New Jersey Statutes

Titles / CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS / Sections

• Chapter 1A

• 6.1
  Power to arrest without warrant; law enforcement training program.
  
  
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• Chapter 1B

• 2
  Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development; appointment; term; salary
  
  
• 3
  Duties of commissioner
  
  
• 4
  Delegation of powers by commissioner
  
  
• 5
  Divisions in department; assistants in administrative division; designation of deputy
  
  
• 8
  Director of Division of Resource Development
  
  
• 10
  Tidelands Resource Council.
  
  
• 13
  Approval of riparian leases, grants.
  
  
• 13.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 13.2
  Title studies and surveys; certification of state owned lands
  
  
• 13.3
  Consideration of mean high water line
  
  
• 13.4
  Publication of map; filing; distribution
  
  
• 13.5
  Action by persons aggrieved
  
  
• 13.6
  Progress reports to governor and legislature
  
  
• 13.7
  Conveyance or lease of state's interest; application
  
  
• 13.8
  Recommendations on application
  
  
• 13.9
  Approval of application; fixing of consideration; conveyance by deed of bargain and sale or quitclaim deed
  
  
• 13.10
  Investigation of applications for and approval of lease, license or permit; terms and conditions; acquisition of state's interest
  
  
• 13.11
  Application for or acceptance of lease not deemed recognition of state's claim of paramount title
  
  
• 13.12
  Termination of lease; vacation of premises; reimbursement for original costs of reclamation and permanent structures
  
  
• 13.13
  Disposition of net proceeds from sale, lease or transfer of state's interest in meadowlands
  
  
• 13.14
  Approval of conveyances, leases, permits and licenses; validation of instruments
  
  
• 15.1
  Bureau of Recreation
  
  
• 15.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 15.3
  Appropriations
  
  
• 15.4
  Definitions
  
  
• 15.5
  Responsibility of department for acquiring, maintaining and preserving natural areas
  
  
• 15.6
  Creation of natural areas section in Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation; administration; powers and duties
  
  
• 15.7
  Natural areas council; membership; terms; vacancies; reimbursement for expenses; meetings
  
  
• 15.8
  Duty of council to advise commissioner
  
  
• 15.9
  Acquisition of lands
  
  
• 15.10
  Rules and regulations; standards for acquisition, maintenance and operation of lands
  
  
• 15.11
  Acceptance of grants and gifts by commissioner; expenditure of funds
  
  
• 15.12
  Use of departmental employees
  
  
• 15.12a
  Short title
  
  
• 15.12a1
  Natural areas system; standards for inclusion of area
  
  
• 15.12a2
  Review and update of planning for natural areas
  
  
• 15.12a3
  Establishment of system; inclusion of additional areas
  
  
• 15.12a4
  Inclusion of other additional state lands; study; public hearings; periodic recommendations
  
  
• 15.12a5
  Study of private lands for inclusion
  
  
• 15.12a6
  Registry of lands suitable for inclusion
  
  
• 15.12a7
  Limitations on use of land in system
  
  
• 15.12a8
  Acquisition of land by purchase, gift or otherwise
  
  
• 15.12a9
  Designation and regulation of classifications and uses of land within system
  
  
• 15.12a10
  Permitted activities and obligation of users
  
  
• 15.100
  Division of Parks and Forestry, director
  
  
• 15.101
  Powers and duties
  
  
• 15.102
  Division organization
  
  
• 15.105
  Administration of historic sites and structures program; functions and duties
  
  
• 15.106
  Transfer of moneys, employees or property
  
  
• 15.107
  Repeal
  
  
• 15.108
  Historic sites council; members; terms; compensation; vacancies; removal
  
  
• 15.109
  Use of division employees
  
  
• 15.110
  Powers and duties of council
  
  
• 15.111
  New Jersey Historic Trust
  
  
• 15.112a
  Board of trustees
  
  
• 15.113
  Compensation of trustees
  
  
• 15.114
  Powers
  
  
• 15.115
  Additional powers.
  
  
• 15.115a
  "Historic Preservation Revolving Loan Fund" created
  
  
• 15.115b
  Appropriation to "Historic Preservation Revolving Loan Fund;" approval, terms
  
  
• 15.115c
  Criteria for awarding loan
  
  
• 15.115d
  Rules, regulations for expenditure of funds
  
  
• 15.115e
  Repayment of loans
  
  
• 15.115f
  Charge, collection of application fee, appraisal costs
  
  
• 15.116
  Trust restrictions.
  
  
• 15.117
  Legal counsel and services
  
  
• 15.118
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 15.119
  Natural Lands Trust
  
  
• 15.120
  Trustees; terms; appointment; chairman
  
  
• 15.121
  No compensation; reimbursement
  
  
• 15.122
  Powers of trust
  
  
• 15.123
  Particular powers
  
  
• 15.124
  Annual report; recommendations or requests
  
  
• 15.125
  Approval mandatory
  
  
• 15.126
  Legal counsel and services; request
  
  
• 15.127
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 15.128
  New Jersey Register of Historic Places
  
  
• 15.129
  Approval of sites, structures, etc.; notice to owner
  
  
• 15.130
  State aid
  
  
• 15.131
  Encroachment upon or damage to historic place; authorization; public hearing
  
  
• 15.131a
  Preservation of certain Civil War monuments.
  
  
• 15.132
  Appropriation
  
  
• 15.133
  Short title
  
  
• 15.134
  Definitions
  
  
• 15.135
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 15.136
  Open lands management program; establishment; purpose
  
  
• 15.137
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 15.138
  Public meetings
  
  
• 15.139
  Projects by private landowners
  
  
• 15.140
  Eligible projects
  
  
• 15.141
  Liability of owner, lessee or occupant
  
  
• 15.142
  Assessment and taxation
  
  
• 15.143
  Appointment of officers, employees; qualifications.
  
  
• 15.144
  Report
  
  
• 15.145
  Application, acceptance and expenditure of funds
  
  
• 15.146
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 15.147
  Natural Heritage Program
  
  
• 15.148
  Functions
  
  
• 15.149
  Fees
  
  
• 15.150
  Administration
  
  
• 15.151
  Short title
  
  
• 15.152
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 15.153
  Definitions
  
  
• 15.154
  Endangered plant species list
  
  
• 15.155
  Research to determine eligibility
  
  
• 15.156
  Moneys
  
  
• 15.157
  Educational, informational programs
  
  
• 15.158
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 15.159
  Establishment of natural resources inventory.
  
  
• 15.160
  Pamphlet of information published
  
  
• 15.161
  Information on public computer network
  
  
• 16
  Division of Veterans' Services, powers and duties transferred to
  
  
• 17
  Veterans loan authority transferred to Department; powers and duties
  
  
• 18
  Powers and duties of public housing and development authority to be performed through Division of Veterans' Services
  
  
• 19
  Director of Division of Veterans' Services
  
  
• 20
  Veterans' Services Council.
  
  
• 21
  Powers and duties of Veterans' Services Council.
  
  
• 22
  Powers and duties of Economic Council to be performed by Veterans' Services Council
  
  
• 23
  Division of Fish and Game, powers and duties transferred to
  
  
• 24
  Fish and Game Council; members; terms
  
  
• 25
  Sportsmen's clubs eligible for membership
  
  
• 26
  Chairman of Fish and Game Council; vacancies; removal; compensation; eligibility
  
  
• 27
  Director of Division of Fish and Game
  
  
• 28
  Council to formulate policies; other duties
  
  
• 29
  Definitions
  
  
• 30
  State Fish and Game Code
  
  
• 31
  Regulations and amendments thereof relating to fish
  
  
• 32
  Regulations and amendments thereof relating to game
  
  
• 33
  Public hearing on regulations; notice
  
  
• 34
  Adoption of regulations, amendments or repealers; publication; evidence; emergencies
  
  
• 35
  Review of regulations, amendments or repealers
  
  
• 36
  Violation of Fish and Game Code provisions
  
  
• 37
  Cost of licenses, permits or fees not affected
  
  
• 38
  Wardens and deputies; powers and duties
  
  
• 39
  Pending prosecutions; violation of laws rendered inoperative
  
  
• 40
  Partial invalidity of article
  
  
• 41
  Effective date of article
  
  
• 48
  Director of Division of Water Policy and Supply
  
  
• 49.1
  Water policy and supply council; transfer of powers, duties and functions to department of environmental protection
  
  
• 49.2
  Water supply advisory council.
  
  
• 49.3
  Duties of water supply advisory council
  
  
• 49.4
  Powers of water supply advisory council
  
  
• 63
  Grants, conveyances, devises, bequests and donations; acceptance for state
  
  
• 65
  Federal grants
  
  
• 68
  Terms of directors of Morris Canal and Banking Company to expire; persons to constitute board until successors qualify
  
  
• 69
  Terms, as used in laws, contracts or documents, defined
  
  
• 70
  Repeal
  
  
• 71
  Short title
  
  
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• Chapter 1C

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Establishment of board; members; appointment
  
  
• 3
  Term of members; compensation
  
  
• 4
  Expiration of term; vacancies
  
  
• 5
  Meetings
  
  
• 6
  Chairman, vice-chairman and secretary; terms; quorum
  
  
• 7
  Duties of board
  
  
• 8
  Application for certification and registration; admission to examination; discrimination
  
  
• 9
  Recreation administrator; applicants for certification and registration; qualifications
  
  
• 10
  Recreation supervisor; applicants for certification and registration; qualifications
  
  
• 11
  Applications; filing; fee
  
  
• 12
  Notification to applicants of action upon applications and giving of examinations
  
  
• 13
  Examinations
  
  
• 14
  Certification of incumbent administrator or supervisor
  
  
• 15
  Temporary certificates
  
  
• 16
  Grounds for refusal of application, issuance or revocation of certificate
  
  
• 17
  Expiration of certificate; renewal; fee
  
  
• 18
  Certification and registration of persons performing similar duties on effective date of act; servicemen
  
  
• 19
  Payment of funds into general fund
  
  
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• Chapter 1D

• 1
  Reorganization of department of conservation and economic development
  
  
• 2
  Continuation of functions
  
  
• 3
  Division of marine services; natural resource council
  
  
• 4
  Division of fish, game and shell fisheries; fish and game council; shell fisheries council
  
  
• 5
  Division of environmental quality
  
  
• 6
  Director of division of environmental quality
  
  
• 7
  Department of health, transfer of certain functions; clean air council; clean water council; commission on radiation protection
  
  
• 8
  Department of agriculture; transfer of certain functions
  
  
• 9
  Powers of department.
  
