New Jersey Statutes 27:7-44. Injurious substances on highway forbidden; protection of property; penalties
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:7-44
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
- 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
No person shall place or allow to fall upon a state highway any broken glass, pottery or sharp object, or any substance injurious to the surface of the road or to the person, health or property of those using the highway or residing along the line thereof nor shall any person interfere with or injure any tree, handrail, wall, bridge, culvert or other public property within the lines of a state highway.
A person who violates any of the provisions of this section or who willfully damages, injures or destroys any such highway or its appurtenances shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each offense together with the costs of prosecution, to be recovered by the department in the name of the state in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction.
The fines collected shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the funds available for the construction, maintenance and repair of roads.