52:27D-47.Ā  Definitions
The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act have the following respective meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) The termĀ  "act"Ā  shall mean this act, and amendments and supplements thereto, and rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) The termĀ  "commissioner"Ā  shall mean the Commissioner of the DepartmentĀ  of Community Affairs.

(c) The termĀ  "department"Ā  shall mean the Department of Community Affairs.

(d) The termĀ  "fund"Ā  shall mean the State Urban Renewal Assistance Fund established pursuant to section 10 of this act.

(e) The termĀ  "local grants-in-aid"Ā  shall mean the local assistance required, whether by appropriation, cash grant, municipal services and facilities or otherwise, in connection with any urban renewal project as provided for and determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States governing such project and any contract between the municipality or local public agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States.

(f) The termĀ  "local public agency"Ā  shall mean any agency authorized by a municipality, or by one or more municipalities acting jointly pursuant to law, to undertake a redevelopment project either in accordance with chapter 306 of the laws of 1949, as amended and supplemented or chapter 300 of the laws of 1949, as amended and supplemented.

(g) The termĀ  "municipality"Ā  shall mean any political subdivision of the State other than a county or a school district, and shall include 2 or more municipalities acting jointly pursuant to law.

(h) The termĀ  "urban renewal project"Ā  shall mean a project as defined by section 5, chapter 306 of the laws of 1949, as supplemented by section 2 of chapter 212 of the laws of 1956, as amended by section 1, chapter 64 of the laws of 1957, and also a redevelopment project as defined by section 4 of chapter 300 of the laws of 1949, as amended by section 1, chapter 86 of the laws of 1951, as supplemented by section 2, chapter 211 of the laws of 1956, and shall include those programs, projects, tests and demonstrations authorizedĀ  by and to effectuate the purposes of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949,Ā  section 314 of the Housing Act of 1954, Title VII of Public Law 87-70 (theĀ  Housing Act of 1961), and Public Law 89-754 (the Demonstration Cities andĀ  Metropolitan Development Act of 1966), and all laws amendatory and supplementary thereto.

L.1967, c. 80, s. 4, eff. May 31, 1967.
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