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NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-1.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-1.4 - No liability

30:6-1.4. No liability  An individual or organization providing information to the commission in accordance with this amendatory and supplementary act shall not be deemed to be or held liable for divulging confidential information.  L. 1986, c. 147, s. 6, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-1.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-1.5 - Voluntary use of services

30:6-1.5. Voluntary use of services  Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any individual to receive services from the commission.  L. 1986, c. 147, s. 7, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-2 - Aiding the blind; loans, stock, tools furnished; repayment

30:6-2. Aiding the blind; loans, stock, tools furnished; repayment  The commission during each fiscal year may expend such sum as shall be appropriated, for the practical encouragement, by loans of capital, of stock in trade, or of tools and apparatus, to blind persons desirous of earning a living by any form of business or productive activity. The commission may also loan any of the moneys provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the amelioration of the condition of the blind, and contract for the repayment of the same, and the moneys when repaid shall form a part of the fund to be kept and maintained by the board for its work.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-11 - Funds for training of blind; contributions from federal government

30:6-11. Funds for training of blind; contributions from federal government  When, upon investigation, the commission finds that any blind person who is a resident of this State may be enabled to earn his living in part or in whole, by a course of special instruction or training, the commission may, within the limit of available appropriations, grant sufficient funds to, or in behalf of, a blind individual for the purpose of defraying the cost of board, tuition, travel expenses, tools, and other necessary training charges. The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, or its duly authorized representative, is hereby empowered to negotiate with and enter into co-operative agreements with the Federal Government for the purpose of receiving contributions therefrom for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind and any funds so received shall be paid into the State treasury and held for the use of the commission to be used, together with funds obtained from the State and from other sources for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind, and for the payment and reimbursement due and growing out of the commission's administration of the State plan for the rehabilitation of the blind which shall include the setting up of necessary rules, regulations, standards, policies and methods of administration in conformity with applicable Federal law and regulation for promoting and carrying through the vocational rehabilitation of blind individuals. Any Federal funds received for administrative purposes shall be made available to the commission as part of its annual appropriation. Amended by L.1944, c. 241, p. 802, s. 2; L.1967, c. 197, s. 1, eff. Aug. 15, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-13 - Surgical or medical treatment

30:6-13. Surgical or medical treatment  If the commission, upon examination, finds that a blind individual may have any disability benefited or removed by proper surgical operation, or medical treatment, according to the evidence of a qualified specialist, the commission may expend for such surgical operation or medical treatment those funds which may be available for the purpose in order to treat, remedy, or remove such disability. Amended by L.1944, c. 241, p. 803, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-15 - Inquiries; annual report

30:6-15. Inquiries; annual report  The commission is empowered to make inquiries concerning the causes of blindness and the proportion of cases within the State which is preventable and is entitled to receive the cooperation of other State and local government agencies in making these inquiries. The commission shall publish an annual report, including, but not limited to, incidence and prevalence rates of blind and visually impaired persons in all areas of the State.  Amended by L. 1986, c. 147, s. 2, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-15.1 - Permit for operation of stand in public building, grounds and premises by blind person

30:6-15.1. Permit for operation of stand in public building, grounds and premises by blind person  It shall be lawful for the head of any department, board, agency, or governing body in charge of any State, county or municipal building, grounds and premises, to grant priority and preference to the New Jersey State Commission for the Blind in the issuance of a permit to operate in such building, grounds and premises, under their control, a stand, with or without mechanical machines, for the vending of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, and such other articles as may be approved; provided, however, that such stand, with or without mechanical machines, shall be operated by a blind person under the supervision and control of the said New Jersey Commission for the Blind. Such blind person must be 21 years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State for 1 year immediately prior to the date of his application for a stand, with or without mechanical machines. In buildings, grounds and premises where a stand, with or without mechanical machines, now exists the present operator shall not be removed, but when such operator ceases to operate such stand, with or without mechanical machines, priority and preference for the further operation of the stand, with or without mechanical machines, shall be granted to the New Jersey Commission for the Blind. L.1938, c. 349, p. 877, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1938. Amended by L.1962, c. 59, s. 1; L.1963, c. 81, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-15.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-15.2 - Exemption from license fee, rental or other charge

30:6-15.2. Exemption from license fee, rental or other charge  No license fee, rental, or other charge shall be demanded, exacted, required or received for the granting of such permit or for the operation of such stand. L.1938, c. 349, p. 877, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-15.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-15.3 - Administration of State's vending machine program; use of revenues

30:6-15.3. Administration of State's vending machine program; use of revenues  1. The State's vending machine program for State properties shall be administered by the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired in the Department of Human Services. There is appropriated annually to the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired the amount of revenue from the audits or other collection activities of the State's vending machine program. From these revenues, an annual amount shall be appropriated to provide vision screening services and other prevention services within the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired based on available funding and program need, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. In each fiscal year, there shall be a maximum amount allowable for costs within the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired to administer the vending machine program and for audits or other collection activities. The maximum amount of administrative costs permitted shall be no more than 15% of the revenue collected in the respective fiscal year, and in no case shall exceed $130,000. This amount shall also be subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. L.1999,c.146,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-15.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-15.4 - Appropriation of excess revenues

