Governor Jon S. Corzine

CORZINE SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING
SCC BOARD MEMBERSHIP

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed an Executive Order replacing the Attorney General as a member of the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation’s (SCC) Board of Directors with a member of the Governor’s executive staff who has prosecutorial or law enforcement experience.
The Executive Order will allow the Attorney General to be autonomous from the governance of the SCC so that the Attorney General is able to independently review contracts and investigate relevant claims and actions.

Matthew Boxer, Director of the Governor’s Authorities Unit, will be appointed by the Governor to serve as the new member of the Board of Directors. He previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Special Prosecutions Division of the U.S Attorney’s Office. Boxer has also served in both the Criminal Division and the Terrorism Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A. from Princeton University.

The full text of Executive Order # 7 is below:

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 7

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Legislature enacted the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act, P.L. 2000, c.72 (“the Act�), to address inadequacies in the quality, safety and utility of educational facilities throughout the State; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 24 (2002) directed the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“EDA�) to establish a subsidiary corporation to carry out the statutory obligations of the EDA under the Act; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 24 (2002), the EDA established the entity now known as the Schools Construction Corporation (“SCC�); and

WHEREAS, the composition of the Board of Directors of the SCC was delineated in Executive Order No. 24 (2002); and

WHEREAS, the Attorney General was added to the Board of the SCC pursuant to Executive Order No. 47 (2002); and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 3 (2006) created an Interagency Working Group to review the entire School Construction Program and the laws, regulations, and policies governing educational facilities, as well as the reorganization of the SCC; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 3 (2006) also directed the Attorney General to “provide such assistance to the Schools Construction Corporation as may be necessary to immediately review the adequacy of contracts entered into by the Corporation and to commence legal proceedings to recover monies disbursed due to design errors, overcharging for work completed, or other causes for which the Corporation has a right to seek recovery�; and

WHEREAS, the Attorney General is engaged in the review directed by Executive Order No. 3; and

WHEREAS, it is critical that the Attorney General be independent from the governance of the SCC so as to allow the Attorney General to properly oversee and investigate any possible claims or actions by or against the SCC;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JON S. CORZINE, Governor of the State of New Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:

1. Paragraph 1(a) of Executive Order No. 24 (2002), as amended, is hereby amended to replace the Attorney General as a member of the Board of Directors of the Schools Construction Corporation with a member of the Governor’s Executive Staff who has law enforcement and/or prosecutorial experience.

2. Executive Order No. 47 (2002) is hereby rescinded.

3. This Order shall take effect immediately.