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NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-1 - Definitions

51:8-1. Definitions  For the purpose of this chapter the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given them: a. "Department" shall mean the Division of Weights and Measures in the Department of Law and Public Safety. b. "Solid fuel" shall mean any anthracite, semianthracite, bituminous, semibituminous, or lignite coal, briquettes, boulettes, coke, gas house coke, petroleum coke, petroleum carbon or any other manufactured or patented fuel not sold by liquid or metered measure. c. "Ton" shall mean the net ton of two thousand pounds avoirdupois. d. "Vehicle" shall mean any truck, wagon, cart or other conveying device using the streets, alleys or other thoroughfares in this State, but not including railroad cars. e. "Equipped dealer" shall mean any person who is regularly engaged in the sale, or sale and delivery of solid fuel; maintains unloading, storage and service facilities commensurate with the nature of the business; is equipped with and using wagon or truck scales, or other approved weighing or measuring devices, of sufficient size and capacity and maintained in condition accurately to weigh the maximum load for which they are utilized; maintains an office accessible to the public with a competent person on duty, and regularly carries a stock of solid fuel. f. "Unequipped dealer" shall mean all other persons engaged in the sale, delivery, or sale and delivery of solid fuel. g. "Person" shall be construed to include any individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation or other form of business enterprise. h. "Weights and measures officers" shall be construed to include the Superintendent of the Division of Weights and Measures or his assistants or inspectors, county or assistant county superintendents of weights and measures or inspectors, and municipal or assistant municipal superintendents of weights and measures or inspectors. Amended by L.1953, c. 48, p. 845, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-2 - Sale, etc., not in accordance with chapter unlawful

51:8-2. Sale, etc., not in accordance with chapter unlawful  It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or sell and deliver, or weigh or issue weight certificates for, solid fuel in this state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-3 - Enforcement; jurisdiction over inspectors

51:8-3. Enforcement; jurisdiction over inspectors  All weights and measures officers in this state, in addition to their various duties now provided for by law, are hereby charged with the duty of enforcing and executing the provisions of this chapter. Inspectors shall report to and work under the jurisdiction of the county or municipal superintendents; but if any county or municipal superintendent is not available or deems it inadvisable to sign a complaint, inspectors shall have the power to sign such complaints.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-4 - General supervision by superintendent; rules and regulations

51:8-4. General supervision by superintendent; rules and regulations  The superintendent of the department shall have general supervision of the administration of this chapter and shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for its enforcement.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-6 - Sale by weight only; pounds to the ton; weighmaster to weigh

51:8-6. Sale by weight only; pounds to the ton; weighmaster to weigh  All solid fuel shall be sold by weight. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or deliver or start out for delivery less than two thousand pounds by weight to the ton of solid fuel or a proper proportion thereof when the quantity to be delivered is less than a ton, and such solid fuel shall, except as otherwise herein provided, be duly weighed by a weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel, on stationary scales suitable for weighing solid fuel, which have been tested and sealed by any authorized weights and measures officer.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-7 - Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on scales of equipped dealer

51:8-7. Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on scales of equipped dealer  Unequipped dealers engaged in the sale, or sale and delivery of solid fuel in this state purchased from and weighed over the scales of an equipped dealer or wholesale pocket dealer in this state shall be furnished with weight certificates signed by the weighmaster of such equipped dealer or wholesale pocket dealer as provided in section 51:8-9 of this title, on forms of such unequipped dealers.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-8 - Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on approved scales; procedure

51:8-8. Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on approved scales; procedure  Unequipped dealers engaged in the sale and delivery of solid fuel in this state, except as provided in section 51:8-7 of this title, shall have such solid fuel weighed on scales tested and approved by the proper weights and measures officers. The owner of the scales on which such weighing is made shall furnish each unequipped dealer with a weight certificate, as provided in section 51:8-9 of this title, for each load or for each separate part of a load, on forms of such unequipped dealers, signed by the weighmaster of such owner, and a copy of each such weight certificate shall be retained at the scales where such weighing is done for a period of one year and shall be subject to inspection by any weights and measures officer. The owner of the scales shall keep, on forms approved by the superintendent of the department, an accurate record of all weighings made and such record shall be open to inspection by any weights and measures officer, for a period of one year.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-10 - Substituting name of another person in weight certificate

