New Jersey Statutes 24:14A-4. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:14A-4
- 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.
- local board of health: means the board of health of any municipality, or the boards, bodies, or officers in such municipality lawfully exercising the powers of a local board of health under the laws governing such municipality, and includes any consolidated local board of health or county local board of health created and established pursuant to law. See New Jersey Statutes 24:1-1
- 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
a. “Approved” means satisfactory compliance as determined and recorded by the Department of Health.
b. “Department” means the State Department of Health.
c. “Lead paint” means any pigmented, liquid substance applied to surfaces by brush, roller, spray or other means in which the total nonvolatile ingredients contain more than 1% of lead, by weight, calculated as metallic lead.
d. “Dwelling” means any building or structure or portion thereof which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence, or sleeping quarters of one or more persons and includes any dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit, and any facility occupied or used by children.
e. “Board” means local board of health, regional health commission or other locally constituted health agency having primary jurisdiction to enforce this act.
f. “Interior surfaces” and “exterior surfaces” shall include but shall not be limited to window sills, window frames, doors, door frames, walls, ceilings, stair rails and spindles or other appurtenances, including equipment on the premises of dwellings as defined herein.
L.1971, c. 366, s. 4. Amended by L.1976, c. 116, s. 3, eff. Nov. 16, 1976.