New Jersey Statutes Title 48. Public Utilities 48 § 4-11

a. Any person who shall operate an autobus, charter bus operation or special bus operation within the State of New Jersey without complying with the provisions of this article shall be subject to the penalties provided herein.

Proceedings to prevent a person from operating an autobus without a valid certificate of public convenience and necessity, and to recover damages for lost revenues caused by those operations, may be instituted by an autobus public utility, the business or revenues of which are adversely affected thereby.

Except for proceedings instituted by an autobus public utility, every civil penalty for violation of any provision of this article and for a violation of section 90 of P.L.1962, c. 198 (C.48:4-2.1a) shall be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the commission and shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c. 274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). Process shall issue at the suit of the commission, as plaintiff, and shall be in the nature of a summons and complaint returnable in the Law or Chancery Division of the Superior Court or in the various municipal courts. Every day that a violation exists shall be a separate violation for which a penalty may be recovered. Proceedings may be instituted on any day of the week including Sunday or upon a holiday, and any process issued pursuant to this article or pursuant to section 90 of P.L.1962, c. 198 (C.48:4-2.1a) shall be deemed valid as if served or issued on any other day.

b. The commission may, in addition to seeking a civil penalty, seek injunctive relief in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court as to any person found to have violated any provision of this article or any provision of section 90 of P.L.1962, c. 198 (C.48:4-2.1a).