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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:14A-7

  • 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.
7. When the board of health having primary jurisdiction under P.L.1971, c.366 (C. 24:14A-1 et seq.) finds that there is a lead-based paint hazard on the interior walls, ceilings, doors, floors, baseboards or window sills and frames of any dwelling, or any exterior surface that is readily accessible to children it may order the remediation and appropriate disposition of such lead-based paint hazard by using abatement or lead hazard control methods approved in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2003, c.311 (C. 52:27D-437.1 et al.), under such safety conditions as it may specify, and as shall be approved by the department.

L.1971,c.366,s.7; amended 1976, c.116, s.5; 2003, c.311, s.14.