New Jersey Statutes 26:2Q-6. Civil actions for injunctive relief to enforce, prevent violations
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2Q-6
- 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
6. If the department has reason to believe that a person who: is not certified pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C. 26:2Q-3) is engaging in lead evaluation or lead abatement work or is soliciting another person to engage, employ or retain him to perform lead evaluation or lead abatement work, for pecuniary gain; or is either certified or not certified pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C. 26:2Q-3) and is causing an imminent threat to the public health, safety or welfare, the department may initiate a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to enforce or prevent a violation of sections 1 through 12 of P.L.1993, c.288 (C. 26:2Q-1 through C. 26:2Q-12). The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner.
L.1993,c.288,s.6.