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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 78 - ADMINISTRATION OF VICTIM AND WITNESS ADVOCACY FUND › Subchapter 5 - ALLOCATION AND DISBURSEMENT FROM FUND › Section 13:78-5.6 - Notification of grant awards

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(a) The Director shall notify each county prosecutor of the grant award for the county Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy by letter.
(b) The Director shall notify county prosecutors applying for additional funds, other public entities, eligible public entities and eligible not-for-profit organizations whose funding applications have been found, by the Director, to satisfy the statutory criteria concerning victim and witness assistance or advocacy by letter.
(c) The Director shall forward grant agreements to the Attorney General or designee, who shall execute the grant agreements on behalf of the State. A grant agreement must be fully executed before any moneys can be disbursed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 78 - ADMINISTRATION OF VICTIM AND WITNESS ADVOCACY FUND › Subchapter 6 - USE OF FUND DISBURSEMENTS › Section 13:78-6.1 - Use of Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund by county Offices of Victim-Witness Advocacy or other public entities

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Grant awards from the Fund, which are disbursed to the county Offices of Victim-Witness Advocacy or other public entities shall implement the legislative mandates and the Attorney General Standards and shall not supplant budgeted funding or any other available funding currently in existence. These grant awards may be used to hire and train personnel to provide services in accordance with the legislative mandates and the Attorney General Standards, to enhance victim-witness waiting rooms, to purchase computer equipment to maintain communications with victims and witnesses or for such other purposes as the Director may authorize.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 78 - ADMINISTRATION OF VICTIM AND WITNESS ADVOCACY FUND › Subchapter 6 - USE OF FUND DISBURSEMENTS › Section 13:78-6.2 - Use of Victim-Witness Advocacy Fund by eligible public entities and eligible not-for-profit organizations

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Grant awards from the Fund, which are disbursed, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:4B-43.1c, shall be used to establish or enhance direct services to victims and witnesses.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 78 - ADMINISTRATION OF VICTIM AND WITNESS ADVOCACY FUND › Subchapter 7 - ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT › Section 13:78-7.1 - Accounting, reporting and audit

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(a) Any county prosecutor, other public entity or eligible public entity, which receives a grant award from the Fund shall maintain a separate account in which the grant award shall be held, along with detailed records of all receipts, expenditures and unexpended balances. Each county prosecutor, other public entity or eligible public entity shall submit to the Director, a quarterly report, as well as an annual report at the end of each State Fiscal Year identifying, separately, all receipts, expenditures and unexpended balances of each grant award received from the Fund. For the purpose of uniformity the Director may prepare forms for these reports.
(b) Any eligible not-for-profit organization, which receives a grant award from the Fund shall maintain detailed records that identify, separately, all receipts, expenditures and unexpended balances of each grant award received from the Fund. Each eligible not-for-profit organization shall submit to the Director, on forms provided by the Director, a quarterly report, as well as an annual report at the end of each State Fiscal Year.
(c) The State of New Jersey reserves the right to periodically or randomly audit any of the records referenced in this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS › Section 13:79-1.1 - Purpose

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This chapter describes the grants available from the Safe Neighborhoods Services Fund pursuant to the Safe and Secure Communities Act and establishes guidelines for the receipt of program funds and procedures to ensure grantee accountability.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS › Section 13:79-1.2 - Scope

