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18A:2-3. Preparation, offering for sale of certain documents; penalty
12. a. No person shall, for any fee, or other remuneration, prepare, offer to prepare, cause to be prepared, sell or offer for sale any term paper, thesis, dissertation, essay, report or other written, recorded, pictorial, artistic or other assignment knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that said assignment is intended for submission either in whole or substantial part under a student@s name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate, course or courses of study at any university, college, academy, school or other educational institution.
b. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from providing tutorial assistance, research material, information or other assistance to persons enrolled in a university, college, academy, school or other educational institution, which is not intended for submission directly or in substantial part as an assignment under the student@s name to such educational institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study. Nor shall any person be prevented by this act from rendering services for a fee which include the typing, research, assembling, transcription, reproduction or editing of a manuscript or other assignment which he has not prepared at the request of or on behalf of the purchaser.
c. Anyone convicted of violating any provision of this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000.00 which shall be collected in a summary manner pursuant to ~the penalty enforcement law~ (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or any municipal court. The Superior Court may also grant further relief necessary to enforce the provisions of this section, including the issuance of an injunction.
d. Actions for injunction under the provisions of this act may be brought in the name of the people of this State upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of any person, or any public or private college, university, academy, school or other educational institution which is charted, incorporated, licensed, registered or supervised by this State, acting for the interest of itself, its students, or the general public.
L.1999,c.90, s.12.
18A:3-14.1. Annual report of sources of financial assistance
1. The Office of Student Assistance shall prepare on an annual basis a concise report which lists all sources of financial assistance, including but not limited to scholarships and loans, available to citizens of this State who now attend or who plan to attend any institution of higher education. The report shall supply the name and address of each source, identify the form of the financial assistance, and indicate that the source of funds is public or private.
L.1969,c.178,s.1; amended 1994,c.48,s.35.
18A:3-14.2. Distribution of report
This report shall be distributed to each public and private secondary school in this State, and upon request, to any citizen of this State.
L.1969, c. 178, s. 2, eff. Oct. 14, 1969.
18A:3-15.1. Deceptive diploma practices
A person shall not with the intent to deceive buy, sell, make or alter, give, issue, obtain or attempt to obtain any diploma or other document purporting to confer any academic degree, or which certifies the completion in whole or in part of any course of study in any institution of higher education.
L. 1986, c. 87, s. 1, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
18A:3-15.2. Use of fraudulent degree
A person or other legal entity shall not use, or attempt to use, in connection with any business, trade, profession or occupation any academic degree or certification of degree or degree credit, including but not limited to a transcript of course work, which has been fraudulently issued, obtained, forged or altered. A person shall not, with intent to deceive, falsely represent himself as having received any such degree or credentiaL.
L. 1986, c. 87, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
18A:3-15.3. Letter designation restricted
3. A person shall not append to his name any letters in the same form designated by the Commission on Higher Education as entitled to the protection accorded to an academic degree unless the person has received from a duly authorized institution of higher education the degree or certificate for which the letters are registered. For the purposes of this section, a duly authorized institution of higher education means an in-State institution licensed by the Commission on Higher Education or an out-of-State institution licensed by the appropriate state agency and regionally accredited or seeking accreditation by the appropriate accrediting body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Education or the United States Department of Education.
L.1986,c.87,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.36.
18A:3-15.4 Out-of-State degrees.
4. An in-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school may not offer, advertise, or by agreement with an out-of-State institution, offer or advertise any academic degree from any out-of-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school when three-quarters or more of the degree requirements are obtained by course work completed at the institution in New Jersey unless the degree program was approved by the Board of Higher Education prior to July, 1994, or has been reviewed by the New Jersey Presidents@ Council pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-8) or is a degree program at an institution specifically exempted from the provisions of N.J.S.18A:68-6. No in-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school may deliver such a degree program unless licensed by the Commission on Higher Education, following review by the council.
L.1986,c.87,s.4; amended 1994, c.48, s.37; 1999, c. 46, s.26.
18A:3-15.5. Civil penalty
Any person who violates any provision of this act is liable to a civil penalty of $1,000.00 for each offense, which shall be collected pursuant to the provisions of ~the penalty enforcement law,~ N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.
L. 1986, c. 87, s. 5, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
18A:3-19.1. Definitions
As used in this act:
~Foreign government~ means any government other than the government of the United States or of its states, territories or possessions or any political subdivision thereof.
~Foreign legal entity~ means a. any legal entity created under the laws of a foreign government or b. any legal entity created under the laws of the United States or any of its political subdivisions if a majority of the ownership of that legal entity is directly or indirectly held legally or beneficially by one or more foreign governments or one or more foreign persons or one or more legal entities created under the laws of a foreign government and includes an agent acting for the legal entity.
~Foreign person~ means any individual who is not a citizen of or resident alien of the United States or of its territories or possessions and includes an agent acting for the foreign person.
~Gift~ means any endowment, gift, grant, contract, award, present or property of any kind.
L. 1987, c. 53, s. 1.
18A:3-19.2. Disclosure of foreign gifts
2. Every institution of higher education licensed by the Commission on Higher Education to award an academic degree shall disclose the amount, terms, restrictions and requirements attached to or made a part of any gift of value in excess of $100,000.00 made to the institution by a foreign government, foreign legal entity or foreign person in any one fiscal year. If the foreign government, foreign legal entity or foreign person makes more than one gift to an institution, and the total value of those gifts in any one fiscal year exceeds $100,000.00, the institution shall report all of the gifts received.
L.1987,c.53,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.38.
18A:3-19.3. Information to the Department of the Treasury
3. This information shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury no later than 30 days after the last day of the fiscal year. The information shall include:
a. The amount of the gift.
b. The date on which it was received.
c. Full details of any conditions, matching provisions, or designation of the gift for a specific purpose.
d. The name of the foreign government in the case of a gift by a foreign government; the name of the foreign entity in the case of a gift by a foreign entity; and the name of the foreign country in which a foreign person is located or resides in the case of a gift by a foreign person.
e. The purpose or purposes for which the gift will be used.
L.1987,c.53,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.39.
18A:3-19.4. Public record
This information shall be a matter of public record and shall be made available by the department to the general public for review and copying during normal business hours.
L. 1987, c. 53, s. 4.
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