New Jersey Statutes 38A:3-6a. Criteria for designation as “veteran,” “disabled veteran.”
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 38A:3-6a
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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
1. a. The Adjutant General of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs shall determine whether any person seeking to be considered a “veteran” or a “disabled veteran” under N.J.S.11A:5-1, N.J.S.18A:66-2, or a “veteran” under section 6 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C. 43:15A-6) or section 1 of P.L.1983, c.391 (C. 43:16A-11.7), meets the criteria set forth therein and shall be considered a veteran or disabled veteran, as appropriate, for the purposes of these laws. The Adjutant General of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs shall adjudicate an appeal from any person disputing the decision of the Adjutant General as to whether a person is to be considered a veteran or disabled veteran, as appropriate, for the purposes of these laws. The Adjutant General shall promptly notify the public entity responsible for administering each such law of the determination of the Adjutant General, and the determination shall be binding on such public entities.
b. The Adjutant General of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs shall promulgate, in accordance with the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2000,c.127,s.1.