New Jersey Statutes 26:3A2-8. Health ordinances; adoption; enforcement
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:3A2-8
- 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.
The county board of health shall, in order to perform any power delegated to it or in the performance of any duty imposed upon it by law, adopt, amend and repeal health ordinances and provide services necessary for the appropriate control of disease and the improvement of the health of citizens. An ordinance of the county board shall be effective and enforceable only within the area of jurisdiction of the county board.
L.1975, c. 329, s. 8, eff. April 1, 1976.