Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 11A:7-13.3

  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
3. The Civil Service Commission’s Division of Equal Employment and Opportunity and Affirmative Action shall provide guidelines for the determination of qualification as a qualified person with significant disabilities. The guidelines may include a person who:

a. was or is currently a client of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;

b. meets the eligibility requirements to receive Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income on the basis of a disability, including a person who is eligible to participate in the federal Ticket to Work program authorized under the Social Security Administration;

c. qualifies for appointment under the Office of Personnel Management, Schedule A Excepted Service Hiring on the basis of a disability, Section 213.3102(u) of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations;

d. qualifies for services, supports, or benefits under programs administered by the Division of Developmental Disabilities or the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services;

e. notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary regarding civil service veteran benefits, meets the eligibility requirements for services, supports, or benefits under a program for disabled veterans administered by the United States Department of Veterans Administration or the State; or

f. meets the eligibility requirements for services, supports, or benefits under a program administered by an agency of the State that has been determined by the administrator as comparable to a program described in paragraphs a. through e. of this section.

L.2021, c.465, s.3.