34:1B-21.24 Definitions relative to motor vehicle surcharges securitization bonds.

2. The following words or terms as used in this act shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

"Agency" means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency created pursuant to P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-1 et seq.);

"Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority created pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.);

"Bonds" means any bonds, notes or other obligations issued or entered into by the authority, bearing either a fixed rate or a variable rate of interest, issued by the authority pursuant to the "Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Act of 2004," P.L.2004, c.70 (C.34:1B-21.23 et al.), the proceeds of which shall be applied in accordance with that act and P.L.2005, c.163 (C.34:1B-21.25a et al.);

"Community residences" means group homes, supervised apartments, and other types of shared living environments that provide housing and treatment or specialized services needed to assist individuals with special needs to live in community settings;

"Cost of special needs housing project" means any and all expenses reasonably incurred by a project sponsor in connection with the acquisition, construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of property which is or shall be used for a special needs housing project, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of engineering, inspection, planning, legal, financial, or other professional services; the funding of appropriate reserves to address the anticipated future capital needs of a special needs housing project; and the administrative, organizational, or other expenses incident to the financing, completing, and placing into service of any special needs housing project authorized by P.L.2005, c.163 (C.34:1B-21.25a et al.);

"Dedicated Motor Vehicle Surcharge Revenues" means:

a. on and after July 1, 2006, moneys required to be transferred to the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Revenue Fund from the Facility Revenue Fund pursuant to subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.7),

b. on and after July 1, 2006, all Unsafe Driving Surcharges required to be transferred to the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Revenue Fund from the Unsafe Driving Surcharges Fund pursuant to section 5 of this act, and

c. after such time as all Market Transition Facility bonds, notes and obligations and all New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission bonds, notes and obligations issued pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.4), and the costs thereof are discharged and no longer outstanding, all other plan surcharges collected by the commission pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1983, c.65 (C.17:29A-35) and required to be transferred to the Motor Vehicle Surcharges Revenue Fund from the DMV Surcharge Fund pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.12);

"Division of Motor Vehicles Surcharge Fund" or "DMV Surcharge Fund" means the fund created pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.12);

"Individuals with mental illness" means individuals with a psychiatric disability or individuals with a mental illness eligible for housing or services funded by the Division of Mental Health Services in the Department of Human Services;

"Individuals with special needs" means individuals with mental illness, individuals with physical or developmental disabilities and individuals in other emerging special needs groups identified by State agencies;

"Market Transition Facility Revenue Fund" or "Facility Revenue Fund" means the fund created pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1994, c.57 (C.34:1B-21.7);

"Motor Vehicle Surcharges Revenue Fund" means the fund within the authority created and established pursuant to section 6 of this act;

"Motor Vehicle Surcharges Securitization Proceeds Fund" means the fund created and established pursuant to section 3 of this act;

"Permanent supportive housing" means a range of permanent housing options such as apartments, condominiums, townhouses, single and multi-family homes, single room occupancy housing, shared living and supportive living arrangements that provide access to on-site or off-site supportive services for individuals and families who can benefit from housing with services;

"Project sponsor" means any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, whether organized as for profit or not for profit, or any governmental entity to which the agency has made or proposes to make a loan or a grant, or otherwise to provide assistance, to finance a special needs housing project;

"Refunding Bonds" means any bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the authority to refinance bonds, notes or other obligations previously issued by the authority pursuant to this act;

"Special needs housing project" means a housing development, or such portion of a housing development, that is permanent supportive housing or a community residence that is primarily for occupancy by individuals with special needs who shall occupy such housing as their usual and permanent residence, together with any structures or facilities, appurtenant or ancillary thereto, and shall include the planning, development, acquisition, construction and rehabilitation of structures, and residences undertaken by a project sponsor for such purposes, including the cost of land and structures, construction, rehabilitation or any interest therein;

"Unsafe Driving Surcharges Fund" means the fund within the Department of the Treasury created and established pursuant to section 5 of this act; and

"Unsafe Driving Surcharges" means the revenues received by the State resulting from the plan surcharges established as such pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1983, c.65 (C.17:29A-35) and assessed and collected pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.2000, c.75 (C.39:4-97.2) for convictions for unsafe driving pursuant to that section.

L.2004,c.70,s.2; amended 2005, c.163, s.4.