New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 167D - LIFELINE CREDIT PROGRAM/TENANTS LIFELINE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MANUAL › Subchapter 1 - LIFELINE CREDIT PROGRAM/TENANTS LIFELINE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 10:167D-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
Annual income" means all income from whatever source derived,
				  actually received or anticipated.
"Anticipated income" means the amount of income the
				  applicant can reasonably be expected to receive during the calendar
				  year.
"Applicant" means an individual who applies or reapplies for
				  the Lifeline Credit Program or the Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program either
				  personally or through an authorized agent.
"Authorized agent" means a person who initiates the
				  application for a person who is incompetent or incapable of filing the
				  application on his or her behalf in order to receive benefits from the Lifeline
				  Credit Program or the Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program.
"Beneficiary" means an individual who has been found eligible
				  for the Lifeline Credit Program or Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program.
"Calendar year" means a year beginning January 1 and ending
				  on December 31. It is the base period utilized to determine annual income and
				  eligibility.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of
				  Human Services.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Electric utility" means every New Jersey public utility
				  which provides residential electric service, as defined in this section, and is
				  regulated by and subject to the jurisdiction of the BPU. Additionally, any
				  municipality or other governmental entity providing residential electric
				  service, as defined in this section, within the State of New Jersey, shall be
				  deemed an electric utility for the limited purposes of the Lifeline
				  Programs.
"Gas utility" means every New Jersey public utility which
				  provides residential gas service, as defined in this section, and is regulated
				  by and subject to the jurisdiction of the BPU. Additionally, any municipality
				  or other governmental entity providing residential gas service, as defined in
				  this section, within the State of New Jersey, shall be deemed a gas utility for
				  the limited purposes of the Lifeline Programs.
"Household" means all individuals who occupy one or more
				  rooms which constitute separate and distinct living quarters.
"Lifeline" means the Lifeline Credit Program and/or the
				  Tenants Lifeline Assistance Program.
"Lifeline Credit" means a benefit in the form of a credit in
				  an amount established by law made to the utility accounts of an individual who
				  has been determined to be eligible for the Lifeline Credit Program.
"Lifeline Programs" means the Lifeline Credit Program and/or
				  Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program.
"Previous year" means the calendar year preceding the year in
				  which the person is applying or reapplying for the Lifeline Programs. For
				  example, 2002 is the "previous year" when referring to an application which is
				  dated between January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003.
1. If a person who is required to submit a Federal, State or
				  City Income Tax return applies for the Lifeline Programs at the beginning of a
				  calendar year but has not yet filed an income tax return for the previous year,
				  the year preceding the previous year is considered to be the last or "previous
				  year" when completing the Lifeline Programs application.
"Resident" means a person legally domiciled within the State
				  of New Jersey for a period of 30 days immediately preceding the date of
				  application for inclusion in the Lifeline Programs. Mere seasonal or temporary
				  residence within the State, of whatever duration, does not constitute
				  domicile.
"Residential electric service" means electricity supplied by
				  an electric utility, for domestic purposes, through an individual meter to a
				  dwelling unit defined as residential by the individual tariff of the servicing
				  utility.
"Residential gas service" means gas supplied by a gas
				  utility, for domestic purposes, through an individual meter to a dwelling unit
				  defined as residential by the individual tariff of the servicing
				  utility.
"Residential utility customer" means that individual whose
				  name appears on the servicing utility's records and is responsible for payment
				  of the cost of the utilities.
"Special needs trust" means a trust containing the assets of
				  a disabled individual that is established for the sole benefit of the
				  individual by a parent, grandparent, legal guardian or court prior to the time
				  the individual reaches the age of 65. See
				  N.J.A.C.
				  10:167D-4.2(d)  for
				  provisions.
"Tenant" means an individual who is renting or leasing real
				  property as his or her principal residence, which includes, but is not limited
				  to, apartments, mobile home park sites, residential shareholders in nonprofit
				  residential cooperatives or mutual housing corporations, owners of
				  condominiums, or persons who are boarding.
"Tenants Assistance payment" means a benefit in the form of a
				  check in an amount established by law which is issued to an individual who has
				  been determined to be eligible for the Tenants' Lifeline Assistance
				  Program.
"Termination of service" means the notification by the
				  residential utility customer to the servicing utility that the residential
				  utility service is to be discontinued.
"Transferable credit" occurs when a customer moves from one
				  principal residence to another principal residence within the service territory
				  of the same electric and/or gas utility.
"Unused balance" means any portion of the Lifeline Credit not
				  applied against an eligible beneficiary's utility bill upon the termination of
				  residential electric and/or gas service.
"Viatical settlement" means the sale or cashing in of a life
				  insurance policy prior to the death of the insured, due to the fact that the
				  insured has experienced a catastrophic, life-threatening or chronic illness or
				  condition.