New Jersey Statutes 5:8-82. License suspension or revocation; penalties
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:8-82
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- 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
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
As an alternative to any other sanctions herein or otherwise provided by law, any such violator shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $250.00 for the first offense and not more than $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense.
The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the collection and enforcement of a penalty imposed because of such violation, within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The penalty shall be collected and enforced in a summary proceeding pursuant to “the penalty enforcement law” (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue in the name of the State upon the complaint of the commissioner.
Upon receiving evidence of any such violation, the commissioner is empowered to hold hearings upon said violation and upon finding the violation to have been committed, to assess a penalty against the person alleged to have committed such violation, in such amount within the limits of this act as he deems proper under the circumstances. Any such amounts collected by the commissioner shall be paid forthwith into the State Treasury for the general purposes of the State.
L.1959,c.108,s.5; amended 1967, c.90; 1991,c.91,s.185.