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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31B-10 - Rules and regulations; filing

52:31B-10. Rules and regulations; filing
The commissioner shall issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this act, and may revise, repeal or amend said rules and regulations from time to time as the commissioner may deem necessary. Any rules and regulations issued and promulgated pursuant to this act shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
L.1967, c. 79, s. 10, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31B-12 - Partial invalidity

52:31B-12. Partial invalidity
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in the effect to the section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered.
L.1967, c. 79, s. 12, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-2 - Findings, declarations relative to structured financing transactions.

52:31C-2 Findings, declarations relative to structured financing transactions.
2. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. In this era of limited sources of State and local revenues coupled with the increasing demands placed on State and local government to fulfill its governmental functions, the need exists to maximize the value of their assets;
b. One possible way of maximizing such value is to utilize new and innovative financing structures which take advantage of the existing assets;
c. A new and innovative financing structure that has been developed is the structured financing transaction whereby a governmental entity can obtain additional revenues by conveying its interest in its assets to other parties and by so conveying such interests, transfer certain benefits which the State or local government unit enjoys in connection with its assets, which would have value to the other party but of which the State or local government unit cannot take advantage;
d. Entry into such structured financing transactions is not intended to interfere with the governmental unit's ownership, occupation or use of its assets, although under the terms of a structured financing transaction, upon the occurrence of certain events, the other party may have the right to exercise certain rights and remedies and to acquire certain interests which may interfere with the governmental unit's ownership, occupation or use of its assets;
e. By the State or local government unit entering into such structured financing transactions, the State or local government unit can obtain additional revenues required to carry out its governmental functions without affecting the use by the State or local government unit of its assets for its governmental functions;
f. It is in the best interests of the State or local government unit to be able to enter into structured financing transactions.
L.1999,c.157,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-5 - Establishment of State payment account for structured financing transaction.

52:31C-5 Establishment of State payment account for structured financing transaction.
5. a. The State Treasurer may establish a State payment account for a structured financing transaction. If the State Treasurer determines that a State payment account should be established, the State Treasurer is authorized to:
(1) Select the payment bank in such manner as the State Treasurer may determine to be appropriate;
(2) Direct the deposit of moneys to the payment bank to fund the State payment account; and
(3) Take any actions necessary or convenient in connection with the establishment of the State payment account.
b. There are appropriated such moneys as are required to be deposited in a State payment account for the purposes specified in the related structured financing agreement.
L.1999,c.157,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-6 - Reports, JBOC approval.

52:31C-6 Reports, JBOC approval.
6. a. Prior to entering into a structured financing transaction, the State Treasurer shall transmit to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, a preliminary report that a decision to enter a structured financing transaction has been made, reciting the basis on which the decision was made, including an estimate of the State receipt and net receipt related to the transaction upon which the State Treasurer relied when making the decision to enter into a structured financing transaction.
b. The Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, shall have authority to approve or disapprove of the structured financing transaction as included in each preliminary report submitted in accordance with subsection a. of this section. The committee shall approve or disapprove the transaction within 10 business days after physical receipt of the report. The committee shall notify the State Treasurer in writing of the approval or disapproval as expeditiously as possible.
c. No structured financing transaction shall be entered into unless the preliminary report has been submitted to and approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, as set forth in subsection b. of this section.
d. The State Treasurer shall, within 60 days after completing a structured financing agreement, submit a final report prepared pursuant to this section to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee and a copy of the final report to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.
e. A final report for a structured financing agreement shall include a detailed explanation of the terms of the structured financing agreement including, but not limited to, the investor's obligations, the State assets, the amount of the State receipt, transaction charges and service agreements entered into as part of the structured financing transaction and the names of the parties to those agreements and those persons providing the services of counsel, financial advisors, payment bank, rating agencies, trustee, credit enhancement, liquidity facility; and the fees charged for those services.
L.1999,c.157,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-7 - Construction of act as to State obligations.

52:31C-7 Construction of act as to State obligations.
7. Nothing in this act shall be deemed or construed as to limit, alter or impair in any way the rights and obligations of the State, a State agency or a State authority under the provisions of contracts made with the holders from time to time of bonds, notes and other obligations heretofore or hereafter issued by the State, a State agency or a State authority with respect to assets that are the subject of a structured financing transaction.
L.1999,c.157,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-8 - Immunity from personal liability.