  
• 9.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 9.2
  Report on department fees, requirements
  
  
• 9.3
  Environmental Program Fee Fund
  
  
• 10
  Division of economic development; economic development council; New Jersey Area Redevelopment Authority; department of institutions and agencies; veterans' services council
  
  
• 11
  Transfer of appropriations, grants and other moneys
  
  
• 12
  Transfer of employees
  
  
• 13
  Employee's tenure rights
  
  
• 13.1
  Unclassified titles
  
  
• 13.3
  Classified and senior executive service
  
  
• 13.2
  Reinstatement to classified service
  
  
• 14
  Transfer of records and equipment
  
  
• 15
  Orders, rules, regulations
  
  
• 16
  Actions and proceedings
  
  
• 17
  Reports and certifications
  
  
• 18
  References in laws, regulations, contracts, etc.; to other agencies
  
  
• 18.1
  Use of terms
  
  
• 18.2
  References deemed to refer to Tidelands Resource Council
  
  
• 18.3
  Office of Recycling
  
  
• 19
  Repealer
  
  
• 29
  Definitions
  
  
• 30
  Application for construction permits; review; request for additional information
  
  
• 31
  Application for construction permit; approval conditioning or disapproval; time period
  
  
• 32
  Failure to take action within time period; application deemed approved
  
  
• 33
  Rules, regulations; "Environmental Services Fund;" fees
  
  
• 34
  Monthly bulletin
  
  
• 35
  Short title
  
  
• 36
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 37
  Definitions.
  
  
• 38
  Office of Pollution Prevention established; programs; reports
  
  
• 40
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 41
  Information required in pollution prevention plan
  
  
• 42
  Preparation of pollution prevention plan, submission of summary; progress reports
  
  
• 43
  Department authorized to require submission of pollution prevention plan, summary, progress report
  
  
• 44
  Department may direct owner of non-priority industrial facility to submit pollution prevention plan, summary, progress report
  
  
• 45
  Department research on pollution prevention trends
  
  
• 46
  Department may enter industrial facility to obtain information about pollution prevention practices
  
  
• 47
  Omission of trade secrets from pollution plan, summary
  
  
• 48
  Designation of priority industrial facilities to receive permit
  
  
• 49
  Violations, penalties
  
  
• 50
  "Pollution Prevention Fund" established
  
  
• 51
  Definitions
  
  
• 52
  Conditions for conveyance of lands; fees
  
  
• 53
  Notice of public hearing
  
  
• 54
  Information included in notices
  
  
• 55
  Submission of summary, transcripts of public hearing
  
  
• 56
  Valuation of lands; terms as covenants running with the land
  
  
• 57
  Disposition of proceeds; management of lands
  
  
• 58
  Nonapplicability of C.13:1D-51 et seq.; hearing, determination.
  
  
• 64
  "Antifreeze" defined.
  
  
• 65
  Addition of bittering agent required.
  
  
• 66
  Immunity from liability.
  
  
• 67
  Inapplicability.
  
  
• 101
  Checklist of requirements; permit defined
  
  
• 102
  Reliance on checklists; applications deemed complete; construction of section
  
  
• 103
  Applicants advised and informed by department
  
  
• 104
  Guidance provided, pre-application conference
  
  
• 105
  Classification system for permits
  
  
• 106
  Review schedules for classes of permits
  
  
• 107
  Level of review, identification
  
  
• 108
  Publication of information on classes and review
  
  
• 108.1
  Biotechnology Permit Acceleration Task Force
  
  
• 109
  Reports on application dispositions
  
  
• 110
  Evaluation of applications, notice of deficiencies; definitions
  
  
• 111
  Technical manual for each class of permit, requirements
  
  
• 112
  Effect of technical manual on filed applications; revisions
  
  
• 113
  Availability of copies; fees
  
  
• 114
  Information on permit applications
  
  
• 114.1
  Use of permit fee revenues to fund permit management staff
  
  
• 115
  Semi-annual informational reports
  
  
• 115.1
  Annual report to Legislature
  
  
• 116
  Continuing education seminars; fees; definitions
  
  
• 117
  Record of attendees; conduct by qualified entity
  
  
• 118
  Cooperation of professional licensing boards
  
  
• 119
  Reports on backlogs of review of permit applications
  
  
• 120
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 121
  Definitions
  
  
• 122
  Schedule for payment of fees
  
  
• 123
  Inapplicability of act
  
  
• 124
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 125
  Findings, declarations relative to enforcement of environmental laws
  
  
• 126
  Definitions
  
  
• 127
  Minor violations
  
  
• 128
  Failure to correct violation
  
  
• 129
  Rules, regulations; violation designation
  
  
• 130
  Voluntary disclosure; nonimposition of penalty
  
  
• 131
  Violation procedures prior to adopted rules, regulations
  
  
• 132
  Report, contents; recommendations
  
  
• 133
  Rules, regulations; submission to Legislature
  
  
• 134
  Findings, declarations relative to development, promotion of energy, environmental technology.
  
  
• 135
  Definitions relative to development, promotion of energy, environmental technology.
  
  
• 136
  Performance partnership agreement.
  
  
• 137
  Reciprocal environmental technology agreements.
  
  
• 138
  Rules, regulations adopted by DEP
  
  
• 139
  Regulated universe of business entities
  
  
• 140
  Regulation prior to operative date
  
  
• 141
  Temporary regulations
  
  
• 144
  Definitions relative to smart growth in DEP and expedited permits.
  
  
• 145
  Division of Smart Growth established in DEP.
  
  
• 146
  Additional provisions concerning expedited permit mechanisms.
  
  
• 147
  Construction of act relative to preservation area of Highlands Region.
  
  
• 148
  "Environmental Stewardship Program."
  
  
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• Chapter 1E

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings and declaration of policy
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Supervision of solid waste collection activities, facilities, disposal operations.
  
  
• 5
  Registration statement, engineering design; approval.
  
  
• 5a
  Registration renewal of solid waste collection and disposal vehicles.
  
  
• 5.1
  Application; notice to municipality; rejection or grant of tentative approval; transmittal with fact sheet; public hearing; recommendations of administrative law judge; approval or denial by department
  
  
• 5.2
  Facility on site in more than one municipality; notices; affected municipalities as single party
  
  
• 5.3
  Sanitary landfill facility on property of state college; prohibition of approval; termination of contractual right or regulatory approval; reimbursement
  
  
• 6
  Powers and duties of department
  
  
• 7
  Advisory Council on Solid Waste Management
  
  
• 8
  Council powers
  
  
• 9
  Codes, rules and regulations; enforcement; penalties
  
  
• 9.1
  Surcharges
  
  
• 9.2
  Reward for information
  
  
• 9.3
  Disposal, transportation of solid waste; authorization.
  
  
• 9.4
  Penalties
  
  
• 9.5
  Issuance of emergency order
  
  
• 9.6
  Solid waste disposal offenses, degree of crime, penalties.
  
  
• 11
  Temporary approval of registration
  
  
• 12
  Revocation or suspension of registration
  
  
• 13
  Tax exemption
  
  
• 14
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 15
  Severability
  
  
• 15.1
  Hours of operation; facility within 1000 feet of residential zone
  
  
• 18
  Fees
  
  
• 19
  Solid waste management districts; designation
  
  
• 20
  Solid waste management plans
  
  
• 21
  Solid waste management plan; report; contents
  
  
• 22
  Prohibition of solid waste facilities competitive with facilities of public authority; agreements or contracts; authorization
  
  
• 23
  Adoption of solid waste management plan; procedure; review
  
  
• 24
  Submission to commissioner; approval, modification or rejection; certification; adoption of modification by district; filing
  
  
• 25
  Payment of costs; adoption of County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law
  
  
• 26
  Approval by commissioner prior to construction, acquisition, or operation of facility
  
  
• 27
  Solid waste facility deemed public utility
  
  
• 28
  Annual payment to host municipality
  
  
• 28.1
  Transfer station payment to host municipality
  
  
• 28.2
  Nonapplicability
  
  
• 28.3
  Annual economic benefit for certain neighboring municipalities
  
  
• 29
  Issuance of bonds or modification or renewal of contracts involving solid waste facility after effective date of act
  
  
• 30
  State grant for experiental, landfill mining projects; application; evaluation
  
  
• 31
  Commitments and grants; approval; findings
  
  
• 32
  Change in experimental project; written approval of commissioner
  
  
• 33
  Inspections of experimental projects
  
  
• 34
  Solid Waste Management Research and Development Fund; creation
  
  
• 34.1
  Development of landfill mining demonstration project
  
  
• 34.2
  Provisions of "Pinelands Protection Act" not modified
  
  
• 35
  Liberal construction; severability
  
  
• 36
  Exemption of construction and operation of planned disposal facility from provisions of act
  
  
• 37
  Formulation and development of plan; state aid to districts
  
  
• 38
  Definitions
  
  
• 39
  Commercial solid waste facility near river flood hazard area; prohibition of disposal of certain waste materials
  
  
• 40
  Hazardous wastes; list; transmittal to department and municipality
  
  
• 41
  Monitoring wells; samples; analyses; order to discontinue acceptance of wastes; reacceptance; conditions
  
  
• 42
  System for interception, collection and treatment of leachates; installation by 1980; approval; temporary disposal of septage and sewage sludge at designated solid waste facilities
  
  
• 42.1
  Weekly inspection of major hazardous waste facilities
  
  
• 42.2
  Assessment for inspection of major hazardous waste facility; schedule
  
  
• 43
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 44
  Definitions
  
  
• 45
  District solid waste management plans; sludge; inventory and plans for disposal
  
  
• 46
  Statewide solid waste management plan; sludge management strategy; directions to solid waste management district by department
  
  
• 47
  Disposal of sludge in solid waste management district
  
  
• 48
  Pursuit and coordination of federal, state or private aid
  
  
• 48.1
  Short title
  
  
• 48.2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 48.3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 48.4
  Regulated medical waste management system
  
  
• 48.5
  Interim regulation
  
  
• 48.6
  Requirements; certification
  
  
• 48.7
  Generator registration, fees
  
  
• 48.8
  Transporter requirements
  
  
• 48.9
  Transporter application, fees
  
  
• 48.10
  Acceptance for disposal
  
  
• 48.11
  Instruction
  
  
• 48.12
  Regulation of flow
  
  
• 48.13
  State regulated medical waste management plan
  
  
• 48.14
  Commercial facilities
  
  
• 48.15
  County shortfall determination
  
  
• 48.16
  County options
  
  
• 48.16a
  Preparation, adoption of sharps disposal component for district solid waste management plan.
  
  
• 48.16b
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 48.17
  Noncompliance determination
  
  
• 48.18
  Payments to county; surcharges
  
  
• 48.19
  Regional procedures
  
  
• 48.20
  Enforcement.
  
  
• 48.21
  Strict liability
  
  
• 48.22
  Temporary approval
  
  
• 48.23
  Revocation, suspension of registration
  
  
• 48.24
  Reward to informant
  
  
• 48.25
  State agencies included
  
  
• 48.26
  Allocation of fees
  
  
• 48.27
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 48.28
  Local regulation superseded
  
  
• 49
  Short title
  
  
• 50
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 51
  Definitions.
  
