New Jersey § 18a:20-9
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:20-9, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:20-9.
Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c. 137 ( C.18A:7G-45 ), whenever any board of education shall by resolution determine that any tract of land is no
longer desirable or necessary for school purposes it may authorize the conveyance
thereof, whether there is a building thereon or not, for a nominal consideration,
to the municipality or any board, body or commission thereof, or to any volunteer
fire company or rescue squad actively engaged in the protection of life and property
and duly incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, or to any American
Legion post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or other recognized veterans' organization
of the United States of America, located in the municipality or the county, as a meeting
place for such organization, or to a nonprofit child care service organization duly
incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, to a nonprofit hospital duly
licensed under the laws of the State, or to a nonprofit organization duly licensed
under the laws of the State of New Jersey to provide emergency shelter for the homeless,
or to a nonprofit historic preservation organization duly incorporated under the laws
of the State of New Jersey to provide a place for educational, cultural and musical
functions. The president and secretary of the board shall be authorized to execute and deliver
a conveyance for the same in the name and under the seal of the board, which conveyance
may, in the discretion of the board, be made subject to a condition or limitation
that said land shall be used by such municipality, board, body or commission thereof
for public purposes and by any such fire company for fire company purposes or by such
rescue squad for rescue squad purposes or to any veterans' organization, or to any
child care service organization, or to any nonprofit hospital, or to any provider
of emergency shelter for the homeless, or to any nonprofit historic preservation organization,
and in the event that the property shall cease to be used for any of the purposes
contemplated by this section, such property shall thereupon revert to and the title
thereof shall vest in the board of education making the conveyance thereof hereunder.
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