Title 52, Title 52: STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

52:27B-53. Division to be headed by director; appointment; removal The Division of Purchase and Property shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve until the next Governor shall be elected and qu…

52:27B-54. Compensation of director The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 305, s. 2.

52:27B-55. Transfer of powers and duties of State Purchasing Department and State Purchase Commissioner The powers and duties heretofore vested by law in the State Purchasing Department, and the State Purchase Commissioner, are hereby transferred to the Division of Purchase and P…

52:27B-56 Powers, duties of director. 4. The director is hereby vested with the powers, duties, and responsibilities involved in the efficient operation of a centralized State purchasing service, and with the custody, operation and maintenance of all State property not chargeable…

52:27B-56.1 Joint purchases. 1. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may, by joint action, purchase any articles used or needed by the State and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, the New Jersey Highway Authority, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the Del…

52:27B-56a. Keys for use in locks in or on real property leased or owned by state; rules and regulations The Department of the Treasury shall establish rules and regulations governing the use, distribution, manufacture, duplication, and possession of keys designed to be used in l…

52:27B-56b. Keys not to be duplicated; identification Any key which according to rules and regulations established under section 2 of this act is not to be duplicated, shall be clearly identified by the words "Property of the State of New Jersey: Do Not Duplicate." L.1981, c. 248…

52:27B-57. Reports The director shall make an annual detailed report to the commissioner of his operations under this act and render such other reports as the commissioner shall, from time to time, request. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 306, s. 5.

52:27B-58. Standard specifications for commodities; laboratory tests; fees The director shall, in consultation with heads of departments, develop standard specifications for all commodities commonly purchased, and shall establish and maintain a system of inventories of properties…

52:27B-59. Purchases to comply with standards In the purchase of all articles, the standards and specifications determined and established pursuant to section six shall be adhered to and complied with, and no deviation shall be permitted without the written consent of the commiss…

52:27B-6. General powers and duties of commissioner The commissioner, in addition to powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him, shall have the following general powers and duties, to: a. Maintain suitable headquarters for the department and such other quarters…

52:27B-60. Rejection of articles failing to comply with standards Any using agency may reject any article delivered or tendered which fails to comply with the standards and specifications applicable to such article. L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 307, s. 8.

52:27B-61. Schedules and contracts; bids; payment Each using agency shall, at all times, in the form and for the periods prescribed by the director, present to him detailed applications and schedules for all articles to be purchased. The director shall then arrange such schedules…

52:27B-62. Insurance The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, effect and maintain insurance against loss or damage by fire upon the State House and the contents thereof in such sum as may be deemed necessary. The director is hereby authorized, and it shall…

52:27B-63. Existing contracts to be completed All contracts and purchase orders heretofore awarded by the State Purchase Commissioner and all operative State insurance contracts, which are outstanding and uncompleted when this act takes effect, shall continue and be completed und…

52:27B-64. Powers and duties vested in State house commission transferred 12. The powers and duties vested in the State House Commission by sections 52:20-7, 52:20-13, 52:20-14, 52:20-20 and 52:20-25 of the Revised Statutes are hereby transferred to the General Services Administr…

52:27B-65. Right-of-way over lands acquired by State Whenever land is acquired by the State pursuant to any law and the owner of any portion of the land adjacent thereto has not a prescribed right-of-way from his lands and over the land so acquired by the State to any public high…

52:27B-66. Sales of personal property; claims The director may, with the approval of the commissioner, sell any personal property in the possession of the State which is perishable in character and from which no revenue is derived, at public sale, after the same shall have been a…

52:27B-67. Transfer of personal property to departments, etc. Whenever, in the opinion of the director, any personal property in the custody and control of any State department, institution, commission, board, body, or other agency of the State is deemed surplus, obsolete or not …

52:27B-67.1 Distribution of surplus computer equipment. 1. a. (1) Whenever any computer, computer equipment, or portable communication device in the custody and control of any State department, institution, commission, board, body, or other agency of the State is deemed by that S…

52:27B-67.2 Definitions relative to the disposition of certain State computers, other electronic devices. 1. a. As used in this section: "Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other high speed data processing device or another similar device capable…

52:27B-68 Director to provide rules and regulations. 16. The director shall provide by rule and regulation, subject to the commissioner's approval, for the use and disposal of property which, pursuant to any law of this State, has been seized and forfeited and which has been turn…

52:27B-68.1. Purchasing Federal surplus property The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property of the Department of Taxation and Finance is hereby empowered to use the facilities of the State Purchase Revolving Fund in the acquisition of Federal surplus property for State…

