Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27D-126.6

  • 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.
4. If any local construction code official or inspector suffers injury or death in the performance of his duties, the legal beneficiaries of such official or inspector shall be entitled to such salary, pension rights, workers’ compensation, or other benefits as would have accrued if such injury or death had occurred in the performance of duties in the jurisdiction in which the official or employee is regularly employed. The responsibility for the payment of benefits pursuant to this section shall be determined in the agreements entered into pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2007, c.2 (C. 52:27D-126.4).

L.2007, c.2, s.4.