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NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-127 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-127 - Revocation of order for continued assistance

44:8-127. Revocation of order for continued assistance  The director of welfare may in his discretion summarily revoke any order for continued assistance whenever it shall appear that the person is no longer needy with the meaning of this act or will be otherwise adequately provided for. L.1947, c. 156, p. 699, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-128 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-128 - Determination annually of "preceding year's ratables" and public assistance loads of municipalities

44:8-128. Determination annually of "preceding year's ratables" and public assistance loads of municipalities  In each year, the commissioner shall ascertain and determine as to each municipality in the State: (a) The sum total of the net valuation taxable, and the value of the second-class railroad property, therein, as exhibited in the abstract of ratables of the several counties for the preceding year as made out by the State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance and filed in the office of the State Comptroller, which sum total shall be known as the municipalities "preceding year's ratables" ; (b) The cost of public assistance, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, for the preceding year therein, which shall be known as the municipalities "preceding year's public assistance load" ; (c) The cost of public assistance, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, for the current year therein, which shall be known as the municipalities "current year's public assistance load" ; (d) The number of mills on each dollar of the "preceding year's ratables" which would have to be levied in each municipality to raise an amount equal to the "preceding year's public assistance load" which millage shall be known as the municipalities "preceding year's public assistance millage." In determining any municipality's "preceding year's public assistance load" and "current year's public assistance load," the commissioner may include therein the cost to the municipality of public assistance paid or payable by the welfare board of the county. L.1947, c. 156, p. 699, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-129 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-129 - Determining amount of State aid

44:8-129. Determining amount of State aid  23. In each year the commissioner shall determine the amount of State aid which each municipality or county, as appropriate, shall receive in such year, and the same shall be distributed by the commissioner among the various municipalities and counties making application therefor to the commissioner before July 1 of such year, except those in which public assistance shall be administered by the commissioner for all or any part of such year, by the payment to each municipality or county of 100% of its "current year's public assistance load." L.1947,c.156,s.23; amended 1968,c.139,s.3; 1990,c.66,s.6; 1995,c.259,s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-130 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-130 - Advance payments to municipality before determination of "current year's public assistance load"

44:8-130. Advance payments to municipality before determination of "current year's public assistance load"  The commissioner may make payments, from time to time, under the above stated formula to any such municipality in advance of the determination of such municipality's "current year's public assistance load" on the basis of estimates made by him of such municipality's "current year's public assistance load" making such adjustments in later payments to each such municipality as may be required when such municipality's actual "current year's public assistance load" is determined. L.1947, c. 156, p. 701, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-131 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-131 - Deductions from amount of State aid payable to municipalities

44:8-131. Deductions from amount of State aid payable to municipalities  The commissioner shall deduct from the amount of the State aid payable to any municipality in any one year an amount equal to the amount by which the State aid paid to the municipality exceeded the cost of public assistance to the municipality, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, or the total amount of State aid payable to such municipality, for any preceding year and if the amount of State aid payable to any such municipality in any year does not equal the amount of such excess the director shall withhold any State aid due the municipality for the succeeding and for subsequent years if necessary until the amount of State aid withheld from the municipality equals the total amount of such excess. L.1947, c. 156, p. 701, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-132 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-132 - Counties furnishing hospitalization in maternity hospitals

44:8-132. Counties furnishing hospitalization in maternity hospitals  State aid shall also be payable to any county furnishing hospitalization in a county maternity hospital to nonpaying patients, who are bona fide public assistance cases, on the basis of the per diem rate currently fixed by the department for maternity hospitalization for mother or child, as the case may be, by multiplying the number of patient days of such hospitalization at said rate by the "public assistance percentage" of the several municipalities in which such patients respectively resided at the time of such hospitalization for the current year, which State aid shall be payable from time to time upon the filing with the commissioner by the president or chief executive officer of such county maternity hospital of statements under oath, in such form as shall be required by the commissioner, setting forth the hospitalization so rendered to each nonpaying patient, that each such patient is a bona fide public assistance case and any additional information which may be required by the commissioner, and shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county by the commissioner, as other payments of State aid are made, out of the Municipal Aid Fund or other funds appropriated from the State treasury for such purposes. L.1947, c. 156, p. 702, s. 26.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-133 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-133 - Commissioner to administer public assistance in municipality when

