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NJ Rev Stat § 38:18A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18A-1 - "Veteran" and "in time of emergency" defined

38:18A-1. "Veteran" and "in time of emergency" defined  1. As used in this act, the word "veteran" means and includes any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse, or any other person, male or female, regularly enlisted or inducted, who was or shall have been a part of the active military or naval forces of the United States, and who took part or shall have taken part in any war in which the United States was engaged, or who took part or shall have taken part in the wars with the governments of Japan, Germany and Italy, or any of them, including any member of the American Merchant Marine who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, or who served or shall have served in the active military or naval service of the United States in time of emergency as herein defined, and who was a resident of this State at the time he was or shall be commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed or mustered into the active military or naval service of the United States, and who has been or shall have been given a discharge or release therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable and continues to be a resident of this State.  As used in this act the term "in time of emergency" shall mean (a) the Korean conflict and include any time after June 23, 1950, and prior to July 27, 1953 and (b) the Vietnam conflict and include any time after December 31, 1960, and prior to August 1, 1974.  L.1947,c.263,s.1; amended 1949,c.192,s.1; 1951,c.16; 1981,c.424,s.1; 1991,c.389,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:18A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18A-2 - Compensation to certain disabled veterans, spouses.

38:18A-2 Compensation to certain disabled veterans, spouses.  2. A veteran who served in the active military or naval forces of the United States and who has paraplegia and permanent paralysis of both legs and lower parts of the body, or who has osteochondritis and permanent loss of the use of both legs, or who has hemiplegia and permanent paralysis of one leg and one arm or either side of the body, resulting from injury to the spinal cord, skeletal structure, or brain, or who has had both hands, both feet, or one hand and one foot amputated, or who has lost the use of both feet or both legs, due to multiple sclerosis, sustained through enemy action, or accident, or resulting from disease contracted while in active military or naval service, shall be paid for the term of the veteran's life, and upon the veteran's death the surviving spouse, domestic partner, or partner in civil union shall be paid, the sum of $750 annually in monthly payments. Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of discharge or release of the veteran if application therefor shall be made within one year from the date of such discharge or release. If the application shall be made after one year from the date of discharge or release of the veteran, such payment shall be due and payable from the date of such application. Accrued payments to the date of certification shall be paid in one lump sum.  Nothing in P.L.1947, c.263 (C.38:18A-1 et seq.) shall be intended to include paraplegia or hemiplegia resulting from locomotor ataxia or other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system or from chronic alcohol use disorder, or to include other forms of disease resulting from the veteran's own misconduct which may produce signs and symptoms similar to those resulting from paraplegia, osteochondritis, hemiplegia, or multiple sclerosis.  L.1947, c.263, s.2; amended 1949, c.192, s.2; 1950, c.196, s.1; 1951, c.331, s.1; 1955, c.192; 1981, c.424, s.2; 1985, c.116, s.3; 2017, c.131, s.146.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:18A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18A-3 - Evidence of service and disability

38:18A-3. Evidence of service and disability  Evidence of the service and disability mentioned in this act shall be furnished to the Division of Veterans' Services of the Department of Human Services, which shall examine the same and upon being satisfied that the service was performed and the veteran has been rendered permanently paralyzed or has permanently lost the use of both legs, or has suffered amputation, as defined in section 2 of this act, shall so certify to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, who shall, upon receipt thereof, draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the applicant in the sum of $750.00 annually, which the State Treasurer shall pay out of the money appropriated therefor by the Legislature. L.1947, c. 263, p. 965, s. 3. Amended by L.1949, c. 192, p. 643, s. 3; L.1950, c. 196, p. 439, s. 2; L.1951, c. 331, p. 1168, s. 2; L.1981, c. 424, s. 3, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:18A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18A-4 - Continuation of payments