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The rules contained in this chapter shall govern the award of law enforcement personnel grants from the Safe Neighborhoods Services Fund pursuant to the Safe and Secure Communities Act.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS › Section 13:79-1.3 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Act" means the Safe and Secure Communities Act, P.L. 1993, c.220 (52:17B-159 et seq.).
"Baseline regular complement of officers and other law enforcement personnel" means the number of police officers and other law enforcement personnel on a municipality's force as of December 31, 1993.
"Eligible municipality" means a municipality that applied for and was awarded an initial grant for a law enforcement project under the Act during the first two program years following August 2, 1993, even if the municipality did not immediately accept its initial grant award.
"Fringe benefits" means payments made by the employer for an employee's retirement, social security, health and dental insurance, workers compensation, and unemployment, disability and survivor's insurance.
"Fund" means the Safe Neighborhoods Services Fund.
"Law enforcement project" or "project" means a project employing police officers for which a grant is awarded pursuant to this program.
"Other law enforcement personnel" means non-police employees who enhance a project's law enforcement capacity by performing paperwork and related support services, thereby allowing police officers to devote more time to direct community policing duties.
"Police officers" or "officers" means the regular, sworn, appointed municipal officers who have the full power to arrest and who regularly exercise police powers regarding the enforcement of the general criminal and motor vehicle laws of this State.
"Program" means the "Safe and Secure Communities Program."
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - THE SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Section 13:79-2.1 - Program objectives

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The Safe and Secure Communities Program is designed to provide municipalities with funding for additional law enforcement personnel to adopt community-policing strategies and other innovative community-police based strategies to prevent crime, to encourage community participation in law enforcement efforts and to move toward intelligence-led, data-driven policing strategies and other innovative strategies to combat crime.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - THE SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Section 13:79-2.2 - Fund use and limitations

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(a) Of the monies deposited in the fund, 100 percent shall be available for approved law enforcement projects exclusive of the allocation to the Attorney General to enable the Division of Criminal Justice to provide technical and operational assistance to grantees.
(b) Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, a municipality may expend grant moneys in the local budget year in which they are received.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - THE SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Section 13:79-2.3 - Notification and award of funds

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Subject to the availability of funds, upon approval of an application, a successive project grant shall be awarded to an eligible municipality to commence after the termination of its prior grant.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - THE SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Section 13:79-2.4 - Application for funds

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All municipalities applying for funds for law enforcement personnel grants must submit proposals to the Division of Criminal Justice by the deadline dates specified in the notification letter from the Division of Criminal Justice.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - THE SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Section 13:79-2.5 - Confidentiality

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An application for a grant under this program and any supporting documentation are not public records for purposes of P.L. 1963, c.73 (47:1A-1 et seq.). These documents are confidential and shall not be released except to law enforcement personnel in connection with their official duties.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:79-3.1 - Project grants

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(a) An eligible municipality may apply to the Division of Criminal Justice for a grant from the fund to be used exclusively to pay the salaries of police officers and other law enforcement personnel deployed in a law enforcement project, which is designed to meet the objectives of the program, but in no event shall the amount of a successive grant exceed a municipality's initial grant award amount.
(b) A municipality which receives a grant for a law enforcement project shall be responsible for paying the fringe benefits of all police officers or other law enforcement personnel hired, which shall be deemed the local cash match. Requests for overtime funds will not be considered.
(c) A municipality shall agree, as a condition of a grant awarded pursuant to this Act, not to reduce its baseline regular complement of police officers and other law enforcement personnel, and any officers and any other law enforcement personnel funded by a Safe and Secure Communities grant.
(d) A municipality which receives a grant for a law enforcement project shall be responsible for paying all costs in excess of the grant award.
(e) A grant funded project shall operate for at least a one-year period.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:79-3.3 - Successive project grants

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(a) The criteria for a successive project grant is as follows:
1. The Division of Criminal Justice shall accept an application for a successive project grant, from any eligible municipality.
i. The Division shall consider awarding successive funding in a subsequent year to extend a project, subject to availability of funds.
ii. An application for successive funding shall be filed on forms provided and within the time period specified by the Division. Such forms shall include: an application authorization, budget, grant agreement certification, general conditions, council resolution of participation and a description of the activities planned for the grant period.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:79-3.4 - No appeals allowed

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No appeals shall be allowed except as provided for the reconsideration of a denied grant application as specified in 13:79-3.3(a)2  ii(1).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:79-3.5 - Grant calculation

