New Jersey Statutes 18A:72A-54. Application for grant
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:72A-54
- Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. The Secretary of Higher Education shall review the application and approve or disapprove the grant. For each grant which is approved, the secretary shall establish the amount and shall send a written certification of such approval including the amount approved to the authority.
c. The Secretary of Higher Education shall submit to the Legislature a copy of the written certification of the approval of the grant and the amount thereof. If the Legislature does not disapprove the grant by the adoption of a concurrent resolution within 60 days, the grant shall be deemed to be authorized. In addition, the resolution approving the grant for the new instructional and research facility for Rutgers, The State University, School of Law, Newark, shall be submitted by the secretary to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee for its approval prior to the commission’s submission of the resolution to the Legislature. The secretary shall provide to the committee such information concerning the grant as the committee may require for its consideration.
d. Each grant awarded under this act shall be contingent upon the recipient governing board entering into a contract or contracts for the commencement of the construction, reconstruction, development, extension, or improvement of the facility within one year of the date on which the funds of the grant are made available.
L.1993, c.375, s.6; amended 2009, c.308, s.39; 2012, c.42, s.8.