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NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-9 - Abatement by local authorities

26:9-9. Abatement by local authorities  In case the landowner fails to comply with such order, the local board or county commission shall abate such nuisance in the manner provided in article 3 of chapter 3 of this title (s. 26:3-45 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-10 - Powers of commission

26:9-10. Powers of commission  The commission shall have all the powers of a local board in so far as the same pertain to a mosquito breeding nuisance artificially created and water in which mosquito larvae breed, but such power shall not extend over any lands owned by a municipality, county, or the state. The powers granted by this article shall not be construed as to limit the powers conferred on county mosquito extermination commissions by sections 26:9-13 to 26:9-26 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-11 - Extermination budget; payment of bills

26:9-11. Extermination budget; payment of bills  The director of the state experiment station may expend annually for mosquito extermination such amount of money as may be appropriated by the legislature. All moneys so appropriated shall be paid out by the state comptroller upon the certificates of the director that the conditions and requirements of this article have been complied with. The state comptroller shall draw his warrant in payment of all bills approved by the director and the state treasurer shall pay all warrants so drawn to the extent of the amount appropriated.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12 - Appropriation to municipalities

26:9-12. Appropriation to municipalities  The director may, if in his judgment public interests will be served, set aside out of the moneys appropriated for such purposes such an amount as may be necessary to abate the mosquito breeding areas found in any municipality. In such case, payment shall be made to the contractor upon a statement by the person in charge of the work, attested by the director, showing the amount due and that the work has been completed in accordance with the specifications of the contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.1 - Airplane spraying for mosquito extermination; use of State aid appropriation

26:9-12.1. Airplane spraying for mosquito extermination; use of State aid appropriation  The amount annually appropriated as State aid for mosquito extermination and control in counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean to the State Department of Health shall be used by the State Commissioner of Health in airplane spraying for mosquito extermination in each of such counties in accordance with the health needs of the respective counties as determined by the State Commissioner of Health, said work to be done in conjunction with the work of the Mosquito Extermination Commission in said county. L.1949, c. 89, p. 407, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.2 - Effective date

26:9-12.2. Effective date  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. L.1949, c. 89, p. 407, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.3 - State Mosquito Control Commission; membership; appointment

26:9-12.3. State Mosquito Control Commission; membership; appointment  There is hereby created in the Department of Environmental Protection a permanent commission to be known as the State Mosquito Control Commission, which shall consist of 10 members, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and four of whom shall be the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, the Secretary of Agriculture, or their designated representatives, and the Director of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station, ex officio. L.1956, c. 135, p. 556, s. 1. Amended by L.1977, c. 366, s. 1, eff. Feb. 6, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.4 - Tenure; vacancies; compensation

26:9-12.4. Tenure; vacancies; compensation  The appointed members of the commission shall serve for terms of 4 years, except that of the first appointed members of the commission 1 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 1 for a term of 2 years, and 2 for terms of 3 years. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the appointments were made but for the unexpired terms only. All members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in connection with the commission's work. L.1956, c. 135, p. 556, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.5 - Meeting and organization

26:9-12.5. Meeting and organization  The commission shall meet at the call of the Director of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station and shall organize as soon as may be after the appointment of its members and shall select a chairman from among its members and a secretary who need not be a member of the commission. L.1956, c. 135, p. 556, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.6 - Duties of commission

26:9-12.6. Duties of commission  It shall be the duty of the commission to carry on a continuous study of mosquito control and extermination in the State, to recommend to the Governor and the Legislature, from time to time, changes in legislation which in its judgment may be necessary or desirable to be enacted in order to enforce and carry out mosquito extermination and control work throughout the State, to recommend to the Legislature the amount of money which in its judgment it shall deem necessary and desirable to be appropriated each year by the State for mosquito control purposes and to allocate funds appropriated for State aid to counties in the performance of such work among the various counties through the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station, to act in an advisory capacity in all matters pertaining to mosquito extermination and control and to co-operate with the agencies of other States and the Federal Government in the elimination of mosquito breeding areas under their control. L.1956, c. 135, p. 557, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.7 - Enforcement of recommendations

26:9-12.7. Enforcement of recommendations  The commission shall have power to call to the attention of the director any mosquito breeding places in the State which may come to its attention and in cases in which any recommendations made by the experiment station to abate mosquito breeding places in any particular areas of the State are being disregarded, to call to his attention the fact that the same are being disregarded and to order him to take such measures as will cause abatement of said mosquito breeding places or compliance with his recommendations as are provided by law. L.1956, c. 135, p. 557, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.8 - Cooperation

26:9-12.8. Cooperation  The New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station and the several county mosquito extermination commissions shall cooperate with the commission in the furnishing of information and the performance of any services which may be requested of them by the commission in the carrying out of the purposes of this act. L.1956, c. 135, p. 557, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-12.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-12.9 - Hearings; annual reports

