New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 80 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INFORMATION AWARDS
Subchapter 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AWARD PROGRAMS
Section 13:80-1.4 - Application procedure-criminal
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) An application in a criminal proceeding requires the completion of Information Form DCJ 13-58 prescribed by the Division of Criminal Justice. This form must be completed and signed by personal appearance of the applicant (or in the case of an entity, its authorized representative), at the Division of Criminal Justice or at the county prosecutor's office in the county where the offense is alleged to have occurred. The county prosecutor's office shall forward a copy of each completed application to the Division of Criminal Justice and the Department of Environmental Protection within 15 days of receipt.
(b) The person submitting the information may, at the discretion of the Division of Criminal Justice, be interviewed by the Division of Criminal Justice or Department of Environmental Protection with regard to the information the applicant is submitting for consideration. An applicant may also be required to give his or her verbal statement under oath and sign a written memorialization of his or her statement.
(c) The Division of Criminal Justice shall acknowledge to the applicant, in writing, receipt of his or her application.
(d) In any legal proceeding conducted exclusively by a county prosecutor's office, wherein an application has been submitted pursuant to this section, and which results in an arrest, conviction and imposition and collection of a criminal penalty for either the illegal treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste or the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste; for the illegal discharge of certain material into ocean waters; or for the illegal treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of medical waste, the prosecutor's office, upon sentencing of the convicted person, shall, within 15 days thereof, forward written notification to the Division of Criminal Justice of any fines imposed for the purpose of processing any pending award application under this subchapter.
