New Jersey § 52:18a-18

§ 52:18a-18.

If the Department of the Treasury seeks to lease any property included on the lists

prepared by the Commissioner of Children and Families pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2007, c. 76 ( C.9:3A-7.2 ) or the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2007, c. 76 ( C.30:1A-13 ) and no State agency has indicated a current need for the property, the department

shall give priority first to nonprofit and for profit agencies and organizations that

provide residential mental health services to children, and then to nonprofit and

for profit agencies and organizations that provide housing to adults with mental illness

or persons with developmental disabilities, to lease the property from the State in

order to establish a residential treatment facility or housing, as provided in sections

1 and 2 of P.L.2007, c. 76 ( C.9:3A-7.2 and C.30:1A-13 ). The lease to a nonprofit or for profit agency shall be at the fair market rate,

as established by the Department of the Treasury, and shall be subject to approval

by the State House Commission.