New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 30 - LOCAL FINANCE BOARD
Subchapter 9 - GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC RECEIPT ACCEPTANCE
Section 5:30-9.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Bulk receipt" means a single deposit by a single party that represents multiple transactions.

"Card issuer" means any organization or association that issues or licenses others to issue any credit card or debit card.

"Credit card" means any instrument or device linked to an established line of credit, whether known as a credit card, charge card, credit plate, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in satisfying outstanding financial obligations, obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit.

"Debit card" means any instrument or device, whether known as a debit card, automated teller machine card, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value through the electronic authorization of a financial institution to debit the cardholder's account.

"Delinquent local unit obligation," in a municipality that conducts its tax sale after the close of the fiscal year, means a municipal charge that is unpaid on the 30th day prior to the completion of the tax sale list pursuant to the Tax Sale Law, N.J.S.A. 54:5-1 et seq. In a municipality that conducts an accelerated tax sale, "delinquent local unit obligation" means a municipal charge that is unpaid on the 11th day of the 11th month of the fiscal year. For all other local units, a delinquent local unit obligation means any debt or charge that has been turned over to a municipality for collection through the tax sale process.

"Director" means the director of the Division of Local Government Services.

"Electronic funds transfer" means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone, or computer, or magnetic tape for the purpose of ordering, instructing, or authorizing a financial institution to debit or credit an account, and includes an in-person funds transfer and an online funds transfer.

"Electronic receipt" means any receipt transaction made through the use of a credit card, debit card, or electronic funds transfer.

"In-person funds transfer" means any transfer of funds through a service that accepts a payment made in-person, by any method, and then transmits those funds to a payee by electronic funds transfer, but shall not include a service that requires a local unit to maintain, and funds to be transmitted to, an account that is not a designated depository of the local unit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:5-14.

"Local unit" means any unit of government subject to the provisions of chapters 5 or 5A of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, and the constituent parts of those units, including, but not limited to, independent local authorities, public libraries, municipal courts and joint municipal courts.

"Local unit obligations" means any local unit tax, charge, fee, penalty, fine, assessments, service or utility charge, payment transactions by the public for goods or services, except for credit card payment of delinquent local unit obligations or for the redemption of local unit liens.

"Online funds transfer" means any Internet-based transfer of funds through an Internet-based payment system, but shall not include a service that requires a local unit to maintain, and funds to be transmitted to, an account that is not a designated depository of the local unit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:5-14.

"Payor identification" means information, such as an account number, property block and lot number, or other identifying characteristic, used to sufficiently identify the purpose of the receipt and person or organization using electronic receipt to pay a local unit obligation.

"Processor" means any organization with whom the local unit contracts to process or make electronic receipt transactions.