N.J. Stat. § 4:19-15.20: Penalty to be paid to plaintiff; disposition.

20. Any penalty recovered in an action brought under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the plaintiff therein. When the plaintiff is the Commissioner of Health, the penalty shall be paid by the commissioner into the treasury of the State. When the plaintiff is a local board of health the penalty shall be paid by the local board into the treasury of the municipality within which the local board has jurisdiction.

L.1941, c.151, s.20; amended 2012, c.17, s.11.