40A:11-9a Current purchasing agent, lower bid threshold.
4. An individual who is the duly authorized purchasing agent of a contracting unit and does not possess a qualified purchasing agent certificate on the date of enactment of P.L.2009, c.166 may continue to be referred to as the purchasing agent, but the bid threshold for that contracting unit shall be set at $17,500 until such time as that individual obtains a qualified purchasing agent certificate. A contracting unit exercising this authority shall file a letter to this effect with the director.
L.2009, c.166, s.4.