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NJ A518

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Wayne DeAngelo

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents Transportation Assistance Program to include transportation services for disabled veterans traveling to and from medical counseling appointments for service-connected conditions within New Jersey

  • Requires the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to coordinate with county governments to identify transportation service needs in the veterans community and provide financial assistance for service expansions

  • Allocates 4 percent of Casino Revenue Fund appropriations to NJ Transit Corporation for grants to counties specifically to provide cross-county transportation services for disabled veterans

  • Defines "disabled veteran" as a New Jersey resident honorably discharged from military service who has been declared by the U.S. Veterans Administration to have a service-connected disability

  • Takes effect on the first day of the sixth month following enactment

Legislative Description

Provides for expansion of county transportation services to include disabled veterans; provides funding source for expansion.

Appropriations

Last Action

Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

3/4/2024

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/4/2024
Military and Veterans' Affairs1/9/2024

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