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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:15C-18

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • 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
8. a. Applications for licenses as a tree expert or a tree care operator shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the board and shall contain statements under oath showing the applicant’s education or other qualification for licensure. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee as established by the board by regulation. No license shall be issued in the name of a corporation, firm, partnership, or other form of business organization.

b. The board shall maintain a record of all individual applicants for licensure and all licensees, including the person‘s name, age, education, and other qualifications, the person’s place of residence, the location in which the person is employed, and a record of the person’s fulfillment of any continuing education requirements established by this act.

c. The board may, in its discretion, grant a tree expert license or a tree care operator license to any person who is not a resident of this State and who is the lawful holder of a substantially equivalent license or certification issued by another jurisdiction, as determined by the board.

L.2009, c.237, s.8.