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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 32:32-11

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of the fund and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the States of New York and New Jersey and in furtherance of their welfare, and is a public purpose, in that the fund will be performing a governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this act.

b. The fund shall not be subject to pay taxes or assessments, by the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, or by any political subdivision of either of them, on any property acquired by it or under its jurisdiction and control, or upon its activities in the operation and maintenance of such properties or upon the use of any moneys, revenues or other income received by it, or upon its income, or upon any of its fees, charges, grants, gifts, appropriations, receipts or other moneys received or to be received.

c. All contributions of real and personal property made to the fund, whether by gift, devise or bequest, shall qualify as deductions in computing the net taxable income of the donor for the purposes of any tax on or measured by income, or estate or gift tax, imposed by the States of New Jersey or New York or any political subdivision thereof, to the extent that such deductions are otherwise authorized by the law imposing such income, estate, or gift tax.

L. 1987, c. 57, s. 11.