N.J. Stat. tit. 26, ch. 3B

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-2 Disposal of human excrement

No person, corporation or municipality shall maintain, use or permit to be used any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, title disposal field or other means of disposal of human excrement which allows flies to gain access to the excremental matter contained therein, or from which excremental matter or liquid containing excremental matter flows over or upon the surface of the ground or gains access to the source of any public water supply or to any well or spring, used as a private potable water supply. L.1945, c. 192, p. 653, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-3 Deposit of human excrement causing pollution of water supply forbidden

No person, corporation or municipality shall deposit or permit to be deposited or to remain on the surface of the ground any human excrement or material containing human excrement or dispose of or place any such material where it can gain access to the source of any public water supply or to any well or spring, used as a private potable water supply. L.1945, c. 192, p. 653, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-5 Accumulation of materials in which fly larvae exist

No person, corporation or municipality knowingly shall maintain or permit to be maintained any accumulation of animal or vegetable matter in which fly larvae exist. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 5.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-6 Maintaining pools, cisterns, ditches, etc. in which mosquitoes breed

No person, corporation or municipality knowingly shall maintain or permit to be maintained any pool, ditch, stream, or other body of water, or any cistern, privy vault, cesspool or other receptacle, containing liquid in which mosquitoes are breeding. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 6.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-7 Accumulation of filth or source of foulness hazardous to health

No person, corporation or municipality knowingly shall maintain or permit to be maintained any accumulation of filth or source of foulness which is hazardous to the health or comfort of any of the inhabitants of this State. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 7.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-8 Effluents from sewage treatment plants or industrial waste treatment plants

The provisions of sections two, three and four of this act shall not apply to the effluents from sewage treatment plants, or industrial waste treatment plants heretofore or hereafter installed in accordance with the requirements of the law and operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 8.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-9 Authority of local boards of health or other bodies not limited hereby; interstate carriers

Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit or limit the authority otherwise granted by statute to any local board of health or other body to regulate or control objects or conditions described or referred to in this act, nor shall the provisions of this act apply to vehicles operated by interstate carriers. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 9.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-10 Violations

Any person or private or municipal corporation or their agents violating any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty for each first offense of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and for each second and every subsequent offense to a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be recovered by and in the name of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey or by or in the name of the director of health of the State of New Jersey, or by and in the name of the local board of health, or such board, body or officers exercising the functions of a local board of health according to law. Each day that a violation of the provisions of this act exists shall be deemed to be a separate violation for which a penalty may be recovered. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 10.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-11 Enforcement of penalties; jurisdiction; process

Every municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of any provision of this act, if the violation has occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Process shall be in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue only at the suit of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey or of the State Commissioner of Health, or of the local board of health, or of such board, body or officers exercising the functions of a local board of health according to law, as the case may be, as plaintiff. L.1945, c. 192, p. 655, s. 11. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 471, s. 30.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-12 Commitment for failure to pay judgment

The court shall cause a defendant, other than a body corporate, who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a judgment rendered against him and the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding ten days in the case of a first conviction, and in the case of a conviction for a second or subsequent violations for a period of not less than ten days nor more than thirty days. L.1945, c. 192, p. 656, s. 12. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 471, s. 31.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-16 Payment of penalty deemed equivalent to conviction

Payment of a penalty for any alleged violation of this act, either before or after the institution of proceedings for the collection thereof, shall be deemed equivalent to a conviction of the violation for which such penalty was claimed. L.1945, c. 192, p. 658, s. 16.

N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-17 To whom penalty shall be paid

Any penalty recovered in an action brought under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the plaintiff therein. When the plaintiff is the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey or the director of health of the State of New Jersey, the penalty shall be paid by said department or director into the treasury of the State. When the plaintiff is a local board of health or board, body or officers exercising the functions of a local board of health, the penalty shall be paid by such plaintiff into the treasury of the municipality within which the plaintiff has jurisdiction. L.1945, c. 192, p. 658, s. 17.

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