Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:1A-74

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2. The Commissioner of Transportation shall, after consulting with other relevant departments and agencies, adopt reasonable regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of P.L.1987, c.99 (C. 27:1A-73 et seq.) pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). The regulations shall include a procedure by which the commissioner shall:

a. issue an identification card , upon certification of a physician or upon certification of another person as prescribed by the commissioner, that a person with disabilities requires the assistance of a travel attendant in order to use public transportation; and

b. automatically issue an identification card to a person determined by the New Jersey Transit Corporation, after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.64, to be eligible for its Access Link service at the time of that determination. For a person determined eligible for Access Link service prior to the effective date of P.L.2020, c.64, the commissioner shall issue an identification card within 60 days after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.64 or immediately upon request of the eligible person, whichever shall be earlier.

L.1987, c.99, s.2; amended 2017, c.20, s.9; 2017, c.131, s.114; 2020, c.64, s.3.