New Jersey § 5:12-226

§ 5:12-226.

a. Until the Transfer Date, the authority shall not exercise any powers, rights, or

duties conferred by P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.) or by any other law in any way which will interfere with the powers, rights,

and duties of the convention center authority. The authority shall not before the Transfer Date exercise any powers of the convention

center authority. The authority and the convention center authority are directed to cooperate with

each other so that the Transfer Date shall occur as soon as practicable after the

date of enactment of P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.), and the convention center authority shall make available information concerning

its property and assets, outstanding bonds and other debts, obligations, liabilities

and contracts, operations, and finances as the authority may require to provide for

the retirement of any outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations of the convention

center authority, and the efficient exercise by the authority of all powers, rights,

and duties conferred upon them by P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.). b. On the Transfer Date: (1) The authority shall assume all of the powers, rights,

assets, and duties of the convention center authority to the extent provided by P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.), and such powers shall then and thereafter be vested in and shall be exercised

by the authority and the chair thereof provided, however, that the functions, organizational

structure, and operations of the convention center authority shall be continued as

a division existing within the authority, to be known as the Convention Center Division. (2) The terms of office of the members of the convention center authority shall terminate,

the officers having custody of the funds of the convention center authority shall

deliver those funds into the custody of the chair of the authority, the property and

assets of the convention center authority shall, without further act or deed, become

the property and assets of the authority, and the convention center authority shall

cease to exist. (3) The officers and employees of the convention center authority shall be transferred

to the authority and shall become employees of the authority and the authority shall

retain those employees transferred to the authority pursuant to this section as employees

of the division; provided, however, that any employee transferred to the authority

pursuant to this section may be dismissed for cause, and any such employee may be

dismissed if the authority determines that the transfer of the convention center authority

to the authority has resulted in the duplication of responsibility of the position

held by such employee, but such an employee shall be given a right of first refusal

offer of similar employment if such employment shall become available as determined

by the authority. Nothing in P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.) shall be construed to deprive any officers or employees of the convention

center authority of their rights, privileges, obligations, or status with respect

to any pension or retirement system. The employees shall retain all of their rights and benefits under existing collective

negotiation agreements or contracts until such time as new or revised agreements or

contracts are agreed to. All existing employee representatives shall be retained to act on behalf of those

employees until such time as the employees shall, pursuant to law, elect to change

those representatives. Nothing in P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.) shall affect the civil service status, if any, of those officers or employees. (4) All debts, liabilities, obligations and contracts of the convention center authority,

except to the extent specifically provided or established to the contrary in P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.), are imposed upon the authority, and all creditors of the convention center

authority and persons having claims against or contracts with the convention center

authority of any kind or character may enforce those debts, claims, and contracts

against the authority as successor to the convention center authority in the same

manner as they might have against the convention center authority, and the rights

and remedies of those holders, creditors, and persons having claims against or contracts

with the convention center authority shall not be limited or restricted in any manner

by P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.). (5) In continuing the functions, contracts, obligations and duties of the convention

center authority, the authority is authorized to act in its own name, in the name

of the Convention Center Division, or in the name of the convention center authority

as may be convenient or advisable under the circumstances from time to time. (6) Any references to the convention center authority in any other law or regulation

shall be deemed to refer and apply to the authority. (7) All rules and regulations of the convention center authority shall continue in

effect as the rules and regulations of the authority until amended, supplemented or

rescinded by the authority in accordance with law. Notwithstanding any requirements of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P. L.1968,

c. 410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq. ) to the contrary, the authority may adopt regulations, after notice and an opportunity

for public comment, amending, supplementing, modifying, or repealing the regulations

of the convention center authority. Such regulations shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative

Law and shall be effective for a period not to exceed 18 months from the Transfer

Date and they may, thereafter, be amended, adopted or readopted in accordance with

the “Administrative Procedure Act.” Regulations of the convention center authority inconsistent with the provisions of

this act or of regulations of the authority shall be deemed void if so judged by the

authority acting pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph. (8) All operations of the convention center authority shall continue as operations

of the authority until altered by the authority as may be permitted pursuant to P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.). (9) The powers vested in the authority by P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.) shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers

heretofore vested by law in the authority to the extent not otherwise altered or provided

for in P.L.2011, c. 18 ( C.5:12-218 et al.). c. As soon as practicable after the Transfer Date, the chairman shall notify the Governor

and the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature that the transfer has

occurred, the date of the transfer, and any other information concerning the transfer

the chairman deems appropriate.