SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 69

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 20, 1996

      The Senate State Government Committee reports favorably Senate Concurrent Resolution, No. 69. 

      This resolution approves the "Cultural Campus Project - Phase I," as proposed by the New Jersey Building Authority. Specifically, the resolution approves modifications to a previously approved project for the renovation of the State Education Building for use by the Department of State rather than the Department of Education. The State Education Building is located at 225 West State Street, Trenton.

      This approval is required by the provisions of the "New Jersey Building Authority Act," P.L.1981, c.120. The act requires that for a project to be undertaken by the authority it must be approved by the Legislature within 45 days of submission of the project plan, or the next meeting date immediately thereafter for a house not meeting on that date, or else the project shall be deemed disapproved.

      The resolution also expresses the sense of the Legislature that New Jersey Building Authority projects, particularly those within the State Capitol Complex, should be financed and managed directly by the authority, with delegation to other State agencies of managerial responsibility only where the authority deems it necessary, but with full control over project management retained by the authority. To this end, it is further the sense of the Legislature, that the authority assume the responsibility for the coordination, planning and integration of the sundry projects for the improvement of the State Capitol Complex.