New Jersey Statutes 24:6B-30. Noncompliance with orders, penalties
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:6B-30
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
21. a. Any person who does not comply with an order of the commissioner within the time specified shall be liable to a penalty, to be established by the commissioner as follows: for the first offense, not less than $200 nor more than $5,000; and, for the second and each succeeding offense, not less than $1,000 nor more than $20,000. The penalties shall be enforced by the department as plaintiff in a summary proceeding in accordance with the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.).
b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent or limit the commissioner, the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety or any appropriate board under the purview of the Division of Consumer Affairs, or the Attorney General from taking any other action permitted by law against a person who violates the provisions of this act.
L.2005,c.206,s.21.