2023 New Jersey Statutes 26:3A2-25. Powers and duties of certified local health agency
A certified local health agency may initiate legal proceedings for a violation of any environmental health law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, including the making and issuing of complaints and summonses by serving the summons upon the violator and filing the complaint promptly with a court having jurisdiction. The county counsel or the prosecutor of the municipality in which a violation has occurred shall be authorized to act as counsel to the certified local health agency for prosecution of the violation, and any penalties collected from the prosecution shall be deposited in the “Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund” established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1991, c.99 (C. 26:3A2-35) for use by the certified local health agency of the county or municipality prosecuting such violations.
Unless specifically precluded by State statute, penalties for a violation prosecuted under this section shall be collected pursuant to the “penalty enforcement law,” N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.
L.1977,c.443,s.7, amended 1983,c.38,s.2; 1991,c.99,s.3.