51:8-10. Substituting name of another person in weight certificate  Where any person shall be unable to deliver solid fuel to the purchaser originally designated in the weight certificate, he may, by direction of any weighmaster, designated to weigh solid fuel, substitute the name and address of another purchaser; provided, that report of such substitution is made within twenty-four hours to the weighmaster who issued the original weight certificate.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-11 - Weighing fuel in process of delivery

51:8-11. Weighing fuel in process of delivery  Any weights and measures officer who finds any quantity of solid fuel ready for or in process of delivery may direct the person in charge of the solid fuel to convey the same to the nearest available accurate scales designated by said officer. Such officer shall thereupon determine the weight of the solid fuel and the vehicle on which it is carried and shall direct such person in charge to return to such scales forthwith upon unloading the solid fuel and upon such return the officer shall determine the weight of the vehicle without load. It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of a vehicle containing such solid fuel or from which such solid fuel has been unloaded to fail to take the vehicle upon the direction of said officer to the scales as aforesaid or refuse to permit the solid fuel or vehicle to be weighed by such officer.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-13 - Disposition of license fees; payments to counties and municipalities of moneys collected

51:8-13. Disposition of license fees; payments to counties and municipalities of moneys collected  All license fees required to be collected by the superintendent of the division under the provisions of this chapter shall be turned over to the treasurer of the State of New Jersey who shall itemize and report separately in his annual report all income so received. Amended by L.1971, c. 341, s. 7, eff. Dec. 13, 1971; L.1979, c. 421, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-14 - Violations; penalties

51:8-14. Violations; penalties  It shall be unlawful: a. For any weighmaster to issue a false or incorrect weight certificate or for any person to solicit him so to do. b. For any weighmaster to permit any weight certificate to be issued or used which purports to bear his signature or seal but which was not in fact signed or sealed by him or which expresses a weight not ascertained by him. c. For any person to use a false or incorrect weight certificate or to use a certificate not bearing the signature and seal of a weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel. d. For any person to deliver solid fuel in any vehicle not having securely and conspicuously attached thereto a license plate as provided in this act. e. For any person to deliver solid fuel without a weight certificate. f. For any person to fail, neglect, or refuse to deliver a correct and lawful weight certificate to the purchaser of solid fuel. g. For any person to permit any diminution of the load of solid fuel after the weight thereof has been certified by a weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel and before its delivery to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. h. For any person to deliver or cause to be delivered less than the quantity of solid fuel represented in the weight certificate accompanying such solid fuel as provided in this chapter. Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraphs "a," "b," "c" of this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $250.00, nor more than $1,000.00. Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraphs "d," "e," or "f" of this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $100.00. Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraphs "g" or "h" of this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $100.00, and shall, upon being found guilty of a second similar offense, pay a fine of not less than $100.00, nor more than $250.00, and shall, upon being found guilty of any subsequent similar offense, pay a fine of not less than $250.00, nor more than $500.00. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter not specified in this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $100.00. Any person unable to pay a fine imposed under the provisions of this chapter shall be committed to jail for a period of not to exceed 6 months. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 32, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-15 - Procedure for recovery of penalties

51:8-15. Procedure for recovery of penalties  An action to recover any penalty incurred under the provisions of this chapter may be brought in the name of the State of New Jersey by any duly appointed weights and measures officer. The summons or warrant issued may be directed to a person named in section 51:1-105 of this Title or to any weights and measures officer. It shall be the duty of the municipal attorney of any municipality wherein such violation shall take place to assist in the prosecution of the same, unless such municipality has no such municipal superintendent of weights and measures as provided for in section 51:1-43 of this Title, in which case the county prosecutor of the county wherein such violation shall take place shall assist in such prosecution. Amended by L.1953, c. 48, p. 846, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-16 - Arrest without warrant

