{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-15-120.15","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:15-120.15","heading":"Definitions","body":"1.   As used in this act:\n\"Association\" means the New Jersey Self-Insurers Guaranty Association created in subsection a. of section 2 of this act.\n\"Board of directors\" or \"board\" means the board of directors of the association established under section 3 of this act.\n\"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Insurance.\n\"Department\" means the Department of Insurance.\n\"Fund\" means the Insolvency Fund created pursuant to section 5 of this act.\n\"Injured worker\" or \"employee\" means an employee of an employer or a dependent of the employee to whom the employer is obligated to pay compensation pursuant to chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.\n\"Insolvent member\" means a member employer:  (1) (a) which files for relief in bankruptcy under Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. s.101 et seq.; (b) against which involuntary bankruptcy proceedings are filed under that title; or (c) for which a receiver has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction; and (2) which is determined to be insolvent by the board as provided in its plan of operation, based upon the member employer's ability to pay compensation pursuant to R.S.34:15-77.\n\"Member employer\" or \"member\" means a self-insurer which is a member of the association.\n\"Self-insurer\" means an employer, other than a governmental entity, which self-insures for the purposes of workers' compensation as permitted by R.S.34:15-77.\nL.1993,c.107,s.1.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"f917a8e7b592978fe09838837556233330ab0c0d6e0297f55d10f2eaf8fdd55c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-15-120.14","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-15-120.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}