New Jersey Statutes 45:5AA-2. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:5AA-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- 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
a. “Board” means the Landscape Irrigation Contractors Examining Board established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1991, c.27 (C. 45:5AA-5).
b. “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.
c. “Landscape irrigation contracting” means the construction, repair, maintenance, improvement and alteration of any portion of a landscape irrigation system, including required wiring within that system and connection to the required power supply and the installation and connection to a public or private water supply system under the terms and conditions of a contract.
d. “Landscape irrigation contractor” means a natural person who is certified to do landscape irrigation contracting.
e. “Landscape irrigation contractor certificate” or “certificate” means the certificate issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this act.
f. “Landscape irrigation system” means any assemblage of components, materials or special equipment which is designed, constructed and installed for controlled dispersion of water from any safe and suitable source, including properly treated wastewater, for the purpose of irrigating landscape vegetation or the control of dust and erosion on landscaped areas, including integral pumping systems or integral control systems for manual, semi-automatic or automatic control of the operation of these systems.
g. “Business permit” means the permit issued by the board to a person allowing the person to engage in the business of landscape irrigation contracting, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.27 (C. 45:5AA-1 et seq.).
h. “Person” means any natural person, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, and any owner or operator of a permittee.
i. “Permittee” means a person who has secured a business permit to engage in the business of landscape irrigation contracting, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.27 (C. 45:5AA-1 et seq.).
L.1991, c.27, s.2; amended 2009, c.229, s.1.