Title 12, Title 12: COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION

12:4-18. Showing light on vessel at anchor; penalty Every officer having charge of a vessel lying at anchor in the Delaware river shall show from sundown until sunrise, a light at some conspicuous part of the vessel, at least ten feet above the deck. For every violation of this s…

12:4-19. Collision of navigating vessel with anchored vessel showing light; liability for damages When a vessel navigating the Delaware river shall collide with a vessel lying at anchor and having a light on board as required by section 12:4-18 of this title, the officer having c…

12:4-2. Destroying or removing buoys and other markers; penalty A person who shall carelessly, willfully or wantonly destroy, mutilate, break, remove or interfere with any buoy, beacon, channel pole, marking or other device fixed and established in any navigable water in this sta…

12:4-20. Lights on steamboats; penalty Every officer having charge of a steamboat navigating the Delaware river shall show, from sundown until sunrise, a light suspended by a staff or pole in the extreme forward part of the steamboat, at least ten feet above the deck, and also a …

12:4-21. Anchoring in channel of Raritan bay prohibited No person in charge of a vessel shall willfully come to or lie at anchor in the channel of Raritan bay northwesterly from Keyport dock in Monmouth county for the distance of six hundred yards, which channel shall be three hu…

12:4-22. Penalties; liability for damages Any person violating section 12:4-21 of this title shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense and also to any damages sustained by the person injured thereby. For every twenty-four hours a vessel shall lie at anchor i…

12:4-3. Owners of docks, wharves and piers may collect wharfage, dockage and rent; no hindrance to navigation The owners or holders of all docks, wharves, storehouses and piers may: a. Use, possess and repair the same; b. Lay any vessel alongside the same; c. Demand, receive and …

12:4-4. Ice boats to keep Delaware river open L.1920, c. 69, p. 121 (1924 Suppl. s.s. 139-13a, 139-13b), entitled "An act authorizing the acquisition, maintenance and operation by the state of New Jersey, in conjunction with the state of Pennsylvania, of ice boats to keep the Del…

12:4-5. Boats or barges sunken or stranded in navigable river; notice to remove Whenever a boat, barge or scow is stranded or sunk in any of the navigable waters of this state and left remaining for a period of thirty days by the owners or persons having the same in charge, the b…

12:4-6. Removal by board of freeholders; contract for removal; sale of wreck and cargo If the boat, barge or scow shall not have been removed at the expiration of said thirty days, the board of chosen freeholders may declare it a public nuisance and forfeited to the state and cau…

12:4-7. Costs and expenses of removal; payment by county; reimbursement The cost of removing the sunken or stranded boat, barge or scow, with the incidental expenses and charges connected therewith, shall be made up and certified by the board of chosen freeholders. Upon such cert…

12:4-8. Surplus of sale paid to state treasurer Any surplus obtained by the sale of the wreck and cargo over and above the costs and expenses of removal, in any one instance, shall be paid into the state treasury.

12:4-9. Limitation of cost of removal The amount to be paid out under and by the provisions of this article, either by the county or the state, for the removal of any one sunken or stranded boat, barge or scow, shall not exceed one thousand dollars.

12:5-1. Annual report on condition of water-front or harbor facilities; recommendations The board of commerce and navigation shall investigate and report annually to the legislature the condition of water-front and harbor facilities and any other matter incident to the movement o…

12:5-10. Marine improvements on lands conveyed to State by municipalities Whenever a municipality of this State has or shall have conveyed lands to the State upon the condition that the State shall improve such lands by constructing thereon docks, basins or other marine accommoda…

12:5-11. Appropriation for State's share of marine improvement In the case of any such conveyance heretofore made, there is hereby appropriated from the General Funds of the State, such sum as may be included in any general or supplemental appropriation act, for payment of the St…

12:5-2. Preventing encroachment on water front The Department of Environmental Protection may, by appropriate action in any court, prevent the encroachment or trespass upon the water front of any of the navigable waters of this State or bounding thereon, or upon the riparian land…

12:5-3 Department approval required for waterfront development; exemptions. 12:5-3. a. All plans for the development of any waterfront upon any navigable water or stream of this State or bounding thereon, which is contemplated by any person or municipality, in the nature of indiv…

12:5-3.1 Permit or approval to dredge relative to shellfish habitat rules. 1. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall not require a person to comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C.7:7-9.2, or any substantially similar rule or regulation concerning shellfish habitat,…

12:5-5. Procedure when water front is under control of local governing body Where such water front is under the control of a local board, commission or other governing body created by legislative act, having power to improve or develop the water front or exercising such authority…

12:5-6 Actions for violations. 12:5-6. a. Any development or improvement enumerated in R.S.12:5-3 and in P.L.1975, c.232 (C.13:1D-29 et al.) or included within any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, which is commenced or executed without first obtaining approval, or con…

