New Jersey Statutes 26:2D-87. Violations, penalties
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2D-87
- 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
- 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
7. A person who violates the provisions of P.L.1989, c.234 (C. 26:2D-81 et seq.) and P.L.2006, c.48 (C. 26:2D-82.1 et al.) is subject to a penalty of $100 for the first offense and $200 for each subsequent offense, except that a tanning facility operator who violates the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2006, c.48 (C. 26:2D-82.1) concerning a minor’s use of the tanning facility is subject to a penalty of $1,000 for the first offense, $2,000 for the second offense, and $2,000 and a five-day suspension of the facility’s registration and operation for a third and subsequent offense. The penalty shall be sued for and collected in a court of competent jurisdiction in a summary proceeding in accordance with the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.).
A penalty recovered under the provisions of P.L.1989, c.234 (C. 26:2D-81 et seq.) and P.L.2006, c.48 (C. 26:2D-82.1 et al.) shall be recovered by and in the name of the Commissioner of Health or by and in the name of the local board of health. When the plaintiff is the Commissioner of Health 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 of health into the treasury of the municipality where the violation occurred.
L.1989, c.234, s.7; amended 2006, c.48, s.5; 2012, c.17, s.151; 2013, c.39, s.3.