New Jersey § 18a:72a-5

§ 18a:72a-5.

The authority shall have power: (a) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (b) To adopt and have an official common seal and alter the same at pleasure; (c) To maintain an office at such place or places within the State as it may designate; (d) To sue and be sued in its own name, and plead and be impleaded; (e) To borrow money and to issue bonds and notes and other obligations of the authority

and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof as provided in this chapter; (f) To acquire, lease as lessee, hold and dispose of real and personal property or

any interest therein, in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties

under this chapter; (g) To acquire in the name of the authority by purchase or otherwise, on such terms

and conditions and in such manner as it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the

power of eminent domain, any land or interest therein and other property which it

may determine is reasonably necessary for any project, including any lands held by

any county, municipality or other governmental subdivision of the State; and to hold

and use the same and to sell, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of property so acquired,

no longer necessary for the authority's purposes; and when the term of a lease agreement with a participating institution has expired

or the property acquired is no longer subject to any lease agreement and no bond proceeds

remain outstanding with respect to the property, and the participating institution

shall have complied with all applicable terms of the lease agreement and any other

agreement for any other authority bonds with respect to the property, the authority

or its designee may transfer all of its rights, title and interest in and to the property

to the participating institution who entered into the lease agreement with the authority; (h) To receive and accept, from any federal or other public agency or governmental

entity, grants or loans for or in aid of the acquisition or construction of any project,

and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any other source, of either money,

property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the

purposes for which such grants, loans and contributions may be made; (i) To prepare or cause to be prepared plans, specifications, designs and estimates

of costs for the construction and equipment of projects for participating institutions under the provisions of this chapter, and from time to time to modify such plans,

specifications, designs or estimates; (j) By contract or contracts or by its own employees to construct, acquire, reconstruct,

rehabilitate and improve, and furnish and equip, projects for participating institutions ; however, in any contract or contracts undertaken by the authority for the construction,

reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of a project for any public institution of higher education where the cost of such work will exceed $25,000, the contracting agent shall advertise

for and receive in the manner provided by law: (1) separate bids for branches of work in the following categories: (a) the plumbing and gas fitting work; (b) the refrigeration, heating and ventilating systems and equipment; (c) the electrical work, including any electrical power plants, tele-data, fire alarm,

or security system; (d) the structural steel and ornamental iron work; (e) general construction, which shall include all other work and materials required

for the completion of the project, or (2) bids for all work and materials required to complete the entire project if awarded

as a single contract; or (3) both (1) and (2) above. In the case of separate bids pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3) of this subsection,

prime contractors shall not be required to name subcontractors for categories (a)

through (d) in their bid. In the case of a single bid under paragraph (2) or (3), all bids submitted shall

set forth the names and license numbers of, and evidence of performance security from,

all subcontractors to whom the general contractor will subcontract the work described

in the foregoing categories (a) through (d) in paragraph (1). Subcontractors who furnish non-specialty trade work pursuant to category (e), or

subcontractors who furnish work to named subcontractors pursuant to categories (a)

through (d), shall not be named in the bid. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, an authority may choose

to require in its bid specification that a subcontractor shall be named in a bid when,

in the case of paragraph (1), separate bids for each category, the work of that subcontractor

exceeds 35 percent of the authority's estimated amount of value of the work, which

shall be set forth in the bid specification. Contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid, conforming

to the invitation for bids, will be the most advantageous to the authority; (k) To determine the location and character of any project to be undertaken pursuant

to the provisions of this chapter, and to construct, reconstruct, maintain, repair,

operate, lease, as lessee or lessor, and regulate the same; to enter into contracts

for any or all such purposes; to enter into contracts for the management and operation

of a project, and to designate a participating institution as its agent to determine the location and character of a project undertaken by such

participating institution under the provisions of this chapter and, as the agent of the authority, to construct,

reconstruct, maintain, repair, operate, lease, as lessee or lessor, and regulate the

same, and, as agent of the authority, to enter into contracts for any and all such

purposes including contracts for the management and operation of such project; ( l ) To establish rules and regulations for the use of a project or any portion thereof

and to designate a participating institution as its agent to establish rules and regulations for the use of a project undertaken

by such participating institution ; (m) Generally to fix and revise from time to time and to charge and collect rates,

rents, fees and other charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to

be furnished by a project or any portion thereof and to contract with holders of its

bonds and with any other person, party, association, corporation or other body, public

or private, in respect thereof; (n) To enter into any and all agreements or contracts, execute any and all instruments,

and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for

the purposes of the authority or to carry out any power expressly given in this chapter; ( o ) To invest any moneys held in reserve or sinking funds, or any moneys not required

for immediate use or disbursement, at the discretion of the authority, in such obligations

as are authorized by law for the investment of trust funds in the custody of the State

Treasurer; (p) To enter into any lease relating to higher education equipment with a public or

private institution of higher education pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1993, c. 136 ( C.18A:72A-40 et al.); (q) To enter into loan agreements with any county, to hold bonds or notes of the county

evidencing those loans, and to issue bonds or notes of the authority to finance county

college capital projects pursuant to the provisions of the “County College Capital

Projects Fund Act,” P.L.1997, c. 360 ( C.18A:72A-12.2 et seq. ); (r) To issue bonds and notes and other obligations of the authority under the direction

of law for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the installation of fire

prevention and safety systems in dormitories; (s) To consider and review public-private partnership agreements for certain building

projects entered into by a private entity and the New Jersey Institute of Technology

pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2018, c. 90 ( C.18A:64E-33 ) or by a private entity and a State or county college pursuant to section 43 of P.L. 2009, c. 90 ( C.18A:64-85 ), for the purposes set forth therein and to provide to a private entity that is a

party to an agreement any tax exempt private activity bond financing, including but

not limited to a loan of funds under terms and conditions established by the authority

in consultation with the State Treasurer and as otherwise authorized under State or

federal law ; (t) To enter into loan agreements with any public institution of higher education

or any affiliate of a public institution of higher education, to hold bonds or notes

of the public institution of higher education evidencing these loans, and to issue

bonds or notes of the authority in connection with the financing or refinancing of

a project .