Bill > S2379

Introduced Session

This bill would revise the "Public School Contracts Law," ("PSCL") N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., the "Local Public Contracts Law," ("LPCL") P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), and current law regarding county library commissions and boards of trustees for regional, municipal or joint public libraries. The bill enhances the ability of boards of education, governing bodies of municipalities, counties, and other local entities, to dispose of certain personal property through private sales. Currently, a county library commission or a board of trustees for a regional, municipal, or joint public library may purchase certain library materials without advertising for bids. These library materials include: books, periodicals, newspapers, documents, pamphlets, photographs, reproductions, microforms, pictorial or graphic works, musical scores, maps, charts, globes, sound recordings, slides, films, filmstrips, video and magnetic tapes, other printed or published matter, and audiovisual and other materials of a similar nature. This bill amends the law to allow public libraries to also dispose of those materials without advertising for bids. The bill further provides that a board of education or governing body of a local governing unit seeking to dispose of certain property with an estimated fair value no less than 15 percent of the bid threshold, but no greater than the actual bid threshold, as defined by the PSCL and LPCL, may sell such property by private sale if the contracting agent, to the extent practicable, obtains at least two competitive offers. Property sold in this manner would go to the party with the highest offer. In addition, the bill would revise the PSCL and the LPCL to allow a school board or local governing body seeking to sell personal property with an estimated fair value which is less than 15 percent of the bid threshold to do so by private sale without advertising for bids or soliciting competitive offers.

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Jim Beach (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee (on 01/29/2024)

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