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NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-69 - Penalties; recovery.

26:8-69 Penalties; recovery.  26:8-69. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and R.S.37:1-1 et seq., any person who shall:  a. Fail or refuse to furnish correctly any information in the person's possession; or  b. Willfully and knowingly furnish false information affecting any certificate or record required by this chapter; or c. Willfully alter, otherwise than is provided by R.S.26:8-48 et seq., or willfully or knowingly falsify, any certificate or record established by this chapter; or  d. Fail to fill out and transmit any certificate or record in the manner required by this chapter; or e. Being a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar or subregistrar, shall fail to perform the person's duty as required by this chapter and by the directions of the State registrar thereunder; or  f. Violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to discharge any duty required by this chapter-  Shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $250 for each first offense and not less than $250 nor more than $500 for each subsequent offense.  The penalties shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the Department of Health or local board in any court of competent jurisdiction.  The Superior Court or municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any such penalty, 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 of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, the State registrar may refer a violation of this chapter by a physician, nurse, or funeral director who is licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes to the appropriate professional board in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, which shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), assess the penalty provided for in this subsection and assume enforcement responsibility on the same basis as it would for a violation of the statute or regulations governing the practice of those persons regulated by that board. amended 1953, c.26, s.61; 1965, c.78, s.78; 1991, c.91, s.301; 2003, c.221, s.26; 2012, c.17, s.353.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-1 - Short title.

26:8A-1 Short title.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Domestic Partnership Act." L.2003,c.246,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-3 - Definitions relative to domestic partners.

26:8A-3 Definitions relative to domestic partners.  3. As used in sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 through C.26:8A-9) and in R.S.26:8-1 et seq.: "Affidavit of Domestic Partnership" means an affidavit that sets forth each party's name and age, the parties' common mailing address, and a statement that, at the time the affidavit is signed, both parties meet the requirements of this act for entering into a domestic partnership and wish to enter into a domestic partnership with each other. "Basic living expenses" means the cost of basic food and shelter, and any other cost, including, but not limited to, the cost of health care, if some or all of the cost is paid as a benefit because a person is another person's domestic partner. "Certificate of Domestic Partnership" means a certificate that includes: the full names of the domestic partners, a statement that the two individuals are members of a registered domestic partnership recognized by the State of New Jersey, the date that the domestic partnership was entered into, and a statement that the partners are entitled to all the rights, privileges and responsibilities accorded to domestic partners under the law. The certificate shall bear the seal of the State of New Jersey. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. "Domestic partner" or "partner" means a person who is in a relationship that satisfies the definition of a domestic partnership as set forth in this act. "Have a common residence" means that two persons share the same place to live in this State, or share the same place to live in another jurisdiction when at least one of the persons is a member of a State-administered retirement system, regardless of whether or not: the legal right to possess the place is in both of their names; one or both persons have additional places to live; or one person temporarily leaves the shared place of residence to reside elsewhere, on either a short-term or long-term basis, for reasons that include, but are not limited to, medical care, incarceration, education, a sabbatical, or employment, but intends to return to the shared place of residence. "Jointly responsible" means that each domestic partner agrees to provide for the other partner's basic living expenses if the other partner is unable to provide for himself. "Notice of Rights and Obligations of Domestic Partners" means a form that advises domestic partners, or persons seeking to become domestic partners, of the procedural requirements for establishing, maintaining, and terminating a domestic partnership, and includes information about the rights and responsibilities of the partners. L.2003, c.246, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.354.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-4 - Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; establishment, requirements.

26:8A-4 Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; establishment, requirements.  4. a. Two persons who desire to become domestic partners and meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section may execute and file an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership with the local registrar upon payment of a fee, in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, which shall be deposited in the General Fund. Each person shall receive a copy of the affidavit marked "filed." b. A domestic partnership shall be established when all of the following requirements are met: (1) Both persons have a common residence and are otherwise jointly responsible for each other's common welfare as evidenced by joint financial arrangements or joint ownership of real or personal property, which shall be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (a) a joint deed, mortgage agreement or lease; (b) a joint bank account; (c) designation of one of the persons as a primary beneficiary in the other person's will; (d) designation of one of the persons as a primary beneficiary in the other person's life insurance policy or retirement plan; or (e) joint ownership of a motor vehicle; (2) Both persons agree to be jointly responsible for each other's basic living expenses during the domestic partnership; (3) Neither person is in a marriage recognized by New Jersey law or a member of another domestic partnership; (4) Neither person is related to the other by blood or affinity up to and including the fourth degree of consanguinity; (5) Both persons are of the same sex and therefore unable to enter into a marriage with each other that is recognized by New Jersey law, except that two persons who are each 62 years of age or older and not of the same sex may establish a domestic partnership if they meet the requirements set forth in this section; (6) Both persons have chosen to share each other's lives in a committed relationship of mutual caring; (7) Both persons are at least 18 years of age; (8) Both persons file jointly an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; and  (9) Neither person has been a partner in a domestic partnership that was terminated less than 180 days prior to the filing of the current Affidavit of Domestic Partnership, except that this prohibition shall not apply if one of the partners died; and, in all cases in which a person registered a prior domestic partnership, the domestic partnership shall have been terminated in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-10). c. A person who executes an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership in violation of the provisions of subsection b. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000. The penalty shall be sued for and collected pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). L.2003,c.246,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-4.1 - Limitation on domestic partnerships on or after February 19, 2007; effect of law establishing civil unions.

