N.J. Admin. Code § 13:90A-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 13:90A-1.3 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Business manager" means the Commission employee, by whatever name or title, charged with the responsibilities of Chief Fiscal Officer of a facility.

"Commission" means the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.

"Director of Administration" means the Commission staff member, by whatever name or title, in charge of the Commission's Office of Administration.

"Director of Custody Operations" means the Director of Custody Operations employed at a secure facility of the Commission responsible for supervising the custody workforce.

"Director of Investigations" means the Commission employee who directs the Commission's Office of Investigations and who is responsible for conducting investigations at the direction of the Executive Director.

"Disciplinary hearing officer" means a staff member of the Commission designated to hear and adjudicate juvenile violations under the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:101.

"Division Director" means the Commission employee in charge of an operating division of the Commission.

"Ethics Officer" means the Ethics Officer of the Commission.

"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Commission.

"Facility" means a facility of the Commission used to house, train or educate juveniles; it does not refer to the central or other administrative or operational offices of the Commission.

"Fiscal Office" means the Commission's central unit responsible for revenue collection and disbursements.

"Gift" means any legal tender, personal property or asset donated to the Commission, a Commission facility or an administrative unit of the Commission, for any purpose and without an expectation of consideration.

"Juvenile" means any person either residing in a facility or attending a day program at a facility.

"Juvenile account" means the account established by a facility to hold and account for monies accruing to an individual juvenile, and from which permitted payments and deductions are made.

"Juvenile personal property" means personal property approved for and in the possession of a juvenile who resides in or attends a facility, or held by a facility on behalf of such a juvenile.

"Juvenile trust fund" means a group depository account in an insured commercial bank in which juvenile accounts are deposited and held.

"Juvenile welfare fund" means the account established by a facility to hold, account and disburse funds that are dedicated for the direct benefit of the facility's juvenile population.

"Loss of funds" means the unaccounted loss of monies held either by a facility or by an administrative unit of the Commission.

"Office of Investigations" means the unit within the Commission responsible for conducting internal investigations.

"Office of Juvenile Parole and Transitional Services" means the office within the Commission that is charged with the preparation for release and supervision of those juvenile offenders who are paroled by the New Jersey State Parole Board, and the supervision of juvenile parolees from other states who have been accepted under the terms of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.

"Restitution" means a disciplinary sanction recommended by a disciplinary hearing officer, or a court-ordered indemnification that requires the juvenile to compensate the Commission facility or victims of an act of delinquency for any loss, damage or injury perpetrated by the juvenile.

"State" means the State of New Jersey.

"Superintendent" means the chief executive officer of a facility.

"Treasury" means the New Jersey Department of the Treasury.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:90A-1.3