44:8-133. Commissioner to administer public assistance in municipality when  The commissioner shall administer public assistance in any year, (a) In any municipality, in which the "preceding year's public assistance millage" for such year is more than 7.0 mills, which shall make application in writing to him, on or before the first day of March of such year, to have him take over the administration of public assistance in such municipality for such year, and (b) In any municipality in which public assistance was being administered by him during the preceding year, which does not elect to administer its own public assistance by giving notice to that effect to the commissioner as provided in this act; and, in either case, public assistance shall be administered in such municipality as hereinafter provided. L.1947, c. 156, p. 702, s. 27.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-134 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-134 - Duties of municipality when public assistance is administered by commissioner

44:8-134. Duties of municipality when public assistance is administered by commissioner  In any municipality in which public assistance shall be administered by the commissioner during any year, (a) All books, records, supplies, equipment or other property in the possession or custody of any board, body or official of such municipality, relating to the administration and payment of public assistance, shall be delivered forthwith to the commissioner; (b) The municipality shall make, or shall have made, an appropriation for the cost of administration of public assistance in such municipality for such year in an amount not less than the amount appropriated by it for the cost of administration of public assistance for the preceding year and shall make, or shall have made, an appropriation for public assistance, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, for such year in an amount not less than 1.0 mills of its "preceding year's ratables" ; (c) All obligations incurred by the municipality for the cost of administration of public assistance in such year prior to the taking over the administration of public assistance therein by the commissioner, if any, and all obligations incurred for the cost of administration of public assistance in said municipality thereafter during such year shall be paid, from time to time, by the municipality out of its appropriation for the administration of public assistance for such year according to the orders of the commissioner and not otherwise, so far as such appropriation will permit, and any remainder of such obligations shall be paid, from time to time, by the commissioner as such municipality's State aid for said year, according to orders drawn by him, out of the Municipal Aid Fund or other funds appropriated from the State treasury for such purposes, as other payments of State aid are made; (d) All obligations incurred for public assistance in such municipality for such year, prior to the taking over of the administration thereof by the commissioner, if any, and all obligations incurred for public assistance in such municipality thereafter during such year shall be paid, from time to time, by the municipality on the orders of the commissioner and not otherwise, out of its appropriation for public assistance for such year, so far as such appropriation will permit; and then, out of any balance for State aid, if any, remaining in its "public assistance trust fund account" applicable to the cost of public assistance in such municipality for such year, so far as such balance will permit, and any remainder of such obligations shall be paid, from time to time, by the commissioner, as such municipality's State aid for said year, according to orders drawn by him, out of the Municipal Aid Fund or other funds appropriated from the State treasury for such purposes, as other payments of State aid are made. L.1947, c. 156, p. 703, s. 28.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-135 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-135 - Election of municipality to administer its own public assistance in following year

44:8-135. Election of municipality to administer its own public assistance in following year  If any municipality, in which public assistance is being administered by the commissioner in any year, shall give notice in writing to the commissioner, before the first day of January of the next year, of its election to administer its own public assistance in such next year, such municipality shall thereafter, beginning with said first day of January, administer its own public assistance and be entitled to receive State aid in accordance with the formula set forth in section twenty-three of this act, but such municipality may in any succeeding year make application to the commissioner, as provided in this act, to administer its public assistance. L.1947, c. 156, p. 704, s. 29.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-136 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-136 - Election of municipality to administer its own public assistance during current year

