Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:19-29

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
27:19-29. a. The commission may at all times take, demand, and receive of and from any person who shall pass over or use its bridge or bridges and approaches, when such person shall enter upon or attempt to use the same, such rate of toll as may be fixed by it from time to time, for persons, automobiles, wagons, carts or other vehicles or for horses, cows or other animals, or for things not herein enumerated, entering on, passing over or using any such bridge and the approaches thereto.

Any toll gatherer of the commission may stop any person with automobiles, wagons, carts, or other vehicles or things not herein enumerated, and all horses, cows, cattle or other animal or animals, from entering upon, passing over or using any such bridge and the approaches thereto until the toll herein provided for shall have been paid.

b. The commission is authorized to charge and collect tolls, rents, rates, fares, fees or other charges (sometimes in this article referred to as “facility charges”) in connection with, or for the use or services of, or otherwise relating to, any project owned, leased or controlled by the commission. Such facility charges may be charged to and collected from any governmental unit or person and such governmental unit or person shall be liable for and shall pay such facility charges to the commission at the time when and place where such facility charges are due and payable.

Amended 2001, c.301, s.3.