52:31C-8 Immunity from personal liability.
8. No State Treasurer or any officer, director or employee of any State agency or State authority executing a structured financing agreement pursuant to this act shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation or other liability of the State, State agency, or State authority incurred by or on behalf of the State, State agency or State authority arising from a structured financing agreement.
L.1999,c.157,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-9 - Powers constitute performance of essential governmental function; tax exemption.

52:31C-9 Powers constitute performance of essential governmental function; tax exemption.
9. The exercise of the powers granted by this act shall constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and no person shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon or in respect of a State asset. The entry into, filing, and performance of a structured financing transaction and a structured financing agreement shall be free from taxation by any unit of local government including, without limitation, taxation imposed upon the filing of a structured financing agreement. No person shall be deemed to be doing business, or employing or owning capital or property in this State, for purposes of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-1 et seq.), by reason of the entry into and performance of a structured financing agreement.
L.1999,c.157,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-10 - Procedures for undertaking structured financing agreements by public agencies other than the State

52:31C-10. Procedures for undertaking structured financing agreements by public agencies other than the State
10. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the State Treasurer shall establish procedures under which a county or municipal governing board, a board of education, a sewerage authority created pursuant to the "sewerage authorities law," P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.), a utilities authority created pursuant to the "municipal and county utilities authorities law," P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.), or the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, continued pursuant to R.S.58:14-2 may undertake structured financing agreements involving local assets in a manner similar to that provided for State assets, including procedures for the incorporation in such agreements of provisions that accord entities participating in structured financing transactions such rights of immunity and indemnification as the State Treasurer, under subsections g. and h. of section 4 of P.L.1999, c.157 (C.52:31C-4), may deem appropriate to be established for entities participating in a structured financing transaction with the State.
L.1999,c.157,s.10; amended 2000, c.54; 2003, c.106, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-11 - Structured Financing Act to supplement, supersede other laws.

52:31C-11 Structured Financing Act to supplement, supersede other laws.
11. This act shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative and complete method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to any powers conferred by other laws on public entities and not in derogation of any such powers now existing, provided that, it is the intent of the Legislature that in the event of any conflict or inconsistency in this act and any other law, general, special, or local now in existence or hereafter (unless with specific reference to this act) adopted, pertaining to matters herein established or provided, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency, the provisions of this act shall be enforced and the provisions of the other acts shall be of no effect.
L.1999,c.157,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-12 - Severability.

52:31C-12 Severability.
12. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
L.1999,c.157,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31C-13 - Liberal construction.

52:31C-13 Liberal construction.
13. This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized and all powers herein granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate such intent and purposes and not as a limitation of powers.
L.1999,c.157,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-1 - American goods and products to be used in state work

52:32-1. American goods and products to be used in state work
The state shall make provisions in the specifications for all contracts for state work and for work for which the state pays any part of the cost, that only such manufactured and farm products of the United States, whenever available, be used in such work.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-1a - U.S., State flags, U.S. manufacture; required.

52:32-1a U.S., State flags, U.S. manufacture; required.
1. Any flag of the United States or flag of the State of New Jersey purchased with State funds shall be manufactured in the United States.
L.2009, c.86, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-1b - Use of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology.

52:32-1b Use of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology.
9. a. Any person or entity that purchases unit concrete products, or that undertakes any construction or improvement that requires the use of unit concrete products, including the replacement of impervious surface with permeable pavement, the cost or contract price of which is financed, in whole or in part, by State funds, shall, as a condition of receiving State funds, use unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology, provided that such utilization does not conflict with federal funding conditions.
b. As used in this section:
"Permeable pavement" means a concrete product that allows rainwater to penetrate the pavement and percolate into the supporting soils and includes, but is not limited to, pervious concrete, permeable interlocking concrete pavers, and concrete grid pavers.
"Unit concrete product" means a concrete building product that is fabricated under controlled conditions separate and remote from the intended point of use and is produced in a wet cast or dry cast method in a factory setting and then transported to the location of intended use for installation, including, but not limited to, all concrete pavers, whether permeable or non-permeable, and concrete block. "Unit concrete product" shall not include ready mix concrete, sand, stone, gravel, or bituminous concrete or asphalt.
"Unit concrete product that utilizes carbon footprint-reducing technology" means a unit concrete product that is certified by the Department of Environmental Protection, or any independent third party authorized by the department, pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.17), as generating at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide emissions in the production and utilization of the unit concrete product than conventional unit concrete products made with ordinary Portland cement. Such products shall also conform with the relevant requirements of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) that incorporate by reference TMS 402/602 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures.
L. 2021, c.278, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-1.3 - "Public contract" defined

