Bill Text: NJ A4309 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires parent to provide financial information to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-30 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A4309 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4309-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4309

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JULY 30, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires parent to provide financial information to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning eligibility for student financial aid and supplementing chapter 71B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  In the event that a student who is enrolled in or planning to enroll in an institution of higher education in the State is claimed as a dependent by his parent or guardian on the parent or guardian's most recent federal income tax return, the student's parent or guardian shall provide the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority such financial information as is necessary to assist the authority in determining the eligibility of the student for State student financial aid.  The information shall be provided to the authority in accordance with the submission deadlines established by the authority. 

     b.    Any person who willfully fails to disclose information required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 which shall be collected in proceedings in accordance with the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274. (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that, in the event that a student who is enrolled in or planning to enroll in an institution of higher education in the State is claimed as a dependent by his parent or guardian on the parent or guardian's most recent federal income tax return, the student's parent or guardian will provide the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority such financial information as is necessary to assist the authority in determining the eligibility of the student for State student financial aid.  The information must be provided to the authority in accordance with the submission deadlines established by the authority.

     The bill further provides that any person who willfully fails to disclose information required pursuant to the bill's provisions will be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500.