44:8-136. Election of municipality to administer its own public assistance during current year  Any municipality, in which the commissioner is administering public assistance pursuant to the provisions of this act in any year, may elect to administer its own public assistance in such year by giving notice in writing of such election to the commissioner on or before the first day of March of such year and thereafter the limitations imposed upon such municipality under section twenty-eight of this act shall cease and such municipality shall administer its own public assistance and shall be entitled to receive State aid for such year in accordance with the formula set forth in section twenty-three of this act, less such sums, if any, as have already been paid, and such obligations, if any, as have already been incurred and as shall be payable, by the commissioner, for the cost of administration of public assistance and for public assistance in such municipality for such year, out of the Municipal Aid Fund or other funds appropriated from the State treasury for such purposes. L.1947, c. 156, p. 704, s. 30.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-137 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-137 - Municipality or county to pay cost of administration

44:8-137. Municipality or county to pay cost of administration  31. The cost of administration of public assistance within any municipality or county, as appropriate, shall be paid by that municipality or county, as appropriate, and no part thereof shall be paid by the State except as provided in section 28 of P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-134). L.1947,c.156,s.31; amended 1995,c.259,s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-138 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-138 - "Public assistance trust fund account"

44:8-138. "Public assistance trust fund account"  Every payment for State aid made pursuant to this act to a municipality shall be made to the treasurer of the municipality and shall be deposited by him in a "public assistance trust fund account" and shall be used only for payment on account of the cost of public assistance, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, for the year for which such State aid is granted and any balance remaining in such "public assistance trust fund account" after all such payments have been made or provided for, shall be used for payment on account of the cost of public assistance in such municipality, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, for the next succeeding year. L.1947, c. 156, p. 705, s. 32.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-139 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-139 - Transfer of current budget appropriation for public assistance

44:8-139. Transfer of current budget appropriation for public assistance  No municipality receiving State aid for relief for any year shall, during said year, make any transfer of its current budget appropriation for public assistance for said year to any other current budget appropriation. L.1947, c. 156, p. 705, s. 33.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-140 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-140 - False statements by applicants

44:8-140. False statements by applicants  Any person applying for public assistance under the provisions of this act who shall make any false statement and by reason thereof receives benefits under the provisions of this act in excess of those to which he is or was actually entitled, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1947, c. 156, p. 705, s. 34.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-140.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-140.1 - Civil, criminal penalties for fraudulent receipt of benefits or payments for general public assistance

44:8-140.1 Civil, criminal penalties for fraudulent receipt of benefits or payments for general public assistance  1. A person who willfully obtains benefits to which he is not entitled and a provider who willfully receives payments to which he is not entitled under the "Work First New Jersey General Public Assistance Act," P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.), shall be subject to the applicable civil and criminal penalties contained in the "New Jersey Medical Assistance and Health Services Act," P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.). L.1999,c.309,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-142 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-142 - Officers and board members failing to comply

44:8-142. Officers and board members failing to comply  If any municipal officer, board or body shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this act, such officer, and members of such board or body shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1947, c. 156, p. 705, s. 36.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-143 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-143 - Repeal

44:8-143. Repeal  The following acts together with all amendments thereof and supplements thereto are repealed: An act to provide for the protection, welfare of and financial assistance to certain needy persons in the State of New Jersey, providing for the administration thereof, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, approved June eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty (P.L.1940, c. 130); An act concerning the disbursement of certain State moneys and making an appropriation for the administration thereof, passed June twenty-fifth, one thousand nine hundred and forty (P.L.1940, c. 151); An act to abolish the State Financial Assistance Commission, to provide for the completion of said commission's affairs by the State Municipal Aid Administration, and to repeal chapter eight of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes, approved July eighth, one thousand nine hundred and forty (P.L.1940, c. 183); An act concerning the administration of relief, approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (P.L.1941, c. 28); An act to provide for the physical rehabilitation by the State Municipal Aid Administration of certain persons heretofore or hereafter rejected for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, for physical disability, under the Federal Selective Training and Service Acts and transferring and appropriating the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) from the sums heretofore transferred and appropriated to the State Municipal Aid Administration, to provide for the payment of the cost thereof, approved October third, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (P.L.1942, c. 306), but the repeal thereof shall not revive any acts or parts of acts repealed thereby. L.1947, c. 156, p. 706, s. 37.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-144 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-144 - Laws saved from repeal or modification

