N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-178 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-178
Liability for training costs; terms defined.
Status: in_force

1. a. Whenever a person who resigned as a member of a county or municipal law enforcement agency is appointed to another county or municipal law enforcement agency, the police department of an educational institution pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.), a State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Police Department pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1) within 120 days of resignation, and that person held a probationary appointment at the time of resignation or held a permanent appointment for 30 days or less prior to resignation, the county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution or State law enforcement agency appointing the person, or the New Jersey Transit Corporation, is liable to the former county or municipal employer, as appropriate, for the total certified costs incurred by the former employer in the examination, hiring, and training of the person. b. Whenever a person who resigned as a member of a county or municipal law enforcement agency is appointed to another county or municipal law enforcement agency, the police department of an educational institution pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.), State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Police Department pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1) within 120 days of resignation, and that person, at the time of resignation held a permanent appointment for more than 30 days but less than two years, the county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution, or State law enforcement agency appointing the person, or the New Jersey Transit Corporation, is liable to the former county or municipal employer, as appropriate, for one-half of the total certified costs incurred by the former employer in the examination, hiring and training of that person. c. Upon the appointment of a former member of a county or municipal law enforcement agency, the appointing county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution, State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall notify the former employer immediately upon the appointment of a former employee and shall reimburse the former employer within 120 days of the receipt of the certified costs. d. For the purposes of this act: "County or municipal law enforcement agency" means and includes, but is not limited to, a county or municipal police department or force, a county corrections department and a county sheriff's office; "Examination costs" means and includes, but is not limited to, the costs of all qualifying examinations and the public advertisements for these examinations; "State law enforcement agency" means and includes, but is not limited to, the police department of a State agency and the State Department of Corrections, but does not include the State Police; and "Training costs" means the police training course fees and the base salary received while attending the police training course, as required by P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.). L.1987,c.47,s.1; amended 1989, c.40, s.1; 2000, c.106, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33B-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33B / Section 33B-3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Commission" means a county historical commission established pursuant to this act. b. "Historic building" means a building or complex of buildings significant to the history of the municipality, county, State or nation. c. "Preserve an historic building" means to restore, reconstruct, renovate or maintain that building or otherwise to recreate or conserve the historical character and value thereof. L. 1987, c. 255, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-133.9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-133.9
Appointment of receiver
Status: in_force

If the bond resolution of a commission authorizing for the issuance of a series of its bonds provides that the holders of the bonds of the series are entitled to the benefits of section 9 of this amendatory and supplementary act and further provides that any trustee appointed pursuant to that section, or having the powers of the trustee, has the powers provided by this section, the trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of the series are declared due and payable, is entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the waterworks, and the receiver may enter upon and take possession of the waterworks and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of the bonds, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction of the waterworks and proceed with the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction which the commission is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain and reconstruct the waterworks and fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive the water rents and all water revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of the bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the commission in the same manner as the commission itself might do and under the direction of the court. L.1991,c.162,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-36 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-36
Notice; procedures
Status: in_force

a. Upon receiving the list of in rem properties in the municipality pursuant to section 5 of this act, the urban homesteading agency shall publish at least twice a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the property which is suitable for rehabilitation is available. The notice shall contain the following information: (1) that certain in rem property is available for acquisition; (2) that in order to be considered eligible to acquire the property, applicants must fulfill criteria which are set forth in the notice; (3) the procedures for applying for an urban homestead; and (4) the deadline for submitting the application. The second notice shall be published not less than two weeks before the application deadline. b. Within 30 days after the application deadline, the urban homesteading agency shall recommend to the governing body the transfer of in rem property to qualified applicants who have demonstrated their ability to acquire the necessary financial and technical resources to rehabilitate, own and manage urban homestead property under the terms and conditions set forth in section 4 of this act and under any other conditions determined by the homesteading agency. L. 1988, c. 148, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-103 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-103
Rules and regulations; filing; publication
Status: in_force

No rule or regulation made by any department, officer, agency or authority of the county, except such as relates to the organization or internal management of the county government or a part thereof, shall take effect until it is filed by the clerk to the board of freeholders with the clerk of each municipality in the county, and in such other manner as may be provided by ordinance. The clerk to the board shall provide for the prompt publication of such rules and regulations. L.1972, c. 154, s. 103, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-3
Acquisition of lands and buildings
Status: in_force

(a) Any county or municipality may acquire, construct and maintain such buildings or other capital improvements as may be necessary and suitable for the performance of its functions, the accommodation of the courts required to be held in the county or municipality, the conduct of public business and the use of the county and municipal departments, officers, boards, commissions and agencies in charge of institutions and facilities and any other county or municipal public purposes, and from time to time as necessary, repair, alter, enlarge, rebuild, furnish, refurnish, refurbish or rehabilitate such buildings. (b) Any county or municipality may acquire the necessary land for the construction thereon of buildings or other capital improvements or additions thereto and for suitable surrounding grounds and parking facilities to be used in connection therewith. Any such buildings, capital improvements or facilities may be constructed and maintained upon real property acquired by the county or municipality. (c) A county or municipality may furnish and equip such buildings, improvements and facilities for the proper use thereof and may from time to time as may be necessary, repair and replace the furnishings and equipment thereof. L.1971, c. 199, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.15c — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.15c
Amount of difference, certain; available for appropriation.
Status: in_force

11. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of P.L.1994, c.100 (C.40A:4-45.15a and C.40A:4-45.15b) to the contrary, the amount of difference remaining as of June 30, 2003 for appropriation in the next two succeeding local budget years shall remain in place and be available for appropriation by a county or municipality. L.2004, c.74,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-168 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-168
Elective officers; removal by recall petition and vote
Status: in_force

Any elective officer shall be subject to removal from office for cause connected with his office, after he has served at least one year, upon the filing of a recall petition and the affirmative vote of a majority of those voting on the question of removal at any general, regular municipal or special election. L.1950, c. 210, p. 510, s. 17-19, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-140.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-140.2
Certification as municipal finance officer
Status: in_force

a. The director shall hold examinations semi-annually, and at such times as he may determine appropriate for certification of municipal finance officers. An applicant for examination shall present to the director written application on forms provided by the Division of Local Government Services, showing that the applicant is not less than 21 years of age, is a citizen of the United States, is of good moral character, has obtained a certificate or diploma issued after at least four years of study in an approved secondary school or has received an academic education considered and accepted by the Commissioner of Education of this State as fully equivalent, and has graduated from a four-year course at a college of recognized standing with a major course of study in business administration, accounting or equivalent subject. b. An applicant who does not possess the college degree required under subsection a. above may qualify to take the examination by furnishing proof of four years of full-time experience in a position as a municipal director of finance, assistant director of finance, fiscal officer, municipal comptroller, assistant comptroller, municipal treasurer, assistant municipal treasurer or deputy treasurer in any local unit. An applicant who does not possess four years of full-time experience in such a position may substitute one year of college education for one year of experience, up to a maximum of two years of college education. For the purpose of this section, one full year of college education is equal to 30 college credits. c. Every applicant shall furnish proof that he has received certificates indicating satisfactory completion of complete training courses in municipal finance administration, municipal current fund accounting I and II, municipal capital and trust fund accounting, municipal utility fund accounting, municipal budget preparation and control, and principles of financial management, as are provided by the Division of Local Government Services or Rutgers, The State University, with the approval of the Division of Local Government Services. d. Every applicant submitting an application after January 1, 1992 shall also furnish proof that he has received a certificate indicating satisfactory completion of a complete training course in the preparation of annual financial statements as provided by the Division of Local Government Services, or Rutgers, The State University, with the approval of the Division of Local Government Services. e. Each completed application form shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of $50, payable to the State Treasurer and shall be filed with the director at least 30 days prior to the date of examination. Examinations shall be written, or both written and oral, and shall be of such character as fairly to test and determine the ability of the person tested to perform the duties of chief financial officer. L.1971,c.413,s.2; amended 1975,c.198,s.2; 1988,c.110,s.2; 1991,c.175,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-30
Surplus used to meet bonds
Status: in_force

From the surplus of the income of such station or hall there may from time to time be taken such amounts as may, in the judgment of the officials in control of the fund seem wise, and appropriated to the municipality for the purpose of paying interest or principal upon the bond issues outstanding for the construction of such station or hall.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-2
Findings, purpose
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds that the various statutes authorized by Article VIII, Section I, paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution permitting municipalities to grant for periods of five years exemptions or abatements, or both, from taxation in areas in need of rehabilitation have proven to be effective in promoting the construction and rehabilitation of residential and commercial and industrial structures in areas threatened with economic and social decline. There exists, however, a need to consolidate and make more coherent the most useful features of those various statutes in order to promote the most effective and coordinated use of the various authorizations afforded to municipalities and to include in-fill construction in a comprehensive strategy of rehabilitation of these areas by permitting exemptions and abatements for construction of new single family and multiple dwellings. It is the purpose of this act to permit municipalities the greatest flexibility possible within the constitutional limitations to address problems of deterioration and decay while preserving the salient features of the existing tax exemption and abatement programs. L.1991,c.441,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-10.1
Informal review
Status: in_force

At the request of the developer, the planning board shall grant an informal review of a concept plan for a development for which the developer intends to prepare and submit an application for development. The amount of any fees for such an informal review shall be a credit toward fees for review of the application for development. The developer shall not be bound by any concept plan for which review is requested, and the planning board shall not be bound by any such review. L. 1979, c. 216, s. 8. Amended by L. 1985, c. 516, s. 4
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.26
Office and expenses of commission
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders shall provide the commission, established pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, with a suitable office and upon the establishment of the commission may make available for expenditures by the commission such sums as the board of chosen freeholders may by a majority vote approve. The board of chosen freeholders may make available for expenditures authorized by the commission such sums as the board of chosen freeholders may by a majority vote approve. Except as funds are otherwise provided by law for land and improvements, the amount so made available in any calendar year for the expenses of the commission shall not be greater than the excess, if any, of a sum equal to 3/4 of a mill on each dollar of the aggregate true or full value of all property in the several taxing districts of the county, as determined by the county board of taxation, over the amount to be paid by the county in such year for debt service on bonds or other obligations for park purposes issued by the county pursuant to law. The board of chosen freeholders shall also have power to appropriate to the use of the commission, in addition to the sums appropriated for expenses as aforesaid, such moneys as may arise from revenue-producing facilities operated by the commission. The commission may draw the moneys provided and made available by the board of chosen freeholders for the purposes of this act on requisition duly signed and approved by its president and secretary. L.1954, c. 246, p. 905, s. 1. Amended by L.1960, c. 166, p. 707, s. 2, eff. Jan. 3, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22.15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22.15
Lease of lands and buildings acquired for public golf course and other recreational uses
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality has acquired by purchase any land within or without the municipality for use as a public golf course and for such other recreational, playground or public entertainment purposes and activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, and the governing body of such municipality has abandoned such use of the same and shall deem it not to be to the advantage of the municipality that the same shall be operated by the municipality, said governing body may, pursuant to ordinance, lease all or any portion of such land with any buildings erected thereon for use as a public golf course and for such other public recreational, playground or public entertainment purposes and activities, as it may determine the same may be used for in connection with such use as a public golf course, for a term not to exceed twenty years. L.1952, c. 320, p. 1042, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-23
Special sinking fund; distribution of
Status: in_force

The special sinking fund shall be held intact, as such, until it shall have accumulated an amount sufficient to create or equalize the sinking fund for each issue of term bonds in accordance with the standard as defined in section 40:3-16 of this Title. Then the special sinking fund shall be distributed to the several sinking fund accounts, and the special sinking fund shall be retired. If during the process of accumulation of the special sinking fund there shall fall due any bonds for whose payment no sinking fund has been accumulated, or the sinking fund for which is insufficient for the payment thereof, then the amount of the deficiency for the payment of such bonds shall be taken from the special sinking fund and the yearly installment shall continue to be raised and set aside until the sinking fund, with its accumulations, shall be equal to the deficiency of the sinking fund for all term bonds. The annual requirements for the distribution of, and the discontinuance of the special sinking funds shall be subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance. Amended by L.1947, c. 117, p. 573, s. 5, eff. July 1, 1947.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-100 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-100
Discharge in tidewater; consent of department of health
Status: in_force

No such jointly contracting municipalities shall discharge any such trunk or outlet sewer, or sewers, or drains in tidewater adjacent to or within the boundaries of any municipality, until after a thorough and exhaustive examination of the locality of such discharge shall have been made by the state department of health, and a certificate from such department shall have been given to the governing body of such municipality certifying that in the judgment of such department, such discharge will not in any manner prejudice or impair the health or comfort of any of the inhabitants of this state.
N.J. Stat. § 40:84-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 84-6.1
Order of names of candidates on ballot; draw of lots to determine
Status: in_force

The municipal clerk shall draw lots to determine the order in which the names of the candidates shall appear upon the ballots. The name of the person first drawn shall occupy first place on the ballot, or voting machine and the name of the person next drawn shall occupy second place, and so forth. The manner of drawing by lot shall be as follows: Paper cards with the name of each candidate written thereon shall be placed in a covered box with an aperture in the top large enough to allow the cards to be drawn therefrom. The municipal clerk in the presence of any candidate shall draw from the box each card without knowledge on his part as to which card he is drawing. The municipal clerk shall at least 2 days prior to the drawing notify each candidate by registered mail of the time and place of the drawing. The candidate or his representative shall have the right to examine the cards prior to their being placed in the covered box. L.1981, c. 58, s. 2, eff. March 3, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48G-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48G / Section 48G-1
Definitions relative to surcharge on admission charges at certain major places of amusement; authorization, contents of ordinance.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section: "admission charge" means the amount paid for admission, including any service charge and any charge for entertainment at a place of amusement, including but not limited to a dramatic or musical arts admission charge as defined pursuant to subsection (r) of section 2 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-2); and "major place of amusement" means a place of amusement as that term is defined in subsection (t) of section 2 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-2), other than a motion picture theater, and other than an amusement park as defined in section 1 of P.L.1992, c.118 (C.5:3-55), at which admission charges are regularly paid, which place of amusement is not owned by the State or an independent State authority, or is not located on property that is owned by the State or an independent State authority, and which contains fixed seats or bleacher capacity for not less than 10,000 patrons. b. The governing body of a municipality in which there is located a major place of amusement may adopt an ordinance imposing a surcharge in an amount up to 5% of each admission charge that is subject to the New Jersey sales tax pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of section 3 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-3), and that is not otherwise exempt from that tax, collected by each major place of amusement in the municipality for admission thereto, which surcharge shall be paid by the customer from whom the sales tax is due pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-3). A surcharge imposed under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other tax or fee imposed pursuant to statute or local ordinance or resolution by any governmental entity upon the admission charge. A surcharge imposed under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be separately stated on any bill, receipt, invoice or similar document provided to the patron, but shall not be considered part of the sale price for the purpose of determining tax pursuant to P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.). c. A copy of an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be transmitted upon adoption or amendment to the State Treasurer along with a list of the names and locations of major places of amusement in the municipality. An ordinance so adopted or any amendment thereto shall provide that the surcharge provisions of the ordinance or any amendment to the surcharge provisions shall take effect on the first day of the first full month occurring 30 days after the date of transmittal to the State Treasurer. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section shall contain the following provisions: (1) A vendor shall not assume or absorb the surcharge imposed by the ordinance; (2) A vendor shall not in any manner advertise or hold out to any person or to the public in general, in any manner, directly or indirectly, that the surcharge will be assumed or absorbed by the vendor, that the surcharge will not be separately charged and stated to the customer, or that the surcharge will be refunded to the customer; (3) Each assumption or absorption by a vendor of the surcharge shall be deemed a separate offense and each representation or advertisement by a vendor for each day the representation or advertisement continues shall be deemed a separate offense; and (4) Penalties as fixed in the ordinance, for violation of the foregoing provisions. d. (1) A surcharge imposed pursuant to a municipal ordinance adopted under the provisions of this section shall be collected on behalf of the municipality by the person collecting the admission charge from the customer. (2) Each person required to collect a surcharge imposed by the ordinance shall be personally liable for the surcharge imposed, collected or required to be collected hereunder. Any such person shall have the same right in respect to collecting the surcharge from a customer as if the surcharge were a part of the admission charge and payable at the same time; provided, however, that the chief fiscal officer of the municipality shall be joined as a party in any action or proceeding brought to collect the surcharge. e. (1) A person required to collect a surcharge imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall, on or before the dates required pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-17), forward to the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury the surcharge collected in the preceding month and make and file a return for the preceding month with the director on any form and containing any information as the director shall prescribe as necessary to determine liability for the surcharge in the preceding month during which the person was required to collect the surcharge. (2) The director may permit or require returns to be made covering other periods and upon any dates as the director may specify. In addition, the director may require payments of surcharge liability at any intervals and based upon any classifications as the director may designate. In prescribing any other periods to be covered by the return or intervals or classifications for payment of surcharge liability, the director may take into account the dollar volume of surcharge involved as well as the need for ensuring the prompt and orderly collection of the surcharge imposed. (3) The director may require amended returns to be filed within 20 days after notice and to contain the information specified in the notice. f. (1) The Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury shall collect and administer the surcharge; in so doing, the director shall have all the powers granted pursuant to P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.). A surcharge imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be governed by the provisions of the "State Uniform Tax Procedure Law," R.S.54:48-1 et seq. (2) The director shall determine and certify to the State Treasurer on a quarterly or more frequent basis, as prescribed by the State Treasurer, the amount of revenues collected in each municipality pursuant to this section. (3) The State Treasurer, upon the certification of the director and upon the warrant of the State Comptroller, shall pay and distribute on a quarterly or more frequent basis, as prescribed by the State Treasurer, to each municipality the amount of revenues determined and certified under this subsection. (4) The revenue, if any, received by a municipality shall be appropriated as a special item of local revenue subject to the prior written approval by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, and shall be offset with a local unit appropriation of an equal amount for public safety purposes. g. The director may, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), make, adopt, amend, or repeal such rules and regulations as the director finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. L.2007, c.302, s.1; amended 2013, c.84, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-12.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-12.3
Membership in retirement system
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey shall accept as a member of the retirement system any person, otherwise eligible for membership, appointed pursuant to this act provided there is paid into the retirement system, in such manner as the board shall prescribe, the contribution deemed due and payable from the date of original appointment. L.1976, c. 27, s. 3, eff. June 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-24
Objections to street improvement; passage over objections
Status: in_force

