{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-54-4-8.68a","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 54:4-8.68a","heading":"Eligibility determination, benefit payments.","body":"21.\tThe amendatory provisions of section 13 of P.L.2023, c.75 (C.54:4-8.67), modifying ownership requirements and income eligibility, shall be used to determine whether a person first becomes an eligible claimant on and after January 1, 2022, and the first payments to a claimant who establishes eligibility pursuant to the amendatory provisions of section 13 of P.L.2023, c.75 (C.54:4-8.67) shall be made beginning in calendar year 2024.  The provisions of P.L.1997, c.348 (C.54:4-8.67 et al.) in effect immediately before the effective date of P.L.2023, c.75 (C.54:4-8.75a et al.) shall govern the determination of whether a person first becomes an eligible claimant on or before December 31, 2021.  Benefit payments for a newly eligible claimant will begin in State fiscal year 2025, after there has been established a base year of eligibility.\nL.2023, c.75, s.21.","path":["TITLE 54 TAXATION"],"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":"e96c040c9e970e157a3d5165877f0214ffad24aee4a972e77b99541e5cb91aa4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-54-4-8.68","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-54-4-8.69"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}