Bill Text: NJ S1341 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Establishes penalty for failure to include bittering agent in antifreeze.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-12-02 - Approved P.L.2015, c.160. [S1341 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1341-Chaptered.html

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§§1,2 -

C.13:1D-68 &

13:1D-69

 

P.L.2015, CHAPTER 160, approved December 2, 2015

Senate, No. 1341 (First Reprint)

 

 

An Act concerning the use of bittering agents in antifreeze, and supplementing P.L.2009, c.277 (C.13:1D-64 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Any person who violates any provision of section 2 of P.L.2009, c.277 (C.13:1D-65) shall be subject to a civil penalty of ¹up to¹ $500 ¹[for the first offense and $1,000 for the second or subsequent offense]¹, to be collected ¹by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection¹ in a civil action by summary proceeding under the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).  The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction ¹[to enforce the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999" in connection with this section.  If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense] over proceedings for the enforcement of the penalty established by this section¹.

     b.    The ¹[Department] Commissioner¹ of Environmental Protection may institute a civil action for injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of P.L.2009, c.277 (C.13:1D-64 et seq.) and prohibit and prevent a violation of section 2 of that act, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner.

 

     ¹2.   Nothing set forth in P.L.2009, c.277 (C.13:1D-64 et seq.) shall be construed as creating, establishing, or authorizing a private cause of action by an aggrieved person against a person who has violated, or is alleged to have violated, the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2009, c.277 (C.13:1D-65).¹

 

     ¹[2.]  3.¹  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

                                

 

     Establishes penalty for failure to include bittering agent in antifreeze.