New Jersey Statutes 18A:71B-45. Construction
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:71B-45
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Nothing in this article shall be construed to:
(1) guarantee that a designated beneficiary will be admitted to a higher education institution or be allowed to continue enrollment at or graduate from a higher education institution after admission;
(2) establish State residency for a person merely because the person is a designated beneficiary; or
(3) guarantee that amounts saved pursuant to the program will be sufficient to cover the qualified higher education expenses of a designated beneficiary.
b. Nothing in this article establishes any obligation of this State or any agency or instrumentality of this State to guarantee for the benefit of any contributor or designated beneficiary any of the following:
(1) the rate of interest or other return on any account; or
(2) the payment of interest or other return on any account.
c. Nothing in this article establishes any obligation or liability of this State or any agency or instrumentality of this State with respect to any federal or State tax liability of any contributor or designated beneficiary in this program.
d. Under regulations promulgated by the authority, every contract and application that may be used in connection with a contribution to an account shall clearly indicate that the account is not insured by this State nor is the investment return guaranteed by this State.
L.1999,c.46,s.1.