No such local improvement shall be undertaken by any municipality where objections thereto in writing are filed with the municipal clerk, before the final passage of the ordinance, by the owners of two-thirds in value of the lands proposed to be assessed for benefit as determined by the governing body, who shall use for that purpose the last preceding valuation for the purpose of taxation. If, however, the governing body shall determine such local improvement to be a public necessity they may undertake the same notwithstanding such objections, subject to the provisions of section 40:49-25 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-147 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-147
Use of parks for games and other purposes
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful to be present at and take part in, in county parks owned, maintained and operated by counties under authority of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this Title, on any day in the week, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, sports, plays, games, recreations, concerts and amusements, to the extent and in such manner as the county park commission having control of the parks, shall designate; and such commission may make all necessary rules and regulations controlling and governing said sports, plays, games, recreations, concerts and amusements, and prohibiting them in such parks or parts of parks in which said board of park commissioners may deem it unwise to permit the same. Amended by L.1958, c. 30, p. 87, s. 1, eff. May 9, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-14
Adoption of cash management plan.
Status: in_force

40A:5-14. a. Each local unit shall adopt a cash management plan and shall deposit, or invest, or both deposit and invest, its funds pursuant to that plan. The cash management plan shall include: (1) the designation of a public depository or depositories as defined in section 1 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-41) and may permit deposits in such public depository or depositories as permitted in section 4 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-44) or in subsection i. of this section; (2) the designation of any fund that meets the requirements established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1977, c.396 (C.40A:5-15.1); (3) the authorization for investments as permitted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1977, c.396 (C.40A:5-15.1); or (4) any combination of the designations or authorizations permitted pursuant to this subsection a. b. The cash management plan shall be approved annually by majority vote of the governing body of the local unit and may be modified from time to time in order to reflect changes in federal or State law or regulations, or in the designations of depositories, funds or investment instruments or the authorization for investments. The chief financial officer of the local unit shall be charged with administering the plan. c. The cash management plan shall be designed to assure to the extent practicable the investment of local funds in interest bearing accounts and other permitted investments. The cash management plan shall be subject to the annual audit conducted pursuant to N.J.S.40A:5-4. When an investment in bonds maturing in more than one year is authorized, the maturity of those bonds shall approximate the prospective use of the funds invested. d. The cash management plan may include authorization to invest in any of the investments authorized pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1977, c.396 (C.40A:5-15.1) and shall set policies for selecting and evaluating investment instruments accordingly. Such policies shall consider preservation of capital, liquidity, current and historical investment returns, diversification, maturity requirements, costs and fees, and when appropriate, policies of investment instrument administrators. Policies shall be based on a cash flow analysis prepared by the chief financial officer and be commensurate with the nature and size of the funds held by the local unit. All investments shall be made on a competitive basis insofar as practicable. e. The cash management plan shall require a monthly report to the governing body summarizing all investments made or redeemed since the last meeting. The report shall set forth each organization holding local unit funds, the amount of securities purchased or sold, class or type of securities purchased, book value, earned income, fees incurred, and market value of all investments as of the report date and other information that may be required by the governing body. f. The official charged with the custody of moneys of a local unit shall deposit or invest them as designated or authorized by the cash management plan pursuant to subsection a. of this section and shall thereafter be relieved of any liability for loss of such moneys due to the insolvency or closing of any depository designated by, or the decrease in value of any investment authorized by, the cash management plan pursuant to subsection a. of this section. g. Any official involved in the designation of depositories or in the authorization for investments as permitted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1977, c.396 (C.40A:5-15.1), or any combination of the preceding, or the selection of an entity seeking to sell an investment to the local unit who has a material business or personal relationship with that organization shall disclose that relationship to the governing body of the local unit and to the Local Finance Board or a county or municipal ethics board, as appropriate. h. The registered principal of any security brokerage firm selling securities to the local unit shall be provided with, and sign an acknowledgment that the principal has seen and reviewed the local unit's cash management plan, except that with respect to the sale of a government money market mutual fund, the registered principal need only be provided with and sign an acknowledgment that the government money market mutual fund whose securities are being sold to the local unit meets the criteria of a government money market mutual fund as set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection e. of section 8 of P.L.1977, c.396 (C.40A:5-15.1). i. The cash management plan may provide for the deposit of funds in deposit accounts in accordance with the following conditions: (1) the funds are initially invested through a public depository as defined in section 1 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-41) designated by the local unit; (2) the designated public depository arranges for the deposit of the funds in deposit accounts in one or more federally insured financial institutions, for the account of the local unit; (3) 100 percent of the principal and accrued interest of each deposit is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund; (4) the designated public depository acts as custodian for the local unit with respect to those deposits; and (5) on the same date that the local unit's funds are deposited pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the designated public depository receives an amount of deposits from customers of other financial institutions, wherever located, equal to the amount of funds initially invested by the local unit through the designated public depository. amended 1977, c.281, s.4; 1979, c.315, s.1; 1981, c.196, s.1; 1983, c.8, s.2; 1997, c.148, s.2; 2007, c.241; 2018, c.40, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-144 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-144
Increase of capacity of plant; additional pipe lines
Status: in_force

The commission may increase the capacity of any waterworks, plant or plants owned by it, either by the construction and erection of new and additional buildings or otherwise, and the purchase of other or larger pumps, machinery and apparatus; extend any system of water distribution either within or without any municipality authorized to be supplied by it, by laying additional mains or lateral connections, or by relaying or enlarging existing mains and pipes, as the commission shall deem necessary; and cause to be constructed additional pipe lines or mains to connect any reservoir or water supply in its control, located outside the limits of the municipalities represented by the commission, with any reservoir or supply pipes or mains within such municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.15
Incidental powers of municipality
Status: in_force

As incidental to the purpose for which the tax exempt property is acquired, if any part of the tax exempt property to be acquired by a municipality pursuant to this act is used or is susceptible of use for furnishing a utility service, such as water or electric light or power, for public or private use, such property may be acquired by the municipality, without being subject to referendum or other conditions under any other law. Any municipality may: (a) Itself operate and make use of such property and rights, and sell or furnish water, use of water, electric current, power, steam, other services, output, products, or any part thereof, to any public utility company of this State, or to any other person or persons who are or shall be tenants or licensees of the municipality, or are or shall be located in the immediate vicinity of, or within reasonable proximity to, such property so acquired by the municipality; provided, nothing herein contained shall require such municipality generally to supply or furnish any of such services as a matter of right to any person or persons, nor to authorize such municipality to operate the same in competition with any existing public utility as the same is defined in Revised Statutes, section 48:2-13, except to the extent aforesaid; (b) Enter into contracts with any such public utility company or any such other person or persons for the use and operation of such rights and property, or any part thereof, or for the sale of said water, use of water, electric current, power, steam, other services, output, products, or any part thereof, to such company or such other person or persons; (c) Lease such rights and property, or the use of same, or any part thereof, to any such public utility company or to any such other person or persons; (d) Sell so much of such rights and property, or any part thereof, that the municipality may find or determine at any time are not needed by such municipality for a public purpose; (e) Exercise in whole or in part any and all of the alternative powers and privileges herein specified with respect to the said property and rights or any part thereof. Any such contract or lease may contain such terms, conditions and reservations as the governing body of the municipality deems proper and in the public interest, and shall run for a period not exceeding fifty years, subject to renewal for a further period of not exceeding fifty years. Such contract or lease may also include a provision for the payment to the municipality annually, or otherwise, during the term of such contract or lease, of a gross amount for the use, occupation and enjoyment of the said rights and property, or the water, use of water, electric current, power, steam, other services, output, products, or any part thereof, included in or covered by such contract or lease. Any such contract or lease shall not be subject to any other law of the State requiring a public referendum or the advertising for bids as a condition precedent to the making of any such contract or lease. L.1944, c. 206, p. 732, s. 9, eff. April 21, 1944.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:3-1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 3 / Section 3-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Qualified Bond Act." L.1976, c. 38, s. 10, eff. June 28, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37C-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37C / Section 37C-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Pollution Control Financing Law." L.1973, c. 376, s. 1, eff. Jan. 9, 1974. Amended by L.1983, c. 298, s. 2, eff. Aug. 8, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-119 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-119
Assessments a lien until paid
Status: in_force

All assessments for benefits made under sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title shall remain liens upon the real estate benefited, from the confirmation thereof until fully paid.
N.J. Stat. § 40:24-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-8
Fines paid to county treasurer.
Status: in_force

All fines collected under this chapter shall be paid to the treasurer of the county for the use of the county.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-42 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-42
Lien for service charge.
Status: in_force

42. a. In the event that a service charge of any municipal authority with regard to any parcel of real property owned by any person other than the State or an agency or subdivision thereof shall not be paid as and when due, the unpaid balance thereof and all interest accruing thereon shall be a lien on such parcel. Such lien shall be superior and paramount to the interest in such parcel of any owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee or other person except the lien of municipal taxes and shall be on a parity with and deemed equal to the lien on such parcel of the municipality where such parcel is situate for taxes thereon due in the same year and not paid when due. Such lien shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of such parcel for a valuable consideration without actual notice of such lien, unless the municipal authority shall have filed in the office of the collector or other officer of said municipality charged with the duty of enforcing municipal liens on real property a statement showing the amount and due date of such unpaid balance and identifying such parcel, which identification may be sufficiently made by reference to the assessment map of said municipality. The information shown in such statement shall be included in any certificate with respect to said parcel thereafter made by the official of said municipality vested with the power to make official certificates of searches for municipal liens. Whenever such service charge and any subsequent service charge with regard to such parcel and all interest accrued thereon shall have been fully paid to the municipal authority, such statement shall be promptly withdrawn or canceled by the municipal authority. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section regarding delinquent payments, if the Governor has declared a public health emergency pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.), or a state of emergency, pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 (C.App.A:9-33 et seq.), or both, in response to a flood, hurricane, superstorm, tornado, natural or other disaster, or public health emergency that the municipal authority has experienced, then, for the duration of the public health emergency, state of emergency, or both and for a period up to 90 days after the public health emergency, state of emergency, or both, are no longer in effect, the municipal authority may, in its discretion, refrain from placing a lien on such parcel of real property for the unpaid balance for any service charge and all interest accruing thereon. A municipal authority shall exercise the discretionary authority it is provided under this subsection consistently to all properties, or to all properties of the same use type or other appropriate category. L.1957, c.183, s.42; amended 2020, c.39, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:71-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 71 / Section 71-6
Vote required for adoption
Status: in_force

If it appears by the certificate of the clerk that both the majority of the votes cast are in favor of the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), and that the number of votes cast in favor of such adoption is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the total number of legal ballots cast in such municipality at the last preceding general election, said chapters 70 to 76 of this title shall in all respects become and be operative in such municipality, and binding upon its inhabitants and upon all persons and property to be affected thereby.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-34.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-34.2
Council members; election at large or by ward
Status: in_force

Any municipality adopting a mayor-council plan of government shall provide in its charter either: a. That the council members shall be elected at large by the voters of the municipality at the regular municipal election, or general election, as the charter shall provide; or b. That the municipality shall be divided into wards pursuant to the authority granted in section 1-13 or 1-19 (C.40:69A-13 or 40:69A-19); that council members shall be elected at large and by wards at the regular municipal election or general election, as the charter shall provide; and that no more than one council member shall be elected from each ward established in the municipality, and all other council members shall be elected at large. L.1981, c.465, s.17; amended 1989,c.221,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-78.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-78.6
Card not deemed proof of status.
Status: in_force

6. The veteran identification card issued under P.L.2012, c.30 (C.40A:9-78.1 et seq.), shall not be deemed sufficient valid proof of veteran status for official governmental purposes when a statute, regulation, or directive of a governmental entity requires documentation of veteran status. L.2012, c.30, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-41.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-41.5
Burden of cost of local improvement subject to deferral by municipality
Status: in_force

The costs of local improvements as to which payment of an assessment by the owner of the land is deferred pursuant to this act shall be borne by the municipality as in the case of a general improvement. L.1975, c. 341, s. 5, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-18
Receiver; powers
Status: in_force

If a bond resolution of a sewerage authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of the bonds of any series shall contain the provision authorized by subsection (a) of section seventeen of this act and shall further provide in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to said section shall have the powers provided by this section, then such trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of such series shall have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the sewerage system, and such receiver may enter upon and take possession of the sewerage system and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of such bonds, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction of the sewerage system and proceed with such acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction which the sewerage authority is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain and reconstruct the sewerage system and fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive the service charges and all system revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of such bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the sewerage authority in the same manner as the sewerage authority itself might do and under the direction of the court. L.1946, c. 138, p. 661, s. 18, eff. April 23, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:73-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 73 / Section 73-1
Qualifications sole test for election, appointment
Status: in_force

All officers and employees shall be elected or appointed with reference to their qualifications and fitness, for the good of the public service and without reference to their political faith or party affiliations. No officer or candidate for office in any such municipality shall directly or indirectly give or promise any person any office, position, employment, benefit or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid or vote of any person, under the penalty of being disqualified to hold the office to which he may have been elected or appointed. Amended 2003, c.78.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-61 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-61
Sale of bonds
Status: in_force

Bonds of an authority may be sold at public or private sale at such price or prices as the authority shall determine. L.1960, c. 183, p. 740, s. 18. Amended by L.1977, c. 80, s. 2, eff. May 2, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-146.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-146.5
Inapplicability of act to agreements on hours of work
Status: in_force