52:32-1.3. "Public contract" defined
As used in this act, "public contract" means any contract or agreement entered into by a state or any instrumentality of that state to purchase goods, services or both.
L. 1985, c. 156, s. 1, eff. April 26, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-1.4 - Retaliatory discrimination

52:32-1.4. Retaliatory discrimination
Any bidder with its principal place of business located in another state which has provisions of state law, rules or regulations causing disadvantage to any bidder for a public contract to provide like goods, services or both to that state because the bidder's principal place of business is located outside of that state shall have like conditions applied to it in a manner pursuant to regulations issued by the State Treasurer when bidding for a public contract in this State. The provisions of this act may be waived with respect to a bidder, if the State Treasurer, on the basis of economic or other circumstances, determines it to be in the best interest of the State.
L. 1985, c. 156, s. 2, eff. April 26, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-1.5 - Rules, regulations

52:32-1.5. Rules, regulations
The State Treasurer shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.).
L. 1985, c. 156, s. 3, eff. April 26, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-2.1 - Public building construction projects

52:32-2.1. Public building construction projects
The Legislature finds that there are projects for the construction, renovation or restoration of public buildings a. that require a unique application of specialized planning, management and operational strategies, skills and techniques, and b. where the public exigency requires that they be completed in the most efficient and timely manner.
L. 1987, c. 202, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-2.3 - Correctional facilities

52:32-2.3. Correctional facilities
a. The Legislature further finds that the "Correctional Facilities Construction Bond Act of 1987" provides for projects for the construction of correctional facilities that are required because of a critical public need or legal constraint, with respect to which there are similar needs to employ construction management personnel, engineers, architects and contractors of special skills and expertise; and that these projects will provide for buildings for the immediate housing or care of their residents or inmates.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 52:32-2 and section 11 of P.L. 1981, c. 120 (C. 52:18A-78.11) to the contrary, in the case of the erection or construction of a public building or project of the New Jersey Building Authority, if the board, body or person authorized by law to award contracts for the work on the public building, or the authority for the work on the project, finds that such building or project:
(1) requires a unique application of specialized planning, management and operational strategies, skills and techniques; and
(2) requires that construction management personnel, engineers, architects and contractors whose skills and expertise will ensure the completion of the building or project in the most efficient and timely manner be employed for its planning, design and construction; then the board, body or person authorized by law to award the contracts, or the authority, may, by advertising and receiving bids in the form of a single contract, multiple branch contracts, or both, award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, as determined by the board, body, person, or authority. There shall be set forth in the bid the name or names of, and evidence of performance security from, all subcontractors to whom the bidder will subcontract the furnishing of plumbing and gas fitting, and all kindred work, and of the steam and hot water heating and ventilating apparatus, steam power plants and kindred work, and electrical work, structural steel and ornamental iron work, each of which subcontractors shall be qualified in accordance with Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
L. 1987, c. 202, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-3 - Building plans and specifications to be authenticated before filing

52:32-3. Building plans and specifications to be authenticated before filing
No department in the State created for the purpose of filing plans and specifications for buildings under the several laws shall receive or file any plans or specifications unless the same bear the seal of a licensed professional engineer or a licensed architect of the State, or in lieu thereof an affidavit sworn to by the person who drew or prepared the same.
Amended by L.1948, c. 293, p. 1208, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-4 - Facilities for persons with physical disabilities.

52:32-4 Facilities for persons with physical disabilities.
1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all plans and specifications for the construction or remodeling of any public building in the State shall provide facilities for persons with physical disabilities.
L.1971, c.269, s.1; amended 1975, c.220, s.1; 2017, c.131, s.205.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-5 - Regulations relative to access for persons with physical disabilities.

