New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 13 - RULES IMPLEMENTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND ACT › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 9A:13-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Act" means the Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Act, P.L. 1997, c. 238, as amended by P.L. 2012, c. 42.
"Amending Act" means P.L. 2012, c. 42, the law that supplements and amends the Act.
"Authority" means the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority or any board, body, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers conferred upon the Authority shall be given by law.
"Bond" or "bonds" means bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to the authority granted by the Amending Act.
"Cost-effectiveness" means the degree to which a project produces a positive economic analysis when considering the construction expenses, operating, and maintenance expenses, compared to the project's resultant facilities and/or equipment, the life span of the facilities and/or equipment, facility usage and capacity, user productivity and, where appropriate, such attributes as aesthetics, historic preservation, security, and safety.
"Grant" means a grant of moneys from the Technology Fund, approved by the Secretary.
"Institution" means a public or private institution of higher education that is eligible to receive State aid.
"Inter-institutional" means between two or more institutions.
"Intra-institutional" means within an institution's campus or between campuses of a multi-campus institution.
"Matching funds" means funds equal to or greater than the amount of the grant from the Technology Fund, which are allocated by the institution for the specific project for which the grant funds are used, and which are generated from institutional sources, other grants, borrowing through the Authority, or other sources as permitted in the grant approval process. Notwithstanding anything in this definition to the contrary, grants from State government sources may not be used as matching funds to satisfy the matching requirement at N.J.A.C. 9A:13-1.3(a)6.
"Presidents' Council" means a body established in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:3B-7, which consists of the presidents of the 45 public and independent institutions of higher education that receive State aid and four presidents who represent the 10 degree-granting religious and proprietary institutions in New Jersey.
"Project" means the acquisition and installation of technology infrastructure in, and for institutions of, higher education to enhance connectivity within and among higher education institutions and between such institutions of higher education, libraries, and elementary/secondary schools.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Higher Education.
"Technology Fund" means the Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund as created at P.L. 1997, c. 238.
"Technology infrastructure" means video, voice, and data telecommunications equipment and linkages, including transport services and network interconnections, as well as future developments in multimedia equipment and linkages. Technology infrastructure also includes computer software that is part of the operating or data base management systems; however, technology infrastructure does not include application software used for purposes such as word processing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, and email.