  
• 52
  Hazardous waste facilities siting commission
  
  
• 53
  Powers
  
  
• 55.1
  Annual program analysis required.
  
  
• 57
  Criteria for siting of new major hazardous waste facilities; preparation and adoption.
  
  
• 58
  Major hazardous waste facilities plan; preparation and adoption; contents; public information program.
  
  
• 59
  Site designations; proposal and adoption.
  
  
• 60
  Construction of major hazardous waste facility; registration statement and engineering design; review; approval; findings; fees; exemptions.
  
  
• 61
  Criteria for new major hazardous waste facilities; failure to meet requirements; approval; findings
  
  
• 62
  Joint and severally strict liability of owners and operators
  
  
• 63
  Construction and operation; inapplicability of local government approval or zoning ordinance; compliance with state law; inspections
  
  
• 64
  Weekly inspections by local health board or department; violations; injunction or other relief; disposition of penalties
  
  
• 65
  Right of entry of local inspector
  
  
• 66
  Failure to comply with laws or rules and regulations; enforcement and closure actions
  
  
• 67
  Award for information on violations
  
  
• 68
  Evidence of financial responsibility; mechanism to defray closing costs and post-closure monitoring expenses
  
  
• 69
  Conservatorship
  
  
• 70
  Conservator; powers and duties
  
  
• 71
  Compensation for services, costs and expenses in conservatorship action
  
  
• 72
  Assumption of outstanding debts of former registrant by purchaser
  
  
• 73
  Payment of net earnings during conservatorship; approval
  
  
• 74
  Disposition in bulk of all property; net proceeds to former or suspended registrant
  
  
• 75
  Conservator; subjection to laws, rules and regulations and conditions and restrictions in statement or design
  
  
• 76
  Discontinuation of conservatorship action; disposition of securities issued by former or suspended registrant; inapplicability to powers of conservator
  
  
• 77
  Reports of conservator; availability and distribution; publication
  
  
• 78
  Creditor or party in interest aggrieved by alleged breach of fiduciary obligation; review
  
  
• 79
  Qualifications of conservator; investigation and report
  
  
• 80
  Taxation of hazardous waste facilities; collection of excess amounts; lower payments directed by commission
  
  
• 81
  Eminent domain
  
  
• 82
  Conflict of interest of member, officer, employee or agent of commission
  
  
• 83
  Annual audit of commission
  
  
• 84
  Annual report
  
  
• 85
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 86
  Report; need for State construction and operation of major hazardous waste facilities or exchange.
  
  
• 87
  First date of approval of new facility; increase in capacity; approval
  
  
• 88
  Commission or department; prohibited acts; prohibition of regulation of rates, fees or charges by certain governmental agencies
  
  
• 89
  Precedence of act over laws, rules and regulations in conflict or inconsistent with act
  
  
• 90
  Severability
  
  
• 91
  Liberal construction of act
  
  
• 96
  State Recycling Fund; allocation of moneys.
  
  
• 96.1
  Functions, etc. transferred to Department of Environmental Protection
  
  
• 96.2
  Short title.
  
  
• 96.3
  Findings, declarations relative to recycling goals and recycling of solid waste.
  
  
• 96.4
  Definitions relative to recycling of solid waste.
  
  
• 96.5
  Recycling tax on owner, operator of solid waste facility; applicability; rate.
  
  
• 96.6
  Recycling tax suspended when beverage containers are refundable.
  
  
• 96.7
  Annual appropriations; conditions.
  
  
• 99.3
  Penalties for littering
  
  
• 99.4
  Banned containers
  
  
• 99.11
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 99.12
  Definitions
  
  
• 99.13
  District recycling plan.
  
  
• 99.13a
  Adoption of model ordinance on recycling in multifamily housing
  
  
• 99.13b
  Written cooperative marketing agreement
  
  
• 99.14
  Contracts for recycling services
  
  
• 99.15
  Exemption
  
  
• 99.16
  Municipal recycling system.
  
  
• 99.17
  Bidding for collection, disposal of recyclable materials
  
  
• 99.18
  Identification as recyclable container
  
  
• 99.19
  Written determination
  
  
• 99.20
  Disposition, recycling of automobile tires
  
  
• 99.21
  Use of leaf composting, vegetative waste composting facilities or recycling center
  
  
• 99.22
  Municipal leaf collection
  
  
• 99.21a
  Authorization to own or operate leaf composting facility
  
  
• 99.21b
  Requirements for licensing for owner, operator of leaf composting facility
  
  
• 99.21c
  Leaf composting demonstration projects
  
  
• 99.21d
  Vehicles for transporting leaves to facility, registration not required
  
  
• 99.21e
  Jurisdiction over charges, rates; revenue not included in tariff computation
  
  
• 99.21f
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 99.23
  Preference to materials paid with public funds
  
  
• 99.24
  Purchase of recycled paper, products; review of bid specs
  
  
• 99.25
  Contracts for recycled paper, products
  
  
• 99.26
  Cooperative purchase, marketing
  
  
• 99.27
  Increasing percentage of recycled paper
  
  
• 99.27a
  Contracts for purchase of recycled nonpaper products
  
  
• 99.28
  Recyclable paving materials
  
  
• 99.29
  Fuel from waste oil
  
  
• 99.30
  Compliance with district recycling plan
  
  
• 99.31
  Resource recovery facility to comply with district recycling plan
  
  
• 99.32
  Short title
  
  
• 99.33
  Recycling activities outside BPU jurisdiction
  
  
• 99.34
  Recycling centers
  
  
• 99.35
  Sale of motor oil; rules, regulations.
  
  
• 99.36
  Sign posted "used oil collection center" defined; rules, regulations
  
  
• 99.37
  Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Program Fund
  
  
• 99.38
  Marketing studies
  
  
• 99.39
  Report to Legislature
  
  
• 99.40
  Definitions
  
  
• 99.41
  Material code labels on bottles, containers; required
  
  
• 99.42
  Violations, penalties
  
  
• 99.43
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 99.44
  Short title
  
  
• 99.45
  Findings, declarations, determinations
  
  
• 99.46
  Definitions.
  
  
• 99.47
  Sale of certain packages, components, packaged products, restricted; terms defined.
  
  
• 99.48
  Exemptions, criteria.
  
  
• 99.49
  Request for information by department
  
  
• 99.50
  Fees
  
  
• 99.51
  Certification of compliance
  
  
• 99.52
  Determination of compliance by department
  
  
• 99.53
  Noncompliance
  
  
• 99.54
  Violations, penalties, remedies
  
  
• 99.55
  "Toxic Packaging Reduction Fund" created
  
  
• 99.56
  Review, report.
  
  
• 99.57
  Request for copy of declaration of exemption, certificate of compliance
  
  
• 99.58
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 99.59
  Short title
  
  
• 99.60
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 99.61
  Definitions relative to dry cell batteries
  
  
• 99.62
  Restricted sales of certain batteries
  
  
• 99.63
  Restricted sale of consumer mercuric oxide battery
  
  
• 99.64
  Sale of rechargeable consumer products restricted, exemptions
  
  
• 99.65
  Sale of certain batteries dependent on battery management plan
  
  
• 99.66
  Submission of battery management plan
  
  
• 99.67
  Submission of dry cell battery collection plan
  
  
• 99.68
  Disposal of mercuric oxide batteries as solid waste, prohibited
  
  
• 99.69
  Disposal of used nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries as solid waste, prohibited
  
  
• 99.70
  Solid waste collector not to collect certain used batteries
  
  
• 99.71
  Solid waste facility not to accept certain used batteries for disposal
  
  
• 99.72
  Retailers, distributors, manufacturers to accept used batteries
  
  
• 99.73
  Institutional generator to provide for disposal of certain batteries
  
  
• 99.74
  Adoption of district household hazardous waste management plan.
  
  
• 99.75
  Implementation of countywide used dry cell battery source separation and collection program
  
  
• 99.76
  Order issued by commissioner to manufacturers
  
  
• 99.77
  Addressing consumer complaints, establishment of public education program, determination of compliance
  
  
• 99.78
  Violations, penalties
  
  
• 99.79
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 99.80
  Report by commissioner to the Legislature
  
  
• 99.81
  Collector, transporter exemptions
  
  
• 99.82
  Short title.
  
  
• 99.83
  Findings, declarations relative to mercury pollution from switches in scrap vehicles.
  
  
• 99.84
  Definitions relative to mercury switches in scrap vehicles.
  
  
• 99.85
  Development of mercury minimization plan for vehicles by manufacturers.
  
  
• 99.86
  Approval, disapproval, conditional approval of mercury minimization plan.
  
  
• 99.87
  Removal of mercury switches.
  
  
• 99.88
  Manufacturer's report to commissioner relative to implementation of mercury minimization plan.
  
  
• 99.89
  Violations, civil action, penalty.
  
  
• 99.90
  Revision of policies of Department of the Treasury relative to purchase of vehicles.
  
  
• 99.91
  Sale of certain mercury thermometers prohibited.
  
  
• 99.92
  DEP responsible for compliance, public education program.
  
  
• 99.93
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 99.94
  Short title.
  
  
• 99.95
  Definitions relative to electronic waste management.
  
  
• 99.96
  Registration for television manufacturers; fee, annual report, recycling program.
  
  
• 99.96a
  Preparation of plan, annual report by department.
  
  
• 99.99
  Noncompliance by manufacturer, prohibition from sales.
  
  
• 99.100
  Labeling of electronic device required.
  
  
• 99.101
  Compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC.
  
  
• 99.102
  Collection of sampling information by department; registration; fee; TV exception.
  
  
• 99.103
  Requirements for manufacturer provided with return share in weight greater than zero, TV exception.
  
  
• 99.104
  Information provided by retailer relative to recycling.
  
  
• 99.105
  Determination of return share for manufacturer; TV exception; annual report.
  
  
• 99.106
  Maintenance of Internet website, toll-free number listing recycling sites; review of goals, fees.
  
  
• 99.108
  Recycling of covered electronic devices; compliance with laws; performance requirements.
  
  
• 99.109
  Used covered electronic device, disposal as solid waste prohibited.
  
  
• 99.110
  Enforcement; violations, penalties.
  
  
• 99.111
  Rules, regulations; fees to cover department costs.
  
  
• 99.112
  Establishment of organizations, compacts.
  
  
• 99.113
  Intent of act; implementation of national program.
  
  
• 99.114
  Report posted on website, to Legislature by January 1, 2014.
  
  
• 100
  Short title
  
  
• 101
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 102
  Definitions
  
  
• 103
  Joint and several liability of owner or operator for proper operation and closure
  
  
• 104
  Sanitary landfill facility tax
  
  
• 105
  Sanitary landfill facility contingency fund
  
  
• 106
  Strict liability of fund for damages due to operations or closure of sanitary landfill; payment
  
  
• 107
  Limitations on claims
  
  
• 108
  Disbursement of fund
  
  
• 109
  Monthly deposits in escrow account; violation crime of third degree; increased tariffs
  
  
• 109.1
  Meadowlands Commission payment to certain solid waste debt defeasance fund.
  
