Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:10A-57

  • 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.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall conduct a study of the availability and location of, and demand or need for, sewage pumpout devices for Type III marine sanitation devices, and portable toilet emptying receptacles at public or private marinas and boatyards, or at other locations in coastal estuaries and their tributaries within the State‘s jurisdiction. This study shall include an identification of the wastewater treatment facilities at which waste from Type III marine sanitation devices and portable toilet emptying receptacles shall be disposed of and treated.

b. Within nine months of the completion of the study conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Department shall adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) rules and regulations identifying the public or private marinas at which sewage pumpout devices for Type III marine sanitation devices and portable toilet emptying receptacles shall be located, and requiring the owners or operators of those public or private marinas to install or provide the required sewage pumpout devices or portable emptying receptacles, as the case may be.

P.L. 1988, c. 117, s. 2.