New Jersey S 1655: Permits educational research and services corporation to act as lead agency or contracting unit for procurement of any goods or services and Public Works.

Bill Text

S1655 

SENATE, No. 1655 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Singer

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits educational research and services corporation 
to act as lead agency or contracting unit for procrurement of any goods or 
services and Public Works.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning educational research and service 
corporations and amending P.L.2015, c.140.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.2015, 
c.140 (C.18A:3B-6.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2. a. The governing board of a 
public research university or a State college may join with other public 
research universities, State colleges, county colleges, public institutions of 
higher education primarily located in the State of New Jersey, and nonprofit 
independent institutions of higher education that receive direct State aid, to 
form an educational research and services corporation to be operated 
exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes, within the 
meaning of paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the federal 
Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.501).

���� b. (1) An educational research 
and services corporation may act as a lead agency or contracting unit for the 
procurement of goods or services including, but not limited to, goods or 
services concerning educational technology systems and related services, 
and public works, by those entities comprising the educational and research 
services corporation.

���� (2)�� An educational research 
and services corporation shall be deemed a local unit for the purposes of the 
"Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act," sections 1 through 
35 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 through C.40A:65-35) and may act as a lead 
agency or contracting unit for the procurement of goods or services including, 
but not limited to, goods or services concerning educational technology 
systems and related services, and public works by municipalities, fire 
districts, counties, local authorities subject to the "Local Authorities 
Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.), school 
districts, county colleges, State colleges, public research universities, 
nonprofit independent institutions of higher education that receive direct 
State aid, or any combination of those entities.

���� c.���� An educational research 
and services corporation formed under P.L.2015, c.140, shall be subject to all 
applicable requirements under all applicable State and local procurement laws, 
including, but not limited to, section 1 of P.L.1977, c.33 (C.52:25-24.2), 
P.L.2012, c.25 (C.52:32-55 et seq.), and P.L.2005, c.51 (C.19:44A-20.13 et 
seq.).

(cf: P.L.2015, c.140, s.2)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill permits educational 
research and service corporations to act as the lead agency or contracting unit 
for procurement of public works.� 

���� Under current law, a four-year 
public institution of higher education is permitted to join with other public 
or independent institutions to form an educational research and services 
corporation to be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational 
purposes in accordance with federal law.� Current law further permits an 
educational research and services corporation to act as a lead agency or 
contracting unit for the procurement of goods and services concerning 
educational technology systems and related services by the entities comprising 
the corporation. The bill permits the educational research and services 
corporation to act as a lead agency or contracting unit for the procurement of 
any goods or services and public works.