Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:73-22. Membership of New Jersey Historical Commission 18A:73-22. There is hereby established in the Department of State, a division called the New Jersey Historical Commission to be composed of 17 members as follows: (a) The Secretary of State, the State Librarian and the Chi…

18A:73-22.1. Findings, declarations relative to support of activities in New Jersey history 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Task Force on New Jersey History was established pursuant to P.L.1994, c.146 to study the ways history services are delivered to the peop…

18A:73-22.2. Definitions relative to support of activities in New Jersey history 2. For the purposes of this act: "General operating support" means support for expenses incurred in categories such as, but not limited to: wages, salaries and fringe benefits; insurance; utilities; …

18A:73-22.3. Establishment of programs 3. a. The New Jersey Historical Commission within the Department of State shall establish: (1) A program for the purpose of awarding grants from the fund established pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of this act for general operating su…

18A:73-22.4. Establishment of fund, uses 4. a. There is hereby established within the Department of State a revolving, nonlapsing fund which shall be credited with the monies appropriated in section 5 of this act and such other monies as may be appropriated or made available to t…

18A:73-23. Expenses of members; no compensation; vacancies The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred by them in performing their duties as members of the commission. Any vacancies in the membership …

18A:73-24. Organization The commission shall meet, as soon as may be following appointment of its members, at the call of the commissioner. L.1967, c.271.

18A:73-25. Advisory capacity to public and private agencies (a) The commission shall be responsible for serving in an advisory capacity to State departments and agencies and public educational institutions in connection with activities concerned with State history. It shall advis…

18A:73-25.1. Legislative findings and declarations The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Afro-American population of the State of New Jersey and the United States of America has made unique and indispensable contributions to the history of the State of New Jersey and th…

18A:73-25.10 New Jersey Black Heritage Trail, Black heritage sites, Internet site, information. 2. a. The division shall develop and maintain an Internet site providing information on the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail and Black heritage sites in the State. The information on th…

18A:73-25.2. New Jersey Afro-American history program; establishment; purpose There is established a New Jersey Afro-American History Program to be directed, administered and conducted by the New Jersey Historical Commission. It is the purpose of the program to promote the advanc…

18A:73-25.3. Activities The program shall include such activities as the commission deems desirable and practicable and shall include: a. Conducting, sponsoring and assisting scholarly research and publication; b. Conducting, sponsoring and assisting such public programs as confe…

18A:73-25.4. Program director and other employees The New Jersey Historical Commission shall employ a program director and such other personnel as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made avai…

18A:73-25.5 Findings, declarations, determinations relative to recognition of historical, cultural sites with roadside markers. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that New Jersey, one of the original 13 colonies and crossroads of the American revolution, has a distinguished he…

18A:73-25.6 Program to identify, propose sites of historical, cultural significance. 2. The New Jersey Historical Commission, in consultation with the New Jersey Heritage Tourism Task Force established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2006, c.60, is authorized to establish a program …

18A:73-25.7 Application process; vendors; registry; notification program. 3. a. The New Jersey Historical Commission shall develop an application process to be followed by local government units, nonprofit charitable organizations, and civic organizations to identify and propose …

18A:73-25.8 Duties, authority of commission. 4. a. The New Jersey Historical Commission, within the limits of funds appropriated therefor or otherwise made available to it, may (1) commence the roadside marker program as soon as may be practicable, and (2) take any administrative…

18A:73-25.9 Definitions; New Jersey Historical Commission, powers, duties; New Jersey Black Heritage Trail sites. 1. a. As used in this act: "Black heritage site" or "heritage site" means a location where items of political, military, artistic, cultural, or social history have be…

18A:73-26 Responsibility for administration of State Library. 11. Upon the enactment of P.L.2001, c.137 (C.18A:73-42.1 et al.), Thomas Edison State College shall be responsible for the administration of the State Library. The State Library shall be in, but not of, the Department …

18A:73-27 State Library personnel. 12. The State Library shall consist of the State Librarian and such other personnel as the President of Thomas Edison State College may deem necessary for the efficient administration thereof. L.1969, c.158, s.12; amended 1977, c.322, s.3; 2001,…

18A:73-32 State Librarian, qualifications. 17. The State Librarian shall be a graduate of an accredited university or college and shall, prior to the appointment, have graduated from a school of library service accredited by the American Library Association, and have had at least…

18A:73-33 Position of State Librarian established, duties. 18. The position of State Librarian is hereby established. The President of Thomas Edison State College shall appoint the State Librarian. The State Librarian shall head the State Library and shall, with the approval and …

18A:73-33.1 Annual report. 6. a. In addition to the duties prescribed in section 18 of P.L.1969, c.158 (C.18A:73-33), the State Librarian shall on or before October 31 of each year prepare an annual report on the activities of the library network for the preceding year. The repor…

