New Jersey Statutes 12:7-83. Violations, penalties
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7-83
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Length: means measurement from end to end over the deck parallel to the centerline excluding sheer, bowsprits, bumpkins, rudders, outboard motors, brackets or other equipment or appendages. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
- Operate: means to navigate, use, control or command a vessel. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
- 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
- Power vessel: means a vessel temporarily or permanently equipped with machinery for propulsion, including a personal watercraft, and shall not include a vessel propelled wholly by sails or by muscular power. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
- 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
- Vessel: means a boat or watercraft, other than a sea plane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
b. A person violating subsection a. of this section shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1) upon conviction for a first offense, a fine of $500;
(2) upon conviction for a second offense, a fine of $750 and a term of imprisonment not to exceed five days;
(3) upon conviction for a third offense and each subsequent offense, a fine of $1,000 and a term of imprisonment not to exceed 10 days.
c. In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection b. of this section, a court shall suspend or extend the suspension of the operating privileges, for a period not to exceed six months, of a person who violates subsection a. of this section.
d. In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsections b. and c. of this section, a court may impose a term of imprisonment not to exceed 45 days, if while operating a vessel in violation of subsection a. of this section a person causes an accident resulting in personal injury to another person.
e. In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsections b., c. and d. of this section, any person violating subsection a. of this section while under a suspension issued pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1952, c.157 (C. 12:7-46) upon conviction shall be fined $500, shall have his privilege to operate a vessel suspended for an additional period of not less than one year nor more than two years, and may be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 90 days.
f. Any period of suspension imposed by a court under this section that would continue beyond September 30 of any calendar year shall be interrupted on that date and shall be completed after April 30 of the following year.
L.1995,c.401,s.14.