This act shall not affect any agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this act between a municipal tax assessor and the municipality with respect to the hours during which a municipal tax assessor is required to perform the duties of his office. Any change in hours from those previously agreed to shall be subject to further agreement. L.1981, c. 393, s. 31, eff. Jan. 6, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.10j — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.10j
Additional bonds or obligations; issuance for land, improvements or payment of notes; limitations
Status: in_force

In any county which has adopted the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement and in which bonds for county park purposes shall have been authorized and issued pursuant to P.L.1966, chapter 144 and P.L.1970, chapter 148 (C. 40:37-95.10a to 40:37-95.10h), the governing body, in addition to any other funds or moneys provided for the purposes of said act, may provide additional funds for land and improvements by the commission or for the payment of notes previously authorized or issued to provide such funds, by issuance of additional bonds or other obligations of the county pursuant to the provisions of the Local Bond Law (N.J.S. 40A:2-1 et seq.) but in no case shall the amount of such additional issue or issues of bonds or other obligations, both authorized and outstanding at any one time, exceed in the aggregate the sum of $5,000,000.00 plus the amount of any funds on hand applicable to the payment of the principal of such outstanding bonds or other obligations. L.1978, c. 121, s. 1, eff. Sept. 25, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:5-2.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-2.5
Raising and appropriating money to relieve loss from general conflagration by resolution
Status: in_force

Any county, borough, township, city, village or other municipality may raise and appropriate said moneys by resolution as aforesaid, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 40:1-14 and 40:1-15 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey; provided, that in the next annual budget of such county and borough, township, city, village or other municipality a similar amount shall be included to retire and pay off the obligation or obligations so incurred. L.1941, c. 48, p. 130, s. 5, eff. April 23, 1941.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-111 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-111
Terms and conditions of loans
Status: in_force

Loans made by the authority shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: a. The loan shall be for a period of time not in excess of 50 years as determined by the authority; b. The amount of the loan shall not exceed 90% of the project cost as determined by the authority, except that in the case of projects to be owned, constructed, rehabilitated, operated, managed and maintained as mutual housing or by any corporation or association organized not for profit which has as one of its purposes the construction or rehabilitation of housing projects, the amount of the loan shall not exceed 100% of the project cost as determined by the authority; provided, however, that any such loan shall be subject to an agreement between the authority and any such corporation or association organized not for profit or for mutual housing, prohibiting the transfer of ownership or management responsibilities by said corporation or association at any time prior to repayment of at least 10% of the original loan, unless the transfer of ownership or management responsibilities is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to a qualified housing sponsor; c. The interest rate on the loan shall be established by the authority at the lowest level consistent with the authority's cost of operation and its responsibilities to the holders of its bonds, bond anticipation notes and other obligations; d. The loan shall be evidenced by a mortgage note or bond and by a mortgage which shall be a first lien on the project, except as provided in subsection i. of this section, and which shall contain such terms and provisions and be in such form, as approved by the authority. The authority shall require the qualified housing sponsor receiving a loan or its contractor to post labor and materials, and construction performance, surety bonds in amounts related to the project cost as established by rule or regulation, and to execute such other assurances and guarantees as the authority may deem necessary, and may require its principals or stockholders to also execute such other assurances and guarantees as the authority shall deem necessary; e. The loan shall be subject to an agreement between the authority and the qualified housing sponsor which will subject said qualified housing sponsor and its principals or stockholders to limitations established by the authority as to rentals and other charges, builders' and developers' profits and fees, and the disposition of its property and franchises, to the extent more restrictive limitations are not provided by the law under which the borrower is incorporated or organized; f. The loan shall be subject to an agreement between the authority and the qualified housing sponsor limiting said qualified housing sponsor, and its principals or stockholders, to a return of 8% per annum of its investment in any housing project assisted with a loan from the authority. No qualified housing sponsor which is permitted by the provisions of the law under which it is organized or incorporated to earn a return on its investment, nor any of the principals or stockholders of such qualified housing sponsor, shall at any time earn, accept or receive a return greater than 8% per annum of its investment in any housing project assisted with a loan from the authority whether upon the completion of the construction or rehabilitation of such project, or upon the operation thereof, or upon the sale, assignment or lease of such project to any other person, association or corporation; g. No loan shall be executed, except a loan made to a corporation or association organized not for profit which has as one of its purposes the construction or rehabilitation of housing projects or for mutual housing, unless the qualified housing sponsor agrees: (1) to certify upon completion of project construction or rehabilitation, subject to audit by the authority, either that the project cost as defined in this act exceeded the amount of the loan proceeds by 10% or more, or the amount by which the loan proceeds 90% of the project cost; and (2) to pay forthwith to the authority, to be applied to reduce the principal of the loan, the amount, if any, of such excess loan proceeds, subject to audit and determination by the authority. No loan shall be made to a corporation or association organized not for profit or for mutual housing unless it agrees to certify the project cost upon completion of the project, subject to audit and determination by the authority, and further agrees to pay forthwith to the authority, to be applied to reduce the principal of the loan, the amount, if any, by which the proceeds of the loan exceed the certified project cost, subject to audit and determination by the authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the authority may accept, in lieu of any certification of project cost as provided herein, such other assurances of the said project cost, in any form or manner whatsoever, as will enable the authority to determine with reasonable accuracy the amount of said project cost; h. No loan shall be made for the construction or rehabilitation of a housing project for which tax exemption is granted by a municipality unless such tax exemption remains in effect during the entire term of the loan, unless a lesser period of tax exemption is approved by the authority; and i. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, the authority may, if it shall determine that the construction or rehabilitation of low and moderate income housing would be facilitated thereby and that financial benefits may as a result be obtained for families who would reside in the housing, make a loan to a qualified housing sponsor that shall be subordinated to one or more loans holding senior liens on the land on which the project is to be constructed, or on the building or buildings, the rehabilitation of which is to be financed in whole or in part by the authority. L.1979, c. 275, s. 6, eff. Jan. 3, 1980. Amended by L.1982, c. 113, s. 16, eff. Aug. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:19-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-6
Submission at general election; law applicable
Status: in_force

The question shall be voted upon at said next general election, and the votes shall be canvassed, and the result determined and announced in the manner provided by the laws relating to elections.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-133 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-133
Extension of approval; exceptions
Status: in_force

4. a. For any government approval which expired or is scheduled to expire during the economic emergency, that approval is automatically extended until December 31, 1996, except as otherwise provided hereunder. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the granting of such additional extensions as are provided by law when the extensions granted by this act shall expire. b. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to extend or purport to extend any permit issued by the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or to any permit by whatever authority issued of which the duration of effect or the date or terms of its expiration are specified or determined by or pursuant to law or regulation of the federal government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities. c. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to extend any permit or approval issued pursuant to the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.) if the extension would result in a violation of federal law, or any State rule or regulation requiring approval by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Pub.L.95-625 (16 U.S.C. 471 (i)). d. This act shall not affect any administrative consent order issued by the Department of Environmental Protection in effect or issued during the period of the economic emergency, nor shall it be construed to extend any approval in connection with a resource recovery facility as defined in section 2 of P.L.1985, c.38 (C.13:1E-137). e. In the event that any permit extended pursuant to the "Permit Extension Act," P.L.1992, c.82 (C.40:55D-130 et seq.) was based upon the connection to a sanitary sewer system, the permit's extension shall be contingent upon the availability of sufficient capacity, on the part of the treatment facility, to accommodate the development whose approval has been extended. If sufficient capacity is not available, those permit holders whose permits have been extended shall have priority with regard to the further allocation of gallonage over those permit holders who have not received approval of a hookup prior to the enactment of the "Permit Extension Act." Priority regarding the distribution of further gallonage to any permit holder who has received the extension of a permit pursuant to the "Permit Extension Act" shall be allocated in order of the granting of the original approval of the connection. f. This act shall not extend any approval issued under the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) in connection with an application for development involving a residential use where, subsequent to the expiration of the permit but prior to January 1, 1992, an amendment has been adopted to the master plan and the zoning ordinance to rezone the property to industrial or commercial use when the permit was issued for residential use. g. In the case of any approval issued under the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) which is extended pursuant to P.L.1992, c.82 (C.40:55D-130 et seq.), a municipality may disapprove such an extension of approval for the period beyond January 1, 1996, if, subsequent to January 1, 1992, but prior to July 1, 1994, an amendment has been adopted to the master plan and the zoning ordinance to change the use of the property for which the approval was issued to a use different from the use for which the approval was issued. A municipal disapproval pursuant to this subsection shall be made prior to June 30, 1995. h. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to extend any permit issued pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.) that expires after December 31, 1994 but prior to January 1, 1997, if the permit was issued for a development located in the coastal area, as defined pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-4), between the mean high water line of any tidal waters or the landward limit of a beach or dune, whichever is most landward, and a point 150 feet landward of the mean high water line of any tidal waters or the landward limit of a beach or dune, whichever is most landward. i. This act shall not affect the terms or expiration date of any stipulation of settlement that was made or entered into during the economic emergency, provided that the stipulation of settlement involves a development which received preliminary major subdivision approval prior to January 1, 1979 in a municipality that has adopted a zoning change affecting the lot size and density of the development which is the subject of the stipulation of settlement after the date of the preliminary or final subdivision approval of that development, and provided further that the stipulation of settlement does not affect any housing constructed or rehabilitated in fulfillment of a fair share housing plan adopted pursuant to P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.). L.1992,c.82,s.4; amended 1994,c.145,s.3; 1995,c.341,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-74 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-74
Elections; notice; publication; eligibility of voters.
Status: in_force

40A:14-74. For an election held at the time of the general election or at a time other than at the time of the general election, the voter registration procedures set forth in R.S.19:31-1 et seq. shall apply. amended 1973, c.25, s.2; 2017, c.206, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-128.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-128.1
County not to issue badge to elected official which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.
Status: in_force

3. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a county shall not issue a law enforcement badge or a badge that may be mistaken as a law enforcement badge to any county elected official who is not elected as a law enforcement officer. b. As used in this section, "law enforcement officer" means a person who is empowered to act for the detection, apprehension, arrest, conviction, detention, or rehabilitation of persons in violation of the law. L.2019, c.221, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-40 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-40
Construction of act
Status: in_force

40. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize or empower the authority to: a. Vacate, close, connect with, adjust, relocate, cross or otherwise physically affect any State highway without written approval by the Commissioner of Transportation; or b. Acquire State property or any interest therein by the exercise of the power of eminent domain. L.1992,c.165,s.40.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-9
Unlawful interest in contracts
Status: in_force

No member, officer or employee of an authority shall have or acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in a public facility of the authority or in any property included or to be included in the holdings of the authority or in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished to or used by the authority but neither the holding of any office or employment in the government of any county or municipality nor the owning of any other property within the State shall be deemed a disqualification for membership in or employment by an authority. A member of an authority may be removed by the governing body of the county for incapacity, inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office or other disqualifying cause and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him and, not sooner than 10 days thereafter, been afforded opportunity for a hearing, in person or by counsel, by such governing body with respect to such charges. L.1967, c. 136, s. 9, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-4
Resolution authorizing sale or lease; advertisement for bids
Status: in_force

If the governing body of any such municipality shall deem it advisable to lease or sell any such plant or system it shall by resolution so determine and shall set forth therein a general description of the property, and such terms and conditions as it shall deem advisable, and shall advertise for bids for the rental or sale. The advertisement shall be published at least six times, once a week, in one or more newspapers circulating in the municipality, and at least once, not less than thirty days prior to the date advertised for the receipt of bids, in a newspaper or magazine devoted wholly or partly to municipal matters. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, or a sufficiently secured bond of the bidder, to be approved by the governing body, guaranteeing the fulfillment of the contract if the bid is accepted. The bids shall be in all other respects in accordance with the provisions of the charter or other law relating thereto effective in such municipality. All advertisements for bids shall plainly state the amount of check or bond required and that such plant or system will not be leased or sold, as the case may be, until the legal voters of the municipality shall authorize the same.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-12
Body politic and corporate; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Every authority shall be a public body politic and corporate constituting a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare and shall have perpetual succession and, for the effectuation of its purposes, shall have the following additional powers: (a) To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (b) To sue and be sued; (c) In its own name to acquire, hold, use and dispose of its facility charges and other revenues and other moneys; (d) In its own name but for the county to acquire, hold, use and dispose of other personal property for the purpose of the authority; (e) In its own name but for the county to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise or lease as lessee real property and easements therein, necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the authority whether subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens, or otherwise, and to hold and use the same and to dispose of the property so acquired no longer necessary for the purposes of the authority; (f) To grant by franchise, lease or otherwise the use of any project, facilities or property owned or controlled by it to any person for such consideration and for any period or periods of time and upon such other terms and conditions as it may fix and agree upon. Any such grant may be upon condition that the user shall or may construct or provide any building or structures or improvements on such project, facilities or property or portion thereof, all upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon; (g) To borrow money and issue negotiable bonds or notes or other obligations and provide for and secure the payment of any bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold and dispose of any bonds; (h) To apply for and accept gifts or grants of real or personal property, money, material, labor or supplies for the purposes of the authority from any governmental unit or person and to make and perform such agreements or contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such gifts or grants; (i) To enter on any land or premises for the purpose of the authority and to determine the location, type and character of any public facility and all other matters in connection with all or any part of any public facility which it is authorized to own, construct, establish, effectuate or control; (j) To make and enforce bylaws or rules and regulations for the management and regulation of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation of any public facility, and to amend the same; (k) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its own officers and employees, or by contract; (l) To acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain and undertake any project and to make facility charges for the use thereof; (m) To invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to their control; and (n) To enter into any and all contracts, execute any and all instruments and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the authority or to carry out the powers, duties and functions provided for in this act subject to P.L.1971, c. 198 "Local Public Contracts Law" (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1967, c. 136, s. 12, eff. June 28, 1967. Amended by L.1975, c. 96, s. 7, eff. May 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-145.12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-145.12
Right to tenure of tax collector in office prior to and appointment after effective date of act
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this act or in any other statute shall prevent any tax collector who upon the effective date of this act holds office by virtue of his election thereto, from acquiring tenure upon being appointed thereto after the effective date of this act, if he otherwise qualifies for such tenure pursuant to this act or pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:9-144 or 40A:9-145. L.1979, c. 384, s. 12, eff. Feb. 5, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-21
Municipal and county co-operation
Status: in_force

Any city, town, borough, village, township, or county, located in whole or in part within the area of operation of a parking authority organized pursuant to this chapter, or any amendments thereto, shall have the power from time to time to grant, appropriate, donate, contribute, or lend money to such authority or to agree to take such action. L.1948, c. 198, p. 992, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.63 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.63
Additional penalties, remedies.
Status: in_force

4. In addition to any other penalties or remedies authorized by the laws of this State, any person who violates any provision of P.L.2007, c.209 (C.40:48-2.60 et seq.) which results in seizure of the donation clothing bin shall be: a. Subject to a penalty of up to $20,000 for each violation. The appropriate municipal agency may bring this action in the municipal court or Superior Court as a summary proceeding under the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), and any penalty monies collected shall be paid to the chief financial officer of the municipality; and b. Deemed ineligible to place, use, or employ a donation clothing bin for solicitation purposes pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2007, c.209 (C.40:48-2.61). A person disqualified from placing, using, or employing a donation clothing bin by violating the provisions of P.L.2007, c.209 (C.40:48-2.60 et seq.) may apply to the appropriate municipal agency to have that person's eligibility restored. The appropriate municipal agency may restore the eligibility of a person who: (1) Acts within the public interest; and (2) Demonstrates that he made a good faith effort to comply with the provisions of P.L.2007, c.209 (C.40:48-2.60 et seq.) and all other applicable laws and regulations, or had no fraudulent intentions. L.2007, c.209, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-80 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-80
Guaranty of bonds.
Status: in_force

