New Jersey A 3503: Requires certain school districts to submit report on nonparticipation in "Community Eligibility Provision" of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.

Bill Text

A3503 ACS 

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 3503

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

� ADOPTED 
FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� YVONNE LOPEZ

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman� CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman� WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Schnall, Assemblywomen Peterpaul, Donlon, Katz, 
Haider, Swain, Reynolds-Jackson, Tucker, Assemblyman Miller, Assemblywoman 
McCoy, Assemblymen Karabinchak, Peterson, Singh, Freiman, McClellan, Sauickie, 
Scharfenberger, Assemblywomen Fantasia, Park, Assemblyman Kearney, 
Assemblywomen Drulis, Speight, Carter, Rowan, Brennan and Assemblyman Walker

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires State entities purchase five percent of 
goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase 
and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants 
Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Substitute as adopted by the Assembly State and Local 
Government Committee.

An Act concerning the purchase of goods and services by 
public entities from the Central Nonprofit Agency, amending P.L.1981, c.488 and 
P.L.2021, c.385, and supplementing chapter 6 of Title 30 of the Revised 
Statutes.

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

���� 1.� Section 7 of P.L.1981, 
c.488 (C.30:6-29) is amended to read as follows:

���� 7.� The functions and 
operations of the Central Nonprofit Agency shall include but not be limited to 
the following:� 

���� a.�� Receiving and processing 
all applications from approved rehabilitation facilities for the setting aside 
of specific commodities and services to be provided by the applying 
facilities;� 

���� b.�� Reviewing and certifying 
the capabilities of an applying facility to provide a specific commodity or 
service in keeping with quality standards, quantity and timely delivery 
requirements;� 

���� c.�� Preparing a detailed 
annual report for submission to the council;

���� d.�� Establishing and 
publishing a list of commodities and services provided by approved facilities, 
with timely revisions for distribution to all purchasing agents of the State [and] , its 
political subdivisions, and State contractors; and

���� e.� Developing and 
supporting relationships between approved facilities and commercial entities 
that frequently receive State contracts in order to promote the use of approved 
facilities as subcontractors.� 

(cf: P.L.1991, c.147, s.6)

���� 2.� Section 8 of P.L.1981, 
c.488 (C.30:6-30) is amended to read as follows:

���� 8.� State agencies [and political 
subdivisions of the State] 
shall [make 
a good faith effort to] 
procure, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.385 (C.30:6-30.1), five percent 
of their goods and services through the Central Nonprofit Agency from those 
commodities and services which have been set aside for purchase from approved 
rehabilitation facilities.� All political subdivisions of the State shall 
make a good faith effort to procure, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.385 
(C.30:6-30.1), five percent of their goods and services through the Central 
Nonprofit Agency from those commodities and services which have been set aside 
for purchase from approved rehabilitation facilities.

(cf: P.L.2021, c.385, s.2) 

���� 3.� Section 1 of P.L.2021, 
c.385 (C.30:6-30.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.� a. Notwithstanding any 
law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any State department, agency, 
authority and instrumentality that is authorized to procure goods and services 
shall [make 
a good faith effort to] 
purchase five percent of such goods and services from the Central Nonprofit 
Agency as defined in section 2 of P.L.1981, c.488 (C.30:6-24).

���� b.� Notwithstanding any law, 
rule, or regulation to the contrary, all political subdivisions of the State [and local 
government entities], 
including counties, municipalities, school districts, quasi-State agencies, 
State and county colleges, volunteer fire departments, volunteer first aid and 
rescue squads, public authorities, commissions, and independent institutions of 
higher learning, that are authorized to make purchases as provided in the 
cooperative purchase program pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1969, c.104 
(C.52:25-16.1) and section 12 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-12), as well as all 
agencies, commissions, boards, and other entities that are authorized to make 
joint purchases with the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property as 
provided in section 1 of P.L.1959, c.40 (C.52:27B-56.1), shall also make a good 
faith effort to purchase five percent of their goods and services from the 
Central Nonprofit Agency.

���� c.� The State Treasurer shall 
take the necessary steps to coordinate the implementation of the terms of this 
section.� The State Treasurer is authorized to call upon any department, 
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