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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-1 - Terms defined

51:10-1. Terms defined
1. For the purpose of this act the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given them:
(a) "Liquefied petroleum gas" shall mean and include any material or substance which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same:
Propane, propylene, butane, normal or iso-, and butylene.
(b) "Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of the Division of Weights and Measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety.
(c) "Weights and measures officer" shall mean and include the superintendent of weights and measures or his deputy or assistant superintendents, county superintendents of weights and measures or their assistants, and municipal superintendents of weights and measures or their assistants.
(d) "Court" shall be construed to mean and to include the Superior Court or municipal court.
L.1952,c.143,s.1; amended 1953,c.48,s.35; 1991,c.91,s.488.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-2 - Liquefied petroleum gas; units of measurement

51:10-2. Liquefied petroleum gas; units of measurement
Liquefied petroleum gas shall be sold or offered for sale by avoirdupois net weight, by liquid measure based on the standard United States gallon of two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches, or by cubic feet based on the standard cubic foot of one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight cubic inches; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be interpreted so as to prohibit the sale of such product by other units heretofore employed by industry and accepted by the trade and approved by the superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety, if the scale or meter used to determine weight or measurement and the invoice rendered clearly indicate to the consumer the equivalent of such unit in avoirdupois pounds, United States standard gallons or cubic feet and fractions thereof.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 495, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-3 - Package weight; liquefied petroleum gas; variations

51:10-3. Package weight; liquefied petroleum gas; variations
When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or offered for sale by package weight, variations at the rate of one pound per one hundred pounds under the specified net weight of the container are permitted in individual containers, but the average weight of not less than twelve containers shall not be less than the marked net weight of the container.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 496, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-4 - Markings on containers or labels; tare weight

51:10-4. Markings on containers or labels; tare weight
Containers used where the gas content is sold by package weight must have the tare weight plainly and conspicuously marked on the container or on permanently attached appurtenances, and the net contents plainly and conspicuously marked on the container or on a tag or other type of label firmly attached thereto. Tare weight shall be construed to be the weight of the container, valve and other permanent attachments but does not include the valve-protecting cap.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 496, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-5 - Removal of container from premises; weighing liquefied petroleum gas remaining

51:10-5. Removal of container from premises; weighing liquefied petroleum gas remaining
When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or delivered in package form and the cylinder or container is connected to the consumer's apparatus, the said cylinder or container shall neither be disconnected nor removed from the premises before it becomes empty, except as may be provided hereafter or by contract with the purchaser or consumer. When removed before becoming empty said cylinder or container shall be weighed by the seller to determine the quantity of liquefied petroleum gas remaining in such cylinder or container and a written receipt issued to the purchaser or consumer stating such quantity. When weighed on the customer's premises, weight shall be subject to verification by the seller at the dealer distribution point or the filling plant to determine whether credit is due the customer; provided, however , that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply where they are inconsistent with the terms of a written contract of sale. A cylinder or container shall be considered empty when the gross weight of the cylinder or container does not exceed the tare weight as marked within the tolerance allowed.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 496, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-6 - Delivery tickets and duplicates

51:10-6. Delivery tickets and duplicates
Each delivery of liquefied petroleum gas sold on a package basis in cylinders or containers to consumers and each delivery of such gas from a vehicle tank or other vessel into tanks, cylinders or containers connected to consumer apparatus when sale is based on a quantity so delivered, shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket and duplicate thereof. On such ticket and duplicate thereof shall be distinctly expressed in ink or other indelible substance the date of delivery, the net weight or volume of such liquefied petroleum gas delivered together with the name and address of the seller and the name and address of the purchaser of such liquefied petroleum gas. Delivery tickets shall be serially numbered or the serial number of the cylinder or container shall be legibly marked on such delivery ticket. One of such tickets shall be delivered to the person receiving the liquefied petroleum gas, and the other ticket shall be retained by the seller of the liquefied petroleum gas for a period of one year and shall be subject to inspection by any weights and measures officer, within this time.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 497, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-7 - Meter and pertinent equipment

51:10-7. Meter and pertinent equipment
When liquefied petroleum gas is sold by liquid measure and measured by meter, the meter and pertinent equipment must be such as to assure accurate liquid measurement within plus or minus one per centum (1%).
L.1952, c. 143, p. 497, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-8 - Artificial heat to expand liquefied petroleum gas being delivered prohibited