26:9-12.9. Hearings; annual reports  The commission may meet and hold hearings at such place or places as it shall designate from time to time and shall report annually its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature, accompanying the same with any legislative bills which it may desire to recommend for adoption by the Legislature. L.1956, c. 135, p. 558, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-13 - Extermination commission; appointment

26:9-13. Extermination commission; appointment  The board of chosen freeholders of each county shall appoint a board of commissioners to be known as "the (here insert name of county) county mosquito extermination commission" for the county. Amended by L.1948, c. 383, p. 1564, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-13.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-13.1 - Incumbents to continue in office

26:9-13.1. Incumbents to continue in office  The members of the county mosquito extermination commissions of the several counties, in office when this act takes effect, shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms of office. L.1948, c. 383, p. 1564, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-14 - Composition of commission

26:9-14. Composition of commission  Each county mosquito extermination commission shall be composed of six members in addition to the Director of the State Experiment Station and the Commissioner of Health, who shall be ex-officio members and who shall cooperate with them for the effective carrying out of their plans and work. At least three of the appointive members shall be persons who are or have been members or employees of boards of health, and one appointive member shall be a member of the board of chosen freeholders of the county. Amended by L.1971, c. 207, s. 1, eff. June 9, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-14.1 - Additional member

26:9-14.1. Additional member  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a county mosquito extermination commission shall be composed of the members appointed pursuant to R.S. 26:9-14 plus one additional member appointed for a term of 3 years. L.1973, c. 295, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-15 - Term of office

26:9-15. Term of office  The commissioners first appointed in any county shall hold office respectively for a term of one, two, and three years, as fixed in the order of appointment; thereafter, each commissioner who succeeds an original appointee shall be appointed for a term of three years.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-16 - Vacancy

26:9-16. Vacancy  Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment and for the unexpired term only.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-17 - Oath

26:9-17. Oath  Each appointive commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath, before the clerk of the county in and for which he is appointed, to perform faithfully and impartially the duties of his office. The oath shall be filed with such clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-18 - Compensation

26:9-18. Compensation  No member of the commission while sitting as such shall receive any compensation except for necessary expenses for actual attendance on meetings.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-19 - Officers and employees

26:9-19. Officers and employees  The commission shall choose annually from among its members a president and treasurer, appoint a clerk or secretary and such other officers and employees as it may deem necessary, but it shall not employ any of its own members. The commission shall also make rules and regulations governing the duties and compensation of its employees.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-20 - Office of commission

26:9-20. Office of commission  The board of freeholders of the county shall provide the commission with a suitable office where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at such times and under such reasonable regulations as the commission may determine.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-21 - Powers of commission

26:9-21. Powers of commission  The commission shall constitute a body politic, with power: a. To sue and be sued; b. To use a common seal; c. To make by-laws; and d. To perform all acts which in its opinion may be necessary for the elimination of mosquito breeding areas, or which will tend to exterminate mosquitoes within the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-22 - Plans and estimates; filing and approval

26:9-22. Plans and estimates; filing and approval  The commission shall, on or before the first of November in each year, file with the director a detailed estimate of the moneys required for the ensuing year, and a plan of the work to be done. The director shall approve or modify such estimate and plan, and when finally approved by him shall forward them, on or before the first of December each year, to the board of freeholders of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-23 - Tax levy; limitations

26:9-23. Tax levy; limitations  The board of freeholders of the county or other body having control of the finances thereof, shall include annually in the tax levy the amount of money needed for mosquito control; but in no year shall the amount so raised exceed the following amounts: a. In counties where the assessed valuations are not more than $25,000,000.00, a sum not greater than one mill on every dollar of assessed valuations. b. In counties where the assessed valuations are not more than $50,000,000.00, a sum not more than one-half of one mill on every dollar of assessed valuations. c. In counties in which the assessed valuations are in excess of $50,000,000.00, a sum of not more than one-quarter of one mill on every dollar of assessed valuations. Amended by L.1977, c. 366, s. 2, eff. Feb. 6, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-24 - Withdrawal of funds

26:9-24. Withdrawal of funds  The commission may draw the money so appropriated on requisition duly signed and approved by its president and secretary.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-25 - Annual report

26:9-25. Annual report  The commission shall, on or before the first of November in each year, submit to the director and to the board of freeholders a report setting forth the amount of moneys expended during the previous year, the methods employed, the work accomplished, and any other information which in its judgment may seem pertinent.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-26 - Other laws not affected

26:9-26. Other laws not affected  Nothing in sections 26:9-13 to 26:9-25 of this title shall be construed to alter, amend, modify or repeal the provisions of article 1 of this chapter (s. 26:9-1 et seq.), or to alter, amend, modify or repeal any law conferring upon the state department or local boards of health any powers or duties in connection with the extermination of mosquitoes, but shall be construed to be supplementary thereto.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-27 - Powers of board of freeholders