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(a) If projected program revenues are not sufficient to pay for program costs, the Attorney General shall apportion program revenues among eligible municipalities by formula using crime data reported in the Division of State Police's Uniform Crime Reports.
(b) The funding formula measures eligible municipal police workload calculated considering eligibility criteria and reported number of municipal violent and nonviolent crimes and number of police officers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - GRANTEE ACCOUNTABILITY › Section 13:79-4.1 - Certification

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(a) A municipality that receives a grant under this program shall certify that all grant funds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in the grant award.
(b) A municipality that receives a grant under this program shall certify that it shall not reduce its regular complement of police officers and other law enforcement personnel during any grant period.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - GRANTEE ACCOUNTABILITY › Section 13:79-4.2 - Agreement prerequisites

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(a) Prior to entering into an agreement with the Division of Criminal Justice to receive grant funds, a municipality shall provide:
1. An application authorization form signed by the mayor or other chief administrative or executive officer of the municipality and a resolution by the municipal governing body authorizing the municipality to enter into an agreement with the Division of Criminal Justice for the funds; and
2. Authorization by the governing body for the provision of fringe benefit expenses and paying all costs in excess of the grant award.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - GRANTEE ACCOUNTABILITY › Section 13:79-4.3 - Reporting

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(a) A municipality that receives a grant under this program will meet the Division of Criminal Justice's programmatic and fiscal reporting standards, including:
1. Submission of annual narrative and statistical reports to the Division of Criminal Justice describing program activities and progress for the award period;
2. Submission of quarterly fiscal reports to the Division of Criminal Justice; and
3. Submission of any statistical reports requested by the Division of Criminal Justice.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - GRANTEE ACCOUNTABILITY › Section 13:79-4.4 - Grantee requirements

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(a) A municipality that receives a grant under this program shall maintain the following:
1. A bookkeeping system, records and separate grant files to account for all grant monies spent and all matching funds contributed to the program; and
2. A separate account for all grant monies.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 79 - SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM › Subchapter 5 - ASSISTANCE FOR GRANTEES › Section 13:79-5.1 - Technical and operational assistance

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The Division of Criminal Justice shall provide technical and operational assistance to grantees.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.1 - Purpose and authority

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(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to prescribe rules authorized by and pursuant to 13:1E-9.2, 48.24, 67b, 191b and N.J.S.A. 58:10A-49c, in order to implement the provisions of 13:1E-9.2, 48.24, 67a, 191a and N.J.S.A. 58:10A-49c.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.2 - Definitions

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For the purpose of this subchapter, the terms set forth in N.J.S.A. 13:1E-67a, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-191a, 58:10A-49, 13:1E-48.2 4 and 13:1E-9.2, are defined as follows:
"Information which proximately results" means information which in an ordinary natural sequence results in either an arrest, conviction and imposition and collection of a criminal fine or the imposition and collection of a civil penalty. For the purposes of award eligibility, in no case shall this term include information obtained exclusively from any public record or received as a result of either a plea bargain or compulsory legal process.
"Penalty" means any fine imposed for any criminal conviction for either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste; or illegal discharge of certain material into the ocean waters; any penalty imposed pursuant to any civil action brought for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of solid, hazardous or medical waste; or any penalties assessed for violating an administrative order or court order, or failure to pay in full an administrative assessment filed pursuant to 13:1E-9.2 and 48.24.
"Person" means any natural person or any corporation, partnership or other form of business association, but, for purposes of award eligibility, in no case shall this term include any public employee, his immediate family or any persons residing within the public employee's household, or any State, county or municipal entity whose duty it is to insure compliance with, investigate or enforce these laws and regulations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.3 - Responsibility