30:6-15.4. Appropriation of excess revenues  2. At the discretion of the Commissioner of Human Services, revenues in excess of the amounts budgeted to expand vision screening services and other prevention services and associated administrative costs may be appropriated: a. to return up to 25% of the revenue received from respective Department of Human Services facilities to the facilities to be used for client welfare programs when not needed for vision screening and other prevention services; b. to provide liability insurance for clients of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired who are operators of vending facilities in the commission's Business Enterprise Program; and c. to expand vision screening and other prevention services. L.1999,c.146,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-15.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-15.5 - Appropriation of unexpended balance

30:6-15.5. Appropriation of unexpended balance  3. The unexpended balance of vending machine program receipts at the end of the State fiscal year on June 30, 1999 and any subsequent fiscal year shall be appropriated to expand vision screening services and other prevention services. L.1999,c.146,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-16 - Instruction of certain persons; children; rates.

30:6-16 Instruction of certain persons; children; rates.  30:6-16. An annual sum, the per capita amount of which for each pupil shall be fixed by the State House Commission, when appropriated by the Legislature, may be applied by the commission mentioned in R.S.30:6-1 for the instruction or placing for instruction in a suitable and convenient institution or elsewhere, persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf blind, blind, visually impaired, or with a developmental disability or mental deficiency and who are residents of the State as the board may select. Whenever deemed necessary by the commission, blind babies and young children with physical or intellectual disabilities whose needs cannot be met in other institutions for the blind shall be sent to some convenient and suitable institution in the State where special hospital care, instruction and support can be provided but the rate to be paid by the State including clothing and necessary transportation shall not exceed the rate fixed by the State House Commission. The rate to be paid for any blind child placed in an institution outside the State, including clothing shall not exceed the per capita rate fixed by the State House Commission. amended 1944, c.241, s.4; 1965, c.59, s.90; 2010, c.50, s.51.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-17 - Policy of state

30:6-17. Policy of state  It is the policy of the State to assist blind persons, and organizations established to aid blind persons, in the sale of goods or articles which are the product of blind workers' labor by providing a means of authenticating the source of such goods and articles and by preventing misrepresentation as to items offered for sale as the product of blind persons. L.1964, c. 290, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-18 - Definitions

30:6-18. Definitions  As used in this act: (a) "Blind person" means a person whose vision in his better eye with proper correction does not exceed 20/200 or who has a field defect in his better eye with proper correction which contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. (b) "Goods or articles made by blind persons" shall be construed to mean goods or articles in the manufacture of which not less than 75% of the total hours of direct labor is performed by a blind person or persons. (c) "Direct labor" means all work required for the preparation, processing and assembling goods or articles including the packaging and packing thereof, but not including time spent in the supervision, administration, inspection and shipping of such operations, or in the production of component materials by other than blind persons. L.1964, c. 290, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-19 - Identification of goods; registration; fees

30:6-19. Identification of goods; registration; fees  To facilitate ready and authoritative identification of goods or articles made by blind persons, any blind person and any public or private institution or agency, firm, association or corporation engaged in the manufacture or distribution of goods or articles made by a blind person or persons shall apply to the Commission for the Blind for a registration and authorization to use an official imprint, stamp, symbol or label, designed or approved by the commission, to identify goods and articles as made by the blind persons. Nothing in this act shall authorize the identification of goods or articles as made by blind persons when the direct labor performed by blind persons in connection therewith shall consist solely of the packaging or packing thereof as distinguished from the preparation, processing or assembling of such goods or articles. The commission shall investigate each application, under rules and regulations it shall adopt for the administration of this act, to assure that such person or organization is actually engaged in the manufacture or distribution of blind-made goods or articles. The commission may register, without investigation, nonresident individuals and out-of-state agencies, firms, associations or corporations upon proof that they are recognized and approved by the state of their residence or organization pursuant to a law of such state imposing requirements substantially similar to those prescribed pursuant to this act. No fee shall be charged for registration of an individual blind person who manufactures and sells products of his own labor. A fee of $5.00 shall be charged and collected for registration of any other person, firm or corporation. All registrations shall be valid for 1 year from date of issue. L.1964, c. 290, s. 3. Amended by L.1975, c. 349, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-20 - Necessity for identification; prerequisites

30:6-20. Necessity for identification; prerequisites  No goods or articles made in this or any other State may be displayed, advertised, offered for sale or sold in this State upon a representation that the same are made by blind persons unless the same are identified as such by label, imprint, stamp or symbol, and no such goods or articles may be so identified unless at least 75% of the total hours of direct labor of producing such goods or articles shall have been performed by a blind person or persons. L.1964, c. 290, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-21 - Labeling

30:6-21. Labeling  Any blind workman, or any public or private institution or agency, corporation, firm or association, registered with the commission pursuant to this act, engaged in the manufacture or distribution of articles of merchandise, made or manufactured by a blind person or persons, shall imprint or stamp upon such articles of merchandise or affix thereto labels containing the words, "made by a blind workman or made by the blind, or blind-made," to which shall be added the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture and such other information as the commission may prescribe. L.1964, c. 290, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-22 - Violations; penalties

