{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-16a-26.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:16A-26.2","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this act:\na.   \"Council\" means the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in the Department of State;\nb.   \"Cultural activities\" means performances, displays, and educational programs of music, dance, opera, theatre, painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film art, handicrafts, graphic arts, design, literature, and other similar or related activities;\nc.   \"Network\" means more than one facility, structure or space which are managed and operated in conjunction and cooperation with one another for the primary purpose of presenting or producing cultural activities;\nd.   \"Qualifying governmental body\" means a municipality, contiguous municipalities or a county in which government arts or cultural boards or commissions, nonprofit arts or cultural corporations, and arts, cultural, educational, or philanthropic organizations provide, in conjunction with one another, a wide range of cultural activities on a year-round basis through the management, operation, and maintenance of the necessary facilities;\ne.   \"Regional center\" means a cultural facility or network of facilities to be designated by the council pursuant to this act, which is located within a municipality or within two or more contiguous municipalities, which possesses the appropriate and requisite space, technical capabilities and professional management to present or produce on a year-round basis cultural programs and activities of high artistic quality representing a balanced variety of major disciplines and forms, and which serves a broad and diverse regional audience;\nf.   \"State center\" means a cultural facility or network of facilities to be designated by the council pursuant to this act, which is located within a municipality or within two or more contiguous municipalities, which possesses the appropriate and requisite space, technical capabilities and professional management to present or produce on a year-round basis cultural programs and activities of the highest artistic quality by major State, national or international artists and arts groups representing all major disciplines and forms, and which serves a diverse Statewide audience.\nL. 1985, c. 410, s. 2.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"695a21f18c6cff3f84e95e373f6106678dcebc9286226aa2668db2726703e05c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-16a-26.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-16a-26.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}