52:32-5 Regulations relative to access for persons with physical disabilities.
2. The Department of Community Affairs shall promulgate regulations which shall prescribe the kinds, types, and quality of facilities in public buildings as defined in section 3 of P.L.1975, c.220 (C.52:32-6) required to provide access for persons with physical disabilities. The regulations shall differentiate between small public buildings, defined as those with a total gross enclosed floor area of less than 10,000 square feet, and large public buildings, defined as those with a total gross enclosed floor area of 10,000 square feet or more. Small public buildings shall be required to have accessible entrances servicing the first or ground floor areas and facilities for persons with physical disabilities on all accessible floors, however, the provisions for small public buildings shall not apply to the conversion of a small public building to another use or to renovations or modifications of a small public building if there is insufficient space between the building and its lot lines or between the building and the public way to allow for the installation of an entrance ramp which meets the criteria of the "State Uniform Construction Code" adopted pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.). Large public buildings shall be required to have accessible entrances, facilities for persons with physical disabilities on all accessible floors, and elevators or other means of access for persons with physical disabilities between floors, except floors which contain only mechanical equipment or floors which contain less than 3,000 square feet of total floor area.
L.1971, c.269, s.2; amended 1975, c.220, s.2; 1981, c.35, s.1; 1987, c.246, s.1; 2003, c.72, s.3; 2017, c.131, s.206.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-5.1 - Use of stroller in public buildings; conditions

52:32-5.1. Use of stroller in public buildings; conditions
1. A person with a permanent disability or limited mobility who holds an identification card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation pursuant to either P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et seq.) or P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.2 et seq.) and who, due to that disability or limited mobility, needs to transport his child in a stroller is entitled to the use of a public building, notwithstanding the building's prohibition on the use of strollers, subject to the following conditions:
a. The person shall not leave the stroller unattended;
b. The person who transports a child in a stroller shall not be charged any extra fee or payment for admission to or use of a public building ;
c. The person who transports a child in a stroller shall be liable for any damages done to the premises of a public building by the stroller.
As used in this section, "public building" means a public building as defined in section 3 of P.L.1975, c.220 (C.52:32-6), and "stroller" means a non-motorized, wheeled vehicle designed to push or otherwise transport a young child, including, but not limited to, a carriage, a folding-type umbrella stroller, or a full-size stroller.
L.1996,c.143.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-5.2 - Display of advertisement, public bidding required.

52:32-5.2 Display of advertisement, public bidding required.
12. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a State entity, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2004, c.42 (C.27:5-27 et al.), shall not enter into any contract or agreement for the construction on, or development or maintenance of, real property owned or controlled by it, with any person, firm, partnership or corporation for the purpose of displaying any advertisement, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.413 (C.27:5-7), without publicly advertising for bids. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any State entity may enter into a contract or agreement for the maintenance of (but not the construction on or development of) such real property for the purposes of displaying any advertisement, with any of its current contractors, tenants or licensees with respect to the current real property on which they are a contractor, tenant or licensee for the purpose of displaying any advertisement, for a period of time not to exceed five years, without publicly advertising for bids. Where, pursuant to the foregoing, the State enters into a contract or agreement with a current contractor, tenant or licensee for a period not exceeding five years, after the completion of that contract or agreement, any future contract or agreement for the same purposes shall be done by publicly advertising for bids.
L.2004,c.42,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-5.3 - Definitions relative to energy savings for construction of certain State buildings.

52:32-5.3 Definitions relative to energy savings for construction of certain State buildings.
1. As used in this act:
"High performance green building" means a building that is designed and constructed in a manner that achieves at least:
a. a silver rating according to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System as adopted by the United States Green Building Council;
b. a two globe rating according to the Green Globes Program as adopted by the Green Building Initiative; or
c. a comparable numeric rating according to a nationally recognized, accepted, and appropriate numeric sustainable development rating system, guideline, or standard as the Commissioner of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Director of Energy Savings established pursuant to Executive Order No.11 of 2006, and the Board of Public Utilities, may designate by regulation.
A "high performance green building" shall not mean any free-standing parking facility, multiple use maintenance facility or storage facility.
"State governmental entity" means the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the State government, any agency or instrumentality of the State, including any board, bureau, commission, corporation, department, or division, any independent State authority, and any State institution of higher education. A county, municipality, or school district, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, shall not be deemed a State governmental entity.
L.2007, c.269, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-5.4 - Standards for certain energy savings for new State buildings.