  
• 109.2
  Payments into escrow accounts of Meadowlands Commission, certain, authorized.
  
  
• 110
  Landfill closure account audits
  
  
• 111
  Rights of subrogation of fund
  
  
• 112
  Tax and escrow collected as surcharge; adjustments
  
  
• 114
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 115
  Availability of other remedies; remedies additional to existing law
  
  
• 116
  Contract for sale of land; statement of use as sanitary landfill facility; violation; voidability
  
  
• 116.1
  Short title
  
  
• 116.2
  Definitions regarding municipal landfill sites
  
  
• 116.3
  Redevelopment agreement, negotiation
  
  
• 116.4
  Reimbursement of costs of closure and remediation
  
  
• 116.5
  Memorandum of agreement to qualify for reimbursement certification
  
  
• 116.6
  Municipal Landfill Closure and Remediation Fund
  
  
• 116.7
  Reimbursement of developer
  
  
• 117
  Scales to determine weight of vehicles disposing of waste; record; exemption
  
  
• 118
  Rate schedule; amendment of tariff
  
  
• 119
  Increase in tariffs
  
  
• 120
  Regulations or guidelines
  
  
• 122
  Waste generated by federal government; exemption from tariffs
  
  
• 123
  Disposal of solid waste generated by agency of federal government; exemption from taxes and fees
  
  
• 124
  Exemption applicable only to contracts signed prior to Jan. 1, 1982
  
  
• 125
  Construction of act; refunds; tax liability incurred prior to effective date
  
  
• 126
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 127
  Definitions.
  
  
• 128
  Disclosure.
  
  
• 128.1
  Priority schedule for investigative reports
  
  
• 128.2
  Disclosure, submission requirements.
  
  
• 129
  Investigative interrogatory
  
  
• 130
  Subpena power
  
  
• 131
  Disclosure of information by public officer or employee; penalty
  
  
• 132
  Grant of immunity after disclosure of evidence; failure to obey subpena; penalties
  
  
• 133
  Disqualification critieria
  
  
• 133.1
  Rehabilitated ex-offenders, licensing
  
  
• 133.2
  Reestablished integrity, licensing
  
  
• 133.3
  Resource recovery permits; completion of investigation, licensing required
  
  
• 133.4
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 134
  Causes for revocation
  
  
• 135
  Licensing after removal of disqualification; temporary licenses
  
  
• 136
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 137
  Definitions.
  
  
• 138
  Solid waste services, tax; obligation to pay.
  
  
• 147
  Solid Waste Services Tax Fund.
  
  
• 153
  40-year contracts authorized
  
  
• 154
  Request for qualifications; selection of qualified vendors
  
  
• 155
  Request for proposals
  
  
• 156
  Review of proposals; revisions
  
  
• 157
  Vendor designation; contract negotiations
  
  
• 158
  Approvals required
  
  
• 159
  Notification of proposed contract
  
  
• 160
  Request for additional information
  
  
• 161
  Notice of public hearing
  
  
• 162
  Hearing; report
  
  
• 163
  Approval; conditional approval
  
  
• 164
  Mandatory contract provisions
  
  
• 167
  Lease or sale to vendor
  
  
• 168
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 169
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 170
  Definitions
  
  
• 171
  Sanitary Landfill Closure and Rate Relief Fund
  
  
• 172
  Project priority list
  
  
• 173
  Eligibility for grants, loans
  
  
• 174
  Project appropriations
  
  
• 175
  Rules
  
  
• 176
  Financial plan for closure
  
  
• 177
  Short title
  
  
• 179
  Definitions.
  
  
• 181.3
  Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Fund.
  
  
• 186
  Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan.
  
  
• 191
  Reward for information.
  
  
• 198
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 199
  Definitions
  
  
• 200
  Disposal of used lead acid battery
  
  
• 201
  Retailers to accept used lead acid battery
  
  
• 202
  Distributor to accept used lead acid battery from retailer
  
  
• 203
  Manufacturer to accept used lead acid battery from distributor
  
  
• 204
  Retailer to display notice that lead acid batteries may be recycled
  
  
• 205
  Solid waste collector not to collect used lead acid batteries
  
  
• 206
  Solid waste facility not to accept used lead acid batteries
  
  
• 207
  Consumer complaints, dissemination of information
  
  
• 208
  Findings, declarations relative to recycling, reuse of used computers.
  
  
• 209
  DEP educational materials on computer recycling and reuse.
  
  
• 210
  Distribution of educational materials by DOE.
  
  
• 211
  DEP evaluation demonstration project; report.
  
  
• 212
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 213
  Title amended.
  
  
• 214
  Findings, declarations relative to the Clean Communities Program.
  
  
• 215
  Definitions relative to the Clean Communities Program.
  
  
• 216
  User fee imposed on sales by manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, retailer of litter-generating products.
  
  
• 217
  Clean Communities Program Fund.
  
  
• 218
  Statewide public information and education program.
  
  
• 219
  Contract not required for receipt of State aid.
  
  
• 220
  Additional duties, responsibilities of department.
  
  
• 221
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
• 222
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 223
  Annual appropriations; conditions.
  
  
• 224
  Tire Management and Cleanup Fund.
  
  
• 225
  Local Tire Management Program.
  
  
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• Chapter 1F

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 1a
  Inapplicability of pesticide control act to certain insect inspections.
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Orders, rules and regulations; application of federal law and regulations
  
  
• 5
  Adoption, amendment or repeal of rule or regulation; notice to interested party of determination
  
  
• 6
  Pesticide control council; creation; members; term of office; compensation
  
  
• 7
  Powers and duties
  
  
• 8
  Advice to commissioner on proposed regulations
  
  
• 9
  Additional powers
  
  
• 10
  Violations, enforcement, remedies.
  
  
• 11
  Detained or embargoed pesticide; illegal sale, label, use or application; tag; permission to use
  
  
• 12
  Powers, duties and functions of department under other laws; effect of act
  
  
• 13
  Ordinances, rules or regulations of municipality, county or board of health; effect of act
  
  
• 14
  Construction of act; severability
  
  
• 15
  Pesticide held, used, distributed, sold or offered for sale or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce; annual registration; renewal; denial, refusal to register or cancellation; grounds
  
  
• 16
  Violations; securement or impoundment; hearing; disposition
  
  
• 17
  Registration fee exemption
  
  
• 18
  Definition
  
  
• 19
  Short title
  
  
• 20
  Findings, declarations relative to the "School Integrated Pest Management Act."
  
  
• 21
  Definitions relative to the "School Integrated Pest Management Act"
  
  
• 22
  Development of model school integrated pest management policy
  
  
• 23
  Designation of integrated pest management coordinator
  
  
• 24
  Maintenance of records of pesticide application; notices of policy
  
  
• 25
  Permitted use of certain pesticides; notice
  
  
• 26
  Posting of sign prior to use of certain pesticides
  
  
• 27
  Applicability of notice and posting requirements
  
  
• 28
  Emergency use of certain pesticides
  
  
• 29
  Prohibited use of certain pesticides
  
  
• 30
  Immunity from liability of commercial pesticide applicator
  
  
• 31
  Development, availability of form for certifying compliance
  
  
• 32
  Issuance of administrative order; notice of violation
  
  
• 33
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 1G

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Codes, rules and regulations; contents; promulgation; enforcement
  
  
• 4.1
  Curfew hour alarms
  
  
• 4.2
  Use of sirens near schools restricted; exceptions
  
  
• 5
  Powers of department
  
  
• 6
  Motor vehicles; control of noise; codes, rules and regulations
  
  
• 7
  Application of code, rule or regulation to motor vehicles
  
  
• 8
  Motor vehicles; inspections; compliance with standards of noise control
  
  
• 9
  Motor vehicles; operation in violation of noise standards; penalty
  
  
• 10
  Obstruction or interference with performance of duties by department personnel
  
  
• 11
  Violations; investigation; order to cease; enforcement; corrections by violator; hearings
  
  
• 12
  Hearings; testimony; copies of transcript or record
  
  
• 13
  Hearings; hearing officer; powers
  
  
• 14
  Injunctive relief; penalties
  
  
• 15
  Judicial review
  
  
• 16
  Cooperation and agreements with other governmental agencies
  
  
• 17
  Noise control council
  
  
• 18
  Powers and duties of council
  
  
• 19
  Consultation by commissioner with council on proposed code, rule or regulation
  
  
• 20
  Inapplicability of act to limit powers, duties and functions vested under other laws related to community noise control
  
  
• 21
  Validity of existing civil or criminal remedies; validity of ordinances or resolutions stricter than this act
  
  
• 21.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 21.2
  Immunity from liability
  
  
• 21.3
  Applicability
  
  
• 22
  Construction of act
  
  
• 23
  Severability
  
  
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• Chapter 1H

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Purposes for grant
  
  
• 4
  Environmental index defined
  
  
• 5
  Application for state aid
  
  
• 6
  Technical assistance
  
  
• 7
  Limitation on state aid
  
  
• 8
  Short title
  
  
• 9
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 10
  Definitions
  
  
• 11
  State aid to environmental agency for projects in eligible municipalities
  
  
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• Chapter 1I

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Treatment or disposal of waste originating or collected outside state; rules and regulations
  
  
• 5
  Injunctive relief; penalties
  
  
• 6
  Limitation on powers, duties and functions vested in department under this act
  
  
• 7
  Severability
  
  
• 8
  Construction of act
  
  
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• Chapter 1J

• 1
  Legislature's findings and declarations
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Exploration for, extraction, milling or processing; prohibition
  
  
• 4
  Violation; penalty; injunction
  
  
• 6
  Inapplicability of act to authority for containment, cleanup or removal if danger to public health and to local regulation
  
  
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• Chapter 1K

• 1
  Conveyances used in willful discharge; forfeiture; exceptions
  
  
• 2
  Seizure of conveyance
  
  
• 3
  Status and disposition of confiscated or detained property
  
  
• 4
  Disposition after forfeiture
  
  
• 5
  Burden of proof
  
  
• 6
  Short title.
  
  
• 7
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 8
  Definitions.
  
  
• 9
  Closing, transfer procedures.
  
  
• 9.1
  Tax sale, foreclosure as decision to close operations
  
  
• 9.2
  Owner, operator required to remediate industrial establishment
  
  
• 9.3
  Remediation of industrial establishment by municipality, debt of immediate past owner or operator
  
  
• 9.4
  Certain provisions not applicable to governmental unit, agent
  
  
• 9.5
  Remediation by municipality, approval
  
  
• 9.6
  Review, approval of remediation
  
  
• 9.7
  Transfer, close of operations without compliance; conditions
  
  
• 10
  Rules, regulations; department access
  
  
• 11
  Transfer of industrial establishment; deferral of remedial action workplan
  
  
• 11.1
  Obligations of trust, estate to remove discharge
  
  
• 11.2
  Application for expedited review.
  
