18A:72A-54 Application for grant.

6. a. The governing board of a public or private institution of higher education may determine, by resolution, to apply for a grant from the trust fund. Upon adoption of the resolution, the board shall file an application with the Secretary of Higher Education, which application shall include a complete description of the project to be financed and an identification of any additional sources of revenue to be used.

b. The Secretary of Higher Education shall review the application and approve or disapprove the grant. For each grant which is approved, the secretary shall establish the amount and shall send a written certification of such approval including the amount approved to the authority.

c. The Secretary of Higher Education shall submit to the Legislature a copy of the written certification of the approval of the grant and the amount thereof. If the Legislature does not disapprove the grant by the adoption of a concurrent resolution within 60 days, the grant shall be deemed to be authorized. In addition, the resolution approving the grant for the new instructional and research facility for Rutgers, The State University, School of Law, Newark, shall be submitted by the secretary to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee for its approval prior to the commission's submission of the resolution to the Legislature. The secretary shall provide to the committee such information concerning the grant as the committee may require for its consideration.

d. Each grant awarded under this act shall be contingent upon the recipient governing board entering into a contract or contracts for the commencement of the construction, reconstruction, development, extension, or improvement of the facility within one year of the date on which the funds of the grant are made available.

L.1993, c.375, s.6; amended 2009, c.308, s.39; 2012, c.42, s.8.