12:5-7. Municipal developments begun prior to April 8, 1914 Sections 12:5-3 to 12:5-6 of this title shall not apply to or affect any development for docks, shipping and transportation facilities inaugurated by a municipality and under construction in whole or in part prior to Apr…

12:5-8. Preparation of plans by board upon request of county or municipality; charges Upon the request of a county, municipality or other political subdivision of this state, the board shall prepare and submit a proper plan for the development and improvement of the water front o…

12:5-9. Harbor of refuge in Sandy Hook bay In addition to the powers conferred by the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, the Board of Commerce and Navigation is hereby authorized and empowered to co-operate with the Federal government, the county of Monmouth…

12:6-1. General powers and duties The board of commerce and navigation shall: a. Investigate and report annually to the governor the routes of the existing inland waterways of this state, the depth of water therein and the use thereof by traffic of business or pleasure, and the a…

12:6-10. Contracts by board for improvement of streams When the necessary and required funds are provided for and included in any annual or supplemental appropriation bill, the board may proceed with any or all improvements authorized by section 12:6-8 of this title and enter int…

12:6-11. Federal aid for improvement of tributaries The board may apply to the federal government for financial aid for the improvement of tributaries to the inland waterway system, and enter into agreements with the federal government whereby such federal aid will be granted, up…

12:6-12. Maintenance of tributaries improved with federal aid After the completion of the improvement of any such tributary with federal aid, the board may, in its discretion, maintain such improvements at the expense of the state and for that purpose may use any moneys coming in…

12:6-13. Permit from board; conditions Every permit granted by the board for dredging in the Manasquan river, or in the Shark river west of the New York and Long Branch Railroad, shall contain a provision requiring the holder of the permit to dredge in such a manner as to establi…

12:6-14. Violations; penalty The holder of a permit violating any of the provisions of this article or any of the conditions of the permit, shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the department. Such penalty…

12:6-15. Revocation of permit The violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be cause for the revocation of any such permit, and the board, after hearing, is authorized so to do.

12:6-16. Supervision of work by board The board shall supervise all such dredging work and enforce the provisions of this article.

12:6-19. New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway; conveyance of Manasquan-Bayhead canal to the United States It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the State of New Jersey to co-operate with the United States in a project for the improvement of the New Jersey Intracoastal…

12:6-2. Marking channels of inland waterway system The board may mark by stakes, buoys, day and night signals, range marks, or otherwise, as in its judgment is necessary and expedient, the channels of the inland waterway along the Atlantic coast from Cape May to Bay Head, and the…

12:6-20. Severability clause If any provision of this act shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions hereof which can be given effect without the invalid provision or provisions, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be sever…

12:6-3. Lease of lands for construction of canals connecting lessee's lands with Bay Head and Manasquan canal The board may lease lands of the state abutting on the Bay Head and Manasquan canal to any person owning lands adjacent to the right of way acquired for the canal, and au…

12:6-3.4. Improving Shrewsbury and Manasquan rivers In addition to the powers conferred by the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement, the Department of Conservation, Division of Navigation, is hereby authorized and empowered to dredge, bulkhead and improve the S…

12:6-3.5. Work to be done when appropriation made This work shall be done when the funds for such improvements are included in any annual or supplemental appropriation bill. L.1946, c. 313, p. 1026, s. 2, eff. May 6, 1946.

12:6-3.6. Dredging and improving Oyster bay In addition to the powers conferred by the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement, the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Planning and Development, is hereby authorized and empowered to dre…

12:6-3.7. Appropriation There is hereby appropriated the sum of fifty-eight thousand dollars ($58,000.00), when included in any annual or supplemental appropriation bill, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act. L.1949, c. 75, p. 379, s. 2, eff. May 6, …

12:6-4. Appointment; term; compensation The board may appoint a harbor master in any locality where an inland waterway shall have been constructed or improved by the state, when, in its discretion, such appointment shall be necessary. The term of office of harbor masters so appoi…

12:6-5. General powers and duties Such harbor masters shall have authority, within the limits fixed by the board at the time of the appointment: a. To supervise the use of the inland waterways in such locality; b. To prevent permanent anchorage or obstruction of any character fro…

12:6-6. Powers with respect to power and other vessels using inland waterways Such harbor masters shall have power: a. To stop any vessel using any of the inland waterways of the state and to examine the same to see that it complies with the requirements of the law, whether in th…

12:6-7. Regulating traffic on inland and other waterways Such harbor masters shall have authority to regulate all water traffic on the inland waterways and upon other waters under the jurisdiction of the state, and shall have explicit powers to enforce all laws and regulations re…

12:6-8. Powers of board; assistance of municipalities and counties The board may improve, by deepening and widening as it shall deem advisable, such streams, creeks, rivers or inlets as connect with or are tributaries to the inland waterway system or that connect with or flow thr…

12:6-9. Improved streams to be part of inland waterway system Any stream, creek, river or inlet that is improved pursuant to section 12:6-8 of this title shall constitute and form a part of the inland waterway system of this state and shall thereafter be maintained as such by the…