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NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-41.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-41.20 - Procedure to recover penalty; actions; jurisdiction

4:12-41.20. Procedure to recover penalty; actions; jurisdiction  The procedure for the recovery of any penalty incurred under the provision of this act shall be the same as the procedure specified in article one of chapter twenty-three of this Title and section 4:23-17 of the Revised Statutes. All actions shall be instituted in the name of the State of New Jersey by the director or any of his employees, agents or authorized representatives. Jurisdiction of all cases arising out of violations of the provisions of this act is hereby conferred upon the municipal courts in the municipality in which such violations are committed. L.1943, c. 100, p. 331, s. 20. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 37, s. 30.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-41.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-41.21 - Partial invalidity

4:12-41.21. Partial invalidity  Should any section, paragraph, clause or sentence of this act be declared unconstitutional or invalid, for any reason, the remainder of the said act shall not be thereby affected. L.1943, c. 100, p. 331, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-41.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-41.22 - Fiscal period for permits and licenses

4:12-41.22. Fiscal period for permits and licenses  All permits and licenses required to be issued by this act shall be issued for a fiscal period ending June thirtieth of each year. L.1943, c. 100, p. 332, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-41.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-41.23 - Repeal

4:12-41.23. Repeal  Article two of chapter twelve of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes is repealed. L.1943, c. 100, p. 332, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-41.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-41.24 - Effective date

4:12-41.24. Effective date  This act shall become effective July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. L.1943, c. 100, p. 332, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-41.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-41.25 - Powers and duties of director of New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station transferred to Department of Agriculture

4:12-41.25. Powers and duties of director of New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station transferred to Department of Agriculture  The functions, powers and duties charged to the director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station by "An act concerning the purchasing, buying or receiving of milk or cream on the basis of the butter fat content thereof; regulating the testing, sampling and weighing of the same; requiring permits and licenses and the keeping of records in connection therewith, defining the powers and duties of the director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station; providing penalties for violation of the provisions thereof, supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, and repealing article two of chapter twelve of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes," approved April seventh, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three (P.L.1943, c. 100), all appropriations made or to be made available to him and the personnel employed by him in the performance of such functions, powers and duties are transferred to the Department of Agriculture and shall be exercised by the Secretary of Agriculture. L.1948, c. 458, p. 1883, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-41.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-41.26 - Effective date

4:12-41.26. Effective date  This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. L.1948, c. 458, p. 1883, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-42 - Deductions by milk dealers and milk companies authorized; statement; retention of bookkeeping costs

4:12-42. Deductions by milk dealers and milk companies authorized; statement; retention of bookkeeping costs  Where milk producers have joined a duly incorporated milk producers' association in this state and written request has been made by the individual milk producer to the milk dealer or milk company to whom they sell their milk, authorizing said milk dealer or milk company to make deductions of one cent (or specified amount) per one hundred pounds of milk delivered to the milk dealer's or milk company's individual creamery or milk receiving station located in this state, and when requests for such deductions have been made by milk producers to the number of seventy-five per cent or more of the total number of milk producers who deliver their milk to milk dealer's or milk company's individual receiving plant located in this state, in such events all milk dealers or milk companies to whom this request has been made (and authorization has been given in writing by the individual milk producer) shall make said deductions and forward all sums so deducted to a designated incorporated milk producers' association on or before the fifteenth of the month following the month in which deductions were made, together with a statement showing number of pounds of milk delivered by each individual milk producer from which deductions were made. Milk dealers or milk companies may, however, retain five per cent of total deductions to cover cost of bookkeeping involved.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-43 - Failure to make deductions or forward sum deducted

4:12-43. Failure to make deductions or forward sum deducted  Any milk dealer or milk company which neglects to make deductions when authorized in writing by each individual milk producer to make specified deductions, or any milk dealer or milk company who neglects for a period of fifteen days to forward, by check or otherwise, all sums deducted (less five per cent for bookkeeping costs) to the designated association, together with a statement showing amount in pounds of individual milk producers' delivery for month in which deductions were made, shall be subject to the provisions of section 4:12-44 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12-44 - Penalty for violation of article