38:18A-4. Continuation of payments  Any veteran or surviving spouse receiving payments pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1947, c. 263 (C. 38:18A-1 et seq.) and who is required to, and who does, move without the State for reasons of health or employment, and any veteran who heretofore was receiving payments pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1947, c. 263 (C. 38:18A-1 et seq.) and who was required to, and who did, move without the State for reasons of health or employment, shall notwithstanding such nonresidence be entitled to continue to receive such payments. In the event such veteran or surviving spouse becomes entitled to payments from the state to which he moves pursuant to an act of such state substantially similar to this act and P.L. 1947, c. 263 (C. 38:18A-1 et seq.), such payments shall immediately cease, unless such veteran or surviving spouse shall elect to receive such payments to the exclusion of the payments of the state to which he moves.  L. 1954, c. 213, p. 788, s. 1. Amended by L. 1956, c. 207, p. 746, s. 1, eff. Jan. 4, 1957; L. 1985, c. 116, s. 4, eff. April 9, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:20-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:20-1 - "War orphans" ; "war" ; "in time of emergency" defined

38:20-1. "War orphans" ; "war" ; "in time of emergency" defined  For the purpose of this chapter, the term "war orphans" shall mean and include any child between the ages of 16 and 21 years, domiciled in this State for at least 12 months prior to the time of application for benefits under this chapter, who being otherwise qualified is the child of any resident of this State who was killed in action or died from other causes while a member of the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war or emergency, or who is officially listed as "Missing In Action" by the Department of Defense or who died or shall hereafter die of disease or disability resulting from such war or emergency service. As used in this act, "war" shall mean World War I, being any time between April 6, 1917, to July 2, 1921, and World War II, being any time between September 16, 1940, and September 2, 1945. As used in this act, the term "in time of emergency" shall mean and include any time after June 23, 1950, and prior to the termination, suspension or revocation of the proclamation of the existence of a national emergency issued by the President of the United States on December 16, 1950, or termination of the existence of such national emergency by appropriate action of the President or Congress of the United States; the term "in time of emergency" shall also mean and include any time of armed hostility or conflict with a foreign adversary after December 31, 1960, and prior to the termination of the existence of such armed hostility or conflict with a foreign adversary by appropriate action of the President or Congress of the United States. Amended by L.1944, c. 197, p. 713, s. 1; L.1951, c. 65, p. 426, s. 1; L.1955, c. 174, p. 730, s. 1, eff. July 28, 1955; L.1975, c. 225, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:20-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:20-2 - Appropriation for education; sum allotted each orphan

38:20-2. Appropriation for education; sum allotted each orphan  There is appropriated for the purposes of this chapter such sum as shall be included in any annual or supplemental appropriation act. In no case shall the sum exceed $500.00 for any one child annually. Such sum shall be used to defray the cost and expense of the attendance of any such orphan at any State educational or other technical or professional school of a secondary or college grade, approved by the State Board of Education located in this State or outside the State if the desired course is not offered by a school or college in the State. The sum so allotted in each case shall be used for tuition or matriculation fees, board and room rent, books and supplies and other purposes incidental thereto. Amended by L.1952, c. 49, p. 369, s. 1; L.1955, c. 174, p. 731, s. 2; L.1966, c. 48, s. 1, eff. May 24, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:20-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:20-3 - Application for benefits; limited allotments

38:20-3. Application for benefits; limited allotments  38:20-3. Application for such benefits shall be made to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, which shall make rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions thereof. It shall ascertain and approve the educational aptitude of the applicant for the course of study desired to be pursued in accordance with tests or standards prescribed or approved by the State Department of Education and the financial need of the applicant and may satisfy itself of the attendance of such applicants and the accuracy of the charges made by the institution which the applicant attends. No more than four annual allotments of $500.00 each shall be allowed any such applicant.  Amended 1945,c.105; 1952,c.49,s.2; 1955,c.174,s.3; 1991,c.39,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:20-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:20-4 - Allotments when child over twenty-one years

38:20-4. Allotments when child over twenty-one years  When the application of any such war orphan shall have been granted in the first instance as herein provided, then the maximum number of annual allotments provided by section 38:20-3 of this title may be granted to such applicant for and during consecutive years regardless of the fact such applicant shall be over the age of twenty-one years at the time of the granting of any such annual allotment subsequent to the first.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23-1 - Leave of absence for public officers, employees.