52:32-5.4 Standards for certain energy savings for new State buildings.
2. Any new building having at least 15,000 square feet in total floor area that is to be constructed for the sole use of a State governmental entity after the effective date of this act shall be designed and managed to meet standards for a high performance green building. The Director of the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of the Treasury, in cooperation with the New Jersey Building Authority where appropriate, shall enforce the provisions of this act. All plans, specifications and bid proposal documents for any building to which the provisions of this section apply shall identify all the requirements for meeting the appropriate certification level standard as provided in subsection a., b. or c. of section 1 of this act, as appropriate. The requirements of this act shall not apply to any building for which a request for proposal for entering into a contract to design the building has been issued prior to the effective date of this act.
L.2007, c.269, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-7 - Administration and enforcement

52:32-7. Administration and enforcement
The administration and enforcement of this act shall be in accord with the "State Uniform Construction Code Act" (P.L.1975, c. 217; C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) and regulations promulgated thereunder.
L.1975, c. 220, s. 4, eff. Oct. 8, 1975. Amended by L.1981, c. 35, s. 3, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-8 - Exceptions from specific requirements.

52:32-8 Exceptions from specific requirements.
5. In cases of practical difficulty, the enforcing agency may grant exceptions from the specific requirements of the standards and specifications required by P.L.1975, c.220 (C.52:32-4 et seq.) or permit the use of other methods or materials, but only when it is clearly evident that equivalent facilitation and protection for persons with physical disabilities are thereby secured.
L.1975, c.220, s.5; amended 1981, c.35, s.4; 2015, c.131, s.208.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-9 - Limitation on exceptions

52:32-9. Limitation on exceptions
Exceptions based on practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship shall apply to the specific requirement in question, and shall not extend to all requirements of the standards and specifications mandated by this act.
L.1975, c. 220, s. 6, eff. Oct. 8, 1975. Amended by L.1981, c. 35, s. 5, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-10 - Certificate of use or occupancy; issuance; compliance with requirements for physically handicapped

52:32-10. Certificate of use or occupancy; issuance; compliance with requirements for physically handicapped
No certificate of use or occupancy shall be issued by any enforcing agency for any public building constructed or remodeled in the State unless and until said public building complies with the requirements of this act, except as provided in sections 5 and 6 hereof.
L.1975, c. 220, s. 7, eff. Oct. 8, 1975. Amended by L.1981, c. 35, s. 6, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-11 - Parking facilities, spaces for persons with physical disabilities.

52:32-11 Parking facilities, spaces for persons with physical disabilities.
1. The State, every board or body having control and regulation of parking facilities in every county and municipality, and every parking authority created pursuant to the "Parking Authority Law," P.L.1948, c.198 (C.40:11A-1 et seq.), is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to provide parking spaces for persons with physical disabilities in all parking facilities under the jurisdiction of the State or any such board, body, or parking authority.
L.1975, c.221, s.1; amended 2017, c.131, s.209.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-12 - Parking spaces for persons with physical disabilities; guidelines.

52:32-12 Parking spaces for persons with physical disabilities; guidelines.
2. The State and every such board, body, or parking authority shall use the following guidelines when providing said parking spaces for persons with physical disabilities:
a. A minimum of one percent of the total number of parking spaces, but not less than two parking spaces, shall be provided in an area of the parking facility which is most accessible and approximate to the building or buildings which the facility serves;
b. Each space or group of spaces shall be identified with a clearly visible sign displaying the International Symbol of Access along with the following wording: "These spaces reserved for drivers with physical disabilities."
c. Each space shall be 12 feet wide to allow room for persons using wheelchairs, braces, or crutches to get in and out of either side of an automobile onto a level, paved surface suitable for wheeling and walking;
d. Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that persons using wheelchairs, braces, or crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars; and
e. Where applicable, curb ramps shall be provided to permit people with physical disabilities access from parking area to sidewalk.
L.1975, c.221, s.2; amended 2017, c.131, s.210.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-13 - Enforcement

52:32-13. Enforcement
The State and the board of chosen freeholders of every county and the governing body of every municipality in this State shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this act within their respective jurisdictions.
L.1975, c. 221, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-14 - Sidewalk constructed to facilitate use by persons with disabilities.

52:32-14 Sidewalk constructed to facilitate use by persons with disabilities.
1. A sidewalk hereafter constructed or reconstructed on public or private property for public use within this State, whether constructed by a public agency or a person, firm, corporation, nonprofit corporation, or association, shall be constructed in a manner that will facilitate use by persons with physical disabilities. At points of intersection between pedestrian and motorized lines of travel, and at other points where necessary to avoid abrupt changes in grade, a sidewalk shall slope gradually to street level so as to provide an uninterrupted line of travel.
L.1975, c.224, s.1; amended 2017, c.131, s.211.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-15 - Standards established for accommodation of persons with disabilities.

