New Jersey Statutes 48:13A-8. Failure to perform; department orders
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:13A-8
- collector: when used in relation to the collection of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, water rents or assessments, unless a particular officer is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- 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
9. a. Should any person engaged in the solid waste disposal business fail or refuse to complete, execute or perform any contract or agreement obligating that person to provide solid waste disposal services, the Department of Environmental Protection may order any person engaged in the solid waste disposal business to extend solid waste disposal services into any area where service has been discontinued in accordance with the provisions of R.S.48:2-27, and the department shall:
(1) fix an appropriate initial rate for solid waste collection service; or
(2) fix and exercise continuing jurisdiction over just and reasonable rates for solid waste disposal service in the extended area.
b. Should any person engaged in the solid waste collection business refuse to furnish solid waste collection services within a municipality pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.170 (C. 40:66-5.2), the department may order the solid waste collector to provide these services in accordance with the provisions of R.S.48:2-23.
L.1970,c.40,s.9; amended 1991, c.170, s.6; 1991, c.381, s.30; 2003, c.169, s.16.