N.J. Admin. Code § 5:34-3.3 - Option to purchase, prohibitions, cancellation clause

(a) In addition to providing for the use of equipment during the period of the lease, the lease may provide for rental payments to be credited towards the purchase price for purpose of acquisition of the equipment if the contracting unit, at its sole option, decides to buy the equipment, and said option was included in the original specifications and in the original contract.

(b) Leases shall not, however, provide for the acquisition of ownership at the beginning of the lease term, with installment payments to be made thereafter.

(c) If the contracting unit anticipates that a lessor may desire to assign its right to receive lease payments to an outside non-contractual third party, provision for such assignment must have been permitted by the lease specifications and be included in the lease agreement, and the lessee must be notified in writing by the lessor before payments may be made to a third party pursuant to such an assignment.

(d) While N.J.S.A. 40A:11-15 and 18A:18A-42 authorize lease arrangements, such contractual arrangements must contain a clause making them subject to the availability and appropriation annually of sufficient funds as may be required to meet the extended obligation, or contain an annual cancellation clause.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:34-3.3

Amended by R.2000 d.485, effective 12/4/2000.
See: 32 New Jersey Register 3237(a), 32 New Jersey Register 4300(a).
In (c), substituted "If the contracting unit anticipates that a lessor may desire" for "In instances in which a lessor desires" at the beginning; and in (d), changed N.J.S.A. reference, and deleted a former second sentence.