26:8A-4.1 Limitation on domestic partnerships on or after February 19, 2007; effect of law establishing civil unions.  91. On or after the effective date of this act, no domestic partnerships shall be registered under P.L.2003, c. 246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.), except that two persons who are each 62 years of age or older may establish a domestic partnership pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.). This act shall not alter the rights and responsibilities of domestic partnerships existing before the effective date of this act, except that eligible domestic partners shall be given notice and opportunity to enter into a civil union pursuant to the provisions of this act. Entry into a civil union, when joined by both parties to an existing domestic partnership, shall operate to terminate the domestic partnership. L.2006, c.103, s.91.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-5 - Notice of termination of domestic partnerships to third parties; requirements.

26:8A-5 Notice of termination of domestic partnerships to third parties; requirements.  5. a. A former domestic partner who has given a copy of the Certificate of Domestic Partnership to any third party to qualify for any benefit or right and whose receipt of that benefit or enjoyment of that right has not otherwise terminated, shall, upon termination of the domestic partnership, give or send to the third party, at the last known address of the third party, written notification that the domestic partnership has been terminated. A third party that suffers a loss as a result of failure by a domestic partner to provide this notice shall be entitled to seek recovery from the partner who was obligated to send the notice for any actual loss resulting thereby. b. Failure to provide notice to a third party, as required pursuant to this section, shall not delay or prevent the termination of the domestic partnership. L.2003,c.246,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-6 - Obligations of domestic partners.

26:8A-6 Obligations of domestic partners.  6. a. The obligations that two people have to each other as a result of creating a domestic partnership shall be limited to the provisions of this act, and those provisions shall not diminish any right granted under any other provision of law. b. Upon the termination of a domestic partnership, the domestic partners, from that time forward, shall incur none of the obligations to each other as domestic partners that are created by this or any other act. c. A domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the partnership was created, shall be valid in this State. d. Any health care or social services provider, employer, operator of a place of public accommodation, property owner or administrator, or other individual or entity may treat a person as a member of a domestic partnership, notwithstanding the absence of an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership filed pursuant to this act. e. Domestic partners may modify the rights and obligations to each other that are granted by this act in any valid contract between themselves, except for the requirements for a domestic partnership as set forth in section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4). f. Two adults who have not filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership shall be treated as domestic partners in an emergency medical situation for the purposes of allowing one adult to accompany the other adult who is ill or injured while the latter is being transported to a hospital, or to visit the other adult who is a hospital patient, on the same basis as a member of the latter's immediate family, if both persons, or one of the persons in the event that the other person is legally or medically incapacitated, advise the emergency care provider that the two persons have met the other requirements for establishing a domestic partnership as set forth in section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4); however, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit the two adults to be treated as domestic partners for any other purpose as provided in P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.) prior to their having filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership. g. A domestic partner shall not be liable for the debts of the other partner contracted before establishment of the domestic partnership, or contracted by the other partner in his own name during the domestic partnership. The partner who contracts for the debt in his own name shall be liable to be sued separately in his own name, and any property belonging to that partner shall be liable to satisfy that debt in the same manner as if the partner had not entered into a domestic partnership. L.2003,c.246,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-7 - Preparation of forms and notices.

26:8A-7 Preparation of forms and notices.  7. a. The commissioner shall cause to be prepared, in such a manner as the commissioner determines appropriate: (1) blank forms, in quadruplicate, of Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership corresponding to the requirements of this act; and (2) copies of the Notice of the Rights and Obligations of Domestic Partners. b. The commissioner shall ensure that these forms and notices, along with such sections of the laws concerning domestic partnership and explanations thereof as the commissioner may deem useful to persons having duties to recognize domestic partners under those laws, are printed and supplied to each local registrar, and made available to the public upon request. L.2003,c.246,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-8 - Duties of local registrar.

26:8A-8 Duties of local registrar.  8. a. The local registrar shall: (1) stamp each completed Affidavit of Domestic Partnership received with the date of its receipt and the name of the registration district in which it is filed; and (2) immediately provide two copies of the stamped Affidavit of Domestic Partnership to the person who files that document. b. Upon the filing of an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership and payment of the appropriate filing fee, the local registrar shall immediately complete a Certificate of Domestic Partnership with the domestic partners' relevant information and the date that the domestic partnership was established. The local registrar shall then issue to the domestic partners two copies of the certificate and two copies of the Notice of the Rights and Obligations of Domestic Partners. Copies of the Certificate of Domestic Partnership shall be prepared and recorded in the local registrar's records and with the State registrar. c. Each local registrar shall, on or before the 10th day of each calendar month, or sooner if requested by the Department of Health and Senior Services, transmit to the State registrar the original of all the Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership received or prepared by the local registrar for the preceding month. L.2003,c.246,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-9 - Duties of State registrar.