30:6-22. Violations; penalties  Any person, firm, corporation, institution or association, who (a) shall use or employ an imprint, stamp, symbol or label issued or approved by the Commission for the Blind or an imitation thereof without having registered with the commission, or (b) who shall directly or indirectly by any means indicate or tend to indicate or represent that the goods or articles were made by a blind person or persons when in fact such goods or articles were not so made, or (c) who shall directly or indirectly by any means indicate or tend to indicate or represent that the goods or articles were sold by or for the benefit of the blind when in fact such sale was not by or of substantial benefit to a blind person or persons is a disorderly person and punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year or both such fine or imprisonment. L.1964, c. 290, s. 6. Amended by L.1975, c. 349, s. 2, eff. March 3, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-23 - Purpose.

30:6-23 Purpose.  1. The purpose of P.L.1981, c.488 (C.30:6-23 et seq.) is to further the policy of the State to encourage and assist persons who are blind or have a severe disability to achieve maximum personal independence through productive employment by assuring a continuous market for their commodities and services, thereby enhancing their dignity and capacity for self-support and minimizing their dependence on welfare and the need for costly institutionalization. L.1981, c.488, s.1; amended 2017, c.131, s.123.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-24 - Definitions.

30:6-24 Definitions.  2. As used in this act: a. "Blind person" or "person who is blind" means a person whose vision in the better eye with proper correction does not exceed 20/200 or who has a field defect in the better eye with proper correction which contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. b. "Central Nonprofit Agency" means the agency designated by the commissioner pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1981, c.488 (C.30:6-28).  c. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. d. "Rehabilitation facility" means a rehabilitation facility located in this State which qualifies as a charitable organization or institution under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is conducted on a nonprofit basis for the purpose of carrying out a recognized program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental disability or injury and of providing these individuals with remunerative employment or other occupational rehabilitative activity of an educational or therapeutic nature as defined in section 525.1 et seq. of the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 29 U.S.C. s. 201 et seq. and related codes, and which is engaged in the production of commodities or the provision of services in connection with which not less than 75 percent of the total hours of direct labor is performed by persons who are blind or who have a severe disability, excluding any hours of supervision, administration, inspection, or shipping.  e. "Person with a severe disability" means a person with a physical, mental, or emotional disability, other than blindness but including a visual impairment, which substantially impairs employment and prevents that person from currently engaging in typical competitive employment.  f. "State agency" means an agency of State government. L.1981, c.488, s.2; amended 1991, c.147, s.2; 2017, c.131, s.124.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-25 - Commodities and Services Council established.

30:6-25 Commodities and Services Council established.  3. There is established in the Department of Human Services, the Commodities and Services Council for persons who are blind or who have a severe disability. The council shall consist of the Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services; the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property; the Chief of the Bureau of State Use Industries; the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services; the Executive Director of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; the President of the New Jersey Association for Choices in Community Supports and Employment Services; or their designees; three citizens as at-large members, at least one of whom shall be a person who is blind, and at least one of whom shall represent the private business sector. The at-large members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of three years, except that of the first at-large members appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year.  L.1981, c.488, s.3; amended 1991, c.147, s.3; 1999, c.91, s.12; 2017, c.131, s.125.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-26 - Annual organization; chairman; expenses

30:6-26. Annual organization; chairman; expenses  The members of the council shall organize annually by the selection of one of their members to serve as chairman. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1981, c. 488, s. 4, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-27 - Duties of the council.

30:6-27 Duties of the council.  5. The duties of the council shall include: a. Developing through the Central Nonprofit Agency a list of commodities and services which shall be set aside for purchase through approved rehabilitation facilities and establishing a fair market price for those commodities and services.  b. Recommending to the commissioner an agency to be designated as the Central Nonprofit Agency.  c. Encouraging the purchase of commodities and services of persons who are blind or who have a severe disability by political subdivisions of the State.  L.1981, c.488, s.5; amended 1991, c.147, s.4; 2017, c.131, s.126.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-28 - Designation of central nonprofit agency

30:6-28. Designation of central nonprofit agency  The commissioner shall designate a nonprofit agency to facilitate the distribution of orders received from various State agencies for commodities and services on the set-aside list among approved rehabilitation facilities and to insure the effective and efficient administration of this act.  L.1981,c.488,s.6; amended 1991,c.147,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:6-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:6-29 - Functions, operations of central nonprofit agency

30:6-29. Functions, operations of central nonprofit agency  The functions and operations of the Central Nonprofit Agency shall include but not be limited to the following:  a. Receiving and processing all applications from approved rehabilitation facilities for the setting aside of specific commodities and services to be provided by the applying facilities;  b. Reviewing and certifying the capabilities of an applying facility to provide a specific commodity or service in keeping with quality standards, quantity and timely delivery requirements;  c. Preparing a detailed annual report for submission to the council; d. Establishing and publishing a list of commodities and services provided by approved facilities, with timely revisions for distribution to all purchasing agents of the State and its political subdivisions.  L.1981,c.488,s.7; amended 1991,c.147,s.6.