Increases from $750 to $3,000 annual State payment made to certain veterans and their surviving spouses.

This bill increases New Jersey's annual payment to certain veterans and their surviving spouses from $750 to $3,000. It directly affects veterans with specific service-connected disabilities, including total loss of sight, paraplegia, amputations, or permanent loss of use of limbs due to military service, as well as their surviving spouses. The payment change applies to veterans covered under existing laws (R.S. 38:18-2, 38:18A-2) and takes effect January 1 following the bill's passage. Currently, 207 individuals receive this benefit at the lower rate.