37. a. For the purpose of aiding an authority in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction, financing or operation of any facility which the authority is authorized to undertake pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-54), the county or any beneficiary county may, pursuant to resolution duly adopted by its governing body, or any municipality in the county or beneficiary county may, by ordinance of its governing body, in the manner provided for adoption of a bond ordinance as provided in the local bond law and with or without consideration and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by and between the county or beneficiary county or the municipality and the authority, unconditionally guarantee the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds of the authority. Any guaranty of bonds of an authority made pursuant to this section shall be evidenced by endorsement thereof on such bonds, executed in the name of the county or beneficiary county or the municipality and on its behalf by such officer thereof as may be designated in the resolution or ordinance authorizing such guaranty, and such county or municipality shall thereupon and thereafter be obligated to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of bonds issued by it. Any such guaranty of bonds of an authority may be made, and any resolution authorizing such guaranty may be adopted, notwithstanding any statutory debt or other limitations, including particularly any limitation or requirement under or pursuant to the local bond law, but the principal amount of bonds so guaranteed, shall, after their issuance, be included in the gross debt of such county or municipality for the purpose of determining the indebtedness of such county or municipality under or pursuant to the local bond law. The principal amount of said bonds so guaranteed and included in gross debt shall be deducted and is hereby declared to be and to constitute a deduction from such gross debt under and for all the purposes of said local bond law (a) from and after the time of issuance of said bonds until the end of the fiscal year beginning next after the completion of acquisition or construction of the facility to be financed from the proceeds of such bonds and (b) in any annual debt statement filed pursuant to said local bond law as of the end of said fiscal year or any subsequent fiscal year if the revenues or other receipts or moneys of the authority in such year are sufficient to pay its expenses of operation and maintenance in such year and all amounts payable in such year on account of the principal and interest on all such guaranteed bonds, all bonds of any such county or any municipality issued as provided in section 36 of P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-79), and all bonds of the authority issued under this act. b. For the purpose of aiding an authority in the issuance of bonds pursuant to subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-54), the county or any beneficiary county may, pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by its governing body, unconditionally guarantee the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds of the authority issued for purposes of the pooling of notes issued pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.40A:4-55. Any guaranty of bonds of an authority made pursuant to this subsection shall be evidenced by endorsement thereof on such bonds, executed in the name of the county or beneficiary county and on its behalf by such officer thereof as may be designated in the resolution or ordinance authorizing such guaranty, and such county shall thereupon and thereafter be obligated to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of bonds issued by it. Any such guaranty of bonds of an authority may be made, and any resolution authorizing such guaranty may be adopted, notwithstanding any statutory debt or other limitations, including particularly any limitation or requirement under or pursuant to the local bond law, but the principal amount of bonds so guaranteed, shall, after their issuance, be included in the gross debt of such county for the purpose of determining the indebtedness of such county under or pursuant to the local bond law. The principal amount of the notes guaranteed and included in gross debt pursuant to this subsection shall be deducted and is hereby declared to be and to constitute a deduction from such gross debt under and for all the purposes of the local bond law. L.1960, c.183, s.37; amended 1962, c.224, s.8; 1981, c.460, s.2; 1982, c.113, s.11; 1994, c.76, s.10; 2020, c.74, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-119.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-119.1
Field representative of narcotic education; permanent appointment with competitive examination
Status: in_force

Any person who has held on a temporary basis the position of field representative of narcotic education in the office of the sheriff of a county of the first class, and who has been employed in the sheriff's office for no less than 14 years and who has at least 14 years of service with municipal government shall be eligible for appointment as field representative of narcotic education on a permanent basis without having to take a civil service open competitive examination. L.1972, c. 90, s. 1, eff. July 10, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-1
Submission of charter study question.
Status: in_force

1. a. Whenever authorized by resolution of the board of freeholders or on petition of the registered voters of any county, an election shall be held in the county upon the question, "Shall a charter study commission be created to study the present governmental structure of. . . county, to consider and make findings concerning the form of county government and to make recommendations thereon?" A petition calling for such an election shall bear the signatures of a number of persons registered to vote in the county equal to or exceeding in number ten percent of the persons registered to vote in the county on the 40th day preceding the most recent previous primary or general election. Whenever such resolution or petition shall be filed with him, the county clerk shall provide for submission of the question at the next general election occurring not less than 60 days after the date of such filing. At the election, the question shall be submitted in the same manner as other public questions. When a resolution or petition for the creation of a charter study commission has been duly filed with the county clerk, no other such resolution or petition and no other proceedings for the adoption of any other charter or form of government available to the county may be filed unless the voters shall decide the aforesaid question in the negative or until the charter study commission created by the voters shall have been discharged. b. On and after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, for the purposes of P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), the term "board of chosen freeholders" shall be replaced by the term "board of county commissioners" and the terms "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" shall be replaced by the term "county commissioner." After the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, the county letterheads, stationery, and other writings, once exhausted, shall be replaced with new letterheads, stationery, and other writings with the title of board of county commissioners. No later than one year following the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, the Internet website of a county, shall bear the title of board of county commissioners. Any county signs or other writings bearing the former title of board of chosen freeholders, which would require the expenditure of county funds to update or replace, shall be changed to bear the title of board of county commissioners upon the next update or replacement made in the ordinary course of business. L.1972, c.154, s.1; amended 1975, c.84, s.1; 2020, c.67, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:1-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 1 / Section 1-3
Effective repealers
Status: in_force

The repeal herein of any sections of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes or any other law shall not affect any right now vested in any person pursuant to the provisions of said title, nor any remedy where an action or proceeding thereunder has heretofore been instituted and is pending on the effective date of said repeal. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-25.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-25.3
Bonds or anticipation notes to finance
Status: in_force

For the purpose of financing that part of the cost of acquisition or construction of such joint facilities attributable to it, and to meet the payment or payments or other obligations of said municipality with respect to such capital expenditures and improvements as may be provided for in such contract, every municipality is authorized to incur indebtedness in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of the Local Bond Law of New Jersey, constituting chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, or any other law presently or hereafter applicable to the incurrence of indebtedness by such municipality. The bonds of any municipality so issued, and any notes in anticipation thereof, shall be obligations of that municipality solely, without respect to the use of the proceeds thereof for the joint construction, acquisition or ownership of the aforesaid facilities by said municipality and any State-regulated public utility. L.1973, c. 280, s. 3, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.13
Treasurer
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the municipality and shall keep and maintain books and records of all financial transactions of the municipality in accordance with the standards and requirements of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. The treasurer shall have custody of all public moneys of the municipality. He shall make monthly reports to the council of all receipts, expenditures, commitments and unencumbered appropriation balances. L.1981, c. 465, s. 36, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-73 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-73
Form of ballot.
Status: in_force

40A:14-73. a. For an election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, the following requirements shall apply: The ballots shall be written or printed on opaque paper, uniform in size and quality. Each ballot shall have at the top, a coupon, at least one inch wide extending across the ballot above a perforated line. The coupons shall be numbered consecutively. The coupon shall contain the following statements: "To be torn off by the Judge of Election" and "Fold to this line." Below the perforated line shall be printed or written, "Fire district election ballot," then the official designation of the fire district and polling place and date of the election. It shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the municipal clerk, or the clerk of the board of fire commissioners, as the case may be. The heading shall be set apart from the body of the ballot by a marked-off space. In said space, the voters shall be instructed how to indicate their choice of candidates and the number to be voted upon as follows: "To vote for any person whose name appears on this ballot mark a cross (X), plus (+) or check (?) in ink or pencil in the place or square at the left of the name of such person." Underneath these instructions shall be directions as to the number of candidates to be voted for and the name of each qualified candidate, without grouping, to be placed according to the alphabetical order of their surnames. The ballot shall be substantially as follows: No............ To be torn off by the Judge of Election. Fold to this line. ................................................................. FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION BALLOT Fire District No. 1 Township of Webster, Warren County Date............. Polling District No. 1 John Henry Doe, Unexcelled Fire House. Clerk. To vote for any person whose name appears on this ballot mark a cross (X), plus (+) or check (?) mark with ink or pencil in the place or square at the left of the name of such person. For membership to Board of Fire Commissioners-- Full Term. Vote for Two. [ ] Rutherford B. Fallon. [ ] William F. Seibel. [ ] James A. Stephens. [ ] Thomas Templeton. [ ] [ ] For membership to Board of Fire Commissioners-- Unexpired One-Year Term. Vote for One. [ ] Francis R. Loori. [ ] Arthur H. Patterson. [ ] using as much of the form as may be applicable to the current fire district election and extending the same to provide for cases not herein specified. b. For an election held at the time of the general election, the ballot shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. amended 1994, c.77, s.20; 2017, c.206, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:73-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 73 / Section 73-5
Appointments in second-class cities in certain years; restriction
Status: in_force

No subordinate board, department, body, office, position or employment shall be created and no appointments made to membership on any subordinate board, department or body, or to any office, employment or position including the position of patrolman and fireman by any board of commissioners or any member thereof in any city of the second class governed by the commission form of government hereunder, between the first Tuesday in May and the third Tuesday in May in any year in which an election of a board of commissioners for that city shall be held.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-117.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-117.1
Retirement upon pension; certain sheriff's secretaries
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county is authorized by resolution to retire upon a pension in amount of not in excess of 1/4 of salary payable in the last year of employment a sheriff's secretary, 62 or more years of age, who has or shall have served 10 or more years in employment by the sheriff and who has suffered partial disability as result of a gun shot wound suffered in the line of duty. L.1971, c. 303, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-192 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-192
Timing of election at which submitted to voters
Status: in_force

17-43. a. Any ordinance to be voted on by the voters in accordance with section 17-36 or section 17-42 of this act (C.40:69A-185 or C.40:69A-191) shall be submitted at the next general or regular municipal election occurring not less than 40 days after the final date for withdrawal of the petition as provided for in section 17-42 of this act (C.40:69A-191), provided that if no such election is to be held within 90 days the council shall provide for a special election to be held not less than 40 nor more than 60 days from the final date for withdrawal of the petition as provided for in section 17-42 (C.40:69A-191) of this act. b. In the case of an initiated petition signed by not less than 10% nor more than 15% of the legal voters, the ordinance shall be submitted at the next general or regular municipal election occurring not less than 40 days after the final date of withdrawal of the petition as provided for in section 17-42 (C.40:69A-191) of this act. c. In any instance where a referendum election is to be held as a result of an ordinance of the council which by its terms or by law cannot become effective in the municipality unless submitted to the voters, or which by its terms authorizes a referendum in the municipality concerning the subject matter thereof, the time for submission of the question to the voters shall be at the next general or regular municipal election occurring not less than 40 days from the date of final passage and approval of the ordinance. Referenda held on ordinances adopted pursuant to sections 7 through 11 of P.L.1981, c.465 (C.40:69A-25.1 through 40:69A-25.5) shall be governed by this subsection, except that if the referendum is held pursuant to those sections as the result of the report of a charter study commission, the time for submission of the question shall be calculated from the date of that report. d. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to waive the requirement for the ballot question to be submitted to the county clerk 74 days prior to the general election as required by section 22 of P.L.2023, c.124 (C.40A:14-72). L.1950,c.210,s.17-43; amended 1982,c.145,s.4; 1991,c.430,s.5; 2023, c.124, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-10.1
Contracts for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes.
Status: in_force

3. a. A municipality may contract with another municipality, a municipal utilities authority, or a school district for the purpose of acquiring land for recreation and conservation purposes, provided that the transaction does not violate any federal or State law and has a direct nexus to, and substantially furthers the core mission of, the respective municipal utilities authority or school district. Title to any land so acquired shall be taken in the manner provided by agreement between the participating entities. The expense of acquisition and maintenance of the land shall be divided in such manner as the parties shall agree upon. b. Nothing in this section shall interfere with or limit the oversight authority of any State agency over a municipal utilities authority or school district. c. For the purposes of this section, "recreation and conservation purposes" means the use of lands for beaches, biological or ecological study, boating, camping, fishing, forests, greenways, hunting, natural areas, parks, playgrounds, protecting historic properties, water reserves, watershed protection, wildlife preserves, active sports, or a similar use for either public outdoor recreation or conservation of natural resources, or both. L.2001,c.283,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-72 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-72
Right of entry and use of land
Status: in_force

Upon the filing by an authority of a declaration of taking of property as provided in this act and the depositing with the Clerk of the Superior Court of the amount of the estimated compensation stated in said declaration, the authority, without other process or proceedings, shall be entitled to the exclusive possession and use of each tract of land or property described in said declaration and may forthwith enter into and take possession of said land or property, it being the intent of this provision that the action to fix compensation to be paid or any other proceedings relating to the taking of said land or interest therein or other property shall not delay the taking of possession thereof and the use thereof by the authority for the purpose or purposes for which the authority is authorized by law to acquire or condemn such land or other property or interest therein. L.1960, c. 183, p. 749, s. 29, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-107 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-107
Commission may establish grades; pavement and improvement of roadways
Status: in_force

The commission may not only lay out and open roadways, parkways and boulevards, connecting parks and open spaces as herein provided, but may also establish the grade of such highways, and change and alter the same, grade, curb, flag, pave and otherwise improve such parkways, roadways and boulevards, and regulate the use thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-41 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-41
Access by authority
Status: in_force

41. The authority and its authorized agents and employees may enter upon any lands, waters and premises other than State property for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act, and this entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall the entry for this purpose be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The authority shall make reimbursement for any actual damages resulting to such lands, waters and premises as a result of those activities. L.1992,c.165,s.41.
N.J. Stat. § 40:9C-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 9C / Section 9C-1
Mass transit or freight line services; counties and municipalities; subsidies; appropriations
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county and the governing body of any municipality within the county, may enter into an agreement for the purpose of providing funds to maintain or increase public transportation service for mass transit purposes, or for the purpose of providing funds to maintain railroad freight line services, on established or expanded routes within the county or municipality. No such agreement may be entered into unless the State of New Jersey, acting by and through the Department of Transportation, Commuter Operating Agency, or other appropriate agency, shall have agreed with the transportation company or railroad providing service, or with the county, for payments subsidizing such transportation or railroad freight line service in accordance with the provisions of this act. It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders and for the governing body of a municipality to appropriate and raise funds annually for the aforesaid purposes in the same manner as appropriations are made for other county or municipal purposes. L.1974, c. 73, s. 1, eff. July 30, 1974; L.1977, c. 411, s. 2, eff. Feb. 23, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-3
Ordinance authorizing sale or lease; laws governing.
Status: in_force

40:62-3. Any municipality owning a sewer plant, water plant, heat, light or power plant, system of transportation, or other public utility plant or system, may long-term lease or sell such plant or system. Such a long-term lease or sale to another municipality, a sanitary sewerage authority, a sewerage authority or any other authority, commission or public body shall be authorized by ordinance and may be made upon such terms as said ordinance shall provide and the provisions of R.S.40:62-4 and R.S.40:62-5 shall not apply thereto. Such a long-term lease or sale to any person except another municipality, a sanitary sewerage authority, a sewerage authority or any other authority, commission or public body shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be made only upon compliance with the provisions of R.S.40:62-4 and R.S.40:62-5 and after the same is authorized by the legal voters of the municipality in accordance with said sections, or upon compliance with the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1981, c.16 (C.40:62-3.1) or the "Water Infrastructure Protection Act," sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2015, c.18 (C.58:30-1 et seq.). amended 1948, c.232, s.1; 1948, c.397; 1981, c.16, s.1; 2015, c.18, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:42-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 42 / Section 42-3
Construction
Status: in_force

No provision of this subtitle shall be construed to take from any officer, board or body in any municipality any power or authority which he or it may now have. In case any additional power is conferred upon any municipality by this subtitle and no board or body is designated by the statutes effective in such municipality as the one that exercises such power, then the term "governing body" shall be construed to mean the board or body exercising general legislative power in such municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:76-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 76 / Section 76-20
Addition of names to registry books; county board to sit
Status: in_force

The county board of election shall sit in some public place in the municipality where the special election is to be held, on at least one day in the week prior to the day of the special election. It may, by order, grant transfers and place upon the registry books the names of those persons whose names were not on the registry books of the last preceding general election, but who would be entitled to be registered if the special election were in fact a general election.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.33
Bonds; form; issuance
Status: in_force

