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

52:32-31.11 Annual report to department. 11. Each contracting agency shall submit an annual report to the department according to a schedule announced by the department. This report shall include the following information: a. the total dollar value and number of contracts awarded…

52:32-31.12 Annual plan. 12. Each contracting agency shall annually develop, in consultation with the department, a plan for achieving its disabled veterans' business goals. L.2015, c.116, s.12.

52:32-31.13 Consultations. 13. The department shall consult regularly with representatives of the contracting industry for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this act. These consultations shall take place no less than once every six months. L.2015, c.116, s.13.

52:32-31.14 Determination of classification due to false information. 14. When the department determines that a business has been classified as a disabled veterans' business on the basis of false information knowingly supplied by the business and has been awarded a contract to wh…

52:32-31.15 Definitions. 1. As used in this act: "Contracting agency" means the State or any board, commission, committee, authority, instrumentality, or agency of the State over which the Governor exercises executive authority. "Department" means the Department of the Treasury. …

52:32-31.16 Socially, economically disadvantaged business enterprise owners, program, Department of the Treasury; certification, qualifications. 2. a. The department shall establish a program for qualified business enterprise owners that are socially and economically disadvantage…

52:32-31.17 Contracting agency procurement goals, qualified business enterprises. 3. a. (1) The department shall establish contracting agency procurement goals for contracting with qualified business enterprises in the awarding of contracts. These goals may, where appropriate, be…

52:32-31.18 Contracting agencies, report, Department of the Treasury, content requirements; department report to Governor, Legislature. 4. Each contracting agency shall submit an annual report to the department according to a schedule announced by the department. This report shal…

52:32-31.2 Definitions relative to certain contracts as set-asides for businesses owned, operated by disabled veterans. 2. As used in this act: "Contracting agency" means the State or any board, commission, committee, authority or agency of the State. "Department" means the Depar…

52:32-31.3 Disabled veterans' business set-aside program. 3. The Department of the Treasury shall administer a disabled veterans' business set-aside program which shall be in addition to any other set-aside program established by law. The department shall require proof of disable…

52:32-31.4 Designation, withdrawal as disabled veterans' business set-aside contract. 4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any State bidding or public contracts laws to the contrary, but subject to any supervening federal statutes or rules, contracting agencies, in consultatio…

52:32-31.5 Goals established. 5. a. There are established the goals that contracting agencies award at least 3% of their contracts to disabled veterans' businesses. These goals may, when appropriate, be attained by the direct designation of prime contracts for these business or, …

52:32-31.6 Determinations relative to disputes. 6. If the department and the contracting agency disagree as to whether a set-aside is appropriate for a contract or a portion of a contract, the dispute shall, within seven days, be submitted to the State Treasurer, or his designee,…

52:32-31.7 Advertisement to indicate invitation to bid as a set-aside. 7. The advertisement for bids on a disabled veterans' business set-aside contract shall indicate the invitation to bid as a set-aside. The advertisement shall be in such newspaper or newspapers as will best gi…

52:32-31.8 Regulations, procedures; hearings. 8. a. The department shall establish reasonable regulations appropriate for controlling the designation of prospective disabled veterans' business bidders and shall maintain lists of designated businesses. b. The department shall esta…

52:32-31.9 Confining of invitations for bids. 9. When a contract or portion thereof has been designated as a disabled veterans' business set-aside, invitations for bids shall be confined to businesses designated by the department as appropriate for the set-aside and bids from oth…

52:32-32. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Prompt Payment Act." L. 1987, c. 184, s. 1.

52:32-33. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Business concern" means any person engaged in a trade or business, including private nonprofit entities operating as independent contractors, providing goods or services directly to a using agency or to a designated third party and o…

52:32-33.1 State contractors encouraged to disseminate information relative to organ donation. 2. The Department of the Treasury shall encourage all business concerns awarded contracts with the State, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.184 (C.52:32-33) to notify their employe…

52:32-34. Interest payments due a. Interest shall be paid on the amount due to a business concern pursuant to a properly executed State invoice, when required, if the required payment is not made on or before the required payment date. b. The required payment date shall be 60 cal…

52:32-35. Payment of interest, period, rate a. Interest on amounts due shall be paid to the business concern for the period beginning on the day after the required payment date and ending on the date on which the check for payment is drawn. The interest shall be paid at a rate wh…

52:32-36. Rules, regulations a. The director shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), except that any rules and regulations affecting payments under the "New Jers…