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(a) The Division of Criminal Justice, in the Department of Law and Public Safety, has been designated by the Attorney General the responsibility of receiving and considering information pursuant to the provisions of 13:1E-9.2, 48.24, 67a and 191a and 58:10A-49. The Division of Criminal Justice shall be responsible for reviewing applications for awards, determining whether or not any application should be approved and award granted and forwarding the information and its recommendation to the Attorney General's designee who shall approve all awards. In the performance of these functions, the Division of Criminal Justice is authorized to propose and adopt guidelines and procedures, such as those set forth herein, for the processing of applications under this section. The Division of Criminal Justice is further authorized to establish committees which will assist in the administration of this award program.
(b) The address to contact the Division of Criminal Justice is:
Division of Criminal Justice
Environmental Crimes
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street
PO Box 085
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0085
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.4 - Application procedure-criminal

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(a) An application in a criminal proceeding requires the completion of Information Form DCJ 13-58 prescribed by the Division of Criminal Justice. This form must be completed and signed by personal appearance of the applicant (or in the case of an entity, its authorized representative), at the Division of Criminal Justice or at the county prosecutor's office in the county where the offense is alleged to have occurred. The county prosecutor's office shall forward a copy of each completed application to the Division of Criminal Justice and the Department of Environmental Protection within 15 days of receipt.
(b) The person submitting the information may, at the discretion of the Division of Criminal Justice, be interviewed by the Division of Criminal Justice or Department of Environmental Protection with regard to the information the applicant is submitting for consideration. An applicant may also be required to give his or her verbal statement under oath and sign a written memorialization of his or her statement.
(c) The Division of Criminal Justice shall acknowledge to the applicant, in writing, receipt of his or her application.
(d) In any legal proceeding conducted exclusively by a county prosecutor's office, wherein an application has been submitted pursuant to this section, and which results in an arrest, conviction and imposition and collection of a criminal penalty for either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; for the illegal discharge of certain material into ocean waters; or for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste, the prosecutor's office, upon sentencing of the convicted person, shall, within 15 days thereof, forward written notification to the Division of Criminal Justice of any fines imposed for the purpose of processing any pending award application under this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.5 - Application procedure-civil

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(a) An application in a civil proceeding requires the completion of Information Form DCJ 13-58A prescribed by the Division of Criminal Justice. This form must be completed and signed by personal appearance of the applicant (or in the case of an entity, its authorized representative), at the Division of Criminal Justice or at the county health department in the county where the offense occurred. The county health department shall forward a copy of each completed application to the Division of Criminal Justice and the Department of Environmental Protection within 15 days of receipt.
(b) The Division of Criminal Justice shall acknowledge to the applicant, in writing, receipt of his or her application.
(c) In any civil action conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection, local board of health or county health department, wherein an application was submitted pursuant to this section, which results in the imposition and collection of civil penalties for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation and disposal of solid, hazardous or medical waste, or a violation of an administrative order or court order, or the failure to pay an administrative assessment in full, the Department of Environmental Protection, local board of health or county health department, as the case may be, shall, within 15 days thereof, forward to the Division of Criminal Justice written notification of the penalties imposed for the purpose of processing any pending award application.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.6 - Timely filing of applications for award

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In all cases, civil and criminal, where relevant information is provided by a person without the simultaneous filing of an application pursuant to this subchapter, that person may subsequently file an application for award consideration no later than 10 days from the date on which the person provided the information.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.7 - Confidentiality

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Upon request of the applicant at the time the application is made, the Division of Criminal Justice and any other governmental agency involved in the criminal or civil proceeding shall not disclose the identity of the applicant or any information supplied by the applicant.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.8 - Collection of fines and penalties

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(a) The collection and payment of criminal fines and penalties relevant to the implementation of this subchapter shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of 2C:46-4.
(b) In any criminal prosecution for the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste; the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; the illegal discharge of certain material into ocean waters; or the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste, it shall be the responsibility of the prosecuting agency to inform the Court that any penalties imposed are subject to the award program created by N.J.S.A. 13:1E-67a, 191a and 48.24 and N.J.S.A. 58:10A-49c, and to request that the Court order any penalties to be held in escrow pending resolution of an award eligibility pursuant to 2A:58-10 et seq.
(c) In any civil or administrative proceeding wherein an application has been submitted pursuant to this subchapter, it shall be the responsibility of the governmental entity seeking the penalty to inform the judicial or administrative forum hearing the matter that any penalties imposed are subject to the award program created by 13:1E-9.2 and 48.24 and 58:10A-49.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.9 - Determination and notification of eligibility for awards