38:23-1 Leave of absence for public officers, employees.  38:23-1. a. A permanent or full-time temporary officer or employee of the State or of a board, commission, authority or other instrumentality of the State, or of a county, school district or municipality, who is a member of the organized reserve of the Army of the United States, United States Naval Reserve, United States Air Force Reserve or United States Marine Corps Reserve, or other organization affiliated therewith, including the National Guard of other states, shall be entitled, in addition to pay received, if any, as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, to leave of absence from his or her respective duty without loss of pay or time on all work days on which he or she shall be engaged in any period of Federal active duty, provided, however, that such leaves of absence shall not exceed 30 work days in any calendar year. Such leave of absence shall be in addition to the regular vacation or other accrued leave allowed such officer or employee. Any leave of absence for such duty in excess of 30 work days shall be without pay but without loss of time. b. Notwithstanding subsection a. of this section, a full-time temporary officer or employee who has served under such temporary appointment for less than one year shall receive for the service hereinabove described leave without pay but without loss of time. Amended 1953, c.351; 2001, c.351, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23-3 - Compensation of public officers or employees while in military or naval service

38:23-3. Compensation of public officers or employees while in military or naval service  Any officer, department, institution, committee, commission or other body of the state or any subdivision or municipality thereof, may pay in his or its discretion the whole or a part of the salaries or compensation of their employees or attaches during the time they are engaged in a branch of the military or naval service of the national government or of this state. No greater portion of the salary or compensation of a commissioned officer as an employee of a department of the state or municipal government shall be paid to him under this section than will, when added to his salary as such commissioned officer, equal the amount paid to him by the state or municipal department before entering the military or naval service.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23-4.1 - "Emergency" defined

38:23-4.1. "Emergency" defined  As used in the act to which this act is a supplement, the term "emergency" shall include, but shall not be limited to, any period of time after June twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, and prior to the termination, suspension or revocation of the proclamation of the existence of a national emergency issued by the President of the United States on December sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, or termination of the existence of such national emergency by appropriate action of the President or Congress of the United States. L.1951, c. 18, p. 50, s. 1, eff. April 2, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23-5 - No impairment to pension rights because of military service

38:23-5. No impairment to pension rights because of military service  1. No person holding any office, position or employment under the government of the State of New Jersey or of any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of the State, or under any board, body, agency or commission of the State or of any county, municipality or school district, who, heretofore and subsequent to July 1, 1940, entered or hereafter, in time of war, shall enter, or heretofore or hereafter in time of emergency entered or shall enter, the active military or naval service of the United States or the active service of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the Women's Reserve of the Naval Reserve or any similar organization authorized by the United States to serve with the Army or Navy, including service as a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and who, at the time of such entry was or is a member in good standing of any pension, retirement, or annuity fund, shall suffer the loss or impairment of any of the rights, benefits or privileges accorded by the laws governing such pension, retirement or annuity funds; and the time spent in such service by any such person shall be considered as time spent in the office, position or employment held by him at the time of his entry into such service, in all calculations of the amount of pension to which he is entitled and of the years of service required to entitle him to retire; provided, however, that in the event of the death or disability of such person while in such service the pension to be paid such person or his dependents shall be the amount, if any, remaining after calculating the amount of pension that would be paid if such person had continued to hold such office, position or employment until the time of his death or disability and had continued to receive the same compensation as he received at the time of his entry into such service.  As used in this act the term "in time of emergency" shall mean and include any time after June 23, 1950, and on or prior to January 31, 1955.  L.1942,c.252,s.1; amended 1942,c.326,s.2; 1944,c.87; 1948,c.457; 1951,c.21,s.2; 1991,c.389,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23-6 - Contributions to pension or retirement funds during military or naval service

