New Jersey Statutes 51:9-9.1. Residential oil fill pipe, regulations, violations, fees
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:9-9.1
- 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
b. No person may pump, pour, or otherwise place home heating oil into any exterior heating oil tank fill pipe of a residential dwelling unit unless that pipe is capped with a tank fill pipe cap that is colored green, or unless the tank fill pipe is equipped with a fill tightness system with a fill cap stamped or engraved in clear letters with the words “Fuel Oil.”
c. A person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. The penalty may be collected in a summary proceeding brought pursuant to “the penalty enforcement law,” (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of “the penalty enforcement law” in connection with this act.
L.1991,c.163,s.1.