New Jersey Statutes 43:17-24. Assistance applications
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:17-24
- 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
43:17-24. All applications for assistance shall be referred to the trustees for their investigation and approval or disapproval. The trustees shall report their findings and recommendations to the board of representatives which may adopt or approve the same, or make its own determination in accordance with the provisions of R.S.43:17-35 and the rules and regulations adopted by the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association.
No person shall be given assistance if the cause of the need or the reason for the disability or the nature or cause of the injury or sickness is not in the opinion of the board of representatives such as to entitle the applicant to assistance, or if the applicant is deemed financially unworthy of assistance.
Amended 1996, c.151, s.21.