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

52:24-6.1 Report by State Auditor on unspent account balances. 1. No later than the 30th day after the transmittal to the Legislature of the Annual Financial Report of the State of New Jersey for a fiscal year , the State Auditor shall report, in writing, to the Legislature, purs…

52:24-7 Report malfeasance, etc., to Governor; Legislature, suspension of offender; hearing; removal. 52:24-7. The State Auditor shall report, forthwith, to the Governor and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature any and all instances of malfeasance, misfeasance o…

52:24-8 Failure or refusal of officer, department head to keep accounts, etc.; procedure. 52:24-8. If the State Auditor shall find that any officer or head of a department of the State government willfully or negligently fails or refuses to keep or have kept such accounts, render…

52:24-9. Exclusive use of state auditor's department required; exceptions No state department, board, commission or other agency of the state government shall employ auditors for the purpose of auditing the books and accounts of any such department, board, commission or other sta…

52:25-1. Definitions As used in this chapter: "Department" means the State Purchasing Department. "Commissioner" means the State Purchase Commissioner. "Articles" mean and include any and all materials, supplies, furniture, equipment, printing, stationery, live stock and all othe…

52:25-11. Commissioner to execute chapter; contracts to be in name of state The commissioner shall carry into effect and execute the provisions of this chapter. He shall act and execute all contracts in the name of the state.

52:25-12. Custody of documents and records The commissioner shall have the charge and custody of all books, contracts, vouchers, requisitions, correspondence, blanks, papers, documents and other records formerly made, kept or maintained by the state house commission or the state …

52:25-13. Maintenance of storage places The commissioner may maintain and operate warehouses, and other storage places, and arrange with vendors for whole or partial deliveries to such warehouses or other storage places or directly to using agencies, as he may deem necessary or e…

52:25-14. Reorganizing laboratories, storage places and office divisions The commissioner may combine or otherwise reorganize any existing laboratories, warehouses, other storage places and office divisions under his jurisdiction and control, in the department, as he may deem adv…

52:25-16. Proceedings and records open to public The proceedings of the commissioner under this chapter shall be open to the citizens of the state and all records, contracts, orders and schedules shall be public records, open to the inspection of any citizen or interested person,…

52:25-16.1 Contract provisions relating to any local contracting unit. 3. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may, at the director's discretion, include, in any such contract or contracts on behalf of the State, a provision for the purchase of such materials, su…

52:25-16.2. Solicitation of bids for volunteer fire department, first aid, rescue squads The director may, on the written request of any political subdivision, volunteer fire department, or volunteer first aid or rescue squad of this State, singly or jointly develop specification…

52:25-16.3. List of current contracts The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property shall distribute annually to each county, municipality and school district a list of all current contracts entered into on behalf of the State, setting forth the materials, supplies or equ…

52:25-16.4. Rules and regulations The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to implement and facilitate the making of purchases by counties, municipalities and school districts through contracts entered into…

52:25-16.5. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury. b. "Independent institution of higher education" means a college or university incorporated and located in New Jersey, which b…

52:25-16.6 Independent college purchases under State contracts. 2. a. An independent institution of higher education may, at the director's discretion, purchase materials, supplies, equipment or services under any contract awarded on behalf of the State by the Director of the Div…

52:25-16.7. $500 minimum Each purchase made by an independent institution of higher education pursuant to this act shall have a cost of $500.00 or more and the college or university shall accept sole responsibility for the payment of any cost due to the vendor. L. 1985, c. 263, s…

52:25-16.8. Distribution of contract data The director shall annually distribute to each independent institution of higher education a list of all current contracts entered into on behalf of the State. The list shall provide information on the materials, supplies or equipment inc…

52:25-16.9. Rules, regulations The director shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L. 1985, c. 263, s. 5.

52:25-2. Construction and repair of buildings, roads and bridges excepted Nothing in this chapter contained shall apply to the erection or construction or original equipment of any building or addition thereto or alteration or repair thereof as distinguished from the furnishing o…

52:25-23 Purchasing authority delegation for amounts under $25,000; under $250,000, certain. 52:25-23. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property may, by written order, delegate purchasing authority to the using agencies for purchases or contracts not in excess of $150…

52:25-24.1. Financial statement by bidder; questionnaires The State Purchase Commissioner is hereby authorized, at any time within five days from the opening of bids, to require any bidder to submit to him a financial statement, under oath, in response to a questionnaire, showing…

