52:27D-175 - Special events; list; application for funds to operate or participate; payments - New Jersey Statutes

52:27D-175.  Special events;  list;  application for funds to operate or participate;  payments
    a.  The commissioner shall prepare a list of special events deemed appropriate for participation by handicapped persons, such as the Special Olympics and the Tournament of Champions, and shall make this list available to  municipalities and counties.  Municipalities or counties wishing to operate or  participate in a special event listed by the commissioner shall apply to the  commissioner for funds for such special events.  Such application shall be in  accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner  herewith.

    b.  Upon the approval of such application for special events, there may be apportioned and paid to municipalities and counties sums sufficient to provide training, transportation and supervision for handicapped persons participating in special recreation events.  In no case shall the annual amount appropriated to any one approved municipality exceed $1,000.00 or to any one approved county  exceed $2,500.00.

    c.  No more than a total of $25,000.00 of the funds appropriated for this act shall be apportioned to support such special recreational events in any one  year.

     L.1977, c. 379, s. 6.