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(a) Upon the arrest, conviction and imposition and collection of a criminal fine for either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; for illegal discharge of certain material into the ocean waters; or for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation and disposal of medical waste; or the imposition and collection of a civil penalty for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of solid, hazardous or medical waste; violation of administrative or court orders; or failure to pay an administrative assessment in full, filed pursuant to 13:1E-9 and 48, the Attorney General's designee, if he or she has received information pursuant to this subchapter, shall notify the applicant within 60 days of the date of collection of such criminal fine or civil penalty as to its determination of the eligibility of the applicant for an award pursuant to 13:1E-9.2, 48.24, 191a or 67a, or N.J.S.A. 58:10A-49c, as the case may be.
(b) Written notification shall contain the specific reasons for a determination and inform the applicant that:
1. There is insufficient causal relationship between the information provided and either the arrest, conviction, imposition and collection of the criminal fine or the imposition and collection of the civil penalty; or
2. The information provided proximately resulted in either an arrest, conviction and the imposition and collection of a criminal fine or imposition and collection of a civil penalty, and the applicant is therefore eligible for an award; or
3. There is a need for further examination of the application necessitating a written response and/or personal appearance of the applicant for further information before a determination as to eligibility can be made.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.10 - Post-determination claiming and payment of awards

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(a) Within 20 days of receipt of a notification of award eligibility pursuant to 13:80-1.9, the applicant shall make a formal claim for such award by forwarding to the Attorney General's designee through the Division of Criminal Justice a written acknowledgment of the notification and request for the award.
(b) Where the applicant's information proximately resulted in either the arrest and conviction or the institution of the civil action and imposition of the civil penalty, the award shall thereafter be paid to the successful applicant upon collection of, as the case may be, the fine from the person arrested and convicted of either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; the illegal discharge of certain material into ocean waters; or the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste; or the civil penalty for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of solid, hazardous or medical waste; or fines assessed for violating an administrative order or court order; or for failing to pay in full an administrative assessment.
(c) Payment of an award pursuant to this section is contingent upon the actual collection of fines or penalties. No award can be paid in an amount in excess of what is actually collected as a fine except when collected pursuant to 13:1E-9.2 and 13:1E-48.2 4, which provide a minimum award of $ 250.00. In no case can the applicant receive any award until the entire fine or penalty has been collected.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.11 - Plea bargains

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Except when a contrary result is required to prevent manifest injustice, if a person supplies information which proximately results in the arrest of an institution of criminal charges against any other person for either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; for the illegal discharge of certain material into ocean waters; or for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste, and in the discretion of the Division of Criminal Justice or county prosecutor's office, those charges are subsequently dismissed as part of a plea bargain, there shall be no eligibility pursuant to this subchapter for any award from any fine imposed upon any other charges and/or violations alleged in the same proceeding.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.12 - Multiple applications

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(a) Except when a contrary result is required to prevent manifest injustice, in cases where two or more applicants submit substantially identical information which proximately results in the arrest, conviction and imposition and collection of a fine for either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; for the illegal discharge of certain material into ocean waters; or for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste; or the institution of the civil action and imposition of a civil penalty for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of solid, hazardous or medical waste; or fines assessed for violating an administrative order or court order; or for failing to pay in full an administrative assessment, only the person who has filed his application first in time shall be considered for the receipt of an award pursuant to this subchapter.
(b) In cases where two or more applicants submit different information which proximately results in either the arrest, conviction and imposition and collection of a fine for either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; for the illegal discharge of certain material into ocean waters; or for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste; or the institution of the civil action and imposition of a civil penalty for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of solid, hazardous or medical waste; or penalties assessed for violating an administrative order or court order; or for the failing to pay in full an administrative assessment, thereby rendering both applicants eligible for an award pursuant to this subchapter, the Attorney General's designee may apportion the amount of award available among the applicants based upon its consideration of relevant factors including, but not limited to:
1. The timing (chronological order) of each application filed;
2. The relative overall accuracy of information in each application filed; and
3. The relative extent of cooperation with the prosecution by each applicant in the particular case for which the information has been provided.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS › Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS › Section 13:80-1.13 - Appeals