51:10-8. Artificial heat to expand liquefied petroleum gas being delivered prohibited
The use of artificial heat for the purpose of expanding liquefied petroleum gas before or during the process of delivery, when the basis of settlement for such sale or delivery is liquid volume, is prohibited.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 497, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-9 - Sealing of new meters; regulations

51:10-9. Sealing of new meters; regulations
New meters for measuring liquefied petroleum gas sold in the vapor state shall be sealed by the manufacturer thereof as hereinafter provided or by a weights and measures officer. The superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall prescribe regulations including specifications and tolerances governing the testing and sealing of such meters and method of determining the quantity of liquefied petroleum gas, and may authorize any manufacturer or distributor of liquefied petroleum gas to seal used meters upon written agreement to conform to said regulations. The superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety may at any time for cause revoke the authority so given by him to any manufacturer or distributor of liquefied petroleum gas.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 498, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-10 - Types and designs of scales and meters

51:10-10. Types and designs of scales and meters
All scales and meters used for the weighing or measuring of liquefied petroleum gas shall be of types and designs approved by the superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 498, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-11 - Rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances

51:10-11. Rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances
The superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety is authorized after a public hearing duly called and held to establish and promulgate such rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of this act as he may deem necessary. Such rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances promulgated shall have the force and effect of the law.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 498, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-12 - Exemptions from provisions of act

51:10-12. Exemptions from provisions of act
The provisions of this act shall not apply to interstate tank car and transport truck deliveries to bulk storage, nor to public utility systems using pipes or other fixtures in the public highways or streets for the transmission of liquefied petroleum gas and operating under the jurisdiction of the board of public utilities commissioners of this State, nor to any public service company whose operations are subject to the jurisdiction of the said board.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 498, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-13 - Violations; penalties

51:10-13. Violations; penalties
Any person who shall, by himself or by his agent, or as the agent of another, violate any of the provisions of this act, shall upon conviction pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense, not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the second offense, and not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the third or subsequent offense.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 499, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-14 - Recovery of penalty, jurisdiction

51:10-14. Recovery of penalty, jurisdiction
14. Any penalty shall be recovered as specified in sections 51:1-103 and 51:1-105 to 51:1-107 of the Revised Statutes. An action for the recovery of a penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought before the Superior Court or a municipal court in the county in which the offense is committed or where the defendant may reside. In any proceeding process shall be the same as that provided for in said sections of the Revised Statutes, and any weights and measures officer shall have power to arrest any offender without warrant where there is a violation of this act within his view, and conduct him before any court having jurisdiction in the county where the arrest is made or the offense committed.
L.1952,c.143,s.14; amended 1953,c.48,s.36; 1991,c.91,s.489.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-15 - Supervision of administration and enforcement of act

51:10-15. Supervision of administration and enforcement of act
The superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall have general supervision of the administration and enforcement of this act. The superintendent, deputy superintendent and assistant superintendents of the said division and the superintendents and assistant superintendents of the county and municipal departments of weights and measures are hereby charged with the duty of enforcing and executing its provisions.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 499, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-16 - Disposition of penalties

51:10-16. Disposition of penalties
Penalties, when imposed or recovered in any action brought by the superintendent, deputy superintendent or assistant superintendents of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall be payable to the State Treasurer. When such action is brought by a county superintendent or assistant county superintendent, they shall be payable to the treasurer of such county. When such action is brought by a municipal superintendent or assistant municipal superintendent, they shall be paid into the treasury of such municipality.
L.1952, c. 143, p. 499, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-18 - Discontinuance or curtailment of supply to residential dwellings; advance notice

51:10-18. Discontinuance or curtailment of supply to residential dwellings; advance notice
No supplier of liquefied petroleum gas to residential dwellings shall discontinue or curtail its service for nonpayment of a bill by any customer who uses the gas as a main source of space heating without giving a prior seven day, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, written notification in six-point type or larger on the front of the invoice or in a separate notice, to the customer of the intent to discontinue or curtail service; provided, however, that any notification after January 1, 1984, shall be in 10-point bold type or larger.
L.1983, c. 465, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:10-19 - Violations; penalties; enforcement; disposition; discontinuance not violation; conditions