51:8-16. Arrest without warrant  51:8-16. For violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, done within the view of any weights and measures officer, such weights and measures officer is authorized, without warrant, to arrest the offender or offenders and to conduct him or them before the Superior Court or any municipal court having jurisdiction in the county wherein such arrest is made or the offense is committed.  Amended 1953,c.48,s.19; 1991,c.91,s.484.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:8-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:8-19 - Disposition of penalties

51:8-19. Disposition of penalties  All fines and penalties collected from persons offending against the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the magistrate or court clerk receiving the same, when recovered by a State weights and measures officer, to the State Treasurer; when recovered by a county weights and measures officer, to the county treasurer of such county; and when recovered by a municipal weights and measures officer, to the municipality which such officer represents. Amended by L.1953, c. 48, p. 847, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-1 - Definitions

51:9-1. Definitions  As used in this chapter: a. The words "liquid fuels" shall be deemed to mean and to include fuel in liquid form, which can or may be used for heating purposes; Provided, however, that oils shall not be included if they possess a flash point of one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit or lower, as determined by the Tagliabue closed cup tester or a Saybolt Universal Viscosity at one hundred degrees Fahrenheit higher than fifty-five seconds. b. The words "weights and measures official" shall be deemed to mean and to include any State, county or municipal superintendent, or assistant superintendent of weights and measures. Amended by L.1938, c. 323, p. 834, s. 1; L.1953, c. 48, p. 847, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-2 - Only approved measuring devices to be used; certificate of approval

51:9-2. Only approved measuring devices to be used; certificate of approval  It shall be illegal to use or to employ any measuring device for use in the purchase or sale of any liquid fuel without the same first being approved as to type and construction by the state superintendent of weights and measures and calibrated, tested and sealed by any weights and measures official. The state superintendent of weights and measures shall provide a form of certificate to be issued by a weights and measures official after the approval, testing, calibration and sealing of any measuring device, which certificate shall expire one year from the date thereof following issuance thereof and shall be renewed annually. It shall be unlawful to sell or deliver or have in possession with intent to deliver any liquid fuel unless such certificate shall be in possession at all times or carried on the vehicle to which it applies.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-3 - Sale by volume; unit of volume

51:9-3. Sale by volume; unit of volume  All liquid fuel shall be sold by volume. The unit of volume shall be the standard United States gallon.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-4 - Calculating volume by weight; tables for conversion of weight to volume and temperature corrections

51:9-4. Calculating volume by weight; tables for conversion of weight to volume and temperature corrections  If the volume be calculated by weight, the net weight shall be determined by means of a scale of approved type and capacity, tested and sealed by any weights and measures official. For the conversion of weight to volume and for temperature corrections, the National Standard Petroleum Oil Tables as approved by the United States Bureau of Standards shall be used.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-5 - Measuring quantities between 50 and 10,000 gallons; exceptions

51:9-5. Measuring quantities between 50 and 10,000 gallons; exceptions  Each sale or delivery of liquid fuel exceeding 50 gallons but not exceeding 10,000 gallons shall be measured by means of a positive displacement liquid flow meter which has been tested and sealed as to its adjusting and recording elements by any weights and measures official; but this section shall not apply to liquid fuel sold in barrels or other containers upon which the quantity in terms of liquid measure is plainly and conspicuously marked, to liquid fuel sold to be delivered by the entire railroad tank car or cargo direct from the vessels, boats, or railroad tank cars or bulk tank trucks or compartments thereof containing the same to 1 destination and consigned to 1 person and accepted by the purchaser on the original bill of lading or invoice as proof of measurement or weight, or to the sale or delivery of liquid fuel which the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures determines does not by reason of its viscosity or other condition lend itself to metered measurement. Amended by L.1956, c. 109, p. 493, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-6 - Measuring quantities over 10,000 gallons