52:27B-68.2. Appropriation There is hereby appropriated out of the earnings derived from the Federal surplus transactions to the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property such sums as may be necessary to defray the administrative cost and expenses incident to the acquisit…

52:27B-69.1. Authority to hold office as member of local government board and municipal office It shall be lawful for a member of the Local Government Board in the Division of Local Government in the State Department of the Treasury who has been or shall be selected by reason of …

52:27B-69.2. Authority to hold office as member of local government board and county office It shall be lawful for a member of the Local Government Board in the Division of Local Government in the State Department of the Treasury who has been or shall be selected by reason of his…

52:27B-69.3. Conflict of interest; abstention from voting; challenge of right to vote Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to prevent a member of the said local government board who is also a municipal or county officer, from abstaining from voting in any matter in which…

52:27B-69.4. Applicability of act This act shall be applicable to persons now holding membership in the said local government board as well as to members of the said board heretofore or hereafter appointed and qualified into the said office of member of the said local government …

52:27B-7. Transfer of personnel The commissioner may, in consultation with the heads of other departments or branches of the State Government, and subject to section six, article eight, of this act, arrange for the interdepartmental and intradepartmental transfer of personnel wit…

52:27B-70. Director; appointment; removal The administrative head of the Division of Local Government shall be the director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve until the next Governor shall be elected and qualified and…

52:27B-71. Compensation of director The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 7, p. 311, s. 3.

52:27B-72. Compensation of members of Local Government Board The members of the Local Government Board shall each receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. L.1944, c. 112, art. 7, p. 311, s. 4. Amended by L.1962, c. 65, s. 13, eff. July 1, 1962.

52:27B-73. Powers and duties The powers and duties of the Local Government Board shall be the same as heretofore, and the powers and duties of the director shall be the same as those heretofore vested in the Commissioner of Local Government, except that the board and the director…

52:27B-74. Reports The director and the board shall make an annual report to the commissioner of the work of the division and the financial condition of counties and municipalities. The report shall include such recommended changes and legislation pertaining to local government a…

52:27B-75. Assistants The director of each division in the Department of Taxation and Finance shall have authority to appoint such clerical and other assistants as he may deem necessary to the division's work and to fix their duties, all of whom shall be subject to the provisions…

52:27B-76. Commissioner may exercise powers of directors Any power which may be vested in a director of any division in the Department of Taxation and Finance may be exercised by the commissioner. To the extent that the commissioner exercises such power the power of the director …

52:27B-77. Oath of commissioner and directors; bond Before entering upon his duties, the commissioner and each division director shall make and subscribe an oath, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, that he will faithfully, impartially and without fear, favor or …

52:27B-78. Reports and certifications Unless specifically provided otherwise in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports and certifications are required to be made to a department, board or officer whose powers and duties are herein transferre…

52:27B-79. Transfer of employees to Department of Taxation and Finance All persons employed, when this act takes effect, in a department or other agency which is transferred, or whose powers, duties and functions are transferred, to the Department of Taxation and Finance by this …

52:27B-8. Administrative Division authorized The commissioner shall have authority to organize and maintain in his offices an Administrative Division and to employ therein such secretarial, clerical and other assistants as his office and the internal operations of the department …

52:27B-80. Rights under other acts Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any persons of any rights or protection provided them by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or by any pension law or retirement system or any other law. L.1944, c. 112, art. 8, p. 313, s. 6.

52:27B-81. Transfer of files, etc., to Department of Taxation and Finance All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of departments or other agencies which are transferred to the Department of Taxation and Finance by this act shall, to the extent that the pow…

52:27B-82. Transfers of appropriations To the extent necessary to carry out the intent and provisions of this act, the commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, may make transfers of appropriations, in whole or in part, made to any department, board, officer or other agenc…

52:27B-83. Reduction of salary where commissioner holds other office In the event that a person appointed and serving as commissioner or as a director shall hold another State office or position, his salary as commissioner or director shall be reduced by the amount paid to him as…

52:27B-84. Repeals The following sections of the Revised Statutes, as amended, are repealed: 52:18-22, 52:18-23; 52:19-16 to 52:19-36, inclusive; 52:20-3, 52:20-8, 52:20-9, 52:20-10, 52:20-11, 52:20-12, 52:20-16; 52:22-1 to 52:22-22, inclusive; 52:23-1 to 52:23-16, inclusive; 52:…

52:27B-85. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. Any appointment and any confirmation of any appointment permitted by this act may be made after the enactment thereof. L.1944, c. 112, art. 8, p. 314, s. 11.