New Jersey Statutes 44:7-31. Complaint filed when assistance improperly granted; investigation; payments suspended or canceled
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:7-31
- Assistance: means money payments to or on behalf of eligible persons. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- County welfare board: means the boards established within the several counties for the purposes of administering welfare to the needy, whether set up under the authority of this chapter or pursuant to any other laws of this State. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
- Director of old age assistance: means the chief of the State bureau of assistance. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
- Old age assistance: means assistance to aged needy persons as provided by this chapter, and, unless otherwise indicated, includes all programs of assistance for other specified classes of persons authorized to be administered by or through the county welfare boards. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
- 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
- State division: means the bureau of assistance as set up within the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
Any person who has knowledge that old age assistance is being improperly granted or administered under this chapter may file a complaint in writing with the State division setting forth the particulars of such violation. Upon receipt of such complaint, the director of old age assistance, or his representative, shall make an investigation of the allegations set forth in such complaint, or, if at any time the State division has reason to believe that assistance to aged needy persons has been improperly granted, the director, or his representative, shall cause an investigation to be made. The director of old age assistance may suspend payment of any installment pending an investigation. He shall notify the county welfare board of any proposed investigation. If it appears, as a result of any such investigation, that old age assistance was improperly granted, such assistance shall be canceled by the State division which shall immediately notify the county welfare board that it will not approve any payment made after such suspension, but if it appears, as a result of such investigation that assistance was obtained properly, the suspended payments of assistance may be payable as the State division may find is required by the circumstances.
Amended by L.1938, c. 361, p. 916, s. 19, eff. July 1, 1938.