New Jersey Statutes 13:1D-68. Violations, penalties relative to violations of C.13:1D-65
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:1D-68
- 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
1. a. Any person who violates any provision of section 2 of P.L.2009, c.277 (C. 13:1D-65) shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 , to be collected by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in a civil action by summary proceeding under the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings for the enforcement of the penalty established by this section.
b. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may institute a civil action for injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of P.L.2009, c.277 (C. 13:1D-64 et seq.) and prohibit and prevent a violation of section 2 of that act, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner.
L.2015, c.160, s.1.