Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:5-28

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
2. Any person who is the holder of any license to engage in the business of outdoor advertising or of any outdoor advertising permit issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c. 413 (C. 27:5-5 et seq.) which is in effect on or after the effective date of P.L.2004, c.42 (C. 27:5-27 et al.) shall be subject to revocation of that license or permit unless that person files a disclosure statement with the Department of Transportation which shall include:

a. The full name and business address of the person who is the holder of the outdoor advertising license or permit, as the case may be, and of any officers, directors, or partners thereof and all persons holding any equity in or debt liability of that corporation, association, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or any other form of commercial organization, or, if the holder is a publicly traded corporation, all persons having more than 10% of the equity in or the debt liability of that corporation, association, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or any other form of commercial organization, except that where the debt liability is held by a chartered lending institution, the person need only supply the name and business address of the lending institution; and

b. The full name and business address of all officers, directors, or partners of any corporation, association, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or any other form of commercial organization disclosed in the disclosure statement and the names and addresses of all persons holding any equity in or the debt liability of any corporation, association, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or any other form of commercial organization so disclosed, or, if the corporation, association, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or any other form of commercial organization is a publicly traded corporation, all persons holding more than 10% of the equity in or the debt liability of that corporation, association, firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or any other form of commercial organization, except that where the debt liability is held by a chartered lending institution, the person need only supply the name and business address of the lending institution.

The disclosure statement shall be filed within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2004, c.42 (C. 27:5-27 et al.), except for licenses or permits issued on or after the effective date of P.L.2004, c.42 (C. 27:5-27 et al.), in which case the disclosure statement shall be filed within 60 days of the issuance of the license or permit.

L.2004,c.42,s.2.