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All decisions regarding award eligibility in any proceeding shall be reviewed and approved by the Attorney General's designee, upon whose approval the decision shall constitute a final agency determination for purposes of this section. Any final agency determination as to award eligibility pursuant to this section shall be reviewable as a contested case by the Office of Administrative Law according to the procedures set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 and 52:14F-1 and the Uniform Administrative Procedure Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS › Section 13:80A-1.1 - Purpose

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This chapter describes the process to award grants from the Body Armor Replacement Fund program, enacted pursuant to the Body Armor Replacement Fund Act. It establishes guidelines for the receipt of program funds and procedures to ensure grantee accountability. The program is established in order to make grants to local law enforcement agencies, the Division of State Police, the Department of Corrections, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Juvenile Justice Commission, the State Parole Board and the Administrative Office of the Courts for the purchase of body armor for troopers, investigators, law enforcement officers, corrections officers, juvenile corrections officers, parole officers and probation officers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS › Section 13:80A-1.2 - Scope

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The rules contained in this chapter shall govern the award of initial and successive grants for body armor from the Body Armor Replacement Fund.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS › Section 13:80A-1.3 - Legal authority

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The Attorney General has delegated to the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Law and Public Safety, the responsibility to administer this program and to establish the rules deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Fund, as established under P.L. 1997, c. 177 (52:17B-4.4 ).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS › Section 13:80A-1.5 - Waiver

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(a) The rules of this chapter may be relaxed by the Director upon a showing of undue hardship, economic or otherwise, of an applicant; that the waiver of the rule would not unduly burden any affected parties; and that the waiver is consistent with the underlying purposes of the Body Armor Replacement Fund Act, 52:17B-4.4., and the implementing rules of this chapter.
(b) Waiver requests must be submitted to the Director in writing and include all documents supporting the applicant's request for a waiver.
(c) Absent a request for a waiver, the Director may waive the rules in this chapter if full compliance with the rules, or parts of the rules, would endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the officer, trooper, investigator, or the general public.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM › Section 13:80A-2.1 - Fund uses and limitations

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(a) All of the monies deposited in the Fund shall be available annually for grants for the purchase of body armor, exclusive of the allocations made by the Act to the Department of Law and Public Safety for administrative expenses of the grant program and to the Department of the Treasury for funding the operation of the Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention Services Telephone Hotline.
(b) All funds received by a grantee shall be used exclusively for the purchase of body armor for its eligible officers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM › Section 13:80A-2.2 - Notification of availability and award of grants

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(a) The Division of Criminal Justice shall publish, annually, a notice of availability of funds in the New Jersey Register.
(b) The Division of Criminal Justice shall notify eligible applicants when the annual application process is open.
(c) Program grants shall be awarded once annually.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM › Section 13:80A-2.3 - Application for funds

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To apply for funds, each applicant shall submit a completed application online to the Division of Criminal Justice by the deadline date specified in the notice of availability of funds published in the New Jersey Register. The website for filing applications online is
http://www.nj.gov/lps/BodyArmor/
(case sensitive).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM › Section 13:80A-2.4 - Application components