  
• 11.3
  Application for limited site review
  
  
• 11.4
  Application for area of concern waiver
  
  
• 11.5
  Application for closing, transfer when remediation is already in progress
  
  
• 11.6
  Application for closing, transfer when discharges are from regulated underground storage tank
  
  
• 11.7
  Application for closing, transfer when discharges are of minimal environmental concern.
  
  
• 11.8
  Application for certificate of limited conveyance
  
  
• 11.9
  Responsibilities of owner as landlord, operator as tenant
  
  
• 11.10
  Notification of transfer, avoidance of penalty.
  
  
• 11.11
  Audit of negative declarations and remedial action workplans
  
  
• 12
  Obligations imposed by act not affected by bankruptcy proceedings and constitute continuing regulatory obligations imposed by state
  
  
• 13
  Grounds for voiding sale.
  
  
• 13.1
  Violations; actions, penalties.
  
  
• 14
  Residential property contaminated with radon gas or radon progeny; inspection and testing; removal; certification; costs
  
  
• 15
  Definitions
  
  
• 16
  Industrial establishment; owners' or operators' inspection and reporting requirement; violations; penalty; injunctions; liability of reporter
  
  
• 17
  Notice to local bodies and verification of hazardous discharge; list of reported discharges; notification of department by local bodies
  
  
• 18
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 19
  Short title
  
  
• 20
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 21
  Definitions
  
  
• 22
  Extraordinarily hazardous substance list
  
  
• 23
  Risk management program
  
  
• 24
  Risk reduction work plan
  
  
• 25
  Accident risk assessment
  
  
• 26
  Risk reduction plan; review, hearing
  
  
• 27
  Right-of-entry; recordkeeping
  
  
• 28
  Insurance information release
  
  
• 29
  Internal management of confidential information
  
  
• 30
  Violations; penalties
  
  
• 31
  Fee schedule
  
  
• 32
  Involvement of other entities
  
  
• 33
  Hazardous material discharge initial emergency response training program
  
  
• 34
  Purpose of program
  
  
• 35
  Annual appropriation for continued implementation of program
  
  
• 36
  Findings, declarations, determinations relative to sale, use, burning of creosote.
  
  
• 37
  "Creosote," "utility company" defined.
  
  
• 38
  Sale, use of certain creosote products prohibited.
  
  
• 39
  Burning, disposal of certain creosote products prohibited.
  
  
• 40
  Inapplicability of act.
  
  
• 41
  Violations, penalties, civil actions.
  
  
• 42
  Rules, regulations; temporary waivers.
  
  
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• Chapter 1L

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Powers
  
  
• 5
  Duties
  
  
• 5.1
  Duties of commissioner relative to designation of sites.
  
  
• 6
  Grant of authority to operate facilities for private profit; acquisition of interest in lands
  
  
• 7
  Powers of department
  
  
• 8
  Authority to exchange lands
  
  
• 9
  Closing of park; removal of persons
  
  
• 10
  Destruction of park property, archaeological findings, sites prohibited.
  
  
• 11
  Shooting or trapping of birds at High Point Park; preservation of Island Beach Park
  
  
• 12
  Free admission for elderly, disabled, members of New Jersey National Guard
  
  
• 12.1
  Free admission for veterans to State parks, forests, certain circumstances; definitions.
  
  
• 13
  Forest management program
  
  
• 14
  Tree seeds and seedling trees; procurement, production and distribution
  
  
• 14.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 14.2
  Plan for compensatory reforestation
  
  
• 14.3
  Nonapplicability of act.
  
  
• 14.4
  Public forum to present plan for deforestation, reforestation by State entities
  
  
• 15
  Protection of trees and wood from insects and disease
  
  
• 16
  Fire protection; technical assistance to local government
  
  
• 17
  State forester
  
  
• 17.1
  Short title
  
  
• 17.2
  Findings, declarations relative to shade trees, forests in communities
  
  
• 17.3
  Definitions relative to community forestry
  
  
• 17.4
  "New Jersey Shade Tree and Community Forestry Program" established.
  
  
• 17.5
  Community Forestry Council, establishment, membership, powers
  
  
• 17.6
  Duties of State Forester
  
  
• 17.7
  Development, distribution of comprehensive community forestry plan, approval
  
  
• 17.8
  Annual report on status of New Jersey Shade Tree and Community Forestry Program
  
  
• 17.9
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 18
  Publications
  
  
• 19
  Fees for services; rules and regulations
  
  
• 20
  Employees
  
  
• 21
  Powert to arrest without warrant; authorization to carry firearm; law enforcement training program.
  
  
• 22
  Oaths; witnesses; subpenas
  
  
• 23
  Injunctive relief; penalties.
  
  
• 24
  Programs for providing job opportunities for youth and disadvantaged persons
  
  
• 25
  Disadvantaged youth; agreements or grants to provide transportation or camping experiences
  
  
• 26
  Findings, declarations relative to establishment of Forest Health Advisory Council.
  
  
• 27
  Forest Health Advisory Council; membership.
  
  
• 28
  Duties of council.
  
  
• 29
  Findings, declarations relative to forest stewardship.
  
  
• 30
  Definitions relative to forest stewardship.
  
  
• 31
  Forest stewardship program, plan.
  
  
• 32
  Forest certification program.
  
  
• 33
  "Forest Stewardship Incentive Fund."
  
  
• 34
  Enactment of conflicting ordinance, rule, regulation prohibited.
  
  
• 35
  Forest sustainability criteria, indicators.
  
  
• 36
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 1M

• 1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 2
  Permit to commence operations
  
  
• 3
  Written findings required
  
  
• 4
  Permit fee; display
  
  
• 5
  Surety bond
  
  
• 6
  Suspension order
  
  
• 7
  Forfeiture of bond
  
  
• 8
  Restoration of surface
  
  
• 9
  Location change
  
  
• 10
  Report after completion
  
  
• 11
  Permit for plugging, abandonment
  
  
• 12
  Contents of report
  
  
• 13
  Order to plug well
  
  
• 14
  Report on producible quantity
  
  
• 15
  Permit for commercial operations
  
  
• 16
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 17
  Violations; injunctions; penalties
  
  
• 18
  Municipal, county regulation of oil, gas exploration.
  
  
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• Chapter 8

• 23
  Adjunct state forest reserves; agreements with owners of lakes or ponds for use by public; tax exemption
  
  
• 24
  Contents of agreement; certification of tax exemption
  
  
• 25
  Rules and regulations; powers of board
  
  
• 26
  Lakes or ponds used for water power excepted
  
  
• 29
  Easements; acquisition
  
  
• 30
  Short title
  
  
• 31
  Legislative findings and declaration
  
  
• 32
  Definitions
  
  
• 33
  Classes of trails
  
  
• 34
  Establishment of system; uniform markers; coordination with national trails system
  
  
• 35
  Establishment and designation; recreation and scenic trails; Appalachian trail; connecting or side trails
  
  
• 36
  Selection of routes and rights-of-way; criteria
  
  
• 37
  Use of state lands; acquisition of lands or interests in land
  
  
• 38
  Noninterference with nature and purposes by use of trail; maintenance of natural and scenic qualities
  
  
• 39
  Development and maintenance of trails; written cooperative agreements
  
  
• 40
  Studies for designation of additional trails
  
  
• 41
  Review of formal declarations of railroad right-of-way abandonments for inclusion in system
  
  
• 42
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 43
  Violations; penalties
  
  
• 44
  Funds available for acquisition of lands or interests therein
  
  
• 44.1
  "Chingwe Brook" in Wildcat Rock Shelter designated.
  
  
• 44.2
  Notification of name of brook.
  
  
• 45
  Short title
  
  
• 46
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 47
  Definitions
  
  
• 48
  Establishment; components; administration; classification of river areas
  
  
• 49
  Inclusion of river in system; determination of suitability; hearings; designation; notice
  
  
• 50
  State lands; use for system; scenic easements; acquisition or agreements
  
  
• 51
  Funds; authorization to apply for, accept and expend
  
  
• 52
  Rules and regulations; use by commissions created by municipalities; transmittal; veto by legislature
  
  
• 53
  Municipal wild and scenic river commissions; authority; members; failure to adopt and enforce rules and regulations; enforcement by department
  
  
• 54
  Development of facilities for public welfare on state-owned land
  
  
• 55
  Guidelines for preparation of reports
  
  
• 56
  Easements and rights-of-way on state-owned land; grants; reclassification of designation of component river area
  
  
• 57
  Violations; penalty; injunction
  
  
• 58
  Funds expendable for acquisition of lands or scenic easements
  
  
• 59
  Component river area within flood hazard area or part of state park, wildlife refuge or similar area; acts governing
  
  
• 60
  Inclusion of component river areas in national wild and scenic rivers system
  
  
• 61
  Severability
  
  
• 62
  Liberal construction of act
  
  
• 63
  Designation of initial components of system
  
  
• 64
  Wildlife sanctuary defined
  
  
• 65
  Ferber plot; designation as sanctuary
  
  
• 66
  Penalties; enforcement
  
  
• 67
  Release of animals into sanctuary
  
  
• 68
  Rules and regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 8A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes; grants to assist local units acquire lands
  
  
• 5
  Considerations to guide commissioner in acquiring lands and making grants
  
  
• 6
  Manner of acquisition; statement of intended acquisition
  
  
• 7
  Rules and regulations governing administration, operation and use of lands
  
  
• 8
  Manner of acquisition of lands by local unit with state assistance
  
  
• 9
  Conditions precedent to local assistance grant; terms and conditions of grant; acceptance by local unit
  
  
• 10
  Conditions precedent to local assistance grant; rules and regulations governing administration, operation and use of lands
  
  
• 11
  Grants by state treasurer upon approval by commissioner; amount of grant
  
  
• 12
  Acquisition of lands subject to rights of another; conservation easements
  
  
• 13
  Disposal of acquired land; disposition of returned moneys
  
  
• 14
  Discrimination prohibited
  
  
• 15
  Sale of lands by local unit to state
  
  
• 16
  Powers of commissioner
  
  
• 17
  Appropriation
  
  
• 18
  Effective date
  
  
• 19
  Short title
  
  
• 20
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 21
  Definitions
  
  
• 22
  Use of moneys
  
  
• 23
  Guidelines in acquisition of lands and making grants
  
  
• 24
  Acquisition of lands; purchase; eminent domain; declaration of taking; filing; deposit of estimated compensation; notice; right to possession; adjustment of compensation
  
  
• 25
  Rules and regulations on administration, operation and use of acquired lands
  
  
• 26
  Acquisition of lands by local units
  
  
• 27
  Grant to assist local unit to acquire lands for recreation and conservation use; conditions
  
