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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:12B-290

  • 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
Upon a finding by the commissioner, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, of a violation by any person of any provision of this act, or any regulation or order of the commissioner issued pursuant thereto, the commissioner may order the person to cease any violation or to pay a civil penalty not in excess of $1,000.00 per day for each day that the violation continues, or both, the penalty being recoverable in the name of the commissioner in a summary proceeding pursuant to “the penalty enforcement law,” N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.

L. 1987, c. 225, s. 12.