52:32-15 Standards established for accommodation of persons with disabilities.
2. To carry out the purpose of section 1 of P.L.1975, c.224 (C.52:32-14) the Department of Transportation shall, within 30 days of the enactment of P.L.1975, c.224 (C.52:32-14 et seq.), and periodically thereafter as necessary, after consultation with the Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Labor and the Director of the Division of Disability Services and the Executive Director of the State Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the Department of Human Services, prescribe standards, which shall include, but not be limited to, standards of drainage, slope gradient, width, and slip-resistant qualities which will assure that a sidewalk will accommodate a person using a wheelchair or other persons with disabilities. All agencies and instrumentalities of State and local government, and every other person, firm, corporation or association shall comply with these standards and the provisions of P.L.1975, c.224 (C.52:32-14 et seq.) when undertaking construction or reconstruction of streets, curbs, or sidewalks.
L.1975, c.224, s.2; amended 1999, c.91, s.14; 2017, c.131, s.212.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-16 - Access facilities; nonapplication of act

52:32-16. Access facilities; nonapplication of act
Nothing in section 2 of this act shall be construed to supersede the functions of the Department of the Treasury and the State Board of Education with respect to the design and construction of access facilities to school buildings and other public buildings pursuant to P.L.1971, c. 42 (C. 18A:18-2.1 et seq.) and P.L.1971, c. 269 (C. 52:32-4 et seq.).
L.1975, c. 224, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-17 - Short title

52:32-17. Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Set-Aside Act for Small Businesses, Female Businesses, and Minority Businesses."
L. 1983, c. 482, s. 1. Amended by L. 1985, c. 384, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-18 - Declaration; finding

52:32-18. Declaration; finding
The Legislature declares that the existence of a strong and healthy free enterprise system is directly related to the well-being and competitive strength of small business, female business and minority business concerns and to the opportunity for small business, female business and minority business to have free entry into business, to grow and to expand; and finds that the State must ensure that a fair proportion of the State's total purchases and contracts for construction, property and services is placed with small business, female business and minority business concerns.
L. 1983, c. 482, s. 2. Amended by L. 1985, c. 384, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-18.1 - Chief Diversity Officer.

52:32-18.1 Chief Diversity Officer.
1. There is established in the Division of Purchase and Property in the State Department of the Treasury a Chief Diversity Officer. It shall be the duty of the Chief Diversity Officer to monitor the State's public contracting process for the purpose of compiling information on the awarding of contracts to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises, the total value of all contracts and the percentage of the value of those contracts awarded to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises.
L.2017, c.95, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-19 - Definitions

52:32-19. Definitions
As used in this act:
a. "Contracting agency" means the State or any board, commission, committee, authority or agency of the State.
b. "Chief" means the Chief of the Office of Small Business Assistance when used in conjunction with the small business and female business set-aside programs, or the Chief of the Office of Minority Business Enterprise when used in conjunction with the minority business set-aside program.
c. "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Development.
d. "Office" means the Office of Small Business Assistance in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development when used in conjunction with the small business and female business set-aside programs, or the Office of Minority Business Enterprise when used in conjunction with the minority business set-aside program.
e. "Small business" means a business which has its principal place of business in the State, is independently owned and operated and meets all other qualifications as may be established in accordance with P.L. 1981, c. 283 (C. 52:27H-21.1 et seq.).
f. "Small business set-aside contract" means (1) a contract for goods, equipment, construction or services which is designated as a contract with respect to which bids are invited and accepted only from small businesses, or (2) a portion of a contract when that portion has been so designated.
g. "Minority business" means a business which has its principal place of business in the State, is independently owned and operated and at least 51% of which is owned and controlled by persons who are black, Hispanic, Portuguese, Asian-American, American Indian or Alaskan natives.
h. "Minority business set-aside contract" means (1) a contract for goods, equipment, construction or services which is designated as a contract with respect to which bids are invited and accepted only from minority businesses; or (2) a portion of a contract when that portion is so designated.
i. "Female business" means a business which has its principal place of business in the State, is independently owned and operated and at least 51% of which is owned and controlled by women.
j. "Female business set-aside contract" means (1) a contract for goods, equipment, construction or services which is designated as a contract with respect to which bids are invited and accepted only from female businesses; or (2) a portion of a contract when that portion is so designated.
L. 1983, c. 482, s. 3. Amended by L. 1985, c. 384, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-20 - Set-aside contracts

