New Jersey Statutes 26:2-74. Disposition of penalties recovered
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2-74
- 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.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- 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
Any penalty recovered under the provisions of this subtitle shall be paid to the plaintiff. When the plaintiff is the State Commissioner of Health of the State of New Jersey, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the commissioner into the treasury of the State. When the plaintiff is a local board of health, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the local board into the treasury of the municipality within which the local board has jurisdiction.
L.1939, c. 261, p. 677, s. 1. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 467, s. 7.