Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:10-38.14

  • budget: means the budget of a local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • 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.
  • fiscal year: means the period for which a local unit adopts a budget, as required pursuant to the "Local Budget Law" N. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
4. The joint insurance fund shall maintain an Internet website. The purpose of the website shall be to provide increased public access to the joint insurance fund’s operations and activities. The following information, if applicable, shall be posted on the joint insurance fund’s website:

a. a description of the joint insurance fund’s mission and responsibilities;

b. the budget once adopted for the current and immediately prior fiscal years. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C. 4:24-20.1 et al.), the budgets of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website;

c. the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and the annual independent audit or other similar financial information;

d. the annual independent audit for the most recent fiscal year and the immediately prior fiscal year. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C. 4:24-20.1 et al.), the annual audits of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website;

e. the joint insurance fund’s official policy statements, bylaws, risk management plan and cash investment policy plan that are deemed relevant by the commissioners to the interests of the residents within the jurisdiction of the fund members;

f. notice, posted pursuant to the “Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act,” P.L.1975, c.231 (C. 10:4-6 et seq.), of a meeting of the insurance fund commissioners, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting;

g. the minutes of each meeting of the insurance fund commissioners including all resolutions of the commission and their committees for the current fiscal year. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C. 4:24-20.1 et al.), the approved minutes of meetings for at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website;

h. the name, mailing address, electronic mail address, if available, and phone number of every person who exercises day-to-day supervision or management over some or all of the operations of the joint insurance fund; and

i. a list of attorneys, advisors, consultants, and any other person, firm, business, partnership, corporation, or other organization which received any remuneration of $17,500 or more during the preceding fiscal year for any service whatsoever rendered directly to the joint insurance fund. For the purposes of this section, “rendered directly to the joint insurance fund” shall not include claim payments to service providers for services rendered to third party claimants, individual joint insurance fund members, their employees, or eligible dependents arising out of claims made under the benefit plans provided through the joint insurance fund.

L.2011, c.167, s.4.