The legal voters of any such water district may, at the election at which such proposition is submitted, by the vote of a majority of those voting, authorize the board of water commissioners to issue bonds for the purpose set forth in section 30 of this act. Such bonds shall be serial bonds and shall be issued in the corporate name of such water district for such sums not exceeding the sum voted as aforesaid, and in such amounts and payable at such times as the legal voters so voting shall direct, with interest at a rate as such resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall provide, payable half-yearly. Said bonds shall mature within the period or average period of usefulness determined in the bond ordinance. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of water commissioners and attested by the secretary of the board who shall affix the seal of said commissioners. Said bonds shall have coupons attached for the payment of interest, which coupons shall be signed by the clerk of the board of water commissioners, and shall be numbered to correspond to the several bonds to which they shall be severally attached. Bonds so issued shall be numbered and the proper registry thereof shall be kept by the clerk of said board of water commissioners. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale for the best obtainable price, but not less than par and accrued interest. L.1951, c. 280, p. 965, s. 33, eff. June 25, 1951. Amended by L.1977, c. 170, s. 3, eff. Aug. 20, 1977; L.1979, c. 223, s. 1, eff. Oct. 11, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-10
Property of certain societies transferred in trust to municipality; purposes
Status: in_force

Whenever any school society or religious organization of this state owns real or personal property and, owing to the establishment and existence of free schools and other public institutions, the society or organization finds it impossible or impracticable to continue in existence for the purposes for which it was created, desires to convey any such property to any municipality for the purpose of establishing free reading rooms, libraries or other institutions for the public benefit, such society or organization may convey the same to the municipality in trust for such purposes.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.36 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.36
Auditing of books of treasurer; publication of audit
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall cause his books to be audited at least once a year within thirty days after the expiration of the fiscal year and the secretary shall cause such audit to be advertised at least twice in a newspaper published in the municipality of which the district is part and if there is no newspaper published in said municipality, then in a newspaper circulating in said district. If the secretary shall neglect or refuse to publish the audit within five days after the first regular meeting subsequent to the delivery of the report to said board, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) which shall be recovered by an action at law by any person who shall bring suit for the same, one-half of which shall go to such person and one-half to the treasury of the district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 966, s. 36, eff. June 25, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-11
Contents of notice of hearing on application for development or adoption of master plan
Status: in_force

Notices pursuant to section 7.1 and 7.2 of this act shall state the date, time and place of the hearing, the nature of the matters to be considered and, in the case of notices pursuant to subsection 7.1 of this act, an identification of the property proposed for development by street address, if any, or by reference to lot and block numbers as shown on the current tax duplicate in the municipal tax assessor's office, and the location and times at which any maps and documents for which approval is sought are available pursuant to subsection 6b. L.1975, c. 291, s. 7, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-59 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-59
Submission of received proposals.
Status: in_force

32. a. Once received, proposals shall be submitted to the design professional or designated employee retained by the contracting unit. No proposal shall be considered until certification is issued by the design professional or designated employee retained by the contracting unit that the proposal is consistent with the evaluation factors. No proposal for a design-build contract may be accepted unless the contracting unit determines that there was adequate competition for such contract. b. The technical review committee shall score the technical proposals using the criteria and methodology set forth in the request for proposals in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 30 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.40A:11-57) and make an award recommendation to the governing body of the contracting unit. The governing body of the contracting unit shall make the design-build contract award decision, consistent with the award recommendation. c. The contracting unit shall evaluate the received technical proposals and price bid against the published factors and weighting to arrive at a composite score. The contracting unit shall make public the design-builder to be awarded the contract for the project. After the award decision is made, the contracting unit shall make public the sealed price bid for each proposal submitted to the contracting unit by a design-builder. d. Acceptance of a proposal shall be made by written notice to the design-builder which submitted the accepted proposal. At the same time notice of acceptance is delivered, the contracting unit shall also inform, in writing, the other design-builders that their proposals were not accepted. e. The contracting unit shall have the right to reject any and all proposals, except for the purpose of evading the provisions and policies of sections 26 through 33 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.40A:11-53 through C.40A:11-60). The contracting unit shall solicit new proposals using the same evaluation factors, budget constraints, or qualifications, unless there has been a material change in circumstances affecting the needs of the contracting unit, including but not limited to an environmental issue, natural disaster, state of emergency, or unforeseen fiscal constraint. f. Proposals may be withdrawn for any reason at any time prior to acceptance. g. When a design-builder receives notification from a public body that the proposal, which it has submitted, has not been accepted, the design-builder may, within 30 days, request to review the design-build proposals submitted, the technical review committee evaluation scores from the selection process, and the final recommendation of award document. The design-builder shall submit this request in writing. L.2021, c.71, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.67 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.67
Transfer of funds and property; tax levy for property subject to separate taxation
Status: in_force

Immediately upon the installation of the government of the consolidated municipality, the officers having custody of the funds of the participating municipalities shall deliver all funds in their possession into the custody of the proper fiscal officer of the consolidated municipality, who shall acknowledge delivery by giving his receipt therefor. The mayor or other chief executive officer of the consolidated municipality shall supervise and direct the transfer of all personal property, books, papers, vouchers, or other documents belonging to the participating municipalities, to the proper officers of the new government. He shall cause a complete inventory to be made of all assets, real and personal, received by the new government. The department shall cause an audit and settlement of officer's accounts to be made forthwith. The official bonds of the officers and officials shall continue in force and effect until the audit and settlement have been completed. Whenever a plan of consolidation provides that property within a participating municipality or school district therein, shall remain subject to separate taxation, after consolidation, for the payment of interest and principal on any preexisting indebtedness, such property shall be taxed and assessed therefor at the same time and in the same manner as provided by law for general taxation of real property for the support of the municipality or school district, as the case may be. L.1977, c. 435, s. 33, eff. March 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-53 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-53
Contents of refunding bond ordinance
Status: in_force

A refunding bond ordinance shall contain in substance the following: a. An authorization of the issuance of the refunding bonds, stating in brief and general terms sufficient for reasonable identification the purpose or purposes for which said bonds are to be issued and the obligations to be paid, funded or refunded, and the amount of the cost of issuing such bonds which is included in the authorized principal amount thereof; and b. The principal amount of refunding bonds thereby authorized; and c. In either the refunding bond ordinance or a resolution adopted prior to the issuance of the refunding bonds such further provisions as the local government board may require or approve as to deposit, securing, regulation, investment, reinvestment, disposition or application of the proceeds of such refunding bonds, and matters in connection therewith, including the officer or officers of the local unit to be responsible therefor, and amortization or other provision for premiums or other losses incurred. Such refunding bond ordinance or resolution may also contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of such refunding bonds, as to the establishment of, and the making of appropriations for, reserves or sinking funds and the amount, source, securing, regulation and disposition thereof. Any matter relating to refunding bonds and not required to be contained in the refunding bond ordinance may be performed or determined by subsequent resolution of the governing body, or the performance or determination thereof delegated by resolution to a financial officer of the local unit. The local unit may enter into any contracts or agreements to implement the refunding program, including agreements with banking institutions with respect to the application of moneys deposited in a sinking fund for the payment of the refunding bonds at their maturity date to the purchase of obligations of the United States Government or obligations the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the United States Government or obligations of any agency or instrumentality of the United States Government without regard to any limitations as to the investment or deposit of moneys. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962. Amended by L.1978, c. 36, s. 3, eff. June 19, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-79 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-79
Membership of regional boards
Status: in_force

Every joint agreement creating a regional board under this article shall provide for a representative member on such board for each constituent municipality or county and may provide for additional representative members for any such constituent municipality or county. The representative member or members on a regional board for a constituent municipality shall be appointed by the mayor. Any such member, after a public hearing if he requests one, may be removed for cause by the governing body of such constituent municipality. The representative member or members of a regional board for a constituent county shall be appointed by the board of chosen freeholders of such county. Any such member, after public hearing if he requests one, may be removed for cause by the board of chosen freeholders of such constituent county. In addition to such members, any regional planning board may adopt a resolution providing that the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection appoint as a member of the regional planning board a representative of that department's Division of Parks and Forestry and an additional member who shall be a resident of the area served by the regional board but who shall not hold any public office or position excepting an appointive membership on a municipal or other planning board. Within 30 days of the adoption of such resolution the commissioner shall make the appointments as requested. L.1975, c. 291, s. 66, eff. Aug. 1, 1976. Amended by L.1979, c. 216, s. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-116 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-116
Results of election; conflicting measures
Status: in_force

If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the county and be published as in the case of other ordinances. If the provisions of two or more measures approved or adopted at the same election conflict, then the measure receiving the greatest affirmative vote shall control. L.1972, c. 154, s. 116, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25.1
Use of library monies transferred to municipality.
Status: in_force

2. Monies approved by the State Librarian for transfer to a municipality by the board of trustees of its municipal free library, pursuant to subsection c. of R.S.40:54-15, may be anticipated by the municipality as a miscellaneous revenue; provided, however, that the monies shall be used solely and exclusively by the municipality for the purposes of reducing the amount the municipality is required to raise by local property tax levy for municipal purposes. The director shall certify that each municipality has complied with this section. If the director finds that monies transferred to a municipality by its municipal free library pursuant to subsection d. of R.S.40:54-15 are not used by that municipality solely and exclusively to reduce the amount required to be raised by the local property tax levy, then the director shall correct the municipal budget, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:4-86, to ensure that the transferred funds are used for that purpose only. L.2008, c.8, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-21
Apportionment of operating costs by management committee.
Status: in_force

21. The cost of acquiring, constructing, and operating any public improvements, works, facilities, services, or undertakings, or any part thereof, as determined by the management committee, shall be apportioned among the participating local units as provided by the joint contract. Each local unit shall have power to raise and appropriate the funds necessary therefor in the same manner and to the same extent as the local unit would have if it were acquiring and constructing the same for itself, including the power to authorize and issue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. The management committee shall certify to the participating local units the cost of the acquisition or construction, as well as the apportioned shares thereof, within 15 days after its action thereon. L.2007, c.63, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 40:72-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 72 / Section 72-9
Appointment of deputy by director in second class cities and certain fourth class cities
Status: in_force

In all cities of the second class and in any city of the fourth class having a population of not less than 6,000 inhabitants, governed hereby, the board of commissioners may, in their discretion, provide by ordinance for the appointment of a deputy by each or such of the directors of departments as may be deemed necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of such departments. The deputies shall serve during the terms of the directors making the appointments, but any deputy so appointed may be removed by his principal at any time, and such removal shall not be reviewable. If an officer or employee of a municipality is designated to perform the duties of a deputy in addition to the performance of the ordinary duties of his office or employment, the expiration of the term of his principal, or his removal from the office of deputy, shall not affect his right to the office or employment held by him at and before his designation as deputy, the duties of which office or employment he has continued to perform. Each director shall prescribe, in writing, the powers and duties of the deputy so appointed by him and the acts of such deputy within the scope of his authority shall in all cases be as legal and binding as if done and performed by the director for whom he is acting, but such deputies shall not be authorized to act for directors at meetings of the board of commissioners. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to place any deputy or deputies, appointed pursuant to the authority hereof, within the operation of the laws affecting civil service. Amended by L.1964, c. 212, s. 1, eff. Oct. 21, 1964; L.1968, c. 333, s. 1, eff. Nov. 13, 1968; L.1971, c. 302, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-4
Joint action; authorization; plans and specifications.
Status: in_force

40:14-4. Whenever the work of increasing the depth or width or both of such inland waterways or navigable stream is contemplated, each county and municipality desiring to enter into the project shall, by its board or body having control of such waterway or navigable stream, introduce and pass a resolution, declaring the advisability of so doing. The resolution shall set forth, in a general way, the work proposed to be done and its estimated cost, and after all of the counties and municipalities contemplating the doing of such work have passed such a resolution, a proposed form of agreement shall be prepared between them, setting forth the work or works to be undertaken, the plans and specifications therefor, and the estimated cost, together with the proportion of the cost thereof to be borne by each, and any other provisions deemed necessary or proper, to be inserted therein. The work of removing abandoned vessels shall not require joint action unless it is part of a program to remove more than three abandoned vessels from the inland waterway or navigable stream. Amended 2008, c.52, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-22
Additional members in certain cases
Status: in_force

If any county shall become entitled to a board of chosen freeholders consisting of more members than that to which it is at the time entitled, the board then in office shall continue to hold office and the additional members shall be elected at the next ensuing general election.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-77 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-77
Contents of notice; objections to ordinance filed; procedure
Status: in_force

The clerk of such body or board shall, by direction of the body or board, give such notice. The notice shall briefly describe the proposed improvements, which description may be made by reference to the proposed ordinance and other documents on file in the office of the municipal clerk, and shall request such persons as may object thereto to present their objections in writing at the office of such clerk and file the same with him, at or before the expiration of ten days from the date of the notice, or to said body or board at its first meeting held after the expiration of said ten days. Said body or board of such municipality may, at such meeting or afterwards, proceed to consider and pass the ordinance, notwithstanding any objection, and thereafter the proceedings of such body or board regarding the ordinance shall be the same or as nearly as may be to like proceedings regarding ordinances passed by such body or board for the construction of sewers within such municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-24 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-24
Annexation of adjacent municipally-owned unoccupied land
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality has acquired or shall acquire lands situated in another municipality for public use, consisting of one or more tracts which together comprise one plot of land bounded in part by the division line between such municipalities, and said lands are unoccupied, the land may be annexed to the municipality holding title thereto, if desired by the municipality and consented to by the municipalities in which the lands have their situs. The annexation shall be effected by the passage of an ordinance by the governing body of the municipality in which the lands are situated, upon the petition of the governing body of the municipality owning them. The provisions of N.J.S. 40A:7-14 to 40A:7-22 and of N.J.S. 40A:7-25 shall be observed in effecting the annexation of land under this section, and the annexation shall be subject thereto, insofar as such provisions are applicable. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-12
Money voted contingently
Status: in_force

The moneys appropriated for such purpose by the municipality may be voted contingently upon the voting of a certain definite sum for that purpose by the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the municipality is situated, and moneys appropriated for such purpose by the board of chosen freeholders may be voted contingently upon certain sums of money being voted for such purpose by the municipality or municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-6.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6.8
Resolution vesting power to review and approve subdivisions and site plans with director
Status: in_force

The county planning board may by resolution vest its power to review and approve subdivisions, pursuant to the provisions of sections 4 through 6 of this act, and the power to review and approve site plans pursuant to the provisions of sections 8 and 9 of this act with the county planning director and a designated committee of members of said county planning board. L.1968, c. 285, s. 10, eff. July 1, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-77 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-77
Scope of examination
Status: in_force

The director shall determine upon the basis of information and data available whether: a. all estimates of revenue are reasonable, accurate and correctly stated; b. items of appropriation are properly set forth; c. in itemization, form, arrangement and content, the budget will permit the exercise of the comptroller function within the local unit; d. the budget complies with the requirements of law and the regulations of the local government board. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-11
Budget to be transmitted to county board
Status: in_force

40A:4-11. The clerk of the local unit shall transmit a certified copy of the budget, as adopted, to the county board not later than 15 days following the adoption of the budget. L.1960, c.169, s.1; amended 1991,c.75,s.12; 1994,c.72,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-9
Custodian of moneys and securities; investments; accounts
Status: in_force

The sinking fund commissioners shall have sole custody and control of all sinking fund moneys, securities, books, papers and records appertaining thereto. They shall deposit all moneys which shall come into their hands in a depository or depositories selected by them. They shall invest, reinvest and keep invested all moneys coming into their hands in the securities or forms of investment authorized by this chapter and in none other. They may sell or convert into cash such investments or property as may be necessary from time to time to provide funds from which to pay bonds or the municipality, county or school district, upon maturity, or sell such securities or forms of investment for the purpose of protecting the sinking fund from loss or for bettering the investment. The commission shall keep accurate and detailed books of account covering all moneys coming into its custody, and the investment, return on investment, increase or loss thereof and the expenditure thereof, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, make the reports and certificates as and when required, and permit access to and inspection of its accounts and records, at all reasonable hours, by any person duly authorized by the governing body of the municipality, county, school district or the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance, or his agents or any interested citizen taxpayer. Amended by L.1947, c. 117, p. 570, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1947.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-11
Dissemination of information
Status: in_force

