New Jersey § 48:23-23

§ 48:23-23.

a. (1) The State Treasurer is authorized to receive one or more proposals to delegate

by contract responsibility for conducting the operations of the public broadcasting

system to a nonprofit corporation or other entity. (2) Upon selecting a proposal pursuant to this subsection, the State Treasurer shall

negotiate a contract to delegate by contract responsibility for conducting the operations

of the public broadcasting system and submit the negotiated contract to the Legislature

pursuant to subsection g. of this section. b. Any transfer or transfers authorized pursuant to subsection a. of this section

shall not occur unless the State Treasurer determines, upon application by or on behalf

of a nonprofit corporation, if a nonprofit corporation is selected, that: (1) The nonprofit corporation is an educational and charitable corporation validly

existing and in good standing under the “New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act,” P.L.1983,

c. 127 ( N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq. ) and is incorporated, organized and operated in such a manner as to qualify as a

nonprofit corporation described in section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3) or any successor provision that is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(a) of the federal Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. s.501(a) or any successor provision; (2) The nonprofit corporation's certificate of incorporation and by-laws authorize

the receipt of the FCC operating licenses currently assigned to the authority and

the ownership of the assets and liabilities of the authority, and provide that the

purposes of the nonprofit corporation include the ownership, maintenance, and operation

of a public broadcasting system; and (3) Upon the assignment of any operating licenses and the transfer of assets, the

nonprofit corporation shall provide public broadcasting services and operate a public

broadcasting system consistent with FCC license requirements. c. Any assets and liabilities, including receivables, may be assigned, transferred,

or conveyed to the nonprofit corporation or other entity upon the Legislature's approval

pursuant to subsection g. of this section and shall become vested in the nonprofit

corporation or other entity, any of which assignments, transfers or conveyances may

also be evidenced by such instruments of assignment, transfer, or conveyance as the

Legislature may approve pursuant to subsection g. of this section, and all liabilities

listed in a schedule of assets and liabilities, as well as all outstanding obligations

and commitments lawfully undertaken or contracted for by the authority in respect

of the public broadcasting system, may be assumed and performed by the nonprofit corporation

or other entity through the execution, delivery, and performance of such instruments

of assumption as the State Treasurer shall prescribe, in each case subject to action

by the State Treasurer and the Legislature, pursuant to subsection g. of this section. d. The State Treasurer shall take such other actions, and may require the nonprofit

corporation or other entity to take such other actions, as the State Treasurer deems

to be necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2010, c. 104 ( C.48:23-18 et al.). e. The State Treasurer may assign, transfer, or convey to the nonprofit corporation

or other entity from time to time such additional public broadcasting system assets,

other than the television operating licenses, as the State Treasurer deems appropriate

to further the purposes of P.L.2010, c. 104 , subject to the approval of the Legislature pursuant to subsection g. of this section. f. Any negotiations to delegate by contract responsibility for conducting the operations

of the public broadcasting system involving the State Treasurer shall be subject to

the provisions of P.L.1963, c. 73 ( C. 47:1A-1 et seq. ) and all of its exemptions, commonly known as the open public records act. g. (1) The State Treasurer shall make the submission required by subsection a. of

this section, to the Legislature to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

the General Assembly on a day when both houses are meeting. The President and the Speaker shall cause the date of submission to be entered upon

the Senate Journal and the Minutes of the General Assembly, respectively. (2) Unless the project as described in the submission is disapproved by adoption of

a concurrent resolution to this effect by the affirmative vote of a majority of the

authorized membership of both houses within the time period prescribed in this subsection,

the contract shall be deemed approved. The President and the Speaker shall cause a concurrent resolution of disapproval

of the contract to be placed before the members of the respective houses for a recorded

vote within the time period. The time period shall commence on the day of submission and expire on the fifteenth

day after submission or for a house not meeting on the fifteenth day, on the next

meeting day of that house.