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(a) A completed application for program funds shall include the following minimum information:
1. The governmental level and type of agency;
2. The name, address and contact information for the applicant agency and its head;
3. The name, address and contact information of the agency's governing body and its chief financial officer;
4. Eligible officer information;
5. Disclosure of status of prior body armor fund awards and number of vests purchased;
6. An online certification by the applicant agency head and the governing body's chief financial officer, certifying that the information contained in the application is true to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that all grant funds will be used exclusively for the purpose specified in the grant award;
7. An online certification by the applicant agency head that the applicant agency has a mandatory wear policy; and
8. Additional information concerning applicants' officers, the age, condition, and usage of the officers' body armor, the applicants' crime rates and any relevant factors regarding risk of injury or death to applicants' officers, may be requested by the Division of Criminal Justice for planning purposes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM › Section 13:80A-2.5 - Confidentiality

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Applications for grants under this program and any supporting documentation are not public records for the purpose of P.L. 1963, c.73 (47:1A-1 et seq.). These documents are confidential and shall not be released except to law enforcement personnel in connection with their official duties.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:80A-3.1 - Program grants

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Grants shall be awarded annually upon determination of available funds and as a part of an application process.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:80A-3.2 - Selection criteria

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(a) Each applicant that submits a completed application by the deadline date specified in the notice of availability of funds shall be eligible to receive a base grant award.
(b) The Division of Criminal Justice shall notify any applicant that has submitted an incomplete application or who has been determined to be ineligible to receive an award, of that fact and the reasons therefor.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:80A-3.3 - Requests for reconsideration; no appeal of awards

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(a) Within 10 days after receipt of notification of a determination of ineligibility to receive a grant, an applicant may submit additional information to the Division of Criminal Justice which shall reconsider the grant application.
(b) No appeal shall be considered of any award made to a grantee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:80A-3.4 - Grant award process

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(a) Each eligible applicant shall receive the same base grant award in an amount determined by the Director. The minimum base grant award shall be $ 500.00.
(b) Consistent with the implementing legislation's goal of a five-year replacement program, each eligible applicant shall be qualified to receive additional grant funds to assist in offsetting the costs of achieving its annual replacement allotment, if funds are available.
(c) Additional grant funds shall be distributed to eligible applicants if available funds remain from the amount of monies deposited in the Fund minus statutory allotments and the amount necessary to make all of the base grant awards.
(d) The additional award to an eligible applicant shall be determined using the following formula:
Additional award =
(eligible applicant's annual replacement allotment)
_____________________________________
x
available funds
(Total of all eligible applicants' annual
replacement allotments)
(e) Each applicant shall be notified of its grant award at the time it receives its grant check.
(f) The Director reserves the right to adjust, in a subsequent year, any individual grant award upon determination that the applicant's prior grant award was based upon a computational or informational error.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:80A-3.5 - Deposit of grant monies; unallowable expenses

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(a) The grant award shall be forwarded to the chief financial officer for deposit into an appropriate account.
(b) No indirect costs or administrative expenses shall be deducted from these program funds by a grantee or its governing body.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 13:80A-3.6 - Body armor eligible to be purchased

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(a) An applicant shall purchase only ballistic resistant body vests that meet the standards for such body armor as defined at 13:80A-1.4. An applicant shall purchase only ballistic resistant or stab-resistant body armor identified as compliant by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center as having met the requirements of Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor NIJ Standard - 0101.06, as amended or supplemented, or Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor NIJ Standard-0115.00, as amended or supplemented, in effect at the time of purchase. The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center maintains a searchable database of body armor models deemed compliant with NIJ standards available on the Internet at
http://www.justnet.org/
.
(b) In accordance with (a) above, the applicant agency head, in the reasonable exercise of discretion, shall determine the threat level, style and model of body armor to be purchased for the eligible officers.
(c) Except as provided in (c)1 below, the applicant agency head, in the reasonable exercise of discretion, shall determine the replacement program and the scheduling of eligible officers to receive body armor.
1. The State Department of Corrections shall establish a distribution schedule that gives first priority to State corrections officers assigned inmate supervision and control responsibilities in the State's maximum security correctional facilities and second priority to those officers assigned inmate supervision and control responsibilities in the State's medium security correctional facilities.