4:12-44. Penalty for violation of article  Any milk dealer or milk company violating any provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the first offense, and for the second, or any subsequent offense, a penalty of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the milk producers' association so aggrieved as plaintiff. Such action shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction and the penalties, when recovered, shall be paid to the State Treasurer. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 37, s. 31.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-1 - Definitions

4:12A-1. Definitions  Words used in this act, unless otherwise expressly stated, or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings: "Board." The milk control board. "Director." The director of milk control. "Milk dealer." Any person who sells or distributes milk, including on consignment or for the account of a producer, or who purchases milk from producers or other milk dealers, whether on behalf of himself or others or both, and includes a person who sells or delivers all milk to consumers or stores in the same containers as those in which he purchases or acquires it from other milk dealers, any dairy cooperative association organized under any law of this or any other state and engaged in this State in the marketing of milk directly to stores and consumers in this State, and includes persons referred to herein as processors or subdealers, but it does not include a store as hereinafter defined. Milk dealers as herein defined, may also purchase and distribute for storage or manufacture within or without this State. "Market." Any municipality, incorporated or unincorporated, of this State, other than a county, or any group of such, or any portions thereof, designated by the board as a marketing area. "Licensee." Any person licensed pursuant to this act. "Milk." The natural product of a dairy animal or animals and includes fluid milk and cream, fresh, sour or storage, low fat milk, skim milk, flavored milk, any milk drink, buttermilk, yogurt, and condensed or concentrated whole or skim milk, except when contained in hermetically sealed cans. "Producer." Any person producing milk entirely for sale to a milk dealer, except for the milk produced for the use of himself and his family and the use of his employees and their families. "Consumer." Any person, other than a milk dealer, store, or producer, who purchases milk for consumption or use. "Sanitary regulations." All laws enacted by the State of New Jersey; ordinances and regulations enacted or adopted by municipalities, municipal boards of health, or municipal departments, or officials exercising the powers and duties of local boards of health, relating to the production, handling, transportation, distribution and sale of milk from a health basis. "Store." A grocery store, delicatessen, food market, hospital, institution, hotel, restaurant, soda fountain, dairy products store, milk vending machine, any governmental agency, roadside stand and similar mercantile establishments. L.1941, c. 274, p. 714, s. 1. Amended by L.1983, c. 344, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-2 - Milk Control Board; established; first members; term of office

4:12A-2. Milk Control Board; established; first members; term of office  There is hereby established a board to be known as the "Milk Control Board" which shall consist of three members who shall be citizens of this State. The first members of the board shall be the following persons: Mary Prall Logue, of the city of Bridgeton, in the county of Cumberland, who shall hold office for a term of two years; J. M. Nevius, of the township of Branchburg, in the county of Somerset, who shall hold office for a term of three years; and John C. Borden, of the city of Burlington, in the county of Burlington; who shall hold office for a term of four years; all of said terms shall start on the date this act becomes effective. Their successors shall be appointed by the Senate and General Assembly in joint meeting. Members hereafter appointed shall hold office for a term of five years, except where the appointment is to fill a vacancy occurring during any term, in which case the appointment shall be for the unexpired term only. Each member of the board shall continue in office after the expiration of his term until his successor is appointed and qualifies. L.1941, c. 274, p. 716, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-3 - Per diem and expenses

4:12A-3. Per diem and expenses  The members of the board shall each receive a per diem of twenty dollars ($20.00), while in actual attendance at board meetings or in the performance of official duties, but not in excess of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) in any one year, and shall further receive reimbursement for such actual and necessary expenses as are incurred in the performance of official duties, upon certification by the chairman. L.1941, c. 274, p. 716, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-4 - Director; deputy; counsel; clerical and other assistants

