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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-25.3

  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County college: means an educational institution established or to be established by one or more counties, offering programs of instruction, extending not more than two years beyond the high school, which may include but need not be limited to specialized or comprehensive curriculums, including college credit transfer courses, terminal courses in the liberal arts and sciences, and technical institute type programs. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-1
  • Department: means the State Department of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
3. a. Any purchase, contract or agreement for the performance of any work or the furnishing or hiring of materials or supplies, the cost or price of which, together with any sums expended for the performance of any work or services in connection with the same project or the furnishing of similar materials or supplies during the same fiscal year, paid with or out of college funds, does not exceed the total sum of $25,000 or, commencing January 1, 2003, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section in any fiscal year may be made, negotiated and awarded by a contracting agent, when so authorized by resolution of the board of trustees of the county college, without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor.

b. Commencing January 1, 2003 and every two years thereafter, the Governor, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, shall adjust the threshold amount set forth in subsection a. of this section in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers in the New York and Northeastern New Jersey and the Philadelphia areas as reported by the United States Department of Labor. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of the year in which it is reported.

c. Any purchase, contract or agreement made pursuant to this section may be awarded for a period of 24 consecutive months, notwithstanding that such 24 -month period does not coincide with the fiscal year.

L.1982,c.189,s.3; amended 1984, c.241, s.1; 1994, c.48, s.141; 2001, c.281, s.1.

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