The charter study commission shall hold public hearings, may hold private hearings, sponsor public forums and otherwise provide for the widest possible dissemination of information and the stimulation of public discussion respecting the purposes and progress of its work. L.1972, c. 154, s. 11, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-28 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-28
Defense for members or officers in any action or legal proceeding arising out of or incidental to performance of duties
Status: in_force

Whenever a member or officer of a municipal fire department or force is a defendant in any action or legal proceeding arising out of or incidental to the performance of his duties, the governing body of the municipality shall provide said member or officer with counsel and costs incidental to such representation for the defense of such action or proceeding, other than for his defense in a disciplinary proceeding instituted against him by the municipality or in a criminal proceeding instituted as a result of a complaint on behalf of the municipality. If any such disciplinary or criminal proceeding instituted by or on complaint of the municipality shall be dismissed or finally determined in favor of the member or officer, he shall be reimbursed for the expense of his defense. The provisions of this section shall apply to members and officers of all municipal fire departments or forces whether said departments or forces be paid, part-paid, or volunteer. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1972, c. 165, s. 1; L.1975, c. 264, s. 1, eff. Dec. 19, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-1.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-1.4
Additional powers
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers set forth in sections 3 and 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, the board of chosen freeholders is authorized and empowered to make policy and management decisions related to those activities of any independent boards of county government or State appointed officials of county government, which are duplicative in nature or which duplicate the activities, responsibilities or duties of any other agency or department of county government. L. 1987, c. 236, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:9D-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 9D / Section 9D-3
Responsibilities of local unit relative to provision of broadband telecommunications service.
Status: in_force

3. If a governing body of a local unit exercises powers under subsection a. or b. of section 2 of this act, whether by contracting with a private entity or by establishing a related competitive business segment, then: a. the costs of providing broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network shall not adversely impact the ability of the local unit to offer those services otherwise required by law; b. the local unit shall be prohibited from reducing the rate of providing those services otherwise required by law when these services are purchased in conjunction with broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network; c. in all instances in which resources are deployed by the local unit to provide both broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network and any other services of the local unit required by law, where resource constraints arise, the provision of the other services shall receive a higher priority; d. the price which the local unit charges for broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network shall not be less than the fully allocated cost of providing broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network, as subject to review and approval of the Local Finance Board, which cost shall include an allocation of the cost of all equipment, vehicles, labor, related fringe benefits and overheads, and administration utilized, and all other assets utilized and costs incurred, directly or indirectly, in providing broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network; e. the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, or removal of broadband telecommunications infrastructure, when undertaken directly by the related competitive business segment of the local unit, shall be subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.); f. provision of broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network shall be subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) and, where appropriate, the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.); g. the local unit shall not use the rates of those services required to be provided by law, or any revenue received in payment for those services or any interest or other earnings realized from the deposit or investment of such revenue, to subsidize broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network offered by the local unit, and expenses incurred in conjunction with the provision of broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network shall not be borne by any resident or business not choosing to receive such broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network; h. each such local unit shall maintain books and records, and provide accounting entries as may be required by the Local Finance Board, to show that there is strict separation and allocation of the local unit's revenues, costs, assets, risks and functions, between the services of the local unit required to be provided by law and the provision of broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network; and i. each such local unit shall annually prepare, or have prepared, a report available to the public, and such report shall include, but not be limited to, a summary of revenues and expenditures, the prices charged to subscribers, the areas of the local unit served, and the number of subscribers. L.2007,c.191,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-11
Commissioners; oaths
Status: in_force

The Superior Court shall appoint three commissioners who shall be residents of the county, one to be appointed from each municipality, and one who shall not reside in either municipality, to survey, ascertain and mark the boundary line between the municipalities. Before entering upon the performance of their duties, the commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially perform their duties. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-61 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-61
Incidental damages ascertained and certified; payment into court
Status: in_force

On the making of assessments for benefits, the officer or board, or majority of such board, shall also at the same time fix and determine the amount, if any, that any property is damaged incidentally to the making of the improvement, but exclusive of damages for real estate taken. The amount of such incidental damages accruing to any parcel of real estate shall be deducted from the amount of any benefits assessed thereon. If the amount of such damages as confirmed by the Superior Court shall exceed the benefits assessed upon any parcel of real estate, or if no benefits shall accrue thereto, the excess or the amount of such damages may be raised or appropriated as provided by law, and shall be paid by such city of the first class to the owner of any such parcel of real estate so damaged. If it is uncertain as to who is to receive any award of such damages, the amount thereof may, with leave of the Superior Court, be paid into said court and shall there be distributed according to law to the person or persons entitled thereto. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 707, s. 198, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-17
Leases
Status: in_force

After such acquisition, the board may from time to time lease such lands with the improvements, equipment, furnishings and other property thereon, or any part of any thereof, to any person, group, authority, or corporation to provide housing or means of shelter for veterans of World War II, their families, and other people of this State for such period, for such rental and on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine. L.1951, c. 116, p. 525, s. 4, eff. May 29, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-44 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-44
Estimate of cost of installation of improvements
Status: in_force

7. The cost of the installation of improvements for the purposes of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40) shall be estimated by the sewerage authority engineer or by the applicant's engineer based on documented construction costs for public improvements prevailing in the general area of the sewerage authority. Any estimate prepared by the applicant's engineer shall be subject to approval by the sewerage authority engineer. The developer may appeal the sewerage authority engineer's estimate or decision to the county construction board of appeals established under section 9 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-127). L.1999,c.11,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-88 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-88
District management corporation; annual audit.
Status: in_force

22. The district management corporation shall cause an annual audit of its books, accounts and financial transactions to be made and filed with the governing body of the municipality, and for that purpose the corporation shall employ a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The annual audit shall be completed and filed with the governing body within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation. L.1984, c.151, s.22; amended 2015, c.95, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-154.6c — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-154.6c
Issuance of public works manager certificate without examination; requirements
Status: in_force

3. The director shall issue, upon the payment of a fee, a public works manager certificate to any applicant who meets the definition of a certified public works manager or a public works manager who has successfully completed a certified public works manager program described in section 2 of this act, is not less than 21 years of age, is a citizen of the United States, is of good moral character, and has obtained a high school diploma as described in section 2 of this act. L.1991,c.258,s.3; amended 1995,c.46,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-31.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-31.11
Bonds as legal investment; tax exemption
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking fund moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds of a county authorized pursuant to this act, and such bonds are hereby made and shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. Any such bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer and inheritance taxes. L.1970, c. 242, s. 11, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-35 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-35
Certified list
Status: in_force

Within 30 days of the enactment of an ordinance establishing an urban homesteading program and designating the urban homesteading agency, the tax collector shall submit to the homesteading agency a certified list of all in rem properties within the municipality. At least quarterly thereafter, the tax collector shall review and update that certified list and report any changes in the number of in rem properties to the urban homesteading agency. L. 1988, c. 148, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-71.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-71.2
Appointments by county executive
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to modify the authority of any county executive to make any appointment to any county board. L. 1985, c. 448, s. 2, eff. Jan. 14, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-83 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-83
Term of office of register of deeds and mortgages
Status: in_force

The register of deeds and mortgages shall be elected by the legal voters of the county for a term of 5 years. He shall be commissioned by the Governor and his commission shall be issued and bear date on January 1 next following his election, or if such date falls upon a Sunday, then on the following day. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1973, c. 57, s. 1, eff. March 15, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-121 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-121
Acquisition subject to encumbrances; bond issues; apportionment of indebtedness
Status: in_force

Any such waterworks may be acquired subject to the lien of any mortgage or mortgages thereon; and for the purpose of raising money to pay the cost of acquiring the waterworks so acquired or to be acquired, whether by purchase or condemnation, and to pay the cost, or part of the cost, of enlarging, extending and improving the same, the municipalities which are to own the waterworks or the enlargements, extensions and improvements to the same may issue at one time or from time to time permanent serial bonds and in anticipation of the issuance of such permanent serial bonds, temporary bonds, and pay such temporary bonds from the proceeds of sale of the permanent serial bonds. Such municipalities may issue such bonds jointly in the names of all such municipalities, in the same manner and pursuant to the same provisions of law that apply to the issuance of other municipal bonds, and each municipality shall adopt such ordinances and resolutions and cause such bonds to be sold, executed and delivered as if such bonds were its own separate obligations; or each municipality may issue and sell its own bonds separately for its proportion of said costs, as hereinafter provided. The proceeds of sale of said bonds shall be received by the treasurers of the municipalities and except in the case of funding bonds issued to pay temporary bonds immediately be transferred to the commission or any succeeding commission then in office. The power to issue bonds and their validity shall not be dependent on or affected by the validity or regularity of the proceedings to establish the commission or to acquire the waterworks or to make the enlargements, extensions or improvements thereof, and said bonds shall be direct obligations of the municipalities issuing the same and if not otherwise paid, shall be paid by general tax. The bonds so issued, if jointly and severally issued, shall be the joint and several obligations of the municipalities in whose names they are issued, but the municipalities shall be liable as among themselves for the payment of the principal and interest thereon in the proportion that the assessed value for taxation of all the real estate in each of the municipalities for the year preceding the time when such waterworks shall be acquired bears to the total assessed value for said year of all the real estate in all of the municipalities joining in the issuance of said bonds. If the municipalities shall decide to issue separate bonds, the bonds so issued shall be the obligations of such municipalities respectively, and the amount thereof shall be fixed in the same proportion as hereinbefore provided in the case of joint and several bonds.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-30
Adoption of capital improvement program
Status: in_force

Whenever the planning board has prepared a capital improvement program pursuant to section 20 of this act, it shall recommend such program to the governing body which may adopt such program with any modification approved by affirmative vote of a majority of the full authorized membership of the governing body and with the reasons for said modification recorded in the minutes. L.1975, c. 291, s. 21, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-19
Treasurer of commission; selection and duties
Status: in_force

The commission so appointed shall elect a treasurer, who shall be constituted the temporary depository of all funds raised by subscription or contribution. He shall, on the thirtieth day of each month, pay over to the treasurer of the municipality all funds or personal property so contributed and in his custody on and including the twenty-fifth day of the month.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-22.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22.6
Annual financial disclosure statement.
Status: in_force

6. a. Local government officers shall annually file a financial disclosure statement. All financial disclosure statements filed pursuant to P.L.1991, c.29 shall include the following information which shall specify, where applicable, the name and address of each source and the local government officer's job title: (1) Each source of income, earned or unearned, exceeding $2,000 received by the local government officer or a member of his immediate family during the preceding calendar year. Individual client fees, customer receipts or commissions on transactions received through a business organization need not be separately reported as sources of income. If a publicly traded security is the source of income, the security need not be reported unless the local government officer or member of his immediate family has an interest in the business organization; (2) Each source of fees and honorariums having an aggregate amount exceeding $250 from any single source for personal appearances, speeches or writings received by the local government officer or a member of his immediate family during the preceding calendar year; (3) Each source of gifts, reimbursements or prepaid expenses having an aggregate value exceeding $400 from any single source, excluding relatives, received by the local government officer or a member of his immediate family during the preceding calendar year; (4) The name and address of all business organizations in which the local government officer or a member of his immediate family had an interest during the preceding calendar year; and (5) The address and brief description of all real property in the State in which the local government officer or a member of his immediate family held an interest during the preceding calendar year. b. The Local Finance Board shall prescribe a financial disclosure statement form for filing purposes. For counties and municipalities which have not established ethics boards, the board shall transmit sufficient copies of the forms to the municipal clerk in each municipality and the county clerk in each county for filing in accordance with this act. The municipal clerk shall make the forms available to the local government officers serving the municipality. The county clerk shall make the forms available to the local government officers serving the county. For counties and municipalities which have established ethics boards, the Local Finance Board shall transmit sufficient copies of the forms to the ethics boards for filing in accordance with this act. The ethics boards shall make the forms available to the local government officers within their jurisdiction. For local government officers serving the municipality, the original statement shall be filed with the municipal clerk in the municipality in which the local government officer serves. For local government officers serving the county, the original statement shall be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the local government officer serves. A copy of the statement shall be filed with the board. In counties or municipalities which have established ethics boards a copy of the statement shall also be filed with the ethics board having jurisdiction over the local government officer. Local government officers shall file the initial financial disclosure statement within 90 days following the effective date of this act. Thereafter, statements shall be filed on or before April 30th each year, except that each local government officer shall file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of taking office. c. All financial disclosure statements filed shall be public records. d. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs may establish an electronic filing system for financial disclosure statements required to be filed pursuant to this section. L.1991, c.29, s.6; amended 2008, c.72; 2015, c.95, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-20.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-20.2
Definitions relative to affordable housing occupancy preferences.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this section: "Disabled veteran" means any resident of the State who has been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States and who has been or shall be declared by the United States Veterans Administration, or its successor, to have a service-connected disability. "Veteran" means any resident of the State who has been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, or any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits. b. In addition to any other federal or State law regarding providing a veteran's affordable housing preference, the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall establish rules and regulations to provide a preference for affordable housing in a housing project to homeless veterans, disabled veterans, and family members who are the primary residential caregivers to disabled veterans residing with them. All applicants for the housing preference as specified herein shall also be required to meet the income requirements for admission to the housing project. c. Among applicants eligible to receive a housing project preference provided under subsection b. of this section, priority for the preference shall be given to applicants as follows: (1) homeless veterans shall receive first priority; (2) disabled veterans shall receive second priority; and (3) family members who are the primary residential caregivers to disabled veterans residing with them shall receive third priority. L.2017, c.19, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:27-10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 27 / Section 27-10
Finding of need for financing cost of construction of flood control facilities by local improvement assessments; procedures; notice of intention; public hearing
Status: in_force

If the governing body of a local unit determines that public necessity and interest require the cost of construction of a flood control facility to be financed by local improvement assessments, it shall pass a resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, of its intention to undertake and so finance the facility and shall give notice of this intention by advertising in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county or municipality and by notifying each concerned property owner by certified mail; and this notice shall fix a time and place, not less than two weeks after the date of the notice, for a public hearing on the proposed action. At the public hearing the governing body of a local unit shall present a preliminary assessment of the affected properties. Source: C. 40:23-41 (P.L. 1977, c. 333, s. 8). L. 1987, c. 179, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-25.1
Transfer of assets, obligations, etc. to the sports authority.
Status: in_force

17. a. The authority in existence on July 1, 1997 shall cooperate with the sports authority in the defeasing, refunding or refinancing of any outstanding obligations of such authority as authorized by this section and the authority shall take such steps as are necessary in order to implement such defeasing, refunding or refinancing. b. On the 60th day following the effective day following the effective date of P.L.1997, c.273 (C.40:54D-25.1 et al.): (1) All right, title, and interest of the authority in existence on July 1, 1997 in any of its assets, funds and property, both real and personal, as well as those obligations as set forth in paragraph (4) of this subsection, are hereby transferred to the sports authority to be held, used and applied for the purposes set forth herein. (2) In addition to the powers vested in the sports authority pursuant to P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-1 et seq.), all powers and duties which hitherto were exercised by the authority in existence on July 1, 1997 with respect to any property transferred pursuant to this section may henceforth be exercised by the sports authority. (3) All monies transferred pursuant to this act shall be deposited in the fund created by the sports authority pursuant to subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-6). (4) The sports authority shall assume such obligations of the authority as are necessary for the acquisition, construction and operation of the Wildwood convention center facility which obligations shall be as specified in a contract between the authority and the sports authority. Any such obligations of the authority which are assumed by the sports authority shall be payable from the fund created by the sports authority pursuant to subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-6) or from the proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1991, c.375 (C.5:10-14.3) and section 18 of P.L.1997, c.273 (C.5:10-6.3). L.1997,c.273,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-117.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-117.1
Small municipality plan; members of council; election at regular municipal or general election
Status: in_force

