New Jersey A 2484: Requires biennial inspection of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Bill Text

A2484 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2484 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits jointure commission to provide transportation 
services on school buses it owns or leases to local school districts without 
public bidding.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning school transportation and amending P.L.2005, 
c.84.

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

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.2005, 
c.84 (C.18A:39-11.2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1. a. Except as provided in 
subsection g. of this section, the provision of transportation services to a 
local school district by a cooperative transportation services agency, 
educational services commission, county special services school district, [jointure 
commission] 
or other public entity, other than a local school district using school buses 
it owns or leases or a jointure commission providing transportation services 
to pupils using school buses it owns or leases, shall be subject to the 
bidding requirements and requirements concerning the renewal of transportation 
contracts set forth in chapter 39 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, 
including the requirements concerning the advertisement for bids, the submission 
of quotations and the renewal of contracts.

���� b.��� The cooperative 
transportation services agency, educational services commission, county special 
services school district, [jointure 
commission] 
or other public entity other than a local school district or jointure 
commission providing transportation services to pupils using school buses it 
owns or leases shall adhere to every substantial bid specification for a 
pupil transportation contract, including bonding requirements.

���� c.���� The cooperative 
transportation services agency, educational services commission, county special 
services school district, [jointure 
commission] 
or other public entity other than a local school district or jointure 
commission providing transportation services to pupils using school buses it 
owns or leases that is intending to bid for transportation services shall 
be precluded from preparing specifications.� Specifications shall be prepared 
by the local school district seeking transportation services or by any other 
cooperative transportation services agency, as designated by the Commissioner 
of Education, that is not bidding.

���� d.��� The cooperative 
transportation services agency, educational services commission, county special 
services school district, [jointure 
commission] 
or other public entity other than a local school district or jointure 
commission providing transportation services to pupils using school buses it 
owns or leases shall not charge any fee above the bid price.

���� e.���� A local school district 
may negotiate and award a contract for transportation services with a 
cooperative transportation services agency, educational services commission, 
county special services school district, [jointure 
commission] 
or other public entity other than a local school district or jointure 
commission providing transportation services to pupils using school buses it 
owns or leases if the provisions of subsection c. of N.J.S.18A:18A-5 have 
been met.

���� f.���� The following forms, 
prescribed by the Commissioner of Education, shall be included in any bid 
submitted by a cooperative transportation services agency, educational services 
commission, county special services school district, [jointure commission] or other 
public entity other than a local school district or jointure commission 
providing transportation services to pupils using school buses it owns or 
leases to provide transportation services:

���� (1)�� if applicable, a 
membership form for the cooperative transportation services agency, educational 
services commission, or county special services school district [or jointure 
commission] 
indicating each member school district and the name of each member school 
district's superintendent;

���� (2)�� a form indicating the 
transportation experience of the bidder;

���� (3)�� a non-collusion form 
indicating that the bidder has not drafted specifications or route descriptions 
for the local board of education that is seeking transportation services;

���� (4)�� an affirmative action 
statement; and

���� (5)�� a bidder's guarantee in 
an amount required pursuant to statute and regulation.

���� g.��� The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to:

���� (1)�� an educational services 
commission [or 
a jointure commission] 
for the provision of transportation services to pupils who reside in school 
districts which, as of January 1, 2004, are members of the educational services 
commission [or 
jointure commission], 
if, as of that date,