52:16A-26.2. Definitions
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As used in this act:
a. "Council" means the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in the Department of State;
b. "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;
c. "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;
d. "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;
e. "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;
f. "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.
L. 1985, c. 410, s. 2.