Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:1D-130

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • 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
6. Whenever a person responsible for a minor violation designated as such pursuant to section 5 of this act of an environmental law voluntarily discloses to the department or local government agency the existence of that violation, the department or local government agency, as the case may be, shall not impose a civil or civil administrative penalty for the violation; provided the person responsible for the violation fully discloses all relevant circumstances surrounding the violation within 30 days of its discovery, immediately ceases any continuation of the violation, and promptly remedies the violation and achieves compliance, in accordance with the timeframes established pursuant to section 3 of this act.

L.1995,c.296,s.6.

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