51:10-19. Violations; penalties; enforcement; disposition; discontinuance not violation; conditions
Any person violating this act shall be subject to a penalty of $1,000.00 for each violation. The penalty shall be enforced pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.) in a summary proceeding brought in the name of the State by the health officer of the municipality in which the violation occurred or by a weights and measures officer. Whenever the health officer of a municipality brings the summary proceeding, half of the penalty shall be remitted to the State and the other half shall be remitted to the municipality in which the violation occurred. Whenever a weights and measures officer brings the summary proceeding, the penalty shall be disposed of in accordance with section 16 of P.L.1952, c. 143 (C. 51:10-16).
It shall not be a violation of this act to discontinue service to a residential dwelling or property which has unsafe equipment or when other conditions prevail as specified by regulations promulgated by the Office of Weights and Measures which prevent delivery of a notice or liquefied petroleum gas to the customer.
L.1983, c. 465, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-2 - Sale by standard dry measure or avoirdupois net weight; exception

51:11-2. Sale by standard dry measure or avoirdupois net weight; exception
All soil amendments shall be sold, offered or exposed for sale by standard dry measure or by avoirdupois net weight except in cases of liquid, gaseous or solid, soil amendments which may be sold or offered for sale by avoirdupois net weight or by liquid measure based upon the standard United States gallon of 231 cubic inches in cases of liquid soil amendments, or by cubic feet based upon the standard cubic foot of 1,728 cubic inches in case of gaseous or solid soil amendments.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-3 - Sale in package form; marking

51:11-3. Sale in package form; marking
No person shall distribute, sell, offer or expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell any soil amendment in package form unless he complies with the provisions of this act and the regulations and rules promulgated thereunder, and, in addition, the package or tag firmly affixed shall be plainly and conspicuously marked as to the net contents in the package form and the identity of the soil amendment and the name and address of the packer.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-4 - Delivery in bulk lots exceeding 100 pounds; sale in liquid or gaseous form; delivery ticket

51:11-4. Delivery in bulk lots exceeding 100 pounds; sale in liquid or gaseous form; delivery ticket
No person shall deliver, start out for delivery or cause to be delivered soil amendments in bulk lots exceeding 100 pounds and not in package form unless he complies with the provisions of sections 51:1-82 and 51:1-83 of the Revised Statutes.
Where soil amendments are sold in either liquid or gaseous form, the delivery ticket shall contain the number of gallons or cubic feet as the case may be, and the unit avoirdupois weight of the gallon or cubic foot measurement.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-5 - Sale in bulk amounts of 100 pounds or less; receipt; contents; exception

51:11-5. Sale in bulk amounts of 100 pounds or less; receipt; contents; exception
No person shall sell soil amendments in bulk in amounts of 100 pounds or less unless such sale is accompanied by a receipt containing the net weight of the soil amendment, the type or kind of soil amendment, the name and address of the dealer, the unit price of the soil amendment and the total amount of the sale. This section shall not apply to soil amendments when sold at the seller's retail establishment and weighed or measured in the consumer's presence.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-6 - Sale or delivery of less than quantity represented

51:11-6. Sale or delivery of less than quantity represented
Any person who sells, exposes or offers for sale, or delivers, either in bulk or package form, less than the quantity he represents of any soil amendment subject to the provisions of this act shall be liable to the penalty provisions of this act; provided, however, that the superintendent shall establish and promulgate by rule, regulation, or order permissible deviations and tolerances to be used by weights and measures officials in reweighing or remeasuring such commodity.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-7 - License to sell from vehicle

51:11-7. License to sell from vehicle
No person shall canvass or solicit for the sale of, or sell, offer or expose for sale, directly from a vehicle of any kind, soil amendments for use on lawns, gardens or landscaping of any kind, unless he is licensed to do so by the superintendent who shall require a separate license for each vehicle so used.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-8 - Applications; renewals; forms

51:11-8. Applications; renewals; forms
Applications for a license or for renewal of a license shall be in writing, under oath, on forms prescribed and furnished by the superintendent and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-9 - Fee

51:11-9. Fee
Every person required to be licensed according to the provisions of this act shall for such license pay a fee of $50.00 per annum which fee shall be paid to the superintendent and by him turned over to the State Treasurer. The said fee shall entitle the licensee to one vehicle certificate and a license plate to be placed on the left side of the vehicle from which the business is conducted together with an identification card to be carried by the licensee.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-10 - Term of license; contents

