New Jersey Statutes 34:11A-2. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:11A-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. 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
a. “Construction employer” means a person in the business of building, constructing, altering or repairing any building, road, bridge or structure in this State;
b. “Construction fund” means all moneys in the custody of the owner of a project, which moneys are designated for the construction, alteration or repair of any private or public project;
c. “Fringe benefits” means any benefits agreed to be paid by a construction employer to a fringe benefit fund;
d. “Fringe benefit fund” means any fund established pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between a construction employer and a representative labor organization, or pursuant to the terms of a fringe benefit trust indenture entered into between the trustees of a fund and the construction employer, for the collection, investment and payment of fringe benefits;
e. “Prime contractor” means a construction employer who has a direct contract with the owner of a public or private project;
f. “Private project” means the construction, repair or alteration of any building, road, bridge or structure or any other improvements to real property for any person other than this State, any agency, commission or department thereof, or any county, municipality or school district or any agency or instrumentality thereof;
g. “Public project” means the construction, alteration or repair of any building, road, bridge or structure or any other improvements to real property for this State, any agency, commission or department thereof, or any county, municipality or school district or any agency or instrumentality thereof;
h. “Public project owner” means the head of the public agency with jurisdiction over the public project;
i. “Subcontractor” means a construction employer who has a contract with a prime contractor or with the subcontractor of the prime contractor; and
j. “Worker” means any person engaged in a skilled or unskilled construction trade or craft in this State.
L. 1987, c. 150, s. 2.