New Jersey Statutes 13:9-19. Burning waste, vegetation or other materials; permits
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 13:9-19
- 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
In any district for which firewardens have been appointed under the provisions of this chapter, no person shall set fire to or cause to be set on fire in any manner whatsoever; or to start fires anywhere and permit them to spread to forests, thereby causing damage to or threat to life or property, either accidentally or otherwise, directly or indirectly, in person or by agent, or cause to be burned waste, fallows, stumps, logs, brush, dry grass, fallen timber or any property, material, or vegetation being grown thereon, or anything that may cause a forest fire, without first obtaining the written permission of the department. Within the designated protection area this requirement supersedes any law, rule, regulation or ordinance inconsistent therewith. No such permission shall be granted if, in the department’s opinion, any forest will be endangered thereby; or if it violates the air pollution statutes; nor shall any such permission, if granted, relieve or exonerate any person from any penalties provided by this chapter, if by reason of such wildfire, any forest be burned.
Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 24, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.