Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:18A-30

  • Department: means the State Department of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • registered mail: include "certified mail". See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any person, after being notified of his classification, being dissatisfied therewith or with the classification of another person or persons, may request in writing a hearing before the department, and may present such further evidence with respect to his financial ability, plant and equipment or prior experience, or that of the other person or persons, as might tend to justify a different classification.

Where the request for a hearing is related to the classification of another person, the applicant for the hearing shall notify such other person, by registered mail, of the time and place of hearing and at the hearing shall present to the department satisfactory evidence that such notice was given before any matters pertaining to the classification of such other person shall be taken up.

After the hearing the department may change or affirm the classification or classifications, the subject of the hearing.

L.1977, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1977.