New Jersey Statutes 30:4-67.1. Deposit, maintenance of funds; use of funds and interest
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-67.1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. The chief executive officer of any institution coming within the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections or Human Services is hereby empowered to deposit and maintain the funds of any inmate or person receiving services from the Department of Human Services, as applicable, in a special fund for the use and benefit of the inmate or person, or for the payment of the inmate’s or person’s maintenance in the institution, as a court of competent jurisdiction may by order direct. A general ledger shall be maintained in the office of each institution which shall contain a separate account for each inmate or person and indicate the amount on deposit for the inmate or person.
Any interest paid by a bank or trust company wherein the fund is maintained may be utilized by the board of managers of the institution for the use, benefit, and general welfare of the inmate population as a whole or for the use, benefit, and general welfare of the person receiving services from the Department of Human Services, as applicable.
L.1938, c.380, s.2; amended 2017, c.164, s.1.