38:23-6. Contributions to pension or retirement funds during military or naval service  During the period beginning with the time of the entry of such person into such service and ending at the earliest of (a) three months after the time of such person's discharge from such service or (b) the time such person resumes such office, position or employment or (c) the time of such person's death or disability while in such service, the proper officer of the State, county, municipality, school district, political subdivision, board, body, agency or commission shall contribute or cause to be contributed to such fund the amount required by the terms of the statute governing such fund based upon the amount of compensation received by such person prior to his entry into such service and during the period first mentioned in this section any such person receiving compensation from the State, county, municipality, school district, political subdivision, board, body, agency or commission, shall continue to contribute the amount required by statute to be paid by members of such fund and during the period first mentioned in this section any such person not receiving compensation from the State, county, municipality, school district, political subdivision, board, body, agency or commission shall not be required to contribute the amount required by statute to be paid by members of such fund, but said amount shall be contributed for such person by the State, county, municipality, school district, political subdivision, board, body, agency or commission. L.1942, c. 252, p. 693, s. 2. Amended by L.1942, c. 326, p. 1167, s. 3, eff. April 10, 1944.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23A-2 - Age limits extended for veterans

38:23A-2. Age limits extended for veterans  1. When the qualifications for any examination or test for, or appointment or election to any office, position or employment under the government of this State, or of any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of this State, or under any board, body, agency or commission of this State, or of any county, municipality or school district, includes a maximum age limit, any person who, heretofore and subsequent to July 1, 1940, entered or hereafter, in time of war, shall enter the active military or naval service of the United States or the active service of the Women's Army Corps, the Women's Reserve of the Naval Reserve or any similar organization authorized by the United States to serve with the Army or Navy, including service as a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II which is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, shall be deemed to meet such maximum age requirement, if his actual age, less the period of such service, would meet the maximum age requirement in effect on the date the person entered into such service of the United States. As used in this section the term "war" shall include the conflicts in Viet Nam and Korea.  L.1944,c.98,s.1; amended 1946,c.206; 1984,c.44; 1991,c.389,s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23A-3 - Privileges of honorably discharged veterans; persons engaged in public service

38:23A-3. Privileges of honorably discharged veterans; persons engaged in public service  Whenever in any law, any rights, privileges or benefits are granted to persons holding any appointive office, position or employment in either the State, county or municipal government by reason of having been honorably discharged from the armed services of the United States in any of its wars, such persons shall include all those engaged in the public service in any of its branches within this State. No distinction shall be made by reason of the source of the public funds from which such person is paid or the changes in or from the governmental office, position or employment to any other branch of the government within this State. L.1945, c. 175, p. 604, s. 1, eff. April 17, 1945.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23A-4 - "Veteran" and "present emergency" defined

38:23A-4. "Veteran" and "present emergency" defined  1. The word "veteran" as used in this act shall mean any person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the war by lawful federal authority, or during the present emergency, including any member of the American Merchant Marine who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, who was a resident of this State when he entered such active service, who shall have been discharged, or released, therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable and who either shall have served 90 days or shall have been discharged or released from active duty by reason of an actual service-incurred injury or disability.  The term "present emergency" as used in this act shall mean and include any time after June 23, 1950, and on or prior to January 31, 1955.  L.1946,c.51,s.1; amended 1952,c.116; 1991,c.389,s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23A-5 - Renewal or reinstatement of professional or occupational licenses

38:23A-5. Renewal or reinstatement of professional or occupational licenses  Any veteran who at the time of entering such service or within one year prior thereto was the holder of a license, registration certificate or permit, to practice any profession or to engage in any occupation, issued by any State board, body or officer, pursuant to law, which expired, lapsed or was forfeited or shall expire, lapse or be forfeited, by limitation of time for failure to renew the same, or to pay an annual license or renewal fee, shall be entitled, without examination or re-examination, upon making application therefor within six months after his said discharge or release from such service, to a renewal or reinstatement of such license, registration certificate or permit until the next renewal or termination period of such license, registration certificate or permit, upon payment of the lawful fee, if any, provided for a renewal or reinstatement thereof, and upon the giving or renewal of any bond provided to be given or renewed upon a renewal or reinstatement of such license, registration certificate or permit. L.1946, c. 51, p. 108, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:23A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:23A-6 - Rules and regulations

38:23A-6. Rules and regulations  Any such State board, body or officer may adopt rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this act. L.1946, c. 51, p. 109, s. 3.