New Jersey § 58:10a-10

§ 58:10a-10.

a. A person appealing a civil administrative penalty or assessment levied in accordance

with section 2 of P.L.1991, c. 8 ( C. 58:10A-10.5 ), whether contested as a contested case pursuant to P.L.1968, c. 410 ( C. 52:14B-1 et seq. ) or by appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction, shall, as a condition of filing

the appeal, post with the delegated local agency a refundable bond, or other security

approved by the delegated local agency, in the amount of the civil administrative

penalty or assessment levied pursuant to a civil administrative hearing. If the civil administrative penalty or assessment is upheld in whole or in part,

the delegated local agency shall be entitled to a daily interest charge on the amount

of the judgment from the date of the posting of the security with the commissioner

until that amount is paid in full. The rate of interest shall be that established by the New Jersey Supreme Court for

interest rates on judgments, as set forth in the Rules Governing the Courts of the

State of New Jersey. b. A person who is assessed a civil administrative penalty, or is subject to an assessment

levied pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c. 8 ( C. 58:10A-10.5 ), and fails to contest or to pay the penalty or assessment, or fails to enter into

a payment schedule with the delegated local agency within 30 days of the date that

the penalty or assessment is due and owing, shall be subject to an interest charge

on the amount of the penalty or assessment from the date that the amount was due and

owing. The rate of interest shall be that authorized pursuant to subsection a. of this

section. c. Any person who fails to pay a civil administrative penalty or assessment, in whole

or in part, when due and owing, or who fails to agree to a payment schedule therefor,

shall be subject to the civil penalty provisions of subsection e. of section 10 of

P.L.1977, c. 74 ( C. 58:10A-10 ). d. A civil administrative penalty or assessment imposed pursuant to a final order: (1) may be collected or enforced by summary proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction

in accordance with the “penalty enforcement law,” ( N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq. ); or (2) shall constitute a debt of the violator, and the civil administrative penalty

may be docketed with the clerk of the Superior Court, and shall have the same standing

as any judgment docketed pursuant to N.J.S.2A:16-1 .