Bill Text: NJ A4054 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits certain qualified nonprofit organizations to participate in State purchasing contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A4054 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4054-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Permits certain qualified nonprofit organizations to participate in State purchasing contracts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act permitting certain qualified nonprofit organizations to participate in State purchasing contracts and supplementing chapter 25 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"qualified nonprofit organization" means a corporation, association or other organization:
established pursuant to Title 15 of the Revised Statutes, Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes, or other law of this State;
operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals;
no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; and
which is exempt from federal income tax pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.501);
"director" means the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property.
b. A qualified nonprofit organization may, at the director's discretion, purchase materials, supplies, equipment, or services, having a value of $500 or more, under any contract awarded on behalf of the State by the Division of Purchase and Property, subject to such rules as the director may establish.
c. The director may establish limitations with respect to materials, supplies, equipment and services available for purchase and impose other appropriate conditions upon purchasing as deemed necessary to protect the State's own purchasing interests.
d. A qualified nonprofit organization which participates in a State contract pursuant to this section shall accept responsibility for the payment of any cost due a vendor and file such reports as the director may require setting forth expenditures on such contracts.
e. The director shall make available at appropriate times to qualified nonprofit organizations a list of all current contracts entered into on behalf of the State, setting forth the materials, supplies, equipment or services, included therein and the prices, terms, and conditions thereof.
f. The director may promulgate, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, including the establishment of a schedule of fees to cover administrative costs.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would help certain nonprofit organizations to reduce expenses by allowing them to make purchases at State contract prices. The cost savings would, in turn, enable these organizations to provide additional services to the public.
The bill provides that the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury may allow certain qualified nonprofit organizations to purchase materials, supplies, equipment, or services, having a value of $500 or more, through State contracts. In order to participate, an organization must be organized as a nonprofit entity under the laws of this State, operated for charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or for the purpose of fostering amateur sports competition or preventing cruelty to children or animals, and exempt from federal income tax pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
The bill allows the director to limit the goods or services eligible for purchase and to impose other conditions to protect the State's purchasing interests. It requires the director to make information on the terms and conditions of current State contracts available to qualified organizations. In addition, the director is authorized to charge participating organizations a fee to offset the costs of administering the program.
A qualified nonprofit organization which makes a purchase through a State contract would accept responsibility for the payment of any cost due a vendor and file such reports as the director may require which list expenditures under the contract.