  
• 28
  Grant to local unit; prerequisite of adoption of regulations governing administration, use and development of lands; alteration of regulations; approval
  
  
• 29
  Grants; payment upon certification of approval; limitation
  
  
• 30
  Power to acquire lands subject to leases or conservation easements
  
  
• 31
  Use of acquired lands
  
  
• 32
  Prohibition of discrimination in use of lands
  
  
• 33
  Sale of lands to state by local unit
  
  
• 34
  Assistance rendered by commissioner to help in acquisition of lands
  
  
• 35
  Short title
  
  
• 36
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 37
  Definitions
  
  
• 38
  Use of funds
  
  
• 39
  Considerations in acquisition and development of lands and in grants to assist local units
  
  
• 40
  Acquisition of lands; purchase or condemnation
  
  
• 41
  Rules and regulations governing administration, operation and use
  
  
• 42
  Acquisition of land by local unit with state aid
  
  
• 43
  Grant to assist local unit; conditions
  
  
• 44
  Regulations by local unit governing administration and use of lands
  
  
• 45
  Grants by commissioner; limitation on amount
  
  
• 46
  Lands subject to occupation for term or to conservation easement; acquisition
  
  
• 47
  Use, disposal of land acquired by local unit for other than recreation, conservation purposes; exceptions
  
  
• 48
  Disposition of lands acquired by State; approval
  
  
• 49
  Acquisition of lands by lease with minimum term of 25 years; use for recreation facilities
  
  
• 50
  Operation and maintenance of property or facilities by local unit
  
  
• 51
  Restrictions on use due to race, sex, nationality, or residence; prohibition
  
  
• 52
  Acquisition of lands from local unit by state; private sale
  
  
• 53
  Powers of commissioner
  
  
• 54
  Appropriation of money in state recreation and conservation land acquisition and development fund; use
  
  
• 55
  Comprehensive master plan; acquisition, development and use of open lands; annual report
  
  
• 56
  Certain public parking lots, use for commuter parking.
  
  
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• Chapter 8B

• 1
  Title of act
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Acquisition and enforcement of conservation or historic preservation restrictions
  
  
• 4
  Privity of estate or contract; enforceability of restrictions; recording
  
  
• 5
  Release of restrictions; public hearing
  
  
• 6
  Approval of commissioner of environmental protection
  
  
• 7
  Valuation of land subject to restriction
  
  
• 8
  Construction
  
  
• 9
  Severability
  
  
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• Chapter 8C

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to open space, farmland, and historic preservation.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to open space, farmland, and historic preservation.
  
  
• 4
  "Garden State Preservation Trust"
  
  
• 5
  Purpose of trust
  
  
• 6
  Powers of trust
  
  
• 7
  Powers of trust to issue bonds, notes, other obligations.
  
  
• 8
  Powers of trust to secure payment of bonds, notes, other obligations
  
  
• 9
  Pledges made by the trust
  
  
• 10
  Immunity from personal liability
  
  
• 11
  Establishment of reserves, funds, accounts
  
  
• 12
  Pledge, covenant of State
  
  
• 13
  Investment of moneys, funds in the trust
  
  
• 14
  Property of trust declared public
  
  
• 15
  Annual fiscal report to Governor, Legislature; audits
  
  
• 16
  Services rendered to trust
  
  
• 17
  "Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account"
  
  
• 18
  Transfers for deposit to preservation trust funds
  
  
• 18.1
  Allocation of amount exceeding $1,000,000,000.
  
  
• 19
  "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund."
  
  
• 20
  "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund."
  
  
• 21
  "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund."
  
  
• 22
  Audits by State Auditor
  
  
• 23
  Submission of recommendations, requests for funding.
  
  
• 24
  Office of Green Acres established.
  
  
• 25
  Biennial progress report to Governor, Legislature by the trust.
  
  
• 25.1
  Submission of Open Space Master Plan.
  
  
• 26
  Allocation of funds appropriated; conditions.
  
  
• 27
  Grants, loans to local government unit; conditions
  
  
• 28
  Use of power of eminent domain
  
  
• 29
  Payments to municipalities in lieu of taxes for lands acquired using dedicated money
  
  
• 30
  Payments to municipalities in lien of taxes for lands acquired using other than dedicated money
  
  
• 31
  Use of lands acquired, developed by State using dedicated money
  
  
• 32
  Use of lands acquired, developed by local government unit, tax exempt nonprofit organization using dedicated money; exceptions
  
  
• 33
  Permissible actions by local government unit for other lands
  
  
• 34
  Conveyance of land by local government unit, conditions
  
  
• 35
  Conveyance of land acquired using dedicated money by State, county, local government unit, restrictions
  
  
• 36
  Operation, maintenance of lands
  
  
• 37
  Use of funds appropriated for farmland preservation
  
  
• 38
  Acquisitions, grants with respect to farmland preservation.
  
  
• 38.1
  Solicitation of development easements, fee simple interests in farmland.
  
  
• 38.2
  Report of farms preserved through receipt of grants.
  
  
• 39
  Grant to qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization for farmland.
  
  
• 40
  Acquisition, permanent retirement of development easements on farmland.
  
  
• 40.1
  Property acquired for farmland preservation of historic buildings, structures; terms defined.
  
  
• 40.2
  Demolishing of historic building, structure prohibited, terms defined.
  
  
• 41
  Use of moneys appropriated to New Jersey Historic Trust
  
  
• 42
  Rules, regulations; contracts; study of utility easements
  
  
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• Chapter 9

• 1
  Forest fire service established
  
  
• 2
  General powers of department
  
  
• 3
  Duties of and regulations governing firewardens
  
  
• 4
  Material, supplies, equipment and property; purchase and distribution; custodian
  
  
• 5
  Expenses of administration of chapter; how paid
  
  
• 6
  Divisions, sections and districts
  
  
• 7
  State firewarden, supervisors, deputies and other officers and employees; appointment, removal and compensation
  
  
• 7.1
  Mandatory training requirements for fire service instructors
  
  
• 9
  Emergency help; cooperative or contractual agreements
  
  
• 10
  Deputy firewardens; designation
  
  
• 12
  Hourly compensation of district firewardens and helpers
  
  
• 13
  General powers of state firewarden
  
  
• 15
  Enforcement of laws and extinguishment of fires; summoning assistance
  
  
• 16
  Obstruction, threat, abuse, assault, injury or interference with firewarden, deputies or assistants
  
  
• 17
  Right of trespass to extinguish wildfire; right of entry to inspect
  
  
• 19
  Burning waste, vegetation or other materials; permits
  
  
• 20
  Burning forest; permit; back fires; liability; recreational or permitted fire; precautions
  
  
• 21
  Duty to extinguish fires and notify firewarden
  
  
• 22
  Theft, mutilation or destruction of property, equipment or posted notices
  
  
• 23
  Accumulations in forests as extraordinary fire hazard and public nuisance
  
  
• 24
  Removal of fire hazard and nuisance; penalty
  
  
• 25
  Compliance with chapter; civil liability for damages
  
  
• 28
  Penalties; payment and disposition
  
  
• 29
  Arrests without warrant
  
  
• 44.1
  Short title
  
  
• 44.2
  Legislative declarations
  
  
• 44.3
  Definitions
  
  
• 44.4
  Authority to make, conduct or participate in investigation of cause or responsibility for wildfire; cooperation
  
  
• 44.5
  Rules and regulations; orders
  
  
• 44.6
  Discharge of incendiary device, operation of mechanism which might cause wildfire or machinery without spark arrestor; precautions; presumption on escape of fire
  
  
• 44.7
  Throwing or dropping object within forest likely to cause wildfire
  
  
• 44.8
  Rights-of-way of railroads; burning and clearance; failure to comply; notice; declaration as public nuisance
  
  
• 44.9
  Costs of extinguishment; recovery; action
  
  
• 44.10
  Penalties; enforcement
  
  
• 52
  Drought; closing of forests and suspension or curtailment of open seasons for game and fish; proclamation of commissioner
  
  
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• Chapter 9A

• 1
  Legislative intent; inventory and mapping of tidal wetlands; filing in office of county recording officer
  
  
• 2
  Authority of commissioner to adopt, modify or repeal orders regulating, altering or polluting coastal wetlands; coastal wetlands defined
  
  
• 3
  Public hearing; notice to owner; recordation of orders
  
  
• 4
  Regulated activity; necessity of permit to conduct; application; notice; determination of issuance
  
  
• 5
  Jurisdiction of violations
  
  
• 6
  Complaint by landowner affected by order; recordation of finding
  
  
• 7
  Application of act on powers and duties of certain state departments or agencies
  
  
• 8
  Application of act to riparian lands
  
  
• 9
  Violations; penalties.
  
  
• 10
  Short title
  
  
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• Chapter 9B

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Exemptions from permit, transition area requirements
  
  
• 5
  Permit process
  
  
• 5.1
  Regulation of freshwater wetlands area.
  
  
• 6
  Meadowlands, Pinelands exemptions
  
  
• 7
  Classification system
  
  
• 8
  Letter of interpretation
  
  
• 9
  Permit application; conditions for issuance
  
  
• 10
  Rebuttable presumption
  
  
• 11
  Determination of public interest
  
  
• 12
  Accessibility to approved site
  
  
• 13
  Mitigation of adverse environmental impacts
  
  
• 13.1
  Permit not required for certain restoration work on manmade drainage ditch.
  
  
• 14
  Wetlands Mitigation Bank; council membership
  
  
• 15
  Powers of Wetlands Mitigation Council
  
  
• 16
  Transition areas
  
  
• 17
  Prohibited activities
  
  
• 18
  Transition area waivers
  
  
• 19
  Consideration for tax purposes
  
  
• 20
  Administrative hearing
  
  
• 21
  Remedies for violations.
  