Any municipality adopting a small municipality plan of government shall provide in its charter that the council members shall be elected by the voters of the municipality either: a. At a regular municipal election held on the second Tuesday in May in the years in which municipal officers are to be elected, in which case the term of office of the council members shall begin on July 1 next following their election; or b. At the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November or at such other time as may be provided by law for holding general elections, in which case the term of office of the council members shall begin on January 1 next following their election. L.1981, c. 465, s. 32, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33B-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33B / Section 33B-7
Bonds; revenue
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county in which a county historical commission is established pursuant to this act is authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of assisting the commission in acquiring in its name or the name of the county and preserving historic buildings. In addition, the governing body is authorized to appropriate for the use of the commission moneys as may be raised from revenue producing properties owned or operated by the commission. The provisions of this section shall be effectuated in accordance with the provisions of the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S. 40A:2-1 et seq., "Local Budget Law," N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq. and the "Local Fiscal Affairs Law," N.J.S. 40A:5-1 et seq. L. 1987, c. 255, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-7
Exceptions to debt limitation
Status: in_force

A bond ordinance may be finally adopted notwithstanding section 40A:2-6 if such ordinance authorizes obligations solely for one of the following: a. to meet an expenditure which is the result of fire, flood or other disaster and if the local government board shall have determined that the expenditure is of such character, and shall have caused such determination to have been endorsed on a certified copy of the bond ordinance as passed on first reading; or b. to fund, renew, extend or retire notes issued or authorized pursuant to this chapter or any act of which this chapter is a revision; or c. purposes permitted by this chapter if (1) it has been found by order of the State Department of Health, which is hereby authorized to make such order in a proper case, that the expenditure and every part thereof is necessary to protect the public health and to prevent or suppress a present menace to the public health of sufficient gravity to justify the incurrence of debt in excess of statutory limitations, and that no less expensive method of preventing or suppressing such menace exists; and (2) the principal amount of such obligations is not in excess of the amount determined by the local government board to be necessary therefor and the local government board shall have caused such determination to be endorsed on a certified copy of the bond ordinance as passed on first reading; or d. purposes permitted by this chapter, if the local government board shall have caused its consent to be endorsed upon a certified copy of the bond ordinance as passed upon first reading, which consent said local government board shall cause to be so endorsed thereon, if it shall be satisfied and shall have determined that each of the purposes or improvements for which such obligations are authorized are in the public interest and are for the health, welfare, convenience or betterment of the inhabitants of such local unit, and that the amounts to be expended for each of the purposes or improvements to be financed pursuant to such bond ordinance are not unreasonable or exorbitant and that the issuance of such obligations will not materially impair the credit of such local unit or substantially reduce its ability to pay punctually the principal of and interest on its debts and to supply other essential public improvements and services; or e. purposes permitted by this chapter when the expenditure is to be made for constructing or reconstructing dikes, bulkheads, jetties or similar devices to prevent the encroachment of the sea, and if the local government board shall have determined that an emergency exists or is threatened which makes necessary the construction or reconstruction of such dikes, bulkheads, jetties or other devices for the preservation of life or property; f. purposes permitted by this chapter if the amount of such obligations does not exceed in the aggregate (1) the amount available, if any, for the issuance of obligations by the local unit upon the effective date of this chapter pursuant to section 40:1-16(d) of the Revised Statutes, less (2) the amount of other obligations authorized prior to the adoption of such bond ordinance pursuant to paragraphs d, f and g of this section; or g. purposes permitted by this chapter if the amount of such obligations and all other obligations authorized pursuant to this subsection during the current fiscal year does not exceed an amount equal to 2/3 of the amount of obligations (exclusive of utility and assessment obligations) for the payment of which an appropriation was made in the budget of the local unit for the current fiscal year, plus 2/3 of the amount raised in the tax levy of the current fiscal year by the local unit for the payment of bonds or notes of any school district; h. purposes which are self-liquidating, if such obligations are deductible from gross debt. L.1960, c. 1969, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962. Amended by L.1964, c. 72, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:82-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 82 / Section 82-2
Qualifications
Status: in_force

The municipal manager shall be a person, other than a member of the municipal council, fully qualified to exercise the powers and perform the duties hereinafter set forth. He need not be a resident of the municipality at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within 3 months after appointment and continue a resident throughout his period of service; provided, however, the municipal manager may reside outside of the municipality with the approval of the municipal council. Amended by L.1947, c. 218, p. 879, s. 1, eff. July 4, 1947; L.1982, c. 69, s. 1, eff. July 13, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-17.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-17.7
Establishment of special reserve accounts for school building construction; transfer of funds
Status: in_force

Any municipality may by ordinance establish a special reserve account for the construction of new school buildings by the board of education of the school district coextensive with the municipality or of which the municipality comprises a part. There may be paid into such special reserve account surplus revenues, in whole or in part, derived from licensing or permit fees as designated by resolution of the governing body of the municipality. The said governing body may, by resolution, authorize the transfer of and cause to be transferred all or such part of such special reserve account as it shall deem advisable, to the board of education of the school district coextensive with the municipality or of which the municipality comprises a part to be used for the construction of new school buildings but no such transfer of funds from any such special reserve account, under the authority conferred by this section, shall be made unless and until such proposed transfer shall have been included in the local annual municipal budget for the year in which it is intended to make such transfer available. In any case in which the municipality establishing such special reserve account is in a school district of which the municipality comprises a part, the governing body may as a condition upon such transfer, require the board of education of such school district to give credit to such municipality on account of the amount of school tax, for the construction of new school buildings, due or to become due from such municipality in any year. L.1955, c. 169, p. 717, s. 1, eff. July 26, 1955.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-81 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-81
Pledge or assignment of lease or other agreement to secure bonds of authority
Status: in_force

Any lease or other agreement, and any instruments making or evidencing the same, may be pledged or assigned by the authority to secure its bonds and thereafter may not be modified except as provided by the terms of such instrument or by the terms of such pledge or assignment. L.1960, c. 183, p. 756, s. 38, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-60.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-60.4
Powers and duties of assistant business administrator
Status: in_force

The director shall prescribe, in writing, the power and duties of the assistant business administrator so appointed and the acts of such assistant business administrator, within the scope of his authority, shall in all cases be as legal and binding as if done by the director for whom he is acting. L.1965, c. 35, s. 2, eff. May 5, 1965.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-27c — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-27c
Notice of election.
Status: in_force

If the ordinance is to be submitted to the voters, notice of the election shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in the municipality or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper published in the county and circulating in the municipality. The notice shall be published at least 10 days before the date of the election. L. 1986, c. 69, s. 4, eff. July 30, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1
Every municipality a body corporate
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of every municipality shall be a body corporate in fact and in law, and by its corporate name it shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, have a common seal, and purchase, acquire, lease, hold, let and convey real and personal property for the use and benefit of the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-25
Validity of chapter
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. L.1948, c. 198, p. 995, s. 25.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-4
Joint committee of the governing body members to ascertain indebtedness
Status: in_force

On the third Monday after the annexation or consolidation takes effect, a committee consisting of three members of the governing body of the county from which the annexed territory is taken and three members of the governing body of the county to which the territory is annexed shall be appointed by said governing bodies in the manner otherwise provided by law for appointments thereof. The committee shall meet at the courthouse of the county from which the territory is taken, at 10:00 a. m. on the Monday following their appointment. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.61 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.61
Prohibition on creation of joint municipal consolidation study commission while proceedings pending.
Status: in_force

27. No ordinance or resolution may be adopted and no petition may be filed for the creation of a joint municipal consolidation study commission pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this act while proceedings are pending under any other petition filed or ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional Municipal Charter Law" or any other general law relating to a change in the form of government in any of the participating municipalities. No ordinance or resolution may be adopted and no petition may be filed for the creation of such a commission pursuant to the provisions of this act within four years after the date on which the question of consolidation has been submitted to the voters pursuant to section 25 of this act; provided, however, that the adoption of an ordinance or resolution or the filing of a petition and the holding of any referendum thereafter under the provisions of the "Optional Municipal Charter Law" or other general law relating to a change in the form of government in any of the participating municipalities, if such proceedings have been completed, shall not preclude the participating municipalities from proceeding under the provisions of this act notwithstanding the fact that four years may not have expired since the completion of said proceedings. L.1977,c.435,s.27; amended 2001, c.342, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-1
Citation
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "municipal and county utilities authorities law." L.1957, c. 183, p. 634, s. 1, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1977, c. 384, s. 2, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48K-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48K / Section 48K-1
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. Commercial real property is a critically important component of a municipality's property tax base. b. A flourishing downtown or commercial area provides not only a stable property tax base for a municipality, and property tax collections that do not increase the burden on homeowners, but also a gathering place for municipal events and social interactions, which foster a strong sense of community between residents. c. In a State with chronically high property taxes, credits or other rewards applied against property taxes and earned through purchasing goods or services in the local area serve as an effective incentive for shopping locally, and even participating customers living outside the municipality may earn rewards, which then can be used to pay property taxes in their own municipalities. d. A thriving commercial district, particularly a walkable downtown, is appealing to families when they are looking for a municipality in which to establish their family home. e. Especially in economically trying times, such as those visited upon the State in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to ensure local governments may adopt innovative stimulus initiatives to encourage municipal residents and residents of nearby communities, and employees of local businesses, to support local businesses by shopping locally, so that those business owners are able to earn enough income to support their families and keep their businesses open and prospering. f. Ensuring municipalities may approve a program encouraging local shopping through property tax rewards, administered by an outside vendor or company, with financial protections for participants and municipalities, would benefit municipalities and individual business owners. g. To date, many municipalities have adopted such programs. However, those existing programs may not offer specific financial protections to the municipalities that have authorized them, or the participants utilizing them. h. Therefore, it is important and necessary to statutorily authorize such programs and provide financial protections for municipalities and program participants. L.2021, c.99, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-146.15 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-146.15
Powers.
Status: in_force

8. The chief of police, or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer of the local unit wherein the officer is appointed, may authorize special law enforcement officers when on duty to exercise the same powers and authority as permanent, regularly appointed police officers of the local unit, including, but not limited to, the carrying of firearms and the power of arrest, subject to rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the certification requirements of this act, as may be established by local ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, adopted by the appropriate authority of the local unit in which they are employed. L.1985, c.439, s.8; amended 2013, c.21, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:80-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 80 / Section 80-8
Vote required for adoption
Status: in_force

If it appears that both the majority of the votes cast are for the adoption of this subtitle, and that the number of votes cast for the adoption of this subtitle is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the number of persons voting in such municipality at the last preceding general election, this subtitle, commencing on a date four weeks immediately following such election, shall in all respects, except as herein otherwise provided, become and be operative in such municipality and be binding upon its inhabitants and upon all persons and property to be affected thereby.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-33
Condemnation proceedings
Status: in_force

If it shall become necessary to take condemnation proceedings to acquire any lands, lakes, ponds, streams, flowage and other rights the procedure shall be that provided in chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.), and all such proceedings shall be in the name of the intermunicipal park commission.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-71.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-71.7
Study of effects.
Status: in_force

7. The Department of Community Affairs shall conduct a study of the effects of P.L.1998, c.115 (C.40:56-71.1 et seq.), make a report of the study's findings and recommendations and submit the report to the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the General Assembly no later than three years following the effective date of P.L.1998, c.115 (C.40:56-71.1 et seq.). In conducting the study the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall seek input from the State Treasurer as well as from a member of the Senate and the General Assembly and a representative of Downtown New Jersey, all to be selected by the Commissioner. L.1998,c.115,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:75-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Section 75-1
Members of first commission; election and terms
Status: in_force

The members of the first commission shall be elected, at an election to be held on the fifth Tuesday following the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (R.S. 40:70-1 et seq.), by the duly authorized voters of the municipality and shall serve as commissioners from twelve o'clock noon on the first Tuesday following their election until twelve o'clock noon on the third Tuesday in May in the fourth year following such election and until their successors are elected and shall have duly qualified. The election shall be conducted pursuant to the "Uniform Nonpartisan Elections Law," P.L. 1981, c. 379 (C. 40:45-5 et seq.). Amended by L.1981, c. 379, s. 18, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; L.1983, c. 183, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-5
Powers.
Status: in_force

40A:31-5. One or more local units adopting an ordinance or resolution in accordance with N.J.S.40A:31-4 are authorized and empowered: a. Alone or in combination with a private water company or the State, to acquire, construct, improve, extend, enlarge or reconstruct and finance water supply facilities, and to operate, manage and control all or part of these facilities and all properties relating thereto; b. To issue bonds of the local unit or units to pay all or part of the cost of the water supply facilities; c. To receive and accept from the federal or State government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, grants or loans for, or in aid of, the planning, purchase, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction, or financing of water supply facilities, and to receive and accept from any source, contributions or money, property, labor or other things of value to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which the grants or loans and contributions are made; d. To acquire in the name of the local unit or units by gift, purchase, or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, such lands and rights and interests therein, including lands under water and riparian rights, and such personal property as may be deemed necessary for acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction, or for the efficient operation of any facilities acquired or constructed under the provisions of N.J.S.40A:31-1 et seq. and to hold and dispose of all real and personal property so acquired; e. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the local unit's or units' duties and the execution of powers authorized under N.J.S.40A:31-1 et seq., and to employ consulting and other engineers, superintendents, managers, attorneys, financial or other consultants or experts, and such other employees and agents as may be deemed necessary, and to fix their compensation; f. Subject to the provisions and restrictions set forth in the ordinance or resolution authorizing or securing any bonds issued under the provisions of N.J.S.40A:31-1 et seq., to enter into contracts with the federal or State government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or with any other local unit, private corporation, copartnership, association or individual providing for, or relating to, water supply, which contracts may provide for the furnishing of water supply services either by or to the local unit or units, or the joint construction or operation of water supply facilities; g. To fix and collect rates, fees, rents and other charges in accordance with N.J.S.40A:31-1 et seq.; h. Upon the request of a customer: (1) to offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by the local unit or units to its customers and any additional information sent by the local unit or units to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of water service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and (2) to provide the customer the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means; and i. To exercise any other powers necessary or incidental to the effectuation of the general purposes of N.J.S.40A:31-1 et seq. L.1989, c.109, amended 2010, c.91, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-55 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-55
Special emergency notes.
Status: in_force

