NJ S4851

Excludes local library cooperatives from the definition of "contracting unit" under New Jersey's Local Public Contracts Law, exempting them from competitive bidding and public advertising requirements for contracts

Defines "local library cooperative" as a nonprofit corporation comprising academic, institutional, public, school, or special libraries organized to provide cooperative or reciprocal library services

Allows contracting units to purchase goods and services from local library cooperatives without public bidding, regardless of contract value exceeding the bid threshold

Clarifies that the existing exemption for "library and educational goods and services" from bidding requirements does not apply to goods and services provided by local library cooperatives (which receive a separate, broader exemption)