New Jersey Statutes 34:16-52. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:16-52
- 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.
- Division: means the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. See New Jersey Statutes 34:16-20
- Vocational rehabilitation services: means diagnostic and related services (including transportation) incidental to the determination of eligibility for and the nature and scope of services to be provided. See New Jersey Statutes 34:16-20
a. “Division” means the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
b. “Citizen with a disability” means any individual who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital condition, or other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, is unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize mass transportation facilities and services as effectively as persons who are not so affected.
c. “Paratransit” means and includes any service, other than motorbus regular route service and charter services, including, but not limited to, dial-a-ride, nonregular route, jitney or community minibus, and shared-ride services such as vanpools, limousines, or taxicabs which are regularly available to the public. Paratransit shall not include limousine or taxicab service reserved for the private and exclusive use of individual passengers.
d. “Public transportation” means all rail passenger service operated by the New Jersey Transit Corporation, and all motorbus regular route service operated pursuant to P.L.1979, c.150 (C. 27:25-1 et seq.) or operated pursuant to R.S.48:4-3.
e. “Sheltered (extended) employment programs” means those programs established pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1955, c.64 (C. 34:16-27).
f. “Sheltered workshop” means a facility possessing a valid certificate to vend services to the division issued by the director thereof, in compliance with the rules and regulations governing vocational rehabilitation facilities.
L.1987, c.455, s.2; amended 2017, c.131, s.144.