Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:3-27.1

  • Code: means the State Fish and Game Code. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
  • Open season: means the date and time of year when wildlife may be captured, taken, killed, or had in possession. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
  • 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
7. Whenever an open season is prescribed for wild turkey by the State Fish and Game Code, the division is authorized to charge a fee of $19.00, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C. 23:3-1a), except that a person under 16 years of age shall be charged a fee of $10.00, for each permit issued. This permit shall be void at the close of the prescribed open season. The amounts remitted to the State Treasury for wild turkey permits shall be deposited to the credit of the “hunters’ and anglers’ license fund.”

L.1986,c.198,s.7; amended 1991, c.286, s.8; 1999, c.282, s.15.