Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

4:12A-58. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two. L.1942, c. 263, p. 708, s. 7.

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.

4:12A-63. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Milk Case Recovery Act." L.1982, c. 216, s. 2.

4:12A-64. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Milk case" means a rigid, reusable milk container case including wood, metal or plastic, which is used for packing and transporting or delivering cartons, bottles, jugs or other packages of milk and milk products by milk dealers, pro…

4:12A-65. Milk container marks and identification; filing with secretary of agriculture Any person who is engaged in receiving, processing, manufacturing, packing, canning, bottling, handling, or selling milk or any products of milk in containers, cabinets, or other dairy equipme…

4:12A-66. Wholesale purchasers; exemption Wholesale milk and milk product purchasers who, in the normal course of milk distribution procedures, hold milk cases for pickup by the owners or their representatives are exempt from the provisions of this act. L.1982, c. 216, s. 5.

4:12A-67. Offenses It is unlawful for any person to: a. Receive, take, store, buy, sell, dispose, use or otherwise possess any milk case without the consent of the owner; b. Refuse to return any milk case to the owner upon demand; c. Deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwi…

4:12A-68. Evidence of offenses The using, buying, selling, possession, destroying, or defacing of a milk case by any person without the written consent of the owner shall be accepted in a court of competent jurisdiction as prima facie evidence of a violation of this act. L.1982, …

4:12A-69. Penalties Any person who violates this act shall be subject to a fine of up to $100.00 for the illegal possession of up to nine milk cases and not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 or imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both, for the illegal possession of any great…

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 p…

4:12A-70. Habitual offenders; injunction An habitual violation of this act or of any rule or regulation made pursuant to this act may be restrained by a court of competent jurisdiction in an action brought for that purpose by the owner of milk cases subject to the violations. L.1…

4:12A-71. Rules and regulations The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of this act. L.1982, c. 216, s. 10.

4:12A-72 Reimbursement, federal Dairy Margin Coverage Program. 1. a. The Department of Agriculture shall disburse annually to each enrolled dairy farmer in the State the amount of the annual premium paid by the enrolled dairy farmer for coverage under the federal Dairy Margin Cov…

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 t…

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 …