26:9-27. Powers of board of freeholders  The board of freeholders in any county may: a. Eliminate all breeding places of mosquitoes within the county; b. Adopt and execute such plans as in its judgment will tend to exterminate mosquitoes; and c. Purchase such material and equipment as may be necessary or proper for said purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-28 - Funds provided by bond issue

26:9-28. Funds provided by bond issue  When the board of freeholders of any county, by resolution approved by a majority of the members of the board, shall declare that it is expedient or necessary to eliminate breeding places of mosquitoes within the county, the board may issue bonds, in the corporate name and under the corporate seal of the county, to provide moneys for such work. Such bond issue shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-29 - Method of issue

26:9-29. Method of issue  Any such bonds shall be issued under and in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-30 - Delegation of work to commission

26:9-30. Delegation of work to commission  The board of freeholders of any county in which there is a county mosquito extermination commission may authorize, designate, and employ such commission to submit plans and to perform the work and furnish the material which, in the judgment of the board, may exterminate mosquitoes or eliminate their breeding places.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:9-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:9-31 - Other laws not affected

26:9-31. Other laws not affected  Nothing in sections 26:9-27 to 26:9-30 of this title shall be construed to alter, amend, modify or repeal the provisions of sections 26:9-13 to 26:9-26 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-1 - Forbidden material in manufacture

26:10-1. Forbidden material in manufacture  No cotton, wool or other material which has been used in, or has formed part of, any mattress, bed spring, cot, lounge, or sofa used in or about a public or private hospital, or about any person having a contagious or infectious disease shall be used, in whole or in part, in the manufacture of any bed spring, cot, lounge or sofa.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-2 - Labeling required

26:10-2. Labeling required  No bed spring, cot, lounge, or sofa which is not labeled as provided in sections 26:10-3 and 26:10-4 of this title, or which is falsely labeled, shall be sold, or offered for sale, delivered, or held in possession with intent to sell or deliver.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-3 - Contents, color of label; "secondhand" defined.

26:10-3 Contents, color of label; "secondhand" defined.  26:10-3. The label required by R.S.26:10-2 shall: a. If the materials used in the manufacture of the article to which it is to be attached are entirely new, contain the following statement: "The materials used in the manufacture of this bed spring" (or other article as the case may be) "are entirely new". b. If the materials used are in whole or in part secondhand, the label shall be yellow in color, and shall contain the following statement: "The materials used in the manufacture of this bed spring" (or other article as the case may be) "are in whole or in part secondhand"; which statement must be followed by a specific enumeration and description of the secondhand materials used. The term "secondhand" as here used shall include any material which has been used before in any of the articles above enumerated or in any article of household or wearing apparel, however afterwards treated. amended 2015, c.183, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-4 - Form of label

26:10-4. Form of label  The label shall be in the form of a cloth tag, not less than two and one-half by three inches, which shall be sewed or otherwise securely attached to the article. The statements required by section 26:10-3 of this title shall be in plain print, in the English language, and in large type.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-5 - Violation; misdemeanor

26:10-5. Violation; misdemeanor  Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-6 - "Mattress," "box spring" defined.

26:10-6 "Mattress," "box spring" defined.  26:10-6. The term "mattress" as used in this article shall be construed to mean any quilted pad, mattress, mattress pad, bunk quilt, or cushion stuffed or filled with wool, hair, or other soft material, except feathers, to be used on a couch or other bed for sleeping or reclining purposes. The term "box spring" as used in this article shall be construed to mean any bed base, typically consisting of a wooden frame, covered in cloth and containing springs. amended 2015, c.183, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-7 - Forbidden material in manufacture

26:10-7. Forbidden material in manufacture  No person shall use in the making, remaking, or renovating of any mattress: a. Any material of any kind that has been used in, or has formed a part of, any mattress, bed spring, cot, lounge, or sofa, used in or about a public or private hospital or for or about any person having a contagious or infectious disease; b. Any material known as "shoddy", and made in whole or in part from old or worn clothing, carpets or other fabric, or material previously used, or any other fabric or material from which shoddy is constructed; or c. Any material, not otherwise prohibited by this article, of which prior use has been made, unless the material has been thoroughly sterilized and disinfected by a reasonable process approved by the state department.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:10-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:10-8 - Forbidden sales

26:10-8. Forbidden sales  No person shall sell, lease, offer to sell, lease or deliver, or consign in sale or lease, or have in his possession with intent to sell, lease, deliver, or consign in sale or lease: a. Any mattress that has been used for or about any person having a contagious or infectious disease; b. Any mattress made, remade, or renovated in violation of section 26:10-7 of this title; or c. Any mattress, not otherwise prohibited by this article, of which prior use has been made, unless since last used it has been thoroughly sterilized and disinfected by a reasonable process approved by the state department.