New Jersey Statutes 44:7-86. Eligibility; determination of amount
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:7-86
- Assistance: means money payments to or on behalf of eligible persons. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. 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
Any person whose income, including any basic payment, is below the public assistance standard established by the commissioner and the government pursuant to the Federal Act is eligible for supplementary payments. The existence of an essential person may be considered in determining the amount of any supplementary payment made to an eligible person.
L.1973, c. 256, s. 2, eff. Nov. 28, 1973.