51:9-6. Measuring quantities over 10,000 gallons  Deliveries of quantities in excess of 10,000 gallons may be measured through a meter or from compartments which have been calibrated and whose indicators have been sealed by any weights and measures official. L.1937, c. 183, s. 6, p. 625. Amended by L.1956, c. 109, p. 494, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-7 - Delivery tickets; duplicates; contents

51:9-7. Delivery tickets; duplicates; contents  A delivery ticket and duplicate thereof shall be issued upon the completion of delivery of each sale or delivery of liquid fuel exceeding 10 gallons. If the sale or delivery exceeds 50 gallons and is of a type of liquid fuel which is required to be measured by meter, the ticket shall be printed by means of an automatic printing device attached to and co-ordinated with the operating mechanism of a meter approved for the measurement of liquid fuels pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. On each ticket there shall be distinctly and legibly expressed the date, the name and address of the seller, the name and address of the purchaser, the number of gallons sold or delivered, the grade of liquid fuel, and the signature of the person making such sale or delivery or his agent. One of such tickets shall be given to the purchaser and the other shall be retained by the seller for a period of 1 year, such retained tickets being subject to inspection by any weights and measures official. Delivery tickets shall be serially numbered. No duplicate or retained ticket shall be destroyed but may be voided and kept on file. The provisions of this section shall not apply where there is a meter permanently attached and properly security sealed in the consuming apparatus of the consumer with the recording elements always available to him. In this situation, in lieu of a delivery ticket, there shall be rendered to the consumer by the seller a periodical statement of the amount of fuel delivered to him as indicated on the meter attached to his consuming apparatus. On notice to the seller a consumer may at any time elect to discontinue use of a meter attached to his consuming apparatus and to receive delivery tickets as in this section provided. Amended by L.1956, c. 109, p. 494, s. 3; L.1964, c. 21, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-8 - Adjustment, repair or alteration of measuring device; removing meter from tank

51:9-8. Adjustment, repair or alteration of measuring device; removing meter from tank  It shall be unlawful after the approval, testing and sealing of any measuring device and equipment used in delivering liquid fuel, to adjust, repair or alter the same or to cause said measuring device and equipment to be adjusted, repaired or altered, unless approval of a weights and measures official is first obtained; and it shall be unlawful to remove any meter from the tank to which it is affixed at the time of testing and sealing to any other tank, unless immediate written notification is given to a weights and measures official advising of necessity of alterations or change.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-9 - Delivery measured by approved device; misrepresenting quantity

51:9-9. Delivery measured by approved device; misrepresenting quantity  No person shall deliver any liquid fuel without the same having been measured by a measuring device approved, tested and sealed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any person sell or deliver less than the quantity represented to be sold and delivered.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-9.1 - Residential oil fill pipe, regulations, violations, fees

51:9-9.1. Residential oil fill pipe, regulations, violations, fees  a. The owner of any residential dwelling served by a home heating oil tank shall provide that the cap of any exterior heating oil fill pipe be colored green or that the tank fill pipe be equipped with a fill tightness system with a fill cap stamped or engraved in clear letters with the words "Fuel Oil."  b. No person may pump, pour, or otherwise place home heating oil into any exterior heating oil tank fill pipe of a residential dwelling unit unless that pipe is capped with a tank fill pipe cap that is colored green, or unless the tank fill pipe is equipped with a fill tightness system with a fill cap stamped or engraved in clear letters with the words "Fuel Oil."  c. A person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. The penalty may be collected in a summary proceeding brought pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law," (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of "the penalty enforcement law" in connection with this act.  L.1991,c.163,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:9-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:9-10 - Rules and regulations

51:9-10. Rules and regulations  The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures shall make such rules and regulations governing the type of all measuring devices and equipment used in the delivery of liquid fuel, and the manner of approval, testing, or calibrating of the same and the mailing and preserving of the periodical statements of meter readings sent to purchasers having meters on their consuming apparatus, as he may deem necessary, in order to prevent the perpetration of fraud in the sale of liquid fuel. Amended by L.1964, c. 21, s. 2.