51:11-10. Term of license; contents
Licenses shall be issued for a term of 1 year from the date of issue and shall be renewable at the expiration thereof. Each license issued shall state the name and business address of the person to whom it is issued and whatever other information as required by the superintendent.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-11 - License tags and identification cards

51:11-11. License tags and identification cards
The superintendent shall issue license tags and identification cards to every licensee. The license tags shall be plainly and conspicuously exhibited on and shall be firmly attached to the left side of any vehicle used by the licensee to transport soil amendments. The identification cards shall be carried on the person of the licensee at all times and shall be exhibited upon request to any weights and measures official. The superintendent may, in addition, require any other identification or credentials he deems necessary.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-12 - Estimates of amount required by consumer; regulation by superintendent

51:11-12. Estimates of amount required by consumer; regulation by superintendent
The licensee shall, before every sale and delivery of soil amendment, execute in duplicate a written estimate of the total amount of soil amendment required by the consumer, the estimated total price of the sale and the type and kind of the soil amendment. One copy shall be given to the consumer and the other copy shall be retained by the licensee for a period of 1 year from the date of execution.
The superintendent shall, by regulation or rule, prescribe the form, contents and manner of execution and retention of said estimates, and he may, by regulation or rule, prescribe allowable ranges, variations or exemptions concerning said estimates.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-13 - Receipt showing amount delivered; retention by licensee for three years

51:11-13. Receipt showing amount delivered; retention by licensee for three years
After every sale each licensee shall execute in duplicate a serially numbered receipt showing the quantity of soil amendment delivered, the type delivered, the date of the sale and delivery, the name and address of the seller, the name and address of the buyer and the total amount of the sale. Receipts shall be kept by the licensee, void copies included, in a manner acceptable to the superintendent, for a period of 3 years and shall be subject to inspection by any weights and measures official within that time.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-14 - Display of signs on vehicles

51:11-14. Display of signs on vehicles
No licensee shall use any vehicle for transporting any soil amendments unless the vehicle displays a sign stating the type or kind of soil amendment in such manner as the superintendent shall by regulation or rule prescribe.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-15 - Portion of licensing fee returned to county or municipality

51:11-15. Portion of licensing fee returned to county or municipality
30% of each vendor and canvasser licensee fee shall be returned to the county or municipality from which said licensing fee originated. The counties and municipalities shall appropriate the moneys so received to the sole and exclusive use of their respective departments of weights and measures. The place of business of the licensee shall determine the origin of the license fee.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-16 - Enforcement of act

51:11-16. Enforcement of act
In addition to their powers and duties as prescribed by Title 51 of the Revised Statutes, all weights and measures officials in this State shall have the duty of enforcing the provisions of this act.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-18 - Administration and enforcement of act; powers of weights and measures officials

51:11-18. Administration and enforcement of act; powers of weights and measures officials
The superintendent shall have general supervision of the administration and enforcement of this act. All weights and measures officials shall have full power and authority to:
(a) Inspect and reweigh or remeasure any soil amendment while in transit from the dealer to the consumer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by the dealer, or after the soil amendment has been delivered to the consumer. They shall also have full power and authority to inspect the delivery slips issued and the estimates furnished to the consumer in connection with any sale, delivery or attempted sale or delivery and all the pertinent records of the person selling, delivering, or offering or exposing for sale soil amendments in connection with any such sale, delivery or attempted sale or delivery.
(b) Issue stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, confiscation orders with reference to soil amendments, which he finds being sold, offered, exposed for sale, kept or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act, or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent.
(c) Seize for use as evidence, any soil amendments, which he finds used, kept, offered or exposed for sale or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent. No person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified any soil amendments contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or a removal order issued under the authority of this section.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-19 - Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license

51:11-19. Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license
The superintendent may, after proper notice and hearing revoke, suspend, restrict, or otherwise limit, or refuse to issue or renew any license issued or granted pursuant to the provisions of this act for any of the following reasons:
(a) Fraud or misrepresentation in the application for or in the procuring of a license;
(b) The violation of any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent;
(c) Any dishonest, deceptive, or any fraudulent practice, conduct or transaction; and
(d) The loaning or the giving of any license.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-20 - Legal proceedings or processes

51:11-20. Legal proceedings or processes
The superintendent is empowered to institute, or cause to be instituted such legal proceedings or processes as may be necessary to enforce and give effect to any of his powers and duties as prescribed by this act.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-21 - Subpoenas; oaths