18A:73-33a Definitions regarding public libraries. 8. As used in sections 9 through 12 of this act: "Censorship" means to block, suppress, or remove library material based on disagreement with a viewpoint, idea, or concept or solely because an individual finds certain content off…

18A:73-33b Public library, material curation policy. 9. a. In addition to the duties prescribed in section 18 of P.L.1969, c.158 (C.18A:73-33), the State Librarian, in consultation with the New Jersey Library Association, shall establish a model policy on the curation of library …

18A:73-33c Removal request procedure, public library. 10. a. In addition to the duties prescribed in section 18 of P.L.1969, c.158 (C.18A:73-33), the State Librarian, in consultation with the New Jersey Library Association, shall establish a model policy creating a procedure rega…

18A:73-33d Censorship of public library material prohibited, right to reserve, check out. 11. a. A governing body of a public library shall not remove library material from a public library because of the origin, background, or views of the library material or those contributing …

18A:73-33e Immunity, public library staff. 12. Any staff member of a public library, including a librarian employed by a public library, shall be immune from civil and criminal liability arising from good faith actions performed pursuant to the provisions of sections 9 through 11…

18A:73-34 Appointment of staff, compensation. 19. a. The President of Thomas Edison State College or the designee thereof shall, with the advice of the State Librarian, appoint all professional staff in the library, and fix the compensation of all such persons thus appointed. The…

18A:73-35 Duties of State Library. 20. The State Library shall: (a) Maintain library resources and information services over a broad range of subjects which affect the educational, intellectual, cultural, economic, and political life of the State; (b) Provide special library serv…

18A:73-35.1 Purchases without advertisement for bids. 1. The State Librarian may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the State Library, purchase the following without advertising for bids: library materials including books, periodicals, newspap…

18A:73-35a. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Library Network Law." L.1983, c. 486, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.

18A:73-35b Findings, declarations concerning a Statewide library network. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that promoting cooperation among the various types of libraries in New Jersey will provide this State's residents with full and equal access to library materials and pr…

18A:73-35c Definitions relative to the library network. 3. As used in this act: a. "President" means the President of Thomas Edison State College or the designee thereof; b. "State Library" means the State's research library and depository for State and federal documents affiliat…

18A:73-35d Additional duties concerning the network. 4. In addition to the duties prescribed in section 20 of P.L.1969, c.158 (C.18A:73-35), the State Library shall establish, organize, supervise and fund the library network, as well as provide library services on a regional as w…

18A:73-35e. Cooperative services Any library eligible for participation in the library network is authorized to enter into agreements with other such libraries to provide and receive cooperative library services on a regional as well as Statewide basis. Libraries entering into an…

18A:73-35f State funding restriction. 8. To provide an efficient and effective library network in accordance with objectives of this act, no regional library cooperative or any library with which the State Library contracts to provide cooperative services on a regional as well as…

18A:73-35g Budget estimates. 9. On or before November 15 in each year, the State Librarian, with the approval of the President, shall estimate the amount necessary to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this act for the succeeding fiscal year and shall determine for bu…

18A:73-35g1 Funding of library network. 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, all funds previously appropriated to fund area libraries pursuant to N.J.S.18A:74-4 and research library centers pursuant to N.J.S.18A:74-5 are appropriated to the State Li…

18A:73-35h Payments. 10. The sums payable pursuant to this act shall be payable on October 1 following the final determination in each year. Payments shall be made by Thomas Edison State College. Payment shall be made to the receiving officer designated by each regional library c…

18A:73-35i Rules, regulations. 11. The State Librarian may, with the approval of the President, promulgate pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as the State Librarian deems necessary to effectuate the pu…

18A:73-35j Appropriations. 12. There shall be appropriated in the first fiscal year following the receipt by the Legislature of the first annual report and in each fiscal year thereafter following the receipt by the Legislature of each subsequent annual report required pursuant t…

18A:73-36. Publications from custodian of State House The State Librarian shall annually receive from the custodian of the State House for reference use and for deposit and exchange purposes not less than 75 bound copies and not less than 75 unbound copies of all pamphlet laws, c…

18A:73-37. Informative materials accessible to legislature The State Librarian shall collect and keep up to date and readily accessible to the Legislature, and to other persons within proper regulations, such materials as will furnish the fullest information practicable pertainin…

18A:73-38 Hours of operation of State Library. 23. The State Library shall be kept open during the normal working hours of State Government and at all times during which the Legislature and the courts of this State and of the United States which sit at Trenton are in session, and…

18A:73-38.1 Certain buildings to remain State property, use of property. 59. The State Library building located at 185 East State Street in Trenton, Mercer County, and the State Library for the Blind and Handicapped, located at 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue in Trenton, Mercer County, sh…