4:12A-4. Director; deputy; counsel; clerical and other assistants  The board shall appoint a director of milk control for a term of five years, who shall be paid such salary as shall be fixed by the board, not exceeding, however, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per annum. The director may appoint a deputy director and counsel and may fix their compensation. The director may appoint such clerical, technical and other assistants as may be necessary and prescribe their duties. All those employees employed by the preceding board, who are in the classified service under the civil service laws at the time this act becomes effective, shall be continued in their employment as employees in the classified service under the civil service laws. In addition to compensation, the director and each employee shall receive reimbursement for such actual and necessary expenses as are incurred in the performance of duty, upon certification by the director. L.1941, c. 274, p. 716, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-5 - Chairman and recording secretary of board; quorum; meetings; seal

4:12A-5. Chairman and recording secretary of board; quorum; meetings; seal  The board shall choose a chairman from its own members and recording secretary, who may be a member of the director's staff. The board shall fix the compensation, if any, which is to be paid to the recording secretary. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board. Meetings of the board shall be called by the chairman or by a majority of the members of the board. The board shall have a seal, which shall be judicially noticed. L.1941, c. 274, p. 717, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-6 - Principal office

4:12A-6. Principal office  The principal office of the board and of the director shall be in the city of Trenton in rooms assigned, furnished and equipped by the custodian of the State House. L.1941, c. 274, p. 717, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-7 - General powers of board and director; orders; rules and regulations

4:12A-7. General powers of board and director; orders; rules and regulations  The board and the director are hereby declared to be the instrumentalities of the State for the purpose of attaining the ends in this act declared, and the board and the director are hereby vested with power as provided in this act. The director shall have power to issue orders, rules and regulations to carry out the objects and provisions of this act, and all such orders, rules and regulations by the director shall be made in his name over his signature. All orders, rules and regulations by the board on appeal shall be issued by the board. L.1941, c. 274, p. 717, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-8 - Enforcement of act and rules and regulations

4:12A-8. Enforcement of act and rules and regulations  Any duly authorized appointee of the director shall, subject to the limitations herein contained, enforce the provisions of this act and all rules and regulations promulgated by the director and all orders thereunder made by the director. L.1941, c. 274, p. 718, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-9 - Appeals; hearing and determination by board; stay

4:12A-9. Appeals; hearing and determination by board; stay  The board is hereby empowered and charged with the duty to hear, review, and determine all appeals by any person, applicant or licensee aggrieved by any act, proceeding, rule, regulation, decision or determination of the director, and to make reasonable rules regulating the manner, form, time, terms and conditions of such appeals, and to make such orders upon the final determination of such appeals as will effectuate such final determination according to law. On any appeal from a rule or order of the director fixing or refixing any price, the petition of appeal shall be filed with the board within five days from the date of filing such rule or order with the Secretary of State. On any such appeal the board shall hold its hearing and render its decision within twenty days from the date of filing such rule or order with the Secretary of State. The filing of an appeal to the board from a rule or order of the director fixing or refixing any price, shall act as a stay upon any such rule or order that would otherwise become effective, such stay to continue until the rendering of decision upon such appeal by the board. The hearings before and the proceedings of the board shall be conducted in accordance with such rules of evidence and procedure as the board may from time to time prescribe. L.1941, c. 274, p. 718, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-10 - Oaths; administering by board members; subpoenas; misconduct; false testimony

4:12A-10. Oaths; administering by board members; subpoenas; misconduct; false testimony  Each member of the board shall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, and shall have power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of all necessary reports, books, papers, documents, correspondence, and other evidence, at any designated place of hearing. Such subpoenas shall be signed by one of the members thereof or by the secretary and shall be authenticated by the seal of the board, and any party to any proceeding before said board may secure subpoenas, without charge, from said board. Misconduct on the part of any person attending a hearing, or the failure of any witness, when duly subpoenaed to attend, give testimony or produce any records, shall be punishable by the Superior Court in the same manner as such failure is punishable by such court in a case therein pending. Any person who, having been sworn or affirmed as a witness in any such proceeding, shall willfully give false testimony, shall be guilty of perjury. The fees for the attendance of witnesses shall be paid by the party arranging for the attendance of such witnesses. L.1941, c. 274, p. 718, s. 10. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 38, s. 32.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-11 - Place of hearings; technical rules of evidence

