New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 87 - PROOF OF PAYMENT
Subchapter 3 - PENALTIES
Section 16:87-3.1 - Civil penalties
A violation of the provisions of the Act or this chapter shall be punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding $ 100.00, in addition to court costs, enforced in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S.A. 2A:58-1 et seq. The Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey shall govern the practice and procedure in such proceedings. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the court shall remit 50 percent of any civil penalty imposed to NJ TRANSIT for use in furtherance of any of the purposes of the Act and 50 percent shall be forwarded to the proper financial officer of the local government entity in which the municipal or central court has been established to be used by the local government entity to defray the cost of operating the court and for general government use.