52:32-36.1. Nonapplicability to certain programs The provisions of P.L.1987, c.184 (C.52:32-32 et seq.) shall not: a. apply to any program administered by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services under contract with a fiscal agent…

52:32-37. Interest payments waived; conditions The State Treasurer shall have the right to waive the interest payment for delinquencies due to circumstances beyond the control of the using agency or the division, including but not limited to strikes and natural disasters, and for…

52:32-38. Report on interest payments a. Each using agency and the division shall file with the director a detailed report on any interest payments made for the 12-month period after the effective date of this act and for each 12-month period thereafter. b. The report shall inclu…

52:32-39. Accrual of prejudgment interest not permitted Nothing in this act shall be construed as permitting the accrual of prejudgment interest in the case of a disputed contract for which a notice of claim has been filed under the "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act," N.J.S. …

52:32-39.1 Payment of interest by independent State authority; definitions. 1. An independent State authority shall pay interest on the amount due a business concern pursuant to a properly executed invoice, when required, if the required payment is not made on or before the requi…

52:32-4 Facilities for persons with physical disabilities. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all plans and specifications for the construction or remodeling of any public building in the State shall provide facilities for persons with physical disabilities. L.1971, c.269, s…

52:32-40. Definitions 1. As used in this act: "Prime contractor" means any person who has a construction contract with a State agency and who subcontracts all or a part of that contract. "State agency" means any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch of the State Go…

52:32-41. Construction contracts, timely payment to subs and suppliers, procedure 2. a. Prior to the issuance of a progress payment by a State agency to a prime contractor, the prime contractor shall certify to the State agency that a subcontractor or supplier has been paid any a…

52:32-42. Bond regulations; definitions 1. a. A contracting agency shall promulgate regulations, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), establishing uniform guidelines in establishing the amount of any bond required…

52:32-43. Bond amount percentage; definitions 1. The amount of any bond required under a State contract may be established at any percentage, not exceeding 100%, of the amount bid, based upon the contracting agency's assessment of the risk presented to the State by the type of co…

52:32-44 Definitions relative to registration of certain businesses; registration requirements. 1. a. For the purposes of this section: "Bid" or "request for proposal" means a publicly advertised, formal process used by a contracting agency to receive offers to provide goods or s…

52:32-44.1 Debarment of certain persons from contracting for public work; definitions. 1. a. Any person that is debarred at the federal level from contracting with a federal government agency shall be debarred from contracting for any public work in this State. b. Any affiliate o…

52:32-45 Preference in contracts for wood, paper products derived from sustainably managed forests, procurement systems. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury,…

52:32-46 Procedures conduct; rules, regulations. 2. a. The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall establish any procedures or conduct any review necessary to determine that wood or paper products are derived from sustainably mana…

52:32-47 Business ethics guide posted on Internet site. 16. a. The State Treasurer shall post on the official Internet site of the State for the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury a business ethics guide prepared in accordance with Executive Order…

52:32-48 Qualified minority, women-owned financial institutions, service as senior managing underwriters, certain transactions; report; definitions. 1. a. For each State fiscal year commencing after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.107, a State entity which engages in debt trans…

52:32-49 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Veteran-Owned Business Assistance Act." L.2011, c.147, s.1.

52:32-5 Regulations relative to access for persons with physical disabilities. 2. The Department of Community Affairs shall promulgate regulations which shall prescribe the kinds, types, and quality of facilities in public buildings as defined in section 3 of P.L.1975, c.220 (C.5…

52:32-5.1. Use of stroller in public buildings; conditions 1. A person with a permanent disability or limited mobility who holds an identification card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation pursuant to either P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et s…

52:32-5.2 Display of advertisement, public bidding required. 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a State entity, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2004, c.42 (C.27:5-27 et al.), shall not enter into any contract or agreement for the construction on, …

52:32-5.3 Definitions relative to energy savings for construction of certain State buildings. 1. As used in this act: "High performance green building" means a building that is designed and constructed in a manner that achieves at least: a. a silver rating according to the Leader…

52:32-5.4 Standards for certain energy savings for new State buildings. 2. Any new building having at least 15,000 square feet in total floor area that is to be constructed for the sole use of a State governmental entity after the effective date of this act shall be designed and …

52:32-50 Definitions relative to businesses owned, operated by veterans. 2. As used in this act: "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. "Contracting agency" means the State or any board, commission, authority or agency of the State. "Department" means th…

52:32-51 Participation encouraged. 3. The New Jersey Department of the Treasury shall encourage veteran-owned businesses to participate in State procurement and contracting. L.2011, c.147, s.3.