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

52:40-13 Policies relative to subcontractors, subconsultants, vendors. 13. Each reporting agency shall, when substitution of subcontractors or sub-consultants is permitted, promulgate policies governing the circumstances under which contractors or consultants may substitute subco…

52:40-14 Reports. 14. Each reporting agency shall report to the Division of Development for Small Businesses, and Women's and Minority Businesses when it incorporates required language in its contracts. It shall also report to the Division of Development for Small Businesses, and…

52:40-15 Cooperation with recipients of funding. 15. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall work together with all other reporting agencies that will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and with the representatives of the Unite…

52:40-16 Increased engagement with certain banks, credit unions. 16. The New Jersey Department of the Treasury and other departments, agencies, and independent authorities shall, consistent with law, take steps to increase their engagement of small, minority, or women-owned or co…

52:40-17 Interpretation as compliance with federal law. 17. Nothing in P.L.2009, c.335 (C.52:40-1 et seq.) shall modify existing law, State or federal, or authorize a reporting agency to amend, modify, or otherwise alter pre-existing legal obligations. P.L.2009, c.335 (C.52:40-1 …

52:40-18 Rules, regulations. 18. The Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.2009, c.335 (C.52:40-1 et seq.), that are consistent with Executive Order No. 151 (2009) an…

52:40-19 Preparation of contracting guide. 19. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, P.L.2009, c.335 (C.52:40-1 et seq.), the Division of Development for Small Businesses and Women's and Minority Businesses shall prepare a contracting guide identifying the management …

52:40-2 Definitions relative to the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." 2. For the purposes of this act, P.L.2009, c.335 (C.52:40-1 et seq.): "ARRA" means the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; and "Reporting agencies" means the State entities w…

52:40-20 Implementation of provisions. 20. As soon as practicable after its receipt of the contracting guide, each reporting agency shall implement those provisions that it views as most likely to have the greatest impact in increasing contracting opportunities for small and mino…

52:40-21 Reports. 21. Within 15 months of the effective date of this act, P.L.2009, c.335 (C.52:40-1 et seq.), the Division of Development for Small Businesses and Women's and Minority Businesses and the Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance shall e…

52:40-3 Meetings. 3. The Commissioners of the Departments of Community Affairs, Education, Environmental Protection, and Transportation, or their designees; the President of the Board of Public Utilities, or a designee; and the Chief Executive Officers of the Schools Development …

52:40-4 Determination of fair employment opportunities for minorities and women. 4. The Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance in the Department of the Treasury shall be the entity within the Executive Branch responsible for determining whether minor…

52:40-5 Cooperation. 5. The Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance shall work cooperatively with the United States Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, including sharing its workforce data to the maximum extent permit…

52:40-6 Determination of compliance. 6. When not restricted by any other State or federal law, the Division of Public Contracts Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance shall determine whether each of the State entities whose performance it monitors have properly allocated and rel…

52:40-7 Mandatory contract language. 7. All construction contracts entered into and funded, in whole or in part, by the State shall include mandatory equal employment opportunity and affirmative action contract language that requires contractors to make a good faith effort to rec…

52:40-8 Posting of job openings, exceptions. 8. Except as described in subsections a. and b. of this section, each Executive Branch agency that is a recipient of federal economic recovery funds pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 shall include in any co…

52:40-9 Job postings encouraged for local government entities, education agencies, New Jersey employers. 9. All local government entities and local education agencies that have received or will receive directly from a federal agency federal economic recovery funds are encouraged …