Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:37-11

  • 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.
  • 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
Except with the consent of the agencies hereinafter named, the powers and duties provided for in this article for a county shade tree commission shall not be valid or operative:

a. Within the limits of any highway, park or parkway now or hereafter under the jurisdiction of a municipal shade tree commission;

b. Within the limits of any county park, for the establishment or maintenance of which there has or shall have been appointed a special park commission;

c. Within the dedicated limits of any State highway with the establishment or maintenance of which the State Highway Commission of New Jersey is charged;

d. Within the limits of any State forest park reservation or State park established by law under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, or of any special park commission of this State, except with the consent of the respective agencies hereinbefore named. The county shade tree commission may co-operate with or contract with any of the agencies hereinbefore named for the establishment or maintenance of ornamental and shade trees or shrubs along any highway or within any forest park reservation or park within the county.

Amended by L.1958, c. 41, p. 134, s. 5, eff. May 20, 1958.