Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2D-57

  • 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
  • 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 person who willfully violates this act or any rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant hereto, including the State Radiation Emergency Response Plan, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $2,500.00 for each offense, to be collected by the department and the division in a summary proceeding under “the penalty enforcement law” (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.) or in any case before a court of competent jurisdiction wherein injunctive relief is requested. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense. The department and the division are authorized to compromise and settle any claim for penalty under this section in an amount in their discretion as may appear appropriate in all these circumstances.

L.1981, c. 302, s. 21, eff. Oct. 27, 1981.

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