52:25-24.2 Submission of statement required for bidding on public contracts. 1. No corporation, partnership, or limited liability company shall be awarded any contract nor shall any agreement be entered into for the performance of any work or the furnishing of any materials or su…

52:25-25. Agreements for purchases in form of contracts Agreements for purchases may be made in the form of contracts for the furnishing of specific articles at fixed prices, or for the furnishing of articles according to the specifications at a fixed rate with provision for a mi…

52:25-26. All purchases in accordance with chapter No articles shall be contracted for or purchased by the state or any using agency except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

52:25-3. Products of institutional labor excepted Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend or repeal any provision of any law of this state relating to the purchase or use of the products of the labor of the inmates of any charitable, reformatory or pe…

52:25-4. Laws applicable to expenditure of public moneys to govern The commissioner, in the performance of his duties under this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of all laws of this state applicable to the expenditure of public moneys not inconsistent with this chapter…

52:25-5. Department and employees continued The state purchasing department, created and established by an act entitled "An act to establish a state purchasing department," approved April twenty-first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (L.1931, c. 179, p. 401), is continue…

52:25-6. Exclusive purchasing authority The department shall have the exclusive authority and duty to purchase all articles used or needed by the state and its using agencies.

52:27-1. Local Government Board to be constituted the "Municipal Finance Commission" All the powers and duties formerly exercised and performed by the Municipal Finance Commission and vested in the Local Government Board of the State Department of Local Government by chapter thre…

52:27-10. Rules; seal The commission may make all needful rules for its government and other proceedings not inconsistent with this chapter, and shall have and adopt a common seal.

52:27-11. Majority may act; hearing; single member may sit The act of a majority of the commission shall be deemed the act of the commission. The commission may hold hearings and administer oaths to witnesses. The members of the commission may sit singly for the purpose of holdin…

52:27-12. Subpoenas; failure to obey or refusal to answer questions The commission may issue subpoenas, signed by a majority of the commission, to compel attendance of witnesses before it and the production of books, papers and records. Any failure to obey any subpoena so issued …

52:27-13. Commission may carry out directions not complied with by municipality Whenever any direction of the commission authorized under this chapter has not been fully performed or carried out by the officials of the municipality affected, the commission may perform directly, o…

52:27-13.1. Powers and duties of auditor Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in any municipality, the auditor appointed by the commission in and for such municipality shall, upon the adoption by the commission of a resolution providing therefor, have…

52:27-13.2. Certifying failure of municipal officer or employee to perform duties; removal or suspension; appointment of another Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality, it shall have, in addition to the powers granted in sections 52:27…

52:27-13.3. Special collectors; appointment Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality, it shall have, in addition to the powers granted in sections 52:27-13.1 and 52:27-13.2 of this title, the power by resolution to recommend to the gover…

52:27-13.4. Application of proceeds of taxes The commission shall have power from time to time by resolution to direct that for such period as may be stated in such resolution the proceeds of any taxes collected, received, or realized in any manner during such period shall be app…

52:27-13.5. Manner of certifying resolution; binding effect Any resolution adopted by the commission pursuant to sections 52:27-13.1 to 52:27-13.4 of this title may be certified to the municipality by the commission in the manner provided in section 52:27-64 of this title, and wh…

52:27-14. Funding or refunding indebtedness; resolution by commission The commission may from time to time prepare and certify to the governing body of any municipality in which the commission is functioning, resolutions providing for the funding or refunding of notes or bonds, o…

52:27-15. Public hearing on resolution Any proposed resolution providing for the issuance of notes or bonds, if such notes or bonds are payable more than one year from the date of issue, shall be so certified only after a public hearing by the commission, but no resolution or ame…

52:27-16. Adoption of resolution by municipality Such resolution shall, on direction of the commission, be adopted by the proper officials of such municipality in the form certified by the commission.

52:27-17. Other laws not applicable; debt statements as including obligations issued after December 31, 1946 Such resolutions and any notes or bonds issued thereunder shall not be subject to the limitations or other provisions of any other law. Notwithstanding the provisions of a…

52:27-18. Publication of resolution; when effective; validity Excepting resolutions determining or altering the form of notes or bonds or providing for their sale, execution or delivery, and resolutions amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, such resolutions shall be publish…

52:27-19. Terms and form of notes or bonds; sale or exchange Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, such resolutions supplemental thereto shall determine the terms and the form of notes or bonds to be issued thereunder, and provide for their sale or exchange and their e…

52:27-2. Action where municipality defaults; judgment; powers and duties of commission Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Superior Court in an action brought by or on behalf of the holder of any notes or bonds of any municipality of this State against the municipality, th…