  
• 22
  Taking without just compensation
  
  
• 23
  General permits
  
  
• 24
  Temporary emergency permit
  
  
• 25
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 26
  Distribution of National Wetlands Inventory maps
  
  
• 27
  Assumption of permit jurisdiction
  
  
• 28
  Public education program
  
  
• 29
  Report
  
  
• 30
  Local regulation preempted
  
  
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• Chapter 9C

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Responsibilities of the department, council
  
  
• 3
  Identification, inventory of areas suitable for use in county
  
  
• 4
  Nonapplicability of act
  
  
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• Chapter 10

• 1
  Geological survey part of department of conservation and development
  
  
• 2
  State geologist; appointment; term
  
  
• 5
  Reports of state geologist; printing, distribution and sale
  
  
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• Chapter 11A

• 1
  Definitions relative to maritime history, marine life preservation projects
  
  
• 2
  Criteria for selection of maritime history, marine life preservation projects, grants
  
  
• 3
  Creation of "Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account," "Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account"
  
  
• 4
  Recommendation for appropriation; purposes
  
  
• 5
  Interagency memorandum of agreement
  
  
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• Chapter 12

• 1
  Corporate existence of canal and banking company continued
  
  
• 2
  "Morris canal" defined
  
  
• 3
  Title to property vested in canal and banking company in trust for state
  
  
• 4
  Rights in certain lakes, etc., vested in canal and banking company in trust for certain purposes
  
  
• 5
  Use of Lake Hopatcong for boating, etc.; maintenance of water level
  
  
• 6
  Title to shares of stock of canal and banking company transferred to Department in trust
  
  
• 7
  Management and control of property by canal and banking company
  
  
• 8
  Board of directors of canal and banking company; voting capital stock
  
  
• 9
  General powers of board of directors
  
  
• 10
  Grants to municipalities to lay and maintain sewer pipes under and along canal right of way
  
  
• 11
  Sale of canal property for railroad purposes
  
  
• 12
  Construction of electric railways on canal lands acquired by municipalities
  
  
• 13
  Abandoned portions of canal property dedicated as public highways
  
  
• 14
  Diversion of waters for municipal purposes
  
  
• 15
  Sale of canal property in counties to such counties for road purposes
  
  
• 16
  Sale of canal property in municipalities to such municipalities or Port of New York Authority
  
  
• 17
  Sale of canal property outside municipalities to municipalities; public sale
  
  
• 17.1
  Sale by municipalities of canal property acquired from Morris Canal and Banking Company
  
  
• 18
  Leases; termination
  
  
• 19
  Removal of bridges, etc.
  
  
• 20
  Repair, etc., of dams, sluice gates, etc.
  
  
• 21
  Crossings in municipalities
  
  
• 22
  Legal and administrative help, etc.; agreements with independent contractors
  
  
• 23
  Canal and banking company acting through officers thereof; execution of contracts, conveyances, etc.
  
  
• 24
  Contracts, conveyances, etc., approved by attorney general
  
  
• 25
  Title conveyed by deeds of canal and banking company
  
  
• 26
  Release of lien of bonds on sale of property
  
  
• 27
  Receipts from sales or rentals of property; payment into state treasury
  
  
• 28
  Canal fund
  
  
• 29
  Injuries to or destruction of canal property; forfeiture; recovery
  
  
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• Chapter 13

• 1
  Title to canal vested in state
  
  
• 2
  Custody of canal and feeder vested in department of conservation and development
  
  
• 3
  Repair and preservation of canal and feeder and banks thereof
  
  
• 3.1
  Department of Transportation, control and responsibility for bridge maintenance; commissioner may close public access
  
  
• 3.2
  Department of Transportation, consult prior to bridge repair; responsibility for bridge design
  
  
• 3.3
  Right-of-way permission provided
  
  
• 3.4
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 4
  Sale of water; rental or use of property
  
  
• 5
  Maintenance deficit
  
  
• 6
  Operation of canal; charges for use
  
  
• 7
  Quitclaim deeds to canal and feeder
  
  
• 8
  Lease of buildings
  
  
• 9
  Fixing boundaries of canal
  
  
• 10
  Grants of easements along or across canal; sale of canal lands not needed
  
  
• 11
  Transfer of portion of canal property to city of Trenton for highway purposes
  
  
• 12
  Filling in of canal
  
  
• 12.1
  Canal to be used for industrial water supply and for recreational purposes
  
  
• 12.2
  Department to retain possession of canal
  
  
• 12.3
  Department to maintain canal and flow
  
  
• 12.4
  Department may sell water; long term contracts
  
  
• 12.5
  Contracts for sale of water; duration; repair and reconstruction
  
  
• 12.6
  Lease of canal lands
  
  
• 12.7
  Park and recreational uses
  
  
• 12.8
  Bridges; possession by Department of Transportation
  
  
• 12.9
  Sale of water at wholesale
  
  
• 12.9a
  Notice of hearing
  
  
• 12.10
  Long term contracts
  
  
• 12.11
  Expense of hearing
  
  
• 12.12
  Repeal of inconsistent acts
  
  
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• Chapter 13A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Designation; maintenance and operation
  
  
• 5
  Preservation, maintenance, development and improvement of park; approval of plans by commission; alteration of facilities; approval
  
  
• 6
  Selection of land sites for acquisition
  
  
• 7
  Entry on lands, waters or premises
  
  
• 8
  Acquisition of lands by gift, devise, purchase or eminent domain; authorization
  
  
• 9
  Hiring or leasing lands to private enterprises
  
  
• 10
  Rules and regulations; powers of employees as peace officers
  
  
• 11
  Delaware and Raritan canal commission
  
  
• 12
  Powers.
  
  
• 13
  Master plan for physical development of park; review of State projects, permits.
  
  
• 14
  Review zone designated.
  
  
• 15
  Annual audit of accounts; employment of accountant
  
  
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• Chapter 15B

• 1
  Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission created; membership; master plan; annual report.
  
  
• 2
  Objectives, jurisdiction of commission.
  
  
• 3
  Powers of commission.
  
  
• 4
  Specific powers of commission.
  
  
• 5
  Master plan for physical development of Historic New Bridge Landing State Park.
  
  
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• Chapter 16

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 3
  Meaning of terms
  
  
• 4
  Application for grant; determination of eligibility
  
  
• 5
  Designation of agency to apply for and receive grants
  
  
• 6
  Recognition of economic development agencies
  
  
• 7
  Applications for and approval of grants to economic development agencies
  
  
• 8
  Payment of grants to economic development agencies
  
  
• 9
  Rules and regulations of the department
  
  
• 10
  Criteria for eligibility
  
  
• 11
  Co-operation with other agencies
  
  
• 12
  Criteria for division of programmed and recognized expenditures
  
  
• 13
  Application for loan; additional information
  
  
• 14
  Authority to enter into contract with applicant
  
  
• 15
  Contract provisions
  
  
• 16
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 17
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 18
  Appropriation of funds
  
  
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• Chapter 17

• 1
  Declaration of purpose
  
  
• 2
  Short title
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 3.1
  References to HMDC deemed to be New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
  
  
• 4
  Boundaries
  
  
• 5
  Establishment and organization
  
  
• 6
  Powers
  
  
• 6.1
  Purchases, contracts, or agreements over threshold amount; public bids.
  
  
• 6.2
  Consultation with governing body
  
  
• 7
  Establishment and organization
  
  
• 8
  Powers
  
  
• 9
  Master plan; preparation and adoption; contents; amendments; considerations; consultations with state and federal agencies
  
  
• 10
  Survey of district; provision of solid waste disposal facilities
  
  
• 10.1
  Surplus moneys from operation of solid waste disposal facilities; disposition
  
  
• 11
  Provisions of master plan for location and use of buildings, structures and facilities; land use; codes and standards
  
  
• 12
  Construction and alteration of buildings or structures; necessity of permit; referral of action involving specific projects to commission
  
  
• 13
  Subdivisions and land development; review and regulation by commission; standards
  
  
• 14
  Application for subdivision, site plan or building permit; review and approval
  
  
• 14.1
  Development application
  
  
• 15
  Filing of subdivision plats; necessity of certification by commission
  
  
• 16
  Notice of hearing by constituent municipality or affected county; contents; commission as party in interest
  
  
• 17
  Project sites; suitability of locations and sizes; reservation; grant of building permits
  
  
• 18
  Waiver of strict compliance with standards; exemption of certain subdivisions from regulations
  
  
• 19
  Penalties for failure to obtain approval
  
  
• 20
  Declaration of district as renewal area; necessary findings; investigation; notice and hearing; review by court; acquisition of land; development
  
  
• 21
  Redevelopment plans for renewal areas; authority of commission in undertaking projects
  
  
• 22
  Required provisions in agreements, leases, deeds or other instruments from or between commission and to or with a redeveloper
  
  
• 23
  Issuance and renewal of negotiable bonds and notes; contents of bond resolution; payment
  
  
• 24
  Issuance and renewal of negotiable bond anticipation notes; payment; provisions, conditions and limitations
  
  
• 25
  Trust agreement to secure bonds; pledge or assignment of revenues; provisions; lien of pledge
  
  
• 26
  Bonds and notes not deemed debt or liability of state or political subdivision
  
  
• 27
  Agreement by state with holders of bonds or notes
  
  
• 28
  Exemption of bonds and notes from taxation
  
  
• 29
  Moneys received pursuant to act as trust funds
  
  
• 30
  Proceedings by bondholders and trustees to protect and enforce rights
  
  
• 31
  Refunding bonds; use of proceeds
  
  
• 32
  Bonds and notes as legal investments
  
  
• 33
  Issuance of bonds without consent or other proceedings
  
  
• 34
  Acquisition; eminent domain
  
  
• 35
  Regulations for installation, construction, maintenance, etc., of public utility equipment and appliances
  
  
• 36
  Tax exemption
  
  
• 37
  Exemption from levy and sale on execution
  
  
• 38
  Agreements for payments in lieu of taxes
  
  
• 39
  Formation of improvement districts; levy of special assessments
  
  
• 40
  Division of land into classes
  
  
• 41
  Certification whether public land in class 1 or 2 and nature of present or ultimate use; approval; request for reclassification
  
  
• 42
  Change in classification of class 3 land passing to state
  
  
• 43
  Improvements; resolution of intention; notice and hearing; resolution of determination
  
  
• 44
  Statement of cost of improvement; maximum amount of levy
  
  
• 45
  Hearing on assessment; notice; making of assessment
  
  
• 46
  Assessments to be proportionate to increase in benefit or value
  
  
• 47
  Assessment of damages incurred by improvement; payments to owner; appeal
  
  
• 48
  Payment of funds into court in event of uncertainty or dispute
  
  
• 49
  Report certifying assessments and awards of damages; map
  
  
• 50
  Consideration of report; notice; adoption and confirmation; appeal
  
  
• 51
  Bills for assessment; record and books of assessments
  
  
• 52
  Levy and payment of special assessments; establishment and administration of revolving fund
  
  
• 53
  Lien of assessment; confirmation of amount.
  
  
• 54
  New assessments; lien
  
  
• 55
  Refund of amount of illegal assessments
  
  
• 56
  Installment payments
  
  
• 57
  Enforcement of lien
  
  
• 58
  Deposit of funds in improvement assessment account
  
  
• 59
  Appeal from assessment or award; enforcement of order or judgment
  
  
• 60
  Purpose; report to legislature
  
  
• 61
  Definitions
  
  
• 62
  Applicability of laws relating to assessment and taxation of real and personal property
  
  
• 63
  Assessor's list
  
  
• 65
  Resident enrollment certification
  
  
• 66
  Establishment of intermunicipal account; computation of amount payable by or due to each constituent municipality
  
  
• 67
  Aggregate true value
  
  
• 67.1
  Adjustment payment exclusion
  
  
• 68
  Computation of guarantee payment payable by intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality
  
  
• 70
  School district services; determination of service payment
  
  
• 72
  Apportionment of balance among constituent municipalities; prohibition of payments to commission
  
  
• 73
  Payment of excessive funds to constituent municipalities; reduction of service payments
  
  
• 74
  Meadowlands adjustment payment; determination and payment.
  