51:11-21. Subpoenas; oaths
21. The superintendent shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel production of any pertinent records, books, or documents or the attendance of witnesses in any matter pertaining to his duties and shall have the power to administer oaths in taking testimony. Subpoenas shall be issued under the seal of the superintendent and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued out of the Superior Court of the State.
Upon the failure of any person to obey a subpoena as aforesaid, the superintendent may apply to the Superior Court for appropriate relief.
L.1968,c.450,s.21; amended 1991,c.91,s.490.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-22 - Violations; penalties

51:11-22. Violations; penalties
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act for which a specific penalty is not otherwise provided, shall be liable to a penalty of $25.00 to $50.00 for the first offense; not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for the second offense, and not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 for each subsequent offense.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-23 - Double penalties for certain violations

51:11-23. Double penalties for certain violations
Any person who knowingly violates sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 shall be liable to twice the penalties as stated in section 22 of this act and any person who knowingly violates the requirements of sections 6, 12 and 18 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-24 - Separate violations for different days and places

51:11-24. Separate violations for different days and places
Violations of any of the provisions of this act or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder shall be deemed a separate violation for each different day on which they have occurred and a separate violation for each different place at which they occurred on the same day and each illegal selling, offering or exposing for sale, or the delivery of each separate unit or package form shall be deemed a separate violation.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-25 - Jurisdiction; enforcement of penalties; arrest without warrant

51:11-25. Jurisdiction; enforcement of penalties; arrest without warrant
25. The Superior Court and municipal court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement and collection of a penalty imposed because of the violation, within the territorial jurisdiction of the court, of any provision of this act. The penalty shall be collected and enforced in a summary proceeding pursuant to the penalty enforcement law (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue in the name of the State, upon the complaint of the superintendent or any other weights and measures official; provided, however, that any weights and measures official on the violation of any of the provisions of this act within his view may without warrant arrest the offender and conduct him before the court having jurisdiction in the municipality where the arrest is made or the offense committed. Such court on the filing of written verified complaint setting forth the nature of the offense shall hear and determine in a summary manner, the guilt or innocence of the defendant and inflict the penalties provided by law.
L.1968,c.450,s.25; amended 1991,c.91,s.491.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-26 - Application of chapter

51:11-26. Application of chapter
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal, amend, or alter in any way the provisions concerning horse manure contained in chapter 43 of the laws of 1944.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-27 - Prosecutions

51:11-27. Prosecutions
Prosecutions for any violations of this act are declared to be valid and proper notwithstanding the existence of any other valid general or specific act of this State dealing with matters that may be the same as or similar to those covered by this act.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:11-28 - Partial invalidity

51:11-28. Partial invalidity
If any section of this act or any provision thereof, shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative such section or provision shall to the extent it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, be enforced and effectuated, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining provisions or sections of this act.
L.1968, c. 450, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-1 - Definitions

51:12-1. Definitions
As used in this act:
a. "Safety glazing material" means any glazing material, such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets the test requirements of the United States of America Standards Institute code numbers Z-97.1-1966 and Z-97.1-1971, or the stricter thereof, and such further requirements as shall be adopted by the Department of Community Affairs after notice and hearing required by the "Administrative Procedure Act," approved January 14, 1969 (P.L.1968, c. 410), and which are so constructed, treated, or combined with other materials as to minimize the likelihood of cutting and piercing injuries resulting from human contact with the glazing material.
b. "Hazardous locations" means those installations, glazed or to be glazed, in residential, commercial and public buildings subject to this act, known as sliding glass doors, framed or unframed glass doors and adjacent fixed glazed panels which may be mistaken for means of ingress or egress, storm doors, shower doors, and tub enclosures, whether or not the glazing in such doors, panels or enclosures is transparent, and in any other area wherein the use of other than safety glazing materials would constitute a hazard as the Commissioner of Community Affairs may determine after notice and hearings as required by the "Administrative Procedure Act," approved January 14, 1969 (P.L.1968, c. 410).
L.1971, c. 369, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-2 - Label for safety glazing material

51:12-2. Label for safety glazing material
a. Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, or sold for use in hazardous locations or installed in such a location within the State shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting or firing ceramic material on the safety glazing material. The label shall identify the labeler, whether manufacturer, fabricator or installer, and the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing material and whether said material meets or exceeds the test requirements of the United States of America Standards Institute code Z-97.1-1966 and such further requirements as may be adopted by the Department of Community Affairs.
The label must be legible and visible after installation.
b. Such safety glazing labeling shall not be used on other than safety glazing materials.
L.1971, c. 369, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-3 - Installation of glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in hazardous locations; prohibition

