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9:17B-2.     Status of 18 to 21-year-olds
     The Legislature by this act does not intend to:

    a.   Effect the release from confinement or transfer from one institution to another of a person attaining age 18 rather than 21 years;

    b.   Affect the right of a court to exercise its discretion in not sentencing a person between 18 and 21 years of age to a State prison;

    c.   Alter the right of persons under 20 years of age to be eligible for enrollment in public schools;

    d.   Alter the provisions of the uniform laws relative to gifts or transfers to minors;

    e.   Alter the provisions of N.J.S. 2A:14-21 with respect to the time within which a person under 21 years of age on January 1, 1973 may commence an action or make an entry under a cause or right accrued prior to said date;

    f.   Alter the provision of services pursuant to the laws relating to dependent and neglected children, allocated to chapter 4C of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes (C. 30:4C-1 to 30:4C-44), to persons between 18 and 21 years of age who seek to avail themselves of such services and who are enrolled in a school or training program below college level or who require a course of treatment for emotionally, cognitively or physically disabled persons.

    P.L. 1972, c. 81, s.2;  amended 1972, c.206, s.1; 1987,c.18,s.2.