  
• 74.1
  Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund established
  
  
• 75
  Comparable services; withholding of payments to noncomplying municipalities
  
  
• 76
  Appeal or review by constituent municipalities
  
  
• 77
  Annual budget; items of expenditure
  
  
• 78
  Annual audit of commission accounts
  
  
• 79
  Aid and cooperation by public bodies
  
  
• 80
  Contracts with municipalities or public agencies for operation of public works, improvements, facilities, etc.
  
  
• 81
  Examination of accounts and books of commission by state auditor
  
  
• 82
  Assistance to commission by employees of state departments and agencies
  
  
• 83
  Supplemental and additional provisions
  
  
• 84
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 85
  Severability
  
  
• 86
  Payment of expenses
  
  
• 87
  Short title.
  
  
• 88
  Definitions relative to Meadowlands Conservation Trust.
  
  
• 89
  Meadowlands Conservation Trust.
  
  
• 90
  Powers, duties of trust; board of trustees.
  
  
• 91
  Powers of trust.
  
  
• 92
  "Meadowlands Conservation Trust Fund."
  
  
• 93
  Attorney General to provide legal services.
  
  
• 94
  Annual report.
  
  
• 95
  Short title.
  
  
• 96
  Findings, declarations relative to Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District.
  
  
• 97
  Definitions relative to Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District.
  
  
• 98
  Meadowlands transportation planning district, Meadowlands Transportation Planning Board, established.
  
  
• 99
  Goals, policies, needs, improvement priorities established by district transportation plan.
  
  
• 100
  Assessment, collection of development fees.
  
  
• 101
  Fee assessed at time of issuance of zoning certificate.
  
  
• 102
  Payments due enforceable as lien.
  
  
• 103
  Establishment of transportation planning district fund.
  
  
• 104
  Refunding of uncommitted fees.
  
  
• 105
  Appeal to commission for reconsideration of assessment.
  
  
• 106
  Transportation planning district may accept loans.
  
  
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• Chapter 17A

• 4
  Designation of site; Commission; establishment; members; term of office; designation of representative; oath; vacancies; meetings; actions; approval
  
  
• 4.1
  Siting restriction
  
  
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• Chapter 18A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Pinelands commission; establishment; allocation within department of environmental protection
  
  
• 5
  Members; appointment; qualifications; terms of office; vacancies; removal; oath; reimbursement of expenses; vote necessary; chairman; executive director; veto by Governor
  
  
• 5.1
  Pinelands Commission, approval for certain reconstruction of single family dwellings, exempt.
  
  
• 5.2
  Solar panels not included in certain calculations relative to development in the pinelands.
  
  
• 6
  Powers.
  
  
• 7
  Pinelands Municipal Council established
  
  
• 7.1
  Election of officers by council
  
  
• 8
  Comprehensive management plan; preparation and adoption; contents
  
  
• 9
  Goals of comprehensive management plan
  
  
• 10
  Consultations; adoption; submission of plan; development, construction or disturbance of land; conformance to plan; waiver; rules and regulations
  
  
• 11
  Boundaries of pinelands and preservation areas; official state planning maps of Pinelands National Reserve, and pinelands, protection and preservation areas
  
  
• 12
  Master plan revisions
  
  
• 13
  Guidelines for location and construction; periodic revision and transmittal to state, county and municipal agencies
  
  
• 14
  Approvals, certificates, licenses, consents, permits or financial assistance for construction of structure or disturbance of land; prohibition prior to adoption of plan and revisions; exceptions
  
  
• 15
  Pinelands development applications
  
  
• 16
  Grants to municipalities and counties for revisions
  
  
• 17
  Conflict of interest of member, officer, employee or agent of commission; violations; action voidable; penalties
  
  
• 18
  Annual audit
  
  
• 19
  Annual report
  
  
• 20
  Judicial review
  
  
• 21
  Report on state payments in lieu of taxes to municipalities
  
  
• 22
  Sale of land within preservation area; written notice of intention; exceptions; transmittal and publication of provisions of section; violations; voidability of contract; corporations
  
  
• 23
  Coastal area; revision of environmental design
  
  
• 24
  Operation of power vessels or motor vehicles within pinelands; littering; violations; penalty
  
  
• 25
  Inapplicability of act to exportation of waters or to regulation of fish and game activities or other recreational activities in pinelands area
  
  
• 26
  Surcharge on fees; pinelands fund; disposition
  
  
• 27
  Enforcement of provisions of this act over inconsistent or conflicting acts
  
  
• 28
  Severability
  
  
• 29
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 30
  Short title
  
  
• 31
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 32
  Definitions
  
  
• 33
  Pinelands Development Credit Bank
  
  
• 34
  Powers of board
  
  
• 35
  Development credit certification
  
  
• 36
  Registry of development credits
  
  
• 37
  Application for guarantee
  
  
• 38
  Approval by board
  
  
• 39
  $10,000 guarantee minimum
  
  
• 40
  Default
  
  
• 41
  Payment of guaranteed amount
  
  
• 42
  Sales by board of credits
  
  
• 43
  County banks
  
  
• 44
  Delegation of authority to county
  
  
• 45
  Matching grants
  
  
• 46
  Exercise of authority
  
  
• 47
  Funding of the bank; proceeds from the sale of credits.
  
  
• 48
  Extension of pinelands development credit guarantee, purchases
  
  
• 49
  County authority unimpaired
  
  
• 50
  Funds for land acquisition; "limited practical use" defined
  
  
• 51
  Sale of land
  
  
• 52
  Use of monetary proceeds
  
  
• 53
  Actions, conformity with law
  
  
• 54
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 55
  "Pinelands Preservation Fund"
  
  
• 56
  Findings, declarations relative to economic development in the Pinelands.
  
  
• 57
  Pilot program developed by Pinelands Commission.
  
  
• 58
  Report by Pinelands Commission to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
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• Chapter 19

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  "Coastal area" defined
  
  
• 5
  Development permits required
  
  
• 5.1
  Issuance of general permit
  
  
• 5.2
  Permits not required, conditions.
  
  
• 5.3
  Waiving of permit requirement
  
  
• 5.4
  Solar panels not included in certain calculations relative to coastal development.
  
  
• 6
  Application for permit
  
  
• 8
  Declaration of completeness of application
  
  
• 9
  Hearing, comment period
  
  
• 10
  Review of applications; required findings
  
  
• 10.1
  Wind dependent energy facilities, construction on piers, certain circumstances; permitted.
  
  
• 11
  Grounds for denial of permit application; conditional permit; approval of nuclear electricity generating facility
  
  
• 11.1
  Low, moderate income housing, no conditions for
  
  
• 13.1
  Coastal Area Review Board abolished upon completion date of duties
  
  
• 14
  Continuance in force of issued permit
  
  
• 15
  Effect of denial on future submittal of new application
  
  
• 16.1
  "Shore Protection Fund" created.
  
  
• 16.2
  Priority system for ranking shore protection projects.
  
  
• 16.3
  Public hearings for shore protection projects, certain.
  
  
• 17
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 18
  Violations, remedies, penalties; "Cooperative Coastal Monitoring, Restoration and Enforcement Fund."
  
  
• 19
  Applicability of act
  
  
• 20
  Construction of act
  
  
• 21
  Severability
  
  
• 22
  Short title
  
  
• 23
  Findings, determinations
  
  
• 24
  Definitions
  
  
• 25
  Establishment of "Adopt a Beach" program
  
  
• 26
  Duties of department
  
  
• 27
  Notification to department; assignment of section of beach, shore
  
  
• 28
  Other cleanup activities permitted
  
  
• 29
  Immunity; waiver; volunteers not considered public employees
  
  
• 30
  Donations
  
  
• 31
  Findings, declarations, determinations
  
  
• 32
  DEP guidance document on federal aid, availability; "coastal municipality" defined
  
  
• 33
  Transport, dumping of certain dredged materials in certain ocean sites prohibited.
  
  
• 34
  Findings, declarations relative to coastal, ocean resources.
  
  
• 35
  "Ecosystem-based management" defined.
  
  
• 36
  New Jersey Coastal and Ocean Protection Council established.
  
  
• 37
  Powers, duties, responsibilities of council.
  
  
• 38
  Short title.
  
  
• 39
  Findings, declarations relative to public access requirements for marinas.
  
  
• 40
  Moratorium on implementation of certain rules, regulations.
  
  
• 41
  Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force.
  
  
• 42
  Duties of Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force.
  
  
• 43
  Report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 44
  Departmental powers affected during duration of moratorium.
  
  
• 45
  Notification by DEP to coastal municipalities relative to certain settlement discussions.
  
  
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• Chapter 20

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to the "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to the "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
  
  
• 4
  "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council."
  
  
• 5
  Membership of council, appointment, terms, meetings, minutes delivered to Governor.
  
  
• 6
  Powers, duties, responsibilities of council.
  
  
• 7
  Highlands Region, preservation area; delineated.
  
  
• 8
  Preparation, adoption of master plan for the Highlands Region.
  
  
• 9
  Consultations, etc. relative to preparation, revisions of regional master plan.
  
  
• 10
  Goals of regional master plan.
  
  
• 11
  Contents of regional master plan.
  
  
• 12
  Additional contents of regional master plan.
  
  
• 13
  Use of regional master plan elements for TDR program.
  
  
• 14
  Submission of revisions to regional master plan by municipalities, counties in preservation area for conformance.
  
  
• 15
  Municipalities, counties in planning area may petition council relative to revision.
  
  
• 16
  Council may provide comments, recommendations on projects.
  
  
• 17
  Review by council of regional applications for development.
  
  
• 18
  Qualification for State aid, grants.
  
  
• 19
  "Highlands Protection Fund"; use.
  
  
• 20
  Council to provide legal representation to local units, conditions.
  
  
• 21
  Guidelines, instructions to local government units.
  
  
• 22
  Plans, regulations entitled to strong presumption of validity.
  
  
• 23
  Regional master plan considered in allocation of prospective fair housing share.
  
  
• 24
  Modification of site improvement standards for residential development.
  
  
• 25
  Council may institute action, proceeding for injunctive relief.
  
  
• 26
  Council decision deemed final agency action, appellate review.
  
  
• 27
  Annual report of council.
  
  
• 28
  Exemptions.
  
  
• 29
  Agricultural, horticultural development, review required; enforcement.
  
  
• 30
  Highlands Preservation Area, major development approvals; required, fee schedule.
  
  
• 31
  Adoption of rules, regulations; procedure.
  
  
• 32
  Rules, regulations, standards.
  
  
• 33
  Highlands permitting review program.
  
  
• 34
  Review of applications.
  
  
• 35
  Violations, certain, civil actions, penalties.