51:12-3. Installation of glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in hazardous locations; prohibition
After the effective date of this act no person shall within the State knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble, glaze, install, consent or cause to be installed glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location. For purposes of this section the terms "install" or "installed" shall not be deemed to mean or refer to the changing of storm doors or windows on existing buildings subject to this act on its effective date.
L.1971, c. 369, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-4 - Transparent glass doors or adjacent fixed glass panels; marking

51:12-4. Transparent glass doors or adjacent fixed glass panels; marking
All transparent glass doors or adjacent fixed glass panels subject to this act, and all doors or adjacent fixed glass panels which may reasonably be mistaken for a means of egress or ingress constructed of safety glazing material shall be posted, painted or otherwise marked in such a manner as to alert any person attempting to pass through the doorway that such door is opened or closed, or that such adjacent fixed glass panel, is, in fact, not a door. Such doors or adjacent fixed glass panels shall be marked in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.
L.1971, c. 369, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-6 - Penalties

51:12-6. Penalties
25. Any person who shall violate any provisions of this act, or any rule or regulation of the commissioner promulgated pursuant to this act shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $200.00 for a first offense and not more than $2,000.00 for each subsequent offense. Proceedings to collect and enforce such penalties shall be summary pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or a municipal court, both of which shall have jurisdiction to enforce said penalty enforcement law in connection with this act.
L.1971,c.369,s.6; amended 1991,c.91,s.492.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-7 - Inapplicability of act to buildings and structures regulated by other acts

51:12-7. Inapplicability of act to buildings and structures regulated by other acts
This act shall not apply to buildings and structures which are subject to the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Health and Safety Law, P.L.1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.); the Worker Health and Safety Act, P.L.1965, c. 154 (C. 34:6A-1 et seq.); or Title 18, Education, and which are subject to rules and regulations promulgated thereunder establishing standards for safety glazing materials.
L.1971, c. 369, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-8 - Nonliability of workmen who are employees of person responsible for compliance with act

51:12-8. Nonliability of workmen who are employees of person responsible for compliance with act
No liability under this act shall be created as to workmen who are employees of a contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with this act.
L.1971, c. 369, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:12-9 - Nonsupersedure of municipal ordinances; requirements; enforcement of act

51:12-9. Nonsupersedure of municipal ordinances; requirements; enforcement of act
This act shall not supersede any municipal ordinance or parts thereof relating to the subject matter hereof more stringent than the requirements of this act. This act and all rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be enforced by the Department of Community Affairs, by every local building inspector, and by any municipal officer charged with or responsible for the enforcement of building codes.
L.1971, c. 369, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:13-1 - Lighters, certain, sales, etc. prohibited; definitions

51:13-1. Lighters, certain, sales, etc. prohibited; definitions
1. On and after January 1, 1994, no lighter shall be sold, offered for sale, given, transferred, or otherwise be assigned, furnished or made available in the State of New Jersey unless its design and construction conforms with the child resistant standards adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1991, c.487 (C.51:13-3).
"Child resistant lighter" means a lighter that is designed and constructed in a manner so that it is significantly difficult for a child under the age of 5 years to operate the device so as to produce a flame or to emit a flammable liquid, vapor, or gas.
"Lighter" means a mechanical flame producing device, be it of a disposable or refillable nature, designed for the purpose of lighting a fire, cigarette, cigar, or pipe, provided, however, that the term shall not include those mechanical flame producing devices that are refillable and have a gross fueled weight of at least 35 grams.
L.1991,c.487,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:13-2 - Violations, fines

51:13-2. Violations, fines
2. Any person violating the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1991, c.487 (C.51:13-1) by selling, offering for sale, giving, transferring, or otherwise assigning, furnishing or making available a lighter that does not conform to the standards adopted under the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1991, c.487 (C.51:13-3) shall be fined $100 for each offense. Each lighter not conforming to those standards that is so sold, offered for sale, given, transferred, or otherwise assigned, furnished or made available shall constitute a separate offense.
L.1991,c.487,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:13-3 - Rules, regulations

51:13-3. Rules, regulations
3. Within 18 months of the effective date of this act, the Bureau of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs shall, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. The rules and regulations so promulgated shall include, but not be limited to, standards for the design and construction of child resistant lighters.
L.1991,c.487,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:1-1 - Trenton seat of government; location of legislative sessions.