After the adoption of an ordinance or resolution for special emergency appropriations, the local unit shall by 2/3 vote of the full governing body adopt a resolution setting forth: a. The amount appropriated. b. (1) Provision for the borrowing of money and the issuance of "Special Emergency Notes" which may be renewed from time to time, but at least 1/5 of all such notes, and the renewals thereof, shall mature and be paid in each year, so that all notes and renewals shall have matured and have been paid not later than the last day of the fifth year following the date of the emergency resolution. (2) In the case of special emergency appropriations authorized pursuant to subsection m. of N.J.S.40A:4-53, a local unit shall appropriate one-fifth (1/5) of the portion of the special emergency directly attributable to COVID-19 in each year beginning in the year after the year in which the resulting deferred charge appears in the local unit's unaudited annual financial statement, such that, for example, a deferred charge included in the 2021 unaudited annual financial statement would have its first one-fifth (1/5) appropriation in the 2022 budget, with the final one-fifth (1/5) portion of the special emergency fully appropriated by no later than the last day of the sixth fiscal year following the end of the fiscal year that is the subject of the application. If a local unit's application for certification of the special emergency under subsection m. of N.J.S.40A:4-53 demonstrates that full appropriation of the COVID-19 related special emergency appropriation by the last day of the sixth fiscal year will cause significant fiscal distress, including, but not limited to, if it would directly cause an increase in the tax levy greater than 2%, an increase of greater than $50 per average assessed home in each year deferred charges appear in the local unit's budget, or in the case of a utility, at least a 5% increase in user fees or charges, the Local Finance Board may permit the local unit to extend the repayment period up to a total of ten years on a schedule determined by the Board. (3) A local unit shall not borrow moneys under this section that may be considered duplicative of financial assistance provided to the local unit from the federal government, the State, or other sources, to address the COVID-19 deficit in operations or COVID-19 emergency appropriations. As used in this section, "COVID 19" means the coronavirus disease 2019, as announced by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, and first identified in Wuhan, China. The provisions of this chapter relating to tax anticipation notes shall apply to special emergency notes. c. A local unit may finance such appropriation from surplus funds available or borrow money in the manner prescribed above. Where any appropriation is financed from surplus funds available, at least 1/5 of the amount thereof shall be included in each annual budget until the appropriation has been fully provided for. In the case of special emergency appropriations authorized pursuant to subsection m. of N.J.S.40A:4-53, a local unit shall appropriate one-fifth (1/5) of the portion of the special emergency directly attributable to COVID-19 in each year beginning in the year after the year in which the resulting deferred charge appears in the local unit's unaudited annual financial statement, such that, for example, a deferred charge included in the 2021 unaudited annual financial statement would have its first one-fifth (1/5) appropriation in the 2022 budget, with the final one-fifth (1/5) portion of the special emergency fully appropriated by no later than the last day of the sixth fiscal year following the end of the fiscal year that is the subject of the application. If a local unit's application for certification of the special emergency under subsection m. of N.J.S.40A:4-53 demonstrates that full appropriation of the COVID-19 related special emergency appropriation by the last day of the sixth fiscal year will cause significant fiscal distress, including, but not limited to, if it would directly cause an increase in the tax levy greater than 2%, an increase of greater than $50 per average assessed home in each year deferred charges appear in the local unit's budget, or in the case of a utility, at least a 5% increase in user fees or charges, the Local Finance Board may permit the local unit to extend the repayment period up to a total of ten years on a schedule determined by the Board. amended 2020, c.74, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-1.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1.7
Private outdoor video surveillance camera registry.
Status: in_force

2. a. A municipality may enact an ordinance to establish a private outdoor video surveillance camera registry and to allow any person who owns a private outdoor video surveillance camera on a residential or business property in the municipality to voluntarily register the camera with the municipal police department or force for the purpose of assisting law enforcement investigations of criminal activity that occurred within the vicinity of the camera's location. The ordinance shall provide that registration of a camera does not constitute a waiver of any rights granted under the Constitution of the United States or the State of New Jersey. b. The municipal ordinance shall require the following information to be included in the private outdoor video surveillance camera registry: (1) the name of the person who owns the camera; (2) the most recent contact information, including the street address and telephone number of the person who owns the camera; (3) the street address of the residence or business where the camera is installed; (4) the number of cameras located at the residence or business; (5) the outdoor areas recorded by the camera; (6) the means by which the camera's footage is saved or stored, and the duration of time for which the footage is saved or stored; and (7) any additional information the municipality deems necessary. c. Information stored in the municipal registry pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be available for the exclusive use by law enforcement officials to investigate criminal activity within the vicinity of the camera's location. Information stored in the registry shall not be considered a public record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), or common law concerning access to public records and shall not be discoverable as a public record by any person, entity, or governmental agency, except upon a subpoena issued by a grand jury or a court order in a criminal matter. d. A State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency may contact a person whose information appears in the municipal registry established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, in order to request access to any camera's footage which may assist an investigation of criminal activity that occurred within the vicinity of the camera's location. A person who registers a camera with a municipal police department or force shall not be required to submit the camera's footage to a law enforcement agency, unless otherwise required by law. e. As used in this act, "private outdoor video surveillance camera" or "camera" means a device installed outside a residence or business, which, for security purposes, captures footage of an area outside the residence or business. L.2015, c.152, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-53 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-53
Joint insurance for municipality, all purpose regional, consolidated school district.
Status: in_force

2. In the case of an all purpose regional school district or a consolidated school district, the governing body of any municipality and the board of education of the regional or consolidated school district may by resolution adopted by a majority of the full membership of the governing body and a majority of the full membership of the board, agree to join together for the purpose of insuring pursuant to the provisions of: a. Article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-1 et seq.); b. Article 3 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-6 et seq.); c. Article 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-12 et seq.); or d. P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.). L.1992, c.51, s.2; amended 1995, c.356, s.6; 2007, c.18, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48H-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48H / Section 48H-2
Municipalities permitted to impose tax on rental of motor vehicles; definitions.
Status: in_force

20. a. A municipality having a population in excess of 100,000 and within which is located a commercial airport which provides for a minimum of 10 regularly scheduled commercial airplane flights per day, or a municipality in which any portion of such an airport is located, by ordinance, may impose a tax on the rental of motor vehicles on such rental transactions that occur within a designated industrial zone of the municipality. Such tax shall be imposed on the person, corporation, or other legal entity that is permitted the use of a motor vehicle that it does not own for a period of time that is less than one year, in exchange for the payment of a fee, and shall be collected on behalf of the municipality by the person collecting such rental fee, in accordance with such procedures as shall be established in the ordinance imposing the tax. The local motor vehicle rental tax rate imposed under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of the fee charged for the rental of the motor vehicle, excluding any taxes and surcharges. After the adoption of an ordinance, a municipality may subsequently amend the ordinance from time to time to adjust the boundaries of the industrial zone or, subject to the provisions of section 26 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.40:48H-8), to modify the tax rate; however, the modified rate shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of the fee charged for the rental of the motor vehicle, excluding any taxes and surcharges. An ordinance establishing a local motor vehicle rental tax, or modifying the rate of that tax, shall take effect on the first day of the month immediately following the date on which the ordinance becomes legally in force and effect. b. As used in this section: "Eligible purposes" means (1) the payment or reimbursement of costs of any "redevelopment project" or other undertaking in furtherance of a "redevelopment plan" in any "area in need of redevelopment" or "area in need of rehabilitation" within the municipality (including, but not limited to, redevelopment projects and undertakings located within the industrial zone), as such terms are defined in the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law", P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.), (2) the making of municipal subsidies or contributions as authorized by P.L.1992, c.79, (3) the payment or reimbursement, within or relating to any urban enterprise zone located within the municipality, of such costs as are enumerated in the definition of "project" as contained in subsection c. of section 29 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-88), without reference to the zone assistance fund or the zone development corporation, (4) the payment of bonds issued for any of the foregoing purposes, (5) planning, evaluation, negotiation, and other preliminary expenses relating to any of the foregoing purposes, and (6) costs of administration and enforcement, including costs and expenses of the municipality incurred in collecting the tax. "Industrial zone" means such portion or portions of the municipality, which may be identified by reference to zoning districts, census tracks, or both, not exceeding in the aggregate 50 percent of the territory of the municipality, as is determined by the municipality to be an area having, or intended to have, predominantly industrial, port, airport, and related uses. "Motor vehicle" means any automobile, truck, van, bus, or similar conveyance that is intended primarily for passenger (as distinct from cargo) use, and meeting the requirements of the State for operation on public roads. "Rental of motor vehicle" means any contract or agreement by which a person, corporation, or other legal entity is permitted the use of a motor vehicle that it does not own for a period of time that is less than one year in exchange for the payment of a fee. A rental transaction is deemed to occur at the location at which such person, corporation, or other legal entity takes possession of the motor vehicle. "Rental tax account" means the dedicated trust account established by a municipality pursuant to subsection c. of this section. "Tax proceeds" means amounts collected pursuant to any tax imposed pursuant to sections 19 through 27 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.40:48H-1 et seq.). c. The Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury may require, by regulation, that all taxes collected pursuant to sections 19 through 27 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.40:48H-1 et seq.) be collected in the same manner as surcharges are collected under section 28 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.40:48G-2). Except as provided hereinafter, revenues that are collected and distributed back to the municipality shall be deposited into a trust account established by the municipality and dedicated exclusively to the purpose of funding one or more eligible purposes. Revenues that are collected during tax years 2015 through 2017 for distribution back to a municipality having a population in excess of 270,000, according to the 2010 federal decennial census, may be deposited into the current fund of that municipality and may, to the extent not already allocated for eligible purposes, be used to reduce the appropriation for "cash deficit of preceding year" pursuant to N.J.S.40A:4-42, or to address its operational deficit identified at the beginning of the local budget year or through the annual financial statement. In tax year 2018 and thereafter, up to 50 percent of the revenues annually collected may be deposited into the current fund and used to reduce the appropriation for "cash deficit for preceding year" or to address its operational deficit, and the remainder shall be deposited into the municipality's trust account for eligible purposes. In the case of any assignment pursuant to section 23 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.40:48H-5), the terms of such assignment shall include the agreement of the municipality to enforce collection of the taxes in such manner as provided therein, and may provide for direct payment of all or a portion of the tax proceeds to a bond trustee. In addition to tax proceeds, there shall be deposited into the rental tax account such other moneys as may, from time to time, be directed by law to be deposited therein. L.2009, c.90, s.20; amended 2015, c.171.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-128 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-128
Indeterminate term of office
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, in any municipality having permanent members and officers of a police department and force, the employment of said members and officers shall be indeterminate and continuous during good behavior and efficiency. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1971, c. 443, s. 5, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-124 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-124
Redemption of property sold
Status: in_force

The owner of any real estate so sold, his legal representatives, or any mortgagee or judgment creditor, having a legal or equitable interest therein may, within the time prescribed by section 40:37-125 of this title, redeem the property from the lien so imposed by paying to the commission, for the benefit of the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount originally paid by the purchaser plus any tax or assessment paid by him and of which he may have given written notice to the commission, together with interest on all such payments at the rate of ten per cent per annum.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-11.1
Additional fees for municipally-operated water supply system.
Status: in_force

10. a. For a property connected to the water supply system for less than 20 years, a local unit operating a county or municipal water supply facility may charge an additional connection or tapping fee for an addition, alteration, or change in use that materially increases the level of use and imposes a greater demand on the water supply system, but does not involve a new physical connection of the property to the water supply system. b. The connection or tapping fee authorized by subsection a. of this section shall be equal to the amount by which the increased use and demand on the water supply system exceeds the use and demand that existed prior to such addition, alteration, or change in use. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a local unit operating a county or municipal water supply facility from charging a new or additional connection or tapping fee for any new or additional connection of a property to the water supply system, or for any increase in the size of an existing connection or for any new construction of additional service units connected to the water supply system that materially increases the level of use or demand on the water supply system. d. As used in this section, "materially increases" means any increase in the number of service units; or any other change which increases the level of use or demand on the water supply system by 15 percent or more over the highest actual annual use and demand that existed during the prior 10-year period immediately preceding the addition, alteration, or change in use; provided, however, that, if the property has been connected to the water supply system for less than 10 years, the average level of use and demand shall be calculated based on the actual period of connection. L.2018, c.74, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-11.1
Contract with federal agency for occupation and use of property by federal government or agency
Status: in_force

Any county park commission may enter into negotiations and may contract with the United States or with any board, body, commission, department or agency thereof for the occupation and use by the United States or by any board, body, commission, department or agency thereof of any real property under the jurisdiction of said county park commission. Such contract shall contain provisions by which the United States agrees (a) that prior to the termination of said use and occupancy of the real property, the United States without expense to the county park commission, shall restore the real property to the condition it was in at the time of the entry of the United States or the board, body, commission, department or agency thereof upon the same, and that upon the termination of said use and occupancy the United States shall turn back said real property to the county park commission in such restored condition; or in lieu of restoring the real property to the condition it was in at the time of said entry the United States upon the termination of said use and occupancy shall pay to the county park commission the sum of money required in the opinion of the duly authorized representatives of both parties to restore said real property to the condition it was in at the time of said entry, and (b) that during said use and occupancy of the real property the United States shall protect all waters therein from pollution and shall maintain in service and protect from damage all cables, conduits, drains, water pipes, and sewers, both sanitary and storm, located on or in said real property. Such contract may contain such additional terms and conditions as shall be approved by the said county park commission. L.1943, c. 20, p. 52, s. 1. Amended by L.1951, c. 71, p. 459, s. 1, eff. May 15, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-81 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-81
Director to appoint members of committees
Status: in_force

The director of the board of chosen freeholders shall name the members of all committees of the board, except where otherwise provided by law. He may, with the consent of a majority of the members of the board, but not otherwise, discharge any member of any committee from further service thereon.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-22.21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22.21
Municipal code of ethics established
Status: in_force

Within 90 days after the establishment of a municipal ethics board, that ethics board shall promulgate by resolution a municipal code of ethics for all local government officers and employees serving the municipality. Local government officers and employees serving a municipal independent authority shall be deemed to be serving the municipality for purposes of this act. The municipal code of ethics so promulgated shall be either identical to the provisions set forth in section 5 of this act or more restrictive, but shall not be less restrictive. Within 15 days following the promulgation thereof, the municipal code of ethics, and a notice of the date of the public hearing to be held thereon, shall be published in at least one newspaper circulating within the municipality and shall be distributed to the municipal clerk and to the heads of the local government agencies serving the municipality for circulation among the local government officers and employees serving the municipality. The municipal ethics board shall hold a public hearing on the municipal code of ethics not less than 30 days following its promulgation at which any local government officer or employee serving the municipality and any other person wishing to be heard shall be permitted to testify. As a result of the hearing, the ethics board may amend or supplement the municipal code of ethics as it deems necessary. If the municipal code of ethics is not identical to the provisions set forth in section 5 of this act, the municipal ethics board shall thereafter submit the municipal code of ethics to the Local Finance Board for approval. The board shall approve or disapprove a municipal code of ethics within 60 days following receipt. If the board fails to act within that period, the municipal code of ethics shall be deemed approved. A municipal code of ethics requiring board approval shall take effect for all local government officers and employees serving the municipality 60 days after approval by the board. A municipal code of ethics identical to the provisions set forth in section 5 of this act shall take effect 10 days after the public hearing held thereon. The municipal ethics board shall forward a copy of the municipal code of ethics to the municipal clerk and shall make copies of the municipal code of ethics available to local government officers and employees serving the municipality. L.1991,c.29,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-133.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-133.3
Issuance of bonds by the commission
Status: in_force

Upon adoption of a bond resolution, the commission shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds and bond anticipation notes, collectively referred to in this amendatory and supplementary act as "bonds," for the purpose of financing the project or of funding or refunding the bonds described therein. The bonds shall be authorized by the bond resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from the date thereof, bear interest at a rate or rates within such maximum rate established therein, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, as the bond resolution may provide. L.1991,c.162,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-48.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-48.1
Application by corporation or partnership; list of stockholders owning 10% of stock or 10% interest in partnership
Status: in_force

A corporation or partnership applying to a planning board or a board of adjustment or to the governing body of a municipality for permission to subdivide a parcel of land into six or more lots, or applying for a variance to construct a multiple dwelling of 25 or more family units or for approval of a site to be used for commercial purposes shall list the names and addresses of all stockholders or individual partners owning at least 10% of its stock of any class or at least 10% of the interest in the partnership, as the case may be. L.1977, c. 336, s. 1, eff. Jan. 24, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-167 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-167
Fixtures on private, public property, right of way, permitted use.
Status: in_force

4. The installation and continuous use of tents, canopies, umbrellas, tables, chairs, and other fixtures on private property or public property or right of way designated by a municipality pursuant to P.L.2024, c.95 (C.40:55D-164 et al.) shall be a permitted use provided that the tent, canopy, umbrella, table, chairs, or other fixture conforms to all applicable provisions of the State Uniform Construction Code and Uniform Fire Code, which have been adopted by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119, et seq.) and P.L.1983, c.383 (C.52:27D-192 et seq.), respectively. L.2024, c.95, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-69 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-69
Temporary clerks of courts
Status: in_force

If the county clerk or his deputy shall be absent at the sessions of said courts, the assignment judge of the Superior Court of the county may appoint a temporary clerk. The temporary clerk shall be under the supervision of the courts and shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.