26:8A-9 Duties of State registrar.  9. The State registrar shall cause all Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership received to be alphabetically indexed by the surname of one of the partners, and shall establish a cross-referencing system to allow the records to be identified by the surname of the second partner. The State registrar shall also cause to be transcribed or otherwise recorded from the certificates any of the vital facts appearing thereon as the commissioner may deem necessary or useful. L.2003,c.246,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-11 - Applicability of act.

26:8A-11 Applicability of act.  58. a. The provisions of sections 41 through 56, inclusive, of P.L.2003, c. 246 shall only apply in the case of two persons who are of the same sex and have established a domestic partnership pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4). b. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not be deemed to be an unlawful discrimination under the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.). L.2003,c.246,s.58.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-12 - Rules, regulations; responsible agencies.

26:8A-12 Rules, regulations; responsible agencies.  59. a. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 1 through 10 and 13 through 35 of this act. b. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 47 through 52, 55 and 56 of this act.  c. The New Jersey Individual Health Coverage Program Board, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of section 53 of this act. d. The New Jersey Small Employer Health Benefits Program Board, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of section 54 of this act.  L.2003, c.246, s.59; amended 2012, c.17, s.355.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8A-13 - Dependent health benefits for domestic partners continued after retirement from certain local public employment.

26:8A-13 Dependent health benefits for domestic partners continued after retirement from certain local public employment.  3. In cases where entities choose to provide dependent health benefits coverage to employees' domestic partners pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1979, c.391 (C.18A:16-12) or N.J.S.40A:10-16, such coverage shall continue during the employees' retirement under the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of P.L.1979, c.391 (C.18A:16-18 and C.18A:16-19), N.J.S. 40A:10-22 and N.J.S. 40A:10-23. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit an entity's right to extend benefits to, or withdraw benefits from, an employee or dependents of an employee. L.2005,c.334,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-1 - Definitions

26:9-1. Definitions  As used in this chapter: "Director" means the director of the state experiment station. "Commission", "county commission", or "county mosquito commission" means the county mosquito extermination commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-2 - Duty of director of state experiment station

26:9-2. Duty of director of state experiment station  The director of the state experiment station, or an executive officer appointed by him, shall: a. Survey, in the order he deems desirable and to the extent that he deems necessary, all salt marsh, fresh-water swamps, or flooded areas within the state for the location of mosquito breeding areas; b. Map each section so surveyed and indicate all mosquito breeding areas, the method adapted to their extermination, and the probable cost; c. Investigate the mosquito life history, habits, and control, as will, in his judgment, furnish information necessary to successful mosquito extermination by any agency within the state; and d. Distribute among the people of the state information concerning the nature and results of mosquito extermination.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-3 - Survey by request

26:9-3. Survey by request  The director, or his executive officer, shall survey, at the request of the local board of health or the county mosquito commission, any territory suspected of breeding mosquitoes, within the jurisdiction of such board or commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-4 - Map of breeding area

26:9-4. Map of breeding area  The director shall prepare a map of such suspected area, locating upon it such mosquito breeding areas as have been discovered, and shall report the same to the local board of health or county mosquito commission requesting the survey.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-5 - Petition for survey

26:9-5. Petition for survey  A request for such survey may be made by the local board, or the county commission, upon its own motion, and must be made upon the petition, in writing, of ten or more freeholders residing within the jurisdiction of such board or commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-6 - Notice to local authorities of breeding place

26:9-6. Notice to local authorities of breeding place  Whenever, in the course of a survey, it is found that mosquitoes breed at any place within the state, the director through his executive officer, shall notify in writing the local board or the county commission, by personal service upon an officer or member thereof, of the extent and location of such place, and furnish a map indicating the character of the work to be done and its probable cost.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-7 - Notice to landowner to abate

26:9-7. Notice to landowner to abate  The local board or the county commission shall, within twenty days from the time such notice is served, investigate the ownership, so far as ascertainable, of the territory on which the breeding places occur, and notify the owner of such lands, if he can be found or ascertained, in the manner provided in section 26:3-49 of this title, to abate such breeding place.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-8 - Contents of notice

26:9-8. Contents of notice  The notice to the landowner shall include: a. The facts contained in the communication from the director; b. A statement that any water in which mosquito larvae breed is a nuisance and subject to abatement under article 3 of chapter 3 of this title (s. 26:3-45 et seq.); and c. An order that unless the nuisance is abated within a stated period, not more than sixty days from the date of the notice, the same will be abated as provided in said article 3 of chapter 3 of this title.