52:1-1 Trenton seat of government; location of legislative sessions.
52:1-1. a. Trenton, in the county of Mercer, shall be the seat of the government of this State.
b. All sessions of the Legislature shall be held at Trenton or, on a temporary basis, for ceremonial or commemorative purposes or, notwithstanding section 1 of P.L.1963, c.118 (C.52:1-1.1), by reason of emergency or other exigency, at such other locations in the State as shall be designated by the Legislature by concurrent resolution.
c. During a period of emergency or exigency, as determined by the Governor pursuant to the laws of this State or by the Legislature pursuant to concurrent resolution, the Legislature may use any technology or electronic means
to conduct its business or otherwise carry out its purposes, or
to comply with the requirements of paragraph 6 of Section IV of Article IV or, for the purpose of ensuring the continuity of governmental operations, of paragraph 4 of Section VI of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey.
amended 1979, c.209; 2020, c.2, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:1-1.1 - Emergency temporary location; proclamation by governor.

52:1-1.1 Emergency temporary location; proclamation by governor.
1. Whenever, due to an emergency or the anticipated effects of such emergency, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of State Government at the normal location of the seat thereof in the city of Trenton in the county of Mercer, the Governor shall, as often as the exigencies of the situation require, by proclamation, declare an emergency temporary location, or locations, for the seat of Government at such place, or places, within or without this State as he may deem advisable under the circumstances, and shall take such action and issue such orders as may be necessary for an orderly transition of the affairs of State Government to such emergency temporary location, or locations. Such emergency temporary location, or locations, shall remain as the seat of Government until the Legislature shall by law establish a new location, or locations, or until the emergency is declared to be ended by the Governor and the seat of Government is returned to its normal location.
L.1963, c.118, s.1; amended 2020, c.2, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:1-1.2 - Validity of acts performed at emergency temporary location

52:1-1.2. Validity of acts performed at emergency temporary location
During such time as the seat of Government remains at such emergency temporary location, or locations, all official acts now or hereafter required by law to be performed at the seat of Government by any officer, agency, department or authority of this State, including the convening and meeting of the Legislature in regular, extraordinary, or emergency session, shall be as valid and binding when performed at such emergency temporary location, or locations, as if performed at the normal location of the seat of Government.
L.1963, c. 118, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:1-1.3 - Contrary or conflicting laws

52:1-1.3. Contrary or conflicting laws
The provisions of this act shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary or in conflict herewith.
L.1963, c. 118, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:2-1 - Description of great seal of state

52:2-1. Description of great seal of state
The great seal of this state shall be engraved on silver, which shall be round, of two and a half inches in diameter and three-eighths of an inch thick; the arms shall be three ploughs in an escutcheon, azure; supporters, Liberty and Ceres. The Goddess Liberty to carry in her dexter hand a pole, proper, surmounted by a cap gules, with band azure at the bottom, displaying on the band six stars, argent; tresses falling on shoulders, proper; head bearing over all a chaplet of laurel leaves, vert; overdress, tenne; underskirt, argent; feet sandaled, standing on scroll. Ceres: Same as Liberty, save overdress, gules; holding in left hand a cornucopia, or, bearing apples, plums and grapes surrounded by leaves, all proper; head bearing over all a chaplet of wheat spears, vert. Shield surmounted by sovereign's helmet, six bars, or; wreath and mantling, argent and azure. Crest: A horse's head, proper. Underneath the shield and supporting the goddesses, a scroll azure, bordered with tenne, in three waves or folds; on the upper folds the words "Liberty and Prosperity" ; on the under fold in Arabic numerals, the figures "1776" . These words to be engraved round the arms, viz., "The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey" .
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:2-2 - New great seal; illumination; use of replica in office of secretary of state

52:2-2. New great seal; illumination; use of replica in office of secretary of state
A new great seal of the state, drawn in accordance with the description set forth in section 52:2-1 of this title, shall be certified thereon by the state house commission as being correct, and when illuminated, the colors and tinctures shall conform thereto.
A replica or copy thereof, made on steel, shall be for use in the office of the secretary of state.