New Jersey Statutes 34:15B-45. Violations, unlawful practice; civil penalty
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:15B-45
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
b. In addition to any other penalties provided by law :
(1) a person who manufactures, distributes, sells, or uses a fabricated sign in violation of section 5 of P.L.2019, c.84 (C. 34:15B-44) shall be subject to a civil penalty of 25 percent of the value of the contract for the sign, but not less than $5,000 for a first offense and not less than $10,000 for any subsequent offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement of the penalty provided by this paragraph;
(2) a person who manufactures, distributes, sells, or uses a fabricated sign erected or maintained pursuant to P.L.1991, c.413 (C. 27:5-5 et seq.) in violation of section 5 of P.L.2019, c.84 (C. 34:15B-44) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in P.L.1991, c.413 (C. 27:5-5 et seq.), including revocation of a license or permit pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1991, c.413 (C. 27:5-13) and removal of a sign pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1991, c.413 (C. 27:5-15).
(3) a person who manufactures a fabricated sign erected or maintained pursuant to P.L.1991, c.413 (C. 27:5-5 et seq.) in violation of section 5 of P.L.2019, c.84 (C. 34:15B-44) shall be liable for the cost to make all necessary adjustments or corrections to ensure the sign is not in violation of section 5 of P.L.2019, c.84 (C. 34:15B-44) to any party who incurs that cost.
L.2019, c.84, s.6.