52:32-20. Set-aside contracts
a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any State bidding or public contracts laws to the contrary, but subject to any supervening federal statutes or rules, contracting agencies, in consultation with the department, may designate a contract, or a portion thereof, for goods, equipment, construction or services to be awarded by a contracting agency as a small business, female business or minority business set-aside contract pursuant to the goals and procedures established by this 1985 amendatory act, whenever there is a reasonable expectation that bids may be obtained from at least three qualified small businesses, female businesses or minority businesses capable of furnishing the desired goods, equipment, construction or services at a fair and reasonable price. The designation shall be made prior to the advertisement for bids.
b. Where application of the goals and procedures established under this act would jeopardize the State's participation in a program from which the State receives federal funds or other benefits, the contracting agency may, in consultation with the department, withdraw the affected contracts from consideration or calculation.
L. 1983, c. 482, s. 4. Amended by L. 1985, c. 384, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-21 - Goals

52:32-21. Goals
a. There are established the goals that contracting agencies award at least 15% of their contracts for small businesses, at least 7% of their contracts for minority businesses and at least 3% of their contracts for female businesses. These goals may, where appropriate, be attained by the direct designation of prime contracts for small business, minority business or female business or, in the case of a prime contract not directly designated for small business, minority business or female business, by requiring that a portion of such a prime contract be subcontracted to a small business, minority business or female business. Each contracting agency shall make a good faith effort to attain the goals established in this section.
b. The goals established in subsection a. of this section shall be attained independently of each other, and any given contract may be counted for purposes of attaining the small business goal, the minority business goal, or the female business goal, but not towards more than one goaL. Pursuant to the goals established by this act, a total of at least 25% of the State's procurement contracts shall be awarded to small businesses, minority businesses, and female businesses.
c. For purposes of attaining these goals, contracting agencies shall, when necessary, specifically set aside contracts or portions of contracts for which only small businesses, minority businesses or female businesses may bid.
L. 1983, c. 482, s. 5. Amended by L. 1985, c. 384, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-22 - Dispute over designation

52:32-22. Dispute over designation
If the department and the contracting agency disagree as to whether a set-aside is appropriate for a contract or a portion of a contract, the dispute shall, within seven days, be submitted to the State Treasurer, or his designee, for final determination.
L. 1983, c. 482, s. 6. Amended by L. 1985, c. 384, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-22.1 - Minority, women's business set-asides; compliance, calculation

52:32-22.1. Minority, women's business set-asides; compliance, calculation
1. a. Whenever any obligation is imposed by law upon a contracting agency to set aside a percentage of State contracts awarded by that agency for minority businesses or women's businesses, compliance with that requirement shall be calculated based, according to objective and verifiable standards as promulgated pursuant to administrative regulation, upon the dollar value of payments actually made each year to, and received by, minority businesses and women's businesses pursuant to State contracts awarded by that agency, or subcontracts thereto, compared to the total of all payments made to, and received by, all parties awarded State contracts by that agency.
Compliance with any such set-aside requirement shall not be calculated using statements made by bidders with respect to the portion of a contract which the bidder intends to subcontract to minority businesses or women's businesses.
b. As used in this section:
"contracting agency" means the State or any board, commission, committee, authority or agency of the State; and
"State contract" means any purchase, contract or agreement the cost or contract price of which is to be paid, in whole or in part, with or out of State funds.
L.1995,c.39.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:32-23 - Advertisement for bids

52:32-23. Advertisement for bids
The advertisement for bids on a set-aside contract shall indicate the invitation to bid as a set-aside. The advertisement shall be in such newspaper or newspapers as will best give notice thereof to appropriate bidders and shall be sufficiently in advance of the purchase or contract to promote competitive bidding among those businesses for whom the contract is being set aside. The newspaper or newspapers in which the advertisement shall appear shall be selected by the contracting agency in consultation with the office. The advertisement shall designate the time and place at which sealed proposals shall be received and publicly opened and read, the amount of the cash or certified check, if any, which shall accompany each bid and such other items as the contracting agency may deem proper. The advertisement shall be made by that contracting agency pursuant to the procedure set forth in the law governing State contracts, where this act is inconsistent with that law.
L. 1983, c. 482, s. 7. Amended by L. 1985, c. 384, s. 8.