4:12A-11. Place of hearings; technical rules of evidence  Any hearing by the director or by the board may be held in any part of the State and neither the director nor the board shall be bound by technical rules of evidence. L.1941, c. 274, p. 719, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-12 - Review by Superior Court; bond

4:12A-12. Review by Superior Court; bond  Any person, applicant or licensee aggrieved by any order or determination of the board made pursuant to this act may obtain a review of the action complained of by the Superior Court in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ, which court shall have jurisdiction to suspend, reverse or vacate the order or determination so made by the board, and the court may, in its discretion, require a bond not exceeding in amount the costs or money involved, payable to the State of New Jersey, as the court may prescribe, with sureties satisfactory to said court, conditioned for the prompt payment of all costs and damages arising from or caused by the delay in the effectiveness or enforcement of the order or determination complained of or in the prompt prosecution of the proceeding. L.1941, c. 274, p. 719, s. 12. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 38, s. 33.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-13 - Rules of evidence and procedure; proceedings of director

4:12A-13. Rules of evidence and procedure; proceedings of director  The hearings before and the proceedings of the director shall be conducted in accordance with such rules of evidence and procedure as the director may from time to time prescribe. L.1941, c. 274, p. 719, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-14 - Subpoenas; issuance by director

4:12A-14. Subpoenas; issuance by director  The director shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and records for the purpose of obtaining such information as may be required to carry out the provisions of this act. Such subpoenas shall be signed by the director. L.1941, c. 274, p. 719, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-15 - Oaths; power of director to administer

4:12A-15. Oaths; power of director to administer  The director or any person authorized by law is hereby authorized to administer oaths to all such witnesses as may appear or be brought before said director. L.1941, c. 274, p. 720, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-16 - Refusal to obey subpoena or testify; contempt

4:12A-16. Refusal to obey subpoena or testify; contempt  In case any person so summoned by subpoena issued by said director, shall refuse to obey such subpoena or any directions therein, or to give testimony, or to answer questions as required, or to produce any books, papers, documents or records as required, the director may apply to the Superior Court for process against such person, as for a contempt of the Superior Court, and the court shall proceed to a hearing of the case and make such orders and render judgment as in cases of contempt of said court. L.1941, c. 274, p. 720, s. 16. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 39, s. 34.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-17 - Incriminating testimony; immunity

4:12A-17. Incriminating testimony; immunity  No person shall be excused from testifying or producing any book, paper, document or record when subpoenaed as aforesaid upon the ground that the testimony or documentary evidence required of him may incriminate him or subject him to any penalty or forfeiture, but no such person shall be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture on account of any matter or thing concerning which he shall, under oath, have testified or produced documentary evidence, except that he shall not be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury committed by him in his testimony. Nothing herein shall give to any corporation immunity of any kind. L.1941, c. 274, p. 720, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-18 - Service of subpoenas; fees and mileage

4:12A-18. Service of subpoenas; fees and mileage  The process of subpoena authorized in this act shall be served in the same manner and be of the same force and effect as like process in civil actions in the Superior Court; and any person attending in pursuance of such subpoena shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as witnesses in civil actions in said Superior Court. L.1941, c. 274, p. 721, s. 18. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 39, s. 35.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:12A-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:12A-19 - Investigations; powers of director

4:12A-19. Investigations; powers of director  The director shall have power to investigate all matters pertaining to the production, distribution, importation, storage, disposal, classification, sale or resale, conditions and terms of sale or resale, costs of production, distribution, sale and resale, processing, sale for manufacture, of milk as defined in this act in the State of New Jersey as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1941, c. 274, p. 721, s. 19.