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9W-4 - Duties; establishment of subcommittee

52:9W-4. Duties; establishment of subcommittee
It shall be the duty of the commission to advise the Governor and the Legislature on the needs, concerns, accomplishments and contributions as well as the impact of legislation which affects the State's Hispanic community. The commission shall establish a subcommittee whose function is to elicit input from Hispanic communities by visiting community centers, meeting with community leaders, attending and sponsoring community meetings and taking any other actions it deems necessary to carry out its purposes. The subcommittee shall consist of five members, two legislative members, not more than one of whom shall be from the same political party, and three public members all of whom shall be appointed by the chairperson of the commission from the members thereof. The subcommittee shall report to the commission at the request of the chairperson, on its findings and recommendations.
L.1983, c. 567, s. 4, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9W-5 - Employees; expenses

52:9W-5. Employees; expenses
The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require and as may be available to it to carry out its purposes, and to employ such stenographic, clerical, technical and expert assistance and incur travel and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary, in order to perform its duties and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it to accomplish its objectives.
L.1983, c. 567, s. 5, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:9WW-1 - Asian American Study Foundation.

52:9WW-1 Asian American Study Foundation.
1. The Secretary of State is authorized to establish a nonprofit organization to be known as the Asian American Study Foundation. The foundation shall be devoted to developing and coordinating Statewide programs recognizing the continuing contributions of Asian Americans in New Jersey. It shall draw upon its members' shared knowledge and expertise in creating programs and activities designed to better educate all citizens of New Jersey as to Asian American issues and culture and to promote the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by celebrating the religious, ethnic and racial diversity within this State. The foundation shall develop policies to improve the community, economic, social well-being, health and educational needs important to Asian Americans in New Jersey and increase awareness among Asian Americans as to governmental affairs and community and social service resources that may benefit Asian American individuals and communities as a whole. It shall also make recommendations for local, county and Statewide actions to follow up the foundation's recommendations and consider such other matters relating to the institutions and legacies of Asian Americans in New Jersey as the members of the foundation may deem appropriate.
The foundation shall be incorporated as a New Jersey nonprofit corporation pursuant to P.L.1983, c.127 (C.15A:1-1 et seq.), and organized and operated in such manner as to be eligible under applicable federal law for tax-exempt status and for the receipt of tax-deductible contributions, and shall be authorized to sue and to be sued as a legal entity separate from the State of New Jersey.
L.2005, c.371, s.1.