44:8-144. Laws saved from repeal or modification  This act shall not be construed to repeal, alter or modify the provisions of chapter one of Title 44, or chapter four of Title 44, of the Revised Statutes except to the extent herein otherwise expressly provided nor to repeal, alter, amend or modify the provisions of chapter seven of Title 44, or chapter five of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes or of "An act concerning the legal settlement of certain needy persons, providing for the administration of public assistance in certain cases and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof and repealing sections ten to fifteen, both inclusive, and sections twenty-one to twenty-four, both inclusive, of "An act to provide for the protection, welfare of and financial assistance to certain needy persons in the State of New Jersey, providing for the administration thereof, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof,' approved June eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty (P.L.1940, c. 130)," approved August fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (P.L.1941, c. 357). L.1947, c. 156, p. 707, s. 38.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-145 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-145 - Revision of prior laws, construction as; existing positions not affected

44:8-145. Revision of prior laws, construction as; existing positions not affected  This act shall be construed as a revision of prior laws and its provisions not inconsistent with those of prior laws shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and neither the enactment of this act, nor the repeal of the acts herein repealed, shall abolish, or in any manner affect, any office, position or employment, or any board, commission or public body existing at the time of the enactment of this act, or the tenure, term or salary of any holder or member thereof. L.1947, c. 156, p. 707, s. 39.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-145.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-145.1 - Transfer from municipal to county welfare agency

44:8-145.1. Transfer from municipal to county welfare agency  28. a. A municipality may, by mutual agreement with the county in which it is located, provide for the transfer from its municipal welfare agency to the county welfare agency of the financial and operational responsibility for the administration of general public assistance provided pursuant to P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.) to residents of that municipality. In that event, the municipal welfare agency shall be abolished and all its functions, powers and duties transferred to the county welfare agency no later than the 60th day after the effective date of the transfer. L.1995,c.259,s.28.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-145.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-145.2 - Appointment of assistant county welfare director

44:8-145.2. Appointment of assistant county welfare director  29. Each county welfare director may appoint a person to serve as assistant county welfare director for general public assistance or to another supervisory position to be responsible for the administration of general public assistance in that county. L.1995,c.259,s.29.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-145.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-145.3 - Allocation of functions, powers, and duties

44:8-145.3. Allocation of functions, powers, and duties  30. The county welfare director of each county is authorized to allocate the functions, powers and duties of each municipal welfare agency in the county transferred pursuant to P.L.1995, c.259 (C.40A:4-6.1 et al.) among the existing offices in the county welfare agency. L.1995,c.259,s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-145.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-145.4 - Employees transferred, remuneration, service intact; provision of services to municipal agency permitted

44:8-145.4. Employees transferred, remuneration, service intact; provision of services to municipal agency permitted  31. a. A person who is a full-time employee of a municipal welfare agency, or who works on a full-time basis for municipal welfare agencies in two or more municipalities, on the effective date of P.L.1995, c.259 (C.40A:4-6.1 et al.) who is transferred to the county welfare agency of the county in which the municipality is located pursuant to section 28 of P.L.1995, c.259 (C.44:8-145.1), shall suffer no reduction in remuneration or the length of service credited to that employee. b. A county and municipality may arrange, subject to mutual agreement, for one or more former municipal welfare agency employees who are employed by the county welfare agency to continue to provide services from a municipal building. L.1995,c.259,s.31.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:8-145.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:8-145.5 - Rules, regulations

44:8-145.5. Rules, regulations  32. The Commissioner of Human Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of section 16 through section 32 of P.L.1995, c.259 (C.44:8-111 through C.44:8-145.5). L.1995,c.259,s.32.